SYDNEY, April 13--AsiaNet/InfoQuest ING MANAGEMENT... SINGAPORE - ING Wholesale Banking (ING) is pleased toannounce three key senior management appointments to strengthenits corporate and investment banking platform in Asia. ADVERTISING DEAL... OLATHE, Kan. - Garmin International, Inc., a unit of GarminLtd., today announced that the company has formed a multi-yearglobal partnership with NBA basketball superstar Yao Ming, whowill play a key role in Garmin's branding, promotion, andadvertising plans for 2005 and beyond. http://www.garmin.com RNAi AGREEMENT... CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leadingRNAi therapeutics company, and Benitec Ltd., a leadingdeveloper of DNA-directed RNA interference therapeutics,announced Tuesday a licensing agreement covering fundamentalintellectual property (IP) in the field of RNA interference(RNAi). http://www.benitec.com http://www.alnylam.com PETROCHEMICALS TRAINING... LONDON - ICIS, the world's largest information provider forthe global chemical industry, rolls out training courses inSingapore, Dubai and Cologne this year for beginners inpetrochemicals. http://www.icis.com http://www.reedbusiness.co.uk PVB PLANT... ST. LOUIS, Mo. & SHANGHAI - At the opening of the ChinaGlass exhibition, Solutia Inc., the world leader in theproduction and sale of polyvinyl butyral (PVB) interlayers,announced it has begun the design and engineering of a newSaflex PVB interlayer plant in China. http://www.Solutia.com http://www.solutiaautomotive.com http://www.saflex.com http://www.vanceva.com CREDIT AGREEMENT... ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. & MELBOURNE - Certegy Inc., a leadingglobal payment services provider, announced an eight-yearagreement to provide credit card processing services toKiwibank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of New Zealand PostLimited, headquartered in Wellington, New Zealand. http://www.certegy.com MISSILE PROGRAM... TEWKSBURY, Mass. - Raytheon Company will conduct a pressconference to introduce its International Surface LaunchedAdvanced Medium Range Air to Air Missile (SL-AMRAAM) program onApril 22, 2005. http://www.raytheon.com JAL HOTELS... TOKYO - JAL Hotels Co., Ltd., operator of the Nikko HotelsInternational group of luxury international hotels, continuesto expand in the booming Chinese market with the addition ofDalian and Tianjin hotels. PENGUIN MAGIC... LAS VEGAS - In the first quarter of 2005, web-based magicretailer, PenguinMagic.com, continued to flourish withincreased sales. http://PenguinMagic.com LG ADVERTISING... ALMERE - LG Electronics Europe, the European Headquarters ofthe Korean based Consumer Electronics manufacturer, announcedit will work together with Euro RSCG to handle the pan-Europeanadvertising account. http://www.eurorscg.com http://www.lge.com http://www.smvgroup.com http://www.starcomww.com NEW GIZMONDO... LONDON - Gizmondo Europe Ltd, subsidiary of Jacksonville,Florida-based Tiger Telematics Inc., confirmed Tuesday detailsof its previously outlined strategy for a new SmartAdds-enabled Gizmondo to retail alongside its standard model. http://www.gizmondo.com http://www.tigertelematics.com http://www.smartadds.com ESTEE LAUDER... NEW YORK - Estee Lauder announces a first-of-its-kindcreative collaboration with world-renowned fashion designer TomFord. http://www.dogmatic.com/esteelauder K-MICRO CEO... TOKYO - K-Micro (Kawasaki Microelectronics), the leader inadvanced yet affordable ASIC technology, announced Tuesday thatit has named Yukio Yamauchi as its President and ChiefExecutive Officer. http://www.k-micro.us LAW SUIT... AUSTIN - Nano-Proprietary, Inc. announced Tuesday that ithas filed suit against Canon, Inc. in U.S. District Court forthe Western District of Texas, Austin Division. http://www.sec.gov http://www.nano-proprietary.com MICREL DRIVERS... SAN JOSE, Calif. - Micrel Inc., an industry leader in ICanalog, high bandwidth and Ethernet solutions, announced threenew families of high performance BiCMOS/DMOS MOSFET drivers;the MIC4123/24/25 dual 3A drivers, the MIC4126/27/28 dual 1.5Adrivers and the MIC4120/29 single 6A drivers. http://www.micrel.com GOLF CLASSIC... SHANGHAI - The Johnnie Walker Classic, which is presented byJohnnie Walker, the world's leading deluxe Scotch whisky, isattracting some of the best golfers in the world to Beijingnext week. http://www.johnniewalkerclassic.com http://www.emma.cn (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)