SYDNEY--21 Mar--AsiaNet/InfoQuest CHINA EXPANSION... WASHINGTON and BEIJING: UATP, the airline-owned global corporate travel payment network, is expanding its business operations to China with the addition of Steven Luan, as regional commercial manager. http://www.uatp.com THAILAND SURVEY... BANGKOK: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce released results from a new survey of 234 business executives from across five continents showing that Thailand's new economic policies and poor intellectual property safeguards could be jeopardizing international investment. http://www.uschamber.com HIGH RISK... PARIS: The REACH Registry 1-year results paper published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) show that outpatients with atherothrombosis have a surprisingly high risk of death or major cardiovascular illness, especially if more than one vascular bed is diseased. http://www.REACHregistry.org INTERFAITH PRIZE... HEMPSTEAD, N.Y.: Hofstra University is accepting applications for the Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize, a $50,000 award for a living individual or organization who has contributed to the promotion of constructive dialogue between faith communities. http://www.hofstra.edu/gurunanak FXDD OFFERS... NEW YORK: FXDD, a global leader in online foreign exchange trading, offers its professional clients access to the one of the deepest liquidity pools in the marketplace with the launch of PowerTrader, its institutional execution platform. http://www.fxdd.com CLINICAL TRIALS... LOUISVILLE, Ky.: Potentia Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Tuesday announced that it is entering the clinical phase of development for POT-4, its lead drug candidate for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). http://www.potentiapharma.com RATING UPGRADE... HONG KONG: Fuji Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd. received an "A-" upgraded from the previous "BBB+" in financial strength and local currency long-term counterparty credit ratings from Standard & Poor's on March 15, 2007. www.fujikasai.co.jp AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.