SYDNEY--8 May--AsiaNet/InfoQuest NIDO OIL... Nido Identifies 11.6 Billion Barrels of Oil-in-Place Potential; Seeks a Strategic Partner PERTH - Nido Petroleum Ltd is pleased to announce that aftercompleting several large seismic surveys, its deepwaterprospects and leads inventory in the NW Palawan basin hasoil-in-place potential of 11.6 billion barrels. LIQUIDNET APPOINTMENT... TOKYO - Liquidnet announces the appointment of FranciscoIzawa to the position of managing director of Liquidnet JapanInc.www.liquidnet.com ROPES & GRAY... HONG KONG - Marking its continued expansion into dynamiccenters of commerce and finance, Ropes & Gray announces theopening of its Hong Kong office.http://ropesgray.com RUGBY TOURNAMENT... SYDNEY - Rugby Legend Mark Ella today announced the dates ofa major club based Tens Rugby tournament to be staged in theFijian Islands.www.fijitens.com STERLING STAMOS... MENLO PARK, California - Robert Goodman has been namedGlobal Head of Private Equity and Real Assets for SterlingStamos Capital Management. PEPSICO GOLDMAN... PURCHASE, N.Y - PepsiCo, Inc. today announced that JohnCompton, CEO, PepsiCo Americas Foods, will present at theGoldman Sachs Products Symposium on Monday, May 12, at 9:20 AMEastern Time.www.pepsico.com MICROFINANCE INDUSTRY... TORONTO - The MasterCard Foundation awarded a two-year,$740,000 grant today to Microfinance Information eXchange tolaunch MIX Market 2.0, a next-generation Web platform forsharing reliable, comparable and publicly available informationon the financial strength and performance of microfinanceinstitutions.www.mastercardfoundation.orgwww.themix.orgwww.mixmarket.org FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of FINP, FINS, MTN securities issues on May 19 and 21,2008 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of theprincipal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.www.fanniemae.com ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS... HOERSHOLM - No Fewer Than 2,119 Architecture Students From484 Schools of Architecture in 68 Countries Have Signed up forthe International VELUX Award 2008 for Students ofArchitecture.www.velux.com MOTOROLA RFID... SINGAPORE - Motorola and Y3 Technologies have formed astrategic alliance that will enable logistics and supply chainmanagement customers to enhance operational efficienciesthrough best practices in Radio Frequency Identification.www.motorola.com PEPSICO DIVIDEND... PURCHASE, N.Y - The Board of Directors of PepsiCo todaydeclared an increase in the annual dividend, from the current$1.50 to $1.70 per share on PepsiCo common stock.www.pepsico.com BAT REPORT... LONDON - British and American tobacco toady released itsfirst quarter results. JETSTAR OFFER... BANGKOK - Australia's low fares airline, Jetstar, haslaunched an innovative new air fare product on internationalservices between Australia and Thailand that provides customerswith the choice to travel with carry on baggage only at a lowerfare. AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.