Business: Transportation application offers significant revenue opportunities

On the Fast Lane: transportation application offers significant revenue opportunities for RFID Technology

Singapore (BUSINESS WIRE) - After almost two decades of service in transport applications, radio frequency identification (RFID) has expanded its scope beyond transportation and security. A major reason for this diversification of roles is continued innovations, which have simplified its deployment.

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.autoID.frost.com), Strategic Assessment of the Asia Pacific RFID Transportation Markets, reports that transportation may not be the largest market for RFID application, but it is certainly one of the most vibrant. RFID technology, with its benefits of reliability and robustness, could have sweeping impacts on travel and transportation industries in the Asia Pacific.

Having established RFID's use in various applications such as toll collection, ticketing, and other transport purposes, market participants are exploring untapped potential in immediate data management practices, as well as downstream dissemination, aggregation, and additional use.

There will be more windows of opportunities once governments show greater initiative to mandate its use. RFID will experience widespread demand and acceptance when standards are developed and strictly enforced.

"So far, most manufacturers have used RFID only to comply with corporate and federal tracking mandates because of high implementation costs," says Frost & Sullivan Industry Analyst Parul Oswal. "That could be changing as tag prices continue to drop in the short to medium term."

Many companies are introducing low-cost tags that are likely to enhance the penetration rates of RFID in transportation. It will find many more takers when coupled with complementary technologies such as barcodes, global positioning systems (GPS), biometrics, and smart cards.

For instance, RFID with barcodes and GPS can track and trace a container or cargo in transit, within short and long ranges.
It can also be integrated with biometrics and smart cards for use in toll collection and ticketing.

RFID helps transport companies track assets (cars, trucks, trailers, and shipping containers) at high speeds of more than 100 kilometers per hour over long distances. RFID tag manufacturers will have to be aware that the tags and readers involved in transport applications have to endure harsh environmental conditions (high temperatures, cold, snow, ice, rain, dirt, and oil) through their lifespan. Tags in rail cars, those installed on vehicles' windshields, or the ones used for cargo tracking are most likely to face the brunt of these extreme conditions.

"Though the underlying assets tracked in transportation applications are few, they are generally of higher value than the items tracked in supply chain applications - several of which are designed to be one-time use tags to last a single journey," notes Oswal. "On the other hand, transportation RFID tags are required to offer years of continued, reliable use
with over 99 percent accuracy."

These advantages far outweigh certain privacy concerns regarding RFID tags usage, as it can reveal personally identifiable information, without the knowledge or consent of the individual.

If you are interested in a virtual brochure, which provides manufacturers, end users, and other industry participants with an overview of the Asia Pacific RFID transportation markets, then send an e-mail to Donna Jeremiah, Corporate Communications, at djeremiah@frost.com, with your full name, company name, title, telephone number, company e-mail address, company website, city, state and country. Upon receipt of the above information, an overview will be sent to you by e-mail.

Strategic Assessment of the Asia Pacific RFID Transportation Markets is part of the Automatic Identification & Security Growth Partnership Service program, which also includes research in the following markets: Biometrics, Smart cards, RFID, Security, etc. All research services included in subscriptions provide detailed market opportunities and industry trends that have been evaluated following extensive interviews with market participants. Interviews with the press are available.

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Business: Hindustan Zinc successfully completes 88 kt Debottlenecking Project

Mumbai, India (BUSINESS WIRE) - Hindustan Zinc Limited ("HZL") is pleased to announce that it has successfully completed its 88,000 tpa zinc debottlenecking project at the Chanderiya and Debari smelters two months ahead of schedule. The total metal production capacity is now 754,000 tpa. HZL has already enhanced its ore production capacity to 7.1 million tonnes per annum.

The successful completion of the debottlenecking projects, together with HZL's recently announced brownfield smelter projects, will increase total production capacities of zinc and lead to 1,065,000 tonnes per annum and make HZL the world's largest zinc-lead producer by 2010, with fully integrated mining and captive power generation.

Construction of the 80?MW captive power plant at Zawar is also progressing on schedule and is expected to be commissioned by mid-2008.

About Hindustan Zinc

HZL is India's only integrated producer of zinc and lead and among the world's leading integrated producers. Its metal production capacity is nearly 670,000 tpa with its smelter operations situated in Chanderiya, Debari and Visakhapatnam. HZL has zinc-lead mines in Dariba, Rampura Agucha, Sindesar Khurd and Zawar. The company is a subsidiary of the NYSE listed, Sterlite Industries (India) Limited (NYSE:SLT) and London listed FTSE 100 diversified metals and mining major, Vedanta Resources plc.

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Health/Medical: Imaging Results From the ADAGIO-LIPIDS Reveal That Effects of Rimonabant on Cardiometabolic Risk Pro

- Include Loss of Visceral Fat and Mobilization of Liver Fat

QUEBEC CITY, April 29 (ANTARA/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) --

At a late breaking presentation made on April 29th during the Annual meeting of the European Atherosclerosis Society held in Istanbul, the investigators of ADAGIO-LIPIDS presented the key findings of a one year trial aiming at further studying the effects of rimonabant on several features of HDL and on a comprehensive set of cardiometabolic markers. Furthermore, an imaging substudy using computed tomography was conducted to test, for the first time, the hypothesis that rimonabant could induce a loss of visceral fat and liver fat.

"We know that the most prevalent form of the metabolic syndrome is associated with abdominal obesity, particularly with an excess of visceral fat as well as with accumulation of fat at undesired sites such as the liver, the heart, the muscle and the pancreas, a phenomenon referred to as ectopic fat deposition," mentioned Dr Jean-Pierre Despres from the Hopital Laval Research Center, Universite Laval, Quebec, CANADA, who is the principal investigator of ADAGIO-LIPIDS. "Although we had evidence from the phase III studies conducted with rimonabant that antagonism of the endocannabinoid system could induce a reduction in waist circumference (a crude marker of abdominal fat) and improve several features of the metabolic syndrome, no study had ever quantified the effect of this drug on visceral adiposity and liver fat," he added.

ADAGIO-LIPIDS was a study conducted in 799 patients with abdominal obesity and with the high triglyceride - low HDL-cholesterol dyslipidemia. Patients were randomized to moderate caloric restriction (600 kcal/day) with either a placebo or rimonabant (20mg/day). First, results confirmed the consistent effects of rimonabant on several markers of cardiometabolic risk. For instance, HDL-cholesterol was increased by 7.4% with rimonabant compared to placebo (p<0.0001) p="0.02),">About Hopital Laval
Founded in 1918, Hopital Laval is the heart and lung institute of Universite Laval. It provides the population of Central and Eastern Quebec with subspecialized care and services in cardiology, pneumology, and the surgical management of obesity. The Hospital's expertise includes ambulatory and hospital care, teaching, research, and the evaluation of health technologies. The Hospital also provides general and specialized acute care in accordance with its patients' clinical needs and its subspecialized areas of expertise. In addition, the Hospital's location allows it to offer medical and surgical care to the boroughs of Sainte-Foy/Sillery. The Hospital also has an in-house research center that is renowned worldwide and supported by Fonds de recherche en sante du Quebec (Quebec Health Research Council). The main goal of the Laval Hospital Research Center is to slow the obesity epidemic and the progression of cardiovascular and pulmonary disease through research and prevention. The Laval Hospital Research Center has focused its development around this vision and aims to become the leading North American research center in cardiology, pneumology, and obesity. In order to achieve this goal, the Center has undertaken a three-phase development plan, two phases of which are currently underway. This expansion of existing facilities will create some 200 jobs.

The Hopital Laval Research Center is one of the 38 affiliated research centers of Universite Laval. Located in Quebec City, Universite Laval was the first francophone university created in North America. Its 17 faculties offer comprehensive undergraduate and graduate programs to 38,000 students including 10,000 students.

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CONTACT: Jean-Pierre Despres, Ph. D., Hopital Laval, institut
universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie, Phone: +1-418-656-4863,
Fax: +1-418-656-4610, jean-pierre.despres@crhl.ulaval.ca

Web site: http://www.HopitalLaval.qc.ca

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Business in Asia Today - April 30, 2008

NIPPON YUSEN TO BUILD GIANT DISTRIBUTION BASE IN NORTHERN INDIA
Tokyo (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - Japan's Nippon Yusen KK (TSE:9101) will locate a large-scale distribution center in India's northern state of Rajasthan in the Neemrana industrial area, hoping to have it ready by 2010 to warehouse and supply electronic components and chemicals to Japanese manufacturers setting up in the region.
This Indian center, Nippon Yusen's fifth, is part of a larger strategy to expand land-based operations in new economies to reduce the impact of fluctuations in mainline shipping operations. With five distribution centers in operation, Nippon Yusen is aiming for sales of 12 billion yen in India in fiscal 2010, which would be a 10-fold increase from fiscal 2007.

MALAYSIA'S BERJAYA LAND TO BUILD US$2.6 BLN JV COMPLEX IN S KOREA
Kuala Lumpur (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - Malaysia's Berjaya Land Berhad (KLSE:4219) is teaming up with Jeju Free International City Development Center (JDC) to develop a resort-type residential and commercial complex in Jeju in South Korea at a cost of US$2.6 billion.
Berjaya Land's wholly-owned unit Berjaya Leisure (Cayman) Limited signed the joint venture agreement with JDC on 29 April 2008.
Under the agreement, Berjaya Jeju Resort Limited will assume the role of master developer for the development of a parcel of land measuring about 74.37 hectares located at Yerae-dong, Seogwipo-si, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, Berjaya Land said in a statement to Bursa Malaysia on April 29.

