SYDNEY--20 May--AsiaNet/InfoQuest CORENET CHAIRMAN... SYDNEY - Nokia's Mr Mark Tamburro of the United Kingdom isthe new Chairman of CoreNet Global's Board of Directors, the7,000-member international association of corporate real estateand workplace executives announced today.www.corenetglobal.org Taiyo Fund Takes Significant Stake in Roland (7944) to Over5% TOKYO - The Taiyo Fund announced today that it hasaccumulated a position in excess of 5% in Roland Corp to becomeits fifth largest shareholder. EKAHAU RTLS.... SARATOGA, California - Ekahau Inc., a leading provider ofWi-Fi-based Real Time Location Systems, today announced thatGGZ-NML, a hospital in Venray, The Netherlands, is the firsthealthcare organization in that country to use Ekahau RTLS toensure the safety of its employees in the psychiatric careunit.www.ekahau.com PACEMAKER COMMUNITY... STOCKHOLM - Tonium, the Swedish tech company behindPacemaker, the pocket-sized DJ system, has announced the launchof the Pacemaker music community. Hosted on www.pacemaker.net ,the Pacemaker music community allows members to upload andlegally share the mixes of their music, created by them using aPacemaker or the free Pacemaker Editor software.www.tonium.comwww.pacemaker.netwww.stim.sewww.ifpi.se DISPLAY WEEK... BERLIN - Germany's large consumer market plus the country'sstrong R&D landscape and the presence of next-generationcompanies are attracting investors from all points on the valuechain to Germany. Companies can learn about potentialinvestment opportunities in Germany at the SID Display Week inLos Angeles, California, May 18-23, 2008. AMERICA.COM AUCTION... NYON - Will America embrace the best domain name or will itfall into the hands of another country? We will soon find out,as this potential record-breaking domain sale will be one forthe record books! HEPATITIS ALLIANCE... GENEVA - The World Hepatitis Alliance, a newly formedNon-Governmental Organisation, today called on governmentsaround the world to do more to drive improvements inprevention, diagnosis and treatment for people living withchronic viral hepatitis B and C.www.worldhepatitisday.com ITI CORPORATION... BOULDER - iTi Corporation Appoints Vice President andGeneral Manager, Japan.http://asianetnews.net/ViewImage.asp?ID=97003 ITI CORPORATION... BOULDER - imaging Technology international, a globaldesigner and manufacturer of high precision digital fabricationsystems headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, announces the nextstage of its international expansion with the appointment ofMr. Toshifumi Komatsu to the new position of Vice President andGeneral Manager, Japan.www.imagingtechnology-corp.comwww.iticorp.com MEMORIAL RUN... MELBOURNE - Twenty-four Melbourne firefighters will run intoHyde Park Sunday to complete the first-ever memorial charityrun from Anzac Cove to London in memory of soldiers who havelost their lives in the First and Second World Wars. SILVERADO GOLD... VANCOUVER - Silverado Gold Mines Ltd. announces that it wasthe subject of a cease trade order by the British ColumbiaSecurities Commission, dated May 13, 2008. HK MEETING... VANCOUVER - Canada's Mayor of Vancouver, Sam Sullivan andVancouver Board of Trade chairman Henry Lee, president of TomLee Music Co. Ltd., leave for Hong Kong today, May 16, and willmeet Monday, May 19, with Donald Tsang, Chief Executive of theHong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People'sRepublic of China. MANCHESTER UNITED... LONDON - British designer Paul Smith has teamed up withManchester United Football Club to design and supply the teamplayers with formal wear and accessories for the next threeyears. This is the first time that Manchester United hasentered into such a partnership.www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080516/305305-awww.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080516/305305-bwww.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080516/305305-cwww.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080516/305305-d NETDRAGON DONATION... HONG KONG - One of the leading game developers and operatorsin the PRC, NetDragon Websoft Inc. is donating a total value ofRMB1.5 million in cash and goods to support recovery work inSichuan following the recent earthquake.www.nd.com.cn FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of FINO and MTN securities issues on May 27 and 28, 2008at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principalamount redeemed plus accrued interest.http://www.fanniemae.com ATHENA STUDY... PARIS - Sanofi-aventis announced today that findings fromthe landmark ATHENA study showed that Multaq, a potentialtherapy for the treatment of patients with atrial fibrillationor atrial flutter, decreased the risk of cardiovascularhospitalisations or death from any cause by a statisticallysignificant 24 per cent, meeting the study's primaryendpoint. SOKA GAKKAI... TOKYO - On Thursday May 15, the Soka Gakkai made a donationto the Chinese Government in response to Mondays devastatingearthquake in Sichuan Province which officials say mayeventually claim more than 50,000 lives.www.sgi.org PACNET OFFER... SINGAPORE - Pacnet Limited formerly known as ConnectHoldings Limited wishes to announce that its voluntary cashgeneral offer for all the issued ordinary shares of PacnetInternet Limited formerly known as Pacific Internet Limitedother than those already owned by the Offeror closed on 15 May2008. BROMINE JV... BATON ROUGE, Louisianna - Albemarle Corporation and Weifanginobrom Import and Export Company, Ltd. have reached anagreement in principle to form a new joint venture that willcombine the existing business of Sinobrom, a leading marketerof bromine derivatives in China, with Albemarle's globalromine expertise in the specialty chemical industry.www.albemarle.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.