SYDNEY--13 Mar--AsiaNet/InfoQuest EDS TO... PLANO, Texas - EDS announced it has reached a definitive agreement toacquire RelQ Software Private Ltd., a privately owned Bangalore, India-basedsoftware testing company. http://www.eds.com SCHERING-PLOUGH TO... KENILWORTH, N.J. - Schering-Plough Corporation announced that its Board ofDirectors has approved a transaction under which Schering-Plough will acquireOrganon BioSciences N.V., the human and animal health care businesses of AkzoNobel N.V., for approximately11 billion in cash ($14.4 billion based on closing exchange rate on March 9,2007). SMARTBRIDGES ANNOUNCES... SINGAPORE - Latest offering from smartBridges combines years of outdoorradio industry expertise with cutting edge software features to deliver anextremely lost cost standard based subscriber side equipment. ALLEN & OVERY... HONG KONG - As a sign that the Japanese economy remains buoyant, the Tokyooffice of leading international legal practice Allen & Overy will expand itspractice by adding Japanese law to its current English and US law capabilities. OTIS ELEVATOR... FARMINGTON, Conn. - The president of the world's largest elevator companymet last week with government officials and customers in Ho Chi Minh City toexplore market opportunities and to affirm Otis commitment to growing itsoperations in Vietnam. http://www.otis.com ATERAS AND... DALLAS and SUNNYVALE, Calif. - ATERAS and Fujitsu Computer SystemsCorporation announced that Township High School District 211 in Illinois, inits overall effort to reduce IT costs and improve productivity, has selected asolution by ATERAS and Fujitsu to migrate its student information, payroll,personnel and security database systems from a mainframe IMS environment to theMicrosoft SQL Server platform. FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of twosecurities issues amounting to a total of US$275 million on March 22, 2010 at aredemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plusaccrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON - Fannie Mae reported its posted yields for March 9, 2007. http://www.fanniemae.com HR ACCESS... PARIS - HR Access Solutions, a leading provider of multinational payroll,personnel administration and human resources management software andoutsourcing services, announced the appointment of Michel Picaud as ChiefExecutive Officer for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), succeeding EduardoPontoriero, who has been appointed Chairman of HR Access. www.hraccess.com NUVERA INSTALLS... CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Nuvera Fuel Cells, Inc., in a joint operation with EastPenn Manufacturing Company, Inc., has installed its first PowerTap hydrogengeneration system. http://www.nuvera.com http://www.dekabatteries.com SMARTVUE SIGNS... NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Smartvue Corporation signed an agreement with SecuritasSecurity Services USA, Inc. to offer Smartvue video solutions to its customersnationwide. PLATTS INTRODUCES... LONDON - As the price of European coal pushes to the upside of its two-yearhighs near $70 per metric ton (mt), Platts, the world's leading energyinformation provider and top supplier of benchmark prices, is introducing dailyreporting of two of its benchmark coal prices to better facilitate riskmanagement for financial and coal-dependent industries. http://www.mcgraw-hill.com http://www.platts.com SIDLEY AUSTIN... WASHINGTON - Sidley Austin LLP announced that James Mendenhall has joinedthe firm as a partner in its International Trade and Dispute ResolutionPractice. http://www.sidley.com DECARTA UNVEILS... HANOVER - deCarta, the leading supplier of software platforms and servicesfor the Location-Based Services (LBS) industry, announced the launch of aturn-key navigation application for use in personal navigation devices (PNDs). FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS... SYDNEY - Research by Norkom Technologies among international financialservices organisations reveals that the overwhelming majority (73 per cent) aremoving toward enterprise-wide management of financial crime -- from fraud tomoney laundering -- across business units, product lines and territories. NICKEL RESOURCE... SYDNEY - Emerging Australian nickel miner, Allegiance Mining NL hasestimated resources for a portion of the East Avebury and Saxon deposits whichwere recently discovered one kilometre east of the Avebury Nickel Mine locatednear Zeehan, West Coast Tasmania. www.allegiance-mining.com.au SAVI NETWORKS... HONG KONG and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Savi Networks announced an agreementon a project to extend the SaviTrak information service to facilities operatedby Modern Terminals Limited, one of the leading container terminal operators inAsia. http://www.savinetworks.com http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060109/NYM086LOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org http://www.savinetworks.com/ RADWIN ANNOUNCES... NEW DELHI - RADWIN a leading provider of advanced wireless broadbandsolutions, announced the immediate availability of its WinLink(TM) 1000 systemsfor the newly opened 5.8 GHz band for unlicensed transmission in India. www.radwin.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.