SYDNEY--26 Mar--AsiaNet/InfoQuest INTELENET SELECTS... MUMBAI - Intelenet Global Services, a leading provider ofbusiness process outsourcing services, has selected VerizonBusiness to develop, host and manage a secure portal for theexchange of information with clients, partners and vendors.http://www.verizonbusiness.com VALE DISCONTINUES... RIO DE JANEIRO - Vale informs that it put forward anindicative proposal to Xstrata Plc (Xstrata) that included acash and shares offer for 100 per cent of Xstrata which itbelieves would have created significant value for both sets ofshareholders, but given that an agreement was not reached,discussions between the parties have been discontinued.http://www.cvrd.com.br CITECT AWARDS... SYDNEY - Citect is pleased to announce that six Citectpartners will be honored at its upcoming Global PartnerConferenceCollaborate 2008this April 13-16 in Budapest,Hungary.www.citect.com THOMSON COLLABORATES... PHILADELPHIA - Thomson Scientific, a leading provider ofinformation solutions to the worldwide research and businesscommunities, and Ringgold, Inc. have announced the availabilityof Journal Analysis Database Expanded (JADE), which allowsusers to see a detailed analysis of authors and subscribers ofa journal, or set of journals, using precisely defineddefinitions of the "publishing institutions" to which thoseauthors and subscribers belong.http://www.scientific.thomson.comhttp://www.thomson.comhttp://www.ringgold.com PEPSICO WEBCASTS... PURCHASE - PepsiCo, Inc. Tuesday announced that itsfirst-quarter 2008 earnings conference call and slidepresentation for financial analysts and investors will bewebcast live over the internet on Thursday, April 24, 2008 at11 a.m. (ET).http://www.pepsico.com COMPARISON.TRAVEL LAUNCHES... LOS ANGELES - Comparison Corporation, operator of popularonline web properties Wednesday announced the launch ofComparison.travel; a tool that enables users to search the top20 travel web sites such as Expedia, Travelocity, Orbitz,Priceline, Kayak, HotWire, SideStep, Hotels.com and other majortravel websites at the same time with one click without havingto search each website individually.http://www.Comparison.travel DHS BEGINS... WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)announced Tuesday that it has begun collecting additionalfingerprints from international visitors arriving at New York'sJohn F. Kennedy International Airport.http://www.dhs.gov/us-visit DARA APPOINTS... RALEIGH - DARA BioSciences announced Tuesday the appointmentof John Didsbury, Ph.D. as President and Chief OperatingOfficer.http://www.darabiosciences.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$600million on April 4 & 14 2008 at a redemption price equal to 100per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest.http://www.fanniemae.com PHOENIX TEAMS... MILPITAS - Phoenix Technologies Ltd., Tuesday announced apartnership with CyberLink Corp., a world leader in digitalhome solutions, to produce a multimedia suite optimized for thePhoenix HyperSpace platform.http://www.phoenix.comhttp://www.cyberlink.com EUROFIGHTER ARRIVES... HALLBERGMOOS - With the handover of GT015, a GermanTwin-Seater aircraft, the final aircraft out of Tranche 1destined for the four partner Air Forces of Germany, Italy,Spain and the United Kingdom in the core programme has beendelivered on 20 March 2008. IPANEL REACHES... SHENZHEN - iPanel Technologies, Ltd., a leading provider ofembedded software platforms for digital and IPTV services andapplications, and ICTV, which provides solutions that bring theWeb media experience to television, announced Tuesday that theyhave reached an agreement that is designed to spread theavailability of ICTV's ActiveVideo Web-infused televisionthroughout China and the Asia-Pacific markets.http://www.ictv.comhttp://www.ipanel.cn MONIKER UNVEILS... POMPANO BEACH - Moniker.com, an Oversee.net company andprovider of Domain Asset Management services, Tuesday announcedadditional premium domain names will be available for purchasevia a live and online domain name auction at the CasinoAffiliate Convention in Amsterdam.http://www.moniker.comhttp://www.moniker.com/liveauction STARTECH ANNOUNCES... WILTON - Startech Environmental Corp., a fully reporting,internationally recognized Award-winning Environment and Energycompany, announced its plans Tuesday to produce and market itsCarbonless Power System for "Green Electricity" in stationaryfacilities.http://www.startech.net EXTRICOM INTRODUCES... NEW YORK - Extricom, a leading provider of high-performanceenterprise-class wireless solutions for converged voice, data,video, and location-based services, Tuesday announced its newsuite of 802.11n draft 2.0 compliant products.http://www.extricom.com/80211n NTT JOINS... TOKYO - NTT Communications Tuesday announced that it signeda construction and maintenance agreement to participate in aconsortium building a new optical fiber cable system - theTrans-Pacific Express Cable Network (TPE) - that will linkJapan, Mainland China, South Korea, Taiwan and the UnitedStates.www.ntt.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions