SYDNEY, Dec. 17 --AsiaNet/InfoQuest GOLF STARS... BEIJING: The 2005 JOHNNIE WALKER CLASSIC, to be held inBeijing, China, has already attracted three top stars ofinternational golf; South African Ernie Els, England's NickFaldo and defending champion Miguel Angel Jimenez of Spain. TVIA INC... SANTA CLARA, Calif: The new 1080i HDTV from Proton nowutilises the TrueView digital display processor from Tvia, Inc. www.tvia.com NVIDIA CORP... SANTA CLARA, Calif: NVIDIA Corporation has announced thattwo 3G carriers with operations in Europe and Japan have chosenMotorola phones based on the NVIDIA GoForce 4000. http://www.nvidia.com IPO PRICE... NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J: Arbinet-thexchange, Inc. announced Thatits initial public offering of 6,535,405 shares of commonstock, 4,233,849 shares of which are being sold by Arbinet and2,301,556 shares of which are being sold by certainstockholders 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 CADCertification course in Shanghai, China. http://www.sae.org/autocadcert BRUMBIES FAVOURED... SYDNEY: The Brumbies are Centrebet's hot favourites to winnext year's Super 12 title as the online sports betting agencybecomes the first bookmaker to issue odds on the 2005 rugbyunion tournament. http://www.centrebet.com NIKE FINANCIALS... BEAVERTON, Ore: NIKE, Inc. today reported revenues andearnings for the company's second quarter ended November 30,2004. www.NikeBiz.com/invest BIONOMICS LIMITED... ADELAIDE: Bionomics Limited announced today that it hasagreed to acquire the French contract research organisation(CRO) business, Neurofit, with completion of the acquisitionexpected in early 2005 and Bionomics operating the Neurofitbusiness on or before 1 March 2005. www.bionomics.com.au (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)