среда, 29 февраля 2012 г.

VIC:Driver in 12-person crash tests positive


AAP General News (Australia)
08-06-2011
VIC:Driver in 12-person crash tests positive

Investigations are continuing into a singe vehicle accident in Melbourne's northwest
that has left ten children injured.

Two adults and 10 children were crammed into a four-wheel-drive when it left the Western
Highway at Rockbank and rolled several times, at about five yesterday afternoon.

Police say the driver, a 34-year-old woman, was unlicensed and returned a positive
breath test at the crash scene.

They're now waiting for the results of blood alcohol analysis before interviewing the
woman later today.

All of the children, aged seven and under, were conveyed to hospital with injuries
including abdominal and possible fractures.

A man also in the car was arrested at the scene for being drunk in a public place.

AAP RTV bm/apm/sw

KEYWORD: CHILDREN (MELBOURNE)

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silicide A compound of silicon with a more electropositive element. The silicides are structurally similar to the interstitial carbides but the range encountered is more diverse. They react with mineral acids to form a range of silanes.

FED:Royal wedding gets Oz stamp of approval


AAP General News (Australia)
04-11-2011
FED:Royal wedding gets Oz stamp of approval

SYDNEY, April 11 AAP - Australia Post is commemorating the royal wedding with two stamps
featuring Prince William and Catherine Middleton.

The stamps will feature an image of the couple taken after their engagement was announced.

Both stamps will be released on Tuesday - one at the domestic rate of 60 cents and
one at the international rate to the United Kingdom of $2.25.

"We trust this special stamp issue provides collectors and the public with a memento
to mark this historic and happy event," Australia Post managing director and chief executive
Ahmed Fahour said in a statement on Monday.

The stamps were designed by Jo Mure from the Australia Post design studio.

They will be available through participating Australia Post retail outlets.

Prince William and Ms Middleton will be married on April 29 at Westminster Abbey.

AAP vpm/wjf/apm

KEYWORD: WEDDING STAMPS (PIX TO COME)

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VIC:Girl threatens to post more Saints photos


AAP General News (Australia)
12-21-2010
VIC:Girl threatens to post more Saints photos

MELBOURNE, Dec 21 AAP - The teenager releasing photos of naked AFL players says she
will "definitely" post more once she opens a new Facebook page.

The 17-year-old's Facebook page was deleted on Monday after a Federal Court injunction,
which followed the publication of the naked and explicit photos of three St Kilda players
- club captain Nick Riewoldt, Nick Dal Santo and Zac Dawson.

The teenager also denied she attempted to sell the photos, despite several media outlets
claiming they were approached by the girl shopping the images around.

"I actually haven't attempted to sell them," the teenager told ABC Radio on Tuesday.

"I've never once asked for money or anything.

"I know a few media outlets have found out about them and I showed them, but I never
once asked for money."

The teenager, who claimed earlier this year she fell pregnant after having sex with
two St Kilda players, said she wasn't in it for the money and was driven by an attempt
to get back at the AFL.

"I just wanted to get back at them basically because ...just the way I was treated
by the AFL, it wasn't right."

The teenager also claims to have taken the photos herself, although St Kilda said in
a statement it believes the images were obtained illegally.

She said she hasn't been in contact with any AFL players since August.

She claims to have had the photos since April.

Asked if she was intending to release more photos, she replied: "Yeah definitely, once
I make a new Facebook page ... who's going to stop me?"

The teenager said she is staying with her parents in Queensland, who are currently
not speaking to her.

The AFL and St Kilda Football Club in May cleared two players of inappropriate behaviour
after allegations they had sex with a teenage schoolgirl.

AAP md/gfr/nb

KEYWORD: AFL PHOTOS GIRL

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POLL10 ASTON VIC


AAP General News (Australia)
08-12-2010
POLL10 ASTON VIC

CANDIDATE PARTY VOTES % SWING
------------------------------------------------------
HANNA, Rachel FFP 0 00.00 00.00
EVANS, Rupert ALP 0 00.00 00.00
TUDGE, Alan LP 0 00.00 00.00
CRAIG, Salore GRN 0 00.00 00.00

FORMAL 0 00.00 00.00

INFORMAL 0 00.00 00.00

TOTAL 0

Two Candidate Preferred:

Candidate1 XXX 0 00.00 00.00

Candidate2 XXX 0 00.00 00.00

2007 result: DEM 1,246; CEC 245; LP 43,519; ALP 33,332; FFP 2,978; GRN 4,492; Formal
85,812; Informal 2,601; Total 88,413.

Swing needed 5.05 per cent.

Retiring member Chris Pearce (LP).

KEYWORD: ASTON - Victoria. 93,118 enrolled. 00.00% counted.

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Events Diary for Monday, April 5, 2010


AAP General News (Australia)
04-04-2010
Events Diary for Monday, April 5, 2010
EVENTS LISTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND LOCAL TIME UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED:

ADELAIDE
No items listed.

BRISBANE
No items listed.

CANBERRA
2130 - Tony Abbott on Q&A ABC1. Contact: Rachel Fergus 0416 263 194.

MELBOURNE
- Chef casting call for Charity Restaurant. The Pier, Queenscliff. Contact: Scott Talbot
0407 318570. Website: www.charityrestaurant.com.au
- Melbourne International Comedy festival. Various venues. Website: www.comedyfestival.com.au

PERTH
No items listed.

SYDNEY
0900 - Royal Easter Show. Sydney Showground, Sydney Olympic Park. Contact: Philippa Lampe
0419 483 407.

1030 - Cliffside Odyssey Open Water Classic. Sports commentator HG Nelson will call the
race from the Tamarama cliff tops. Tamarama Beach. Details: www.t2cswim.com.

1200 - Darling Harbour Hoopla Festival with free performances of aerial acrobatics, comedy
shows, circus stunts, contortionists, sword swallowers and circus workshops. Darling Harbour.

Contact: 9240 8500.

SPORT
AFL -
Rnd 2 - to April 5
1410 - Hawthorn v Geelong, MCG
RUGBY LEAGUE - NRL -
Round 4 - to April 5
1600 - Newcastle v Penrith, Energy Aust. Std
1900 - Sth Sydney v Bulldogs, ANZ Std
NETBALL - ANZ C'ships - to July 11
Round 3 - to April 5
1720 (AEST) - Southern Steel v Central Pulse, Edgar Cnt, Dunedin, NZ
2005 (AEST) - West Coast Fever v Melbourne Vixens, Challenge Std, Perth
SWIMMING - Australian Age C'ships - to April 10
SOPAC
ATHLETICS - to April 5 -
Stawell Gift footrace, Melbourne
ATHLETICS - to April 5 -
Australian Masters C'ships, AK Reserve Athletics Std, Perth
SURFING (Men's) - ASP World Tour -
Rip Curl Pro, Bells Beach, Vic - to April 10
SURFING (Women's) - ASP World Tour -
Rip Curl Women's Pro, Bells Beach, Vic - to April 5
GOLF - USPGA Tour -
Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC, Augusta Georgia - to April 11

GALLOPS -
Canterbury
Moonee Valley
Eagle Farm
Oakbank
Pinjarra
Muswellbrook
Devonport
New Zealand
England
Sth Africa
UK
TROTS -
Bankstown
Albion Park
Harvey
Sweden
GREYHOUNDS -
Wentworth Park
Cranbourne
Albion Park
Angle Park
Shepparton
Richmond
Launceston
New Zealand

AAP bm/evt/ht

KEYWORD: DIARY EVENTS MONDAY APRIL 5, 2010

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Qld: Lowest-paid receive pay rise from Sept 1


AAP General News (Australia)
08-21-2009
Qld: Lowest-paid receive pay rise from Sept 1

BRISBANE, Aug 21 AAP - Queensland's lowest-paid workers are set to receive a $16.20
a week pay rise from September 1, after a decision by the industrial umpire.

