SYDNEY--8 Nov--AsiaNet/InfoQuest PERCIPIA ASIANA... COLUMBUS, Ohio and CHENNAI: Percipia and Asiana Group Hotelsannounced that the new Asiana Hotel in Chennai is the first inIndia to provide sophisticated IP telephony in the guest rooms.This technology allows guests to use color touch screen phonesto access services that otherwise require a laptop or a call tothe front desk. www.percipia.com www.asianahotels.com www.maginet.net TOWER AUTOMOTIVE... NOVI, Michigan: Tower Automotive today announced it hasnamed Dr. Gyula Meleghy to the newly created position ofPresident, International Operations. Effective immediately,Meleghy will lead all Tower businesses in Europe, South Americaand Asia. www.towerautomotive.com FENOFIBRATE INTERVENTION... SYDNEY: In the Lancet, on Tuesday, November, 6th new resultsof the Fenofibrate Intervention and Event Lowering in Diabetes2007 clinical trial have been published and presented on thesame date at a press conference held during the AHA. www.thefieldtrial.org VISA AMEX... SAN FRANCISCO: Visa Inc. announced today that the litigationwith American Express pending since 2004 has been settled. Thesettlement will ultimately be funded by members of Visa USA --not Visa Inc. -- through the company's retrospectiveresponsibility plan, a series of agreements with U.S. financialinstitutions to fund financial obligations of certainlitigation, including this case. www.visa.com BANCO BRADESCO... SAO PAULO: We present below the main figures obtained byBradesco in the nine-month period of 2007. Our Report onEconomic and Financial Analysis with the complete FinancialStatements is available on Bradesco's website www.bradesco.com.br www.bradesco.com.br/ir PEPSICO CONFERENCE... PURCHASE, N.Y: PepsiCo, Inc. today announced that IndraNooyi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo, and hersenior leadership team will present at the Morgan StanleyGlobal Consumer & Retail Conference in New York City, atapproximately 12:15 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, November14, 2007. www.pepsico.com D. E. SHAW... LONDON: The D. E. Shaw Group announced today that theSecurities and Exchange Board of India has registered D. E.Shaw & Co., Ltd. as a foreign institutional investor, pursuantto the recently introduced expedited process. Registration asan FII will enable the D. E. Shaw Group to expand its extensiveactivities in India to include direct investments in the Indianpublic markets. www.deshaw.com METEOR STUDY... ORLANDO, Florida: New analysis of the METEOR trial presentedtoday showed CRESTOR 40mg slowed the progression of carotidintima-media thickness in patients at varying levels of riskfor cardiovascular disease while all placebo treated subjectsexhibited significantly higher progression rates. www.astrazeneca.com www.AstraZenecaPressOffice.com PARTYGAMING COOPERATION... GIBRALTAR: PartyGaming, the world's leading listed onlinegaming company, announces that it has entered into an exclusivearrangement with RTL interactive, a subsidiary of RTLTelevision in Germany and part of the RTL Group, Europe'sleading entertainment and media network. MARVELL QDEO... SANTA CLARA, California: Marvell today announced that itsQdeo technology has received the prestigious "Best of 2007Video Processing Technology" award from the Secrets of HomeTheater and High Fidelity. www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070905/AQW167LOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org www.marvell.com www.hometheaterhifi.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$350million on November 17, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. http://www.fanniemae.com GAISHAN SKYETEK... WESTMINSTER, Colorado: SkyeTek, Inc., the leading providerof embedded RFID reader technology, today announced thatGaiShan Technology, a manufacturer of products to assist thevisually impaired, has adopted SkyeTek's RFID reader technologyto deliver intelligent, innovative solutions to assist thesight-impaired. www.skyetek.com OES MARKETGROUP... CHICAGO, Illinois and PRINCETON, New Jersey: OES MarketGroupsaid today that it has continued the global expansion of itscustomer base with the addition of RTS Realtime Systems Group,a German-based leading independent software vendor. www.rtsgroup.net www.tradeoes.com SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS... WICHITA, Kansas: Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. today announcedits intention to provide Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaulservices in Europe. The Spirit AeroSystems Europe facility hasbeen selected to assist in the performance of repair servicesand will support the European and Middle East regions. EDUMAX.COM LAUNCH... TORONTO: Traditional classrooms and chalkboards are nolonger required to receive a valuable education. Edumaxprovides free virtual classrooms on a variety of subjects,making education accessible, user-friendly, and affordable. www.edumax.com ATRADIUS SINOSURE... AMSTERDAM: Atradius Dutch State Business, the Dutch ExportCredit Agency, and Sinosure, the Export Credit Agency of China,signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the aim of supportingprojects where both Dutch and Chinese exporters are involved. www.atradius.com THOMSON SCIENTIFIC... PHILADELPHIA and LONDON: Thomson Scientific, part of TheThomson Corporation and leading provider of informationsolutions to the worldwide research and business communities,has broadened its coverage of China's growing patent activitywith the addition of English-translated Chinese Utility ModelRegistrations in Derwent World Patents Index. www.scientific.thomson.com www.thomson.com http://scientific.thomson.com/products/dwpi OSAKA MEETING... OSAKA: The Osaka Prefectural Government hosted aninternational meeting, the "Asia Metropolis Summit," on October25-26, inviting representatives from remarkably growing Asiancities and regions in a bid to discuss sustainable developmentof Asia and improvement of urban attractiveness. www.asia-summit.jp/ BLUEBERRY GIRLS... SHANGHAI: iPart announced today that it is cooperating withthe film "My Blueberry Nights" to find the "Blueberry Girls," aselect few girls who will get to travel around China. Hundredsof media organizations have already reported on the event andit has been a hot topic of discussion among tens of millions ofnetizens. www.ipart.cn/html/action/071101my_blueberry_nights_index.html www.ipart.cn ALLEGIANCE BOARD... SYDNEY: Allegiance Mining NL is delighted to announce theappointment of Mr Shi Peirong, Vice President, Vice Chairmanand Chief Financial Officer of the Jinchuan Group Ltd, as aDirector of Allegiance. www.allegiance-mining.com.au/default.asp?id=21 www.allegiance-mining.com.au AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.