AUSTRALIA'S MACARTHUR COAL SIGNS SUPPLY CONTRACT WITH HYUNDAI
Sydney (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - Australia's Macarthur Coal Ltd (ASX:MCC) has signed a long term contract with Hyundai Steel Company Ltd (KSE:004020) of South Korea to supply coal from its Coppabella coal mine operations.
Under the deal, Macarthur will supply low volatile pulverised coal injection (LV PCI) material from 2009 to Hyundai to use in its new blast furnace.
"This agreement with Hyundai Steel is a strengthening of the relationship and extends future cooperation between the companies," Macarthur Coal chief executive Nicole Hollows said.

INDONESIA'S ASTRA OTOPARTS CHALKS UP 244% RISE IN NET PROFIT
Jakarta (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - The net profit of Indonesian auto component maker PT Astra Otoparts (JSX:AUTO) shot up 244.2 per cent to Rp152 billion (US$16.8 million) in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period last year. The subsidiary of PT Astra International (JSX:ASII), the country's largest automotive company, posted only Rp61 billion in net profit in the first three months of last year.
Company president Eduardus Paulus attributed the surge in profit to strong growth in sales of automotive products in the country.

BUDERIM GINGER LTD REPORTS DWINDLING AUSTRALIAN SUPPLY
Brisbane (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - One of the world's largest ginger producers Buderim Ginger Ltd says Australian supply of the versatile root is falling, forcing the company to look into other products.
Buderim maintained its forecast for significant profit growth in 2008, but indicated the company's core business was changing.
Chairman John Ruscoe told shareholders at the company's annual general meeting in Brisbane today its traditional ginger products were giving way to new product lines.
The Queensland-based company, which has been making ginger for almost 70 years, now relies on ginger for less than 40 per cent of its revenue.

TAIWAN MANUFACTURERS UPBEAT OVER FUTURE
Taipei (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - Buoyed by a 17.6 per cent jump in export value in the first quarter and recovering corporate profitability, Taiwan's manufacturers are regaining confidence in the future, an economic research unit said Tuesday.
In the Taiwan Institute for Economic Research's monthly business climate survey, the climate index for the manufacturing sector soared by 18.46 points to 120.42 in March, its largest jump since 1978.
The rise indicates that the country's continuing strong export performance has helped local producers regain confidence as international markets recover from the financial distress caused by the U.S. banking crisis.

CITIBANK KOREA AIMS TO SET UP HOLDING FIRM NEXT YEAR
Seoul (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - Citibank Korea Inc., the South Korean unit of the U.S.-based Citigroup, said Wednesday it aims to set up a financial holding company in 2009 to help create synergy and boost its growth.
"Citibank plans to turn it and its affiliates into a financial holding company next year, which would create synergy among its subsidiaries," Ha Yung-ku, CEO of Citibank, told a press conference.
"The bank plans to apply to set up a holding firm in September and complete necessary steps by the end of this year," Ha said.
Citibank's plan comes as South Korea, beginning last November, started permitting foreign financial companies to establish holding companies here in line with a revised law.

EYEING TRUCK SALES, ISUZU RAISES STAKE IN INDONESIAN VENTURE
Tokyo (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - Isuzu Motors Ltd. (TSE:7202) said Monday that it will increase its stake in an Indonesian venture to just shy of 45 per cent in a deal that will give the Japanese truck maker control of the firm's commercial-vehicle sales network.
Isuzu already owns 39.88 per cent of truck manufacturer and retailer PT Pantja Motor.
It will buy an additional 5.06 per cent interest from major Indonesian automaker PT Astra International Tbk (JSX:ASII), which holds a 50 per cent stake in Pantja, giving the two firms equal shareholdings.

WHIRLPOOL, HISENSE SET UP CHINA JOINT VENTURE
Qingdao (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - Whirlpool, the world's leading home appliance maker, and Chinese conglomerate Hisense (SSE:600060) have formed a joint venture for global consumers.
The 50-50 joint venture will invest about 900 million yuan (US$129 million) to produce high-end washing machines and refrigerators under the Hisense and Whirlpool brands, they announced in statement on Monday.
The two companies will cooperate on capital management, research, manufacturing, procurement and global marketing.

KYRGYZSTAN GOVT FAST-TRACKS ENERGY SELL-OFF DESPITE DISSENT
Bishkek (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - Legislative changes allowing the Kyrgyz government to privatise the potentially lucrative energy sector without consulting parliament have raised concerns that it wants to speed ahead with sales with little accountability or transparency.
On April 18, parliament passed three bills relating to energy privatisation in the course of a single day.
The key law signs away parliament's right to be consulted before privatisation programmes are approved.

Source:
Business in Asia Today - APRIL 30, 2008
published by Asia Pulse

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Software: ESRI Vietnam opened in Hanoi to better serve country

Redlands, Calif. (BUSINESS WIRE) - Geographic information system (GIS) industry leader ESRI announces the opening of ESRI Vietnam in association with ESRI Thailand.

According to Wichai Saenghirunwattana, managing director of the new office, "The opening of ESRI Vietnam allows us to better serve our users in this area and is an acknowledgment of the growth and maturity of the GIS market. ESRI software has been sold in the region for a number of years, and the addition of ESRI Vietnam will provide better support for both end users and partners."

Saenghirunwattana says the company hopes to expand the education market in the country and plans to increase GIS training through joint initiatives with local schools and universities.

Currently, the largest user of ESRI software in Vietnam is the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE). The ministry has 76 offices throughout the country and has completed a number of significant projects. One project was the implementation of the Vietnamese spatial data infrastructure (SDI ), which provides an integrated national database for natural resources and the environment. It includes a Web-based mapping service that provides users with accurate information on national parks, conservation zones, mangrove forests, and wetland areas. The service also provides information on land use, particularly in economic zones, and seabed topography at 1:1,000,000 and 1:25,000 scales. For additional information, visit http://eng.ciren.vn/.

Bill Shepherd, senior strategic business development manager of ESRI Asia, comments, "The addition of ESRI Vietnam is an important part of our strategy to provide optimum support throughout the entire region."

About ESRI Vietnam

ESRI Vietnam was opened to support partners and subdistributors of ESRI software and related products in Vietnam, one of the fastest-growing economies in Asia. Vietnamese government agencies and private companies have been using ESRI's software for more than a decade. Visit www.esrivn.com.

About ESRI

Founded in 1969, ESRI (www.esri.com) is the world leader in the GIS software industry. ESRI offers innovative solutions that help users create, manage, analyze, and display information to make timely decisions and solve problems they encounter every day. ESRI's comprehensive product line ranges from desktop GIS to GIS for the enterprise.

ESRI
Jim Baumann, 909-793-2853 ext. 1-1807 press@esri.com

Business: Boyden global executive search elects new int'l directors

Boyden global executive search elects new international directors from Taiwan and Russia
- New Asia/Pacific head William Farrell in Taipei and Julia Nikitina in St. Petersburg invigorate firm's leadership in key emerging markets

New York (BUSINESS WIRE) - Boyden, a global leader in executive search with more than 70 offices in over 40 countries, today announced the results of its Board of Directors elections as part of the firm's annual meeting inDubai, UAE.

Elected as the firm's new Asia/Pacific Regional Managing Director and to a new board term was William Farrell, Managing Director of Boyden Taiwan. Elected to a first board term was Julia Nikitina, Managing Partner of Boyden Russia.

"Bill and Julia represent the invaluable experience, knowledge and leadership that have brought Boyden success in the firm's fast growing markets of Asia/Pacific and Eastern Europe," said Chris Clarke, President and CEO of Boyden World Corporation.

Trina Gordon, Chairman of Boyden World Corporation and Managing Director Boyden Chicago; John Ellis, Managing Partner of Boyden London; David Gallagher, Managing Director, Boyden Saratoga; Dr. Gerhard Raisig, Managing Partner of Boyden Germany; and Robert Travis, a Managing Director of Boyden Calgary; and Mr Clarke will continue to serve on Boyden's board.

William Farrell, New Asia/Pacific Regional Director and Board Member: Mr Farrell, having served the firm for more than a decade, is responsible for the overall management of the Taiwan operations and he is a leader in Boyden's financial services practice in Greater China. He previously served on Boyden's board from 2005-2007. Mr Farrell brings top experience in CEO, CFO, CIO and placements including CEO Hong Kong-US Life Insurance Company; Head of Wealth Management Hong Kong European Bank; CIO China European Bank asset division; and Greater China Head Quality European Bank.

In recent years, he has held key leadership positions with the American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei. Prior to entering the executive search industry, Mr Farrell served as AMCHAM Taipei's first Director of Membership Services. He holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota and has completed the Boyden Advanced Management Program at Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management. A fluent Mandarin speaker, Mr Farrell has resided in Taiwan since 1987.

Julia Nikitina, New Europe/Middle East/Africa Regional Director and Board Member: Ms. Nikitina joined Boyden as the Managing Partner of the St. Petersburg office in 1998 and she has managed Boyden's Russia operations since 2006. Ms. Nikitina has played an instrumental role in strengthening Boyden's brand and building its client development in the rapidly emerging Russian market as well as other developing economies.

