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ING Group discloses results of a survey conducted to find out the opinions of investors in 13 countries within the Asia-Pacific Region, saying 69% of surveyed investors believe the overall investment climate in Thailand in 2008 will improve especially during the first 3 months of the year, while up to 93% of the investors are confident that India will enjoy greater investments.

ING Group has conducted a survey to collect valuable opinions from investors in 13 countries across

www.asokausa.com ECO-TECHNOLOGY… GENEVA - A new International Standard from the International Electrotechnical Commission will help designers of audio-video and information technology equipment — such as laptops, mobile phones and TVs — to make the best decisions on energy efficiency and reducing environmental impact at the start of the design and development process. www.iec.ch EURAIL SCANDINAVIA… UTRECHT - Scandinavia has long been a popular tourist destination for overseas visitors with numbers increasing steadily; in 2006 there were over seven hundred thousand visitors from the United States alone. Now through a new selection of offerings, Eurail passengers can travel throughout the region’s excellent rail systems using just a single pass. www.eurailgroup.com www.Eurail.com http://eurail.informationstore.net www.eurail-acprail.com www.flightcentre.com www.OctopusTravel.com www.raileurope.fr/wheretobuy www.statravel.com www.dsb.dk www.vr.fi www.nsb.no www.sj.se CHAMPALIMAUD FOUNDATION… HYDERABAD - The Champalimaud Foundation, one of the largest scientific foundations in the European Union, has announced the inauguration of the Champalimaud Center of Translational Eye Research. The official ceremony will be January 30, 2008 in Hyderabad, India, and will attended by some of the most recognized vision experts and practitioners from Australia, India, the EU, and the U.S., as well as patients who have had their vision restored by the techniques that C-TRACER will utilize throughout the developing world. PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYDNEY - Project Management Institute, the worlds leading member association for the project management profession, will convene in Sydney, Australia, at the PMI Global Congress 2008-Asia Pacific, on 3-5 March. The three-day event will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Sydney, and it will offer opportunities for project managers to learn about worldwide trends as they apply to everyday decisions. http://congresses.pmi.org/AsiaPacific2008 O’HARE AIRPORT… WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced today that it has begun collecting additional fingerprints from international visitors arriving at Chicago O’Hare International Airport. The change is part of the department’s upgrade from two- to 10-fingerprint collection to enhance security and facilitate legitimate travel by more accurately and efficiently establishing and verifying visitors’ identities. FANNIE MAE… WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of FINP, FINS and MTN securities on February 8, 2008 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$75 million on February 12, 2008 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com TELSERRA APPOINTMENT… SCOTTSDALE, Arizona - Telserra Global Inc., the company that provides the next generation of electronic transaction processing networks to every last mile, today announced the appointment of Shailesh Kotwal to their corporate Board of Directors. www.telserra.com REPUTATION RECOVERY… NEW YORK - As the corporate reputation “stumble rate” continues to rise, companies need to know not only how to build reputations but, more importantly, how to protect and salvage tarnished reputations. Over three-quarters (79 percent) of the world’s number-one most admired companies lost their crowns over the past five years in their respective industries. While reputation loss may now be inevitable, a new book offers a realistic roadmap to reputation recovery that can help any leader stabilize and regenerate a company’s most competitive asset. www.webershandwick.com www.corporatereputation12steps.com www.reputationRx.com www.reputationXchange.com FILM FESTIVAL… SAN MATEO, California - Jaman.com, the leading online destination for quality independent and international film, pays tribute to the remarkable influence of Hong Kong cinema on Hollywood. This month, in partnership with premier Asian cinema distributor Fortune Star, Jaman kicks off a six-month Hong Kong Online Film Festival. www.jaman.com TICKETS.COM CHINA… COSTA MESA, California - Tickets.com, a leading provider of integrated ticketing solutions, has entered into a joint venture with China Sports Industry International to provide ticketing and ticketing-related services for sports and associated markets in China, both companies announced today. www.tickets.com TELEGENT RECEIVERS… SUNNYVALE, California - Telegent Systems, the company that makes television mobile with its high-performance single-chip mobile TV solutions, announced that it has now shipped five million units of its leading free-to-air mobile TV receiver. www.telegent.com THOMSON SCIENTIFIC… PHILADELPHIA and LONDON - Thomson Scientific, part of The Thomson Corporation and leading provider of information solutions to the worldwide research and business communities, today announced that research professionals can now order file histories directly through patent and trademark databases on Dialog, giving researchers the complete information on a patent or trademark in one place. www.scientific.thomson.com www.thomson.com SQUIDCAST TRANSFER… PALM DESERT, California and SAN FRANCISCO, California - DEMO 08 — Squidcast, Inc. today unveiled a new service that enables consumers to send friends and family high-definition personal video and other high-quality content over the Internet for free. www.squidcast.com www.demo.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. 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