QLD: Labor moves quickly to name new candidates

AAP General News (Australia)
02-19-2009
QLD: Labor moves quickly to name new candidates

BRISBANE, Feb 19 AAP - The Queensland Labor Party has moved quickly to name its candidates
for state parliament seats to be vacated by senior politicians.

The hasty nominations process will add fuel to persistent rumours that Premier Anna
Bligh will call an election soon, although she is sticking to her vow to see out the full
term into September.

Community worker Mandy Johnstone will contest the seat of Townsville, to be vacated
by Speaker Mike Reynolds.

Brisbane barrister Cameron Dick will contest Greenslopes for the ALP.

The seat is being vacated by long-serving member Gary Fenlon.

Mr Dick is the brother of former ALP state secretary Milton Dick.

Both Townsville and Greenslopes are safe Labor seats.

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-Tuto4PC to float on Alternext in July

Internet Business News
06-21-2011
-Tuto4PC to float on Alternext in July

INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2011 M2 COMMUNICATIONS

21 June 2011 - French online advertising group Tuto4PC plans to debut in July on Alternext, the tailor-made market for small and medium-sized entreprises (SMEs) of Euronext Paris.
The company hopes to raise EUR6m (USD8.6m) from its initial public offering (IPO). The proceeds will be used for the group's international expansion, mostly in Spain and Italy.

Tuto4PC will offer to the market 727,200 new shares at a price ranging between EUR7.44 and EUR9.08 per share.

The offer will start on 6 July, while the price of the shares will be fixed on 7 July.

Tuto4PC generated a revenue of EUR7.7m in 2010 and booked a net margin of nearly 30%. The company hopes to raise its sales to EUR30m by 2015.

Tuto4PC specialises mainly in selling ad spaces to Internet users.

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WA:Qantas works to clear storm backlog in WA

AAP General News (Australia)
12-07-2011
WA:Qantas works to clear storm backlog in WA

PERTH, Dec 7 AAP - Qantas is battling to clear a backlog of thousands of passengers
waiting for planes and luggage after thunderstorms in Perth caused many flights to be
cancelled or delayed.

In a rarity for Perth, the city was hit with lightning and thunder on Tuesday, when
the city recorded its wettest December day in 28 years.

Around 8000 passengers were affected but a Qantas spokeswoman said that number had
decreased by Wednesday afternoon.

She said the backlog of passengers delayed on Tuesday should be cleared by Wednesday
evening, and there were hopes normal service would resume on Thursday.

"We are doing our best to clear all our disrupted passengers and we are keeping them
up to date in the terminal," she said.

About 25.8mm of rain fell on Perth between 9am and 5.30pm (WST) on Tuesday.

Power was cut to homes, traffic was brought to a standstill in some flooded roads and
planes were stranded for hours at Perth Airport.

Up to 20 planes were parked on the tarmac due to lightning strikes. Passengers were
forced to wait several hours on aircraft or inside the terminal.

People on a flight from Melbourne were stuck on the plane for more than six hours because
of Tuesday's bad weather.

Those travelling on Wednesday are still advised to check the Qantas website before
going to the airport. However, passengers travelling on Thursday are advised to go to
the airport as normal.

The storms, though spectacular, caused little damage.

The State Emergency Service responded to about 20 call-outs in the metropolitan area,
mostly for minor water damage to properties.

More than 12,000 homes were without power on Tuesday afternoon.

During the storm, one plane was struck by lightning as it approached Perth Airport.

It landed about 1.30pm (WST) without incident.

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VIC:Aussie aid clears Afghan farms of mines

AAP General News (Australia)
04-04-2011
VIC:Aussie aid clears Afghan farms of mines

Afghan farmers have been handed more land free of mines .. thanks to a four-year ..

20 million dollar Australian investment.

The war-torn country is one of the most heavily mined countries in the world .. dating
back to the Soviet invasion.

Since 2009 .. Australia's support in Afghanistan has cleared 800-thousand square metres
of land .. educated more than six thousand people in avoiding mines .. and trained 20
physiotherapists to deliver rehabilitation services.

On International Day for Mine Awareness today .. Foreign Minister KEVIN RUDD says Australia's
largest ever mine activity will eventually clear more than 7.8 million square metres of
land.

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FED:Tiny device, big impact on chronic pain

AAP General News (Australia)
12-13-2010
FED:Tiny device, big impact on chronic pain

By Danny Rose, AAP Medical Writer

SYDNEY, Dec 13 AAP - Australian scientists are working on a tiny device that promises
to have a big impact on treating chronic pain.

The INS2 device, which has "smart chips" the size of a match-head and a power source
about the size of mobile phone sim card, is seen as a major advance on the now matchbox-sized
conventional technology.

The experimental device can be placed by the spine or in other locations inside the
body where Dr John Parker said it could be "fine-tuned" to help block out chronic pain.

"We are working to make this medical device much smaller and much smarter than current
technologies, to get better outcomes for patients," said Dr Parker, chief technology officer
at the Sydney-based National ICT Australia (NICTA).

"The device will also be able to measure signals carried by the nerves, allowing it
to be fine-tuned to manage different levels of pain."

The device works by placing one or more of the tiny smartchips onto a target nerve,
where they monitor pain signals being sent to the brain.

The chips can emit an up-to 10 volt electric pulse into the nerve, to disrupt these
signals and so the patient feels less pain.

The technology could be used to treat not only chronic back, lower limb or nerve damage
pain but also help to tackle migraine headaches or improve control of Parkinson's Disease
tremors or epileptic seizures.

It also has a tiny computer processor powered by a miniature battery and, unlike conventional
devices, the battery is charged wirelessly - ruling out the need for a wire to exit the
body.

"The new NICTA device will be much smaller (than alternatives) allowing it to be located
close to the spine, making implant surgery easier and improving device reliability due
to the need for shorter connection leads," Dr Parker said.

The technology has been in development for two years, and human trials of the device
are expected to get underway next year.

NICTA, which is funded by the NSW and Australian governments, aims to commercialise
and manufacture the device in Sydney with plans for a new spin-off company, Saluda Medical,
on the drawing board.

"This exciting new technology research, being led right here in Sydney, has the potential
to deliver a revolution in the management of chronic pain and bring relief to many thousands
of sufferers worldwide," said NSW Minister for State and Regional Development Eric Roozendaal.

"... We want to ensure this valuable intellectual property remains in Australian hands,"

he also said.

