SYDNEY--4 Jul--AsiaNet/InfoQuest ARROW SEMINAR... HONG KONG - Arrow Asia Pac Ltd., a business unit of Arrow Electronics, Inc.,announced that it will co-host lighting solution seminars in New Delhi on July15 and Mumbai in Indiaon July 17 with Cree, Inc., a market leader in LED solid-state lightingcomponents. www.arrowasia.com www.cree.com V FLIGHTS... BRISBANE - V Australia celebrates Independence Day early by announcingdirect flights between Los Angeles and Brisbane, Australia. New flights tooffer travelers freedom of choicefrom March 1, 2009 - $999* return economy fares on sale at www.vaustralia.com . www.vaustralia.com ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION... BOSTON - The July 5 issue of the leading medical journal, The Lancet,highlights the Declaration of Istanbul on Organ Trafficking and TransplantTourism, an important affirmation of ethical principles and practices adoptedon May 2, 2008, at an International Summit of more than 150 healthcareprofessionals, officials, scientists, ethicists and legal scholars from 78countries and 20 international organizations. www.prnewswire.com/mnr/transplantationsociety/33914/ LULU.COM EXPANSION... RALEIGH, N.C. - Lulu.com, the premier online self-publisher, makes up 27 percent of all print-on-demand content and with over 1.3 million users, is addingmore printers to support this growth and better serve customers. Theprint-on-demand publishing industry continues to grow with a 38 per centincrease over the last year, making it clear that the self-publishing andon-demand trend is still booming. www.lulu.com VASCO SUBSIDIARY... OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. - VASCO Data Security International, Inc., a leadingsoftware security company specializing in authentication products, todayannounced that it will reinforce its presence in Asia by opening a subsidiaryin Mumbai, India. VASCO received the official Certificate of Incorporation ofVASCO Data Security Private Limited at the end of Q2 2008. http://www.vasco.com CELLECTIS JV... BIOCITECH - Cellectis SA today announced the signature of an agreement withRegeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. over the use of Cellectis' patents coveringcertain uses of homologousrecombination for the generation of innovative human therapies, including thedevelopment of fully human monoclonal antibodies. As part of the agreement,Cellectis will receive an upfront of $12,450,000 from Regeneron. In addition,Regeneron will invest in Cellectis' equity. www.cellectis.com NOWPUBLIC AWARDED... VANCOUVER - NowPublic, the world's largest participatory news network, todayannounced that its own South Asia Bureau Chief, Sanjay Jha, is the first-everIndian to win a Loeb Award, one of the highest honors in American businessjournalism. Jah, based in New Delhi, joined NowPublic this past May and reportson Indian and South Asian affairs. www.nowpublic.com VALE ANNOUNCES GLOBAL OFFERING... RIO DE JANEIRO - Companhia Vale do Rio Doce announces that, subject tomarket conditions and receipt of final approval from the Brazilian securitiesregulator, it plans to launch a global offering of up to 256,926,766 commonshares and 164,402,799preferred shares on or near July 4, 2008. The global offering will consist of aregistered offering in Brazil and an international offering, which will includea registered offering in the United States. www.cvrd.com.br www.vale.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C. - Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTNsecurities issues amounting to a total of US$250 million on July 14 and July16, 2008, at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amountredeemed plus accrued interest. www.fanniemae.co JAPAN-RUSSIA NETWORK... TOKYO and MOSCOW - TransTeleCom Company CJSC, Russia's leadingtelecommunications backbone operator and NTT Communications Corporation,announced on July 3 that the Hokkaido-Sakhalin Cable System, which directlylinks the two companies' telecom networks via an undersea cable betweenNevelsk, Sakhalin in Russia and Ishikari, Hokkaido, Japan, began commercialoperation on July 3. www.ntt.com/index-e.html WARTSILA ACQUISITION... HELSINKI - Wartsila has acquired the global ship design group Vik-Sandvik, aleading independent group providing design and engineering services to shipowners and the ship building industry worldwide. The value of the acquisitionis EUR 132 millions, with an additional maximum sum of EUR 38 millions to bepaid based on the performance of the business over the next three years. In2007, Vik-Sandvik's turnover was EUR 55millions and the profitability is on a very good level. The number of employeesis 410. www.wartsila.com NABRIVA CEO... VIENNA - Nabriva Therapeutics, a specialist in antibiotics development,announces that Dr George Golumbeski has been appointed as Chief ExecutiveOfficer of the Company. AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.