SYDNEY--16 Nov--AsiaNet/InfoQuest NAME CHANGE... SINGAPORE: Startech Electronics Ltd which has successfullycompleted its acquisition of Red Flag Group in October 2007, isproposing to change its name to VASHION Group Ltd to betterreflect its current business and corporate profile as ahigh-end fashion retail brand company in China. FORTENT LAUNCHES... NEW YORK: Fortent has announced the release of a new versionof the company's market-leading anti-money launderingtechnology. This latest offering in Fortent's financial crimeproduct suite expands the global reach of Fortent's risk andcompliance solutions by adding Japanese, Spanish, and Arabiclanguage capabilities to the Fortent platform. CELLPORT LICENSES... BOULDER, Colorado: Cellport Systems, creators of worldwidepatents which connect wireless phones to home, office,hand-held and automotive environments, has granted Tokyo-basedCon-X an exclusive license to use Cellport's Link Selecttechnology in Japan.www.cellport.comwww.con-x.co.jp INTERVIEW BOOK... ATLANTA, Georgia: A compilation of predictions, pastexperiences and mysteries from life yesterday and today isexpressed in an interview book unlike any other published, WhatThey Want You to Know...Messages from Beyond the Grave. CarterShepard's second book is replete with comments and thoughtsfrom some of the most powerful and elite people of oursociety...all of whom are deceased!www.whattheywantyoutoknow.comwww.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071115/CLTH121 NANORADIO SHORTLISTED... SAN FRANCISCO, California: Red Herring Magazine announcedthat Nanoradio AB has been shortlisted for the Red Herring 100Global 2007 Awards.www.nanoradio.comwww.redherring.comwww.herringevents.com/global07/index.html HUDSON SECURITIES... JERSEY CITY, New Jersey: Hudson Securities, Inc. implementedFIXEdge, a highly configurable, low latency Fix Protocol engineavailable from B2Bits, Inc. FIXEdge enables Broker/Dealers andInstitutions to route Orders to its Institutional Trading Deskand Hudson's Automated Trading platform, using various FIXProtocols. Recently, Hudson Securities, Inc. has successfullyestablished 22 Fix Connections to well over 3 dozen firms.www.hudsonsecurities.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount ofMTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$170.05 millionon November 25, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.Fannie Mae will also redeem US$30.33 million in FINS securitiesissues and US$25 million in MTNR securities issues on the samedate.www.fanniemae.com LISTEN CAMPAIGN... LONDON: Tony Hollingsworth, Executive Producer of The ListenCampaign, announced the launch of Listen Campaign 1: "Listen isan annual, global media campaign bringing together the finestcreative artists in film, music and the arts to raise awarenessand funds for 200 children's charity projects around theworld." Fundraising broadcasts in 60 countries will generate aprojected US$100 million in Listen's first year and US$1billion over 10 years.www.listencampaign.comwww.tribute3ml.comwww.tonyhollingsworth.com SPEECHMAGIC INTEGRATED... VIENNA and PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania: Royal PhilipsElectronics and Elsevier announced that Philips speechrecognition platform SpeechMagic will be integrated to provideinteroperability with Elsevier's new RadConsult radiologydiagnostic reference system.www.reedelsevier.comwww.philips.comwww.sciencedirect.comwww.mdconsult.comwww.info.scopus.comwww.elsevier.comwww.RadConsult.comwww.philips.com/newscenter AUSSIEBUM BIGGER... SYDNEY: It's official, aussieBum has revealed the world'sBIGGEST underwear! aussieBum has successfully broken theGuinness World Record by producing the world's largest pair ofunderwear on international Guinness World Records Day.http://asianetnews.net/ViewImage.asp?ID=83895http://asianetnews.net/ViewImage.asp?ID=83896http://asianetnews.net/ViewImage.asp?ID=83897http://asianetnews.net/ViewImage.asp?ID=83898http://asianetnews.net/ViewImage.asp?ID=83899http://asianetnews.net/ViewImage.asp?ID=83900www.youtube.com/watch?v=riA1JG0C9ws TAMIFLU EFFECTIVE... BASEL: Tamiflu (oseltamivir) significantly reduces illnessseverity and duration in children one year and older,particularly if given within 24 hours of symptom onset,according to new data presented at the World Society forPediatric Infectious Disease meeting in Bangkok 15-18November.www.roche.comwww.roche.com/med_mbtamiflu05e.pdfwww.roche.com/med_mbinfluenza05e.pdfwww.who.int/csr/disease/influenza/enwww.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/avian_influenza/enwww.health-kiosk.ch/start_grip.htm NIKE ANNOUNCES... BEAVERTON, Oregon: NIKE, Inc. announced that it has reacheda definitive agreement to sell its Starter brand to IconixBrand Group, Inc. for US$60 million in cash. Nike expects thetransaction to be completed in December.www.nikebiz.com ODDS RELEASED... GIBRALTAR: PartyBets.com is pleased to release odds for theinaugural PartyBets.com Grand Slam of Darts, which takes placeat Wolverhampton Civic in the UK from 17th-25th November2007.www.partybets.comwww.partybets.com/cgi-bin/bf.cgi?Sid=31518&l=en THOMSON SCIENTIFIC... PHILADELPHIA and LONDON: Thomson Scientific, part of TheThomson Corporation and leading provider of informationsolutions to the worldwide research and business communities,has announced the availability of the July-September issue of"Who is Making the Biggest Splash?"www.scientific.thomson.comwww.thomson.com SINGAPORE HOTEL... MELBOURNE: Park Regis Hospitality announced that they areentering into a 10 year management agreement for a 200-roomhotel to be developed in Singapore. The site, located at NewMarket Street/Merchant Road near the Singapore River, will bedeveloped by a consortium comprising of A&B Hotels Pte Limitedand Ashe Morgan Winthrop - one of Australia's leading propertyfinance and investment groups. HEIDRICK & STRUGGLES... SYDNEY: The Asia Pacific region operations of Heidrick &Struggles posted a 55.0 per cent increase in net revenue in thequarter ended September 30, 2007, with slightly reduced marginsreflecting headcount and investments being made to furtheraccelerate growth.www.heidrick.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.