While unions argued for a $27.80 a week rise, and employers wanted a freeze, the Queensland
Industrial Relations Commission (QIRC) on Friday ordered a flat-rate increase of $16.20
in the state's minimum wage and all award rates and an increase in allowances of 2.5 per
cent.

The decision received a cautious welcome from unions, which warned that those relying
on the minimum wage continue to lag behind workers with bargained wage outcomes.

The decision will see the Queensland minimum wage rise to $568.20 a week from September 1.

Queensland Council of Unions general secretary Ron Monaghan said workers relying on
the minimum wage were mainly women in casual jobs working for small businesses in non-unionised
workplaces.

"We estimate there are around 1.3 million such workers throughout Australia in industries
such as child care, hospitality and cleaning," Mr Monaghan said.

Mr Monaghan said the rise was a "reasonable outcome", given the rise in the cost of
living and the economic situation over the past 12 months.

Industrial Relations Minister Cameron Dick said the rise was economically responsible.

"The decision provides a reasonable increase to Queensland's lowest paid workers during
tough economic times," Mr Dick said.

The increase applies to up to 170,000 workers who are employed by non-corporations
and who are reliant on an award for their wages, as well as workers who do not have any
coverage by an industrial award or agreement.

Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland director David Goodwin said the decision
was unreasonable and would lead to further job losses.

"Queensland businesses are experiencing severe financial difficulties with a number
of businesses already laying off staff or considering further reducing staff numbers,"

he said.

"It was not unreasonable to freeze wages for the next year in a measure to protect jobs."

AAP pjo/jl

KEYWORD: WAGES QLD WRAP

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Main stories in today's 3AW news


AAP General News (Australia)
04-13-2009
Main stories in today's 3AW news

MELBOURNE, April 13 AAP - Main stories on 3AW noon bulletin:

- A state of emergency has been declared in Bangkok, with tourists told to stay in
their hotels and not venture on to the streets

- Victoria's road toll remains at one, police are hoping it stays that way as holidaymakers
return home

- Marysville locals say some tourists have returned to the area over Easter break

- A US sea captain held for five days by Somali pirates has been freed by US commandoes

- Sport: The Bulldogs will today aim to join St Kilda and Richmond as the only unbeaten
AFL sides so far this season

- The Stawell Gift will be run this afternoon

- Lleyton Hewitt won his first clay court title in 10 years, taking out the US clay court title

AAP kb/gfr

KEYWORD: MONITOR 3AW 1200

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FED: McCann was an inspiration to the end - manager


AAP General News (Australia)
12-08-2008
FED: McCann was an inspiration to the end - manager

KERRYN MCCANN's manager says the former Olympian was an inspiration to the end.

The two-time Commonwealth Games marathon gold medallist died early this morning from
breast cancer .. her husband and three children by her bedside at home near Wollongong
in NSW.

Manager NIC BIDEAU says the cancer which was first detected last year during her third
pregnancy .. had spread to her liver and brain when she passed away .. aged 41.

He visited MCCANN last Friday and says she was very frail and weak .. but in good spirits
and still trying to give those around her hope.

AAP RTV vpm/wjf/fdf

KEYWORD: MCCANN BIDEAU (SYDNEY)

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SA: Govt hoping to bring water plant on line earlier


AAP General News (Australia)
08-04-2008
SA: Govt hoping to bring water plant on line earlier

The South Australian government will try to have a desalination plant operating in
Adelaide earlier than originally planned.

Water Security Minister KARLENE MAYWALD says the government's on track to deliver the
first fresh water from the plant in December 2011 .. but will try to have it operating
earlier if possible.

Ms MAYWALD has turned on a pilot desalination plant today to test the technology to
be used in the full-scale facility.

For the next six to 12 months the pilot plant will monitor seawater quality .. assess
the pre-treatment process and conduct testing of the reverse osmosis membranes.

Once complete the full-scale plant will cost just over a billion dollars .. and should
provide up to 25 per cent of Adelaide's water needs.

AAP RTV tjd/crh/tm

KEYWORD: DESALINATION (ADELAIDE)

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Vic: Woman charged over stabbing death


AAP General News (Australia)
02-11-2008
Vic: Woman charged over stabbing death

A 41-year-old woman appears in court later today .. charged with murder .. over the
stabbing death of an elderly woman in Melbourne's south-east.

Metropolitan Ambulance Service spokesman RAY ROWE says paramedics were called to a
home in Eva Street .. at Clayton .. about 6.15 (AEDT) last night .. but had to wait until
police declared the site safe to enter.

He says they found the dead woman .. believed to be aged 71 .. inside the house.

Victoria Police spokesman Senior Constable LEIGH WADESON says the victim suffered stab
wounds to her upper body.

Uniformed police arrested a woman at the scene.

The woman .. of nearby Thompson Street in Clayton .. was later charged by homicide detectives.

She did not face an out-of-sessions hearing .. but has been held in custody to appear
in the Melbourne Magistrates' Court later today.

AAP RTV jrd/psm/

KEYWORD: STAB (MELBOURNE)

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Vic: Car industry under threat from strike action=2


AAP General News (Australia)
08-23-2007
Vic: Car industry under threat from strike action=2

Holden spokeswoman Andrea Matthews said the strike would not affect production at its
main plant at Elizabeth in South Australia or its engine manufacturing site in Melbourne,
as the company only needed a few minor components produced by Venture.

"It has not had any immediate impact like other car companies, but we are aware of
what's happening and will continue to watch any developments," Ms Matthews said.

"We have got enough Venture stock for at least a few days, so it shouldn't affect our
production."

AAP sjm/gfr/evt/jlw

KEYWORD: VENTURE LEAD 2 MELBOURNE (REOPENS)

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Vic: Driver's 0.345 reading staggers police


AAP General News (Australia)
04-09-2007
Vic: Driver's 0.345 reading staggers police

MELBOURNE, April 9 AAP - A drink driver's weekend blood-alcohol reading of 0.345 is
"staggering", a top Victorian police officer has said.

Another police officer said it was the highest reading he had ever seen.

Assistant Commissioner Noel Ashby said the driver, who was pulled over in Melbourne's
outer east about 4.40pm (AEST) yesterday, may have had about 25-30 alcoholic drinks to
have such a high blood-alcohol level.

Police pulled over the 37-year-old man in Pleasant Drive, Heathmont after receiving
reports of an erratic driver.

He blew 0.345, almost seven times the legal driving limit.

"That is staggering, I can't use any better word," Mr Ashby told Southern Cross Broadcasting.

"How someone in this day and age, with a focus right across the community on drink-driving,
with the cultural shifts that we've made ... when we see the new generation of drivers
coming through, they don't drink and drive anywhere near as much as people used to.

"It is now socially unacceptable to drink and drive and every now and then someone
jumps out with a reading like this guy, 0.345, and it is staggering."

Police were so concerned for the man's welfare yesterday that after breath testing
him, they drove him to Maroondah Hospital for a medical check before driving him home.

Senior Constable Daryl White was another one amazed by the high reading.

"In the 18 years I have been in the police force it was the highest reading I have
ever detected in a living person," Sen Const White said.

Before taking him to hospital, police immediately suspended the man's licence after
further testing him at Ringwood police station.

He will be charged with driving under the influence and other driving offences.

