SYDNEY--28 Sep--AsiaNet/InfoQuest DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT... HONG KONG: Arrow Asia Pac Ltd., a business unit of ArrowElectronics, Inc., announced that it has signed a distributionagreement with Diodes Incorporated, a leading manufacturer andsupplier of high-quality application-specific standard productswithin the broad discrete and analog semiconductor markets. www.arrowasia.com www.diodes.com AIRLIVE WL-5470AP... TAIPEI: AirLive, one of the most advanced worldwide brandsfor networking and communication equipments, has announced itsAirLive WL-5470AP. www.airlive.com www.airlive.com/WL-5470AP.htm PLANT CLOSURE... TOKYO: Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. has decided to shut down theBayonne, New Jersey Plant of AGC Chemicals Americas, Inc. atthe end of December 2007, stopping production offluorochemicals there. COMSCORE RELEASES... TOKYO: comScore, a leader in measuring the digital world,has released its ranking of the top Internet and top-gainingproperties in Japan based on data collected through itscomScore World Metrix audience ratings service. www.comscore.com SICON SEMICONDUCTOR... LINKOPING: "We are delighted that Karl-Henrik Sundstrom willnow join us as Chairman of the Board" says Roland Andersson,CEO of Sicon. www.siconsemi.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$50million on October 7, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. www.fanniemae.com NIKE NAMES... BEAVERTON, Oregon: Nike announced that company executiveSandy Bodecker has been named to the newly created position ofVice President of Nike Global Design. In his new role, Bodeckerwill oversee all aspects of design for the Nike brand, fromconcept creation to retail presentation. GLOBAL PAYMENTS... ATLANTA, Georgia: Global Payments Inc. has announced resultsfor its first quarter ended August 31, 2007. www.globalpaymentsinc.com FRIENDSTER LAUNCHES... SAN FRANCISCO, California: Friendster, Inc. announced thelaunch of Fan Profiles, a new feature enabling over 40different entity types - such as musicians, artists, models,non-profits, athletes and more - to connect with existing fansand build a fan base within Friendster's global community. www.friendster.com www.friendster.com/fanprofiles TOKYO PROPERTY... TOKYO: Tokyo ranks as the third most promising Asia Pacificcity in terms of real estate investment prospects, according toEmerging Trends in Real Estate Asia Pacific 2008, justpublished by the Urban Land Institute andPricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. www.uli.org www.pwc.com AERCAP ANNOUNCES... AMSTERDAM: AerCap Holdings N.V. announced that it hasrecently closed the acquisition of a Boeing 737 New Generation,which was delivered new from the production line this month. MANAGING DIRECTOR... CHICAGO, Illinois: The Warranty Group announced that RobertB. "Bob" Mulcahy, 49, has been appointed Managing Director ofits business units in Australia and New Zealand which includesThe Warranty Group Australasia, Pty. Ltd. and branch operationsof Virginia Surety Company, Inc. www.thewarrantygroup.com ABBOTT AWARDED... ABBOTT PARK, Illinois: Abbott, a leader in the treatment ofautoimmune diseases, has received the 2007 Galen Prize for BestBiotechnology Product for HUMIRA (adalimumab), the firstapproved fully human antibody. www.HUMIRA.com www.abbott.com LP GAS... PARIS: By choosing Africa and the theme "fuelling life" forits 20th Forum (Cape Town, South Africa, October 24-26, 2007),the WLPGA (World LP Gas Association) is asserting itscommitment to proving the major contribution that LP Gas canmake towards improving global living conditions, especially indisadvantaged areas. www.wlpgasforum2007.com KARL LAGERFELD... PARIS: KARL LAGERFELD SAS has announced a strategiclicensing alliance with Marchon Eyewear, Inc., to create KARLLAGERFELD men's and women's eyewear starting with the 2008collection. PLAWA PRESENTS... SHANGHAI: At the Imaging Expo China/Interphoto Shanghai 2007in Shanghai, plawa will present a new AgfaPhoto digital cameraproduct family with the models DC-8338i, DC-8330i andDC-1338i. www.plawa.com www.panama-pr.de/download/agfaphotoShanghai.zip GORE ANNOUNCES... ELKTON, Maryland: W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore), a globalleader in providing high technology solutions for theelectronics industry, announced that it has entered into astrategic alliance that includes an equity investment inQuellan, Inc., a leader in low power analog noise cancellationICs. www.gore.com www.quellan.com UK UNVEILS... LONDON: The UK takes a major step towards cementing closerbusiness, investment and trade ties with India on a bilaterallevel with the official launch of the UK India BusinessCouncil, at the UK Trade and Investment Awards in Mumbai,India. www.ukibc.com MOBILE WIMAX... CHICAGO: Navini Networks and Beceem Communications announcedat WiMAX World in Chicago a partnership under which Beceem'sMobile WiMAX chipsets will be part of Navini's newly announcedSurfer product line for Mobile WiMAX. www.beceem.com www.navini.com MICREL LAUNCHES... SAN JOSE, California: Micrel Inc., an industry leader inanalog, high bandwidth communications and Ethernet ICsolutions, has introduced a family of the industry's smallestfully-integrated 6A synchronous buck regulators, the MIC2260xseries for 3V and 5V supply rails. www.micrel.com BNY SELECTED... LONDON: BNY Mellon Asset Servicing, a global leader insecurities servicing, has been selected by PCA Asset ChinaDragon A Share Fund - Korea's first locally domiciled fund thatinvests in China A-share market - to provide custodyservices. www.bnymellon.com GALOC PROJECT... PERTH: Nido Petroleum Ltd is pleased to announce that thedrill ship Energy Searcher has come on-hire to the GalocProject which signals the start of the Galoc oil fielddevelopment, the first offshore development in the Philippinesfor almost seven years. THOMSON ACQUIRES... STAMFORD, Connecticut: The Thomson Corporation, a leadingprovider of information solutions to business and professionalcustomers worldwide, announced that it has acquired ProusScience, a global leader in the provision of life sciencesinformation solutions. www.thomson.com www.prous.com www.scientific.thomson.com CHICAGO SPIRE... CHICAGO: The Chicago Spire was officially launched at anevent held in Chicago's Millennium Park. An invited audience ofnearly 500 people heard presentations by Santiago Calatrava,the architect of the 2,000-foot iconic residential building onthe shores of Lake Michigan, and Garrett Kelleher, executivechairman of Shelbourne Development Group, Inc. www.thechicagospire.com REUTERS RELOCATES... SINGAPORE: Reuters has announced plans to relocate DavidGurle Executive Vice President, Global Head of ReutersCommunication Services and its communication services businessto Singapore. www.reuters.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.