She possesses extensive experience in executive search focused on Finance and Banking, Industrial, Consumer Goods and IT & Telecom with market-leading regional and multinational organizations starting or expanding operations in Russia.

Prior to joining Boyden, in 1993, Ms. Nikitina founded Laum Consulting, one of the first Russian recruiting companies. In addition, she sits on the Executive Committee of the St. Petersburg American Chamber of Commerce. Ms. Nikitina is a regular speaker at seminars for foreign investors on the topics of management, labor and organization development and her articles are often published in leading Russian business media. Ms. Nikitina holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees from St. Petersburg University and has completed extensive training at the Moscow Methodology Association.

In additional corporate news, earlier this month, Boyden's website www.boyden.com was bestowed as an Official Honoree at The Webby Awards. Hailed as the "Oscars of the Internet" by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including Websites, Interactive Advertising, Online Film & Video, and Mobile Websites.

About Boyden World Corporation

Boyden is a global leader in the executive search industry with more than 70 offices in over 40 countries. Founded in 1946, Boyden specializes in high level executive search, Interim Management and Human Capital consulting across a broad spectrum of industries. For further information, visit the firm's website at www.boyden.com.

Margolis & Company for Boyden World CorporationDan Margolis, +1 310-395-3955 dan@margoliscompany.com

Technology: Synopsys releases silicon proven 5.0 Gbps PCI Express

New DesignWare PHY IP Provides Designers with Complete, Single Vendor IP Solution for the PCI Express 2.0 Interface

Mountain View, California, (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design and manufacturing, today announced the availability of the DesignWare PHY IP for PCI Express 2.0 (Gen II), based on the PCI Express 2.0 base specification.

This product release further extends Synopsys' IP leadership by providing designers with the IP industry's only complete, silicon-proven PCI Express 2.0 IP solution, including digital controllers, PHY and verification IP from a single vendor. Accessing all the IP from one provider allows designers to lower the risk and cost of integrating the 5.0 Gbps PCI Express interface into their high performance system-on-chip (SoC) designs.

PCI Express 2.0 doubles the 1.1 specification transfer speed from 2.5 Gbps to 5.0 Gbps per lane, meeting the demand for both increased bandwidth and narrower interconnect links in data center, storage, high-end graphics and networking infrastructure applications.

Backwards compatibility with the PCI

Express 1.1 and PIPE specifications, allows designers to optimize performance and power while maintaining interoperability with existing devices. The DesignWare PHY IP substantially exceeds the PCI Express 2.0 electrical specification in areas such as jitter, margin and receive sensitivity, thus delivering a robust design without sacrificing performance.

The DesignWare PHY IP for PCI Express 2.0 includes advanced built-in diagnostic capabilities and ATE test vectors enabling at-speed production testing of the PHY. It is implemented in standard CMOS digital technologies and does not require special process options, providing both ease of integration into a SoC, and ensuring high production yields.

"Synopsys continues to be an IP leader, by providing designers with a robust, silicon-proven PCI Express 2.0 PHY that supports the Common Platform technology," said David Steer, director of IP Business Development at Chartered Semiconductor.

"By combining the DesignWare PHY IP with the multi-sourcing capabilities of Common Platform technology, designers benefit from having a high quality mixed-signal PHY that can be manufactured at multiple foundries using a single GDSII source."

"We have had an extensive relationship with Synopsys on PHY IP and have been very pleased with their architecture, technical knowledge, support and capability," said Regina Darmoni, director, Analog/Mixed Signal & Digital Foundry, IBM.

"The DesignWare PHY for PCI Express 2.0, which is available in the 65-nm IBM ASIC offering and the 65-nm Common Platform foundry technology, enables us to successfully deliver high quality solutions to the market."

"PCI-SIG welcomes the introduction of the new Synopsys DesignWare PHY IP for PCI Express 2.0," said Al Yanes, PCI-SIG chairman and president. "As an active member of PCI-SIG, Synopsys helps to prepare the industry for the proliferation of the PCI Express technology and we are happy to see them enable designers to integrate the latest specification into their chips."

"With the release of the DesignWare PHY for PCI Express 2.0, designers can now get access to a complete silicon-proven IP solution from a single, trusted vendor," said John Koeter, senior director of marketing for IP and Services at Synopsys. "As the leading provider of PCI Express IP, we continue to invest heavily in our IP roadmap to deliver low risk, high quality IP solutions that help our customers bring differentiated products to the market faster."

Availability

The DesignWare PHY IP for PCI Express 2.0 is available in leading 65-nm foundry processes, notably the Common Platform technology from IBM and Chartered, which provides users with a unique "copy exact", multi-source capability enabling them to use multiple foundries with no design re-work.

The DesignWare IP digital controllers and verification IP for PCI Express 2.0 are also available today. For more information or to take a virtual tour of the Synopsys IP lab, please visit: http://www.synopsys.com/pciexpress.

In addition, participate in the mixed-signal IP blog at: http://synopsysoc.org/msip-blog/

About DesignWare IP

Synopsys offers a broad portfolio of high-quality, silicon-proven digital, mixed-signal and verification IP for system-on-chip designs. As the leading provider of connectivity IP, Synopsys delivers the industry's most complete solutions for widely used protocols such as USB, PCI Express, SATA, Ethernet and DDR.

In addition to connectivity IP, Synopsys offers SystemC transaction level models to build virtual platforms for rapid, pre-silicon development of software. When combined with a robust IP development methodology, extensive investment in quality and comprehensive technical support, DesignWare IP enables designers to accelerate time-to-market and reduce integration risk.

For more information on DesignWare IP, visit http:/www.synopsys.com/designware

About Synopsys

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) is a world leader in electronic design automation (EDA) software for semiconductor design. The company delivers technology-leading system and semiconductor design and verification platforms, IC manufacturing and yield optimization solutions, semiconductor intellectual property and design services to the global electronics market. These solutions enable the development and production of complex integrated circuits and electronic systems. Through its comprehensive solutions, Synopsys addresses the key challenges designers and manufacturers face today, including power management, accelerated time to yield and system-to-silicon verification.

Synopsys is headquartered in Mountain View, California, and has more than 60 offices located throughout North America, Europe, Japan and Asia. Visit Synopsys online at http:// www.synopsys.com/.

Synopsys and DesignWare are registered trademarks of Synopsys, Inc. Any other trademarks or registered trademarks mentioned in this release are the intellectual property of their respective owners.

Yvette Huygen Synopsys, Inc.
650-584-4547 yvetteh@synopsys.com Ellen Van Etten MCA
970-778-6094 evanetten@mcapr.com

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CONTACT: Yvette Huygen of Synopsys, Inc., +1-650-584-4547,
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Business in Asia Today - April 29, 2008

GULF PETROLEUM TO BUILD US$5 BLN OIL/GAS COMPLEX IN MALAYSIA
Kuala Lumpur (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - Qatar based Gulf Petroleum Ltd has received the final and official approvals from the Malaysian government to build a US$5 billion integrated oil and gas complex in the northern state of Perak.
The approval letter was issued by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry to the company on Friday, a statement from Gulf Petroleum said here Monday.
Its director Nor Azmi Abdullah said the company will be announcing its consortium members from time to time. The consortium plans to start the development upon finalisation of technical issues with regard to the proposed 400-hectare site in Manjung.

LG ELECTRONICS AIMS FOR US$4.5 BLN TURNOVER FROM INDIA BY 2010
New Delhi (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - South Korean consumer durables maker LG Electronics (KSE:066570) is targeting a turnover of Rs 18,000 crore (US$4.5 billiion) by 2010 in India, accounting for about 10 per cent of the company's global sales, besides developing the country as an export hub.
LG, which is celebrating the 11th year of operations in the country, is also considering getting into new categories like air purifiers, wine cellars and built-in kitchens in the Indian market.
LG Electronics India Limited (LGEIL) Sales and Marketing Director V Ramachandran said LG expects to clock a turnover of Rs 180 billion in the next two years in India.
Currently, the country contributes 6 per cent to the global turnover, which is likely to go up to 10 per cent by 2010, he said.

HYUNDAI MOBIS POSTS 7.1% RISE IN Q1 PROFIT
Seoul (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - Hyundai Mobis Co. (KSE:012330), South Korea's largest auto-parts maker, said Tuesday its net profit for the first-quarter of this year gained 7.1 per cent from a year earlier on the back of increased vehicle sales of its parent company Hyundai Motor (KSE:005380).
For the three months ended March 31, Hyundai Mobis earned 215 billion won (US$215 million), compared with 201 billion won a year earlier, the company said in a statement.
Operating profit rose 25 per cent to 264 billion won and sales climbed 18 per cent to 2.37 trillion won, Hyundai Mobis said.

JSX-LISTED BANK CENTRAL ASIA POSTS US$130 MLN Q1 NET PROFIT
Jakarta (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - Publicly-listed Bank Central Asia (BCA) Tbk (JSX:BBCA) posted a net profit of Rp1.2 trillion (US$130.8 million) in the first quarter of 2008, up 8.4 per cent from the same period last year when it was Rp1.1 trillion.
"The significant growth of net income and fee-based income was the key driver of BCA's profit," BCA President Director DE Soetijoso said on Monday.
On a yearly basis, net interest income grew by 13.9 per cent to Rp2.6 trillion while fee-based
income rose by 23.7 per cent to Rp0.8 trillion in the first quarter of 2008, he said.

