SYDNEY, Jan 19--AsiaNet/InfoQuest PLANTATIONS DIALOGUE... CINCINNATI, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- A broad-basedcommunity coalition of labor, environmental and otherorganizations Wednesday said that it has extended an invitationto meet with members of the board of directors of Golden HopePlantations Berhad, now that, as the result of a joint venturewith Cognis Deutschland GmbH, the oleo-chemical portion of aplant in Cincinnati, USA is being operated from Golden Hope'sheadquarters in Kuala Lumpur. http://www.steelworkers-usw.org ZAG EXPANDS... WASHINGTON, and PERTH, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- ZeroAlpha Group (ZAG), a network of leading wealth managementfirms, has added to its ranks an eighth member -- and the firstfrom outside the borders of the United States and has hired itsfirst executive director. http://www.zeroalphagroup.com http://www.planbonline.com ALCAN DIRECTOR... MONTREAL, Jan. 18 /CNW-AsiaNet/ -- Yves Fortier, Chairman ofthe Board of Directors of Alcan Inc. (NYSE, TSX: AL) announcedWednesday the appointment of Gwyn Morgan as a Director of theCompany. AEROSYSTEM CONTRACT... WICHITA, Kan., Jan. 18 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- SpiritAeroSystems, Inc., Wednesday announced that it has won itsfirst contract since becoming a new company last June and willdesign and build engine pylons and nacelle components for theBoeing 747-8 airplane. http://www.spiritaero.com CARDIAC IMPLANT... PARIS, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- ELA Medical, a SorinGroup Company and innovative leader in the development ofcardiac rhythm management (CRM) implantable and diagnosticsystems, announced Wednesday the European introduction ofOVATIO, the world's smallest implantable cardioverterdefibrillators (ICDs). http://www.sorin.com http://www.elamedical.com FANNIE MAE... Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) has announced a 5-year issue of $3billion with a pricing date of January 18, 2006 and settlementdate of January 20, 2006 that will mature on February 15, 2011at a price of 99.542 with a yield of 4.603%. http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/305450.html http://www.fanniemae.com MOBILE TV... LONDON, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire - Asianet/ -- IPWirelessWednesday announced a new solution that allows mobile operatorsto leverage existing unpaired 3G spectrum to capitalize on thedemand for mobile TV and other mobile multimedia. http://www.ipwireless.com http://www.3gsmworldcongress.com/page.cfm/Link=1 ING ASIA... SINGAPORE, Jan. 18 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- INGWholesale Banking, Asia ("ING") Wednesday announced theappointment of Terence Yiu as Head of Foreign Exchange Options,Asia effective immediately, he will be responsible forleveraging ING's existing options expertise and technology toenhance FX option coverage in Asia, in particular for Asianlocal currencies, to the benefit of the bank's global clientbase. LIFEWATCHER LAUNCHED... TOKYO, Jan. 18 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- After 3.5years in R&D, Mobile Healthcare Inc. Wednesday announced thecommercial launch of Lifewatcher, an innovative service thatoperates over mobile phones and the Internet, the providescomprehensive, patient-centric, mobile disease self-managementsystem for diabetes, obesity, and other lifestyle-relateddisease sufferers. www.lifewatcher.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)