SYDNEY--23 Sep--AsiaNet/InfoQuest ASIAN FOOTBALL... HONG KONG - The organisers of the internationally acclaimedFootball World Series tournaments in Europe and the Middle-Eastare changing the face of football in Asia with the signing of ajoint venture with Sports Fusion Asia Ltd to be known asFootball World Series Asia Ltd. FWSA plans to stage a seriesof football tournaments starting as early as July 2009, acrossthe Greater China and Asia Pacific region. ACONEX FUNDING... SAN FRANCISCO - Aconex, the worlds largest provider ofonline information management solutions to the construction andengineering industries, has announced a US$85 million(AU$107.5m) financing deal with Francisco Partners, a leadingtechnology investor. www.franciscopartners.com www.aconex.com SPHERICS, INC... WELLESLEY HILLS, Massachusetts - Joseph F. Finn, Jr.,C.P.A., Assignee of the assets of Spherics, Inc. for thebenefit of creditors, announced today that all oral drugdelivery intellectual property will be sold at a sealed bidauction on October 10, 2008. MICRO DEVICES... SAN DIEGO - CMD Booth # 1 - California Micro Devices will beshowcasing its display controller solutions based on the MobileDigital Display Interface and Mobile Industry ProcessorInterface high speed serial interface display standards and itsPicoGuard ultra-low capacitance ESD protection devices formobile handset applications at SID Mobile Displays 2008 in SanDiego on September 23rd and 24th. www.cmd.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$300million on October 2, 2008 at a redemption price equal to 100per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. http://www.fanniemae.com ANTISENSE THERAPEUTICS... CARLSBAD, California - Antisense Therapeutics Ltd. and IsisPharmaceuticals, Inc. announces the following webcast: www.antisense.com.au www.isispharm.com DYADEM DEAL... TORONTO - Dyadem, the market leader in Quality LifecycleManagement and Risk Lifecycle Management solutions todayannounced it has signed a new deal with Centennial Coal CompanyLimited, the largest independent coal producer in Australia. www.dyadem.com WadiaRTSILadia ACQUISITION... HELSINKI - W adiartsil adia has today agreed to acquire a leadingnaval architecture and ship design company Conan Wu &Associates Pte Ltd, headquartered in Singapore. The deal alsoincludes partnership agreements regarding CWA's business inMalaysia, China and Hong Kong. www.wartsila.com GALOC RESERVES... MELBOURNE - Gaffney Cline and Associates have completedtheir independent review of the Galoc oil field, updating thereserves certification with the information obtained during thedevelopment drilling and well testing. www.nido.com.au PSION TEKLOGIX... MISSISSAUGA, Ontario - Expanding its rugged wirelesscomputing solutions to a host of new light industrial mobileapplications, Psion Teklogix, Inc. today unveiled NEO, itsnext-generation lightweight, pocket-sized handheld computer. www.psionteklogix.com MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS... MELBOURNE and CARLSBAD, California - Antisense TherapeuticsLtd. and Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. are pleased to advise thatthe results from the ATL/TV1102 Phase IIa clinical trial inpatients with multiple sclerosis were presented Saturday at theWorld Congress on Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosisin Montreal, Canada by the Principal Investigator for thetrial, Volker Limmroth, M.D., Ph.D., Chairman of the Departmentof Neurology, Cologne City Hospitals, Germany. www.isispharm.com www.antisense.com.au AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions