SYDNEY, Aug 30--AsiaNet/InfoQuest IDOL FAVORITE... SYDNEY - South Island flag bearer Steve Broad is Centrebet'snew favourite to win the NZ Idol competition. http://www.centrebet.com CONTRACT EXTENSION... MONTREAL - Pechiney Rolled Products, LLC., a wholly-ownedsubsidiary of Alcan Inc., announced today that it will extendits current labour contract offer to the United SteelworkersLocal 5668 at the Ravenswood, West Virginia, aluminum rollingmill until September 3. http://www.alcan.com/ BLOOMBERG TRADING... NEW YORK - Bloomberg today announced that it has been chosenas the official bond trading platform provider for IndonesianRupiah-denominated Government Bonds by the Inter-Dealer MarketAssociation of Indonesia. http://www.bloomberg.com DESIGNER DRESS... NEW YORK - Actress Ziyi Zhang wore a dress by world-renowneddesigner Oscar de la Renta to the prestigious Hua Biao Awardsin Beijing on August 28th. OFFER REJECTED... MONTREAL - Alcan Inc. announced yesterday that employeesrepresented by United Steelworkers Local 5668 at theRavenswood, West Virginia, aluminum rolling mill have narrowlyrejected an offer by Pechiney Rolled Products, LLC., awholly-owned subsidiary of Alcan Inc. http://www.helloziyi.us FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of 1 securities issue amounting to a total of US$50million on September 8 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com SALES AGREEMENT... SAN JOSE - IGS Group Inc., IT & Electronics industrymarketing service & research company, announced that they havesigned a Sales Representative Agreement with Active Power - atechnology leader in battery-free uninterrupted power andenergy storage solutions. http://www.igsk.co.kr http://igsgroupinc.com VALEO STAKE... PARIS - Valeo announced yesterday that it had increased itsparticipation in Ichikoh Industries Ltd, the Japaneseautomotive lighting and mirror manufacturer, to 27.6 percent. (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)