SYDNEY--19 Sep--AsiaNet/InfoQuest EURO RSCG... HONG KONG - Euro RSCG Asia Pacific today announced theappointment of Joseph Wang to the newly created role of NorthAsia Chairman. In this role, Wang will be responsible foroverseeing operations in Korea, Japan and Greater China,including Hong Kong and Taiwan. He will report to Euro RSCG'snew regional CEO, Olivier Pluquet and be based in China www.eurorscg.com J.LINDEBERG STORE... STOCKHOLM - J.Lindeberg throws open the gates to its newconcept store in Stockholm. Besides complete collections formen and golf, the boutique will contain an entire floordedicated exclusively to tailored menswear. GLOBAL BRANDS... NEW YORK - Google, Apple, Amazon.com, Zara and Nintendo areamong this year's top gainers in Interbrand's annual ranking ofThe Best Global Brands, and not surprisingly, financialservices giants Merrill Lynch, Citi and Morgan Stanley areamong the companies that have slipped dramatically down thelist. www.interbrand.com www.brandchannel.com www.businessweek.com FIREX LAUNCH... LONDON - Following the resounding success of the inauguralIFSEC India 2007, organisers CMP Information and CMP Asia arepleased to announce the launch of Firex India 2008, which willtake place alongside IFSEC India from 16-18 October at PragatiMaidan, New Delhi, India. The launch exhibition will extend thereach of the already hugely popular International Firex brand,which next takes place at the NEC from 11-14 May 2009. www.ifsecindia.com www.unitedbusinessmedia.com IFSEC INDIA... PRAGATI MAIDAN - UBM India, a subsidiary of United BusinessMedia Ltd., has today announced IFSEC India 2008. To be heldbetween 16 and 18 October 2008 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi,India, the event is one of South Asias leading trade fair ofits kind, which will deliver to end users and suppliers aunique communication platform which includes an exhibition andconference. This year, will see the inclusion of FIREX India2008 into the event. www.unitedbusinessmedia.com www.ifsecindia.com FIREX INDIA... LONDON - One of India's most influential associations, theFire and Safety Association of India, has voiced its support ofthe inaugural Firex India exhibition, which is launching on the16-18 October at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India. Firex Indiahas been developed to run alongside security event IFSEC India2008 in response to the rapid national economic development ofIndia and the increasing role the fire industry plays in thisdevelopment. www.ifsecindia.com www.unitedbusinessmedia.com THERAPEUTIC NICOTINE... SAN DIEGO - New research highlighted at a symposium duringan annual meeting for family physicians shows how nicotinewithdrawal creates functional changes in the brains of smokerstrying to quit causing cognitive performance deficits that maymake it more difficult to quit, and could be a driver ofsmoking relapse. Further, brain imaging technology shows thatwhen treatment with the NiQuitin 4 mg nicotine lozenge isintroduced, these symptoms of nicotine withdrawal can bereversed. This information is helping physicians betterunderstand addiction and how treatment can help. www.gsk.com www.cochrane.org/reviews/en/ab000146.html GLOBAL VOLUNTEERS... BEIJING - As the Paralympic Games draw to a close, theofficial Language Training and Testing Supplier of the BeijingOlympics, aifly Education Technology Company, continues to workwith volunteer organizations in China and internationally togive China's Olympic volunteers opportunities to take theirpassion and message of friendship and hope to people all overthe world. www.aiflyworld.cn www.aiflyworld.com GLOBAL PAYMENTS... INDIA, MALAYSIA, PHILIPPINES, SINGAPORE and SRI LANKA -Global Payments Asia-Pacific Limited, a joint venture betweenThe Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited andU.S.-based Global Payments Inc., has introduced a secureGPRS-powered mobile payment service called Global MobilePaythat provides mobile card acceptance capabilities for merchantsin the Asia-Pacific region. Global Payments is one of the firstpayment processors to launch an extensive mobile paymentsolution for merchants across Asia. This service is nowavailable in Brunei, China, India, Malaysia, the Maldives, thePhilippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Taiwan. www.globalpaymentsinc.com www.globalpayments-asia.com LA AUTO... LOS ANGELES - Opening in 63 days, the 2008 Los Angeles AutoShow will feature more than 20 world premieres of productionand/or concept vehicles from global automakers during theshow's Press Days on Nov. 19 and 20. To date, world debuts areconfirmed from Buick, Cadillac, Ford, Honda, Hyundai, Infiniti,Lamborghini, Lincoln, Lexus, Mazda, Mercury, Nissan, Porscheand Volkswagen. www.laautoshow.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C. - Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total ofUS$76,417,000 on September 28, 2008 at a redemption price equalto 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. www.fanniemae.com IAHGAMES ONLINE... SINGAPORE - Tata Communications, a leading provider of a newworld of communications, and IAHGames, a major online gamePublisher and Operator in Southeast Asia, announced this weekat the 2008 Games Conference Asiathat IAHGames has engaged TataCommunications to provide their Global Content Delivery Networkservice in Asia. Tata Communications' Global CDN serviceaccelerates game delivery and offers a high quality customerexperience for the digital media and entertainment community.The CDN service will deliver a range of online games, includingthe award-winning Granado Espada and an upcoming title EASPORTS FIFA Online 2 which is due for closed beta testingtoday. www.tatacommunications.com www.IAHGames.com NETSUITE ONEWORLD... SAN MATEO, Calif. and SINGAPORE - NetSuite Inc., a leadingvendor of on-demand, integrated business management softwaresuites for mid-market enterprises and divisions of largecompanies, today announced the launch of NetSuite OneWorld inSingapore. The event, hosted by Zach Nelson, NetSuite's ChiefExecutive Officer, took place today at The Arts House inSingapore. At the event, NetSuite also announced thatClearstate, a leading Singapore-based provider of consultingservices to manufacturers serving the healthcare industry, hasgone live on NetSuite OneWorld. NetSuite OneWorld allowscompanies to manage their multinational and multi-subsidiarybusiness operations, in real-time around the world. www.netsuite.com www.clearstate.com LEHMAN BROTHERS... HONG KONG - The Bank of New York Mellon's policy is not tocomment on individual client relationships, but the Corporationis clarifying inaccurate information circulating in themarketplace regarding our association with Lehman Brothers.Often, there is a common misunderstanding of the role that weplay when serving as a trustee. Today, it has been incorrectlyreported that The Bank of New York Mellon is one of Lehman'slargest unsecured creditors. That's not correct. In thissituation, our role has been to serve as a trustee for certainLehman Brothers bond offerings. We have no outstanding loans toLehman. www.bnymellon.com FOOD INGREDIENTS... BANGKOK - Food ingredients Asia 2008 is a window ofnetworking opportunities and a chance for visitors to bringthemselves up to the speed of all relevant trends anddevelopments in the food industry. The market is a majordriving force behind the Thai economy, with food export valueaccounting for over 20% of total export value. The foodingredients market is growing particularly strongly, sinceproducts have been developed that can help enhance the valuesof food products. Current technological development is alsocontributing to the health food trend, helping combine tasteand flavor with nutritional benefits. The event is unparalleledwithin the region. RENEWABLE ENERGY... BANGKOK - With countries in Asia experiencing rapid economicgrowth, a dramatic increase in demand for new energy resourcesis under way. Although fossil fuels still contribute thelargest share of total energy at 79%, renewable energy sourcesare growing by leaps and bounds and now account for around 20%.And, as oil prices have soared to over US$100 a barrel, thattrend shows no sign of changing any time soon. www.renewableenergy-asia.com www.wrec2009asia.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.