SYDNEY--21 Sep--AsiaNet/InfoQuest EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY... HONG KONG: The Chartered Quantity Surveying profession isnow on the UK National Shortage Occupation List following aconcentrated campaign by RICS.http://www.workingintheuk.gov.uk/working_in_the_uk/en/homepage/news/announcementsChartered%20quantity%20surveyor.html VUZIX SHOWCASES... ROCHESTER: Vuzix Corporation, the leading manufacturer ofvideo eyewear and personal display devices, will be attendingthis week's 2007 Tokyo Games Show in Japan at MakuhariMesse.http://www.vuzix.com SWISSINFO SPECIAL... BERN: Climate change is leaving its mark on Switzerland -glaciers are melting, the alpine permafrost is thawing,flooding is threatening towns and agricultural areas and theweather is becoming ever more unpredictable. swissinfo exploresthe background, effects of climate change and what can be donethrough examining three key areas - research, energy andtourism.http://www.swissinfo.ch NIKE REPORTS... BEAVERTON: NIKE, Inc. Thursday reported financial resultsfor the first quarter, ended August 31, 2007 with revenue up 11per cent; worldwide futures orders up 11.5 per cent andone-time tax benefit contributes $0.20 to earnings per share.http://www.nikebiz.com GAMES EXCITES... VANCOUVER: In 876 days, billions of people around the globewill tune in to watch the lighting of the Olympic Torchofficially open the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games at BCPlace Stadium for one of Canada's biggest internationalspectacles. AFGHAN WIRELESS... KABUL: Afghan Wireless has been nominated for the WorldCommunications Award as the Best Operator in a DevelopingMarket.http://www.afghan-wireless.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTNR securities issues amounting to a total of US$50million on September 30 2007, at a redemption price equal to100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest.http://www.fanniemae.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$250million on October 3 2007, at a redemption price equal to 100percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest.http://www.fanniemae.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$250million on October 1 2007, at a redemption price equal to 100percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest.http://www.fanniemae.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$165million on September 30 2007, at a redemption price equal to100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest.http://www.fanniemae.com AMERICAN GREETS... CLEVELAND: American Greetings Corporation Thursday announcedits second quarter results for the fiscal quarter ended August24, 2007.http://corporate.americangreetings.com RETAIL FIRST... HONG KONG: Leading radio frequency identification (RFID)solution providers Checkpoint Systems, Impinj, Inc., and RevaSystems Thursday announced a breakthrough item-level taggingretail apparel implementation.www.checkpointasiapac.comhttp://www.revasystems.comhttp://www.impinj.com THOMSON SALUTES... TOKYO: Japan's continuing influence on internationalResearch & Development (R&D) was recognized Thursday as 17 ofits most prominent scientists working in the ten R&D fields inJapan were presented with the Thomson Research Front Award atthe Thomson Japan Research Day and Research Front Awards 2007,held at Marunouchi Building Hall in Tokyo.http://www.scientific.thomson.comhttp://www.thomson.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.