SYDNEY--6 Dec--AsiaNet/InfoQuest NEW BRANDING... UTRECHT: Eurail Group has unveiled new branding with a new logo and tagline. http://www.eurailgroup.com http://eurail.informationstore.net TOKYO OFFICE... NEW YORK: Duff & Phelps Corporation, a leading provider of independentfinancial advisory and investment banking services, Thursday announced thatAtsuo Andy Watanabe has joined the firm as a Managing Director to lead theTokyo office. http://www.duffandphelps.com FINANCIAL RESULTS... FREMONT, Calif.: ActivIdentity Corporation, a global leader in digitalidentity assurance, Wednesday announced its financial results for the fourthquarter and fiscal year ended September 30, 2007. http://www.actividentity.com SYMBOL CHANGE... LONGUEUIL: Effective Control Transport Inc. announced Wednesday the formalname and symbol change of the company. http://www.ecnholding.com PANACEA SELECTS... GAITHERSBURG, Md.: Panacea Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Thursday announced theselection of PAN-622 -- a fully human sequence monoclonal antibody against HAAH-- as its lead cancer therapeutic product. http://www.panaceapharma.com http://www.panacea-labs.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of 31securities issues on Dec 15, 17 and 19, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com PEPSICO APPOINTS... PURCHASE, N.Y.: PepsiCo announced Wednesday the appointment ofcommunications executive Julie Hamp to its Senior Leadership Team. Hamp, a25-year veteran of General Motors, was named Senior Vice President, PepsiCoCommunications, reporting to Indra Nooyi, chairman and chief executive officer. http://www.pepsico.com EUROFIGHTER SIGNS... HALLBERGMOOS, Germany: Eurofighter GmbH has signed the contractual documentswith its shareholder BAE Systems for the supply of 72 Eurofighter Typhoonaircraft to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. STRATEGIC ALLIANCE... TORONTO: Gedex, a private Canadian corporation, and Anglo American plcWednesday announced they have established a multi year strategic alliance aimedat developing and exploiting Gedex's next generation resource explorationsystem. www.gedex.ca www.angloamerican.co.uk MOBILE VIDEO... CHICAGO: Novarra, the leader in mobile web gateway platforms and services,Wednesday announced that 3 Hong Kong, the mobile telecommunications operationof Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) Limited, has launched a new premiumservice to deliver full streaming video from the web, using its Vision InternetPlatform. http://www.novarra.com http://www.htil.com MOBILE INTERNET... CHICAGO: Novarra, the leading provider of next-generation mobile internetplatforms and services, Wednesday announces that Hutchison Telephone (Macau)Company Limited has launched its innovative high speed mobile internet service,3Xplorer, powered by Novarra's Vision platform. http://www.novarra.com http://www.three.com.mo http://www.htil.com TRIUMPH INSPIRATION... MUNICH: Fashion and design students in more than 25 countries -- fromFinland to South Africa and from Japan to Israel -- are competing in the first"Triumph Inspiration Award" (TIA), a global design competition created bylingerie specialist Triumph International. http://www.triumph-inspiration-award.com http://www.triumphinspirationaward.com PEROT SELECTED... PLANO, Texas and CHENNAI: Perot Systems Corporation Wednesday announced thatthe company has been selected by the American Academy of Professional Coders(AAPC) to represent AAPC in South India, including Chennai, Bangalore, andHyderabad. http://www.perotsystems.com CANBET INTRODUCES... MELBOURNE: Publicly listed and world-leading gaming and wagering company,Canbet has left the competition in its wake with the introduction of itsrevolutionary new football product. www.canbet.com OQO ANNOUNCES... LONDON: OQO, Inc., creator of the world's smallest fully-functional WindowsVista PC, Wednesday announced availability of the new model e2 with embeddedHSDPA mobile broadband capability, providing customers in Europe and Asia withwidely-available high-speed Internet connectivity. http://www.oqo.com LASER SCANARM... FRANKFURT: FARO Technologies, Inc., the world market leader in portablecomputer-aided measurement arms and laser tracker sales, Wednesday announced ithas released an all-new Laser ScanArm V3. http://www.faro.com SENSOR PROBE... FRANKFURT: FARO Technologies, Inc., the world sales leader in portablecomputer-aided measurement arms and laser trackers, Wednesday announced thatits strategic alliance with Renishaw has produced the FARO SENSOR, an advancedprobe for measurement arms that increases user productivity and confidence inresults. http://www.faro.com http://www.renishaw.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.