SYDNEY, March 16 -- AsiaNetING APPOINTMENT... SINGAPORE: ING Financial Markets Tuesday announced the appointment of Tim Condon as Head of Financial Markets Research, Asia, responsible for all ING's economics, local currency and US dollar bonds, sovereign and corporate credit research in the region. http://www.inggroup.comDETENTION CENTRES... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Wackenhut Corrections Corp., the parent company of private security firm Australasian Correctional Management (ACM), which ran six Australian immigration detention centres from 1998-2002 -- and whose tenure there was marked by shocking allegations of human rights abuses and other problems -- might soon return to manage the centres. http://www.FocusonGroup4Falck.comINTELLECTUAl PROPERTY... ATLANTA, Ga.: Tim Tingkang Xia has joined Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP as a Partner in its Intellectual Property Group. http://www.mmmlaw.comNEW FUND... SYDNEY: Private equity fund manager, Pacific Equity Partners (PEP), Tuesday launched a new fund that allows it to handle more than $1.5 billion in transactions on deals ranging in size from $50 million to upwards of $1 billion. http://www.pep.com.auFANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of five securities issues amounting to a total of US$755 million on March 25 and 26, 2004 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.comGRAPHICS DRIVER... SANTA CLARA, Calif.: NVIDIA Corporation, the worldwide leader in visual processing solutions, Tuesday announced the availability of the NVIDIA ForceWare Release 55 graphics driver for add-in graphics cards based on NVIDIA GeForce graphics processing units (GPUs). http://www.nvidia.comMOBILE NOTEBOOKS... MILPITAS, Calif.: Phoenix Technologies Ltd., the company driving the global core system software standard in PC systems and connected digital devices for 25 years, announced Tuesday that Sharp Corporation has integrated Phoenix Core Managed Environment FirstBIOS Notebook Pro into their new mobile notebook PC models, Actius MM20 for US market and Mebius MURAMASA MM2 series sold in Japan. http://www.phoenix.comENERGY SOFTWARE... VICTORIA: Power Measurement, a global provider of enterprise energy management systems, Tuesday announced it has acquired ABB's Retail Energy business, formerly Energy Interactive Inc. in Oakland, California. http://www.pwrm.comCNOOC PROFIT... HONG KONG: CNOOC Limited Monday announced its annual results for the 12 months ended December 31, 2003. http://www.cnoocltd.comPACE AWARD... BEIJING: Automotive News has honored Motorola, Inc. with a 2004 PACE (Premier Automotive Supplier's Contribution to Excellence) Award in the Information Technology category for its VIAMOTO(TM) suite of location and services software. http://www.motorola.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)