SYDNEY--1 Feb--AsiaNet/ InfoQuest BA ENERGY SEEKS... CALGARY - BA Energy Inc has called a meeting of itsshareholders and optionholders to seek approval of a corporatereorganization pursuant to a plan of arrangement under theBusiness Corporation Act (Alberta) (the "Arrangement"). LANCET PUBLISHES... WORCESTER - ENDORSE multinational study (EpidemiologicInternational Day for the Evaluation of Patients at Risk forVenous Thromboembolism in the Acute Hospital Care Setting)published Thursday in the LANCET demonstrates the highprevalence of patients at risk for VTE (according to the ACCPguidelines) in the world: 52 per cent of hospitalized patientssurveyed were at risk for VTE, corresponding to 64 per cent ofsurgical patients and 42 per cent of medical patients.http://www.umassmed.edu CATERPILLAR COMPLETES... QINGZHOU CITY - Caterpillar Inc. Friday has received finalregulatory approval and completed the purchase of the remainingshares of Shandong SEM Machinery (SEM), a leading wheel loadermanufacturer in China.http://www.CAT.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTNR securities issues amounting to a total of US$25million on February 10, 2008 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$375million on February 10, 2008 at a redemption price equal to 100per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest.http://www.fanniemae.com TRANCHE LAUNCHES... HALLBERGMOOS - Following signature of the Aircrew SyntheticTraining Aids Supplement 5 agreement between Eurofighter GmbHand NETMA on 13 December 2007, Thursday, January 31, 2008,marks the formal launch of the contract. DIRECTOR DELIVERS... SAN MATEO - Jaman.com, the leading online destination forquality international and independent entertainment, Thursdayannounced the free, global availability of Mira Nair's AIDSJaago, four short dramatic films which aim to dismantle mythsand raise awareness about HIV/AIDS.http://www.jaman.com YANMAR OPENS... OSAKA - Yanmar Co Ltd is proud to announce the opening ofYanmar Kota Kinabalu R&D Center in Kota Kinabalu-city of Sabah,Malaysia, the first R&D Center to be established outside ofJapan.http://www.yanmar.co.jp/en/ AVNET RELEASES... SINGAPORE - Avnet Electronics Marketing, a part of Avnet,Inc., Thursday announced the release of the Xilinx Virtex-5 LXTSXT Development Kit -- a complete development platform fordesigning and verifying applications based on the XilinxVirtex-5 LXT and SXT Field Programmable Gate Array families.http://www.em.avnet.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.