SYDNEY--22 Dec--AsiaNet/InfoQuestPERFORMANCE AWARD... HONG KONG: Arrow Electronics Pte Ltd. announced that it hasreceived the 2006 Best Performance Award from Molex, a globalmanufacturer of electronic components. The award recognizesArrow as the top distributor in the ASEAN region and itsoutstanding business growth in that region. www.molex.com www.arrowasia.com FLAME RETARDANT... BATON ROUGE, Louisiana: Albemarle Corporation, the worldleader in flame retardant solutions for polymers, will increasethe price for its SAYTEX CP-2000 flame retardant by US$0.30/kg,effective globally on all shipments made on or after February1, 2007, or as contracts allow. www.albemarle.com www.saytex.com KIDS' WEEK... SYDNEY: Australia Network is set to open its excitingbroadcasting schedule for 2007 with a new Kids' Week seasonfocusing on children, families, mums and dads. WASHINGTON GROUP... BOISE, Idaho and SHANGHAI: Washington Group Internationalannounced that it has been selected by Sanmen Nuclear PowerCompany (SMNPC) to provide project management training servicesin China and the United States. SMNPC is preparing to constructits first two nuclear units at a seacoast site in Sanmen in theZhejiang province. www.wgint.com IRON ORE... RIO DE JANEIRO: Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD), theworld's largest iron ore producer, has concluded iron ore pricenegotiations for 2007 with Baosteel Group Corporation(Baosteel), the largest steelmaker of China, the largest steelproducer in the world. www/cvrd.com.br LONELY PLANET... NEW YORK: Internet broadcast specialist ROO and LonelyPlanet, the world's leading independent travel guidebookpublisher, web site and television production company, haveannounced the launch of a dedicated Lonely Planet channel onROO's online video network that will showcase city-baseddestination videos, narrated by the authors of the LonelyPlanet guide books written for that city. www.roo.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTNR securities issues amounting to a total of US$100million on January 2, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. www.fanniemae.com AMERICAN GREETINGS... CLEVELAND: American Greetings Corporation has announced itsthird quarter results for the fiscal quarter ended November 24,2006, and announced an 8 cent per share cash dividend. http://investors.americangreetings.com http://corporate.americangreetings.com SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT... BRISBANE: Alchemia Limited advised that, further to itsprevious ASX announcement on 27 September 2006, it has nowcompleted the satisfactory termination and settlement of itsResearch and Development Commercialisation and DistributionAgreement with Abraxis BioScience, Inc. formerly AmericanPharmaceutical Partners, Inc. (Abraxis), for syntheticheparin. www.alchemia.com SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM... MELBOURNE: The long-running, popular On the way to MountOlympia Peak quiz show, sponsored by LG Vietnam has longattracted talented students from around Vietnam, all competingfor their chance in their spotlight and for a coveted overseasstudy scholarship. Swinburne University in Melbourne hassupported the scholarship program since its inception fouryears ago. www.international.swinburne.edu (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.)