SYDNEY--3 Dec--AsiaNet/InfoQuest GERMANY DISPLAYS... FUKUOKA - Days before world leaders gather in Bali to discuss a post-Kyoto agreement, Germany will display itsbalancing of the environment and the economy at the 17th Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference in Fukuoka,Japan. http://www.invest-in-germany.com CIBER OPENS... CHENNAI - CIBER, Inc. Monday announced it has opened a new office in the city of Chennai, the capital of the Indian stateof Tamil Nadu. http://www.ciber.com KDDI SELECTS... PHOENIX - Antenna Technology Communications Inc., a provider of ground-based commercial satellite communications systems,announced today that KDDI selected the Simulsat C/Ku for its newest teleport facility. http://www.atci.com BINEX COLLABORATES... BUSAN - Binex and MaxCyte, Inc. announced Saturday the signing of a Sponsored Research Agreement to evaluate MaxCyte'sGMP-compliant cell loading technology for use in closed-system manufacturing of Binex's cell-based cancer immunotherapies. http://www.bi-nex.com http://www.maxcyte.com THREE SNAG... NEW YORK - As part of the prestigious Global Energy Awards presented Friday night, Platts announced winners innewly-created award categories: OpenLink Financial for "Risk Management Innovator of the Year;" Applied Materials Inc. for"Green Energy Innovator of the Year;" and Toronto Hydro and its Peaksaver program as "Energy Efficiency Initiative of theYear." http://www.platts.com http://www.mcgraw-hill.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$300million on December 12, 2007, at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. http://www.fanniemae.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$75million on December 11, 2007, at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. http://www.fanniemae.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$1billion on December 14, 2007, at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. http://www.fanniemae.com CAMBRIDGE DELIVERS... LONDON - On the first day of the major Online Information Conference in London this week, Cambridge University Pressannounced that it will use Ebooks Corporations eb20 platform to deliver ebooks to academic libraries. www.eBooks.com www.eblib.com www.cambridge.org DYMOCKS PARTNERS... LONDON - Ahead of the major Online Information Conference in London this week, Dymocks Booksellers announced Saturday thatit has partnered with Ebooks Corporation to deliver a wide range of digital books to its online customers in Australia andthe Asia-Pacific region. www.eBooks.com www.eblib.com www.dymocks.com NTTCOM AWARDED ... TOKYO - NTT Communications was presented the top honor for Best Managed Service at the annual World Communication Awards in London on November 28, 2007. http://www.ntt.com NOLABS ACHIEVES... HELSINGBORG - NOLabs AB, the Swedish medtech company developing innovative nitric oxide-containing medical devicesbased on the NitroSense Technology, Friday reported that it has achieved another important milestone in the development of anew line of products for wounds infected by MRSA-bacteria. http://www.nolabs.com CATEGORIES SELECTED... TOKYO - The Science and Technology Foundation of Japan announced Friday the two categories for the 2009 (25th) JapanPrize, and defined their concept as follows: Field I: Environment/Infrastructure - "The transformationtowards a sustainable society in harmony with nature" Field II: Health Care/Therapeutic Technology - "Technological integration of medical science and engineering" http://www.japanprize.jp/English.htm THOMSON PUBLISHES... PHILADELPHIA- Thomson Scientific, part of The Thomson Corporation and leading provider of information solutions tothe worldwide research and business communities, has issued its quarterly The Ones-to-Watch report. http://www.scientific.thomson.com/ NRG WINS... NEW YORK - Houston-based NRG Energy, the international power generator, snared two top awards - "Energy Company of the Year" and the "Industry Leadership Award" - Thursday at the 9th annual Platts Global Energy Awards. http://www.platts.com http://www.mcgraw-hill.com/ EDUCATION TASTER... PERTH - A group of nine educational agents from Denpasar, Balikpapan, Makassar, Surabaya, Malang, Jakarta and Jogjakartarecently completed a week long familiarisation trip to Perth, the capital of Western Australia, to see Perth through the eyesof an international student. www.pertheducationcity.com.au AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.