PHILIPPINES' ABOITIZ POWER POSTS NET INCOME OF US$25 MLN IN Q1
Manila (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - Aboitiz Power Corporation (AP) on Monday reported that its net income for the first three months of 2008 reached P1.055 billion (US$25.4 milliion), up by 150 per cent from last year's P422 million.
The Philippines based company said the increase in their income was mainly due to the acquisition of the new plants which contributed about P584 million.
Leading the pack was the 360-MW Magat hydro plant, which was able to turn in significant profit contributions as it realized favorable average selling prices at the electricity spot market.
The 200 per cent increase in AP's attributable power generating capacity from 164 MW to 490 MW resulted in a 942 per cent year-on-year growth in power sales, from 36 GwH to 377 GwH.

CARLSBERG MALAYSIA POSTS 151.2 PCT JUMP IN Q1 PRE-TAX PROFIT
Kuala Lumpur (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - Carlsberg Brewery Malaysia Berhad (KLSE:2836) has posted a 151.2 per cent jump in first quarter pre-tax profit, pushed by brisk domestic sales, particularly in the Chinese New Year festive period.
Profit for the three months ended 31 March 2008 climbed to RM35.491 million (US$11.1 million) from RM14.126 million for the previous corresponding period.
Revenue rose 14.4 per cent to RM289.433 million from RM252.990 million previously, the brewer said in a filing to Bursa Malaysia on April 25. Earnings per share surged to 8.67 sen from 3.48 sen a year earlier.

EXPORT VALUE OF THAI VEHICLES, PARTS JUMPS 34% IN Q1
Bangkok (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - Thailand earned about Bt139.5 billion (US$4.4 billion) from the export of fully assembled cars, motorcycles and parts during the first quarter of 2008, an official said Monday.
Surapong Paisitpatnapong, spokesman of the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) Automotive Industry Club, said that the value of exports jumped 33.66 per cent from the comparable period of 2007.
During the first quarter this year, the country produced 365,623 cars, up 24.52 per cent from the corresponding period of last year, said Mr Surapong.
Car exports during the first three months this year totaled 197,550 units, up 27.85 per cent from a year ago, while the country earned about Bt88.9 billion, an increase of 29.88 per cent, he said.

VIETNAM'S PLASTICS INDUSTRY GENERATES US$200 MLN IN Q1
Hanoi (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - Vietnam's plastics industry earned nearly US$200 million in the first quarter, thus is well on the way to meeting its US$1 billion export target for 2008, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT). Previously the industry has performed sluggishly in the first quarter, owing to a lunar New Year hangover. This time around, however, MoIT statistics show that the industry recorded a year-on-year growth rate of more than 35 per cent in the first quarter.
Vietnam's plastics exports have firm potential as its growth rates are high, just behind industrial products, pepper and coffee.

FIAT TAKES CENTRAL REGIONS AS ITS STRATEGIC PRIORITY IN CHINA
Wuhan (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - FIAT has taken the central areas as one important part of its China development strategy with investment in western and central China surpassing 300 million yuan (US$42.84 million), accounting for 33 per cent of its investment in the country, said a senior official of FIAT.
Franco Amadei, Chairman of FIAT China said that with the implementation of the strategies of western China development and the rise of central China, FIAT Group has begun to move its investment from east to west China.
So far three companies under the flag of FIAT Group have set up production bases of automobile spare parts, heavy-duty trucks and commercial diesel engines in Anhui Wuhu and Chongqing.

S KOREA'S SHINSEGAE EYES 100 DISCOUNT STORES IN CHINA BY 2014
Shanghai (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - South Korean retailer Shinsegae said Tuesday it aims to open 100 discount stores in China by 2014, as part of its aggressive push into the world's fastest-growing consumer economy.
To meet the target, Shinsegae, which operates South Korea's top discount emporia E-Mart, plans to spend more than 500 billion won (US$500 million) in China over the next six years, the company's top executive said.
"Our target is to open the 70th store in 2012 and the 100th store in 2014," Shinsegae Vice Chairman Chung Yong-jin told reporters in Shanghai as he launched the company's 11th E-Mart outlet here.

Source:
Business in Asia Today - APRIL 29, 2008
published by Asia Pulse

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High-Tech: Onkyo buys Moore Microprocessor patent portfolio license

Cupertino, Calif. (BUSINESS WIRE) - Alliacense today announced that Onkyo Corporation has purchased a Moore Microprocessor Patent (MMP) Portfolio license from The TPL Group. Onkyo manufactures and sells a range of audio, video and home theater products.

"Onkyo is our eleventh MMP Portfolio licensee this year, and the second of the past week," said Roy Maharaj, Vice President, Licensing for Alliacense. "As the number of our MMP licensees continues to grow, so has the business appeal of our licensing program. Obviously we are delighted by the momentum."

The sweeping scope of applications using MMP Portfolio design techniques continues to encourage the world's leading manufacturers of end user products from around the globe to become MMP Portfolio licensees. Over 40 global companies from the US, Europe, Japan, Korea and Taiwan have purchased MMP Portfolio licenses, including many industry leaders such as
Fujitsu, Hewlett Packard, Kenwood, Mattel, Nokia, Philips, and Sony.

The MMP Portfolio patents, filed by The TPL Group in the 1980 s, cover techniques that enable higher performance and lower cost designs. These patents are fundamental to dozens of microprocessor-based key features and benefits in contemporary consumer and commercial products ranging from DVD players, mobile phones and portable music players to automobile systems, communications infrastructure and medical equipment.

About the MMP Portfolio

The Moore Microprocessor Patent Portfolio contains intellectual property that is jointly owned by the privately-held TPL Group and publicly-held Patriot Scientific Corporation (OTCBB: PTSC). The MMP Portfolio includes seven U.S. patents as well as their European and Japanese counterparts.

It is widely recognized that the MMP Portfolio protects fundamental technology used in microprocessors, microcontrollers, digital signal processors (DSPs), embedded processors and system-on-chip (SoC) devices.

Manufacturers of microprocessor-based products can learn more about how to participate in the MMP Portfolio Licensing Program by contacting: mmp-licensing@alliacense.com.

About Onkyo Corporation

Founded in 1946, Onkyo is a global leader in high-quality Home AV products, including AV receiver-, speaker- and PC-related products. In recent years, building on its core strength in analog technology and its acquisition of leading Japan-based PC manufacturer SOTEC in 2007, Onkyo has been developing personal computers integrated with high-quality audio capabilities. Onkyo also has an active OEM business that includes the production of speakers for the automotive, TV display and entertainment industries. To learn more, visit www.onkyo.com.

About Alliacense

Alliacense is a TPL Group Enterprise executing best-in-class design and implementation of Intellectual Property (IP) licensing programs. As a cadre of IP licensing strategists, technology experts, and experienced business development management executives, Alliacense focuses on expanding the awareness and value of TPL's IP portfolios. Founded in 1988, The TPL Group has emerged as a coalition of high technology enterprises involved in the development, management and commercialization of proprietary product technologies as well as the design, manufacture and sales of proprietary products based on those technologies and corresponding IP assets. For more information, visit www.alliacense.com.

Alliacense and Moore Microprocessor Patent (MMP) are trademarks of Technology Properties Limited (TPL). All other trademarks belong to their respective owners.

AlliacenseShawn Clark, 408-446-4222 shawnc@tplgroup.net

Business: LGB takes Australian horse auctions global

Sydney, Australia (BUSINESS WIRE) - No longer is distance a barrier to participation in Australian thoroughbred sales. With the adoption of Live Global Bid's (LGB) real-time, online auction bidding technology the Australian thoroughbred industry is now a worldwide business.

After introducing Live Global Bid's online auction technology at this year's Australian Easter Yearling Sale, William Inglis and Son sold a yearling by More Than Ready for $600,000 to an online buyer based in Hong Kong.

This was the first yearling to sell to an online bidder from an Australian Sale and the highest price ever bid online for a thoroughbred anywhere in the world.

William Inglis & Son is the first Australian thoroughbred sales company to use the LGB live auction system. Bidders at Inglis auctions can inspect horses prior to a sale and stay in control of the bidding process by placing bids online if they can't attend the sale.

"We selected Live Global Bid (LGB) to provide real-time, online auction bidding technology because they have a proven track record in delivery," says Mark Webster, CEO of Inglis.

"The LGB technology offers auction houses the fastest response time in the market with no discernible delay to the end user," says Niall Power, LGB's Australian representative.

"Barrett's, California-based thoroughbred auctioneers, are already using LGB technology and achieving particular success with breeding stock sales where buyers seem more comfortable buying remotely," according to Mr Power.

The biggest car resellers in Australian and New Zealand, Pickles and Turners, both use this technology and are achieving significant Internet sales that continue to increase each year.

Distance is no longer a barrier. LGB enables you to take a front row seat at an auction even if you are thousands of miles away.

For further information about Live Global Bid you can contact:Bob Francis (in Canada) on +1-877-694-6100 or Niall Power (in Australia) on +61-(0)417-240-262.