Mr Roozendaal said the NSW Government had invested $45 million in NICTA since 2002
and was now committing a further $9 million as part of the state's $36 million digital
economy strategy.

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WA:Duck recovering from arrow hit

AAP General News (Australia)
08-05-2010
WA:Duck recovering from arrow hit

PERTH, Aug 5 AAP - A wild duck found with an arrow through its head is recovering at
a veterinary centre south of Perth as environment officers seek public help to track down
its attacker.

The injured Pacific Black Duck was captured in the Coodanup area near Mandurah by a
West Australian Sea Bird Rescue volunteer helped by a Mandurah City ranger on Saturday.

Vets at the Coastal Veterinary Centre in Mandurah removed the arrow and have been caring
for the bird.

Department of Environment and Conservation wildlife officer Cameron Craigie said the
attack was senseless and the department was appealing for public help to find the bowman.

"Using harmless animals like ducks for target practice is something that is not only
illegal, it is completely inhumane, and it is sad to think that someone could do this
to such a defenceless creature."

The duck was extremely lucky to have survived and it was fortunate the arrow had not
caused significant damage to bones or vital organs, Mr Craigie said in a statement.

Pacific Black Ducks are protected under WA's Wildlife Conservation Act, and penalties
of up to $4000 can be imposed for breaches of the act.

The duck could be sent to a carer for further rehabilitation before being returned
to the wild, Mr Craigie said.

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NT: Close to 200 crocodiles captured in Australia

AAP General News (Australia)
12-23-2009
NT: Close to 200 crocodiles captured in Australia

SYDNEY, Dec 23 AFP - Almost 200 predatory saltwater crocodiles have been removed from
waterways around Darwin this year for the safety of residents, an official says.

Rangers picked up 196 of the deadly reptiles in Darwin and elsewhere in the Northern
Territory, with the largest a 4.9 metre male, regional director of Conservation and Wildlife
Brett Easton told AFP on Wednesday.

"Once captured they are taken to a crocodile farm where they live a long and lazy life,"

Easton said.

As part of its crocodile management program, the government has been removing the "salties"

from waterways near residential, recreation and swimming areas. Last year 190 were removed.

Easton said some of the animals were found close to where people live, including in
stormwater drains and swimming areas.

"In the Northern Territory we all live fairly close to water and saltwater crocodiles
are not unusual in our waters," he said.

He said heavy rainfall and flooding in the wet season allowed the crocodiles, believed
to number 80,000 in Australia's north, to move more freely and inhabit areas they would
otherwise avoid.

Two people, including a young girl, were killed in crocodile attacks in the Northern
Territory this year.

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Qld: Hendra tests due on second sick horse

AAP General News (Australia)
08-14-2009
Qld: Hendra tests due on second sick horse

Test results will reveal this morning whether a second horse on a Queensland property
has contracted Hendra Virus.

An Anglo filly at the J4S Equine Nursery in Cawarral .. near Rockhampton .. tested
positive to the virus .. after dying from a respiratory breakdown on Saturday.

Another horse on the same property has since fallen sick.

A Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries spokesman says the results of blood tests
taken from 25 horses still on the property .. and 11 others removed from the property
.. will be known by this morning.

Meanwhile .. four stud workers have begun the second day of an untested treatment that's
hoped will prevent them falling ill with the potentially deadly disease.

Horse stud manager DEBBIE BROWN .. and three others .. have sought treatment at the
Rockhampton Base Hospital.

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HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 19:30, April 3

AAP General News (Australia)
04-03-2009
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 19:30, April 3

ADELAIDE - Car producer GM Holden has axed the afternoon shift at its Adelaide assembly
operations in a move it says will save thousands of jobs across the auto industry. (Holden
Wrap, with pix)

ADELAIDE - New car and truck sales continue to slide amid the global economic downturn
with demand plunging almost 20 per cent in the first quarter of 2009. (Motor Sales Wrap,
with factbox)

LONDON - World leaders have united to inject $US1.1 trillion ($A1.6 trillion) into
the global economy in an historic agreement they hope will kickstart growth and save jobs.

(G20 Wrap)



CANBERRA - Stimulus payments of up to $900 start heading to Australia's taxpayers next
week after the High Court rejected a challenge by law academic Bryan Pape and ruled the
Tax Bonus Act valid. (Bonus Wrap, with pix)



CANBERRA - The Australian economy still faces a difficult time despite the efforts
of world leaders to kick-start global growth through a ground breaking agreement at the
G20 Summit in London. (Economy Wrap, with pix)

SYDNEY - The outcome of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) April board meeting is
too close to call, with economists almost evenly divided on whether further monetary policy
action is needed. (Rates Survey, with factbox)

See also Renters, Online Shopping Wrap



CANBERRA - The Rudd government has been both praised and condemned as hypocritical
for officially endorsing a United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous people.

(Indigenous UN Wrap, with pix)

SYDNEY - The Howard government's failure to apologise to Aboriginal people was "a mistake",
opposition indigenous affairs spokesman Tony Abbott says. (Sorry)

DARWIN - Asbestos can be found in some remote indigenous communities in the Northern
Territory almost a year after it was brought to the attention of the federal government.

(Intervention Asbestos Wrap)



SYDNEY - Weekend rain is forecast for flood-affected areas on NSW's mid-north coast
where up to 1,500 people remain isolated after torrential downpours. (Rain NSW Wrap)

BRISBANE - Roads are closed, phone lines are down and children have been marooned at
school as the Sunshine Coast bears the brunt of flash flooding in Queensland. (Wind Qld
Update) Wrap to come



CANBERRA - Australians are using less water but their bills are rising, new figures show. (Water)



SYDNEY - A man has been charged with murder over the shooting death of former Nomads
bikie and Kings Cross identity Todd O'Connor, who was gunned down in a quiet suburban
Sydney street last year. (OConnor Wrap)



SYDNEY - NSW's police chief says officers are moving to use new laws to crack down
on bikie gangs, but warns results won't come overnight. (Bikie Laws Wrap)

SYDNEY - The lawyer for Comanchero bikie chief Mahmoud "Mick" Hawi denies his client's
on the run from police, saying he will honour arrangements for a meeting next week. (Bikies
Comanchero Wrap)

See also Bikies Arrest



MELBOURNE - Proposals to bring penalties for building industry wrongdoing into line
with those for other sectors of the economy have been condemned by Master Builders Australia.

