Sydney--4 ก.ค.--Asianet/InfoQuest ALLEGIANCE ISSUE... SYDNEY: Allegiance Mining NL is pleased to advise that Allegiance has received A$33,040,000 from Jinchuan as paymentfor 41,300,000 fully paid ordinary shares at an issue price of A$0.80 following approval for the transaction from the Chinese Provincial and Central Government authorities. http://www.allegiance-mining.com.au AMPCONTROL BUYS... TOMAGO: Ampcontrol has announced the purchase of UK based company Allenwest Wallacetown. TB PROBLEM... MELBOURNE: Recent reports on the risks of extensively drug resistant TB being spread through airline travel havehighlighted the need for improved TB testing for travelers and airline and airport staff. http://www.cellestis.com http://www.quantiferon.com NATIONAL PROSPERITY... LONDON: A breakthrough measure of what makes life worthwhile has been released by the Legatum Institute for GlobalDevelopment, in a new study that defines the well-rounded prosperity of a nation as the combination of the material wealth and life satisfaction of its citizens. http://www.legatum.com http://www.prosperity.org http://www.cantos.com GLOBAL ENERGY... NEW YORK: Platts, the world's leading energy information provider and a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, will announce its annual Platts Top 250 Global Energy Companies in Singapore on September 13, 2007. http://www.platts.com http://www.platts.com/top250 http://www.mcgraw-hill.com TOPCODER WINNER... GLASTONBURY: TopCoder, Inc., the leader in online programming competition, skills assessment and competitivesoftware development, has announced that Yiming Liao of China won the TopCoder Studio Design track of the 2007 TopCoder Open Sponsored by AOL which took place at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada on June 29th. http://www.topcoder.com http://studio.topcoder.com http://www.topcoder.com tc?module=MemberProfile&cr=10481546 SOFTWARE DESIGN... GLASTONBURY: TopCoder, Inc., the leader in online programming competition, skills assessment and competitivesoftware development, has announced that Feng He of China won the software component development track of the 2007 TopCoder Open Sponsored by AOL, which took place at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada on June 29th. http://www.topcoder.com SHRIVER HONORED... WASHINGTON: Special Olympics International announced on Tuesday that Chairman Timothy P. Shriver, Ph.D., has beenhonored by Lions Clubs International with the 2007 Lions Humanitarian Award, the highest accolade bestowed by theservice club organization. http://www.specialolympics.org JOINT VENTURE... DUSSELDORF: Gerresheimer successfully finalises formation of joint venture 'Kimble Chase Life Science and Research ProductsLLC'. BRADY HIRED... GREENWICH: Mercury Partners LLC, a real estate investment management company based in Greenwich, CT, announced the hiringof Patrick Brady as Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director. http://www.mercuryrealestate.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of three securities issues amounting to a total ofUS$600 million on July 13, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. http://www.fanniemae.com COLLEXIS STOCK... COLUMBIA: Leading developer of search and knowledge discovery software, Collexis Holdings, Inc. announced on Tuesday that Collexis's shares of common stock are eligible for trading on the OTC Bulletin Board. http://www.collexis.com SONY AGREEMENT... GEORGE TOWN: O2Micro International Limited, a leading supplier of innovative power management, and security components and systems, announced that it has reached an agreement in principle with Sony Corporation, Sony EMCS Corporation, Sony Corporation of America and Sony Electronics Inc. http://www.o2micro.com LISTEX APPROVED... WAGENINGEN: The FDA and USDA announced on Tuesdsay they have approved LISTEX(TM) P100, the natural bacteriophage product against Listeria, as GRAS, for all food products. http://www.ebifoodsafety.com IPHONE ANALYSIS... EL SEGUNDO: In terms of cost, iSuppli Corp.'s teardown analysis of Apple Inc.'s iPhone offered few surprises, with its Bill-of-Materials closely conforming with our preliminary functional estimate issued in January. http://www.isuppli.com ITOUCH ACQUIRED... MILAN: Buongiorno to acquire 100 per cent of iTouch for Euro 141 million, becoming the World's No.1 provider of mobile entertainment, information, messaging and marketing services. http://www.buongiorno.com PNA LICENSE... DAEJEON: Panagene has announced that it has licensed the right to sell PNA monomers from the Copenhagen Inventor Groupeffective 1st June 2007. http://www.panagene.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.