Live Global Bid (LGB) is based in Canada and has offices in Sydney. LGB pioneered live, online and interactive auctions enabling real-time, web-based participation in on-site auctions around the world. The automotive sector quickly embraced this technology. LGB now sells their live online auction bidding system and interactive auction software to the heavy equipment, livestock, thoroughbred, collectibles and automotive sectors.
www.liveglobalbid.com.au

William Inglis & Sons is one of Australia's leading thoroughbred auctioneers. Some 10,000 of Australasia's finest Thoroughbreds pass through the Inglis auction ring every year, including 1,200 yearlings which represent an annual turnover in excess of $100 million. www.inglis.com.au Live Global Bid

Bob Francis, +1-877-694-6100 (Canada)
Niall Power, +61-(0)417-240-262 (Australia)

Pharmaceutical: Jonas Ohlsson appointed CEO/President of Cellectricon

Gothenburg (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - Cellectricon, a leading provider of screening solutions for drug discovery, announced today that its board of directors has appointed Jonas Ohlsson as the company's Chief Executive Officer.

Mr Ohlsson brings a solid and highly relevant track record to Cellectricon as the company now enters a phase of rapid expansion. During 2008-2009 Cellectricon will launch two large-scale screening systems: revolutionizing pre-clinical pharmaceutical development.

Jonas Ohlsson, former CEO at Mentice AB, has extensive experience of the biotech industry and has held executive positions at PE Applied Biosystems, Kovalent AB and AstraZeneca. Significantly, Mr Olsson previously guided Mentice through a similar growth period to the one that Cellectricon now enters.

Dr. Mattias Karlsson, former acting CEO of Cellectricon, has been appointed Chief Technical Officer (CTO). Dr. Karlsson will, in this new role, focus on managing the introduction of Cellectricon's new and enabling screening systems.

Cellectricon's Chairman Axel Broms said: "The board is convinced that these appointments will secure the continued successful development of Cellectricon and strengthen the capacity as the Company is rapidly increasing its global businesses. It is with great joy we welcome Jonas Ohlsson to Cellectricon."

Jonas Ohlsson added: "Cellectricon is a remarkable company with strong customer validation and well-earned reputation for providing groundbreaking products to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. I'm thrilled with the opportunity to drive its continued rapid development and expansion as the company is rolling out two screening systems developed in close collaboration with the pharmaceutical industry."

About Cellectricon

Cellectricon AB, a Swedish biotech company, successfully provides groundbreaking products to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.

Cellectricon's products address critical bottlenecks in the drug discovery process and have been adopted by top-reference customers, including nine of the top ten pharmaceutical companies. In 2007 the company increased its revenue by almost 50 per cent. In April 2008 Cellectricon launched the first of their large-scale screening systems, Cellaxess(R)HT, developed in close collaboration with one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies.

Cellaxess(R)HT is the only system on the market that, enables the large-scale delivery of genetic material to a broad range of difficult to transfect cell types, and that is tailor made for high throughput RNAi screening. Cellectricon's forthcoming products address a market that is estimated to be $1.4 US billion by 2010.

SOURCE: Cellectricon AB
CONTACT: Jonas Ohlsson, CEO, +46 (0)709-73 47 92,
jonas.ohlsson@cellectricon.com,
or Susanne Fagerlund, VP Market Communications, +46 (0)31
760 35 15, susanne.fagerlund@cellectricon.com

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Business: Banco Bradesco announces first quarter 2008 results

Sao Paulo (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - Banco Bradesco presents its main figures for the first quarter of 2008. The Report on Economic and Financial Analysis containing the complete Financial Statements is available on the investor relations website (http://www.bradesco.com.br/ir).

1. Net Income in the 1Q08 stood at R$2.102 billion (up 23.3 per cent in relation to the net income of R$1.705 billion in the same quarter of 2007), corresponding to EPS of R$0.68 and return of 32.0 per cent on Average Shareholders' Equity*.

2. Net Income comprised R$1.356 billion from financial activities, which accounted for 65 per cent of the total, and R$746 million from insurance, private pension plan and certificated savings plan activities, which accounted for 35 per cent of Net Income.

3. Market capitalization grew by 12.1 per cent compared to the 1Q07, reaching R$93.631 billion in March 2008 (R$104.959 billion on April 25, 2008).

4. The balance of total assets in March 2008 stood at R$355.517 billion, an increase of 26.1 per cent in relation to March 2007. Annualized return on average total assets was 2.4 per cent, versus 2.5 per cent in the same period of 2007.

5. The total loan portfolio (considering sureties, guarantees and credit cards receivables) grew to R$169.408 billion, 38.5 per cent higher than a year ago. Loans to individuals totaled R$62.226 billion (up 34.3 per cent), while operations with corporate clients totaled R$107.182 billion (up 41.0 per cent).

6. The sum of funds raised and managed was R$506.805 billion, an increase of 24.5 per cent from the R$406.970 billion in March 2007.

7. Shareholders' Equity was R$32.909 billion in the first quarter of 2008, an increase of 26.4 per cent versus 1Q07. The Capital Adequacy Ratio stood at 13.9 per cent.

8. Remuneration to shareholders in the period in the form of interest on shareholders' capital paid and provisioned totaled R$740 million, equivalent to 35.2 per cent of Net Income of the same quarter.

9. The Efficiency Ratio in 12 months stood at 41.7 per cent, an improvement compared to the 42.1 per cent in March 2007.

10. In the 1Q08, investments in infrastructure, information technology and telecommunications amounted to R$573 million, up 20.6 per cent million in relation to the 1Q07.

11. Taxes and contributions, including social security, paid or provisioned in the period, stemming from the main activities developed by Bradesco Organization, totaled R$1.697 billion, equivalent to 80.7 per cent of Net Income.

12. Bradesco has Brazil's largest private customer service network, with 3,169 branches, 26,735 ATMs in the Bradesco Dia&Noite (Day&Night) Network, 4,221 ATMs in the Banco24Horas (24HourBank) Network, 12,381 Bradesco Expresso outlets, 5,851
Postal Bank branches, 2,825 corporate site branches and 357 branches of Finasa Promotora de Vendas.

13. On January 21, Grupo Bradesco de Seguros e Previdencia, through Bradesco Seguros S.A., entered into a "Quotas Assignment Agreement" with Marsh Corretora de Seguros Ltda., with a view to acquiring control of Mediservice - Administradora de Planos de Saude Ltda. The transaction represents an important strategic step that will allow for expanding the client base with scale gains.

14. On March 6, Banco Bradesco BBI S.A. entered with the shareholders of Agora Corretora de Titulos e Valores Mobiliarios S.A., into a "Private Instrument of Commitment of Merger of Shares and Other Covenants", aiming at the acquisition of its total capital. Agora Corretora is Brazil's largest brokerage firm in online purchase and sale transactions of shares to individuals (home broker), with around 29 thousand active clients. The operation is subject to the approval by the respective government agencies and to the due diligence results.

15. On March 27, Brazil's Central Bank (BACEN) approved: (i) the increase in the Capital Stock in the amount of R$1,200,000,000.00, from R$19,000,000,000.00 to R$20,200,000,000.00, through the subscription of new shares introduced at the Special Shareholders' Meeting held on January 4, 2008 and ratified at the Special Shareholders' Meeting held on March 24, 2008; and (ii) an increase in the capital stock in the amount of R$2,800,000,000.00, from R$20,200,000,000.00 to R$23,000,000,000.00, with a 50 per cent stock bonus (1 new share for each 2 shares held of the same type), through the capitalization of part of the balance in the "Profit Reserve - Statutory Reserve" account, as resolved at the Special Shareholders' Meeting held on March 24, 2008.

16. Bradesco is the Brazilian bank with the best placement in the ranking of the world's 2 thousand largest companies, ranking 85th, according to Forbes, one of the most respected international economy, finances and businesses magazines.

17. Regarding Social Responsibility, for more than 50 years, Fundacao Bradesco has been dedicated to educating low-income children, adolescents and adults. Since its creation, the foundation has provided free and high-quality education to some 2 million students, with this figure rising to 2.5 million once the distance-learning programs are included. With an estimated budget of R$220.069 million, this year Fundacao Bradesco will be able to provide assistance on more than 411,000 occasions in the many segments in which it operates.

Among the people assisted, 110,415 students will have free high- quality education.

(*) Excludes the mark-to-market effect of Available-for-Sale Securities recorded in Shareholders' Equity

SOURCE: Banco Bradesco S/A
CONTACT: Jean Philippe Leroy, +55-11-2178-6229,
4823.jean@bradesco.com.br,
or Ivani Benazzi de Andrade, +55-11-2178-6218,
4823.ivani@bradesco.com.br,
both of Banco Bradesco
Web site: http://www.bradesco.com.br/ir

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Technology: New Siemon Patch cords with integrated Baluns provide support

New Siemon Patch Cords with Integrated Baluns Provide Single-Outlet Support of Multiple High-Definition Video Signals

Watertown, Connecticut (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - Hybrid TERA to F-Type or PAL baluns allow four individual TV, CATV, CCTV or other high-definition video signals to transmit over a single twisted-pair network cable and outlet

Global network infrastructure specialist Siemon introduces new hybrid patch cords designed to provide a high density and efficient solution for transmitting video signals over twisted-pair network cabling. These new Siemon cords combine a 1-pair TERA plug with an integrated F-type or PAL balun, allowing direct support of video equipment such as CATV receivers, CCTV cameras, DVD players and televisions through a category 7A TERA network infrastructure. Usable up to 1000 MHz, they far exceed the 862 MHz frequency ceiling of CATV systems.