(Wilcox Wrap)



BRISBANE - Some screamed, some chanted, some swore and one sunk a VB - but they were
all ecstatic to be in the running for the Best Job in the World. (Tourism Job Wrap, with
pix, factbox and graphic)

BRISBANE - It's taken three months and 34,684 applicants, but 16 impressive job seekers
have dazzled their way into the final round of Queensland's Best Job in the World competition.

(Tourism Job Profiles, with pix, factbox and graphic)



PERTH - Fortescue Metals Group Ltd chief executive Andrew Forrest faces a fine of up
to $4.4 million and being banned from acting as a company director if court action by
the corporate watchdog is successful. (Fortescue Wrap)



SYDNEY - The Bulldogs will appeal an NRL ruling which saw them officially stripped
of two competition points for fielding an extra player in their round two win over Penrith.

(League Wrap)



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Wizzard Media to Supply Video Catalog to Canoe.ca

Wireless News
11-09-2008
Wizzard Media to Supply Video Catalog to Canoe.ca

WIRELESS NEWS-November 9, 2008-Wizzard Media to Supply Video Catalog to Canoe.ca (C)2008 10Meters - http://www.10meters.com

Wizzard Media, a podcasting network, announced that it will provide a catalog of branded and independent streaming video content to Canoe.ca, a local and national interactive media provider of news, entertainment and services.
According to the company, Canoe.ca connects and informs Canadians across the nation, attracting more than 7.7 million visitors per month to its network of sites which includes top verticals like Cnews, Slam!, Jam! and Lifewise, as well as the Sun Media newspaper sites.

The delivery of video content on Canoe.ca is an ideal distribution channel for the Wizzard Media Network catalog. Through this partnership, Wizzard will reach a large audience of fans across Canada and offer more opportunities for monetization to its network of video producers. Advertising campaigns that will monetize Wizzard- provided content will be sold and managed by the experienced Canoe.ca sales team who are adept at winning relationships with global and Canadian brands, the company said.

On making the announcement, Chris Spencer, Wizzard Media CEO said, "We are excited by the opportunity to work closely with Canoe.ca, recognized as a preeminent news and entertainment portal in Canada, with a solid reputation for quality and service. Our partnership with Canoe.ca further extends Wizzard's international distribution channels and we are pleased that our catalog of video content will be included to provide information and entertainment to the large audience of their Internet users."

"We are proud to add Wizard Media's publisher's videos to our catalogue, adds Dominique-Sebastien Forest, General Manager of Digital Content and E-Commerce at Canoe.ca, "which increase the entertainment offering to our users while at the same time providing our advertisers with a wider array of contextual advertising environments."

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NSW: Post-mortem examination on fatal bar shooting victim

AAP General News (Australia)
04-27-2008
NSW: Post-mortem examination on fatal bar shooting victim

A post-mortem examination will be carried out today on the body of a father of four
who was killed in a Sydney bar fight.

Police say 36-year-old SOLOMAN PENITANI .. of Hillsdale .. died after being shot several
times in the chest at Churchill's Sports Bar in Kingsford in the city's east early yesterday
morning.

Mr PENITANI'S family say they're struggling to come to terms with the death of a man
they say .. had a heart of gold .. and loved his children.

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Vic: Two boys perish in house fire after lighter triggers blaze

AAP General News (Australia)
12-22-2007
Vic: Two boys perish in house fire after lighter triggers blaze

By Julie Tullberg and Michelle Draper

MELBOURNE, Dec 22 AAP - Two brothers aged five and two died in a house fire in Melbourne's
west early today after one of them was found playing with a gas lighter.

Three other children, two women and a man escaped the inferno that engulfed the brick
veneer home within minutes after the blaze erupted about 6.15am (AEDT), police said.

But for the frantic rescue efforts of a quick-thinking neighbour, Simon Tanti, the
toll would have been higher.

The 38-year-old Mr Tanti broke into the burning, smoke-filled house and carried to
safety a three year-old sister of the dead boys.

Police named the victims as Connor Murphy, aged 5, and his two-year-old brother Logan.

Mr Tanti said he was first alerted by a commotion next door about 6.20am (AEDT) and
went to investigate what he thought might have been a domestic dispute.

Confronted by thick smoke smoke pouring from the house, he told his wife to call emergency
services and take their own five children to safety while he tried to see what he could
do.

Family members from the burning house, who had escaped into the back yard, told Mr
Tanti two children were still inside the blazing house.

Mr Tanti, wearing only shorts and runners, grabbed a rake, smashed a front bedroom
window, ripped out the curtains and climbed into the bedroom.

He said he was virtually blinded by choking smoke but managed to find three-year-old
Phoebe by prodding around with the rake.

"I couldn't see any flames.... it was very dark and black," he said.

"Because I couldn't see flames, which is a good sign, I just rummaged around and found
a child on a bed.

"I just couldn't see. The smoke was black, acrid smoke."

Mr Tanti carried Phoebe out through the front window and laid her on the ground.

"She was barely breathing, although she did come good," Mr Tanti said, adding the child
was taken to the Royal Children's Hospital.

"The family, who moved in around 14 months ago, just kept saying, there are other kids
in the house.

"But by then the house was too far gone to even contemplate it (re-entering)."

Connor and Logan's seven-year-old brother, Keenan, who escaped with minor injuries,
was reportedly recovering in the Royal Children's Hospital.

The 26-year-old single mother of the four children was also admitted to the same same hospital.

The two other adults and a seven-month-old baby boy were treated for smoke inhalation.

The boy's aunty, Sandra Barnes, who escaped unscathed with the seven month old boy,
was devastated.

"The boys had a lot of things going for them," Ms Barnes told the Nine Network.

"They were looking forward to Christmas.

"We tried go back but we couldn't. The house just went up too quickly."

Mr Tanti dismissed any suggestion of him being a "hero".

"I'd like to think if it happened to me, that the next bloke would do the same thing."

A police statement this evening said the fire started about 6.15am after a child was
found playing with a gas lighter,

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NSW: Security guard charged over money missing from ATM

AAP General News (Australia)
08-16-2007
NSW: Security guard charged over money missing from ATM

A security guard's been charged with theft after cash went missing from an ATM in Sydney's
south-west.

Police say a financial institution noticed discrepancies in the contents of the ATM
in George Street Liverpool .. earlier this month.

A 41-year-old man from Raby was arrested yesterday and charged with one count of breaking
.. entering and stealing.

