Sydney--16 Apr--AsiaNet/InfoQuest KOREAN KITCHEN... BUSAN - Many know of GreenPans huge success in the American and Europeancookware markets. Less realize that a Korean invention and know-how lies behindthis success. http://www.thermolon.com JETSTAR PACIFIC... HO CHI MINH CITY - Qantas Group airline Jetstar, and Pacific Airlines(Pacific Airlines Joint Stock Aviation Company) have entered into a majorstrategic and commercial partnership to support the Vietnamese carriers planfor future growth within both Vietnam and intra Asia markets under the Jetstarbrand. ESPA INTERNATIONAL... DUBAI - ESPA International is a UK based global luxury spa company offeringtotal spa solutions including: a world-renowned spa design and managementdivision, an extensive natural product range, innovative and effectivetreatments and unsurpassed post graduate therapist training programmes. Sinceits inception in 1993, ESPA has become a leading provider of luxury spa andwellness products and services. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070805/268060 EUROSPORT DELIVERY... TARRYTOWN, N.Y. - On2 Technologies, Inc. (Amex: ONT), a leader in videocompression technologies, announced today it has licensed its Flix(R) Engineencoding and publishing platform to Eurosport, a leading on-line sports brand.By using Flix Engine, Eurosport will standardize its online video programmingto On2 based video for Adobe(R) Flash(R), and will migrate its archiveprogramming across Europe and China to the On2 format. http://www.on2.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTNsecurities issues amounting to a total of US$100 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 FINPsecurities issues amounting to a total of US$16.022 million on April 24, 2008at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemedplus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com HUYA BIOSCIENCE ANNOUNCEMENT... SAN DIEGO, CA. - HUYA Bioscience International (HUYA), the leader inU.S./China pharmaceutical co-development, today announced the outcome of thefirst pre-IND (Investigational New Drug) consultation with the U.S. FDA for adevelopment-stage compound sourced from China. The new compound, HBI-8000(CS055 / Chidamide), licensed from Chipscreen Biosciences, Ltd. of Shenzhen,China, shows promise for the treatment of a broad range of cancers and isnearing completion of a Phase I trial in China. HUYA holds exclusivedevelopment and commercialization rights to the compound worldwide outside ofChina, while Chipscreen maintains rights in China. http://www.huyabio.com BOEHRINGER ANTIHYPERTENSIVE... INGELHEIM - Boehringer Ingelheim today announced that the EuropeanCommission has granted marketing authorisation of the new powerful strength oftheir fixed dose combination antihypertensive drug MicardisPlus(R) 80/25 in all27 EU member states. It will be launched in Germany and Denmark in the comingweeks, followed soon by Ireland, the United Kingdom and the rest of EU, andwhen approved also in other countries around the world. http://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com RITCHIE BROS. AUCTION... CHEMAINUS, BC - A large selection of equipment well suited to New Zealand forestry practiceswill be sold when Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE and TSX: RBA) conducts anunreserved auction in Chemainus, British Columbia, Canada on April 22, 2008.More than 400 forestry, transportation and other equipment items will be soldto the highest bidders on auction day -- regardless of price. Among theforestry equipment that will be sold: two 2002 Madill 124 interlocking grappleyarders -- which are among the largest pieces of forestry equipment in theworld, feller bunchers, processors, skidders, log loaders, log trucks, logtrailers and rigging. The auction will be open to the public and completelyunreserved, with no minimum bids and no reserve prices. Interested buyers canbid in person at the auction site or live over the internet using the RitchieBros. real-time internet bidding service, rbauctionBid-Live. www.rbauction.com . CHRYSLER AND NISSAN... AUBURN HILLS, Mich. and TOKYO - Chrysler LLC and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.,today announced two new agreements for the supply of products between bothcompanies. In January, Nissan agreed to supply Chrysler with a new car based onthe Nissan Versa sedan for limited distribution in South America on an OriginalEquipment Manufacture (OEM) basis in 2009. http://www.media.chrysler.com J.K. ROWLING STATEMENT... NEW YORK - Author J.K. Rowling has issued the following statement: "It gives me no pleasure to take legal action, but I am here today because Ifeel very strongly about an important issue that affects everyone and not justme. If books that plagiarise other works are permitted, authors, fans andreaders stand to lose. There are lots of books in many languages that commenton or criticize Harry Potter, and that's fine. But the book in this case isdifferent. It provides no analysis and virtually no commentary. It takes fartoo much and it offers precious little in return. I would just like to add thatI am extremely grateful for the incredible support of Harry Potter fanseverywhere." ANGEL IN DUBAI... NEW YORK - Mark Nejmeh, President, MagKinetics Inc. will travel to Dubai toseek an Angel for his development stage renewable energy company with theirpatent pending technology for "A system and method for creating electricityfrom moving vehicular traffic." MagKinetics has been patiently and thoroughlyseeking a financially qualified and socially responsible investor or group andis now reaching out to the world community to bring this opportunity directlyto such investors. The company is now arranging meetings in Dubai for theirexecutive visit on April 21 - 23, 2008. http://www.magkinetics.com COGNIZANT PARTNERSHIP... TOKYO - Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH), a leading provider of global consulting,software, IT infrastructure and business process services today announced analliance with CTC Laboratory Systems (CTCLS) to help Japanese pharmaceuticalcompanies enhance efficiencies in drug discovery and development. http://www.cognizant.com VERISIGN SINGAPORE... SINGAPORE - With e-criminals increasingly luring consumers to imposter Web sites designedto steal sensitive personal details, Singapores No. 1 ticketing agency ismaking it easier for its customers to shop with confidence, thanks to advancedsecurity solutions from VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), the trusted provider ofInternet infrastructure services for the networked world. www.verisign.com.sg ZENSYS ANNOUNCEMENT... FREMONT, Calif., - Zensys, developer of the award-winning Z-Wave wirelesshome control standard, today announced a Panasonic investment. This investmentadds a global leader in consumer electronics to an impressive list of investorsthat includes Intel Capital, Cisco, Bessemer Venture Partners, Palamon CapitalPartners and Sunstone Capital. Zensys will use the funding to further its pushinto the Global Home Automation and control marketplace. http://www.z-wave.com . VERIZON BUSINESS... BASKING RIDGE, N.J., - Verizon Business is making it even simpler for multinational customers withoperations in the Asia-Pacific region and Canada to manage the costs of theirenterprise mobility services. http://www.verizon.com http://www.verizonbusiness.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.