SYDNEY--2 Nov--AsiaNet/InfoQuest GERMANY PROMOTES... HANOVER: With an economic growth rate of over eight percent, India is one of the three fastest growing nationaleconomies in the world, besides Russia and China and ChancellorAngela Merkel's visit to India is a signal to German companiesto further expand cooperation in the Indian market.http://www.hannovermesse.de/presseservice TRANS-ORIENT FILES... VANCOUVER: Australasian oil and gas explorer Trans-OrientPetroleum Ltd. announced Thursday it has filed an independenttechnical assessment report by Calgary-based evaluators SprouleInternational Limited with the British Columbia SecuritiesCommission.http://www.transorient.com TEJARI ENTERS... DUBAI: Tejari, the leading online B2B marketplace foremerging markets, has announced that it will enter China withoperations fully in force by year-end 2007.http://www.tejari.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTNR securities issues amounting to a total of US$25million on November 11, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest.http://www.fanniemae.com NAVTEQ ANNOUNCES... CHICAGO: NAVTEQ, a leading global provider of digital mapdata for vehicle navigation and location-based solutions (LBS),announced that the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge, the premierevent for wireless LBS innovation, has officially launched inthe Asia-Pacific region with registration opening October 29,2007.http://www.navteq.comhttp://www.LBSChallenge.com SPIRIT INCREASES... WICHITA: Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. reportedincreases in its third quarter financial results and updatedits 2007 financial guidance and provided 2008 guidance, citingstrong global commercial aerospace markets and improvedoperational efficiencies. TOBACCO REPORTS... LONDON: British American Tobacco reported profit fromoperations was 19 per cent higher at GBP2,304 million, or 8 percent higher if exceptional items are excluded. CAPSUGEL UNVEILS... CAMBRIDGE: Capsugel will unveil the successor to its uniqueXcelodose system for micro-dosing of drug powders into capsulesand vials at the American Association of PharmaceuticalScientists (AAPS) Annual Meeting in San Diego (November11th-15th, 2007). AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.