SYDNEY--13 Mar--AsiaNet/InfoQuest GFK ASIA... SINGAPORE: GfK Asia releases its 2007 Year End Pan Asian ITRetail Data Summary, showing a steady expansion in volume butlimited change in value in the region's IT sector.www.gfk.com ELI LILLY... INDIANAPOLIS: Today Eli Lilly and Company announced itsfour-year grant of $4,384,000 to the World Health Organizationfor scaling up its global capacity to manage multi-drugresistant tuberculosis programs.www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071109/CLF001LOGOwww.lilly.com FAREASTONE COMPTEL... HELSINKI: Comptel Corporation, the leading vendor of dynamicOperations Support System software, announced today thatTaiwanese convergent operator FarEasTone is using ComptelConvergent Mediation Solution, and Comptel Provisioning andActivation Solution to support the delivery of innovativeservices on their new IMS platform.www.fareastone.com.twwww.comptel.com TOMMY HILFIGER... NEW YORK: Tommy Hilfiger Group unveiled today the locationof a global flagship store at 681 Fifth Avenue, between 53rdand 54th streets, in New York City. FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues on March 22 and 26, 2008 at aredemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amountredeemed plus accrued interest.http://www.fanniemae.com THOMSON SCIENTIFIC... PHILADELPHIA:Thomson Scientific, part of The ThomsonCorporation and leading provider of information solutions tothe worldwide research and business communities, todayannounced the results of its annual roundup of the "hottest"researchers and research papers.www.scientific.thomson.comhttp://ScienceWatch.com BORDERS GROUP... ANN ARBOR, Michigan: Borders Group, Inc. Chief ExecutiveOfficer George Jones today issued a statement regarding thestrategic alternatives process for the company's Australia/NewZealand businesses.www.bordersgroupinc.com COMPONENTONE AWARD... PITTSBURGH: ComponentOne today announces that its product,ComponentOne DemoWorks 2007, received a Jolt Productivity Awardin the Utilities category.www.componentone.comwww.joltawards.com PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY... NEW YORK and LONDON: Costing the global pharmaceuticalindustry an estimated $30 billion per year and causing anestimated 125,000 deaths per year in the United States, patientnon-adherence is a looming issue in the healthcare industry.Eularis has responded to this problem with a new report,available today, titled, "Ensuring Profitable Patient AdherencePrograms."www.eularis.comwww.patientadherenceroi.com FLOOD RELIEF... SINGAPORE: The XL Group, the world's leading entrepreneurand social enterprise network, has announced that it will besupporting Habitat for Humanity with a commitment to providefunding for the rebuilding of homes in southern Mexico.www.resultsfoundation.comwww.habitat.org NZ WINE... WELLINGTON: The New Zealand Wine Company, makers of GroveMill, Sanctuary and Frog Haven wines, has achieved carbonneutral recertification under the world leading carboNZeroCERTTM programme.www.grovemill.co.nz EUROFIGHTER MEET... HALLBERGMOOS: For the first time, all four EurofighterTyphoon core Air Forces from Germany, Italy, Spain and theUnited Kingdom combined their skills for a mutual exercise atMoron Air Force Base, near Sevilla, upon invitation of theSpanish Air Force. AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.