SYDNEY--9 Nov--AsiaNet/InfoQuest METRO GROUP... HONG KONG: Checkpoint Systems, Inc., a leading supplier of technology solutions for retail security, today announced itsparticipation in the upcoming expansion of METRO Group's "Tag It Easy!" pilot program. The second phase of the pilot willenable additional 70 consumer goods suppliers in China and Vietnam to apply RFID labels on shipments to METRO Group'sfacilities in Germany. www.metrogroup.de www.checkpointasiapac.com ENERGY CONGRESS... ROME: The World Energy Congress brings together figures in the energy industry, including producing and consuming countries, international organizations, and industry representatives. Germany's inward investment promotion agency,Invest in Germany, will be there to underscore the country's ongoing support for investment in the renewable energiessector. www.invest-in-germany.com TOHU EXHIBITION... MONTREAL: TOHU's exhibition "Le cirque s'affiche" shows pieces from the TOHU Collection, circus posters coming from close to ten countries, from the 1930's to present. It also features posters and banners from Cirque du Soleil and the National Circus School. www.tohu.ca QUALCOMM RESULTS... SAN DIEGO: Qualcomm Incorporated today announced results for the fourth fiscal quarter and year ended September 30, 2007. www.qualcomm.com http://investor.qualcomm.com/results.cfm BLOOMBERG INDONESIA... NEW YORK and HONG KONG: Ten years ago, Indonesia was pounded by the Asian financial crisis. A decade later, the Indonesianstock market is among the best performers in the world, the economy is growing and a democratic government is in place.What does this mean for investors and businesses? www.bloomberg.com SONUS NETWORKS... WESTFORD, Massachusetts: Sonus Networks, Inc., a leading supplier of service provider IP-voice infrastructure solutions, today announced that BT Group, one of the world's leading providers of communications solutions and services, has selected Sonus as an official 21CN vendor to supply an Access Gateway Control Function (AGCF) capability to support BT's 21st Century Network programme (21CN). www.sonusnet.com www.bt.com/aboutbt AERCAP RESULTS... AMSTERDAM: AerCap Holdings N.V. (the "Company" or "AerCap") (NYSE: AER) today announces the results of its operations forthe third quarter ended September 30, 2007. www.aercap.com ISTITHMAR CHINA... DUBAI: Istithmar, the leading private equity and alternative investment house headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates,has bolstered its international presence with the opening of a new office in Shanghai, The People's Republic of China. www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070805/268060 www.istithmar.ae FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of FINS securities issues amounting to a total of US$41.628 million on November 19, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com LOGRHYTHM NETAPP... BOULDER, Colorado: LogRhythm, a leading provider of enterprise-class log and event management solutions, and Network appliance, Inc., a leading provider of storage and data management solutions, today announced a collaborative effort to help enterprise customers more easily address log and event management for compliance, security, and IT availability. www.logrhythm.com www.netapp.com ARROW MATHSTAR... HONG KONG: Arrow Asia Pac Ltd., a business unit of Arrow Electronics Inc. and MathStar, a leading fabless semiconductorcompany, announced that they recently held a technical seminar in Seoul. http://www.xprn.com/xprn/sa/200703021139.JPG http://www.xprn.com/xprn/sa/200711081146.jpg www.arrowasia.com HPV TEST... BEIJING: Research demonstrating the potential of a special type of HPV test developed by QIAGEN with support from PATH --a non-profit global health organization -- to reduce the incidence of cervical cancer in low-resource regions of the world were presented this week at the 24th International Papillomavirus Conference in Beijing, People's Republic of China. www.thehpvtest.com www.qiagen.com www.path.org EKAHAU WI-FI... SARATOGA, California: Ekahau Inc., a leading provider of Wi-Fi based Real Time Location Systems and site survey tools,today introduced the Ekahau Site Survey 4.0, which provides IT professionals a robust, yet simple to use, tool for Wi-Fi network planning and administration. www.ekahau.com ENERSYS RESULTS... READING, Pennsylvania: EnerSys, the world's largest manufacturer, marketer and distributor of industrial batteries, announced today its financial results for the second fiscal quarter of 2008. www.enersys.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.