SYDNEY--11 Aug--AsiaNet/InfoQuest PALI SINGAPORE... NEW YORK - Pali International, a division of Pali Holdings,Inc., today announces that its Singapore office continues toenjoy growth in revenues and employee head count, despiteunderlying challenges in global financial markets. Respondingto increased client demand, the firm recently added US-listedETF's to its product offerings, which are coordinated throughits trading desk in New York. www.palicapital.com GUGGENHEIM EXHIBITION... NEW YORK - The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and TheCenter of International Cultural Exchange, Ministry of Culture,P.R.C. will present the Guggenheim's highly-acclaimedexhibition "Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe" at the NationalArt Museum of China in Beijing during the Olympics from August19 to September 2, 2008 as an official event of the culturalOlympiad. www.guggenheim.org WWW.BILD.DE OLYMPICS... BERLIN - Until August 24 www.BILD.de invites ChineseInternet users to virtually join in the celebrations of thelargest international sports event and share in the sportsexpertise of Bild's editorial department. The Olympic coverageof www.Bild.de will largely be translated into Chinese. But thewebsite will also cover subjects about Chinese politics. www.BILD.de www.axelspringer.de US OLYMPIANS... BEIJING - George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the UnitedStates, Jim Scherr, Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. OlympicCommittee, and U.S. Olympians Steven Lopez, Mark Lopez, DianaLopez and Howard Bach today officially opened the Bank ofAmerica Hometown Hopefuls Family Center. Located in the heartof Beijing, the Family Center recognizes the important rolethat families and friends play in the life of an elite athlete,and provides them with a home away from home during the 2008Olympic Games. www.bankofamerica.com www.AmericasCheer.com www.teamusa.org UAE CULTURE... ABU DHABI - The UAE has a planned investment outlay of AED190 billion in the cultural arena to spearhead positivecultural development and heritage conservation across thecountry including archaeological sites, museums, historicbuildings, cultural landscapes and collections according toUK's leading event organizer CMPi who has announced the launchof the Middle East Attractions, Amusements, Parks, Leisure andEntertainment International Trade Exhibition that is scheduledto take place on February 2 & 3 at the Abu Dhabi NationalExhibition Centre. www.meaaple.com www.cmpiuae.com BUILDING MANAGEMENT... ABU DHABI - Boosted by the boom in commercial, retail andresidential sectors and a strong demand for total facilitiesmanagement, the regional market for bundled and totalfacilities management in the Middle East is expected to grow ata CAGR of 19.3% to cross AED 2.11 billion* according to UK'sCMPi, organizers of Working Buildings Middle East, which isscheduled to take place at the Abu Dhabi National ExhibitionCentre on 17th and 18th November 2008. www.workingbuildingsme.com www.cmpiuae.com ENERGY CONSERVATION... ABU DHABI - Germany's Techem Energy Services, anInternational leader in wireless metering technology, announcedthat they will be showcasing their range of energy conservingsolutions to the Middle East region at Working Buildings MiddleEast, which is scheduled to take place at the Abu DhabiNational Exhibition Centre on 17th and 18th November 2008. www.workingbuildingsme.com www.cmpiuae.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C. - Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of three securities issues amounting to a total ofUS$425 million on August 20, 2008 at a redemption price equalto 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. www.fanniemae.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON - The Board of Directors of Fannie Mae yesterdaydeclared a third quarter dividend on the company's common stockof five cents per share, down from thirty-five cents per sharein the previous quarter. The common stock dividend has beenreduced to preserve $1.9 billion in capital through 2009. www.fanniemae.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON - Fannie Mae today filed its second quarterreport on Form 10-Q with the U.S. Securities and ExchangeCommission. The filing provides consolidated financialstatements for the second quarter of 2008. The followingdocuments are now available on Fannie Mae's Web site. www.fanniemae.com CELLTICK CHINA... LONDON - Celltick today announced the launch of a new andunique mobile media service over China Unicom's network,starting with the 2008 Olympic Games. Designed and implementedas a managed service through Celltick's LiveScreen Mediaplatform, the new service provides official Olympics-relatedcontent directly from Xinhua News, the official news agency inChina, including the latest news, results and anecdotes andaccompanied by topical games and applications. www.celltick.com ULDAGE RELEASE... TOKYO - ULDAGE Inc. announced today that the Patent PoolLicense for Digital Cable Broadcasting Standards is scheduledto be available in October, 2008. The License includesessential patents owned by at least following 13 companies. www.uldage.com CARNA BIOSCIENCES... KOBE - Carna Biosciences, Inc. is pleased to announce thesigning of a collaborative agreement with Caliper LifeSciences, Inc. USA on August 6. Carna will supply a set ofdiscrete protein kinases aiding the expansion of Caliper'skinase profiling and assay development services, andProfilerPro Kinase Selectivity Assay Kits. Caliper's productsand services are widely used and highly regarded by leadingpharmaceutical and biotech companies. The selection of Carna asa Preferred Provider enhances the visibility and use of Carna'sproducts in the area of kinase inhibitor drug discovery - amajor focus of targeted therapy in the areas of cancer,neurological, and autoimmune diseases. www.carnabio.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.