SYDNEY, Nov. 23--AsiaNet/InfoQuest ING APPOINTMENT... SINGAPORE: ING Retail Banking announced the appointment ofPhilippe Damas as Chief Executive Officer, Retail Banking,Asia. TRANSLATION AWARD... TOKYO: The Shizuoka International Translation Competitionhas awarded to Angus Turvill from Newcastle, U.K., the GrandPrize in its 5th literary translation competition. Turvill, 44,is the first British national to win the prize; he was among181 entrants who competed in the English section alone. INDUCTIS ADVANCES... NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J: Inductis, a global managementconsulting and analytics services firm serving Fortune 500clients in the US, was selected as a finalist in the DM Review2005 World Class Solution Awards under 'Data Acquisition andIntegration' category. www.inductis.com ATMEL CORPORATION... HEILBRONN: Atmel Corporation, involved in the developmentand fabrication of semiconductor solutions, announced theavailability of the new monolithically integrated system IC,the ATA6814, manufactured using Atmel's 0.8-um BCDMOStechnology. www.atmel.com BOOK LIBRARY... LAKE OSWEGO, OR: Ebook Library (EBL) has announced theaddition of its entire catalog of ebooks to Collection Manager,Blackwells Book Services free online workflow support system. www.ebooks.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae has priced new issue benchmark notes.The 5-year note is worth US$3 billion, has a coupon rate of4.75 per cent, and will mature on December 15, 2010. http://www.fanniemae.com POVERTY REDUCTION... WASHINGTON: The best way to reduce poverty is to eliminatetrade barriers in the developing world, according to a reportreleased today. (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)