SYDNEY, Dec. 17 --AsiaNet/InfoQuest
GOLF STARS...
BEIJING: The 2005 JOHNNIE WALKER CLASSIC, to be held in
Beijing, China, has already attracted three top stars of
international golf; South African Ernie Els, England's Nick
Faldo and defending champion Miguel Angel Jimenez of Spain.
TVIA INC...
SANTA CLARA, Calif: The new 1080i HDTV from Proton now
utilises the TrueView digital display processor from Tvia, Inc.
www.tvia.com
NVIDIA CORP...
SANTA CLARA, Calif: NVIDIA Corporation has announced that
two 3G carriers with operations in Europe and Japan have chosen
Motorola phones based on the NVIDIA GoForce 4000.
http://www.nvidia.com
IPO PRICE...
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J: Arbinet-thexchange, Inc. announced That
its initial public offering of 6,535,405 shares of common
stock, 4,233,849 shares of which are being sold by Arbinet and
2,301,556 shares of which are being sold by certain
stockholders of Arbinet, has been priced at $17.50 per share.
http://www.arbinet.com
CAD CERTIFICATION...
WARRENDALE, Pa: The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
and Cadpo have announced the launch of their first CAD
Certification course in Shanghai, China.
http://www.sae.org/autocadcert
BRUMBIES FAVOURED...
SYDNEY: The Brumbies are Centrebet's hot favourites to win
next year's Super 12 title as the online sports betting agency
becomes the first bookmaker to issue odds on the 2005 rugby
union tournament.
http://www.centrebet.com
NIKE FINANCIALS...
BEAVERTON, Ore: NIKE, Inc. today reported revenues and
earnings for the company's second quarter ended November 30,
2004.
www.NikeBiz.com/invest
BIONOMICS LIMITED...
ADELAIDE: Bionomics Limited announced today that it has
agreed to acquire the French contract research organisation
(CRO) business, Neurofit, with completion of the acquisition
expected in early 2005 and Bionomics operating the Neurofit
business on or before 1 March 2005.
www.bionomics.com.au
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