Sydney--22 Jun--Asianet/InfoQuest E-SPORTS EXPO... SEOUL: The Korea e-Sports Association (President Sin Bae Kim) opens the first outstanding e-Sports thesis exhibition inthe world which is the first e-sports international thesis exhibition to scout for unhackneyed ideas on e-sports andinduce interest of the public and/or university students. www.e-sports.or.kr PROPERTY SYMPOSIUM... PARSIPPANY, New Jersey: NorthCourse Leisure Real Estate Solutions and Group RCI announced they will host the highlyanticipated second annual Middle East Leisure Real Estate Symposium. The event, taking place on September 9th, at theexclusive Grosvenor House Hotel, a central location within the developing Dubai Marina, will open with an address by Ken May,chairman and CEO of Group RCI, the global leader in non-hotel leisure accommodations. www.northcourse.com www.grouprci.com www.wyndhamworldwide.com CVRD EXPLORES... RIO DE JANEIRO: Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) announces that exploration drilling at Creighton, a more than century-old nickel mine near Sudbury, province of Ontario, Canada, is confirming mineralization at depth that has the potential toextend the mine life well into the future and continue its longstanding economic contribution to its wholly-owned subsidiary, CVRD Inco Ltd. (CVRD Inco) Ontario operations. www.cvrd.com.br VAPERMA OPENS... ST-ROMUALD: Vaperma Inc. has officially opened its new 22,000 square-foot research and technology centre for thedevelopment and pilot testing of clean energy gas separation membranes. Vaperma's innovative hollow fiber membrane is aproprietary, made-in-Canada technology that represents a new "dewatering" process for the production of fuel ethanol. AMERICAN GREETINGS... CLEVELAND, Ohio: American Greetings Corporation has announced its first quarter results for the fiscal quarter ended May 25, 2007. For the first quarter of fiscal 2008, the company reported net sales of US$418.0 million, pre-tax income from continuing operations of US$54.9 million, and income from continuing operations of US$30.6 million or 55 cents per share(all per-share amounts assume dilution). http://corporate.americangreetings.com http://investors.americangreetings.com INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITY... SYDNEY: Award winning U.S. entrepreneur Gary Heavin, CEO of Curves - ranked by Entrepreneur Magazine as the #1 fitnessfranchise in the world, the #3 top global franchise, and #5 fastest growing franchise company - will be in Hong Kong for arare appearance on Monday, 25th June 2007 at the J.W. Marriott Hotel, Pacific Place. If you would like a one-on-one interviewwith Gary Heavin, please contact Joanna Bieniawski immediately at [email protected] or telephone Sydney, Australia atT: +61 2 9251 2525. AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.