SYDNEY--31 Jan--AsiaNet/InfoQuest CORD:USE APPOINTMENT... ORLANDO - John Wagner, M.D., recognized as a leader in thefield of cord blood stem cell transplantation, has joined theteam at CORD:USE Cord Blood Bank. Dr. Wagner's extensiveexperience and knowledge in transplant medicine and stem cellbiology will provide a significant contribution to CORD:USE. www.corduse.com GRANDE ENERGY... FORT WORTH, Texas - GEEPCO, Inc., an oil and gas producerbased in Fort Worth, Texas, announced today that it has securedfinancing in the amount of $3 million from OPEX Energy Corp.Grande Energy will use the funding to advance its assets, whichinclude exploration rights for a 4,550-square-mile region knownto be prospective for oil in the Haast Basin off the west coastof New Zealand as well as interests in 22 producing wells inthe Barnett Shale, Texas. FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$450million on February 9, 2008 at a redemption price equal to 100percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. Fannie Mae will also redeem the principal amount of MTNsecurities issues amounting to a total of US$100 million onFebruary 13, 2008 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent ofthe principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com PSION TEKLOGIX... AIX-EN-PROVENCE - Psion Teklogix is expanding its serviceprogram for its line of rugged mobile computers into acomprehensive new global offering named I-Serv, www.psionteklogix.com/i-serv . The new solution simplifies theservice process making it easier for customers to takeadvantage of a single global contract while reducing theirtotal cost of ownership by up to 50 percent for both hardwareand services. www.psionteklogix.com www.psionteklogix.com/i-serv BUZKA POPNETS... PERTH - Buzka announced the release of their new Popnettechnology today at DEMO 08, and promised a new way forcompanies to build consumer loyalty by radically changing theway they help customers save share and discover new productinformation. www.demo.com www.popnets.com THERMOLON SHINWOO... HONG KONG - Thermolon -- the supplier of the non-stickcoatings that have taken the cookware world by storm, todayannounced that they have merged with Shinwoo Trading Company --the South Korean company that manufactures the coating. www.thermolon.com FTSE YASAAR... LONDON, NEW YORK and DUBAI - FTSE Group, the global indexcompany, and Yasaar Research today launched the FTSE ShariahGlobal Equity Index Series, with the launch of 96 new Shariahcompliant indices, including the FTSE Shariah Development IndexSeries, the FTSE Shariah All-World Index Series; and FTSEShariah Multinationals 150 Index. MMA MEDIA... SHANGHAI - MMA Media Inc. is pleased to announce that it hasentered into a share exchange agreement with Poise ProfitInternational, Ltd. www.sec.gov PERFECT WORLD... BEIJING - Beijing Perfect World Network Technology Co., Ltd.today announced that on January 12, 2008, the Chief ExecutiveOfficer Mr. Chi Yufeng met Mr. John Woo, the director of themovie "Red Cliff", to discuss the ongoing and futurecooperation between the movie and "Chi Bi". EAGLE CONFERENCING... NEW YORK, and BANGALORE - Eagle Conferencing, Indiaannounced today that Technology Marketing Corporation'sINTERNET TELEPHONY magazine has named Eagle Conferencing as arecipient of its 2007 Product of the Year Award. www.eagleacd.com www.eagleconferencing.in www.tmcnet.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.