SYDNEY--18 Aug--AsiaNet/InfoQuest MACAU.COM/JP PARTNERSHIP... MACAU - Macau Prime Award-winner for Best Online Travel Agency, Macau.comlaunches partnership with Macau video provider Aomen.TV to provide Japaneseonline videos of Macau travel and tourism attractions on http://www.macau.com/jp . www.macau.com/jp www.Aomen.TV NANO KOREA... SEOUL - As one of the three major nanotechnology forums held in the world,Nano Korea 2008 will take place between August 27th and the 29th at the KINTEXconvention center in Ilsan, Gyeonggi Province in Korea. Nano Korea 2008 is anannual event that was first held in 2003 to foster the commercialization andresearch of nanotechnology. Jointly sponsored by Korea's Ministry of Education,Science and Technology and Ministry of Knowledge Economy, Nano Korea 2008 isorganized by its own organizing committee. www.nanokorea.or.kr DUFF & PHELPS... NEW YORK - Duff & Phelps Corporation, a leading independent financialadvisory and investment banking firm, today announced that it has entered intoa global alliance with World Tax Service and acquired the US Alliance Member,World Tax Service US. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. www.duffandphelps.com www.wts-alliance.com www.wts.de QUADREM AGREEMENT... BRISBANE - Quadrem today announced it has signed a global business processoutsourcing agreement with SAP AG in order to help customers reduce the costand complexity of implementing and operating integrated electronic sourcing,procurement, invoicing and contract management processes. In addition,Quadrem's BPO services have qualified as "Powered by SAP". www.quadrem.com JOHNSON'S CAMPAIGN... BEIJING - As part of the JOHNSON'S Olympic Games campaign, "Thanks, Mom,"the company has designated Debbie Phelps, mother of 15-time Olympic medalistand 13-time Olympic gold medalist, Michael Phelps, its official "JOHNSON'S BabyMom of the Olympic Games." To celebrate this honor, JOHNSON'S will donate moneyin Ms. Phelps's name to a group of its global children's charities andearthquake relief projects. www.johnsonsbaby.com www.babycause.com INTEROP KEYNOTE... SAN FRANCISCO - Interop, the leading business technology event, produced byTechWeb, today announced a keynote speaker for its Energy Camp unconference atInterop New York 2008. IBM's Gennaro Cuomo will launch this one-day, all-dayprogram. The positive response from attendees at Interop Las Vegas 2008 led tobringing Energy Camp to the 2008 New York event. Energy Camp at Interop takesplace at the Javits Convention Center in New York, September 16, 2008. www.energycamp.org www.interop.com INFORMEXUSA REGISTRATION... PRINCETON - Informex today announced that registration for InformexUSA 2009is now open and may be arranged on the internet at informex.com. Buyers andsellers of higher value chemicals, specialty materials, biotechnology andsustainable technologies may register any time before December 1 to receive adiscount on registration fees. The upcoming event has been expanded to includea Biotechnology Day and Green Chemistry outreach program, a Green ChemistryForum and Pavilion. InformexUSA 2009 will be held at the Moscone SouthConvention Center in San Francisco, California, January 27-30, 2009. www.informex.com www.cmp.biz Congratulations Phelps... BEIJING and MOSCOW - Larissa Latynina, one of the noblest Russian athletesin the globe, whose record at 18 Olympic Medals is still unbroken,congratulated the talented American swimmer Michael Phelps, who has beenalready commemorated in the sports history as record Olympic Gold Medalsathlete, as for today having broken 6 global records at the Olympic Games inBeijing. Altogether he presently has 12 Gold Olympic Medals. FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C. - Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of threesecurities issues amounting to a total of US$269,250,000.00 million on August25, one securities issue amounting to US$25 million on August 26 and twosecurities issues amounting to US$300 million on August 27, 2008 at aredemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plusaccrued interest. www.fanniemae.com SILICONE SEALANTS... SHANGHAI - Summer is the season where Typhoons are rampant. Just the twostrong typhoons this summer, Seagull and Pheonix, caused direct economic lossof over several billion yuans for China. During the typhoon season, how to takeadvantage of innovative technology to provide better protection to buildingsfrom sustained winds and poundings rains and to avoid damages to buildings andproperties has become the primary issue facing the construction industry. www.dowcorning.com BJ08.ASIA CHEERS... HONG KONG - DotAsia Organisation announces grassroots website http://www.BJ08.asia to cheer for Asia Athletes competing in the games held inBeijing. Breaking the traditional focus on medals by country, BJ08.Asia willpost medal standings by regions: Asia, America, Europe and Africa. www.BJ08.asia AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.