SYDNEY, Sept. 19--AsiaNet/InfoQuest STUDY RESULTS... COPENHAGEN: Patients with Chronic Obstructive PulmonaryDisease achieved superior lung function improvements whentreated with the free combination of two bronchodilators withdifferent modes-of-action, Spiriva (tiotropium) and formoterol,compared with the free combination of one bronchodilator,salmeterol, and an anti-inflammatory, fluticasone propionate,according to the results of a study presented at the annualEuropean Respiratory Society congress. http://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com http://www.pfizer.com GLOBAL INITIATIVE... NEW YORK: As Clinton Global Initiative closes its inauguralmeeting, participants vowed to act in the coming year on theconference topics: religion, climate change, poverty andgovernance. The commitments that have come in so far are worth$1.25 billion and account for more than 100,000 hours ofservice. http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org SNIFFEX ANNOUNCES... IRVING: Sniffex, Inc., producers of Sniffex, an explosivedetection device, announced one of its first significant ordersfor India from Global Engineering Systems FZC, Sniffex, Inc.'sexclusive agent in India. http://www.sniffex.com IBARGUEN ELECTED... PURCHASE: PepsiCo has announced the election of AlbertoIbarguen to its board of directors, following a board meeting.Mr. Ibarguen will join the board effective Oct. 1, and he willserve on the board's audit committee. http://www.pepsico.com GLOBAL CHALLENGES... NEW YORK: Louise T. Blouin MacBain, founder of the Louise T.Blouin Foundation, joined President Clinton, heads of state,celebrity guests and global business leaders in celebrating theopening of the inaugural conference of the Clinton GlobalInitiative. http://www.ltbfoundation.org TIGER TELEMATICS... LONDON: Gizmondo Europe Ltd subsidiary of Jacksonville,Florida-based Tiger Telematics Inc addressed media speculationthat the widescreen model in the Gizmondo range is nowdeveloped, following the publishing of unofficial prototypephotographs. http://www.gizmondo.com http://www.tigertelematics.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$400million on September 26 and 28, 2005 at a redemption priceequal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plusaccrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com ADAM AIR... JAKARTA: Adam Air, Indonesia's fast growing airline, willstart services between Singapore and Jakarta. The airline planto fly three times per day and first flight will be started onOctober 15, 2005 using Boeing 737-400 with 170 seatscapacities. (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)