SYDNEY--26 Sep--AsiaNet/InfoQuest ISC2 CERTIFICATION... HONG KONG - ISC2, "ISC-squared", the not-for-profit globalleader in educating and certifying information securityprofessionals throughout their careers, today announcedpreparations for a new certification designed to validatesecure software development practices and expertise to addressthe increasing number of application vulnerabilities.www.isc2.org MAGNOLIA PLAZA... CHICAGO - Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP and ShanghaiJingang North Bund Realty Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Sinar MasPaper Investment Co. Ltd., today held the groundbreaking forWhite Magnolia Plaza in Shanghai, China after recentlyreceiving schematic approval from the Shanghai City PlanningAdministrative Bureau.www.som.com SUMITOMO CHEMICAL... EXTON, Pennsylvania - Elemica, the industry-leading businessprocess network for the external supply chain, announces thatSumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. of Japan has connected to theElemica Business Process Network to streamline order managementwith trading partners like BASF and Dow.www.elemica.com QUARK PHARMACEUTICALS... FREMONT, California - Quark Pharmaceuticals, Inc., adevelopment-stage pharmaceutical company discovering anddeveloping novel RNA interference-based therapeutics, todayannounced QPI-1007 as the Companys first siRNA drug candidatebased on its own intellectual property for a host of novelstructures having freedom to operate in the siRNA IP space.QPI-1007, which is currently being evaluated in advanced INDenabling preclinical studies as a neuroprotective agent for eyediseases, is the first drug candidate to utilize a novel siRNAstructure developed by Quark free of third party IP.www.quarkpharma.com FLORVERDE FLOWERS... BOGOTA, Colombia - Florverde flower farms, practices andflowers, continue to be recognized around the globe.www.florverde.orgwww.asocolflores.org FOODBANKING NETWORK... NEW YORK - The Global FoodBanking Network, an internationalorganization working in 15 countries will highlightpublic-private partnerships to feed hungry school children onstage with President Bill Clinton at the Mega Commitment toAction, Sept. 24-27, 2008 hosted by the Clinton GlobalInitiative.www.foodbanking.org FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$100million on October 9, 2008 at a redemption price equal to 100per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest.http://www.fanniemae.com SYNGENTA BEET... MUMBAI - Syngenta announced that yesterday it received the2008 World Business and Development Award for the developmentand successful introduction of a new sugar beet that can begrown under tropical climate conditions and brings significantadvantages to farmers, the environment, the sugar and ethanolindustries and the economy.www.syngenta.com BYTEMOBILE GATEWAY... MOUNTAIN VIEW, California - Bytemobile, Inc., the globalleader in mobile internet solutions for network operators,today announced the general availability of its WebGateService, which provides a single service control point withinthe network for all wireless data traffic.www.bytemobile.com TATA COMMUNICATIONS... LONDON - Tata Communications receives two global telecomsbusiness innovation awards.www.sec.gov UTC FIRE... AUCKLAND - UTC Fire & Security announced that it has enteredinto an agreement for the sale of its New Zealand mannedguarding and mobile patrol businesses to ISS Holdings NZLimited.www.utcfireandsecurity.com AMCOR SUSTAINABILITY... MELBOURNE - Amcor has been selected among globalsustainability leaders to be included in the Dow JonesSustainability World Index.www.amcor.com SOURCE: AsiaNet AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.