SYDNEY, Jan. 23--AsiaNet/InfoQuest HOTEL RENAMING... HONOLULU - Kahala Hotel Investors, LLC, an affiliate ofHonolulu-based Trinity Investments, LLC, has announced plans torename the Kahala Mandarin Oriental Hawaii to The Kahala, andmanagement of the AAA 5-Diamond resort will be turned over toLandmark Hotels, Incorporated. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060120/SFF040LOGO FINANCIAL SUPPORT... NEW ORLEANS - The Louise T Blouin Foundation - a globalphilanthropic agency dedicated to the development of cultureand creativity - has given a $100,000 donation in support ofthe work of the Cultural Committee of the Bring New OrleansBack (BNOB) Commission. http://www.ltbfoundation.org http://www.bringneworleansback.org FORD PROMOTION... SHIJR - Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd.announced that Ford Lio Ho in Taiwan is expanding its programoffering a StreetPilot c320 with every Ford vehicle purchasedbefore the Chinese Lunar New Year. http://www.garmin.com LAB CERTIFICATIONS... RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. - Quintiles Transnational Corp.announced that its central laboratory operation in China hasearned two significant certifications - one from the College ofAmerican Pathologists and the other from the NationalGlycohemoglobin Standardization Program. http://www.quintiles.com POLICY SPEECH... TOKYO - On January 20, 2006, Japan's Prime MinisterJunichiro Koizumi delivered a general policy speech to the164th session of the Diet http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/index-e.html DEFAMATION LAWSUIT... NEW YORK - Cerberus Capital Management L.P. and CerberusAsia Capital Management, LLC, filed a federal lawsuit in NewYork City against Mainichi Shimbun, one of the largest dailynewspapers in Japan, alleging defamation and seeking aretraction of a news article and damages. FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of two securities issues amounting to a total of US$100million on January 30 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com DRAFT STANDARD... SANTA CLARA - Marvell, the leader in storage,communications, and consumer silicon solutions, is pleased torecognize the industry's efforts in converging on a draftspecification for the IEEE 802.11n standard. http://www.marvell.com/sales/index.jsp http://www.marvell.com WORLD CUP... ZURICH - iSe-Hospitality AG, which has exclusive rights tosell hospitality at the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany, hasannounced that there had been enormous demand in Australia forhospitality packages for the event. http://www.fifaworldcup.com BLUETOOTH SERIES... LIBERTYVILLE, Ill., - Kicking off the winter sports season,Motorola Inc. and Burton Snowboards have announced thecommercial availability of the Bluetooth-enabled Audex JacketSeries. http://www.motorola.com http://www.burton.com http://www.hellomoto.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)