SYDNEY--7 Sep--AsiaNet/InfoQuest SPAM LAWS... SYDNEY - New spam laws came into effect in New Zealand on September 5, 2007,reclassifying as illegal that which was previously only called a nuisance.www.smilecity.co.nzwww.permissioncorp.comhttp://www.spam.govt.nz/ OPUS APPOINTS... WELLINGTON - Opus International Consultants has appointed Kelvin Moody tothe position of Regional Manager for New South Wales. BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM... INGELHEIM - Boehringer Ingelheim announced today from the 12th WorldConference on Lung Cancer (WCLC) that the company plans to commence Phase IIIpivotal trials in lung cancer with BIBW 2992, its novel, second generation,potent, irreversibly binding, dual inhibitor of EGFR and HER2 and therebyfurther demonstrated its commitment to discovery and development of novelcompounds in oncology.http://www.boehringer-ingelheim.comhttp://www.lungcancer-thenextchapter.com POINTCROSS RELEASES... HOUSTON - PointCross releases Codetta, a semantic technology for enterprisesearch that works with PointCross' SOA platform, Orchestra.http://www.pointcross.com AMPAC PACKAGING... CINCINNATI, OH. - Ampac Packaging LLC has acquired privately-held, FloeterFlexible Packaging Group, Eberdingen, Germany for an undisclosed amount.http://www.ampaconline.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C. - Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of asecurities issue amounting to a total of US$25 million on September 16, 2007 ata redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plusaccrued interest.http://www.fanniemae.com GLG PARTNERS... LONDON - GLG Partners (GLG), a leading alternative asset manager, announcedthat it will be presenting at the Lehman Brothers 2007 Financial ServicesConference in New York at 9:15 a.m. EDT /2:15 PM BST on Monday, September 10,2007.http://www.glgpartners.com LEBOEUF LAMB... HONG KONG - LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP has announced the expansionof its Asia practice with the opening of a Hong Kong office.http://www.llgm.com EXPO REAL... MUNICH - EXPO REAL, the 10th International Commercial Property Exposition,is expanding the range of services it provides for visitors.http://www.exporeal.net/link/en/16441066http://www.exporeal.net/link/en/16441066http://www.exporeal.net/link/en/17020163http://www.exporeal.net/link/en/17506368 GLOBAL MOBILE... LONDON - Twenty years ago today, an historic agreement was signed inCopenhagen by 15 telecommunications operators from 13 countries(i) that led tothe development of the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), and amobile communications industry that today serves more than 2.5 billion peopleacross 218 countries and territories.http://www.gsmtwenty.comhttp://www.gsmworld.comhttp://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/gsmassociation/29667 LEASING BUSINESS... CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Bank of America Corporation and China Construction Bankannounced an agreement to jointly enter into a new leasing business aimed atproviding innovative leasing products for the rapidly growing Chinese economy.http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050720/CLW086LOGO-bhttp://photoarchive.ap.orghttp://www.bankofamerica.com ASTRAZENECA ANNOUNCES... LONDON - AstraZeneca announced enrolment of the first patient in the newGRAVITY study (Gauging the lipid effects of RosuvAstatin plus ezetimibe VersussImvastatin plus ezetimibe TherapY).http://www.AstraZenecaPressOffice.com HOOTERS GIRLS... ATLANTA, GA. - First Nixon, then Clinton and now the Hooters Girls will makean impact in China's capital.http://www.hooters.com PEPSICO TO... PURCHASE, N.Y. - PepsiCo, Inc. announced that its third-quarter 2007earnings conference call and slide presentation for financial analysts andinvestors will be webcast live over the internet on Thursday, October 11, 2007at 11 a.m. (ET).http://www.pepsico.com KNIGHT VINKE... NEW YORK - In light of recent guidance published by the FSA (Market Watch,Issue no. 20, May 2007), Knight Vinke Asset Management wishes to inform themarket that it intends to engage in a constructive dialogue with the Board andother institutional shareholders of HSBC Holdings plc over the future directionand governance of the Group. NAVTEQ TO... CHICAGO, IL. - NAVTEQ, a leading global provider of digital map data forvehicle navigation and location-based solutions (LBS), will present at thisyear's China Location Based Services Summit in Beijing on September 5-6, 2007.http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060313/NAVTEQLOGOhttp://photoarchive.ap.orghttp://www.navteq.comhttp://www.LBSChallenge.com MACAU.COM LAUNCHES... MACAU - MACAU.COM has launched a brand new travel site with fresh Macautravel and entertainment information.http://www.macau.com/launch ICLIPS.NET TO... ST. LOUIS - The iClips Network, a premier Internet destination for worldclass content, announced today it will webcast STS9s live performances at theworld famous Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, CO, which will be freelyavailable at http://www.iclips.net.http://www.iclips.net AIDS CAMPAIGN... NEW DELHI - As part of its ongoing global campaign to lower drug prices andimprove access to lifesaving HIV/AIDS treatments worldwide, AIDS HealthcareFoundation (AHF) has published a print advertisement in the form of an openletter that will appear in several prominent Indian newspapers.http://www.aidshealth.org ARYSTA LIFESCIENCE... TOKYO - Arysta LifeScience Corporation announced it signed a definitiveagreement to acquire Grupo Bioquimico Mexicano, S.A. de C.V. (GBM), the leadingMexican manufacturer and marketer of inputs for the fruit and vegetable market.http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070906/AQF025LOGO-ahttp://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070906/AQF025LOGO-bhttp://photoarchive.ap.orghttp://www.arystalifescience.comhttp://www.gbm.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.