SYDNEY--3 Jul--AsiaNet/InfoQuest COHN MERGER... NEW YORK - WPP public relations agencies Cohn & Wolfe and GCI Group havemerged to create a dynamic global agency singularly-suited to the transformedcommunications environment. The new firm, to be called Cohn & Wolfe, offers apowerful combination of breakthrough, brand-building creativity and pioneeringdigital and social media strategies.http://www.cohnwolfe.com PAKISTANI STUDENTS... NEW YORK - Miscreants of Islami Jamiat Talaba have tried to spread unrest toother colleges. Agitation has been reported in Rawalpindi Medical College wherethree Ahmadi female students were locked up in their rooms after mid-night. Thenext day Ahmadi students residing in the hostel had to spend the nightelsewhere for security reasons. MCDONALD'S OLYMPICS... OAK BROOK - Calling McDonald's 2008 Olympic Sponsorship "the most innovativeever" in a webcast today, Mary Dillon, McDonald's Global Chief MarketingOfficer, detailed the company's plans to bring the Olympic Games to life forcustomers around the world. As a proud partner of the Games for 40 years,McDonald's has created unique programs for Beijing, ranging from aonce-in-a-lifetime opportunity for kids to a cutting-edge web-based AlternateReality Game featuring Olympic track and field legend Edwin Moses.http://www.mcdonalds.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C. - Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTNsecurities issues amounting to a total of US$51.5 million on July 12 and July16, 2008. Fannie Mae will also redeem the principal amount of FINP securitiesissues amounting to a total of US$16.976 million on July 14, 2008 at aredemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plusaccrued interest.www.fanniemae.co MS DRUG... MELBOURNE - Research conducted at The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute hascontributed significantly to a major licensing agreement signed betweenAustralian biotechnology company, Bionomics, and Germany-based pharmaceuticalcompany, Merck Serono. AGRICULTURE PROPOSITIONS... PARIS - Jacques Carles, Executive VP of momagri, today presented 10 foundingpropositions for a new food and agricultural policy.http://www.momagri.org MIDEA JV... GUANGZHOU - Carrier Corp., a unit of United Technologies Corp., andGuangdong Midea Electric Appliances Co., Ltd, a unit of the Midea Group, havesigned an agreement to form an air-conditioning manufacturing joint venture,Foshan Midea Carrier Air Conditioning Equipment Co., Ltd, in Shunde, China.Midea will hold a 60 per cent stake and Carrier will hold the minority stake inthe joint venture.http://www.carrier.com DIGI SERVER MINNETONKA - Digi International today introduced the Digi Connect ME 9210, ahigh performance embedded device server and newest addition to the popular DigiConnect ME family. The Digi Connect ME 9210 enables OEMs to easily add secureEthernet connectivity to their products and is faster, includes more memory andhas more peripheral interfaces than any other device server.http://www.digi.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.