SYDNEY, March 9--AsiaNet/InfoQuest GOLF TOURNAMENT... BEIJING - Retief Goosen, the two-time US Open Championranked number 5 in the world, has confirmed his entry for the2005 Johnnie Walker Classic. http://www.johnniewalkerclassic.com REUTERS LAUNCH... BANGKOK - Reuters, the global information and news company,today announced the launch of Reuters Order Routing forEquities (RORE) for the equity trading community in Thailand. http://www.reuters.com PRIZE MONEY... TEL AVIV - RAD Data Communications has announced that itwill award $1,000 to the first person to correctly solve the"Challenging Brain Teaser" question currently posted on itscorporate Web site. http://www.rad.com http://www.rad.com/Article/0,6583,20746,00.html APPAREL CONTRACT... SINGAPORE & MARKHAM - Geac today announced it has won acontract valued at more than US$800,000 with Smart ShirtsLimited of Hong Kong, a subsidiary of Kellwood Company (NYSE:KWD), a leading marketer of apparel and consumer soft goods. http://www.geac.com McDONALD'S CAMPAIGN... NEW YORK, FEATURE PHOTO SERVICE - Today McDonald's launcheda new worldwide Balanced, Active Lifestyles public awarenesscampaign, "it's what I eat and what I do," with the help ofhockey legend Wayne Gretzky and five-time gold-medallist speedskater, Bonnie Blair. HR COMPETITION... SINGAPORE - "What Are We Missing?" - Mercer Human ResourceConsulting challenges graduate researchers to find answers tothe issues that keep Asian HR managers awake at night - Winnertakes home US$10,000. http://www.mercerHR.com/mercerawardasia STONEBRIDGE CHINA... WASHINGTON, D.C. - Stonebridge International LLC, a leading globalbusiness strategy firm, announced Tuesday the establishment ofStonebridge China to enhance its presence in Asia. http://www.stonebridge-international.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C. - Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of 2securities issues amounting to a total of US$322.98million on March 18, 2005, at a redemption price equal to 100percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. http://www.fanniemae.com AUTOMOTIVE MARKET... LONDON - With 70 per cent market growth in 2003 China hasbecome the world's third largest automotive market, raising thequestion; Will Shanghai become the new Detroit?. http://www.autologisticsasia.com QUALCOMM CONFERENCE... SAN DIEGO, Calif. - QUALCOMM Incorporated will host a newsconference to discuss the succession plan for senior companymanagement, Tuesday, March 8, 2005, 1 - 1:30 p.m. http://www.qualcomm.com QUALCOMM MANAGEMENT... SAN DIEGO, Calif. - QUALCOMM Incorporated Tuesday announcedat its annual stockholders' meeting that its board of directorshas unanimously approved a succession plan for executivemanagement of the Company. http://www.qualcomm.com SEMICONDUCTOR AVAILABILITY... NANTES - Corporation, a global leader in the development andfabrication of advanced semiconductor solutions, announcedTuesday the availability of its new AT89LP family, based on aSingle-Cycle 8051 Core. http://www.atmel.com MINING RESULTS... SYDNEY - Allegiance Mining NL is very pleased and encouragedby the recently announced drilling results and the progressmade on the Avebury Nickel Sulphide Project. FRITZ!BOX FON... BERLIN and PARIS - NetCentrex, the leading enabler ofvoice-video-data networks and next-generation services, andAVM, the leading supplier of VoIP devices, have completed theirjoint interoperability testing of the FRITZ!Box Fon andFRITZ!Box Fon WLAN from AVM with NetCentrex's CCS Softswitchenvironment, using the SIP protocol. http://www.netcentrex.net http://www.avm.de/en GSM PHONE... IRVINE, Calif. - Hop-on.com, Inc. announced that it willlaunch a dual band (900/1800 MHz) GSM cell phone targeted forthe India market that will be available for only US$36 inquantities of at least 10,000 units. http://www.Hop-on.com PERTO APPOINTMENTS... PLANO, Texas - Perot Systems Corporation Tuesday announcedthe appointments of Anuroop (Tony) Singh to its Board ofDirectors and Padma Ravichander as managing director of thecompany's Technology Services division and senior executive forIndia and the Asia-Pacific region. http://www.perotsystems.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)