SYDNEY--6 Mar--AsiaNet/InfoQuest COMPONENTONE RELEASES... PITTSBURGH:ComponentOne has released its latest pioneering product,ComponentOne IntelliSpell.http://www.componentone.comhttp://www.componentone.com/Products/IntelliSpell.aspx FLOWER EXHIBITION... LISSE: The International Flower Exhibition Keukenhof in Lisse has chosen'China -- the Olympic Games -- Beijing' as its theme for 2008. COMPONENTONE UNVEILS... PITTSBURGH: The industry's broadest and most complete suite of developmentcomponents with five development platforms in one is available fromComponentOne.http://www.componentone.comhttp://www.componentone.com/Downloadcenter.aspx TOP SONG... NEW YORK: Fans of LaFace/Zomba recording artist Usher are embracing themulti-talented superstar's newest song, "Love In This Club." It is the No. 1song in the country making an astonishing leap from #51* to the No. 1* positionon Billboard's "Hot 100 Singles" chart. JV AGREEMENT... TORONTO: Apollo LogiSolutions Limited, a subsidiary of Apollo InternationalLimited, and Spire Group Limited of Toronto, Canada, executed a joint ventureagreement on Tuesday in Mumbai for US $250 million to construct and operatetemperature-controlled warehouses in India. STEM CELL... KIEL: In mid-March the German Bundestag (Lower House) is due to vote on anamendment to the German Stem Cell Act. While the Bundestag debates on the newregulation, Blasticon Biotechnologische Forschung GmbH has made a breakthroughin cell biology. INFLATION SURVEY... STOWE, Vt.: Casey Research, LLC. Thursday announced the availability of itsGlobal Inflation Survey for the period of January 2006 through January 2008.http://www.caseyresearch.com BENCHMARK NOTES... WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae on Wednesday priced its new 3-year US$3 billionBenchmark Notes.http://www.fanniemae.com CEVA REPORTS... HOOFDDORP: CEVA Group Plc released its 2007 Annual Report on Wednesday.http://www.cevalogistics.com NAVTEQ ANNOUNCES... CHICAGO: NAVTEQ, a leading global provider of digital map data for vehiclenavigation and location-based solutions, has announced its first release of a100 percent coverage map for New Zealand and expansion of the Thailand map tofull coverage.http://www.navteq.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of sevensecurities issues amounting to a total of US$318.021 million on March 15, 17,19 and 24, 2008 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principalamount redeemed plus accrued interest.http://www.fanniemae.com VALUE CREATION... CALGARY: Value Creation Inc. Wednesday announced that BA Energy Inc. hasbecome a wholly-owned subsidiary of Value Creation effective February 26, 2008.www.vctek.com DIABETES CENTRE... BRUSSELS and COLOMBO: The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) has chosenthe National Diabetes Centre of Sri Lanka (NDC) as one of the 11 first fundingrecipients of its translational research grant programme, BRIDGES, from over108 global applications.http://www.idf.orghttp://www.idfbridges.org LICENCE AGREEMENT... BOURNEMOUTH and TAIPEI: CCww and Arisetek announced Wednesday that they havesigned an agreement whereby CCww supplies its proven GSM/GPRS stack solutionfor Arisetek to create a family of compelling handset designs based on NXP'sAeroFONE) single-chip phone.http://www.ccww.co.ukhttp://www.arisetek-usa.com GLOBAL ALLIANCE... FRANKFURT/MAIN, and TEANECK, N.J.: Deutsche Telekom's enterprise customerdivision, T-Systems, and global IT services provider, Cognizant, Wednesdayannounced that they have entered into a truly global Systems Integrationalliance.http://www.cognizant.comhttp://www.t-systems.com/presscenter GLAUCOMA DAY... LONDON: On the first World Glaucoma Day (March 6, 2008), leading glaucomaexperts globally are asking those who may be at risk of the condition not toleave their vision to chance - with a clear message that 50 percent of peoplewith open-angle glaucoma and more than 50 percent of people with angle-closureglaucoma are unaware they have it.http://www.AllEyesonGlaucoma.comhttp://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/82/11/feature1104/en/http://www.glaucomafoundation.org/Risk.htmhttp://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/995_glaucoma.htmlhttp://www.aafp.org/afp/20030501/1937.html POSITIVE OPINION... PRINCETON, N.J. and PARIS: Sanofi-aventis and Bristol-Myers Squibb CompanyWednesday announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use(CHMP) of the European Medicines Evaluation Agency (EMEA) has issued a positiveopinion recommending approval of the 300mg tablet of the antiplatelet Plavix(clopidogrel bisulfate). BEBO EXTENDS... AUCKLAND: Bebo Wednesday announced that it is extending the reach of itsonline platform, Be Well, which provides its community with a central source ofinformation, support and advice on issues relating to mental health, socialcare and wellbeing.www.bebo.com PACNET CONTRACT... SYDNEY: Pacnet Wednesday announced the signing of another three-yearcontract under the Whole of Government Telecommunications Agreement (WOGTA) toprovide global network services to Australia's Department of Foreign Affairsand Trade (DFAT).http://www.pacnet.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.