Sydney--30 Oct--AsiaNet/InfoQuest BLACKHAWK EXPANDS... SYDNEY: Blackhawk Network, a leader in card-based financial solutions and the largest provider of third-party gift cards inthe United States and Canada, announced Monday the expansion of its leading gift card program in Australia with the signing ofpremiere partnerships with some of Australia's largest retailers including the Australia Post, Franklins, and thousands of news agencies. DIC STAKES... DUBAI and NEW YORK: Dubai International Capital LLC ("DIC"),the international investment arm of Dubai Holding, and Och-ZiffCapital Management Group LLC ("Och-Ziff") Monday announced that DIC will acquire a 9.9 per cent outstanding equity stake inOch-Ziff's business upon completion of Och-Ziff's planned initial public offering. GOLDENCHINA RELEASES... TORONTO: Golden China Resources Corporation Monday released its quarterly update report, a regulatory filing required bythe Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). www.goldenchina.ca STUDY PROVES... BOULDER: Sciona, Inc., a leader in the science of nutrigenetics, Monday announced the results of a pivotal study published by Nutrition Journal, which demonstrates substantial advances in long term weight management and blood glucose levels as a result of personalizing patients' diets based on their genetic information (nutrigenetics). http://www.Sciona.com http://www.Mycellf.com AIAG SIGNS... FUZHOU: The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG), Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) and Economic and TradeCommission of Fujian Province (Fujian ETC) have signed a memorandum of understanding Monday in Fujian to help Chinesesuppliers there become global suppliers to the automotive industry. http://www.aiag.org http://www.hkpc.org SUPERMICRO UNLEASHES... SAN JOSE: Super Micro Computer, Inc., a leader in application optimized high performance server solutions, Monday announced its first 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) solutions. http://www.Supermicro.com ALOKA INTRODUCES... TOKYO: Aloka Co. Ltd., the Innovator in Ultrasound for more than 50 years, announced Monday the introduction of twoultrasound systems with dedicated platforms for advanced cardiac and vascular imaging, the ProSound Alpha 10 and theProSound Alpha 7 at Scientific Session 2007 of American Heart Association, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando,Florida, November 4-7, 2007. www.aloka.com PLATTS INTEGRATES... NEW YORK, and ATLANTA: Platts, a leading energy and commodities information provider and a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, and IntercontinentalExchange, Inc., a leading global commodity exchange operator, have agreed to integrate market data generated by trading in ICE's over-the-counter markets into Platts forward curve data products available to the North American natural gas and electricity markets. http://www.platts.com http://www.risk.platts.com http://www.theice.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$115million on November 9, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. http://www.fanniemae.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$1,275 million on November 8, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plusaccrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com MARVELL WELCOMES... SANTA CLARA: Marvell, a leader in storage, communications, and consumer silicon solutions, Monday announced that Dr. Juergen W. Gromer has joined the Company's Board of Directors, effective immediately. http://www.marvell.com JOICHI JOINS... HONG KONG: Sanrio Digital Monday announced that Joichi Ito,the founder and CEO of the venture capital firm Neoteny, hasjoined the Company's Board of Directors. MICROSOFT ACQUIRES... BANGKOK: Building on a worldwide commitment to improving health through software technology, Microsoft Corp. has agreedto acquire software, intellectual property and other assets from Global Care Solutions, a privately held company based in Bangkok, Thailand, that develops enterprise-class health information systems. http://www.microsoft.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.