SYDNEY--4 Feb--AsiaNet/InfoQuest PYRO NETWORKS... ANDHRA PRADESH: Pyro Networks, a mobile solutions provider,is proud to announce that its InRoam solution has been selectedas a finalist in the 2008 Global Mobile Awards.www.pyrogroup.com HYPERTENSION PANDEMIC... PARIS: A Working Group of representatives from seveninternational health-care organizations call for improved bloodpressure goal rate levels of patients with hypertension, thesingle most important cause of attributable mortality aroundthe world. EQUILEND ADDS... NEW YORK: EquiLend announces that a new trading service,Trade2O, has been added to the firm's already robust tradingplatform. Trade2O automates the negotiation and agreement oftrade terms for global Equities and Fixed Income securities,giving traders a rapid and simple way to process tradesstraight through to their proprietary systems.www.equilend.com SOLON STRENGTHENS... BERLIN: Berlin-based SOLON AG, one of Europe's biggestmanufacturers of solar modules and photovoltaic systems, hasstrengthened its Group Management Board with effect fromFebruary 1, 2008 with the appointment of Anke Hunziger, 43, asCHRO. She joins the existing team of CEO Thomas Krupke, CTO Dr.Lars Podlowski and COO Dr. Gero Wiese. This makes SOLON AG thefirst TecDAX company to create a position at Management Boardlevel for the Human Resources function, emphasizing theimportance of HR management to modern companies.www.solonag.comwww.solonag.com/presse FAMILY STATEMENT... SEATTLE: The family of Cyd Mizell, an American aid workercurrently being held in Afghanistan, have released a statementfrom her father, George Mizell.www.onlinefilefolder.com SHUTTERSTOCK ANNOUNCES... NEW YORK: Shutterstock announces that its imagelibrary-comprised of premium photographs, vectors, andillustrations- has passed the three million (3,000,000) imagesmark. This is a landmark accomplishment in the microstockcategory, and signifies remarkable growth for the company: onemillion images were added to the collection in the last sevenmonths alone.www.shutterstock.comwww.footage.shutterstock.com ROBERT REDFORD... LONDON: The GSM Association have announced that film actor,director and Sundance Institute Founder & President, RobertRedford will headline at Mobile Backstage, a special one dayMobile Entertainment conference on Wednesday 13th February atthe Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the world's largestcommunications industry event.www.mobileworldcongress.comwww.sundancechannel.comwww.sundance.orgwww.nielsen.com PEPSICO ANNOUNCES... PURCHASE, New York: PepsiCo announces the election of Ian M.Cook and Lloyd G. Trotter to its board of directors, followinga board meeting.www.pepsico.com PEPSICO DECLARES... PURCHASE, New York: The Board of Directors of PepsiCo hasdeclared a quarterly dividend of US$0.375 per share on PepsiCocommon stock. The dividend is payable March 31, 2008, toshareholders of record on March 7, 2008.www.pepsico.com DHS BEGINS... WASHINGTON: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)announces that it has begun collecting additional fingerprintsfrom international visitors arriving at George Bush HoustonIntercontinental Airport (Bush Intercontinental). The change ispart of the department's upgrade from two- to 10-fingerprintcollection to enhance security and facilitate legitimate travelby more accurately and efficiently establishing and verifyingvisitors' identities. SCIENCE CAMPS... TORONTO: Budding young physicists, age 16 and 17, can nowapply to attend the 'International Summer School for YoungPhysicists' at Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Ontario,Canada.www.perimeterinstitute.ca FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN, MTNR, FINP and FINS securities issues onFebruary 11-13, 2008 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.www.fanniemae.com MICROSOFT PROPOSES... REDMOND, Washington: Microsoft Corp. announces that it hasmade a proposal to the Yahoo! Inc. Board of Directors toacquire all the outstanding shares of Yahoo! common stock forper share consideration of US$31 representing a total equityvalue of approximately US$44.6 billion.www.microsoft.com/presspasswww.microsoft.com/presspass/contactpr.mspxwww.microsoft.com/msft PREMIER FARNELL... LONDON: Premier Farnell plc, the leading multi-channel, highservice distributor supporting millions of engineers andpurchasing professionals globally, has announced the winner ofthe 2007 Live EDGE Electronic Design for the Global Environmentchallenge as John Noble from Malaysia.www.live-edge.comwww.pinnacle-marketing.comwww.premierfarnell.com ALLEGIANCE SAYS... SYDNEY: Allegiance Mining NL has repeated its advice toshareholders to reject the takeover offer by Zinifex, statingthat the implied premium offered by Zinifex is significantlyless than for recent transactions in the mining sector.www.allegiance-mining.com.au SCS LAUNCHES... SINGAPORE: Singapore Computer Systems Limited (SCS), aleading information and communications technology serviceprovider in Asia announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary SCSInformation Technology Sdn Bhd and its Bruneian partner, ATBTechnologies Sdn Bhd have completed a large-scale humanresource information management and electronic documentmanagement system for the Brunei Ministry of Defence(Mindef).www.scs.com.sg DIGI EXTENDS... MINNETONKA, Minnesota: Digi International has introduced theDigi Connect WAN 3G, an upgradeable third generation (3G)Wireless WAN router for primary and backup connectivity toremote sites and devices. It is a targeted functionEthernet-to-cellular router that supports both HSDPA and EVDO3G standards and adds a cost optimized, high-speed solution toDigi's industry leading line of cellular routers.www.digi.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. 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