SYDNEY--11 Apr--AsiaNet/InfoQuest CORENET SUMMIT... SYDNEY - Corporate Real Estate & Workplace Professionals from GlobalCompanies will Meet to Discuss the Latest Trends, Opportunities andDevelopments Impacting the Corporate Real Estate Sectorhttp://www.corenetglobalausnz.com VALE PAYMENT... RIO DE JANEIRO - Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (VALE) will pay additionalinterest to holders of the mandatorily convertible notes (notes) due June 15,2010 issued by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Vale Capital Ltd., in two series,RIO and RIO P.http://www.cvrd.com.br DRESDNER LICENCE... FRANKFURT - Dresdner Bank, a subsidiary of Allianz Group, will open itsfirst branch in the major Indian city of Mumbai (formerly Bombay) in the comingyear after being granted a corresponding licence by the Indian Central Bank."India is a booming market with enormous customer potential. That's why it isessential for us to expand our presence in this region", says Herbert Walter,Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors of Dresdner Bank, commenting on thegrant of the licence. Currently, Dresdner Bank's sole presence in India is arepresentative office in Mumbai. FRIENDSTER INDONESIAN... JAKARTA - Friendster, Inc. today announced that Friendster.com is availablein Indonesian, allowing Friendster users and visitors a greater choice oflanguages with which to navigate the site, enter content and use Friendster'scomplete set of social networking features.http://www.friendster.com TAIWAN STOCK EXCHANGE... TAIPEI - Dr. Rong-I Wu, Chairman of the Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation("TSEC"), met with Mr. Mark Makepeace, Chief Executive of FTSE Group, tohighlight significant market reforms launched by the bourse. ATRADIUS RESULTS... AMSTERDAM - Atradius, a global leader in trade credit insurance andcollections, today reported a 56% increase in net profit to EUR 164.2 millionin 2007 from EUR 105.3 million in 2006. The improvement was driven by a 6.7%increase in gross earned premium to EUR 1,148.6 million from EUR 1,076.5million in 2006. Atradius significantly improved its net insurance result andnet profit from continuing operations for the fifth consecutive year.2007 results do not include the results of Credito y Caucion, which becamepart of Atradius in early 2008.http://www.atradius.com BEIJING OLYMPICS... SINGAPORE- The challenges of transporting three million Beijing Olympic athletes, media and spectators efficiently to more than 300 sporting events and1,000 cultural activities will be eased by a technologically sophisticatedunderground traffic system. Traffic control, monitoring and management of thatsystem will be controlled by applications running on ultra-reliable serversfrom Stratus Technologies, Inc., the company announced today.http://www.stratus.com MILLENNIUM ANNOUNCEMENT... CAMBRIDGE, Mass., - Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: MLNM) todayannounced first-quarter 2008 U.S. net sales of $83.5 million for its flagshipproduct VELCADE, the global market leader for the treatment of patients withrelapsed multiple myeloma. These results represent a 13 percent increase overfourth-quarter 2007 and a 42 percent increase over the first-quarter 2007,significantly exceeding the U.S. Wall Street analyst consensus estimate.www.millennium.com. TAKEDA ACQUISITION... OSAKA, and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., - Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited("Takeda", TSE: 4502) and Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: MLNM) todayannounced that they have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to whichTakeda will acquire Millennium for approximately $8.8 billion through a cashtender offer of $25.00 per share. The transaction was unanimously approved bythe Boards of Directors of both companies. Upon completion of the acquisition,Millennium will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Takeda PharmaceuticalCompany Limited, and will continue operations in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as astandalone business unit. Millennium will be known as MillenniumPharmaceuticals, Inc., a Takeda Company.http://www.sec.govhttp://www.millennium.com . FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of FINPsecurities issues amounting to a total of US$140,742 million on April 21, 2008at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemedplus accrued interest.http://www.fanniemae.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTNsecurities issues amounting to a total of US$140 million on April 20, 2008 and$US185 million on April 21, 2008 and $US150 million on April 24, 2008 at aredemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plusaccrued interest.http://www.fanniemae.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTNRsecurities issues amounting to a total of US$40 million on April 20, 2008 andUS$200 million on April 21, 2008 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent ofthe principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.http://www.fanniemae.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.