SYDNEY--16 Aug--AsiaNet/InfoQuest AV GROUP... FREDERICTON, NB - The AV Group, a Joint Venture of the Aditya Birla Group ofIndia and Tembec of Canada, announced ambitious expansion plans for theproduction of dissolving pulp, the main raw material used in the manufacture ofViscose Staple Fibre (rayon). THOMSON SCIENTIFIC... PHILADELPHIA - Thomson Scientific, part of The Thomson Corporation andleading provider of information solutions to the worldwide research andbusiness communities, today issued its quarterly The Ones-to-Watch report,providing expert insight into the five most promising drugs to enter each newphase of clinical development between April and June 2007.www.thomsonpharma.com/media/pdfs/tpqr/tp_qr_apr2007.pdfwww.thomson.comhttp://www.scientific.thomson.com DIGITEL SIGNS... RICHARDSON, Texas - Navini Networks, the leader in offering commercialMobile WiMAX solutions, today announced a nationwide VAR and distributorpartnership with Digitel Corporation, a leading wireless systems integrationcompany.http://www.neonova.nethttp://www.digitel.nethttp://www.navini.com WAL-MART SELECTS... BENTONVILLE, Ark. , WELLESLEY, Mass. and HELSINKI - Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.and SSH Communications Security, a leading global provider of securefile-transfer and end-to-end communications security solutions for theenterprise, today announced that Wal-Mart has selected the SSH Tectia(R)solution to enable secure remote access and secure end-to-end data filetransfer throughout the retail leader's extensive global computing network.http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070611/WALMARTLOGO1http://photoarchive.ap.orghttp://www.walmart.comhttp://www.ssh.com / EMEA RECOMMENDS... SYDNEY - Progen Pharmaceuticals Limited announced that the Committee forOrphan Medical Products (COMP) of the European Agency for the Evaluation ofMedicinal Products (EMEA) has adopted a positive opinion recommending thegranting of orphan medicinal product designation for PI-88 for the treatment ofhepatocellular carcinoma, or primary liver cancer. ICIS, CBI... LONDON and SHANGHAI - ICIS, http://www.icis.com/Home/Default.aspx, thecommodity market information business of Reed Business Information UK Ltd, andCBI China Ltd http://www.cbichina.com/, China's domestic commodity marketinformation leader, have formed a joint venture to create China's most powerfulcommodity market information company.http://www.icis.com/Home/Default.aspxhttp://www.cbichina.comhttp://www.icis.com / FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of asecurities issues amounting to a total of US$25 million on August 25, 2007 at aredemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plusaccrued interest.http://www.fanniemae.com QUINTILES APPOINTS... RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. - Quintiles Transnational Corp. announced theappointment of Michael Troullis as its Chief Financial Officer, effectiveimmediately. Troullis had been acting CFO since former CFO John Ratliff wasappointed Quintiles' Chief Operating Officer last year.http://www.qtrn.com SCHOLARONE'S NEW... PHILADELPHIA and LONDON - ScholarOne, a Thomson business, today announcedthe release of Manuscript Central v4.0, an upgraded version of theindustry-leading manuscript submission and peer-review system.http://www.scientific.thomson.comhttp://www.scholarone.comhttp://www.thomson.com FPL ANNOUNCES... LONDON - FIX Protocol Ltd (FPL) has announced that the FIX AlgorithmicTrading Definition Language (FIXatdl(SM))has entered its beta phase inpreparation for its ultimate release targeted for late 2007.http://www.fixprotocol.org/working_groups/algowg/documentshttp://www.fixprotocol.org. FOUR CORNERS... PALM BEACH, Fla. - ABC's popular Four Corners report recently focused on acontroversial therapy for Dyslexia and ADD/ADHD (Attention Deficit Disorders).http://www.learningbreakthrough.comhttp://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2007/s1994872.htm / ITAU CUTS... SAO PAULO - Banco Itau announces an unprecedented initiative in theBrazilian financial market -- the reduction of all service charges collected onits MaxiContas current account packages.http://www.itau.com ELCOTEQ BEIJING... HONG KONG - Elcoteq SE, global provider of electronics manufacturingservices (EMS) for the communications technology industry, announces thatElcoteq Beijing was honored with two awards issued by Beijing governmentalcommittees on July 17, 2007.http://www.elcoteq.com ASIA FOUNDATION... KUALA LUMPUR, and SAN FRANCISCO - The Asia Foundation, the premiernon-profit organization devoted to Asia's development since 1954, announced theappointment of Anthea Mulakala as Country Representative designate in Malaysia.http://www.asiafoundation.org AVNET X-FEST... SINGAPORE - Avnet Electronics Marketing and Xilinx, Inc. have concludedtheir 90-city global X-Fest technical seminars.http://www.em.avnet.comhttp://www.avnet.com/http://www.xilinx.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.