SYDNEY--21 Aug--AsiaNet/-- DUFF/PHELPS EXPANDS... NEW YORK: Duff & Phelps, a leading provider of independent financialadvisory and investment banking services, today announced that Masafumi Takenohas joined the firm as a Managing Director in the Tokyo office. http://www.duffandphelps.com CACHELOGIC'S AUDIENCE... CAMBRIDGE: CacheLogic, provider of the worlds leading Digital Asset DeliveryNetwork, a new generation of CDN (Content Delivery Network) services designedto meet the rich media needs of the 21st century Internet, provided a liveglobal Internet video broadcast service for the Singapore National Day Paradeheld on August 9th. http://www.cachelogic.com http://www.cachelogic.com/home/pages/National_Day/index.php DATASQUIRT EXTENDS... WELLINGTON: Despite market volatility, New Zealand contact centre softwarecompany, Datasquirt, is going ahead with its public offering on the ASX, buthas reduced the minimum subscription from $A10 million to $7 million. Themaximum subscription remains the same at $A12 million. www.datasquirt.com www.bellpotter.com.au FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae Monday announced that it will not issue aBenchmark Note this month. http://www.fanniemae.com XLGAMES SELECTS... FRANKFURT and SEOUL: XLGames, the game company founded by Jake Song, formerExecutive VP of Development at NCSoft, and creator of Lineage, the mostsuccessful MMORPG game released to date, Monday announced that they haveentered into an agreement with German developer Crytek to license the awardwinning CryENGINE 2 for use in their newest MMORPG. http://www.crytek.com http://www.xlgames.com WAVETREND JOINS... SURREY: Wavetrend, a world leader in the deployment of active RFIDsolutions, Monday announced that it has joined the International Air TransportAssociation's Strategic Partnerships programme. www.wavetrend.net www.iata.org TRANSUNION ENHANCES... CHICAGO and MUMBAI: TransUnion Monday announced the appointment of S. A.Raveendhrun to vice president of fraud solutions. In his role, Raveendhrunwill have the primary responsibility of fraud solution development, overseeingthis area for all Asia Pacific markets. http://www.transunion.com/business http://www.transunion.com ARROW NAMES... HONG KONG: Arrow Asia Pac Ltd., a business unit of Arrow Electronics, Inc.,Monday announced the appointment of CC Lim to vice president, Marketing. Limwill be responsible for setting the direction on all aspects of supplierstrategy and execution including supplier relationships, asset management,technical strategy and product strategy. www.arrowasia.com POLYSILICON COMMENCES... XINYU CITY, and SUNNYVALE, Calif: LDK Solar Co., Ltd., a leadingmanufacturer of multicrystalline solar wafers, announced that the companyhosted a groundbreaking ceremony on August 18, 2007 to celebrate thecommencement of construction on its polysilicon production plant. http://www.ldksolar.com OCCLUTECH INITIATES... JENA: Occlutech GmbH, the leading European manufacturer of cardiac occlusiondevices such as ASD, PFO and LAA occluders Monday announced that it hasinitiated invalidation proceedings against AGA's European patent in the U.K. SUBORBITAL LAUNCHES... WELLINGTON: New Zealand company, Rocket Lab Ltd, plans to commence low-costsuborbital payload rocket launches from New Zealand in September, 2008. www.rocketlab.co.nz ANANTARA OPENS... BANGKOK: Anantara Resorts is set to open a luxurious boutique property on aprime beachfront location in the chic resort area of Seminyak, Bali. www.anantara.com CONSISTEL COMPLETES... SINGAPORE: Consistel Pte Ltd Monday announced the completion of a successfulround of equity financing jointly led by JAFCO Asia and Intel Capital. http://www.consistel.com http://www.jafcoasia.com http://www.intelcapital.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.