SYDNEY--19 Dec--Asianet/InfoQuest MAYER BROWN... CHICAGO: We have been notified that a federal grand jurysitting in the Southern District of New York returned anindictment against Joseph Collins, a partner at Mayer BrownLLP, and that the Securities and Exchange Commission has fileda civil suit against Mr. Collins. The charges relate to hiswork on behalf of Refco, Inc., a former client. PANACEA PHARMACEUTICALS... GAITHERSBURG, Maryland: Panacea Pharmaceuticals' lung cancerdiagnostic test, LC Detect, has been named one of TimeMagazine's Ten Biggest Medical Breakthroughs of 2007. www.panaceapharma.com www.panacea-labs.com www.time.com/time/specials/2007/top10/article/0 ENERGID TECHNOLOGIES... CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts: Energid Technologies has licensedits Actin toolkit to the Kumaraguru College of Technology inCoimbatore, India. Actin is world-class software forcontrolling and simulating complex robotic mechanisms with upto 100 or more independent moving parts. It will be used at KCTby both faculty researchers and students. www.energid.com www.energid.co.in www.kct.ac.in MAGNA CARTA... GIBRALTAR: A copy of Magna Carta is up for auction in NewYork tonight and bookmakers http://www.PartyBets.com arebetting on how much it will be sold for. It is regarded as oneof the most important document sales in history. www.PartyBets.com GN NETCOM... COPENHAGEN: GN Netcom, the world leader in innovativeheadset solutions, today announced a raft of new appointmentsthat will help meet the company's ambitious goals in 2008 andbeyond. www.jabra.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total ofUS$2,555 million on December 28, 2007 at a redemption priceequal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plusaccrued interest. Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTNRsecurities issues amounting to a total of US$75 million onDecember 28, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent ofthe principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com EXPRESS NEWSPAPERS... ZAANDAM: WoodWing Software has been selected by UK publisherExpress Newspapers to supply Smart Connection Enterprise as theeditorial platform for the Daily Express, Daily Star, Ok!Magazine and several other publications. www.woodwing.com MERCK COGNIZANT... TEANECK, New Jersey: Cognizant, a leading provider of globalIT and business process outsourcing services, announced today amulti-year, multi-million dollar engagement with Merck & Co., aglobal research-driven pharmaceutical company. www.cognizant.com EURAIL GROUP... UTRECHT: Eurail Group has named STA Travel as its newworldwide Sales Agent for Eurail Passes. Sales start in January2008. www.eurailgroup.com http://eurail.informationstore.net www.statravel.com www.statravelgroup.com KYUSHU RAIL... FUKUOKA: "A new 3-day JR Kyushu Rail Pass for all JR railwaylines in the Northern Kyushu area" will go on sale from January18th, 2008 at a special value price of 7,000 yen (US$61.86). www.jrkyushu.co.jp/korean/index.html www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/index.html GENETIC TESTING... WELLINGTON: VortexDNA, the Christchurch New Zealand companythat has mapped the genome of human intention, today launched www.myDNAchoice.com , a new website to provide people with theinformation they need to make an informed decision about onlinegenetic testing. www.myDNAchoice.com www.vortexdna.com LOMBARD ODIER... HONG KONG: Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch has taken anotherstep in its international expansion. After setting up officesin Hong Kong and Tokyo, Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch hasobtained a banking license from the Singapore authorities. AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.