SYDNEY--26 Jun--AsiaNet/InfoQuest GREEN TRANSPORT... UTRECHT: With jet aircraft emitting 23 kilograms of CO2 per100 passenger kilometres, that's a lot of carbon dioxide beingdumped into the atmosphere. Cars do somewhat better at a littleless than 18 kilograms, but trains outdo them both at underfive kilograms of CO2 per 100 passenger kilometres. http://www.EurailGroup.com http://www.Eurail.com http://www.cer.be http://eurail-acprail.com http://flightcentre.com http://OctopusTravel.com http://raileurope.fr/wheretobuy http://CarbonNeutral.Com http://eurail.informationstore.net CONTRACT AWARDED... PITTSBURGH: Calgon Carbon Corporation has announced that ithas been awarded a contract by Jiaxing Jiayuan Water Co. tosupply 1.1 million pounds of granular activated carbon to theJiaxing Nanjiao Water Plant in China for drinking waterpurification. http://www.calgoncarbon.com TIDAL POWER... GENEVA: IEC, the global body for electrical energystandards, is now recruiting experts from around the world todevelop international standards for wave and tidal energytechnology. http://www.iec.ch WAR THRILLER... LOS ANGELES: To set the record straight, 'Valkyrie' is ahistorically accurate thriller that presents the World War Tworesistance hero Col. Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg as theheroic and principled figure he was, and we believe it will goa long way towards reminding the world that even within theranks of the German military there was real resistance to theNazi regime. EXPANDING COVERAGE... NEW YORK: Auerbach Grayson & Company, Inc., a New York-basedbrokerage firm that specializes in international trading forU.S. institutional investors, announced on Monday that it hasexpanded its coverage of Asian public companies through anexisting relationship with Taiwan-based broker KGI Group. http://www.agco.com EURO EXPO... MUNICH: Exhibitors From Central, Eastern and SoutheasternEurope Occupy 40 Per cent of the International Area at EXPOREAL 2007. http://www.exporeal.net LIONORE ACQUISITION... MOSCOW and TORONTO: OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel has announcedthat it received notice from South Africa's CompetitionCommission that its proposed acquisition of control of LionOreMining International Ltd has been approved under the SouthAfrican Competition Act No. 89 of 1998. www.nornik.ru/en www.sedar.com MONTHLY SUMMARY... WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae's May 2007 Monthly Summary is nowavailable at http://www.fanniemae.com/ir/ . This report containsinformation on Fannie Mae's business volumes, liquidations,delinquency rates and the effective duration gap. http://www.fanniemae.com FINAL CONSTRUCTION... VANCOUVER: Independent Canadian oil and gas company TAG Oilannounced on Monday the Cheal Production Facility is nearingcompletion and pre-commissioning operations are nowconcurrently underway with final construction activities. http://www.tagoil.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of one securities issues amounting to a total of US$100million on July 5, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com ATMEL CONTROLLER... ROUSSET: Atmel Corporation has announced the introduction ofits AT90SC9604RU secure microcontroller in replacement of itspresent AT90SC6404RT chip. http://www.atmel.com CAP FAMILY... COLORADO SPRINGS: Atmel Corporation has announced that ithas extended its CAP family of customizablemicrocontroller-based System-on-a-Chip products with an ARM7core. http://www.atmel.com MICREL LAUNCHES... SAN JOSE: Micrel Inc. has launched the SY88973BL, alow-power limiting post amplifier that is designed for use infiber optic receivers. http://www.micrel.com BANK ABSORBED... KUALA LUMPUR: The award-winning Shariah consulting andproduct design team of Dar Al Istithmar has announced that ithas been absorbed by the BMB Group to create BMB Islamic, afull service, Islamic-focused product design and placementinstitution. www.perceptionmanagement.com.my NEW DEFINITION... BRUSSELS: The International Diabetes Federation has launcheda new definition to identify children and adolescents atincreased risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovasculardisease in later life. http://www.idf.org/met_syndrome/children TRANSUNION HIRES... CHICAGO, MUMBAI: TransUnion has hired Satish Pillai to serveas vice president of Solutions Development in India. http://www.transunion.com RECEIVERS AND MANAGERS... KUALA LUMPUR: Since the appointment of the Receivers andManagers to Hualon Corporation Sdn Bhd on 30th November, 2006,the Receivers and Managers have continued to run the operationsof Hualon. The Receivers and Managers are now invitinginterested parties to submit offers to acquire the operatingbusiness and assets of Hualon which should reach the Receiversand Managers by 3rd August, 2007. PATIENT ADHERENCE... BASINGSTOKE: Shire plc - New data from a patient adherencesurvey presented on Friday 22nd June at the XLIV ERA-EDTACongress in Barcelona highlight that over 40 per cent ofpatients with chronic kidney disease forget to take theirphosphate-binding medication. http://www.shire.com REVERSE ACQUISITION.. LONDON: GLG Partners, a leading alternative asset managerwith gross assets under management of over $20 billion, hasannounced that it plans to access the public markets through areverse acquisition transaction with Freedom AcquisitionHoldings, Inc. 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