SYDNEY--10 Aug--AsiaNet/InfoQuest DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT... DUBAI: Istithmar, the leading Dubai based private equity and alternativeinvestment house, successfully reached agreement to acquire luxury retailerchain Barneys New York, at a final purchase price of US$942.3 million, afternegotiations came to a close yesterday.http://www.istithmar.ae BENCHMARK NOTES... WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae Thursday postponed the announcement date of itsBenchmark Notes offering until August 20, 2007, due to the expected timing ofthe filing of the company's Annual Report for 2006 on Form 10-K with theSecurities and Exchange Commission.http://www.fanniemae.com CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS... VANCOUVER: Tanzanian Royalty Exploration Corporation is pleased to announcethat it has entered into contract negotiations with a company from the People'sRepublic of China for 13 Prospecting licenses in Tanzania.www.TanzanianRoyaltyExploration.com PRODUCT FEATURED... COLUMBIA, Md.: DHA omega-3 innovator Martek Biosciences Thursday announcedthat its flagship product, life'sDHA, is now featured in new Kids-Pro NutritionDrink, a product of British Biologicals, an India based nutraceutical company.http://www.martekbio.comhttp://www.martek.com ADULT SHOW... PHILADELPHIA: Last week, HotMovies.com traveled to the Land of The RisingSun to participate in Japan's first adult show at Makuhari Messe in Chiba,Tokyo.http://www.erosartist EURAND AWARD... MILAN: Eurand N.V. and the Controlled Release Society (CRS) Thursdayrecognized the achievements of three distinguished research scientists in thefield of applied oral drug delivery.http://www.eurand.com SHAREHOLDERS APPROVE... SYDNEY: In a landmark move for the Australian biotechnology industry,EvoGenix shareholders Thursday voted in favour of a proposed merger of thecompany with Peptech Limited to form one of the strongest biotechnologycompanies in Australia.www.peptech.comwww.evogenix.com CIO SURVEY... TOKYO: Serena Software, Inc., the leading global independent softwarecompany focused solely on application lifecycle management (ALM), Thursdayreleased the results of its 2007 Asia-Pacific (APAC) CIO survey.www.serena.com NOBLE RESULTS... HONG KONG: Noble Group Limited, a leading global supply chain manager ofagricultural, industrial and energy products, will report 2007 Second Quarterfinancial results and discuss its management outlook on Tuesday 14th August2007.http://thisisnoble.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.