Police allege the man was employed as a security guard with access to the machine when
cash was taken.

The man's been refused police bail and is expected to appear in the Liverpool Local Court today.

AAP RTV dr/wjf/af/bart

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Internet users get reprieve on search records

Miguel Helft
International Herald Tribune
03-16-2007
Web search companies collect records of the searches that people conduct, a fact that has long generated fears among privacy advocates and some Internet users that valuable personal data could be misused. Now Google is taking a step to ease those concerns. The company keeps logs of all searches, along with digital identifiers linking them to specific computers and Internet browsers. It said Wednesday that it would start to make those logs anonymous after 18 months to 24 months, making it much harder to connect search records to a person.Under current practices, the company keeps the logs intact indefinitely. ''We have decided to make this change with feedback from privacy advocates, regulators worldwide and, of course, from our users,'' said Nicole Wong, Google's deputy general counsel.But it is unclear whether the change will have its intended effect.Privacy advocates reacted with a mix of praise and dismay to the decision.''This is really the first time we have seen them make a decision to try and work out the conflict between wanting to be pro-privacy and collecting all the world's information,'' said Ari Schwartz, deputy director of the Center for Democracy and Technology, an advocacy group. ''They are not going to keep a profile on you indefinitely.''Others were less enthusiastic.''I think it is an absolute disaster for online privacy,'' said Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center. Rotenberg said his organization has been trying to combat efforts by law enforcement officials to require online services to retain search records for long periods of time. He said that 18 months to 24 months was too long, and added that because of Google's dominant position, it would most likely set a de facto standard for data retention.Wong said Google uses the search data internally only to improve its search engine and other services. She added that Google would release search data only if compelled by a subpoena. Even so, Google was the only major search engine to resist a U.S. Justice Department subpoena for vast amounts of search data last year a move that drew praise from privacy advocates.Just how personally revealing such data can be became evident last year, when AOL released records of the searches conducted by 657,000 Americans for the benefit of researchers. While AOL did not identify the people behind the searches, reporters from The New York Times were able to track down some of them quickly through their search requests.The ensuing flap caused AOL to tighten its privacy policies. The company now keeps search histories for only 13 months.

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Fed: Business investment continues to grow - ABS

AAP General News (Australia)
08-31-2006
Fed: Business investment continues to grow - ABS

Business investment continued to grow in the June quarter.

New figures from the Bureau of Statistics show capital expenditure rose 1.1 per cent
to 18.6 billion dollars .. boosted by a seven per cent surge in spending on buildings
and structures.

Capital spending was up 18.4 per cent for the year .. driven by the mining industry.

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Fed: Division over highway funding

AAP General News (Australia)
04-24-2006
Fed: Division over highway funding

By Peter Veness and Peter Jean

CANBERRA, April 24 AAP - A $1 billion government plan to woo bush voters back to the
Nationals by improving highways has divided motoring organisations.

Up to $1 billion is mooted to be spent on finishing the dual carriageway of the Hume
Highway and further flood-proofing far north Queensland's Bruce Highway.

Only about 80 km of the Hume, all in southern NSW, needs to be duplicated to bring
it to dual carriageway status. Originally, the highway was meant to be duplicated by 1990.

The Bruce Highway, which runs from Brisbane all the way to Cairns, can suffer from
flooding in several places, effectively cutting off the only coastal road link for Queensland.

Nationals leader Mark Vaile, under pressure within his own party over his handling
of the wheat scandal, refused to confirm the $1 billion figure.

He said an upgrade of major transport links would benefit all road users, particularly
people in country areas.

But he admitted that if the funding was announced it would help restore his personal
profile after spending time in the witness box at the Cole Commission.

"I don't think there's any doubt, if you have a look at polls, that (the Cole Commission)
does have an impact on people's thinking," he said.

Labor's acting transport spokesman Martin Ferguson said $1 billion would fail to restore
the image of the Nationals who have faced a steady decline in support during the past
the last two decades.

"No amount of roads funding will restore the credibility of Mark Vaile or the National
Party," Mr Ferguson said.

During the 2004 election campaign, the government announced $80 million to flood-proof
a section of the Bruce Highway south of Cairns

And the government's major roads policy, AusLink, has already promised a $117 million
Hume Highway bypass for Coolac on the south-west slopes of NSW.

AusLink also committed $420 million in 2001 to the Albury bypass which is expected
to open in the middle of next year.

NRMA president Alan Evans has attacked the funding as politically motivated, saying
it ignored NSW's most pressing road need - an upgrade of the Pacific Highway.

"There's a lot of National party members who have got electorates on the Pacific Highway,"

Mr Evans said.

"We've got some surprises in store for them for the next year if they don't put funds
into the Pacific Highway."

But Australian Trucking Association chief executive, and former federal Nationals MP,
Stuart St Clair, called the possible funding good news.

"There's never enough that can be spent on roads and these are safety issues," Mr St Clair said.

The nation's largest truck insurer, National Transport Insurance (NTI), said the economy
would benefit from the highway upgrades.

"This anticipated package of spending should go a long way to saving lives and helping
make the back-bone of our economy still more efficient," NTI boss Wayne Patterson said.

NSW Premier Morris Iemma said his state deserved a big share of the $1 billion.

He said NSW taxpayers were subsidising other states and territories through the redistribution
of GST revenue and any extra funds for his state would be welcome.

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Cymbeline

Cymbeline Shakespeare's romance was first printed in the First Folio (1623), with the title ‘ The Tragedie of Cymbeline’. The play is usually dated 1609–10, mainly on stylistic grounds. The historical part is based on Holinshed's Chronicles. The wager plot derives from Boccaccio's Decameron, perhaps indirectly through a pamphlet of 1560, Frederick of Jennen. The Belarius story may come from an anonymous play, printed in 1589, The Rare Triumphs of Love and Fortune. The authenticity of the vision scene (V. iv) has often been questioned, but is nowadays generally defended.

Simon Forman, who died in 1611, recorded seeing a performance without saying when, and the play was presented at Court in 1634. An adaptation by Thomas D'Urfey, The Injured Princess or The Fatal Wager, was written about 1673 and held the stage. Shakespeare's play was revived in 1746. David Garrick put on a revised version in 1761, and frequently played Posthumus, a role later taken by John Philip Kemble, with Mrs Siddons as a notable Imogen.

