SYDNEY--30 Apr--AsiaNet/InfoQuest BRANDES SUBMITS... SAN DIEGO: Brandes Investment Partners, L.P. Tuesday announced that on April11th, 2008 it submitted to Hibiya Engineering, Ltd., an engineering companybased in Japan and listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, a resolution to besubmitted for shareholder approval at the company's upcoming annual meeting ofshareholders.http://www.brandes.com/Inv/PressReviews.htm GRETSCH CELEBRATES... SAVANNAH, Ga.: To celebrate its 125th anniversary, The Gretsch Company, oneof the world's most well-known drum and guitar manufacturers, is kicking offthe Next Gretsch Greats Unsigned Artist Competition, an online competition toidentify the world's hottest unsigned bands.http://www.gretsch125th.com/mediahttp://www.gretsch125th.comhttp://www.myspace.com/gretsch125thhttp://www.gretsch125th.com/contest DOMAIN AUCTION... POMPANO BEACH, Fla.: Moniker.com (http://www.moniker.com), an Oversee.netcompany and provider of Domain Asset Management services, Tuesday announced aninitial list of premium contenders for a live and online domain name auction atthe T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East conference in Orlando.http://www.moniker.comhttp://www.moniker.com/liveauctionhttp://www.oversee.net MACAU HALTS... MINEOLA, N.Y.: Kenilworth Systems Corporation, the developer of Roulabettefor playing along from remote locations on LIVE, IN-PROGRESS CASINO TABLEGAMES, reported the Macau government, in order to prevent competition in analready over crowded market, has frozen the issuance of new gamblingdevelopments by halting the issuance of additional gambling licenses for thenext ten (10) years; and suspended the acceptance of applications foradditional gambling tables and slot machines from existing casino operators.http://www.kenilworthsys.com BIOMARKERS REPORT... PHILADELPHIA, PA. and LONDON: The Scientific business of Thomson ReutersWednesday announced the launch of a new biomarkers report, "Establishing theStandards in Biomarker Research" which gives a detailed introduction to theworld of biomarkers, an overview of the regulatory context surrounding them,and highlights ongoing biomarker research in some of the world's leading Pharmacompanies.http://www.thomsonreuters.comhttp://scientific.thomson.com/forms/biomarkers TRIAL FINDINGS... QUEBEC CITY: At a late breaking presentation made on April 29th during theAnnual meeting of the European Atherosclerosis Society held in Istanbul, theinvestigators of ADAGIO-LIPIDS presented the key findings of a one year trialaiming at further studying the effects of rimonabant on several features of HDLand on a comprehensive set of cardiometabolic markers.http://www.HopitalLaval.qc.ca FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of sixsecurities issues amounting to a total of US$173.751 million on May 9, 2008 ata redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plusaccrued interest.http://www.fanniemae.com CELLSPIN LAUNCHES... SAN JOSE, Calif.: CellSpin, an exciting new mobile application, now letsanyone share any digitized experience -- audio, video, pictures or text -- fromtheir mobile phone to their favorite social networking sites very easily andfor Free.http://www.cellspin.net SPIRIT RESULTS... WICHITA, Kan.: Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. Tuesday reported firstquarter 2008 financial results reflecting solid revenue and earnings growth inits core businesses as volume increased on the 737 program and operatingefficiencies across the business offset the impact of delays in the 787 program.http://www.spiritaero.com TELEGENT SURVEY... SUNNYVALE, Calif.: Telegent Systems, the company that makes televisionmobile with its high-performance single-chip mobile TV solutions, Tuesdayrevealed key findings of the industry's first post-sale mobile TV survey.http://www.telegent.comhttp://www.telegent.com/resources/survey.html DIGI REPORTS... MINNETONKA, Minn.: Digi International Inc. Tuesday reported revenue of $43.1million for the second fiscal quarter of 2008, compared with $42.9 million forthe second fiscal quarter of 2007, an increase of $0.2 million, or 0.5%.http://www.digi.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.