AAP kn/gfr/maur/de

KEYWORD: DRIVER LEAD

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Fed: Gillard defends dumping of woman from frontbench


AAP General News (Australia)
12-07-2006
Fed: Gillard defends dumping of woman from frontbench

PERTH, Dec 7 AAP - Deputy opposition leader Julia Gillard has defended the decision
to dump a woman from the frontbench in favour of a man, despite criticism from female
Labor MPs.

Ms Gillard said Labor needed to put forward its best possible team and South Australian
MP Annette Hurley would continue to do good work despite being dumped by her right faction.

Labor backbencher Jennie George today said it was regrettable a woman had been tapped
on the shoulder.

"There's a lot of frustration in the caucus because we have developed a culture of
a mutual protection society," Ms George told reporters in Canberra.

But Ms Gillard today defended the decision.

"I can understand that Jennie was a little bit anxious about that but ... obviously
(Opposition Leader) Kevin (Rudd) was very keen to shape the frontbench team," Ms Gillard
told ABC Radio in Perth.

"Annette Hurley will continue to be out there arguing the cause for Labor, she's a
South Australian senator and you should expect to hear more from Annette.

"But with shaping the frontbench team today, both Kevin and I thought it very important
that we saw Peter Garrett come forward, that we saw Craig Emerson come forward, we saw
a newcomer but someone who has already made a significant contribution in Chris Bowen
come forward.

"And of course we saw Bob McMullan who is an experienced hand and a wise-head return
to the frontbench."

Mr Garrett, Mr Bowen, Mr Emerson and Mr McMullan were elected unopposed to the shadow
ministry at a 10-minute Labor caucus meeting this morning.

Senator Hurley did not renominate after being dumped by her right faction last night
to make way for both Mr Bowen and Dr Emerson.

The decision leaves just seven women on Labor's 32-person frontbench.

That's still more than the five on the government frontbench.

AAP np/drp/nf

KEYWORD: LABOR GILLARD

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Fed: Howard to stay but won't commit to serving full term


AAP General News (Australia)
08-01-2006
Fed: Howard to stay but won't commit to serving full term

JOHN HOWARD says he'll stay on and fight the next election .. but won't say if he'll
serve a full term if he's returned to office.

Mr HOWARD yesterday ended weeks of speculation by announcing he'll seek a fifth term
as prime minister at the next election .. dashing the leadership ambitions of his treasurer
.. PETER COSTELLO.

Three weeks after Mr COSTELLO demanded Mr HOWARD retire by Christmas .. the prime minister
faxed Liberal Party MPs a one-page letter .. telling them he's staying on as leader.

Mr HOWARD made his announcement officially as he toured parts of north Queensland recovering
from Cyclone Larry.

Mr COSTELLO now says he'll remain on the frontbench .. as most coalition MPs want him
to stay on as treasurer and deputy Liberal leader.

AAP RTV dcr/wz/psm/

KEYWORD: LEADERSHIP (CANBERRA)

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Main stories in ABC's World Today Program


AAP General News (Australia)
02-10-2006
Main stories in ABC's World Today Program

SYDNEY, Feb 10 AAP - Main stories in ABC's World Today Program:

* The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) discussing mental health issues and
measures to address the crisis of young people in nursing homes. Prime Minister John Howard
says today's meeting is about trying to reverse some of the mistakes of the past, and
setting up an action plan on mental health. Victoria's Premier Steve Bracks says when
it comes to paying for mental health the Commonwealth is offering up no new money.

* The Mental Health Council of Australia's chief executive John Mendoza says he is
not expecting a firm commitment on spending from today's COAG meeting.

* Tasmania's Premier Paul Lennon faces accusations of a possible conflict of interest
over business dealings with a family member after a newspaper report says the company
run by the premier's brother has been awarded more than $100,000 worth of government funded
contracts. It is claimed the contracts come from departments for which the premier had
responsibility.

AAP dmc/smb

KEYWORD: MONITOR WORLD TODAY SYDNEY

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понедельник, 27 февраля 2012 г.

Qld: Beattie forcing VMOs to quit, their union says


AAP General News (Australia)
08-29-2005
Qld: Beattie forcing VMOs to quit, their union says

A national medical body has accused Queensland Premier PETER BEATTIE of forcing visiting
medical officers to leave the state's ailing health system.

Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation Queensland president NICK BUCKMASTER
says specialists at hospitals across Queensland are resigning in frustration over pay
and workplace negotiations.

The state government has offered a pay rise of 7.6 per cent and a 28 per cent loading
to cover the cost of running their private rooms while they're working in the public system.

But the doctors want 40 per cent.

Visiting specialists at hospitals across south-east Queensland have already tendered
their resignations, with 23 quitting last week.

Mr BEATTIE says the government want to negotiate with health workers fairly and sensibly.

AAP RTV jvb/ch/drp/wjf

KEYWORD: VMOS (BRISBANE)

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NSW: Plane lands at Sydney after engine fills with smoke


AAP General News (Australia)
12-28-2004
NSW: Plane lands at Sydney after engine fills with smoke

SYDNEY, Dec 27 AAP - A Qantas flight landed safely at Sydney Airport after an engine
filled with smoke, a Sydney Airport spokeswoman said today.

The spokeswoman said the flight from Melbourne landed at 9.50am (AEDT).

More details were being sought from Qantas.

AAP pj/ka

KEYWORD: PLANE (PIX AVAILABLE)

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Today's home offers all the comforts we need.(News)

Byline: Jack Mabley

My favorite gadget at home is the garage door opener.

The TV zapper comes close, but it can't compete with memories of years of getting out of the car in a driving rain or a blizzard to pull open the garage door.

If the door opened out instead of up, I often had to fight snow drifts.

I have a personality quirk that resists change. From my 40s on, I (and usually my wife) vowed we'd never have a second car. Or a dishwasher. Or a microwave oven. Or cable TV. Or a garage door opener. Or a TV zapper. Or a cellular phone.

Of course we enjoy all of these conveniences and necessities and luxuries now except for the cellular phone, which I still don't want.

Why the initial resistance? I wish I knew.

My wife and I are enjoying the first week of our 60th year of wedded bliss. (She was a child bride, just out of her teens.)

We don't feel particularly old. I still have a full-time job. She has a full schedule of volunteer work. We're both active tennis players.

We sat in our old-fashioned living room in our old-fashioned home and concluded that we were, and are ... what's a nice word ... unconventional.

We have absolutely no interest in the home of the future with all its gadgets and computers and buttons that are supposed to make life easier.

In my mind they're just a lot more things to break. The coming century will bring the glory days of repairmen charging $75 an hour.

How does this one grab you? It's the toilet of the future (as if our present loo isn't adequate).

The toilet of the future has been built by Matsushita Electric in Japan, where the electronics people hope to cash in on the home of the future.

U.S. News describes this toilet as a cross between an ejector seat and an electric chair.

As you balance on the seat it records your weight. You grab the electrodes on the arm and your body fat is measured. When you finally get down to business a sensor in the bowl measures ... uh, the contents, and sends the data to a central control, or to your doctor for analysis.

Thanks, but no thanks. I'll leave the toilet that thinks to Generations X and Y.

Fran and I are unconventional in ways I won't dwell on. I'll build a case on our rejection of all the technological marvels that await us that we don't want.

The future lounge chair will massage you as you watch a huge, crystal clear TV screen bringing you the same yuck that you get today on your dinky TV set.

The chair will have space for a phone, and a zapper to which you give spoken directions.

You can phone a nearby restaurant for delivery of dinner, or even push some buttons to activate an oven in the kitchen.