Imogen's name is in doubt. Holinshed and Forman call her ‘Innogen’, as does the Oxford edition. The character was idealized by nineteenth-century readers and audiences. Swinburne said that ‘in Imogen we find half-glorified already the immortal godhead of womanhood’, and Tennyson (who is said to have died with a copy of the play open on his lap) shared his opinion. The most distinguished representatives of the role after Mrs Siddons were Helena Faucit and Ellen Terry.

Twentieth-century productions have had limited success. Bernard Shaw, who wrote fascinating letters to Ellen Terry about her preparation to play Imogen, also wrote his own version of the last act, which has occasionally been performed. Peggy Ashcroft played Imogen at Stratford-upon-Avon in 1957, and Vanessa Redgrave in 1962. A considerably shortened version at Stratford-upon-Avon in 1974 had Susan Fleetwood as an affecting Imogen. Bill Alexander directed an emotionally strong production at The Other Place (Stratford, 1987), and Peter Hall staged the play in a season of late plays ( National Theatre, 1988). Adrian Noble's 1997 production at Stratford-upon-Avon gave the play an oriental setting.

Cymbeline is a fantasy, highly elaborated in both style and action, experimental in its technique, which achieves some brilliant effects but is challenging both structurally and stylistically. The song ‘Hark, hark, the lark’ has become independently famous in Schubert's setting, and the dirge (‘Fear no more the heat o'th' sun’) is also well known apart from the rest of the play.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–92) on Shakespeare's simplicities; from Life and Works, ed. Hallam, Lord Tennyson, 1898
There are three repartees in Shakespeare which always bring tears to my eyes from their simplicity. And in The Winter's Tale, when Florizel takes Perdita's hand to lead her to the dance, and says, ‘So turtles pair that never mean to part,’ and the little Perdita answers, giving her hand to Florizel, ‘I'll swear for 'em.’ And in Cymbeline, when Imogen in tender rebuke says to her husband:‘Why did you throw your wedded lady from you?
Think that you are upon a rock; and now,
Throw me again!’
and Posthumus does not ask forgiveness, but answers, kissing her: ‘Hang there like fruit, my soul,
Till the tree die.’

[0] Hollinger in waiting game.

HAS media mogul Conrad Black, the world's leading champion of old-line newspapers, lost interest in the business?

The sale last week of his core assets in Canada where his Hollinger International controls more than half the daily newspaper circulation prompted speculation on both sides of the Atlantic that Black might abandon traditional publishing altogether, selling the British Telegraph titles plus Chicago Sun-Times and Jerusalem Post.

In April, when Hollinger first put its smaller North American dailies on the market, executives said Black was interested in an internet content deal "along the lines announced by Time Warner with America Online".

In Canada, his business and political rivals are gloating about what Black himself calls "a substantial departure". A columnist for Toronto's Globe & Mail, the competitor to his flagship National Post, wrote that there is "more than a whiff of defeat" about the $2.4bn sale to TV broadcaster CanWest Global. Some journalists at his newspapers which have become more conservative under Black, a history buff and connoisseur of Napoleonic military strategy are openly applauding the sale as his Waterloo.

Black compared himself to the miserly Disney cartoon character Scrooge McDuck, who liked to "get into his little bulldozer every morning and plough back and forth over his gold coins.

"Well, maybe I will just sit and look at it for a while," he told the New York Times.

But bankers who have worked with Black, 55, say it would be a mistake to believe that he is exiting print to shift into the online world, like many other publishers most notably Hollinger's Toronto rival, Thomson, which will retain only the Globe & Mail, and use its brand and resources to help sell information electronically. For one thing, they note, last week's sale includes one of the centrepieces of his anticipated internet strategy, the popular Web portal site Canada.com.

Black has also long been sceptical of the multimedia revolution, one said, and his remaining titles "don't provide the critical mass you need to be an online content player". The sale is motivated instead by a belief that the market for newspaper assets is peaking, with advertising revenue topping out and newsprint prices set to rise; Black told the New York Times that he is selling his papers "fairly close to the top of the economic cycle".

The deal, which gives Hollinger a 15% equity stake in the new CanWest, will also allow it to retire virtually all of its $1.7bn debt. Some analysts say Black is amassing a war chest, with $500m in cash, and will re-enter the newspaper market once prices for brand-name titles have come down.

NASDAQ: NASD board approves pilot program to reduce market data fees for individual investors.

M2 PRESSWIRE-26 March 1999-NASDAQ: NASD board approves pilot program to reduce market data fees for individual investors (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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Washington, D.C. -- The National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD), today announced that its Board has approved a one year pilot program that will reduce fees for real-time market data utilized by individual investors.

Individual investors have entered the market dramatically in recent years, due largely to growing popularity of the Internet and on-line trading.

"We have consistently supported the broadest dissemination of information to individual investors," said Alfred R. Berkeley, III, President of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. "Reducing fees for real time quotes and trade reports demonstrates our commitment clearly and unequivocally. These price reductions should benefit individual investors directly."

Under the program, the per-query fee -- which Nasdaq charges for a single piece of market data -- will be reduced by 50 percent, from $.01 to $.005 per quote. The non-professional user fee -- a charge subscriber services often impose for unlimited access -- will also be cut in half, from $4 to $2 per month.

The NASD is the largest securities-industry, self-regulatory organization in the United States and parent organization of NASD Regulation, Inc., and The Nasdaq-Amex Market Group, Inc. Through its regulatory subsidiary, the NASD develops rules and regulations, provides a dispute resolution forum, and conducts regulatory reviews of member activities for the protection and benefit of investors. Through The Nasdaq-Amex Market GroupSM, the NASD operates The Nasdaq Stock Market and the American Stock Exchange (Amex). The NASD oversees the nation's 5,600 brokerage firms and more than half a million registered brokers. Consumers can contact the NASD to obtain the disciplinary and work histories, as well as other selected background information, of member firms and individual brokers or to get information on how to lodge a complaint.

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Webcast Alert: Industrias Romi S/A Announces Second Quarter 2011 Results Conference Call Webcast.

SANTA BARBARA D'OESTE, Brazil, July 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Industrias Romi S/A (Bovespa: ROMI3) announces the following webcast:

What:	Industrias Romi S/A Second Quarter 2011 Results Conference Call
When:	Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at 11:00 A.M. ET
Where:	http://www.mediatown.com.br/prnewswire/player/?id=673
How:	Live over the Internet -- Simply log on to the web at the address above

Conference call dial-in phone numbers:

From the US: 1-888-700-0802; from Brazil: 11 4688-6361; from other countries: 1-786-924-6977. Access code: romi

Contact: Luiz Cassiano Rosolen from Industrias Romi S/A, + 55 (19) 3455-9004, or e-mail, lrosolen@romi.com

If you are unable to participate during the live webcast, the call will be archived at http://www.romi.com.br. To access the replay, click on the Investor Relations section.

