SYDNEY--6 Feb--AsiaNet/InfoQuest BREAST CANCER... MELBOURNE: New Zealand cricketer Jacob Oram smashed nineboundaries during last night's Twenty20 match against England inaid of generating funds and awareness for the New ZealandBreast Cancer Foundation thanks to bat-sponsor GRAY-NICOLLS. DIABETES COMPETITION... INDIANAPOLIS: Eli Lilly and Company, the InternationalDiabetes Federation, and the International Society forPediatric and Adolescent Diabetes announced that the entrydeadline for submissions into the global competition will beextended until 31 March 2008. www.inspiredbydiabetes.com www.unitefordiabetes.org ING ANNOUNCES... LONDONL: ING Group launches 'ING Fresh Eyes' 2008, a globalart competition to give budding artists access to the exclusiveworld of Formula 1, entered via a dedicated website, www.ingfresheyes.com PEPSICO PRESENTS... PURCHASE, New York: PepsiCo, Inc. announces that members ofits senior management team will present at the Consumer AnalystGroup of New York (CAGNY) Conference in Boca Raton, FL, atapproximately 9:15 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, February 20,2008. www.pepsico.com HONORARY ROSE... LUCERNE and LOS ANGELES, California: At a cocktail receptionin Los Angeles at the residence of the Consul General ofSwitzerland, Mr. Urban Frye, Festival Director of the 48thEdition of the Rose d'Or Festival, announced that Mr. BenSilverman, Co-Chairman, NBC Entertainment and Universal MediaStudios, had been chosen to receive this year's Honorary Roseat the upcoming Festival to be held in Lucerne, Switzerlandfrom May 2-6, 2008. www.presseportal.ch www.rosedor.com ACQUISITION ANNOUNCED... BOULDER, Colorado and JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming: Ski andperformance apparel leader Spyder Active Sports, Inc. announcedits acquisition of Cloudveil Mountain Works, Inc, producers ofinnovative technical outdoor and mountaineering apparel. Termsof the agreement were not disclosed. FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN, MTNR, FINP and FINS securities issues onFebruary 15, 2008 at a redemption price equal to 100 per centof the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. www.fanniemae.com XENOME APPOINTS... BRISBANE: XENOME LIMIted today announced the appointment ofIan Nisbet, PhD as the company's Chief Executive Officer. DrNisbet will also join Xenomes Board as Managing Director. www.xenome.com MODEL SEARCH... WELLINGTON: Creating a successful career in the glamorousworld of modeling is the dream of many Australian models, butseemingly far out of reach for most. Getting started can notonly be expensive, but like the rest of the showbiz industry itis often more about who you know - rather than what you know -that launches an aspiring model into a glittering career. www.starnow.com www.starnow.com/modelsearch AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.