SYDNEY--24 May--AsiaNet/InfoQuest IGT ASIA... MACAU: The first G2E Asia Exhibition will take place June 13-14 at the Macau Tower Convention and Entertainment Centre,with IGT's booth #201, "The Big Picture," joining 76 other exhibitors. IGT will display 95 machines, showcasing Emperor'sChoice, an Asian-specific multi-level progressive, and the M-P Series roulette/baccarat multi-player product. www.igt.com NORTHERN TRUST... CHICAGO: As one of the world's largest and most respected global custodians, Northern Trust is honoured to have beenawarded the mandate to provide global custody services to the Future Fund on May 10th. www.northerntrust.com REGISTRATION STATEMENT... NEW YORK: Duff & Phelps Corporation announced it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and ExchangeCommission relating to the proposed initial public offering of its Class A common stock. Upon consummation of the offering,the Corporation will become the parent company of Duff &Phelps, LLC. www.duffandphelps.com PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT... MELBOURNE: T-Base Communications announced they have signed an exclusive, multi-year partnership enabling people who are blind or have low vision across Australia and New Zealand to access their financial, telecom and utility statements, and other private and personal information in Braille, large print, e-text and audio formats. Under the terms of the agreement,T-Base will work in partnership with Vision Australia to develop and deliver accessible products to meet the diverseinformation needs of their clients. www.visionaustralia.org www.tbase.com WI-FI OFFERINGS... SARATOGA, California: Ekahau Inc., a leading provider of Wi-Fi-based Real Time Location Systems (RTLS) and Wi-Fi planning tools, have announced a worldwide reseller agreement with Siemens Communications, Inc. Ekahau RTLS enables Siemens'customers to cost-effectively deploy integrated location-basedmobile business solutions from a single vendor. www.ekahau.com NORILSK NICKEL... MOSCOW and TORONTO: OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel (Norilsk Nickel) has announced that a Notice of Variation increasing NorilskNickel's all cash offer to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of LionOre Mining International Ltd. www.nornik.ru/en www.sedar.com ATIYAH JOINS... NEW YORK: Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP has announced that Ghassan "Gus" M. Atiyah will join the Firm as acorporate partner in the Financing practice in Washington. Previously he was at Hogan & Hartson LLP. www.friedfrank.com DRESDEN PLANT... DRESDEN: British electronics company Plastic Logic has laid the cornerstone for its new facility in Dresden. It will beginoperations in 2008 with 140 employees. A total of US$100 million in investor funding has been raised. www.invest-in-germany.com ASIA DEKOR... SINGAPORE: Asia Dekor Holdings Limited, a vertically integrated producer and distributor of laminate wooden floor and one of the Asia's leading wood-panel producers, has announced annual results for the year ended 31 March, 2007. NORILSK NICKEL... MOSCOW and TORONTO: OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel (Norilsk Nickel) has announced that it will increase its offer to purchase allof the outstanding common shares of LionOre Mining International Ltd. www.nornik.ru/en www.sedar.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.