SYDNEY--11 Sep--AsiaNet/InfoQuest GLOBAL DIABETES... ROME - Anjali Chandrashekar, 14, knows what insulin is, howto count carbohydrates and what to do for low blood sugar, yetshe doesn't have diabetes. These lessons came from years ofwatching her grandmother, other close relatives and severalfriends manage the disease. "I've experienced the effects ofdiabetes through interactions with family and friends as ifthey affected me as well," she said. With those powerful imagesin her head, Anjali has committed herself to calling attentionto diabetes worldwide. www.inspiredbydiabetes.com EXTRAORDINARY LIVES AWARD... SINGAPORE - Dr John Demartini, the World Leading BehavioralExpert, Speaker and Author at the Forefront of the Personal andProfessional Development Industry, Wins Top XL ResultsFoundation Award. http://www.resultsfoundation.com APERTURE AWARDS... MELBOURNE - The International Aperture Awards on-linephotography competition is open to ALL professional andaspiring photographers, photographic students and anyone with ahidden gift for capturing a winning photograph. Enter up tofour images from the following categories for your chance towin - People and Portrait; Sport; Landscape; Science andNature; Commercial/Advertising; Abstract/Illustrative;Photojournalism/Press. www.internationalapertureawards.com KORN/FERRY QUIZ... LOS ANGELES - Executives around the world overwhelminglyfavor developing economies over the more established globalpowers such as the United States, Europe and Japan for jobopportunities in today's economy. http://www.kornferry.com TATA COMMUNICATIONS... LONDON - Tata Communications a leading provider of a newworld of communications, announced today that it has beenawarded the Cisco(R) Powered Managed Firewall, Managed IDS/IPS,Managed Internet and Managed MPLS VPN service designations. www.sec.gov . ALTA GROUP CHINA... LAKE TAHOE, Nev.- The Alta Group today announced a newbusiness alliance created to fill the growing demand forequipment leasing and financing consulting services in China.The group has entered into a working agreement with LeaseOne(Beijing) Management Consultants Co., Ltd. http://www.leaseone.com.cn . KCEI PARTNERSHIP... EXTON, Pa. - AGI, developer of commercially availableanalysis software for the national security and spacecommunities, announces its new partnership with KCEI, theRepublic of Korea's leading provider of virtual realitytechnology solutions for technical modeling & simulation (M&S).Through this strategic affiliation, KCEI will market, sell, andsupport AGI products in its region, further bolstering thelongstanding U.S.-South Korea alliance. http://www.agi.com . FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$450million on 20 September, 2008 at a redemption price equal to100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. http://www.fanniemae.com TELEGENT TECHNOLOGY... SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Telegent Systems, the company that makestelevision mobile with its high-performance single-chip mobileTV solutions, today announced that handsets incorporatingTelegent's mobile TV technology will soon be available toconsumers in Latin America, expanding the global reach ofmanufacturers that have incorporated the free-to-air TV featureinto their handsets. http://www.telegent.com ACISION LAUNCH... SAN FRANCISCO - Acision, the world's leading messagingcompany, announces the launch of the Acision InnovationNetwork, a partnership-based ecosystem that will enable theglobal communications community to collaborate on the creationof new applications and services to advance the way the worldcommunicates. http://www.acision.com/innovation PHARMACOECONOMICS ISSUE... BRIDGEWATER, N.J.- Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading providerof information and business intelligence for students,professionals and institutions in medicine, nursing, alliedhealth, pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry, todaypublished a special issue of Adis PharmacoEconomics devoted tohelping drug makers better understand the requirements behindthe so-called "fourth hurdle" -- demonstrating a drug'sreasonable cost effectiveness. http://www.wkhealth.com http://www.adisonline.com CHEVRON MINING... ENGLEWOOD, CO - Chevron Mining Inc. ("Chevron") todayannounced that it has entered into an agreement to sell itsMountain Pass rare earth mining operations to Rare EarthAcquisitions LLC ("REA"). The transaction is expected to closein late September, 2008. THOMSON IP SALE... TROY, Mich. - Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) theglobal leader in video solutions(TM) has selected its portal tolist almost 400 patent families that it wishes to sell. http://www.TechTransferOnline.com http://www.thomson.net FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON - Fannie Mae (NYSE:FNM) today announced that thecompany priced its largest-ever, syndicated Benchmark Notesdebt issuance. Following are pricing details: 2-Year Pricing Date September 10, 2008 Settlement Date September 12, 2008 Maturity Date October 12, 2010 Issue Size $7 billion Coupon 2.875% Price 99.959 Yield 2.896% Payment Dates Each October 12th and April 12th, beginningOctober 12, 2008 Spread +70 basis points / 2.375% 8/31/2010 U.S. Treasury CUSIP 31398ATZ5 Listing Application will be made to list the securities onthe EuroMTF market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. http://www.fanniemae.com KIMBERLY-CLARK... DALLAS - For the fourth consecutive year, Kimberly-ClarkCorporation (NYSE: KMB) ranks No. 1 in the personal productscategory of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSIWorld). The DJSI World rankings are based on the long-term economic,environmental and social performance of leading globalcompanies across 57 industries. http://www.kimberly-clark.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON - Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) today announced that thecompany has received the consent of the conservator, theFederal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), and the United StatesDepartment of the Treasury to pay the previously declared butunpaid dividends on all of its outstanding preferred stockseries, on September 30, 2008, as scheduled. The dividendswere declared prior to FNM being placed in conservatorship, andare therefore an outstanding obligation to be honored. Therecord date, as previously announced, is September 15, 2008.Treasury's consent is limited solely to the payment of thispreviously declared but unpaid preferred stock dividend. Asannounced on Sunday, September 7, future common and preferredstock dividends will be eliminated. www.fanniemae.com/newsreleases/2008/4445.jhtml . QUINTILES EXPANSION... RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. - Quintiles Transnational Corp.announced today that it will expand its Singapore operations tomeet the surging demand for its business in the Asia-Pacificregion. http://www.quintiles.com U.S.- INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL... WASHINGTON - WHAT: The U.S. India Business Alliance (USIBA),in cooperation with the Congressional Taskforce on US-IndiaTrade, cordially invites you to a briefing and discussion byThe Honorable Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary, Bureauof South and Central Asian Affairs, U.S. Department of State.WHEN: Thursday, September 11, 2008 from 2:30 to 4:30 pm. WHERE:Room No. 2200, Rayburn House Office. Building ADINTOOLS ANNOUNCEMENT... HAIKOU - Addintools today announced the Classic Menu forOffice 2007 v3.93b, a new update package of the popular suiteof tools enabling users to have the MS Office 2003 interfaceinstead of MS Office 2007, with all the functions of thelatter. The MS Office 2003 interface can be positioned alongwith 2007 or you can completely overlay the latter. All thefamiliar commands can be placed either in a separate pull-downlist or in a toolbar, so that they are constantly on hand. http://www.addintools.com FRASER INSTITUTE... VANCOUVER, British Columbia/Canada - To honour Hong Kong'soutstanding achievement as a consistent world leader ineconomic freedom, the Fraser Institute will release theEconomic Freedom of the World: 2008 Annual Report at a newsconference in Hong Kong on September 16. www.fraserinstitute.org AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.