SYDNEY--6 Dec--AsiaNet/InfoQuest NEW HEAD... HONG KONG: The Bank of New York Mellon, a global leader in asset managementand securities servicing, has appointed Andrew Gordon, executive vicepresident, as head of Broker-Dealer and Alternative Investment Services forAsia, effective January 1, 2008.http://www.bnymellon.com MARKIT ACQUIRES... LONDON: Markit, the leading provider of independent data, portfoliovaluations and OTC derivatives trade processing to the global financialmarkets, has agreed in principle to buy SwapsWire, the innovative electronictrade confirmation network for the OTC derivative markets.http://www.markit.comhttp://www.swapswire.com NAME CHANGE... GENEVA: Incorporated in Geneva in 1997, Leman Commodities, a majorinternational trader of steel and other metals, unveiled its new name to thepress in Geneva on 4th December 2007. WESHOW LAUNCHES... TOKYO: WeShow, the human-powered guide to the online video universe, aims tooffer Internet users better and more convenient access to the best content inweb video.http://www.weshow.jp OIL INVENTORIES... WASHINGTON: U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said Tuesday that he hasasked OPEC ministers to consider the below-normal oil inventories held byOrganization of Economic Cooperation and Development nations when they decidethis week whether to increase oil production.http://www.platts.comhttp://www.energypodium.platts.comhttp://www.mcgraw-hill.com FINCAD RELEASES... VANCOUVER: FINCAD, the industry standard for financial analytics, hasreleased Version 11 of its analytic software with significant enhancements toboth coverage and functionality.http://www.fincad.com MEGAFEST RETURNS... DALLAS, Texas: The much anticipated return of MegaFest was announcedWednesday by Bishop T. D. Jakes, Senior Pastor of The Potter's House. MegaFestInternational will return in 2008 and will move from Atlanta, GA to SouthAfrica and the dates are October 6 - October 20, 2008.http://www.Mega-Fest.comhttp://www.tdjakes.com STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP... PHILADELPHIA, PA. and LONDON: Thomson Scientific, part of The ThomsonCorporation ) and leading provider of information solutions to the worldwideresearch and business communities, Wednesday announced that it is partneringwith the Chinese Academy of Sciences to host the Chinese Science CitationDatabase on the ISI Web of Knowledge platform.http://www.scientific.thomson.comhttp://www.thomson.comhttp://www.cscd.ac.cnhttp://isiwebofknowledge.comhttp://www.las.ac.cn TONIC ANNOUNCES... NEW YORK: This December, TONIC will launch a series of 4, limited edition'Every T Counts' T-Shirts, designed by guest designers.http://www.tonicgen.com OVERSEAS CUSTODIAN... HONG KONG: BNY Mellon Asset Servicing, the global leader in securitiesservicing, has been selected as Overseas Custodian for China International FundManagement Co.'s (CIFM) Asia Pacific Advantage Fund.http://www.bnymellon.com SALES OFFICE... MILPITAS, Calif.: California Micro Devices Tuesday announced that it hasopened a Northern Europe sales office in Espoo, Finland and that Kalle Katevuohas been named Northern Europe sales manager.http://www.cmd.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of 53securities issues on Dec 14, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent ofthe principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.http://www.fanniemae.com RFID DEVICE... SAN JOSE, Calif.: Atmel Corporation announced Tuesday CryptoRF, the world'sfirst 13.56 MHz RFID device with a 64-bit embedded cryptographic engine, mutualauthentication capability, and up to 16 individually configurable zones.http://www.atmel.com ATMEL OFFERS... HEILBRONN: Atmel Corporation announced Tuesday the availability of itsfeature-rich, competitively priced, UHF ASK/FSK receiver/transmitter familyATA8x0x.http://www.atmel.com OTIS WINS... FARMINGTON, Conn.: Otis Elevator Company, a unit of United TechnologiesCorp., will supply and install 580 of its environmentally friendly,energy-efficient and space-optimizing Gen2 Comfort elevator systems at TresMolinos, a luxury resort in the Murcia region of southeast Spain.http://www.otis.com CHINA COMMITMENT... BEIJING: Caterpillar Inc. is reinforcing its commitment to providing valueto its growing base of Chinese customers through the continued expansion of thecompany's global business model across China.http://www.CAT.com SCHOLARONE AWARDED... PHILADELPHIA and LONDON: ScholarOne, a Thomson business, Tuesday announcedthat it has been awarded two United States patents from the U.S. Patent andTrademark Office for business processes related to managing and reviewingdocuments -- the backbone of ScholarOne's innovative web-based solutions,including Manuscript Central, Abstract Central and Proceedings Central.http://www.scientific.thomson.comhttp://www.thomson.comhttp://ScholarOne SUPERMICRO LAUNCHES... SAN JOSE, Calif.: Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMCI), a leader inapplication optimized high performance server solutions, has launched itssmallest and quietest 1U server chassis.http://www.Supermicro.com ESQUEL APPOINTS... HONG KONG: The Esquel Group Tuesday announced the appointment of Dr. JohnCheh as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2008.http://www.esquel.com PRIME OPENS... SINGAPORE: Prime Energy Partnership, the London based energy, commoditiesand financial services specialist recruiter, Tuesday announced the opening ofPrime Partnership Asia.http://www.primepartnership.com.sg AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.