SYDNEY--17 Apr--AsiaNet/InfoQuest SITE TOURS... DALLAS, TX. and NEW DELHI: Alsbridge, the award winning outsourcing, shared services and offshoring advisory firm announced on Tuesday that it plans to sponsor site tours of the leading offshore outsourcing providers in India for corporate executives November 1 - 12. http://www.alsbridge.com http://www.outsourcingleadershipforum.com/worldtour2007 CRISIS LEADERSHIP... HONG KONG: Kroll, a global leader in risk consultation, and Fleishman-Hillard International Communications, one of the world's leading public relations firms, has announced the launch of an innovative joint offering: The Kroll-FH Crisis Leadership Solution. http://www.fleishman.com DRUG TRIALS... AUCKLAND: Living Cell Technologies Ltd after rigorous international review has received authorization from the New Zealand regulator MedSafe to advance its program to conduct a Phase I/IIa clinical trial of its DiabeCell diabetes product in New Zealand. GLIDE SUITE... BEIJING: TransMedia officially launches the complete Glide Suite of Desktop and Mobile Applications for Ultra Mobile PCs and Mobile Internet Devices. http://www.transmediacorp.com http://www.glidedigital.com http://www.glidemobile.com LINUX SUITE... NEW YORK: TransMedia officially launches the complete Glide Suite of Desktop and Mobile Applications for Linux users. http://www.transmediacorp.com http://www.glidedigital.com http://www.glidemobile.com KAB BRAND... NEW ALBANY: Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc., has announced the launch of its new KAB brand 600 Series Construction Seats. http://www.cvgrp.com KOREAN APPRENTICE... SEATTLE: The April 15th airing of NBC's popular reality television program "The Apprentice" revealed that James Sun, a Korean immigrant to the United States, is one of the final candidates competing for the position of Donald Trump's newest apprentice. http://www.james-sun.com http://www.zoodango.com NEGOTIATIONS ENDED... SAN ANTONIO: AT&T Inc. says it has ended negotiations to potentially acquire a one-third stake in Olimpia S.p.A., a holding company with approximately 18 per cent of Telecom Italia's ordinary shares. NEW CEO... SAN FRANCISCO: Glass, Lewis & Co., a leading provider of investment research and global proxy advisory and voting services, announced on Monday that Katherine Rabin has been named Chief Executive Officer. http://www.glasslewis.com CANCER RESEARCH... LOS ANGELES: Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the American Association for Cancer Research at the 2007 AACR Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, Eli Lilly and Company in partnership with AACR presented two awards, which acknowledge innovation and the growing importance of interdisciplinary teams working together to transform research discoveries into clinical practice. http://www.LillyOncology.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of one securities issue amounting to a total of US$726.228 million on April 26, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemedplus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com WATCH SOLD... GENEVA: A Platinum Constellation Grand Luxe made in 1953 was purchased for CHF 413'700.- (including buyer's premium) at the Omegamania auction held at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel du Rhone in Geneva on Sunday 15 April 2007. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION... DILI: As round two of the presidential election is set to commence in East Timor, amid serious concerns around the integrity of vote counting in the first round, serious cracks appear to emerge from the foundations of Fretilin. http://www.ramos-horta.org LIVER TRIAL... BRISBANE: Progen Pharmaceuticals Limited on Monday announced the final stage 1 results of its Phase 2 trial of PI-88 in patients who had previously undergone surgical removal of liver cancer. PORTS PLAN... HONG KONG: Members of the Georgia Ports Authority Board of Directors unveiled its $1.2 billion capital improvement plan for the ports of Savannah and Brunswick with officials in Hong Kong and Singapore this week. http://www.gaports.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.