SYDNEY--19 Oct--AsiaNet/InfoQuest GALE INTERNATIONAL... INCHEON: Gale International, United TechnologiesCorporation, and Hanjin Group agreed to collaborate onadvancing Songdo International Business District in South Koreaas a model of sustainability and technological innovation.www.Songdo.com ELCOTEQ TELSIMA... HONG KONG: Elcoteq SE, a leading integrated electronicsmanufacturing services company with original designmanufacturing capabilities in the communications technologyfield announced that it has become the global manufacturingpartner for Telsima, a leading developer of WiMAX basedbroadband wireless access and DCME voice compressionsolutions.www.elcoteq.comwww.telsima.com EKAHAU DUBAI... HELSINKI: Ekahau Inc., a leading provider of Wi-Fi basedReal Time Location Systems, announced that the Stargate, a newmulti-use family entertainment centre in Dubai, United ArabEmirates, will integrate Ekahau Positioning Engine 4.0 with itsCisco wireless Wi-Fi network to provide a comprehensivetracking system for visitors, staff and portable equipment.www.ekahau.comwww.wirelessvisionme.comwww.emiratescomputers.ae ACTIViDENTITY CEO... FREMONT: ActivIdentity Corporation, a global leader indigital identity assurance, announced that the Board ofDirectors has appointed Thomas Jahn, the company's ChiefOperating Officer, as the new Chief Executive Officer effectiveNovember 1, 2007.www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20051108/SFTU161LOGOhttp://photoarchive.ap.orgwww.actividentity.com HPV TEST... GAITHERSBURG, Maryland: The first randomized, controlledstudy in North America of HPV testing as a stand-alone screenconcluded that it is almost 40 per cent more accurate thantraditional cytology (the Pap "smear") in identifying womenwith advanced cervical disease, according to a report publishedin The New England Journal of Medicine.www.qiagen.comwww.theHPVtest.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$460million on October 29, 2007, US$100 million on October 28, 2007and US$250 million on November 1, 2007 at a redemption priceequal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plusaccrued interest.www.fanniemae.com ABBOTT MOLECULE... ABBOTT PARK, Illinois: Abbott reported that its scientistsare the first to discover a proprietary technology thatcombines the function and specificity of two or more monoclonalantibodies into one molecular entity that demonstratesdrug-like properties and manufacturing feasibility.www.abbott.com/global/url/content/en_US/60.15www.nature.com/nbt/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nbt1345.htmlwww.abbott.com AERCAP RESULTS... AMSTERDAM: AerCap Holdings N.V. announced that it will hosta conference call and webcast for investors and analysts at9:30 a.m. EST on Thursday, November 8, 2007 to review itsthird-quarter 2007 financial results.www.aercap.com. POVERTY ERADICATION... NEW YORK: Join us to hear the officially verified GuinnessWorld Record number for the number of people who took part inthe "Stand Up and Speak Out" challenge on the International Dayfor the Eradication of Poverty.www.whiteband.orgwww.endpoverty2015.orghttp://standagainstpoverty.org/press/conference CHINESE BONDHOLDERS... WASHINGTON: Announcement by American Bondholders Foundation- The head of the American Bondholders Foundation charged in acomplaint filed with the U.S. Securities and ExchangeCommission that the People's Republic of China is defraudingAmerican investors.www.americanbondholdersfoundation.comwww.globalsecuritieswatch.org FINANCIAL RISK... NEW YORK and LONDON: The Financial Risk Manager Programreached an all-time high in candidate registrations in 2007with 10,135, representing a 25 per cent increase from the 2006total of 8,077, the Global Association of Risk Professionalsannounced today.www.garp.com GUINESS POVERTY... NEW YORK: Over 38.7 million people, in 110 countries havebroken the Guinness World Record, set last year at 23.5million, for the largest number of people to "STAND UP AGAINSTPOVERTY" in 24 hours.www.standagainstpoverty.org/press/conferencewww.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071018/NYTH092www.mnetafrica.com/bigbrother/videogallery.aspwww.whiteband.orgwww.standagainstpoverty.org CVRD DIVIDEND... RIO DE JANEIRO: Companhia Vale do Rio Doce announces thatthe Board of Directors has approved the payment of the secondtranche of its minimum dividend for 2007, amounting to US$825million, equal to US$0.170722943 per common or preferred sharein circulation.www.cvrd.com.br COGNIZANT MARKETRX... TEANECK, New Jersey: Cognizant Technology SolutionsCorporation, a leading provider of global IT and businessprocess outsourcing services, announced that it has signed adefinitive agreement to acquire NJ-based marketRx, Inc., aleading provider of analytics and related software services toglobal Life Sciences companies in the pharmaceutical,biotechnology and medical devices segments.www.cognizant.com CVRD NOTES... RIO DE JANEIRO: Companhia Vale do Rio Doce will payadditional interest to holders of the mandatorily convertiblenotes due June 15, 2010 issued by its wholly-owned subsidiary,Vale Capital Ltd., in two series, RIO and RIO P.www.cvrd.com.br TOKYO MOTOR... TOKYO: The Tokyo Motor Show is one of the most importantautomotive exhibitions in the world. Under the theme "Catch theNews, Touch the Future," this year's show will emphasizevehicles that provide diversified joy and excitement inaddition to focusing on the environment, safety, and comfort. FARO'S FAROARM... SINGAPORE: FARO Technologies, Inc., the world market leaderin portable computer-aided measurement arms and laser trackersales, announced the release of the Fusion FaroArm. The newdevice blends styling cues of the Company's Quantum FaroArm,but with a dramatically lower price and up to 15-percent higheraccuracy than the Titanium Series it replaces.www.faro.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.