SYDNEY, June3--AsiaNet/InfoQuest HUMAN MODELS... SCOTTS VALLEY: Zygote Media Group and e frontier (formerlyCurious Labs, Inc.) announced a joint venture to make availabletwo free sets of open source 3D human models for artists to usein any way they choose. Both male and female models areincluded in each set; one is provided by Zygote Media Group andthe other 3D models by Sixus 1 Media. http://www.open3dproject.org http://www.e-frontier.co.jp http://www.zygote.com ENHANCED SERVICES... RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK: Quintiles Transnational Corp.announced that Quintiles Laboratories Asia has amended itsexisting agreement with Peking Union Medical College Hospitalto enhance central laboratory services in China. http://www.quintiles.com CORONARY STENT... MIAMI: Data from three studies presented at the 2005 EuroPCRCongress highlighted the continued success of the CYPHERSirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent in complex patients, includingpatients with diabetes and small coronary vessels. http://www.cordis.com http://www.europcr.com INFORMATION CAMPAIGN... LOUISVILLE: The Independent Pilots Association announcedplans to expand its information campaign about pilot contractnegotiations with UPS beyond the United States with a focus onAsia and Europe. BROWSING SOLUTION... CHICAGO: Novarra announced version 3.0 of the nWeb Browserdeveloped for QUALCOMM's BREW solution and the availability ofnWeb Portal version 2.0 for advanced Web/WAP content deliveryand management across high-tier and mass-market handsets. http://www.novarra.com RUGBY CANADA... LONDON: Premier sponsor Custom House Global Foreign Exchangeis proud to announce the Rugby Canada Senior Men's Sevensmatches this weekend June 4 and 5 at Twickenham, England andnext weekend June 10 and 11 at Stade Jean-Bouin in Paris,France. www.irbsevens.com www.rugbycanada.ca www.customhouse.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$500million on June 13, 2005 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.Fannie Mae will also redeem US$13.41 million FINS securitiesissues on June 13, 2005, as well as US$20 million MTNRsecurities issues on the same date. http://www.fanniemae.com DIABETES AWARDS... INDIANAPOLIS: Building on its longtime leadership andcommitment to improving diabetes care, Eli Lilly and Companyannounced six worldwide winners of the 2005 Lilly Partnershipin Diabetes Global Awards. The winners include a teenagesymphony conductor with diabetes; the founders of humanitarianorganizations that aid people with diabetes; two nurses who rundiabetes camps; and a retired pediatrician who remains devotedto the care of children with diabetes. CFO ANNOUNCED... ATLANTA: Infor has announced an addition to the executivemanagement team. As the company builds on its momentum, theyare pleased to announce that Robert Cirulnick will join Inforeffective June 1 as the Executive Vice President and ChiefFinancial Officer (CFO). Cirulnick reports to Ken Walters,Infor's president and COO and will lead the worldwide financecentres in Hong Kong, Munich and Atlanta. http://www.infor.com INVESTMENT ANNOUNCED... MUNICH: Siemens AG and Global Locate, Inc., announced amultimillion-dollar investment by Siemens Venture Capital (SVC)and a product alignment with the Siemens Communications Groupsupporting their strategy in the A-GPS (Assisted GlobalPositioning Systems) market. Global Locate is focused on theemerging market for Location Based Services (LBS) by marketinga portfolio of Assisted-GPS semiconductor solutions, networkproducts and services. Siemens is to integrate Global Locate'sA-GPS technologies into its new solution for A-GPS. http://www.siemensventurecapital.com http://www.globallocate.com NEW BRAND... SINGAPORE: MTV Networks (MTVN), a unit of Viacom Inc.,announced that it will extend its pioneering creativity to thedigital world by launching a new brand - FLUX - on 30th June.FLUX will initially launch in Japan as the world's first mobileentertainment community, and MTVN will launch the service inother markets around the world with announcements planned inthe coming months. www.fluxnet.jp V2FONE TECHNOLOGY... HSINCHU: Accton Technology Corporation of Taiwan, globaloutsourcing partner for networking and communicationssolutions, announced its new V2fone technology for efficient,effective voice and video communication over IP. www.accton.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)