Through TERA's unique cable-sharing capability, four of these 1-pair cords can interface with a single TERA outlet and cable. Accepted by both TIA and ISO, cable sharing can reduce the overall number of channels required to support video transmission, effectively quadrupling connectivity density without increasing permanent link cable density. Additionally, by utilizing the same high-performance cabling plant for both data and video, the need for additional coaxial or other video-specific channels is eliminated.

No additional converters or adapters are required to connect to standard video equipment. The integrated baluns convert unbalanced video signals designed for coaxial cabling at 75ohms impedance to balanced 100ohm impedance signals required for transmission over balanced twisted pair cabling. The integrated F-type or PAL connectors are compatible with standard global video equipment interfaces.

While the ability to reduce cabling channels utilizing hybrid TERA video cords makes Siemon's TERA cabling solution ideal for a wide range of video applications such as CCTV security systems, video conferencing, CATV broadcasts and more, cable sharing is not limited to video. With a variety of 1, 2 and 4-pair hybrid TERA to RJ patch cord options, multiple voice and data applications can also be simultaneously supported by a single TERA outlet and cable: four analog phones, 2 VoIP phones, 2 10/100 Ethernet connections or a combination of the above. This also offers rack space and real estate savings compared to conventional cabling. When utilizing all 4 pairs, the TERA category 7A cabling system offers performance beyond 10Gb/s.

To find out more about Siemon's new TERA video patch cords and other Siemon innovations, visit http://www.siemon.combalun

SOURCE: Siemon
CONTACT: Brian Duval, +1-860-945-4380,
brian_duval@siemon.com
Web site: http://www.siemon.com

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Business: Digi International reports second fiscal quarter 2008 results

Minnetonka, Minnesota (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - Digi International(R) Inc. (Nasdaq: DGII, http://www.digi.com ) reported revenue of $43.1 million for the second fiscal quarter of 2008, compared with $42.9 million for the second fiscal quarter of 2007, an increase of $0.2 million, or 0.5 per cent.

Revenue in the Americas was $26.5 million in the second fiscal quarter of 2008 compared to $28.8 million in the second fiscal quarter of 2007, a decrease of $2.3 million, or 8.2 per cent. Revenue in Europe was $12.6 million in the second fiscal quarter of 2008 compared to $10.8 million in the comparable quarter a year ago, an increase of $1.8 million, or 17.1 per cent. Revenue in the Asia Pacific region was $4.0 million in the second fiscal quarter of 2008 compared to $3.3 million in the second fiscal quarter of 2007, an increase of $0.7 million, or 22.8 per cent.

"Strong international growth has served to offset the Americas' weakness," said Joe Dunsmore, Digi's Chief Executive Officer. "While the economic slowdown in the U.S. has dampened overall growth, Digi is positioned very well to emerge from it in a strengthened competitive position."

Revenue from embedded products in the second fiscal quarter of 2008 was $21.7 million, compared to $18.4 million in the second fiscal quarter of 2007, an increase of $3.3 million, or 17.9 per cent. Revenue from non-embedded products was $21.4 million in the second fiscal quarter of 2008, compared to $24.5 million in the second fiscal quarter of 2007, a decrease of $3.1 million, or 12.6 per cent.

The gross profit margin was $23.2 million, or 53.8 per cent for the second fiscal quarter of 2008 compared to $22.5 million, or 52.5 per cent for the second fiscal quarter of 2007, an increase of $0.7 million. The gross profit margin was higher than the comparable quarter a year ago by 1.3 percentage points, primarily due to product and mix changes within both the embedded and non-embedded product groups and a decrease in amortization of purchased and core technology.

Amortization of purchased and core technology decreased by $0.2 million in the second fiscal quarter of 2008 compared to the same quarter a year ago, and accounted for a 0.5 percentage point increase in gross profit margin.

Total operating expenses in the second fiscal quarter of 2008 were $19.5 million, or 45.3 per cent of revenue, compared to $17.8 million, or 41.5 per cent of revenue, in the second fiscal quarter of 2007. Operating expenses were higher in the second fiscal quarter of 2008 compared to the comparable quarter a year ago primarily as a result of incremental headcount resulting in increased compensation-related sales and marketing and research and development expenses, as well as increased expenses resulting from continuing investments in the Drop-In Networking initiative and international expansion.

Digi reported operating income of $3.7 million, or 8.5 per cent of net sales, in the second fiscal quarter of 2008 compared to $4.7 million, or 11.0 per cent of net sales, in the second fiscal quarter of 2007.

Net income was $3.1 million in the second fiscal quarter of 2008, or $0.12 per diluted share, compared to $3.6 million in the second fiscal quarter of 2007, or $0.14 per diluted share.

For the six months ended March 31, 2008, Digi reported revenue of $87.6 million compared to revenue of $84.7 million for the six months ended March 31, 2007, an increase of $2.9 million, or 3.5 per cent. Revenue in the Americas was $55.3 million in the first six months of fiscal 2008 compared to $58.4 million in the same period a year ago, a decrease of $3.1 million, or 5.2 per cent. Revenue in Europe was $23.8 million for the first six months of fiscal 2008 compared to $19.6 million in the comparable period a year ago, an increase of $4.2 million, or 21.1 per cent. Revenue in the Asia Pacific region was $8.5 million in the first six months of fiscal 2008
compared to $6.7 million in the first six months of fiscal 2007, an increase of $1.8 million, or 28.3 per cent.

Revenue from embedded products in the first six months of fiscal 2008 was $42.4 million, compared to $35.1 million in the first six months of fiscal 2007, an increase of $7.3 million, or 21.0 per cent. Revenue from non-embedded products was $45.2 million in the first six months of 2008, compared to $49.6 million in the comparable period in 2007, a decrease of $4.4 million, or 8.9 per cent.

For the six months ended March 31, 2008, Digi reported net income of $6.8 million, or $0.26 per diluted share, compared to net income for the six months ended March 31, 2007 of $7.4 million, or $0.28 per diluted share. Net income benefited by $0.5 million, or $0.02 per diluted share, during the first six months of fiscal 2007 as a result of a retroactive benefit from the extension of the research and development credit.

Digi's cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities balance, including long-term marketable securities, was $100.8 million at March 31, 2008, an increase of $13.2 million over the cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities balance at September 30, 2007, which includes 4.5 million Euros, or approximately $7.0 million, received from the sale of the building in Dortmund, Germany in March 2008. At March 31, 2008, Digi's current ratio was 7.3 to 1, and the Company had no debt other than capital lease obligations.

About Digi International

Digi International, based in Minneapolis, is the leader in device networking for business. Digi develops reliable products and technologies that enable companies to connect and securely manage local or remote electronic devices over the network or via the web.

Press Contacts: Hokie Chan Channel Marketing Manager, Asia Pacific
Tel: +852-2235-2206 Email: hokiec@digi.com
SOURCE Digi International Inc.

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Technology: Celsia introduces next generation heat sink technology

Heat Sinks Using Second Generation NanoSpreader Vapor Chambers Outperform Heat Pipe Solutions by 30 Per cent

San Jose, California, (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - Already credited with making vapor chambers (a once exotic heat sink technology) thin, light and affordable, Celsia Technologies ("Celsia") (OTC Bulletin Board: CSAT) today introduces its second generation NanoSpreader.

Thermal transfer properties from the heat source to the vapor have been improved by 66 per cent over the first generation, using a re-engineered internal structure that leverages the company's patented combination of copper, liquid and vapor.

"Our engineers have designed this next generation product to offer up to 30 per cent better thermal performance than solutions using traditional heat pipes, and their design flexibility allows them to be used in some unexpected ways," said Joe Formichelli, Celsia's CEO.

"For instance, a single NanoSpreader can be made up to 70mm wide and attach directly to the heat source, eliminating the need for additional components while completely covering even a very large hot spot."

The latest generation technology costs about the same as heat pipes and is ideally suited for solving some of today's biggest thermal challenges.

Computer - Cooling the Latest Microprocessors Celsia's new NanoSpreaders can cool power densities up to 150 watts/cm2 while offering excellent multi-directional thermal spreading as low as 0.02o Celsius per watt. Additionally, NanoSpreaders can withstand clamping forces up to 90 PSI, giving thermal designers the option of attaching them directly to the CPU GPU.

Telecommunications Infrastructure - Reliably Operating in Harsh Environments With no moving parts, Celsia NanoSpreaders are designed and tested to withstand repeated exposure of -40 o to +100 o Celsius.

LED Lighting - Effectively Dissipating Heat in Small Spaces The efficiency of Celsia's NanoSpreaders combined into a remarkably thin package (from 1.5mm) allows lighting designs with higher lumens/watt.

For more information on Celsia or the technical details behind NanoSpreaders please visit our English web site (www.celsiatech.com) or contact one of our Asia offices.

General Asia Sales Contact: Sobo Sun Office: +886-3-462-3452
Mobile: +886-935-186-945 E-Mail: ssun@celsiatechnologies.com
Korea and Japan Sales Contact: J.J. Choi Office:
+82-2-3452-2005 Mobile: +82-10-5500-3452 E-Mail:
jjchoi@celsiatechnologies.com

About Celsia Technologies

Celsia Technologies is a full solution provider and licensor of thermal management products and technology for the PC, consumer electronics, lighting and display industries. Celsia Technologies' has offices in Taiwan, Korea, and the United States.

