SYDNEY--17 Sep--AsiaNet/InfoQuest LS MOONSHINE... CHANGSHA, Hunan - American Moonshine Whiskey will beproduced by Hunan Moonshine Liquor Co. Ltd, a joint venturebetween American LS Moonshine, LLC and a Chinese individual, atthe end of October 2008. All imported whiskeys on Chinesemarket have been aged in oak barrels. "Western people drink theaged whiskey all alone. Habit makes for happiness. But Chinesepeople who are happy with Baijiu have a hard time with the oaktaste," Miss Lu Wang, President of Hunan Moonshine Liquor Co.Ltd., said. "So, no one drinks expensive whiskey neat or on therocks at the bars, everyone mixes it with Coke or tea, whichmakes it hard to tell if the whiskey is a counterfeit." COMSCORE RANKINGS... TOKYO - comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digitalworld, today released its ranking of the top search propertiesin the Asia-Pacific region based on data from the comScoreqSearch 2.0 service, revealing that Google Sites continued tolead the region with 33.5 percent of the more than 27 billionsearches conducted in July. Baidu.com Inc. ranked second with27.4 percent search share, followed by Yahoo! Sites in thirdwith 19.7 percent share. www.comscore.com BABYLON MAC... SAN FRANCISCO - Babylon Ltd., the world leading provider ofonline dictionary and translation solutions, presents Babylon2008 MAC, the first specially designed online version of itsglobally-known dictionary and translation software for MAC OSX. www.babylon.com YESOD PRODUCTS... UNION, N.J. - Susan Roth, CEO of Global Reach Enterprisesannounced the launch of a new perfume and skin care division tothe American Beauty and Cosmetic Industry. Entitled "YesodPerfume" and promoted as the lost fragrance from the Garden ofEden, the lingering scent is a unique fusion of pure andnatural ingredients. To date, the line includes a woman andman's perfume in varied sizes, and perfumed shower gel, bodylotion, bath oil, bar soap and scented candle. www.yesodperfume.com EULARIS RELEASE... NEW YORK and LONDON - Eularis today announced the release ofa first-ever study on the ROI of named patient programmes, alsoknown as compassionate use programs. The paper, "Implementing apre-launch named patient programme -- evidence of increasedmarket share," provides pharmaceutical companies with insightand mathematical justification into the cash market share andrevenue impact of pre-launch NPPs on brands, while outliningthe benefits and challenges that they create. www.eularis.com www.palgrave-journals.com/jmm/ www.Send2Press.com VESTEO.COM LAUNCH... BERTRANGE - The new generation professional online networkand information portal devoted to the financial sector.Farvest, a financial marketing company based in Luxembourg,announced today, 17 September 2008, the launch of Vesteo.com,an open professional network dedicated entirely to thefinancial sector. ARIZONA HEART... PHOENIX - Arizona Heart Institute, Phoenix, Arizona USA, viaits international development arm Arizona Heart International,Pte., has partnered with Singapore-based Novena Heart Centre toprovide cardiovascular services to patients in Singapore andthe Southeast Asia region. www.azheart.com www.asheartasia.com JOURNALISM AWARDS... LONDON - The Lung Cancer Journalism Awards' mission: toraise global awareness of the leading cause of cancer-relateddeaths worldwide. Winners receive: Global showcase recognisingtheir prize-winning work, GBP2,000 research grant. Enter to winin 3 different categories: Best Medical Article, Best ConsumerArticle, Best Broadcast Report. Requirements: The entry musthave been published or broadcast between 1 September 2007 and 1September 2008. Closing Date for entries: 24 October 2008. www.lungcancercoalition.org CROSS COUNTRY... BOSTON - Cross Country Automotive Services, a provider ofvehicle and driver services and programs, announced today ithas acquired ATX Group, a leading independent telematicsservices provider. Financial terms of the transaction were notdisclosed. www.crosscountry-auto.com www.atxg.com GM ANNIVERSARY... DETROIT - As GM concludes its first 100 years with a legacyof iconic brands and technological breakthroughs, the companyis embarking on a new century as a global leader in design andinnovation. To help commemorate its Centennial today, GM beganits second century with GMnext Day to affirm the company'svision for the future of personal transportation. http://media.gm.com www.gm.com http://day.gmnext.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C. - Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total ofUS$1,178,532,000 on September 26, 2008, and MTNR securitiesissues amounting to a total of US$100,000,000 on September 26,2008 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of theprincipal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. www.fanniemae.com ANDY FRASER... LOS ANGELES - Andy Fraser, legendary musician andsongwriter, best known for penning FREE's rock anthem "AllRight Now," Robert Palmer's mega-hit "Every Kinda People" andrecent ground-breaking CD "Naked...and finally free," is inlegal controversy with ex-Expose singer Gioia Bruno. www.mctrax.com www.andyfraser.com AMERICA.COM LIVE... NYON - America.com is LIVE, and currently seeking the directattention of every American in the land, including John McCainand Barack Obama. Internet Media Consultants, SA, led by Mr.Paolo Belcastro, has announced today the officially launch ofAmerica.com! "We are honored to be in a position withAmerica.com, to help the American public make their finaldecisions during this amazing election," says Belcastro. Forthe past several weeks Belcastro's team has been strategicallypreparing for the official launch of America.com, and thus far,has received a great amount of feedback. BANKDATA MICROSOFT... VIENNA - Microsoft Corp. today announced at Sibos 2008 thatBankdata, a leading provider of IT services in Denmark owned bya consortium of 15 banks, is transforming its paymentsprocessing with a new payments platform using Microsoft SQLServer 2005 and Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 includingMicrosoft BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT and BizTalk FileAct andInterAct Adapters. The solution will help enable faster paymentprocessing times, reduce overall operating costs for Bankdataand bring significant cost efficiencies to each of Bankdata'smember banks, delivering deeper industry value. www.microsoft.com HOTELSCOMBINED.COM APPOINTMENT... SYDNEY - Hotel price comparison company HotelsCombined.comappoints new Digital Marketing Mastermind from Obitz Worldwide.Sydney, September 16th, 2008 Australian based companyHotelsCombined.com today announced that Paul Hayden, untilrecently Global SEO Manager at HotelClub.com, has beenappointed Director of Digital Marketing. www.HotelsCombined.com AVASTIN BENEFITS... BASEL - Avastin remains the only biologic to provide overallsurvival benefit when used as first-line treatment incombination with chemotherapy for patients with K-Ras wild typemetastatic colorectal cancer. Avastin's strong position wasconfirmed today following new data from a cetuximab studypresented at the 33rd Congress of the European Society forMedical Oncology. "K-Ras wild-type" describes the normal genestatus seen in around 60% of colorectal cancer patients wherethe K-Ras oncogene has not mutated. www.avastin-info.com www.Roche.com www.thenewsmarket.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.