SYDNEY--11 Apr--AsiaNet/InfoQuest ONLINE TOOL... NEW YORK: Platts, the world's leading energy information provider and a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Tuesday said it would launch Platts Editorial Window (eWindow), an online tool that will improve the transparency, efficiency and user experience of Platts' Market-on-Close (MOC) price-assessment process. http://www.mcgraw-hill.com http://www.platts.com BENCHMARK NOTES... WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae on Tuesday announced a new issue of US$3 billion 10-year Benchmark Notes and reopening of 3-year Benchmark Notes, with both issues to be priced on April 12, 2007. http://www.fanniemae.com GREEN FUEL... RED HILLS ECOPLEX, ACKERMAN, MS: Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour and Congressman Roger Wicker joined otherstate officials Monday to kick off the Silverado Green Fuel Demonstration Project with a ground-breaking ceremony at the Red Hills EcoPlex site. www.silveradogreenfuel.com JWT WINS... NEW YORK: So far in 2007, JWT's agencies in Asia are winning creative kudos and attracting a surge of new business. http://www.jwt.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of two securities issues amounting to a total of US$75 million on April 20, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com MARKET DATA... NEW YORK: Standard & Poor's, the leading provider of financial market intelligence, and ICAP plc, the world's premier interdealer broker, Tuesday announced an agreement to offer ICAP's global market data to Standard & Poor's clients. http://www.standardandpoors.com http://www.icap.com FRANKLIN APPOINTS... BURLINGTON, N.J.: Franklin Electronic Publishers, Incorporated Tuesday announced the appointment of Mark Winter, Vice President/General Manager of its Proximity Technology Division, and Thomas Chow, General Manager, Asia Business Development, to its management team. http://www.franklin.com http://www.proximitytechnology.com MAXSTREAM ANNOUNCES... SAN JOSE, Calif.: MaxStream, a Digi International brand, Tuesday announced the addition of the Xbee Series 2 ZigBee module. www.maxstream.net www.digi.com DIGI LAUNCHES... MINNETONKA, Minn.: Digi International Tuesday introduced the Digi Connect ME JumpStart Kit for Microsoft .NET Micro Framework -- the industry's first Ethernet networking solution for .NET Micro Framework. www.digi.com RABBIT OFFERS... DAVIS, Calif.: Rabbit Semiconductor is boldly going wireless by offering two new wireless technologies directly integrated in new RabbitCore modules. www.maxstream.net FRONTIER ACQUIRES... NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev.: Frontier Energy Corporation has adopted a policy of acquiring key acreage on significant oil and gas prospects in the western mountain basins, and the company is succeeding in this effort. LIVE EARTH... NEW YORK: Organizers Tuesday announced sixteen of the headliners who will perform at the U.S. leg of the 7-continent, 24-hour Live Earth concerts on 7/7/07, with tickets for the show to go on sale on Monday, April 16 at 10 a.m. EDT. MALDIVES RESORT... BANGKOK: Naladhu, a luxurious new resort in the Maldives, has opened for business, offering a unique lifestyle to those who appreciate the sophistication and charm of times past in one of the world's most celebrated tropical havens. http://www.naladhu.com ABBOTT AGREES... ABBOTT PARK, Ill.: Abbott and World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Margaret Chan, have agreed on a balanced approach to provide Kaletra/Aluvia (lopinavir/ritonavir) capsules and tablets to more patients in the developing world, while supporting continued long-term biopharmaceutical research and development. http://www.abbott.com IC AMPLIFIERS... TOKYO: Yamaha Corporation has developed and will soon begin to ship samples of the world's first digital IC amplifiers containing a analog-type DRC and power limiter for use in flat-panel TVs. http://www.yamaha.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.