SYDNEY--13 Dec--AsiaNet/InfoQuest WHY BIOFUELS?... PARIS - "We need to concentrate on the most cost-effectivemeasures to reduce CO2 emissions in transport", stressed JackShort, Secretary General of the International Transport Forum,at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali onThursday. ENTRUST PROVIDES... DALLAS - Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Communication andInformation Technology standardized on two solutions fromEntrust, Inc. in conjunction with Entrust local partner MoammarInformation Systems. http://www.entrust.com KWOK HIRED... NEW YORK and BEIJING - The Bear Stearns Companies Inc., aleading financial services firm, and Eagle Investment Group, aChinese investment firm, jointly announced Thursday that StevenKwok has joined as the head of their Asian-based private equityeffort. http://www.bearstearns.com http://www.bsmb.com SAFETY NOTICE... ROCKFORD - Wolverine has become aware of a risk of the blackplastic tab at the end of the shoelaces on Caterpillar brandchildren's Sheltered, Equate and Kudos models coming off thelaces when pulled and is voluntarily recalling the styleslisted above in EU children's sizes 23-29 (equivalent to USchildren's sizes 7-12) as a precaution because of the potentialchoking hazard to young children. http://www.wolverineworldwide.com MATHEW LEADS... WILMINGTON - PPD, Inc. Thursday announced the appointment ofPhilip Mathew, M.D., as director of strategic development, tolead the company's Phase II-IV operations and expansion inIndia. http://www.ppdi.com PEPSICO APPOINTS... PURCHASE - PepsiCo Thursday announced the appointment of Dr.Mehmood Khan to the newly-created position of chief scientificofficer, reporting to Indra Nooyi, chairman and chief executiveofficer. http://www.pepsico.com REAL LAUNCHES... AUSTIN - REAL Software, a leading producer of cross-platformdevelopment software for Windows, Macintosh OS/X and Linux, haslaunched an expanded global web presence to reflect itsinternational reach. http://www.realsoftware.com EARNINGS SLACKEN... ORINDA - Corporate earnings in the US, Europe, and Japanwill weaken and stock market volatility will increase,according to a majority of investment professionals surveyed inNew York, London, Melbourne, and Tokyo by AXA Rosenberg inOctober and November. http://www.axarosenberg.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$560million on December 22, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. 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$425million on December 26, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. http://www.fanniemae.com MICREL ADDS... SAN JOSE - Micrel Inc., an industry leader in analog, highbandwidth communications, and Ethernet IC solutions, Wednesdayadded four new solutions to their growing family of postamplifiers; the SY88303BL, SY88305BL, SY88307BL, SY88309BL. http://www.micrel.com JAPAN LEADS... SINGAPORE and EDINBURGH: In its latest report, titled `CleanFuels Race in Asia Pacific-Following the Leaders?', WoodMackenzie confirms that Japan is a global leader inprogressively improving fuel quality and is the leader in AsiaPacific. www.woodmac.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.