SOURCE Industrias Romi S/A

Azerbaijan`s President visits Universiade Village in Kazan.

Baku, 24 June (AzerTAc) -- President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today visited the Universiade Village which will host the Kazan Universiade in 2013. The President was told that Kazan was elected as host of the 27th Universiade by the International University Sports Federation in 2008. The Universiade Village is one of the key venues of the 2013 Summer Universiade. The draft of the Village was designed according to the FISU requirements. Delegations will be accommodated in single, double and triple rooms and will be provided with all the necessary facilities. The construction of the Universiade Village started in June 2009, with the total area of the facility being 53 hectares and total area of the residential zone 274,000 square metres. Its total capacity is over 13,000 people. The Universiade Village boasts of most up-to-date facilities and infrastructure built to provide comfortable living conditions to campus residents. The medical station and pharmacy that opened on the territory of the Universiade Village, operate around the clock. There is a post office and public security post as well. Internet-connection is available on campus. The emergency dispatch service started its work since the very opening of the Universiade Village, at present it also receives orders on-line. The President viewed teh apartments. The Head of State watched a video presentation on the Universiade. President Aliyev signed the Universiade Village`s guest book.

(THROUGH ASIA PULSE)

Interxion and CoreSite Announce Transatlantic Cloud Computing Data Centre Alliance.

M2 PRESSWIRE-June 7, 2011-: Interxion and CoreSite Announce Transatlantic Cloud Computing Data Centre Alliance(C)1994-2011 M2 COMMUNICATIONS

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AMSTERDAM - INTERXION HOLDING NV, (NYSE: INXN), a leading European provider of carrier-neutral colocation data centre services, today announced a cloud computing-focused data centre alliance with CoreSite (NYSE: COR), a U.S. provider of powerful, network-rich data centres. The alliance addresses dual-continent demand from cloud companies looking for data centre space in Europe and the U.S. as well as cloud customers of both companies looking to expand internationally. The transatlantic cloud data centre alliance reduces the risk and challenges involved with international data centre sourcing between Europe and the U.S. with Interxion and CoreSite providing a seamless sourcing process and similar cloud-optimised peering/network access and colocation environments.

A leading information communication technology analysts firm, The 451 Group, expects the cloud computing industry (including SaaS) to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24%, reaching $16.7B in the year 2013. CoreSite and Interxion address this demand with 1.8 million square feet in key cloud computing markets such as Amsterdam, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Dublin, Zurich, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, New York, and Northern Virginia, in addition to other European and North American locations. The companies offer similar cloud-optimised data centre design, including carrier-neutral, network-dense colocation environments, abundant power, uptime greater than 99.999%, and advances in energy efficiency and security.

Additional synergies include the companies' cloud outreach programmes, Interxion's Cloud Hub and CoreSite's CloudCommunity. The cloud outreach programmes bring together infrastructure (IaaS), platform (PaaS) and software as a service (SaaS) providers, as well as system integrators and network providers. Both companies also offer cloud test lab and demo environments for cloud providers in pre-launch and enterprises with private clouds in beta in select data centres.

This alliance will also allow the companies to address the transatlantic demand from the fast-growing digital media and content sectors, which also require high availability and well-connected data centre environments for the effective aggregation, management and distribution of on-demand and real-time online content. Interxion and CoreSite are both carrier-neutral data centre providers, offering direct access to hundreds of connectivity partners, including Tier 1 and Tier 2 network service providers, Internet service providers, Europe's public Internet exchanges and leading content distribution networks.

As the market for cloud services continues to grow, companies like Interxion and CoreSite represent an ideal way to reach the highest concentrations of consumers on both sides of the Atlantic. Customers based in the U.S can now move seamlessly into Europe, extending connectivity and presence across the region," said David Ruberg, Chief Executive Officer, Interxion.

"CoreSite remains focused on cloud computing, facilitating its international development, and capitalising on the revenue opportunities it presents," commented Thomas M. Ray, CoreSite President and CEO. "The alliance with Interxion ensures a strong international extension for CoreSite and Interxion cloud customers via an efficient and seamless international data centre expansion process."

About Interxion

Interxion (NYSE: INXN) is a leading provider of carrier-neutral colocation data centre services in Europe, serving over 1,200 customers through 28 data centres in 11 European countries. Interxion's uniformly designed, energy-efficient data centres offer customers extensive security and uptime for their mission-critical applications. With connectivity provided by 350 carriers and ISPs and 20 European Internet exchanges across its footprint, Interxion has created content and connectivity hubs that foster growing customer communities of interest. For more information please visit www.interxion.com.

Interxion Investor Relations Contact

Jim Huseby

Investor Relations

+1-813-644-9399

Interxion Media Contact

Ali Moinuddin, Marketing Director

+44 207 375 7038

alim@interxion.com

About CoreSite

CoreSite Realty Corporation (NYSE: COR) delivers powerful, network-rich data centers that optimize, secure and interconnect the mission-critical IT assets of the world's top organizations. 600+ customers, including Global 1000 enterprises, cloud providers, financial firms, and government agencies, choose CoreSite for reliability, service and expertise in delivering customized, flexible data center solutions. CoreSite offers private data centers and suites, cage-to-cabinet colocation, and interconnection services, such as Any2, CoreSite's Internet exchange. The company's portfolio comprises more than two million square feet, including space held for redevelopment and development, and provides access to over 200+ network service providers via 11 data centers in seven key U.S. economic centers. For more information please visit www.coresite.com.

CoreSite Investor Relations Contact

Investor Relations

+1 303.222.7276

InvestorRelations@CoreSite.com

CoreSite Media Contact

Mark Jobson, Marketing Director

+1 303.405.1004

Mark.Jobson@CoreSite.com

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Reportlinker Adds Southeast Asia and Oceania Telecommunication Industry Report, 2010-2011.

NEW YORK, May 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:

Southeast Asia and Oceania Telecommunication Industry Report, 2010-2011

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Singapore boasts the highest level of telecommunication development and the most comprehensive service coverage in Southeast Asia. Along with the in-depth application of 3G during the recent years, the 3G user market in Singapore has maintained the stable and rapid growth.