All this without leaving your chair. Your body can atrophy along with your brain.

If you get out of your chair to, say, use that marvelous toilet, rooms will automatically heat or cool, light up or darken.

I think Bill Gates has this stuff in his new $50 million home in Seattle. The only thing I envy about Gates is the view from his porch, if he has a porch.

Everybody except you and me will have cellular phones, and I'm not sure about you. The atmosphere will be saturated with phone messages from anywhere to everywhere.

You won't even have to go shopping. You can do it on the Internet already without leaving that lounge chair.

All of these wonders are going to be very expensive. The manufacturers aren't in it to help mankind. They're in it to make money. They want to build their own homes like Bill Gates.

They won't do it with my money. Unconventional is somewhat synonymous with comfortable and contented.

Great Plains grabs FRx, PWA in e-comm strategy.

FARGO, N.D. -- Less than two months after the parent of its cross-country rival Sage Software acquired Best Software, Great Plains announced the acquisitions of two vendors whose technologies overlap Best.

Within hours of each other, Great Plains issued separate announcements that it had distinct, definitive agreements to acquire both Denver-based FRx Software, one of the middle market's best-known developers of business reporting and analysis applications, and PWA Group, a United Kingdom-based developer of human resource and payroll software.

The deals could have a combined value of more than $100 million. Great Plains plans to close them by issuing FRx one million shares of its stock, and issuing PWA 407,000 shares and $9.5 million in cash. Great Plains' stock was trading at $70.50 per share the day before the pending deals were announced, but that may not be the stock price on which the deals are based.

Great Plains said that it plans to focus on electronic commerce product development with both companies after they come into its fold. The Fargo, N.D,-based Great Plains may also be signaling that it intends to become the uncontested champion among middle-market financial applications vendors.

The deals were announced less than two months after Sage plc, the parent of Irvine, Calif.-based, Sage, initiated its acquisition of Best Software, the middle market's leading developer of fixed assets and human resources software with close to 50,000 users of its FAS and Abra product lines.

At the time, Sage and Best officials said that Great Plains had tried, unsuccessfully, to acquire Best. They also indicated that the most likely way for any one vendor to dominate the middle market would be by acquiring the vendors of well-established products in that segment.

"Size does matter," said Sage chief executive David Hanna. "It's now a two-horse race and we are the ones best-positioned to take a leadership position."

Great Plains' latest deals seriously challenge Hanna's contention by bolstering its position in the United States and internationally, and in two of Best Software's specialty technology areas -- human resources and analytics. Earlier this year, Great Plains acquired Forestar Group, the developer of fixed assets management software, another Best specialty.

Moreover, the two latest deals could further bolster Great Plains' capabilities in electronic commerce, an area where it has been a trend setter among middle-market accounting software vendors. For example, Great Plains was the first middle-market vendor to make its applications available via an Internet-based application service provider system, and has been among the first to roll out electronic commerce modules.

Great Plains said that it hopes to work with PWA's existing technology base to "further deliver on its vision of automating all processes that occur between a company and its employees." PWA's products include an "E-Xtend" line that utilizes corporate intranets to allow employees to automatically update their human resource information and enable managers to more readily access that information.

With FRx, Great Plains said that it hopes to develop a "broad suite of Web-centric applications." FRx, along with Great Plains, belongs to a consortium of technology and accounting industry interests developing "XML-based Financial Reporting Markup Language," also known as XFRML -- a programming language that formats financial reports for transport across the Internet and for viewing on browser-equipped computers.

The FRx deal has the greater implications on middle-market, U.S.-based companies, because the Denver-based company's reporting and analysis products integrate with more than 25 other brand-name software applications, including products from Great Plains' rivals Epicor, Solomon and Infinium. Great Plains has had an original equipment manufacturer agreement with FRx since 1994.

Upon completing the acquisition, FRx will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary and continue marketing through its existing distribution agreements with other vendors, while looking to develop new distribution relationships, Great Plains said. Chris Scherpenseel, former FRx chief operating officer, will assume the role of president of the Great Plains' FRx subsidiary.

Great Plains said that it plans on "integrating" PWA operations into its own, but did not specify how that company will be structured after the acquisition is completed.

Any initiatives with PWA will probably be geared more toward companies of $100 million or more in annual revenue, which represents the high-end of Great Plains' existing customer base, as well as the high end of the middle market.

PWA specializes in what Great Plains calls "upper-tier, middle-market companies." It provides its software products and related consulting and training services to more than 1,400 customers in 58 countries, including 1,000 in the United Kingdom.

"Combining our strengths and talents with PWA's will accelerate our ability to deliver comprehensive e-business human resource and payroll solutions to the upper-tier of the mid-market," said Great Plains chief operating officer Jodi Uecker-Rust. "Our expanded solution-offering increases our global reach and helps to further define our market leadership."

ONIX Systems Reports Second Quarter Results.

KINGWOOD, Texas, Aug. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- ONIX Systems Inc. (Amex: ONX), a Thermo Electron company, today reported that revenues for the quarter ended July 3, 1999, were $34.7 million, compared with $38.4 million for the same period in 1998. Net income was $0.7 million, or $.05 per diluted share, compared with $3.2 million, or $.21 per diluted share, last year. The 1999 second quarter results include a pretax restructuring charge of $0.3 million. Excluding restructuring costs, net income for the current quarter would have been $0.9 million, or $.06 per diluted share.

"Customers in certain markets continued to spend cautiously this quarter, which is reflected in our financial performance," said Dr. William J. Zolner, president and chief executive officer of ONIX Systems. "Yet, while revenues were down, several of our businesses reported increased orders late in the quarter, evidence that some of our markets may be strengthening. For instance, sales of our production automation products for the oil and gas industry and our consistency monitors for the pulp and paper markets were on the rise, despite softness in these industries as a whole. Additionally, I am pleased to report that we completed a marketing and sales agreement with a major German instrument manufacturer to be its exclusive U.S. representative for infrared-based, on-line gas analysis systems for the process and environmental monitoring industries. These technologies provide a natural fit with our existing gas chromatography, process mass spectrometry, and on-line sulfur-detection capabilities."

Consolidated Statement of Income (unaudited)

(In thousands except per share amounts)

                             Three Months Ended          Six Months Ended                           July 3,       July 4,        July 3,     July 4,                             1999          1998          1999        1998     Revenues               $34,716       $38,439     $ 68,735     $ 75,583      Costs and Operating Expenses:     Cost of revenues        21,832        21,930       43,671       43,554     Selling, general, and      administrative      expenses                9,306         9,529       17,672       19,162     Research and      development expenses    2,378         2,388        4,607        4,565     Restructuring      costs, net                308            --          281           --                             33,824        33,847       66,231       67,281      Operating Income           892         4,592        2,504        8,302     Interest Income            380           717          785          976     Interest Expense          (36)          (16)         (56)        (277)     Other Expense             (20)            --           --           --      Income Before Provision      for Income Taxes        1,216         5,293        3,233        9,001     Provision for      Income Taxes              474         2,090        1,261        3,581      Net Income                $742        $3,203       $1,972       $5,420      Basic and Diluted      Earnings per Share       $.05          $.21        $ .14        $ .39      Weighted Average Shares:     Basic                   14,358        15,606       14,356       14,065     Diluted                 14,358        15,610       14,356       14,070 

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet (unaudited)

(In thousands)

                                             July 3, 1999        Jan. 2, 1999      ASSETS     Current Assets:     Cash, cash equivalents, and      advance to affiliate                      $ 35,918           $ 33,373     Other current assets                         71,334             72,489                                                 107,252            105,862      Property, Plant, and Equipment, Net          10,775             10,136     Other Assets                                    295                302     Cost in Excess of Net Assets      of Acquired Companies                       62,788             64,278                                                 $181,110           $180,578     LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' INVESTMENT     Current Liabilities                        $ 30,960           $ 31,019     Deferred Income Taxes and      Other Deferred Items                         3,005              3,012     Shareholders' Investment                    147,145            146,547                                                 $181,110           $180,578 

A pre-recorded subsidiary update will be available from 5:00 p.m. EST today until August 31, 1999. Please call 800-880-8745 within the U.S., or 703-925-2531 outside the U.S.

