SYDNEY, Dec. 12 -- AsiaNet FIRST TENANT... NEW YORK: Gale International Monday announced the first major office tenant for the Songdo International Business District to be developed in New Songdo City, Incheon, South Korea. http://www.NewSongdoCity.com EURAIL SELECTPASSES... UTRECHT: Starting January 1, 2006, Eurail will repeat its popular Early Bird promotion for Eurail Selectpass that gives an extra free day of unlimited rail travel in three, four or five adjoining European countries. http://www.eurail.nl FINANCIAL CRIME... THE HAGUE: NetEconomy, the global leader in real-time enterprise risk monitoring solutions for the finance industry, Monday announced that ING Group is now live with ERASE implementations in Belgium, India, and Mexico for detecting money laundering and fraud, and managing compliance initiatives across these countries. http://www.neteconomy.com REALITY SHOW... SHANGHAI, China: The Hong Kong based satellite channel TVB8 will air "Quest USA, Da Tiao Zhan" on Dec. 13, Tue. at 8:00 pm. (Hong Kong time), hosted by David Wu/Wu Da Wei, one of the most recognizable entertainer in Asia. http://www.questusa.tv MYELOMA STUDY... ATLANTA: Celgene Corporation Sunday announced updated clinical data from two Phase III pivotal studies evaluating REVLIMID (lenalidomide) plus dexamethasone in previously treated multiple myeloma patients. http://www.celgene.com ALCAN SMELTER... MUSCAT, Oman: Alcan Inc. Sunday announced that together with its partners, Oman Oil Company S.A.O.C. (OOC) and the Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA), it will proceed with the construction of a US$1.7 billion primary aluminum smelter in Sohar, Oman. CUSTOMER LOYALTY... BEIJING: eChinaCash Chairman, Mr. Peter Norton, best known for his Norton Anti-virus software, and SinoPEC, China's largest corporation and biggest oil and gasoline retailer, Friday announced the rollout of SinoPEC's most important marketing initiative -- the SinoPEC Nationwide Gas Card and 'Sincere Appreciation Customer Loyalty Program', on December 7, 2005, at the Beijing Hotel. http://www.echinacash.com TAKEOVER BID... RIO DE JANEIRO: Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) Friday announced that its offer to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Canico Resource Corp. (Canico) expired at 8:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on December 8, 2005. http://www.cvrd.com.br BREAST CANCER... MACCLESFIELD: Breakthrough new data presented Friday show breast cancer treatment 'Arimidex' (anastrozole) is the first aromatase inhibitor (AI) to provide an overall survival benefit, compared with tamoxifen, in the treatment of hormone-sensitive early breast cancer. http://www.astrazenecapressoffice.com MARVELL AWARDED... SANTA CLARA, Calif.: Marvell, the leader in storage, communications, and consumer silicon solutions, has been awarded three prestigious industry awards from FSA, the industry association which is the voice of the global fabless business model. http://www.fsa.org http://www.marvell.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of two securities issues amounting to a total of US$85 million on Dec 19, 2005 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com WIDERTHAN IPO... SEOUL: WiderThan Co., Ltd., Friday announced its initial public offering of 6,000,000 American depositary shares, or ADSs. http://www.widerthan.com HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE... TOKYO: The Japanese Government Friday decided to continue the activities of the Self Defense Forces (SDF) for humanitarian and reconstruction assistance, by revising the Basic Plan on the measures based on the Special Measures Law on Humanitarian and Reconstruction Assistance in Iraq. http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/koizumispeech/2005/12/08danwa_e.html OMRON OUTSOURCES.. TOKYO: IBM Japan, Ltd. Friday announced a five-year contract for IBM to transform and manage Omron Corporations accounts receivable process through its Business Transformation Outsourcing (BTO) Delivery Center in Dalian, northern China. www.ibm.com/bcs INFORMATION SECURITY... HONG KONG: The International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium [(ISC)2], the non-profit international leader in educating and certifying information security professionals worldwide and currently celebrating the Year of the Information Security Professional, Friday announced the results of the second annual Global Information Security Workforce Study, conducted by global analyst firm IDC and sponsored by (ISC)2. www.isc2.org (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)