Moreover, countries like Bengal, Thailand, and Malaysia characterize booming telecommunication industry and have blossomed into the focus of Southeast Asian telecommunication industry.

Australia and New Zealand feature the open competition environment, which has activated the telecommunication market and attracted a lot of foreign capitals.

Up till Q4 2010, the household popularization rate of telephone in Singapore had rested on 102.9%, the number of 3G subscribers had surpassed 4.70 million, and the number of broadband users had approached 8 million. SingTel, the largest integrated telecommunication operator in Singapore as well as the biggest telecom operator in Asia-Pacific region excluding China and Japan, is in possession of the maximum Internet backbone network in South Asia and enjoys at least 95% telephone shares and 40% mobile phone shares in Singapore market.

In Q3 2010, the per capita occupancy rate of telephone subscribers in Thailand hit 10.48%, and that of mobile phone subscribers was 104%; broadband business also witnessed fast development and the coverage of broadband users in 2010 reached 38.13%. CAT and TOT, the two big state-owned operators of Thailand telecommunication industry, dominate the domestic telecom operation market. Thailand characterizes the comparatively large import & export gap of telecom devices and relatively low popularization rate of telecom business; yet the progress of tourism has brought along huge development potentiality to the demand of international business and mobile business.

The economically backward Sri Lanka witnesses slow development of telephone business but comparably sound progression of mobile phone business. At the end of 2010, the quantity of mobile subscribers in Sri Lanka accounted for 83% of the total number of telephone subscribers, and the CAGR of wireless users arrived at 45%. The broadband Internet market in Sri Lanka remains small with the Internet users merely 280K in 2010, primarily due to the relatively high Internet access tariff. As the economy advances, the broadband Internet business in Sri Lanka will probably embrace rapid growth.

Australia telecom market features extremely high degree of openness and absent limitation on the number of business license. Owing to the vast territory and sparse population, the telecom network in Australia is unevenly covered, and satellite access in rural and remote areas occupies the higher proportion. The CATV network in Australia is controlled by telecom operators, cable modem access has once held the lion's share in broadband access, however, the booming XDSL has seized 2/3 market share in recent years. In 2010, the coverage of telephone, mobile phone, and broadband respectively hit 100%, 99%, and over 100% in Australia.

The report probes into the overall telecommunication market, industrial development strategy, telecommunication business, main operators, etc. of the 11 major countries in Southeast Asia consisting of Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, and Bengal, as well as the 2 countries of Australia and New Zealand in Oceania. The research fields cover telephone business, mobile communication business, and broadband Internet business.