ONIX Systems Inc. designs, develops, markets, and services sophisticated field measurement instruments and on-line sensors for the process control industry. The company's products incorporate advanced technologies to provide real-time data collection, analysis, and local control functions regarding the flow, level, density, or composition of a particular material. ONIX Systems is a public subsidiary of Thermo Instrument Systems Inc., another Thermo Electron (NYSE: TMO) company. More information is available on the Internet at http://www.thermo.com/subsid/onx1.html.

The following constitutes a "Safe Harbor" statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This press release contains forward- looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements are set forth under the heading "Forward-looking Statements" in Exhibit 13 to the company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 2, 1999. These include risks and uncertainties relating to: dependence on the oil and gas industry, market acceptance of new products, customer capital spending policies, the company's acquisition strategy, international sales, technological change and new products, competition, use of gamma technology, protection of proprietary rights, government regulations and approvals, and the potential impact of the year 2000 on processing date-sensitive information.

воскресенье, 26 февраля 2012 г.

Chilean champion.

Although Brazil is the investor favorite in Latin America, Chile remains the country with the best business environment, according to the 2011 Latin Business Index from Latin Business Chronicle.

The index broadly measures the cLimate for business in 18 countries in Latin America. It focuses on five categories, using a methodology revised from 2010. The categories and their components are:

* Macro environment: Percent GDP growth in 2009, 2010, estimated 2011 and forecast 2012, and percent inflation for those years.

* Corporate environment: taxes, labor environment, access to capital for entrepreneurs, ease of doing business and economic freedom.

* Globalization and competitiveness: globalization, competitiveness, tariffs and security.

* Infrastructure level. Transport, technology penetration, access to water and quality of electricity supply.

* Political environment: political freedom, political stability, political outlook, judicial independence, business policies of government, transparency and intellectual property rights.

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What sets Chile apart from all other Latin American nations is its superior corporate environment. Chile scores a whopping 7.02 points in that category, far outpacing the next best performers in corporate environment: Mexico (6.35) and Colombia (5.33).

Chile has by far the best tax environment, the best labor environment, best access to capital for entrepreneurs and most economic freedom. But it ranks fourth in ease of doing business, including opening and closing a business, trailing Mexico, Peru and Colombia in that component of the corporate category.

At 17 percent, Chile's corporate tax rate is the second-lowest in Latin America (only Paraguay has a lower rate). Chile also boasts the lowest tax rate as a percent of profits, and the number of tax payments and hours needed to comply with tax regulations are among the lowest in Latin America.

Chile's labor environment outperforms its neighbors, thanks to such factors as having no restrictions on night and holiday work, that it doesn't pay premiums for such work and that it has one of the lowest-paid annual leaves, according to World Bank data. Chile has no minimum wage for an apprentice and has the region's second-lowest severance pay for redundancy dismissal (12 weeks of salary), although regular

dismissals cost more. Along with EL Salvador, Chile receives the best marks from executives in Latin America when it comes to flexibility of wage determination, and the country has the lowest "brain drain," according to an executive opinion survey from the Swiss-based World Economic Forum.

When it comes to technology, Chile can boast Latin America's highest penetration of PCs and broadband Internet, according to the Latin Technology Index from Latin Business Chronicle.

Chile also outperforms in its political environment. It is the least corrupt country in Latin America, according to German watchdog Transparency International. Meanwhile, Chile ranks as the freest economy in Latin America, according to the Heritage Foundation, and it is among the three freest countries in terms of civil rights and political liberties, according to Freedom House.

Chile's intellectual property rights are the best in Latin America and stronger than countries such as Spain and South Korea, according to the Intellectual Property Rights Index from the Property Rights Alliance.

Fast FactsPopulation:       17.1 millionGDP:              $203.3 billionGDP per capita:   $15,002GDP growth.       5.3%Inflation:        1.5%FDI:              $15.0 billionExports:          $71.0 billionImports:          $55.2 billionNote: All figures for 2010. GDP per capita isbased on purchasing power parity (PPP).Sources: International Monetary Fund,Centrat Bank of Chile, ECLAC, PopulationReference Bureau, Latin Business Chronicle

VOYAGER NETWORKS: Network manager working hours on th the rise.

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* Survey reveals average of 50 hour working week

Network managers are now working longer hours than ever before, according to a survey by Voyager Networks.

82% of managers surveyed at a recent user conference work a fifty hour week on average. Just under ten per cent spend an average of sixty hours per week at work, with only ten per cent working an eight-hour day. Over 90% believe this has been increasing steadily over the past three years.

The survey also revealed that 73% of network managers are often called upon to work at weekends. In addition to this, it is not uncommon for IT managers to be on 24-hour call. 67% of those surveyed said it was part of their job, or that they had been asked by their companies on more than one occasion, to be available around the clock. The need to work longer hours is most common among managers with large user bases. According to the survey, a third of network managers have overall responsibility for between 1,000 and 3,000 users. 20% look after between 10,000 and 20,000 users, and 13% support in excess of 20,000 users.

"Increasingly complex IT environments and new technologies such as VoIP, e-commerce and other Web-enabled solutions are generating an ever-widening range of network management issues for companies," said Nigel Williams, marketing director at Voyager Networks. "This means that network managers are experiencing burgeoning workloads and working longer hours than ever before. This is an important issue that businesses need to address, especially in light of the 48-hour week EU work directive."

"The results of this survey beg the question of whether organisations are involving network managers enough in the planning and implementation of new technology projects. If this was done a little more, then perhaps they would spend less time picking up the pieces," added Williams.

NOTES TO EDITORS

Voyager Networks Limited is a leader in the provision of network solutions, focused on delivering the benefits of new and emerging communication technology to extend the reach and functionality of the corporate network. Voyager Networks' capability is complemented by Voyager Internet Limited, which applies the same depth of expertise and professionalism and focuses on business Internet access and Internet business solutions. Its customers include The Bank of England, Satellite Information Systems, The Economist, Eidos Interactive, Group Lotus, Bovis and Walkers Snack Foods.

The company's five dedicated network centres based throughout the UK offer 24 hour on-site support, 365 days a year. Voyager was identified as the 'Fastest Growing Network Solutions Provider' in The Sunday Times and Virgin Atlantic's Fast Track 100 index. Committed to providing solutions which deliver competitive advantage, Voyager is targeting expansion to become a global solutions partner. It was also awarded Investors In People status in February 1999.

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Bloomberg LINK to Convene Leading Money Managers in Boston.

In the wake of 2011's market-shifting events such as turbulence in the Middle East and the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Bloomberg LINK will convene leading investors from mutual funds, hedge funds and private equity at the Bloomberg Money Managers Conference to discuss how to manage investments in an unpredictable global economy.

The Conference, to be held on Tuesday, June 14th at the State Room in Boston, MA, will look at how investors can prepare for unexpected events that impact markets, as well as at exit strategies for navigating the unthinkable. Among other topics, speakers will debate the equities market and whether the crash of 2008 could repeat itself, contingency plans should China's rising economy fail, and investment strategies for energy and infrastructure.

