SYDNEY, Jan. 14 --AsiaNet/InfoQuest TSUNAMI PLEDGE... LAKE FOREST - CNH Global N.V. and its global alliancepartner Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., have jointlypledged to contribute $1 million in aid to the areas devastatedby the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami that struck onDecember 26, 2004. http://www.cnh.com TSUNAMI CHARITY... TAMIL NADU - Three Indian families whose homes andlivelihoods were wiped out by the tsunami were given a newfuture yesterday, thanks to an innovative program called SaveThe Family. http://www.imgeemergency.com http://www.hopeww.org INDIA OFFICE... CINCINNATI - Kendle, a leading, global full-service clinicalresearch organization, announced Wednesday the opening of anoffice in New Delhi, India, further expanding its access tolarge patient populations in the Asia/Pacific region. http://www.kendle.com NOTE PRICING... WASHINGTON - Fannie Mae priced a new issue of 5-Yearbenchmark notes Thursday for the amount of Issue Size $3.0billion to mature February 15, 2010. http://www.fanniemae.com THE GIZMONDO... LONDON - Gizmondo Europe Ltd, commented Wednesday on therapturous response from show-goers at this year's CES show inLas Vegas, Nevada, where the Gizmondo was being exhibited to aninternational trade and media audience. FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of 1 securities issue amounting to a total of US$75million on January 24, 2005, at a redemption price equal to 100per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. http://www.fanniemae.com CONFERENCE CALL... HAMILTON - In conjunction with W.P. Stewart's fourth quarterand full year 2004 earnings release, you are invited toparticipate in a conference call on Thursday, 27th January2005. http://www.wpstewart.com TSUNAMI DONATION... JAKARTA - Due to the impact and magnitude of the tsunamicatastrophe, Newmont Mining Corporation announced Wednesday ithas increased its humanitarian commitment to the victims of thetsunami from its initial contribution of Rp5 billion to Rp45billion (US$5 million). MARKETING ALLIANCE... LOS ANGELES and WOLFSBURG - NBC Universal, a leading mediaand entertainment company, and Volkswagen, one of the world'sleading car companies, announced the creation of a multi-yearglobal marketing alliance today. TRAVEL AWARDS... MEXICO D.F. - In a gala dinner on occasion of the 11thedition of the Annual World Travel Awards in the island ofBarbados, Mexicana Airlines, the airline with the most modernair fleet in the world, received its seventh consecutivenomination as "The best Airline in Mexico and Latin America." http://www.worldtravelawards.com / http://www.mexicana.com FRAPORT RECORD... FRANKFURT AM MAIN - Germany's largest passenger and cargoairport, enjoyed unprecedented traffic demand in 2004 - a yearof records. http://www.fraport.com JAPANESE LAUREATES... TOKYO - The Science and Technology Foundation of Japanannounced the names of three laureates for the 2005 (21st)Japan Prize Wednesday. LANGUAGE INTERFACE... TOKYO - Cybozu Inc. announced the release of a newinternational groupware product, "Cybozu Share360 version 2.5"which offers 10 language interface options including English,Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, German, French, Italian,Portuguese, Indonesian and Thai on January 13, 2005. http://cybozu.com/contact/ (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)