SYDNEY--12 Jun--AsiaNet/InfoQuest LOGISTICS CONFERENCE... TIANJIN: Hundreds of international logistics and supplychain management leaders will converge on Tianjin June 13 forthe CSCMP China 2007 Conference sponsored by the Council ofSupply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP). Executives fromleading companies in China, the US, and other countries aroundthe world will exchange the latest logistics techniques andshare best-world supply chain practices. www.cscmpchina.org www.cscmp.org INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS... OAK BROOK, Illinois: Driven by a booming global economy,more than two-thirds (69 per cent) of multinationalcorporations reported an increase in the number ofinternational assignments in 2006, the highest percentage inthe history of the Global Relocation Trends Survey, publishedannually by GMAC Global Relocation Services. Continuing theoptimistic tone, 65 per cent of companies intend to send evenmore employees on assignment in 2007 as compared to 2006. www.gmacglobalrelocation.com/grts06.html www.gmacglobalrelocation.com www.gmacrescap.com www.gmacfs.com NEW OFFICE... SINGAPORE: XL Results Foundation, the world's leadingentrepreneur and social enterprise network, has announced thatit will open its first Latin American office in Mexico City inmid July. www.resultsfoundation.com LESOTHO ATTACKS... LONDON: Privately owned Lesotho Diamond Corporation (LDC)has attacked Murdoch Group investigative journalist Paul Barryfor "sensational and often inaccurate assertions" on thebackground of the Kao Diamond Mine project in Lesotho, wherefamily trusts associated with Alan Bond have a 38 per centshareholding. The mine, containing one of the world's largestundeveloped diamond pipes, starts production in July at theinitial rate of 5,000-10,000 carats per month. Proceedings arebeing initiated against Mr. Barry. OPEC OUTPUT... LONDON: The 10 members of the Organization of PetroleumExporting Countries (OPEC) bound by the group's outputagreements produced an average 26.64 million barrels per day (bd) in May, a Platts survey showed June 8. This is an increaseof 70,000 b/d from April's 26.57 million b/d and is above thegroup's production targets. www.platts.com www.opec.platts.com www.mcgraw-hill.com MEDIA ADVISORY... MILAN and DAYTON, Ohio: Eurand to present Zentase phase IIIdata on June 15, 2007 from 1:30-2:30pm (local Turkish time) atthe European Cystic Fibrosis Society 30th Annual Meeting inAntalya, Turkey. www.eurand.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of FINS securities issues amounting to a total ofUS$9.506 million on June 18, 2007 at a redemption price equalto 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. Fannie Mae will also redeem US$25 million in MTNsecurities issues on June 19, 2007. www.fanniemae.com INTERNET GAMBLING... LAS VEGAS: Antigua has threatened to act against U.S.trademarks, copyrights and intellectual property rights, inresponse to the U.S. position in the World Trade Organizationdispute regarding internet gambling. The WTO decision, however,does not reveal the extent of the issues relevant to crossborder wagering. NANORADIO RAISES... STOCKHOLM: Nanoradio AB, the market leader in low power WiFi(W-LAN) solutions, has secured a new financing deal worth US$27million. The investment has been made by Norwegian firm, FerdVenture, together with the previous investors - a syndicate offour venture capital funds consisting of Nordic VenturePartners, Innovacom, Teknoinvest and Industrifonden. www.nanoradio.com www.ferd.no/ www.ferdventure.no U-BLOX ANNOUNCES... THALWIL: AssistNow is an off-the-shelf A-GPS service thatboosts a GPS receiver's performance, allowing it to compute aposition almost instantly, even in difficult signalenvironments. A-GPS benefits all GPS-enabled applications,especially those that require "always-on" operability such asfleet management applications or GPS-enabled handheld devices,whose users wish to access location-based services instantly,regardless of signal conditions. www.u-blox.com www.u-blox.com/news/assistnow.jpg QUALCOMM DISAGREES... SAN DIEGO: QUALCOMM Incorporated, a leading developer andinnovator of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and otheradvanced wireless technologies, today stated that it isextremely disappointed with the International Trade Commission(ITC) decision to ban the import of future models of 3G mobilebroadband handsets incorporating QUALCOMM chipsets and softwareaccused of infringing a Broadcom patent. www.qualcomm.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.