"Financial markets were significantly impacted by some of this year's 'Black Swan' events," said Robert Bierman, head of Bloomberg LINK. "Participants at this conference will discuss the current events that affect their investments and learn strategies for managing assets in the face of a volatile economy."

Key speakers include: Peter Andersen, Chief Investment Officer, Congress Wealth Management Dean Curnutt, Founder, CEO and President, Macro Risk Advisors Christopher J. Goolgasian, Senior Portfolio Manager, State Street Global Advisors Multi Asset Class Solutions (MACS) John T. Hailer, President and CEO, U.S. & Asia, Natixis Global Asset Management Keith F. Hartstein, President and CEO, John Hancock Funds, LLC Dean M. Maki, Managing Director and Chief U.S. Economist, Barclays Capital Dan J. Rice III, Managing Director, BlackRock A. Gary Shilling, President, A. Gary Shilling & Co., Inc. Jason Toussaint, Managing Director, U.S. and Investment, World Gold Council Daniel P. Wiener, Chairman and CEO, Adviser Investments

The conference is being sponsored by Natixis Global Asset Management and World Gold Council.

For more information on the program and speakers, please visit: http://www.bloomberglink.com/money.

Follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter (@BBGLINK). The hashtag for this event is #BBMoney.

For more information on Bloomberg, please visit http://www.bloomberg.com/about. About Bloomberg LINK Bringing the power of Bloomberg to the executive conference business, Bloomberg LINK produces invitation-only, in-person gatherings that combine world-class editorial programming with peer-to-peer networking amongst the who's who in influential communities. In this environment, participants engage in open discussions that lead to learning from each other's expertise and experience. For more information, please visit www.bloomberglink.com. About Bloomberg Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news leader, gives influential decision makers a critical edge by connecting them to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. The company's strength-delivering data, news and analytics through innovative technology, quickly and accurately-is at the core of the Bloomberg Professional service, which provides real time financial information to more than 300,000 subscribers globally. Bloomberg's enterprise solutions build on the company's core strength, leveraging technology to allow customers to access, integrate, distribute and manage data and information across organizations more efficiently and effectively. Through Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg Government and Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the company provides data, news and analytics to decision makers in industries beyond finance. And Bloomberg News, delivered through the Bloomberg Professional service, television, radio, mobile, the Internet and two magazines, Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg Markets, covers the world with more than 2,300 news and multimedia professionals at 146 bureaus in 72 countries. Headquartered in New York, Bloomberg employs more than 13,000 people in 185 locations around the world.

Keywords: Asia, Bloomberg, China, Finance, Financial Market, Hedge Funds, Investing, Investment, Japan, Mutual Funds, Private Equity, Technology, Television.

This article was prepared by China Weekly News editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2011, China Weekly News via VerticalNews.com.

суббота, 25 февраля 2012 г.

CVC, COF, RSTI, NFLX, ICLK, ALU Expected To Be Up Before Next Earnings Releases.

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BUYINS.NET / www.squeezetrigger.com is monitoring the performance of all stocks with earnings being released in the coming weeks and determining how the stocks have performed Before their last 12 quarterly, 6 quarterly and 12 Consecutive Days earnings reports. CABLEVISION SYSTEMS-NY GRP-A (NYSE:CVC), CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP (NYSE:COF), ROFIN-SINAR TECHNOLOGIES INC (NASDAQ:RSTI), NETFLIX INC (NASDAQ:NFLX), INTERCLICK INC (OTCBB:ICLK), ALCATEL-LUCENT-SPONSORED ADR (NYSE:ALU) are all expected to be Up Before their earnings are released Thursday. The movement of stock prices in the days and weeks leading to and following these earnings announcements may follow a predictable pattern. Most companies stock price histories show random or unpredictable movements around earnings dates. But some seem to repeat the same pattern quarter after quarter, year after year. The # of Reports in the table below shows how many previous quarterly reports comprise the indicator that predicts how a stock will act after its earnings are released. The specific technology used to make these predictions is available for a low monthly fee at http://www.squeezetrigger.com/services/strat/mh.php . The following stocks are expected to go Up Before earnings are released Thursday:

Symbol Company # of Reports Quarter Release Date

CVC CABLEVISION SYSTEMS-NY GRP-A 12 Quarter Q1 05/05/2011

COF CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP 12 Quarter Q1 04/21/2011

RSTI ROFIN-SINAR TECHNOLOGIES INC May Earnings Q2 05/05/2011

NFLX NETFLIX INC 6 Quarter Q1 04/25/2011

ICLK INTERCLICK INC 12 Quarter Q1 05/10/2011

ALU ALCATEL-LUCENT-SPONSORED ADR 12 Quarter Q1 05/06/2011

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CABLEVISION SYSTEMS-NY GRP-A (NYSE:CVC) - Cablevision Systems Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates as a telecommunications, media, and entertainment company. Its cable television operations serve approximately 5 million households and businesses in the New York metropolitan area. The company provides telephone services and high-speed Internet access services, including iO TV digital television, Optimum Voice digital voice, Optimum Online high-speed Internet, and Optimum WiFi wireless Internet, as well as Optimum Lightpath integrated business communications solutions. Its media and programming properties include News 12 Networks, a local news; MSG Varsity, a suite of television and online services covering high school sports and activities; Newsday and Newsday.com, a daily newspaper; amNewYork, a free daily serving New York City; and Star Community Publishing, a weekly shopper publications. The company also produces content for multiple media platforms; and owns and operates various entertainment brands, including programming networks, such as AMC, IFC, Sundance Channel, WE tv, and Wedding Central, as well as operates IFC Entertainment business engaging in the film distribution and video-on-demand exhibition under the IFC in Theaters, IFC Festival Direct, and Sundance Selects names. In addition, it owns and operates Clearview Cinemas, which includes Ziegfeld Theatre, a venue for film premieres and events. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Bethpage, New York.

CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP (NYSE:COF) - Capital One Financial Corporation operates as the bank holding company for the Capital One Bank (USA), National Association and Capital One, National Association, which provide various financial products and services to consumers, small businesses, and commercial clients in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. It offers various deposits products comprising non-interest bearing deposits, NOW accounts, money market deposit accounts, savings accounts, and certificates of deposits. The company also involves in consumer and small business card lending, closed end installment lending, automobile lending, consumer mortgage lending, and servicing activities. In addition, it offers treasury management services to commercial real estate and middle market customers. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.

ROFIN-SINAR TECHNOLOGIES INC (NASDAQ:RSTI) - Rofin-Sinar Technologies Inc. designs, develops, engineers, makes, and markets industrial lasers and supplies used for material-processing applications worldwide. The company offers laser macro products to machine-tool and automotive markets for cutting and welding metals; and laser marking products to semiconductor and electronics markets for marking integrated circuits, electronic components, smart cards, labels, and car components. It also provides laser micro products for spot welding, fine cutting, and micro structuring applications to the dental and jewelry, medical components, semiconductor, and electronics markets. Rofin-Sinar was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Plymouth, Mich.

NETFLIX INC (NASDAQ:NFLX) - Netflix, Inc. provides online movie rental subscription services in the United States. The company offers its subscribers access to a library of movie, television, and other filmed entertainment titles on digital versatile disc (DVD). Its members can get DVDs delivered to their homes and can instantly watch movies and TV episodes streamed to their TVs and PCs. As of December 31, 2009, Netflix served approximately 12 million subscribers. It also partners with consumer electronics companies to offer a range of devices that can instantly stream movies and TV episodes to members' TVs from Netflix. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California.

