Thailand Financial News

NIDO OIL… Nido Identifies 11.6 Billion Barrels of Oil-in-Place Potential; Seeks a Strategic Partner PERTH - Nido Petroleum Ltd is pleased to announce that after completing several large seismic surveys, its deepwater prospects and leads inventory in the NW Palawan basin has oil-in-place potential of 11.6 billion barrels.

LIQUIDNET APPOINTMENT… TOKYO - Liquidnet announces the appointment of Francisco Izawa to the position of managing director of Liquidnet Japan Inc. www.liquidnet.com ROPES & GRAY… HONG KONG - Marking its continued expansion into dynamic centers of commerce and finance, Ropes & Gray announces the opening of its Hong Kong office. http://ropesgray.com RUGBY TOURNAMENT… SYDNEY - Rugby Legend Mark Ella today announced the dates of a major club based Tens Rugby tournament to be staged in the Fijian Islands. www.fijitens.com STERLING STAMOS… MENLO PARK, California - Robert Goodman has been named Global Head of Private Equity and Real Assets for Sterling Stamos Capital Management. PEPSICO GOLDMAN… PURCHASE, N.Y - PepsiCo, Inc. today announced that John Compton, CEO, PepsiCo Americas Foods, will present at the Goldman Sachs Products Symposium on Monday, May 12, at 9:20 AM Eastern Time. www.pepsico.com MICROFINANCE INDUSTRY… TORONTO - The MasterCard Foundation awarded a two-year, $740,000 grant today to Microfinance Information eXchange to launch MIX Market 2.0, a next-generation Web platform for sharing reliable, comparable and publicly available information on the financial strength and performance of microfinance institutions. www.mastercardfoundation.org www.themix.org www.mixmarket.org FANNIE MAE… WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of FINP, FINS, MTN securities issues on May 19 and 21, 2008 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. www.fanniemae.com ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS… HOERSHOLM - No Fewer Than 2,119 Architecture Students From 484 Schools of Architecture in 68 Countries Have Signed up for the International VELUX Award 2008 for Students of Architecture. www.velux.com MOTOROLA RFID… SINGAPORE - Motorola and Y3 Technologies have formed a strategic alliance that will enable logistics and supply chain management customers to enhance operational efficiencies through best practices in Radio Frequency Identification. www.motorola.com PEPSICO DIVIDEND… PURCHASE, N.Y - The Board of Directors of PepsiCo today declared an increase in the annual dividend, from the current $1.50 to $1.70 per share on PepsiCo common stock. www.pepsico.com BAT REPORT… LONDON - British and American tobacco toady released its first quarter results. JETSTAR OFFER… BANGKOK - Australia’s low fares airline, Jetstar, has launched an innovative new air fare product on international services between Australia and Thailand that provides customers with the choice to travel with carry on baggage only at a lower fare. AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.