SYDNEY--16 Jul--Asianet/InfoQuest LUXURY SUITES... NEW YORK: Elite Traveler, the luxury lifestyle magazine distributed aboard private jets in over 90 countries, hasreleased The Sixth Annual Pure Decadence issue. The July/August issue features the 101 most luxurious hotel and resort suitesfrom around the world. www.elite-travelerdigital.com MONEYGRAM TRANSACTIONS... MANILA: The recent merger of Banco de Oro (BDO) and Equitable PCI (EPCI) gives Filipinos a combined BDO-EPCInetwork of more than 800 locations across the Philippines to claim MoneyGram transactions. For added convenience, BDO-EPCIoffers extended banking hours and weekend banking so Filipinos may collect their remittances on Saturday, Sunday and even onselected holidays. www.moneygram.com COGNOSENSE APPOINTS... LAUSANNE and BEIJING: Erick Caron, concurrently, CEO of Cognosense SA and Chairman & CEO of its Chinese subsidiary,Cognosense (Beijing) Technology Co. Ltd. is pleased to announce the nomination of Mr. Guowei Yuan effective July 16th, 2007, asVice President Sales, Greater China & Asia Pacific region. Mr.Yuan will report directly to Kevin Tsui, Managing Director,China & Asia Pacific region. www.cognosense.com EQUILEND OFFERS... NEW YORK: EquiLend announces that post trade services are provided in Australia and Canada. EquiLend's post trade toolsaid in more efficient maintenance of securities financing positions. These services provide electronic tracking, faster processing, increased reconciliation speed, risk management andeasier billing. www.equilend.com MOBILE ENTERTAINMENT! BEVERLY HILLS, California: The next time you hear, "D'oh!" or "Hey everybody pay attention to me. I'm a big, fancy jerkwith a big, fancy cellphone," it'll probably be coming from a mobile phone near you because those phrases, along with a rangeof other content from The Simpsons, are available for the first time to mobile users, exclusively at www.jamster.co.au . FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$15million on July 23, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.Fannie Mae will also redeem the principal amount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$50 million on July24, 2007. Fannie Mae will also redeem the principal amount of MTNR securities issues amounting to a total of US$70 million onJuly 25, 2007. www.fanniemae.com MERGER ANNOUNCED... WELLINGTON: Local engineering company Farr Evrat Engineers is to merge with global professional services consultancy OpusInternational Consultants Ltd. Opus is already well established in Australia with offices in Brisbane, Sydney and Western Australia. BRISBANE SUMMIT... BRISBANE: Human Rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson QC will spearhead a long list of international speakers at the AsiaPacific Cities Summit in Brisbane later this year. Mr Robertson, a top British silk best known for his Hypothetical television series, will be among 100 internationally recognised speakers at the summit, to be held in Brisbane from Friday 31 August to Monday 3 September. www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/apcs AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.