INTERCLICK INC (OTCBB:ICLK) - interCLICK, Inc., an audience intelligence and targeting company, engages in developing and executing data-driven campaign strategies for digital agencies and marketers. The company offers interCLICK, an online display advertising network with proprietary data-enrichment technology platform. Its interCLICK empowers its clients to reach desirable audiences in brand-safe environments. The company was formerly known as Customer Acquisition Network Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to interCLICK, Inc. in June 2008. interCLICK, Inc. is headquartered in New York, New York, with offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, and Miami.

ALCATEL-LUCENT-SPONSORED ADR (NYSE:ALU) - Alcatel-Lucent offers products, solutions, and transformation services that enable service providers, enterprises, governments, and strategic industries to deliver voice, data, and video communication services to end-users worldwide. It engages in the development and sale of software and related services to manage customer interactions. The company offers a software suite that connects customers with the resources to fulfill customer requests and meet customer care goals. It also provides software and related services, which support service provider business priorities in the areas of application innovation, enhanced communications, digital media, real-time rating and charging, and subscriber data management, as well as offers tools for providers to enable consumers set up and manage their mobile devices and services at-home. In addition, the company offers voice telephony and data networking solutions; and end-to-end communications networks and individual network elements, as well as designs and sells a suite of radio frequency products, such as cable, antenna, tower systems, and their related electronic components. Further, the company designs, integrates, manages, and maintains networks. Alcatel-Lucent is headquartered in Paris, France.

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Nintendo Files Lawsuit against Repeat Piracy Offender.

In the ongoing fight against video game piracy worldwide, Nintendo of America Inc. has filed a civil lawsuit against the owner of multiple websites that sell illegal video game copiers. Nintendo filed suit on May 11 in the Western District of Washington against the owner of NXPGAME of Queens, New York.

Nintendo investigated a website owned by NXPGAME and found that it was selling illegal video game copiers that enable the user to download, play and distribute illegal copies of Nintendo DS™ and Nintendo DSi™ video game software. After multiple letters and telephone calls from Nintendo's legal counsel, the owner agreed to cease selling game copiers and closed his website. Shortly thereafter, the owner launched an identical business at a different website address, and redirected people who visited his old site to the new one to purchase illegal game copiers.

Despite the repeated attempts to get NXPGAME Inc. to cease its illegal activities, the company and its owner continue to operate multiple websites that sell illegal game copiers. Nintendo asserts that NXPGAME is willfully infringing on the company's intellectual property rights. Additionally, one of the company's websites uses Nintendo registered trademarks and violates Nintendo's copyrights.

"Using game copiers to play unauthorized downloaded games is illegal and it's wrong," said Jodi Daugherty, Nintendo of America's senior director of Anti-Piracy. "Piracy is especially harmful to smaller developers. When their creative works are stolen and copied illegally, some companies find it difficult to survive economically."

Internet piracy hurts Nintendo, as well as the businesses of more than 1,400 video game-development companies that depend on legitimate sales of games for their survival.

"I love gaming and I spent years of hard work and a significant personal financial investment to make my video game dream a reality," said Alex Neuse, CEO of Gaijin Games, the developer of the BIT.TRIP series of games available on the WiiWare™ service. "But I estimate that more than 70 percent of our games that are in the hands of the public have been copied illegally. Every download that is made illegally is another blow against new and original games. Put simply, if you enjoy a company's games, paying for them helps to ensure that they will continue to make products you'll like. Piracy especially hurts small independent developers who don't command the sales figures/profits that the bigger companies do; and that ultimately hurts not only developers but all gamers."

This lawsuit follows the 2009 Nintendo v. Chan case, in which a U.S. District Court in Los Angeles confirmed that game copiers violate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and are deemed illegal in the United States. The U.S. District Court ruled that devices such as the R4 copier infringe on Nintendo's intellectual property rights. In that case, the court ordered Chan and the three major websites that he operated to stop selling the illegal devices immediately.

Game copiers are designed to connect to the Nintendo DS, Nintendo DS Lite and Nintendo DSi hand-held systems and circumvent the technological protection measures embedded in the system. This infringes on Nintendo's intellectual property rights. These game copiers are then used to copy and play illegal Nintendo game files offered unlawfully via the Internet.

Illegal copying of video game software is an international problem that continues to plague the video game industry. Companies such as Nintendo, various law-enforcement authorities and trade organizations like the Entertainment Software Association continue to take aggressive steps to prevent the proliferation of these devices on a global scale, and similar results are being achieved in many countries. Since 2009, Nintendo has supported almost 1,500 legal actions (including customs seizures, law-enforcement actions and civil proceedings) in more than 20 countries that have resulted in the confiscation of more than 422,000 video game copiers.

To report game copiers, illegal Nintendo software or other piracy-related activities, please contact Nintendo at 1-800-255-3700 or piracyscene@noa.nintendo.com.

For more information about Nintendo's fight against piracy, visit http://ap.nintendo.com. About Nintendo: The worldwide pioneer in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Wii™ home console and Nintendo DS™ family of portable systems. Since 1983, when it launched the Nintendo Entertainment System™, Nintendo has sold more than 3.4 billion video games and more than 565 million hardware units globally, including the current-generation Wii, Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi™ and Nintendo DSi XL™, as well as the Game Boy™, Game Boy Advance, Super NES™, Nintendo 64™ and Nintendo GameCube™ systems. It has also created industry icons that have become well-known, household names such as Mario™, Donkey Kong™, Metroid™, Zelda™ and Pokemon™. A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo's operations in the Western Hemisphere. For more information about Nintendo, please visit the company's website at www.nintendo.com.

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This article was prepared by Computer Weekly News editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2010, Computer Weekly News via VerticalNews.com.

Lakeville prime commercial property being sold at Ritchie Bros. unreserved public auction.

Jackson Landscape Supply's 25+/- -acre property along with hundreds of heavy equipment items and real estate from other owners will be sold to highest bidders

LAKEVILLE, MN, June 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A well-known area in the city, the property where Lakeville-based Jackson Landscape Supply Inc. held its operations for more than 35 years, will be sold at the upcoming Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Minneapolis, Minnesota unreserved public auction on June 18, 2009. The 25+/- -acre property is located at 10906 162nd Street West in Lakeville, near Lee Lake, and it will be sold to the highest bidder on auction day with no minimum bid or reserve price. The Lakeville commercial property forms part of a larger unreserved industrial auction in which Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE and TSX: RBA) will sell hundreds of heavy equipment items as well as a selection of real estate items.

"The Jackson Landscape property is a prime piece of commercial land with great visibility from I-35," said Andy Artley, Ritchie Bros. Regional Manager. "Those interested in the property should register to bid at our auction because on auction day it's the competitive bidding process that determines the final price of the property. It will sell to the highest bidder, regardless of price. There is no charge to register to bid."

William Jackson, owner of Jackson Landscape Supply Inc., grew up on the property - where his father used to operate a dairy farm. In 1975, Mr. Jackson purchased the land from his father and began a landscape supply business. For more than 35 years, Jackson Landscape Supply Inc. has been accommodating contractors and retailers from their location at the intersection of I-35W (coming from Minneapolis) and I-35E (coming from St. Paul). Jackson Landscape Supply provides a variety of services to customers in the metro-Minneapolis area, including residential and commercial delivery truck rentals as well as residential/commercial hydro seeding and screening - all run from the company's Lakeville property.

According to Mr. Jackson, the sale of the Jackson Landscape Supply property comes at an opportune time as he has made other plans for his business. "We've had a good run from a great location in Lakeville and we will continue to operate from a farm in southern Minnesota."

