SYDNEY--25 Oct--AsiaNet/InfoQuest AZOOPTICS.COM... SYDNEY: AZoOptics.com is the latest AZoNetwork onlineknowledge base that is intended to provide the global optics,photonics, semiconductor, science, design and engineeringcommunity with a continuously updating resource for all theinformation they need to make an informed decision on selectingan "Optics or Photonics" solution.www.AZoOptics.comwww.AZoM.comwww.AZoNano.comwww.AZoBuild.comwww.News-Medical.Netwww.AZoNetwork.com WEB RANKINGS... TOKYO: comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digitalworld, has released its September rankings of the ten largestand fastest growing Internet properties in Japan based on datafrom the comScore World Metrix service. The month saw Yahoo!Sites continue to lead the top 10, with Wikipedia Sites jumpingone spot to capture the number eight position.www.comscore.com CODEXIS LABORATORY... SINGAPORE: Codexis, Inc., a private biotechnology companyand leading developer of clean manufacturing processes,announced the opening of Codexis Laboratories Singapore Pte.Ltd. CLS is the company's first research facility in Asia, andis an expansion of the company's research and developmentoperations in the U.S. and Europe.www.codexis.com SMART ALLIANCE... TAIPEI: In an effort to drive harmonized system performanceand interoperability of Smart Antenna systems, Navini, Beceem,Fujitsu and Runcom announce the formation of the "SMart AntennaRF Test" Alliance.www.navini.com HUDSON RESULTS... NEW YORK: Hudson Highland Group, Inc., one of the world'sleading providers of permanent recruitment, contractprofessionals and talent management solutions, announcedfinancial results for the third quarter ended September 30,2007.www.hhgroup.com/www.hudson.com. JAPANESE BOND... NEW YORK: The Bank of New York Mellon, the global leader inasset management and securities servicing, has been selected byGoldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd and Sumitomo Mitsui BankingCorporation to serve as collateral agent for the first domesticJapanese Government Bond tri-party repurchase agreements inJapan.www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071001/NYM012LOGOwww.bnymellon.com TRANS-ORIENT PETROLEUM... VANCOUVER: Australasian oil and gas exploration company,Trans-Orient Petroleum Ltd. is pleased to announce that theCompany was featured in the October 22, 2007 edition of Oil andGas Online.www.transorient.comhttp://transorient.com/news-oil.asp SINO GOLD... TORONTO: Sino Gold Mining Limited (together with itssubsidiaries) and Golden China Resources Corporation announcedthe mailing of the Sino Gold take-over bid circular and theGolden China directors' circular in connection with thepreviously announced Offer of Sino Gold for all of theoutstanding Golden China common shares.www.sedar.comwww.sinogold.com.auwww.renmarkfinancial.comwww.goldenchina.ca BIOWA LICENSING... PRINCETON, New Jersey: BioWa, Inc. announced that it hasentered into a second agreement with MedImmune to provideadditional access to BioWa's patented POTELLIGENT Technologyplatform for the development of antibody-dependent cellularcytotoxicity enhanced antibodies.www.biowa.com SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS... WICHITA, Kansas: Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. willrelease its third quarter 2007 financial results at 6.30 a.m.,on Thursday, November 1.www.spiritaero.com/investor.aspxwww.spiritaero.com FRONTIERS NORTH... IQALUIT, Nunavut: Frontiers North Adventures has beenhonoured with an Award of Excellence by Nunavut Toursim. Theaward, which is given to a Nunavut Tourism member based in oroutside of the territory, was presented at Nunavut Tourism's2007 Annual General Meeting held in Iqualuit on October 20.www.frontiersnorth.com/news GLG PARTNERS... LONDON: GLG Partners, a leading alternative asset manager,reported net income of US$46 million for the quarter endedSeptember 30, 2007 and US$375 million for the first nine monthsof 2007. Adjusted net income (net income less limited partnerprofit share) was US$29 million, up 160 per centyear-over-year, for the quarter ended September 30, 2007 andUS$168 million, up 99 per cent year-over-year, for the firstnine months of 2007.www.glgpartners.com AWAYPHONE ACQUISITION... LONDON: International mobile operator, AwayPhone, is markinga successful year since the launch of its first groundbreakingproduct with the purchase of US-based telecoms company,GlobalFon. Confirming AwayPhone's status as an industrypioneer, the move strengthens the company's global reach,broadens its partner channel and is a major milestone in itsgrowth strategy.www.awayphone.com ABBOTT ACCOLADE... ABBOTT PARK, Illinois: For the fifth consecutive year,Abbott has been named among the top 20 employers in the Sciencemagazine 2007 Top Biotech and Pharma Employer's survey.www.abbott.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$250million on November 7, 2007 and US$50 million on November 5,2007 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of theprincipal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. Fannie Maewill also redeem the principal amount of FINS securities issuesamounting to a total of US$14.74 million on November 5, 2007 ata redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principalamount redeemed plus accrued interest.www.fanniemae.com SIEMENS MEDICAL... TARRYTOWN, New York: Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnosticsannounced that the TRUGENE HIV-1 Genotyping Kit and OpenGeneDNA Sequencing System are now supported by the Apple iMac OSXoperating system.www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070904/SIEMENSLOGOwww.usa.siemens.com/medicalwww.usa.siemens.com/medical-pressroomwww.siemens.com/diagnostics AXA WINTERTHUR... MUNICH: TIBCO Software Inc. announced that AXA WinterthurSchweiz, a leading Swiss insurance company, has fullystandardized its processes across its GroupLife division onTIBCO iProcess Suite.www.tibco.com TIBCO SOFTWARE... PALO ALTO, California: TIBCO Software Inc. announced thatPresident Chain Store Corporation, Taiwan's largest conveniencestore operator, has adopted TIBCO BusinessWorks and TIBCOEnterprise Message Service as the platform on which it hasintegrated its billing collection services.www.tibco.comwww.7-11.com.twwww.piinet.net SNOW DOMES... MELBOURNE: You see them in the souvenir shops and may evenhave bought them as gifts when on vacation, so this month wefocus on the ultimate, affordable collectible - the snow dome.www.collectZing.com introduces you to Stanley Nife (no K) whocollects snow domes and has just recently found the verve toshow off his collection on the site. OTIS RECOGNIZED... FARMINGTON, Connecticut: Otis Elevator Company, a unit ofUnited Technologies Corp., received a prestigious award fromthe Chinese government for operating the most efficient andeffective call centre in China among similarly sizedcompanies.www.otis.com MERSANA THERAPEUTICS... CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts: Mersana, a cancer therapeuticscompany, has announced interim results of a Phase I study ofits lead product candidate, XMT-1001, in patients with advancedsolid tumours.www.aacr.org VIVO VENTURES... PALO ALTO, California: Vivo Ventures, a venture capital firmspecializing in life science investments, announced that JamesHuang will join the firm as an Executive in Residence.www.vivoventures.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.