AsiaNet Daily Summary, Press Releases for Monday, September 10

HIV TREATMENT...

LOS ANGELES: AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Monday called on Gilead Sciences and Merck to immediately register and distribute the three-in-one, once daily lifesaving HIV treatment, Atripla, in developing countries.

http://www.aidshealth.org

TICKETMASTER APPOINTS...

MELBOURNE: Ticketmaster, the world's leading ticketing company, has appointed Matt Huxley Chief Operating Officer for Australia and New Zealand.

http://www.ticketmaster.com

MOBILE WIMAX...

FREMONT, Calif. and BEIJING: ApaceWave Technologies, a developer of high-performance baseband processors for the global WiMAX industry, Monday announced its APW-2000 Mobile Station System-on-a-Chip (SoC) at the WiMAX Summit in Beijing.

http://www.apacewave.com

JETSTAR LAUNCHES...

MELBOURNE: Australia's low fares airline Jetstar has launched value based long haul international services into Malaysia, offering direct flights between Kuala Lumpur and Sydney 3 times weekly.

HIV DRUG...

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C.: At 3:21 PM Sunday, Dr. Roger Kenneth Hershline PhD MD, Chairman and Founder of CureHIV.us, agreed to act as a conduit to provide samples of Global Humanceuticals, Inc's., new extremely effective, safe and stable drug candidate to profit, non-profit, academic, government, non-government, U.S. and foreign institutions, organizations, and corporations, under mutual agreements, contracts or partnerships, to spur theoretical, objective, mechanistic, developmental or clinical research.

http://www.curehiv.us

NEW DESTINATION...

MELBOURNE: Jetstar Saturday commenced value based, international long haul operations between Osaka and Cairns, the gateway to tropical Australia, representing the start of an initial four times weekly direct service and the second stage of Jetstars network expansion into the Kansai Region and greater western Japan.

ISTITHMAR COMPLETES...

DUBAI: Istithmar Friday announced the completion of its acquisition of luxury retailer Barneys New York at a purchase price of US$942.3 million.

http://www.istithmar.ae

OPEC OUTPUT...

LONDON: OPEC crude production fell by 40,000 barrels per day (b/d) in August, to 30.46 million b/d from 30.5 million b/d in July, mainly because of lower exports from Iraq, a Platts survey showed September 7.

http://www.platts.com

http://www.mcgraw-hill.com

STOCK TRADING...

PALM BEACH, Fla.: Real Logic, Inc. Friday issued a statement saying the company's stock initiated full trading status.

http://www.reallogic.net

BUSINESSWOMEN CONNECT...

WASHINGTON: In an effort to build greater connections between Chinese and African women, Vital Voices Global Partnership, with the support of Standard Chartered Bank, will bring 18 African women to Shanghai, China over September 9-12, 2007, for a an intensive three-day program to develop partnerships that will further economic development and encourage trade while fostering

accountability and encouraging social responsibility.

BENCHMARK NOTES...

WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae will issue new 3-year Benchmark Notes which will be priced on Sept 11, 2007 and re-open 5-Year Benchmark Notes which will also priced on the same day.

http://www.fanniemae.com

SPIRIT CEO...

WICHITA, Kan.: Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer Jeff Turner will speak at the Morgan Stanley CEOs Unplugged Conference on Tuesday, Sept. 11 at about 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

http://www.spiritaero.com/investor.aspx

CHRYSLER APPOINTS...

AUBURN HILLS, Mich.: Chrysler LLC Friday named Philip Murtaugh as CEO -- Asia Operations.

http://media.chrysler.com

http://www.chrysler.com

http://cgmedia.chrysler.com

FANNIE MAE...

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of three securities issues amounting to a total of US$150 million on Sept 17, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.

http://www.fanniemae.com

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