As a long-time Ritchie Bros. customer, he is confident that the property will sell at its true market value. "While we've had a 'for sale' sign up for some time, we have not added the property to real estate listings. When we decided that it was time to make things happen, we thought of a Ritchie Bros. auction because we know it will be sold," added Mr. Jackson. "The auction of my property will give the new buyer a fantastic opportunity to own commercial ground at a great location, with beautiful amenities."

The 25+/- -acre property is located about a 15-minute drive from the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Two major freeways and approximately 10 acres of water from Lee Lake surround the property on 162nd Street West.

The one-day unreserved auction being held at the Ritchie Bros. new auction site in Medford, MN also features a selection of hydraulic and rough terrain cranes, hydraulic excavators, agricultural tractors, combines, motor scrapers, compaction machinery, truck tractors and trailers from more than 110 sellers. In addition to the Jackson Landscape property, other real estate items featured in the June 18 Minneapolis auction include commercial/industrial land in Burnsville and residential acreages near Big Lake and Brainerd. Like all Ritchie Bros. auctions, every item will be sold on an unreserved basis - meaning there will be no minimum bids or reserve prices and everything will sell to the highest bidder on sale day, regardless of price.

HOW TO BID

There are three ways to bid on the Jackson Landscape property as well as the other real estate properties and equipment items at the upcoming Minneapolis auction on June 18:

  1.  Attend the Minneapolis auction in person at 6000 Frontage Road W.,      Medford, MN, starting at 8:00 a.m. (Central Time)  2.  Bid online - in real time over the internet - register online at      least one week in advance at http://www.rbauction.com/onlinebidding  3.  Place a proxy bid. Ritchie Bros. will bid during the auction on your      behalf, up to and including the maximum bid you have given

For more information about the Lakeville commercial property, including photos, additional documents, information about the area and information about how to register and participate at the unreserved auction, visit http://www.rbauction.com/property/2009183_minneapolis_mn/index.jsp or contact Steve Speer at +1.612.518.0095 or sspeer@rbauction.com

About Ritchie Bros.

Established in 1958, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE and TSX: RBA) is the world's largest industrial auctioneer, selling more equipment to on-site and online bidders than any other company in the world. The Company has over 110 locations in more than 25 countries, including 38 auction sites worldwide. Ritchie Bros. sells, through unreserved public auctions, a broad range of used and unused industrial assets, including equipment, trucks and other assets utilized in the construction, transportation, agricultural, material handling, mining, forestry, petroleum and marine industries. The Company maintains a web site at www.rbauction.com and sponsors an equipment wiki at www.RitchieWiki.com.

CONTACT: Kim Schulz, Corporate Communications Manager, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, Cell: (604) 788-5379 or email kschulz@rbauction.com; Or Andy Artley, Regional Manager, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, Minneapolis Auction Site, Tel: (507) 774-5050

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Mindspeed(R) and Terawave Collaborate to Develop Single-Chip GPON Solution for Optical Network Terminals.

Full Reference Design Available Immediately Featuring Mindspeed's Comcerto[TM] Series Processor and Terawave's Media Access Controller with Complete Software Support

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:MSPD), a leading supplier of semiconductor solutions for network infrastructure applications, and Terawave Communications, a leading global manufacturer of passive optical network (PON) access solutions, today announced that the two companies are collaborating on the development of a complete system-on-chip (SoC) solution for gigabit PON (GPON) optical network terminals (ONTs).

The performance of the new GPON SoC device will support both fiber-to-the-home and fiber-to-the-curb for multi-dwelling unit deployments; and enable the delivery of next-generation broadband applications such as video-on-demand and IPTV, rate-controlled Internet access at speeds up to 100 Mbps, as well as traditional voice-over-IP (VoIP).

The two companies are also immediately offering a full ONT system reference design including complete software and packaging.

"The deployment of fiber networks will accelerate worldwide over the next several years as service providers in North America and Europe follow Japan's lead," said Jeff Heynen of Infonetics, a market research firm. "Mindspeed and Terawave have the IP blocks and components required to deliver a high-performance and cost-effective SoC solution as deployment of ONTs ramp on a global scale."

"This joint development program between our two companies will result in a fully integrated, best-in-class GPON SoC solution and builds on our VoIP and high-performance analog expertise to extend Mindspeed's position in the rapidly expanding PON market," said Raouf Halim, chief executive officer of Mindspeed.

"Combining Terawave's long track record of success in delivering PON systems and components with Mindspeed's leadership voice processing and SoC integration capabilities will enable us to deliver the highest performance, most cost-effective and flexible solution for ONT manufacturers," said Ray Lin, chief executive officer of Terawave.

The new GPON SoC solution will integrate Terawave's high-performance GPON media access controller (MAC), a high-bandwidth L2 Ethernet switch, and Mindspeed's carrier class low-latency voice subsystem. The device will be partitioned to provide maximum system design flexibility and enable ONT manufactures to speed time to market at the lowest possible cost.

The SoC device will integrate an industry-standard ITU-T G.984.3 GPON MAC operating at 2488/1244 Mbps downstream/upstream, supporting G.984.4 GPON encapsulation method (GEM) with DBA, AES and FEC. Application and media stream processing will be performed by a high-performance ARM 11 operating at 450 MHz. The devices will offer two high-speed VLAN-capable L2 Ethernet switch ports with 802.11p and DSCP/Diffserv quality of service (QoS).

SoC samples are expected to be available in the fourth calendar quarter of 2007. The reference design is available immediately and includes all hardware and software necessary for ONT development.

About Mindspeed Technologies[R]

Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. designs, develops and sells semiconductor networking solutions for communications applications in enterprise, access, metropolitan and wide area networks.

The company's three key product families include high-performance analog transmission and switching solutions, multiservice access products designed to support voice and data services across wireline and wireless networks, and WAN communications solutions including T/E carrier physical-layer and link-layer devices as well as ATM/MPLS network processors.

Mindspeed's products are used in a wide variety of network infrastructure equipment, including voice and media gateways, high-speed routers, switches, access multiplexers, cross-connect systems, add-drop multiplexers and digital loop carrier equipment.

To learn more, visit us at www.mindspeed.com.

About Terawave Communications

Terawave Communications is a leading, global manufacturer of passive optical network (PON) access solutions for telecom and cable service providers, government and municipal customers. Terawave is Fujitsu's UK sole supplier of GPON equipment for British Telecom's 21C Network. Terawave GPON products converge carrier-class business services and Triple Play residential services over a leading-edge next generation network, providing unparalleled service quality, scalability, reliability and management.

Terawave has over 90 PON customers on five continents.

To learn more, visit the company at www.terawave.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release contains statements relating to Mindspeed, and our future results, including certain projections and business trends, that are "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results, and actual events that occur, may differ materially from those projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: market demand for our new and existing products and our ability to increase our revenues; our ability to maintain operating expenses within anticipated levels; our ability to reduce our cash consumption; availability and terms of capital needed for our business; constraints in the supply of wafers and other product components from our third-party manufacturers; our ability to successfully and cost effectively establish and manage operations in jurisdictions with low cost structures; the ability to attract and retain qualified personnel; successful development and introduction of new products; our ability to obtain design wins and develop revenues from them; pricing pressures and other competitive factors; order and shipment uncertainty; changes in our customers' inventory levels and inventory management practices; fluctuations in manufacturing yields; product defects; and intellectual property infringement claims by others and the ability to protect our intellectual property, as well as other risks and uncertainties, including those detailed from time to time in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings.