SYDNEY, Aug. 8--AsiaNet/InfoQuestAUCTION CHANGES... WASHINGTON, D.C: Fannie Mae has announced changes to theminimum sizes of its Benchmark Bills auctions. As of August 10,2005, the company will reduce the minimum weekly three-monthand six-month auction amounts to $1 billion each. The monthly,one-year auction minimum size will remain at $1 billion. www.fanniemae.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of two securities issues amounting to a total of US$550million on August 15 and 17 at a redemption price equal to 100per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. http://www.fanniemae.com GIZMONDO SALES... LONDON: Gizmondo Europe Ltd subsidiary of Jacksonville,Florida-based Tiger Telematics Inc, announced a trio of majorUK retailers will be stocking the Gizmondo multi-entertainmenthandheld. www.gizmondo.com GIZMONDO LAUNCH... LONDON: Gizmondo Europe Ltd subsidiary of Jacksonville,Florida-based Tiger Telematics Inc, has rescheduled the launchof the Gizmondo multi-entertainment handheld in North Americafrom its original 11 August street date in favour of targetingthe more active fourth quarter sales period commencing inOctober. www.gizmondo.com BLOOMBERG SCHEDULE... NEW YORK: Bloomberg has unveiled its lineup of live eventsand selected interviews available on Bloomberg Television,Bloomberg Radio and to users of the Bloomberg Professionalservice for the week ahead, August 8 through August 12. www.bloomberg.com INFLUENZA TREATMENT... SAN DIEGO, Calif: NexBio, Inc. announced that the NationalInstitute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), acomponent of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), hasawarded the company a $6 million Phase II SBIR Grant tofurthertest the company's lead drug candidate, Fludase(DAS181), for the prevention and treatment of influenza. www.nexbio.com CLOAKWARE INC... VIENNA, Va: Cloakware Inc., a developer of solutions forprotecting software and systems from unauthorized use andpiracy, announced that the company is opening operations in theAsia Pacific region. www.cloakware.com NZ ODDS... SYDNEY: Labour is firming as Centrebet's favourite toprovide the prime minister following next month's election,while New Zealand is odds on to beat Australia in Saturday'sBledisloe Cup match. www.centrebet.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)