SYDNEY--7 Jan--AsiaNet/InfoQuest XL AWARDS... SINGAPORE - New Zealanders Gill Dal Din and Kevin Heppleston are Winners of the XL 2007 Global Social Entrepreneur Award fortheir Support of the Teen Focused stepUP Foundation. www.resultsfoundation.com CBM EXPANSION... TORONTO - President of cbm, Prof. Allen Foster announces that cbm has expanded its areas of work to include all personswith disability, not just persons with visual loss. HUGHES ACQUISITION... GERMANTOWN, Maryland: Hughes Communications, Inc., the global leader in broadband satellite network solutions and aleading broadband managed network services provider, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement toacquire Helius, Inc., a portfolio company of Canopy Ventures. www.hughes.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of FINP, FINS, MTN, MTNR securities issues on January 14at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. Fannie Mae will also redeem the principal amount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$525 million on January 16 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.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.