Forward Looking Statements

This announcement contains forward-looking statements involving risks and uncertainties that may cause Celsia's actual results to be materially different from any future results expressed or implied by such statements, such as Celsia's ability to attract investors, Celsia's future operating results, and general economic conditions. Celsia undertakes no obligation to revise any of these statements to reflect future circumstances.

SOURCE: Celsia Technologies
CONTACT: Sobo Sun, General Asia Sales, Office
+886-3-462-3452, Mobile +886-935-186-945,
ssun@celsiatechnologies.com,
or Korea and Japan Sales, J.J. Choi, Office +82-2-3452-2005,
Mobile +82-10-5500-3452, jjchoi@celsiatechnologies.com,
both of Celsia Technologies
Web site: http://www.celsiatech.com

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Business: Thomson Reuters announces new leadership team for foundation

New York, (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - Thomson Reuters(NYSE: TRI; TSX: TRI; LSE: TRIL: Nasdaq: TRIN), the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced the new leadership team for its foundation.

With the approval of the foundation's trustees, Richard J. Harrington, former Thomson president and chief executive officer, has been appointed foundation chairman. Monique Villa, former managing director at Reuters Media, has been appointed chief executive officer of the foundation.

Thomas H. Glocer, chief executive officer of Thomson Reuters, said, "I am truly delighted that Dick Harrington and Monique Villa have accepted these roles. Together they will bring a huge amount of expertise, creativity, experience and ideas to the foundation. The foundation underpins Thomson Reuters business strategy with a central commitment to the communities in which we do business."

"In building on the heritage of three decades of the Reuters Foundation, and by leveraging the broader assets and capabilities of our enlarged global business, Dick and Monique will be able to drive the work of the foundation forward, expanding its influence and work across the globe."

Mr. Harrington added, "I'm honored to continue my tenure with Thomson Reuters in this capacity and thank Geert Linnebank for his vision and leadership as previous chairman of the foundation. During my tenure at Thomson, we developed an outstanding track record for making a difference in the communities in which we operate. I am confident we can uphold that tradition while supporting the historic priorities of the foundation."

Ms. Villa said, "I am hugely excited by the opportunity to help lead and develop the foundation, to extend its global reach and impact, and utilize the tremendous skills and expertise within Thomson Reuters. Through various supported initiatives, the foundation will provide knowledge, information and support to diverse communities in which we operate, giving them the means and a voice with which to make a difference."

Reuters Foundation runs four core programs: journalism training, Reuters AlertNet (www.alertnet.org), the inception and creation of Aswat al Iraq (www.aswataliraq.info) and part-funding of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford. It is expected to continue to run these programs while expanding to take on more initiatives to reflect the expertise, global community and strategic business goals of Thomson Reuters.

The foundation's strategic and operational goals are overseen by its board of trustees, which in addition to Mr. Harrington includes Geert Linnebank, the former chairman; David Craig, Thomson Reuters chief strategy officer who oversees management of the foundation's activities; David Schlesinger, Thomson Reuters editor in chief; as well as independent directors Lawton Fitt, Kenneth Olisa and Sir Crispin Tickell.

Reuters Foundation is registered as a charity in England and Wales, UK, registered number 1082139. Established in November 1982, the trustees determined that the priorities of the charity were to be the advancement of education, humanitarian aid and the environment. Reuters Foundation Consultants Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of the above company. Reuters Foundation is the sole member of Reuters Foundation Inc., a New York not-for-profit corporation which holds 501c3 status.

Community Engagement at Thomson Reuters

Working in partnership with community organizations and charities, the people at Thomson Reuters provide valuable support by sharing time, expertise, skills and resources, while also building their own skills and awareness of social issues. Thomson Reuters is committed to using its specialized knowledge, information, technology and resources to develop robust programs that help individuals, families and communities reach their full potential. Thomson Reuters staff have developed many exciting programs to share skills - some outstanding examples from the last 12 months are published at: http://www.thomsonreuters.com/about/corp_responsibility community/.

About Thomson Reuters

Thomson Reuters is the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals. We combine industry expertise with innovative technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the financial, legal, tax and accounting, scientific, healthcare and media markets, powered by the world's most trusted news organization. With headquarters in New York and major operations in London and Eagan, Minnesota, Thomson Reuters employs more than 50,000 people in 93 countries. Thomson Reuters shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: TRI); Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: TRI); London Stock Exchange (LSE: TRIL); and Nasdaq (Nasdaq: TRIN). For more information, go to www.thomsonreuters.com.

About Richard Harrington

Prior to his appointment as Chairman of the foundation, Mr. Harrington was president and chief executive officer of The Thomson Corporation. During his 10 years as CEO, Mr. Harrington led the transformation of Thomson from a diverse holding company with interests in publishing into an integrated operating company to a leading global provider of electronic information, software and services to business and professional customers. Under his direction, Thomson's market value more than tripled and the company became a celebrated case study in how a large business can adapt quickly and repeatedly to take advantage of changing markets.

Prior to becoming CEO of The Thomson Corporation, Mr. Harrington held a number of senior leadership positions within the company, including CEO of Thomson Newspapers, and CEO of Thomson Professional Publishing.

Mr. Harrington serves on the boards of directors of Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) and the Norwalk Community College Foundation. He also sits on advisory boards associated with the William F. Achtmeyer Center for Global Leadership at Dartmouth's Tuck Business School, the College of Business Administration at the University of Rhode Island (URI) and the President's Council at URI.

He has received many honors during his career. In 2007, he received the "Legend in Leadership" award from the Yale University Chief Executive Leadership Institute; the "CEO of the Year" award from the Executive Council, and the "Man of the Year" award from the National Executive Council for his many philanthropic activities.

About Monique Villa

Monique Villa was formerly managing director of Reuters Media. She is a business leader with broad international media industry experience and a strong record of success in launching high profile initiatives and growing revenues. Ms. Villa is also chairman of Action Images, a specialist sports photography agency acquired by Reuters in September 2005.

Ms. Villa joined Reuters in 2000 and has since then been managing the picture and text news business for the Reuters News Agency. Ms. Villa has been instrumental in transforming the picture business and negotiated important deals for Media and Editorial, including the recent partnership with the International Herald Tribune to jointly produce their print and online business pages.

Prior to joining Reuters, Ms. Villa was with Agence France Presse (AFP) where she held a number of senior journalistic and management positions. As a correspondent with AFP she reported for a number of years from Paris and Rome, became deputy head of its political news service, then Bureau Chief for UK and Ireland, based in London. In 1996, she became director of strategy and business development at the headquarters in Paris, with responsibility for AFP's major partnerships worldwide.

Ms. Villa studied Law and Political Science and has a Diploma from the Paris Centre de Formation Des Journalistes.

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Science: ACM, Infosys Foundation announce winner of new award

New York and Bangalore, (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - ACM (the Association for Computing Machinery) announced today that Daphne Koller, a professor at Stanford University, has been awarded the first-ever ACM-Infosys Foundation Award in Computing Sciences.

Koller, 39, is being recognized for her innovative approach to Artificial Intelligence (AI) that allows computers to reason and learn about the world from real-world data. By combining the previously incompatible tools of logic and probability that are the basic principles of intelligent reasoning, she created a new field of learning that has transformed the way computers can process vast amounts of diverse, uncertain, often-conflicting data to solve complex real-world problems.

This new award, announced in August 2007, recognizes personal contributions by young scientists and system developers to a contemporary innovation that exemplifies the greatest recent achievements in the computing field. Financial support for the $150,000 award is provided by an endowment from the Infosys Foundation.

"Professor Koller's advances have been productive not only for computer science, but in a wide variety of applications that use computing to advance society in numerous ways," said Stuart I. Feldman, President of ACM.

"Her research has been used as a framework to solve problems in such diverse fields as computational biology and epidemiology; language processing systems; robotics; and computer perception in understanding images. By using her models and algorithms to integrate small bits and pieces of data in systematic ways that produce stronger conclusions, her work offers a powerful way to think about the world. She is an ideal choice for the first recipient of this award, so generously donated by Infosys," said Feldman, who is vice president of Engineering at Google Inc.

Koller's research aims to build intelligent systems using techniques that underlie rational reasoning and learning. It unifies ideas from relational logic, which involves reasoning about objects and the relationships between them, and probability, which provides tools for dealing with uncertainty. Her synthesis of logic and probability is known as probabilistic relational modeling. She has also developed new mathematical and computational tools that allow us to learn from complex data the probabilistic rules that model the world, and to use these rules to reach strong conclusions about the world.

"The ACM-Infosys Foundation Award recognizes young researchers who are currently making sizeable contributions to their fields and furthering computer science innovation. The goal is to identify scientifically-sound breakthrough research with potentially broad implications, and encourage the recipients to further their research," said S. Gopalakrishnan, CEO and managing director, Infosys Technologies.

"Daphne Koller is a shining example of a pioneering researcher whose multi-disciplinary work in artificial intelligence is enabling computers to operate at a new level and solve complex problems spanning epidemiology, robotics and language processing systems."

Koller also heads Stanford's undergraduate research program in computer science (CS), which she initiated in 2001. It provides summer research internships to encourage students to get involved in CS research with faculty mentors early in their careers. To date, nearly three hundred students have benefited from this program. In 2003, Koller was awarded the Cox Medal for excellence in fostering undergraduate research at Stanford.

