SYDNEY--19 Nov--AsiaNet/InfoQuest BIOPLASTICS CONFERENCE... PARIS: Bioplastic investors from throughout the world will gather in Parisfor the European Bioplastics conference on November 21-22, 2007. COLON CANCER... GAITHERSBURG, Md.: Panacea Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced Monday that CCDetect, the company's serum-based colon cancer diagnostic test, is nowavailable from Panacea Laboratories.http://www.panaceapharma.comhttp://www.panacea-labs.com INDUSTRY FORUM... TOKYO: "Turning a Silver Society into Gold - Investment Opportunities in anAging Society" is the title of the third Japan-Germany Industry Forum. Theevent brings together industry leaders from both the German and Japanesemarkets and begins on Monday, November 19, 2007 in Tokyo and continues onWednesday, November 21st in Osaka. CIBER WINS... AUCKLAND: CIBER Inc. has been chosen to implement a new enterprise resourceplanning (ERP) computing system for New Zealand-based EziBuy, a leadinginternational retailer in the southern hemisphere.http://www.ciber.com IDEA BROKERZ... LOS ANGELES: Idea Brokerz, Corp., a broker and appraiser of top tierintellectual property primarily trading in domain names, toll free vanitynumbers, patents, trademarks, and copyrights has received funding to acquireunder priced intellectual property from private parties or distressed companies.http://www.IdeaBrokerz.com BENCHMARK STUDY... LOS ANGELES: A new benchmarking study was launched on Sunday to measure thecost and efficiencies of US hospitals and healthcare providers.http://www.resetgroup.com PEPSICO DIVIDEND... PURCHASE, N.Y.: The Board of Directors of PepsiCo on Saturday declared aquarterly dividend of $0.375 per share on PepsiCo common stock. The dividend ispayable Jan. 2, 2008, to shareholders of record on Dec. 7, 2007.http://www.pepsico.com KIDNEY CANCER... BASEL: Roche announced on Friday that the European Committee for MedicinalProducts for Human Use (CHMP) has issued a positive recommendation for Avastin(bevacizumab) for the first-line treatment of patients with the most commonform of advanced kidney cancer, renal cell carcinoma (RCC).http://www.avastin-info.com BENCHMARK NOTES... WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae on Saturday priced its new issue of US$3 billion2-Year Benchmark Notes that will mature on December 10, 2009.http://www.fanniemae.com AGREEMENT EXTENDED... CAYMAN ISLANDS: Garmin Ltd. announced Friday that its subsidiaries, GarminInternational Inc and Garmin Corporation, have signed a six-year extension totheir agreement with NAVTEQ, a leading provider of digital map data forlocation based solutions and vehicle navigation.http://www.garmin.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of 25securities issues amounting to a total of US$1,590.28 million on Nov 26, 27, 28and 30 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amountredeemed plus accrued interest.http://www.fanniemae.com STENHAM WINS... LONDON: Stenham, the alternative investment wealth management group, has wonthe most coveted Hedge Funds Review award for 3 years running. TECHNOLOGY FORUM... HONG KONG: Arrow Asia Pac Ltd., a business unit of Arrow Electronics, Inc.,Friday announced that it will exhibit its design solutions at the FreescaleTechnology Forum (FTF) to be held in Bangalore, India, on Nov. 19-20, and inShenzhen, China, on Nov. 28-29.http://www.arrowasia.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.