SYDNEY--13 May--AsiaNet/InfoQuest GIP ANNOUNCEMENT... NEW YORK, LONDON and HONG KONG - Global Infrastructure Partners ("GIP"), anindependent fund that invests in infrastructure assets worldwide, announcedtoday that it has completed fundraising for its flagship first fund. Totalcommitments to the Fund are US$5.64 billion.tp://www.global-infra.com ING APPOINTMENT... HONG KONG - ING Real Estate's investment management business in Asia todayannounced the appointment of Mr. Leong Chi Meng as Managing Director andCountry Manager for Singapore and South East Asia. STARPHARMA REPORT... MELBOURNE - Starpharma Holdings Limited (ASX:SPL, OTCQX:SPHRY) todayannounced positive results of a clinical trial that achieved all its objectivesdemonstrating that 3% SPL7013 Gel (VivaGel) was safe and well-tolerated insexually abstinent women when administered vaginally, twice daily for 14 days.www.starpharma.com GERMAN BATTERIES... BERLIN - Automotive batteries is one of the major topics in the global autoindustry. This is because energy storage is crucial in developing low emissionpowertrains using hybrid or fully electric technologies.http://www.invest-in-germany.com NARCAR ANNOUNCEMENT... BEIJING - NARCAR International Racing Development Co., LTD ("NARCAR"), asports event operator in China, announced that at 15:30, May 11, 2008, inSepang Circuit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Asian Formula International OpenCompetition ended its Malaysia round of racing, becoming the first domesticformula-racing event held abroad. EULARIS MARKETING... TOKYO and LONDON - Dr. Andree Bates, president of the New York andLondon-based pharmaceutical analytics company Eularis, will be delivering apresentation on how to tell if you are making the wrong marketing decision. ThePharmaceutical Marketing Excellence conference takes place in Tokyo, Japan.http://www.eularis.com EMPLOYEE RELOCATIONS... OAK BROOK, Ill. - Annual Global Relocation Trends Survey finds, despite aslowing economy, an overwhelming majority of multinational corporations remainhighly optimistic about the global outlook for their businesses and say theyplan to send more employees on overseas assignments in the months ahead,according to the new Global Relocation Trends Survey, published annually byGMAC Global Relocation Services.http://www.gmacglobalrelocation.com/2008grtshc.htmlhttp://www.GMACGlobalRelocation.com/2008grts.htmlhttp://www.gmacglobalrelocation.comhttp://www.gmacrescap.comhttp://www.gmacfs.com TELIRIS REDEFINES... NEW YORK - Teliris the leading telepresence provider, announced today a newcontinuum of telepresence solutions that breaks previous pricing barriers toopen telepresence accessibility to enterprises and smaller businesses.http://www.teliris.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C - Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTNsecurities issues amounting to a total of US$775 million on May 22, 2008 at aredemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plusaccrued interest.www.fanniemae.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C - Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of FINPsecurities issues amounting to a total of US$5.195 million on May 22, 2008 at aredemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plusaccrued interest.www.fanniemae.com ORION CAPITAL... DUBAI - Orion Holding Overseas, a leading financial services firm in theMENA region, announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Orion Capital Limited,has received a license from the Dubai Financial Services Authority to operateas an authorised firm in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). Thelicense enables Orion Capital to deal in investments as principal or agent, aswell as arrange custody. The firm can now arrange credit or deals ininvestments and act as advisor on financial products or credit to regional andinternational financial institutions who seek to enter markets in the MENAregion.http://www.orionholding.com EXAR APPOINTMENT... FREMONT, Calif. - Exar Corporation (Nasdaq: EXAR) today announced that JamesLougheed was appointed Exar's Vice President and Managing Director of AsiaPacific. This is a new position, and Mr. Lougheed will report to Bentley Long,vice president, Global Sales.http://www.exar.com GIONEE TAP... SHANGHAI - Leading China domestic handset provider Gionee introducesfree-to-air TV phones based on Telegent's TLG1100 - Telegent Systems, thecompany that makes television mobile with its high-performance single-chipmobile TV solutions, and Shenzhen Gionee Communication Equipment Co., Ltd., aleading provider of mobile phone solutions to China's domestic market, todayannounced availability of a free-to-air TV handset from Gionee that leveragesTelegent's mobile TV technology.http://www.telegent.comhttp://www.gionee.com CITYSCAPE CHINA... SHANGHAI and SINGAPORE - Middle East's Fortune Group, Meydan LLC, ETA StarProperty and US-based MGM Mirage, amongst many others, will be showcasingtheir developments at the event aside from featuring world-wide real estatedevelopers from more than 15 countries, Cityscape China 2008 -- the renownedinternational real estate investment and development event -- will showcasenumerous high profile projects including those of US-based MGM Mirage (NYSE:MGM), UAE's ETA Star Property, Meydan LLC, and Dubai's Fortune Group.Organised by the Institute for International Research (IIR), Cityscape China2008 will be held at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre in Pudong,China from 25 to 27 June 2008.http://www.cityscapechina.com BLOODS RISKY... MELBOURNE - The notion of giving some patients blood to pep them up isdangerous and surgeons need to be more aware that blood transfusions are riskyand should only be given as a last resort. GERMAN SECURITY BLUEPRINT... NUREMBERG - Culled from 21 years of network access control implementationexperience, NCP engineering GmbH (http:/www.ncp.de) today announced a blueprintfor Next Generation Network Access Technology.http://www.ncp-e.com/en/news-press-eventsimage-archive.html. AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.