SYDNEY--11 Dec--AsiaNet/InfoQuest SKYETEK DEVELOPS... WESTMINSTER - SkyeTek, Inc., the leading provider ofembedded RFID reader technology, and Atmel, a global leader inthe development and fabrication of advanced semiconductorsolutions, Tuesday announced the availability of the CryptoRFDemonstration Kit, a complete RFID security demonstrationfeaturing SkyeTek's M2 SkyeModule and Atmel's cryptographic RFtag assortment based on the CryptoRF product family.http://www.skyetek.com ARAMEX BACKS... DUBAI - Aramex -- one of the world's leading total transportsolutions providers -- announced that it will continue itssupport of the AFC Champions League for the third year as anofficial sponsor and logistics provider. CSM OPENS... NORTHVILLE - CSM Worldwide announced Tuesday the opening ofa new office in Bangkok, Thailand which will support Asia'sgrowing prominence in automobile sales and production, and willserve as CSM's ASEAN hub with responsibility for expandinganalytical coverage for the company's global automotive marketforecasts and strategic advisory services.http://www.csmauto.com PLATTS SURVEYS... LONDON - Overall oil production by the 12 members of theOrganization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) rose to31.15 million barrels per day (b/d) in November, according toPlatts' latest survey of OPEC and oil industry officials justreleased.http://www.platts.comhttp://www.mcgraw-hill.com RIEU LAUNCHES... TORONTO- On December 14 and 15, Andre Rieu will launch hisWorld Stadium Concert Tour, "A Romantic Vienna Night", inToronto.http://Press.andrerieu.com DHS BEGINS... WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is nowcollecting additional fingerprints from international visitorsarriving at Washington Dulles International Airport (Dulles). SCIENTISTS HONOURED... NEW DELHI - Scopus, the largest abstract and citationdatabase of peer-reviewed research literature and quality Websources with smart tools to track, analyze and visualize,Monday announced the Second Young Indian Scientist Awards whichwere awarded at an event held at "Le Meridian" in New Delhi onDecember 7.http://www.info.scopus.comhttp://www.elsevier.com LIVENATION EXPANDS... HONG KONG - Live Nation, the world's largest live musiccompany and second largest entertainment venue managementcompany, announced today that it has entered into an agreementwith Chinese company Cosmedia Group to manage Hong Kong's brandnew multi-purpose outdoor Pop TV Arena (Zhong Tian Di).http://www.livenation.comhttp://www.cosmedia.com.hk FDA GRANTS... CALGARY - Resverlogix Corp. announced Monday that it hasreceived approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)to initiate a Phase 1a clinical trial of oral RVX-208 in theUSA.www.resverlogix.com CALIFORNIA FILTERS... MILPITAS - California Micro Devices Monday announced asignificant expansion of its portfolio of EMI filters for highbandwidth applications in mobile handsets with the introductionof the CM1692 family of inductor-capacitor (LC) filters.http://www.cmd.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of FINP securities issues amounting to a total ofUS$13,549 million on December 20, 2007 at a redemption priceequal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plusaccrued interest.http://www.fanniemae.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total ofUS$61,615 million on December 20, 2007 at a redemption priceequal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plusaccrued interest.http://www.fanniemae.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$100million on December 22, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest.http://www.fanniemae.com GROUPS COMBINE... MONTREAL and TORONTO - Montreal Exchange Inc. and TSX GroupInc. Monday announced that they have agreed to combine theirorganizations to create TMX Group Inc., a leading integratedexchange group.www.m-x.ca FRIENDSTER AVAILABLE... SAN FRANCISCO - Friendster, Inc. Monday announced thatFriendster.com is available in two additional major languages-- Japanese and Korean -- allowing Friendster users andvisitors a choice of languages to navigate the site, entercontent and use Friendster's complete set of social networkingfeatures.http://www.friendster.com MGM SELECTS... BOCA RATON - Agilysys, Inc., a leading provider ofinnovative IT solutions, including specifically-designedhospitality industry solutions, announced Monday that MGM GrandMacau in Macau, China has selected the Materials ManagementSystem inventory and procurement solution from Agilysys tostreamline operations, increase efficiency and reduce costs atthe new 600-room luxury property, which is scheduled to open inDecember 2007.http://www.agilysys.com MICREL INTRODUCES... SAN JOSE - Micrel Inc., an industry leader in analog, highbandwidth communications and Ethernet IC solutions, Mondaylaunched a tiny new high performance, high PSRR, ultra-lowdropout linear regulator family with input voltage down to 1.6Vfor high efficiency portable devices such as mobile phones,PDAs, portable media players, GPS and other portable deviceapplications.http://www.micrel.com BLOOMBERG ANNOUNCES... HONG KONG - Bloomberg, the leading data, analytics and newsprovider, today announced the launch of the Bloomberg E-Bondplatform for Hong Kong Government Exchange Fund Bills and Noteson the BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL service.http://www.bloomberg.com XBEE DEPLOYS... MINNETONKA - Digi International Monday introduced the XBeewall router, a ZigBee router used to expand a ZigBee network'srange.http://www.digi.com/products/wireless/zigbee-meshxbee-wall-router.jsp.http://www.digi.com/products/wirelessdropinnetworking/http://www.digi.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.