SYDNEY--8 Sep--AsiaNet/InfoQuest FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$50million on 15 September, 2008 at a redemption price equal to100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest.http://www.fanniemae.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$265million on 16 September, 2008 at a redemption price equal to100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest.http://www.fanniemae.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$410million on 17 September, 2008 at a redemption price equal to100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest.http://www.fanniemae.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of FINP securities issues amounting to a total ofUS$11.625 million on 17 September, 2008 at a redemption priceequal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plusaccrued interest.http://www.fanniemae.com HIGH COURT RULING... ROSEAU - Neuftec Limited, the proprietor of a new, highlysuccessful technology producing greener fuel (the originalnano-particulate cerium oxide fuel catalyst previously sold byOxonica as Envirox(TM)), announced today that the High Courtsuccessfully upheld Neuftec's license rights in the face of aclaim brought by Oxonica Energy Limited. Oxonica Energy is awholly owned subsidiary of Oxonica PLC, the Aim-listed OxfordUniversity spin-out, chaired by former Dragon's Den TV starRichard Farleigh. Since 2002 Envirox(TM) has representedapproximately 95% of Oxonica PLC's sales. REDSHIFT RESEARCH... LONDON - New market research by industry analyst, RedshiftResearch, on behalf of Oxygen8 Communications, has found thatmajor UK brands are still failing to monetise their digitalmedia strategies, and campaigns are often in direct competitionwith traditional print or TV advertising campaigns.http://www.oxygen8.com PPC JUMP... EAST SYRACUSE, N.Y.- PPC, a global manufacturer of connectortechnology for the cable TV, satellite, wireless andtelecommunications industries, rose to the number two spot forindustry impact among the top 35 most innovative companies inthe United States, according to the Industrial Components andFixtures Patent Scorecard published August 19, 2008, in theWall Street Journal.http://www.ppc-online.com TUBE CITY ANNOUNCEMENT... PITTSBURGH - Tube City IMS Corporation, a service providerto steel mills and foundries throughout the world, todayannounced it has completed the acquisition of Hanson ResourceManagement Limited and its subsidiary Hanson Support ServicesLimited ("Hanson").http://www.tubecityims.com HUMAN GENOME HONOR... CLEVELAND - Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., aphysician-geneticist and leader of the Human Genome Project,has been awarded with the new Inamori Ethics Prize from theInamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence at CaseWestern Reserve University.http://www.cwru.edu/ DFSA SANCTIONS... DUBAI - The Dubai Financial Services Authority ("DFSA")today announced the imposition of enforcement sanctions againstGFS Investments (Middle East) Limited ("GFS Investments"). TheDFSA's action follows a detailed investigation into thebusinessoperations of GFS Investments.http://www.dfsa.ae ELCOTEQ ACQUISITION... HONG KONG - Elcoteq SE has today signed and closed anagreement to purchase Philips' flat panel TV (FTV) assemblyoperations in Juarez, Mexico. The acquisition and relatedcooperation agreements further strengthen Elcoteq's position asa leading EMS company serving strongly growing FTV industry.http://www.elcoteq.com 33RD ESMO CONGRESS... LUGANO - The 33rd ESMO Congress in Stockholm, which willtake place on 12-16 September 2008, is the premier Europeancongress in Oncology and serves as a meeting place for medicaloncologists, as well as a focal point to exchange ideas withcolleagues from other disciplines.http://www.esmo.org/activities/esmocongress/stockholm08program_cng/AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.ASIA PULSE