SYDNEY--23 Mar--AsiaNet/InfoQuest KOMAG PRICES... SAN JOSE, Calif.: Komag, Incorporated Friday announced the pricing of its offering of $220 million aggregate principal amount of 2.125% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2014 to qualified institutional buyers. http://www.komag.com PROGEN FILES... SYDNEY: Progen Industries Limited Friday filed an F-3 Shelf Registration with U.S Securities and Exchange Commission. JOURNALISM AWARDS... KARACHI: Entries are invited for the fifth annual Gender in Journalism Awards 2007. Two awards of Rs. 50,000 each have been instituted by the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) with the support of The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Islamabad. www.pakistanpressfoundation.org NIKE Reports... BEAVERTON, Oregon: NIKE, Inc. Friday reported financial results for the third quarter ended February 28, 2007. http://www.nikebiz.com GUAM CERAP... AGANA, Guam: The Professional Airways Systems Specialists (PASS), AFL-CIO, the union representing FAA systems specialists, pronounced a job well done Thursday following the dedication ceremony of the new Guam Combined Center Radar Approach Control (CERAP) at A.P. Won Pat International Airport, which houses all air traffic control operations for the Western Pacific area. http://www.passnational.org BLACKSTONE ACQUIRES... AUBURN HILLS, Mich.: RGIS Holdings LLC, the world's largest inventory and retail services company, Thursday announced that an affiliate of The Blackstone Group has agreed to purchase a controlling interest in the company. The terms of the transaction are not disclosed. http://www.rgisinv.com K2 "BLACKPEARL"... REDMOND, Wash.: K2 "BlackPearl" has evolved the K2.net 2003 platform to meet customer needs for rapidly building and adapting business applications. http://www.k2.net FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae Thursday priced $1.0 billion of Benchmark REMIC Trust 2007-B1, Class BE CUSIP 31396P6D8, a Guaranteed Maturity Class (GMC) with a class coupon of 5.45 percent and a final maturity date of December 28, 2020. http://www.fanniemae.com WATER PRIZE... STOCKHOLM: Professor Perry L. McCarty, from Stanford University, California, a pioneer in the development of the understanding of biological and chemical processes for the safe supply and treatment of water, is the 2007 StockholmWater Prize Laureate. http://www.itt.com http://www.siwi.org SCARLET CONVERTS... RICHARDSON, Texas: Scarlet B.V., the Curacao international network operator, has announced the upcoming conversion of Scarlet's current Navini-based wireless broadband network to the Mobile WiMAX 802.16e standard and the introduction of new services on the network. http://www.navini.com http://www.scarlet.an TRG PARTNERS... RALEIGH, N.C.: TRG, a leading provider of transformative global training, Thursday announced a partnership with Panviva, a leading provider of performance support solutions headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. http://www.trginc.com STRATEGIC COLLABORATION... MONTREAL and EVRY: TOPIGEN Pharmaceuticals Inc., a development stage biopharmaceutical company specializing in respiratory disorders, and NOVAGALI Pharma S.A., a specialty biopharmaceutical company developing novel ophthalmic products, Thursday announced the initiation of a strategic collaboration and cross-license agreement. http://www.topigen.com http://www.novagali.com AUSTRALIAN TALKS... GOLD COAST: Indocan Resources Inc officers are visiting Australia and meeting with Australian Gold Holdings Ltd directors and larger shareholders and have made several important decisions as to corporate direction. http://www.indocan.com http://www.australiangoldholdings.com RECONDITIONING WORKSHOP... HELSINKI: Wartsila Corporation Thursday inaugurated the first phase of a new reconditioning workshop in Shanghai, China. http://www.wartsila.com LILLY ANNOUNCES... NEW YORK: Eli Lilly and Company Thursday announced plans to invest an additional $50 million in an innovative, global partnership to fight Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB). www.lilly.com ETHICAL MARKETING... SYDNEY: A coalition of Australian church, medical specialist and breastfeeding organisations Thursday urged three of the world's top baby food companies to stop supporting legal action that would prevent ethical marketing guidelines for infant formula in the Philippines. AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.