SYDNEY--26 Oct--AsiaNet/InfoQuest INDUSTRIAL POLICY... WASHINGTON: The U.S.-India Business Council welcomed theHonorable Ajay Shankar, Secretary of India's Department ofIndustrial Policy and Promotion, at a roundtable discussion inWashington, DC to discuss India's industrial developmentpolicies.www.usibc.com BLOOMBERG KOREA... NEW YORK and HONG KONG: Starting Monday, BLOOMBERGTELEVISION viewers across Asia will get an in-depth look at theKorean economy and businesses, as part of BLOOMBERGTELEVISION's "Korea Focus Week." A special series of reportsand exclusive interviews from the Bloomberg Seoul bureau willexamine the Korean economy, the outlook of the country'spolitical and economic future, relations between North andSouth Korea, the upcoming presidential election and the latestconsumer trends.www.bloomberg.com. EQO APPLICATION... VANCOUVER: Mobile calls to and from Australia just goteasier and cheaper. EQO Communications has announced theavailability of its mobile Internet phone services inAustralia. EQO works on popular phones and offers Australiancustomers of Telstra and Vodafone a savings of up to 95 percent on international calls and up to 70 per cent on textmessages.www.eqo.com CVRD PERFORMANCE... RIO DE JANEIRO: Companhia Vale do Rio Doce showed a solidperformance in the third quarter of 2007 amidst a scenario ofstrengthening Brazilian and Canadian currencies vis-a-vis theU.S. dollar, which has had a negative impact on costs, and moremoderate nickel prices, not contributing as strongly to revenuegrowth.www.cvrd.com.br AUTOWEEK HONORS... DETROIT: The AutoWeek editorial staff will announce itsEditors' Choice Award winners for the 2007 Tokyo InternationalMotor Show in its November 12 issue.www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071025/CLTH151www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070921/CLF046LOGOhttp://photoarchive.ap.orgwww.AutoWeek.com WIRELESS PICTUREPHONE... WASHINGTON: The Smithsonian's National Museum of AmericanHistory has joined with inventor Daniel A. Henderson to acquiretwo prototypes and related documentation for a pioneeringwireless picturephone technology developed in 1993. Hendersonrecently was awarded six U.S. patents for innovationincorporated in the wireless system and device.www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071025/DCTH007http://photoarchive.ap.orghttp://americanhistory.si.edu TREND MICRO... CUPERTINO, California: Trend Micro Incorporated, a leader innetwork antivirus and Internet content security software andservices, has announced a definitive agreement to acquireProvilla, Inc., a leading provider of fingerprint-basedintelligent endpoint solutions for data leak prevention inorganizations.http://us.trendmicro.com/us/about/news/index.htmlwww.trendmicro.com GREEN BUILDING... DUBAI: Pacific Control Systems, an automation company withoperations around the world, has inaugurated its headquartersin Techno Park, Dubai. The headquarter building is the firstPlatinum rated green building accredited by the US GreenBuilding Council Leadership in Energy and Environment Designprogramme in the Middle East and sixteenth in the world.www.pacificcontrols.net FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues on November 4 and 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 MTNR, FINS and FINPsecurities issues on November 5, 2007 at a redemption priceequal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plusaccrued interest.www.fanniemae.com MARVELL TECHNOLOGY... SANTA CLARA, California: Marvell, a leader in storage,communications, and consumer silicon solutions, has announcedthat Michael Sophie has joined the Company's Board ofDirectors, effective immediately.www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070411/SFW034LOGOhttp://photoarchive.ap.orgwww.marvell.com DARA BIOSCIENCES... RALEIGH, North Carolina: DARA BioSciences announced thatcurrent Director, President and CEO Richard A. Franco, Sr. hasbeen appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors. Theannouncement was made following the October 23 Board ofDirectors meeting.www.darabiosciences.com FUJI XEROX... TOKYO: Targeting the production market, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.developed Fuji Xerox 490/980 Color Continuous Feed PrintingSystems, a high quality full color digital production printerthat prints 900 pages per minute, both color and monochrome, at600 dpi resolution. Sales begin on October 25.www.fujixerox.co.jp/eng KKBOX CHUNG-HWA... TAIPEI: KKBOX - a digital music subsidiary of Skysoft Inc. -has announced the reaching of a strategic investment deal withTaiwan's telecom giant Chung-Hwa Telecom, during which CHT willmake an undisclosed amount of cash investment to assume its 30per cent stake. This Joint-Venture marks a new market paradigmfor the digital music industry in Taiwan.www.kkbox.com.twwww.skysoft-inc.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.