In 2004, Koller was named a MacArthur Fellow. In 2001, she received the Computer and Thought Award from the International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), and in 1999, she was awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.

Koller has served the computing community in a variety of professional roles, including Program Chair for the 2007 Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS), and the 2001 Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence. She was associate editor for the Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research and Machine Learning Journal. She is the author of more than 150 peer-reviewed articles in publications that span Science, Nature Genetics, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, Machine Learning, and Games and Economic Behavior.

Koller received a B.Sc. in mathematics and a M.Sc. degree in computer science from Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel. She earned a Ph.D. degree from Stanford and was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. She joined the Stanford faculty in 1995.

ACM will present the ACM-Infosys Foundation Award at the annual ACM Awards Banquet on June 21, 2008, in San Francisco, CA. For more information, click on http://www.acm.org membership/infosys_award.

About ACM

ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery http:/ www.acm.org, is the world's largest educational and scientific computing society, uniting computing educators, researchers and professionals to inspire dialogue, share resources and address the field's challenges. ACM strengthens the computing profession's collective voice through strong leadership, promotion of the highest standards, and recognition of technical excellence. ACM supports the professional growth of its members by providing opportunities for life-long learning, career development, and professional networking.

About The Infosys Foundation

Established in 1996, the Infosys Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Infosys Technologies Ltd. and has the sole objective of fulfilling the social responsibility of the company by creating opportunities and working toward a more equitable society. The Infosys Foundation has made effective strides in the areas of healthcare, education, social rehabilitation, and the arts. The company contributes up to one percent of its profit to the foundation each year.

About Infosys Technologies

Infosys (Nasdaq: INFY) defines, designs and delivers IT-enabled business solutions that help Global 2000 companies win in a Flat World. These solutions focus on providing strategic differentiation and operational superiority to clients. With Infosys, clients are assured of a transparent business partner, world-class processes, speed of execution and the power to stretch their IT budget by leveraging the Global Delivery Model that Infosys pioneered. Infosys has over 91,000 employees in over 40 offices worldwide.

Infosys is part of the NASDAQ-100 Index. For more information, visit http://www.infosys.com.

SOURCE: ACM
CONTACT: Virginia Gold of ACM, +1-212-626-0505,
vgold@acm.org;
or Peter McLaughlin of Infosys Technologies, Ltd.,
+1-213-268-9363, peter_mclaughlin@infosys.com
Web site: http://www.acm.org
http://www.infosys.com

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Business: PT. Timah (Persero) Tbk Posted Rp 487,3 Billion Net Profit in the First Quarter of 2008

Jakarta, 28 April 2008 (ANTARA) - PT Timah (Persero) Tbk reported today its operating performance and the Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statement of PT Timah (Persero) Tbk and its subsidiaries for the period ended 31 March 2008. The report maintained that the Company posted a net profit of Rp 487,3 billion, or 55% higher than that of the same period in 2007 of Rp 314,3 billion. Hence, the net income per share was also 55% higher from Rp625,- per share in the first quarter 2007 to Rp968,- per share in the first quarter this year.

Higher net profit was due to higher price of tin received during the first quarter of 2008. Average tin price received by the company during the first quarter of 2008 was US$ 17.133 per metric ton, or 36% higher than average price received in the same period of 2007 of US$ 12.635 per metric ton. Meanwhile, the exchange rate of the US Dollar to Rupiah received by the Company was 2% higher compared to that of the same period last year, from Rp9.134, to Rp9.291 per US Dollar.

Sales volume of refined tin in the first quarter of 2008 amounted to 10.176 metric tonnes, which was 30% lower than that of the same period last year of 14.554 metric tonnes.

Production of refined tin which was 20% lower from 14.350 tonnes in the first quarter of 2007 to 11.523 tonnes in the first quarter of 2008. In line with production of refined tin production, the total tin-in-concentrates production decline to 61 % than the same period of 2007 that was 22.329 tonnes. Main factor that influence the total production of tin-in-concentrate lower to 8.730 was bring down of in-land mining production turn into 6.178 tonnes in first quarter of 2008 than 20.230 metric tonnes in 2007.

Procure tin-in-concentrate in the first quarter of 2007 further high as a result of overflowing from local people after keep under control of in-land mining at October 2006 by local government.

Sales revenue in first quarter of 2008 is Rp1.811,9 billion or 3% lower compared to that same period last year of Rp1.858,9 billion, at the same time cost of goods sold was 25% lower from Rp1.259,4 billion in the first quarter 2007 to Rp945,9 billion in the same period 2008.

The amount of revenues consisted of sales of refined tin of Rp1.619, 9. billion (89%), sales of coal Rp184.8. billion (10%), and the remaining were from sale of engineering services, ship dock service and exploration services which were amounted Rp915 billion, Rp2,7 billion and Rp3,66 billion respectively.

Total company asset increase by 26% in the first quarter of 2008 of Rp5.181,2 billion compared to that same period of 2007 Rp4.100,8 billion. Dominant factor that influence the total asset is growing up of the Company current asset of 44 %.

*) Unaudited consolidated Financial Statement of PT Timah (Persero) Tbk and subsidiaries for the period ended 31 March 2008 and 2007, is also available at Capital Market Reference Centre (PRPM), Indonesia Stock Exchange Building.

For further information, please contact:
Abrun Abubakar, Corporate Secretary
Tel: +62 21 344 4011
Fax: +62 21 344 4012
Email: investorrelation@pttimah.co.id
www.timah.com

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Business: Emmis Interactive extends digital services to media companies

Radio industry leader in interactive revenue now serving other media customers

Chicago - PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ - Emmis Interactive, the U.S. radio industry's leader in generating interactive revenues, today announced plans to begin marketing its services to radio broadcasters and other local media companies. To that end, Emmis Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: EMMS) has announced the formation of Emmis Interactive, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Emmis Operating Company.

Created five years ago and now operating as a stand alone entity, Emmis Interactive has formed partnerships with several broadcast companies and publishers to help them reinvent their brands. Emmis Interactive's ground-breaking technology and approach gives local media a competitive edge in an environment of changing expectations.

Formulated especially for the needs of local media, Emmis Interactive's platform provides high-quality, engaging interactive experiences for advertisers and listeners. In its sixth year of operation, Emmis Radio's interactive revenues already account for nearly five per cent of domestic radio revenues and have delivered a compounded annual growth rate of 30 per cent over the past three years.

"Emmis Interactive has been a true pioneer and innovator in the interactive space," said Emmis CEO Jeff Smulyan. "I take great pride in what we've built, and we look forward to providing other media companies the benefits of our interactive platform, sales solutions and know-how."

Pittsburgh-based Renda Broadcasting, owner of 25 radio stations in eight medium to small U.S. markets, has a contract with Emmis Interactive to set up their entire interactive operations, including consulting on the organizational setup; designing the web sites and providing the technology to power the sites; and training and developing the entire Renda sales and station management team.

"This is one of the most exciting initiatives to happen at Renda Broadcasting since we first started operations over 25 years ago," said Tony Renda, owner of the privately held Renda Broadcasting. "We chose Emmis Interactive because they understand our needs and have a proven model for success. Emmis Interactive has over-delivered on their commitments to us and is truly acting as a partner in business. They are committed to our success as if they were members of our management team."

"There is a real hunger for the kind of answers Emmis Interactive has found," Smulyan added. "Their expertise could not be more vital to the entire media industry as we all seek to transition our businesses and pursue new revenue streams."

Based in Chicago, Emmis Interactive is led by founders Rey Mena and Deborah Esayian, who have been named co-presidents of the stand-alone operation.

Emmis Interactive has 41 employees, including a full software development team, designers, animators, technology support, an affiliate relations team, interactive sales specialists and an affiliate sales support team.

Emmis Interactive generated considerable attention in June of 2006 when it announced a landmark deal with iTunes, making it the first company in the nation to integrate the iTunes Music Store into its radio station web sites.

The integration of the iTunes Music Store reflects the programming of each radio station, allowing listeners to shop from playlists of station artists as well as top picks from on-air talent and celebrity guests.

Emmis Interactive, Inc., an award-winning global software and consulting company, provides local broadcasters and publishers with profitable, sustainable interactive businesses.

Combining years of broadcast and publishing experience with cutting-edge technology and unparalleled service, Emmis Interactive empowers local media companies with a comprehensive digital strategy to maximize the value of their media brands. Services include interactive strategy for executive management, interactive sales training, content management consulting, proprietary technology platform and hosting services, custom web-site design and interactive product development.

Emmis Interactive Inc. is an Emmis Communications Company.
For more information about Emmis Interactive, visit emmisinteractive.com.

Certain statements included in this report or in the financial statements contained herein which are not statements of historical fact, including but not limited to those identified with the words "expect," "will" or "look" are intended to be, and are, by this Note, identified as "forward-looking statements," as defined in the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future result, performance or achievement expressed or implied by such forward-looking statement. Emmis does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements because of new information, future events or otherwise.

SOURCE: Emmis Interactive
CONTACT: Chris Campbell, Director of Sales Marketing of
Emmis Interactive, +1-312-986-7338,
ccampbell@emmisinteractive.com
Web site: http://www.emmis.com
http://www.emmisinteractive.com

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