SYDNEY--9 May--AsiaNet/InfoQuest MEDLEY SIGNS... NEW YORK: Medley Global Advisors, LLC, the leadingindependent provider of policy intelligence to hedge funds,asset managers, investment banks, and governments, is pleasedto announce it has signed an agreement with Goldman, Sachs andCo.'s Hudson Street Services. http://www.medleyadvisors.com MEDLEY HIRES... NEW YORK: Medley Global Advisors, LLC, the leadingindependent provider of policy intelligence to hedge funds,asset managers, investment banks, and governments, announced onWednesday that it has hired Michael Schetzel as a Strategistfor its Client Team and Gustavo Rangel as a Latin AmericaAnalyst in its Emerging Markets Group. http://www.medleyadvisors.com ALBANIANS CONDEMN... WASHINGTON: The National Albanian American Council stronglycondemns the planned attack on Fort Dix Army Base by a group ofpeople who reportedly plotted to attack the base, and wecongratulate the law enforcement authorities for their swiftapprehension of the conspirators, thereby preventing a possibletragedy. http://www.naac.org USA INNOVATION... WASHINGTON: USA For Innovation has released an open letterto Members of the United States Congress reminding them of theimportance of intellectual property to the American economy andto encourage them to confront threats from Thailand and Brazilto abrogate such assets. http://www.usaforinnovation.org THAI DECEIT... WASHINGTON: ThaiMyths.com, a project of USA for Innovation,was unveiled to draw attention to the deceit in Thailand'sdecision to steal American and European innovation. http://www.thaimyths.com SINGAPORE OFFICE... NEW YORK and SINGAPORE: CIT Group Inc., a leading globalprovider of commercial and consumer finance solutions, hasannounced the opening of its Singapore office to support theexpansion of it global aerospace business. http://www.cit.com RICHIE REN... BEIJING: Speaking for "Zhu Xian Online", the latest onlinegame developed by China's leading game provider Beijing PerfectWorld, Asian superstar Richie Ren arrived in Shanghai for apress conference on April 26 to promote his latest album, inwhich features songs from "Zhu Xian Online" including "ZhuXian: I'm back" and "Zhu Xian Love". NEW BOOK... LONDON: After 12 years working with ever more complex"teams" in over 200 of the world's leading companies in 40countries and training over 40,000 people, CEO, entrepreneurand author Kevan Hall reaches some startling conclusions withmajor implications for management in his new book "Speed Lead-- faster, simpler ways to manage people, projects and teams incomplex companies." http://www.global-integration.com HUNTSMAN CONTRACT... HOUSTON: EGL Eagle Global Logistics, a leading provider ofpersonalized supply chain solutions, has recently been awardeda three-year contract by Huntsman, a global manufacturer andmarketer of differentiated chemicals. http://www.eaglegl.com DRUG PRICING... LOS ANGELES: AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the largestprovider of HIV/AIDS healthcare, education and prevention andoperator of free AIDS treatment clinics in the US, Africa,Latin America/Caribbean and the Asia/Pacific Region, lauds theClinton Foundation's announcement of landmark drug-pricingnegotiations with generic manufacturers Cipla and Matrix. LIONORE OFFER... MOSCOW and TORONTO: OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel has announcedthat formal offer documents in respect of the offer to acquireall of the outstanding common shares of LionOre MiningInternational Ltd. http://www.nornik.ru/en MICROSOFT DEAL... COLORADO SPRINGS: HDI, the world's largest membershipassociation for IT service and support professionals and thepremier certification body for the industry, have announced anagreement with Microsoft Corp. http://www.thinkhdi.com ELECTRIC PIZZA... LAS VEGAS: As part of the company's Worldwide Rally in LasVegas this week, Domino's Pizza tested delivering its pizzasusing ZAP all-electric vehicles supplied to them by TheElectric Vehicle Company. http://www.zapworld.com LIAM NEESON... ROCKVILLE: Bethesda Softworks is pleased to announce thathighly acclaimed international actor Liam Neeson will lead thecast providing voice work in Fallout 3. http://www.bethsoft.com LIONORE REACTION... MOSCOW, and TORONTO: OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel reactedfavourably to LionOre Mining International Ltd.'s determinationthat Norilsk Nickel's all-cash offer to acquire the outstandingcommon shares of LionOre constitutes a "superior proposal". http://www.nornik.ru/en/ HUNGER PROJECT... SINGAPORE: The Hunger Project and XL Results Foundation havejoined forces to provide support for The Hunger Project's IndiaFund. http://www.resultsfoundation.com POLAR CYCLING... KEMPELE: Polar Electro, pioneer and leading innovator ofsports instruments and heart rate monitors, has announced thelaunch of www.polarcycling.com to support the 2007 Grand Tours.Visitors http://www.polarcycling.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.