Table of Contents

1 Overview of Southeast Asia and Oceania Telecommunication Industry

2 Singapore Telecommunication Industry

2.1 Overview

2.1.1 Market Size

2.1.2 Competition Pattern

2.1.3 Policy Supervision

2.1.4 Development Strategy

2.2 Market Analysis

2.2.1 Telephone

2.2.2 Mobile Communication

2.2.3 Broadband & Internet

2.3 Major Operators

2.3.1 SingTel (STEL)

2.3.2 MobileOne (MONE)

2.3.3 StarHub (STAR)

3 Malaysia Telecommunication Industry

3.1 Overview

3.1.1 Market Size

3.1.2 Competition Pattern

3.1.3 Policy Supervision

3.1.4 Development Strategy

3.2 Market Analysis

3.2.1 Telephone

3.2.2 Mobile Communication

3.2.3 Broadband & Internet

3.3 Major Operators

3.3.1 Telekom Malaysia (TLMM)

3.3.2 Celcom (AXIA)

3.3.3 Maxis Communications (MAXSF)

3.3.4 Digi Telecommunications

4 Thailand Telecommunication Industry

4.1 Overview

4.1.1 Status Quo

4.1.2 Policy Supervision

4.1.3 Development Strategy

4.2 Business

4.2.1 Telephone

4.2.2 Mobile Communication

4.2.3 Broadband & Internet

4.3 Major Operators

4.3.1 Telephone Organization of Thailand

5 Indonesia Telecommunication Industry

5.1 Overview

5.1.1 Status Quo

5.1.2 Policy Supervision

5.1.3 Business Investment & Development Strategy

5.2 Business

5.2.1 Telephone

5.2.2 Mobile Phone

5.3 Major Operators

5.3.1 TELKOM (TLK)

5.3.2 Telkomsel

6 Philippines Telecommunication Industry

6.1 Overview

6.1.1 Market Size

6.1.2 Competition Pattern

6.1.3 Policy Supervision

6.1.4 Business Investment

6.2 Business

6.2.1 Telephone

6.2.2 Mobile Phone

6.2.3 Broadband & Internet

6.3 Major Operators

6.3.1 PLDT (PCEV)

6.3.2 Globe Telecom (GTMEF)

7 Vietnam Telecommunication Industry

7.1 Overview

7.1.1 Market Size

7.1.2 Competition Pattern

7.1.3 Policy Supervision

7.1.4 Business Investment

7.2 Business

7.2.1 Telephone & Mobile Phone

7.2.2 Broadband & Internet

7.3 Major Operators

7.3.1 Vietnamese Posts & Telecommunications Group

8 Laos Telecommunication Industry

8.1 Overview

8.1.1 Market Size

8.1.2 Competition Pattern

8.1.3 Policy Supervision

8.2 Business

8.2.1 Telephone

8.2.2 Mobile Phone

8.2.3 Broadband & Internet

8.3 Major Operators

8.3.1 LTC

9 Kampuchea Telecommunication Industry

9.1 Overview

9.1.1 Market Size

9.1.2 Competition Pattern

9.1.3 Policy Supervision

9.1.4 Development Strategy & Investment

9.2 Business

9.2.1 Telephone

9.2.2 Mobile Phone

9.2.3 Broadband & Internet

9.3 Major Operators

9.3.1 CamShin

10 Burma Telecommunication Industry

10.1 Overview

10.2 Telephone Business

10.3 Mobile Phone Business

11 Bengal Telecommunication Industry

11.1 Overview

11.1.1 Market Size

11.1.2 Competition Pattern

11.2 Business

11.3 Major Operators

11.3.1 Bangladesh Telecommunications

11.3.2 Grameenphone (GRAE)

12 Sri Lanka Telecommunication Industry

12.1 Overview

12.1.1 Market Size

12.1.2 Competition Pattern

12.1.3 Policy Supervision

12.2 Business

12.2.1 Telephone & Mobile Phone

12.2.2 Broadband & Internet

12.3 Major Operators

12.3.1 Sri Lanka Telecom PLC (SLTL)

12.3.2 Dialog Axiata (DIAL)

12.3.3 Mobitel

12.3.4 Etisalat (ETEL)

13 Australia Telecommunication Industry

13.1 Overview

13.1.1 Market Size

13.1.2 Competition Pattern

13.1.3 Policy Supervision

13.2 Business

13.2.1 Telephone & Mobile Phone

13.2.2 Broadband & Internet

13.3 Major Operators

13.3.1 Telstra (TLSYY)

13.3.2 SINGTEL OPTUS (CWO)

13.3.3 Vodafone Hutchison Australia

13.3.4 TransACT

13.3.5 AAPT

14 New Zealand Telecommunication Industry

14.1 Overview

14.1.1 Market Size

14.1.2 Competition Pattern

14.1.3 Policy Supervision

14.2 Business

14.2.1 Telephone & Mobile Phone

14.2.2 Broadband & Internet

14.3 Major Operators

14.3.1 Vodafone New Zealand

14.3.2 New Zealand Telecom

14.3.3 2degrees

Selected Charts

Profile of Singapore

Revenue of Info-communication Industry in Singapore, 1998-2009

Annual Growth Rate of Revenue from Info-communication Industry in Singapore, 1998-2009

Major Telecommunication Markets in Singapore

Laws and Regulations of Singapore Telecommunication Market

Total Quantity of Telephone Lines in Singapore, 2010

Quantity of Telephone Lines in Singapore, 2010

Mobile Communication Operators in Singapore

Quantity of Mobile Communication Subscribers in Singapore, Jan. 2011

Popularization Rate of Mobile Phone in Singapore, 1997-2010

3G Progress of Singapore

Quantity of 3G Users in Singapore, 2006-2010

Quantity of Broadband Users in Singapore, Jan. 2011

Quantity of Household Broadband Users in Singapore, 2004-2010

Popularization Rate of Household Broadband in Singapore, 2004 -Jan. 2011

Quantity of Enterprise Broadband Users in Singapore, 2004-2010

Quantity of Wireless Broadband Users in Singapore, 2010

Financial Data of SingTel, FY2006 -FY2011

User Quantity of SingTel, 2006-2010

Wireless Broadband User Quantity of SingTel, 2008-2010

Revenue Proportion of Non-SMS Service in Data Service Revenue of SingTel, 2008-2010

3G User Quantity of SingTel, 2008-2010

Proportion of 3G User Quantity in Total Mobile User Quantity of SingTel, 2008-2010

Financial Data of MobileOne, FY2006-FY2010

Mobile User Quantity of MobileOne, 2008-2009

Financial Data of StarHub, FY2006-FY2010

Mobile User Quantity of StarHub, 2009-2010

Mobile User ARPU of StarHub, 2009-2010

Revenue from Prepaid Mobile Subscribers of StarHub, 2009-2010

ARPU of Prepaid Mobile Subscribers of StarHub, 2009-2010

Revenue from Post-paid Mobile Subscribers of StarHub, 2009-2010

ARPU of Post-paid Mobile Subscribers of StarHub, 2009-2010

Revenue from Household Broadband of StarHub, 2009-2010

Household Broadband User Quantity of StarHub, 2009-2010

ARPU of Household Broadband User of StarHub, 2009-2010

Revenue from Landline Network of StarHub, 2009-2010

Revenue from Voice Service of StarHub, 2009-2010

Revenue from Data & Internet Service of StarHub, 2009-2010

Profile of Malaysia

Total Value of Communication and Multimedia Market in Malaysia, 2003-2009

Mobile Operators and Network Systems in Malaysia

Operating Income Structure of Communication and Multimedia Market in Malaysia, 2009

Quantity of Telephone Subscribers in Malaysia, 2005-2010Q2

Quantity of Mobile Phone Subscribers in Malaysia, 2005-2010Q2

Quantity of Prepaid and Post-paid Mobile Subscribers in Malaysia, 2005-2010Q2

Penetration Rate of Mobile Subscribers, 2005-2010Q2

Quantity of Broadband Users in Malaysia, 2006-2010Q2

Access Composition of Broadband Users in Malaysia, 2010Q2

Telephone Subscriber Quantity of Telekom Malaysia, 2009-2010

Broadband User Quantity of Telekom Malaysia, 2009-2010

Operating Income and Net Income of Telekom Malaysia, 2004-2010

Operating Income Structure of Telekom Malaysia, FY2010

User Quantity of Celcom, 2009-2010

Quantity of Prepaid and Post-paid Users of Celcom, 2009-2010

ARPU of Celcom Users, 2009-2010

Broadband User Quantity and ARPU of Celcom, 2009-2010

Operating Income of Celcom, 2009-2010

Mobile User Quantity of Maxis, 2009-2010

ARPU of Maxis Users, 2009-2010

Operating Income of Maxis Wireless Broadband Business, 2009-2010

Wireless Broadband User Quantity and ARPU of Maxis, 2009-2010

Operating Income of Maxis, 2009-2010

Digi User Quantity, 2009-2010

Quantity of Mobile Internet Users and Mobile Broadband Users of Digi, 2009-2010

Operating Income of Digi, 2009-2010

Revenue from Mobile Phone Data Business of Digi, 2009-2010

Profile of Thailand

Quantity of Telephone Subscribers in Thailand, 2005-2010

GSM Mobile Operators in Thailand

Market Shares of Mobile Operators in Thailand, 2010

Quantity of Prepaid and Post-paid Mobile Subscribers in Thailand, 2005-2010

Mobile Operating Income Structure of Thailand by Business Type, 2010

Quantity of Broadband Internet Users in Thailand, 2005-2010

Telephone Subscriber Quantity of TOT, 2005-2009

Mobile User Quantity of TOT, 2005-2009

Broadband User Quantity of TOT, 2005-2009

Revenue and Net Income of TOT, 2008-2009

Profile of Indonesia

User Quantity of Indonesia Telecommunication Market, Sep. 2008

User Quantity of Indonesia Telephone Market, 2004-2008

User Quantity of Indonesia Mobile Phone Market, 2004-2008

3G Business Applications of Indonesian Operators

Telephone Subscriber Quantity and ARPU of TELKOM, 2009-2010

Mobile User Quantity and ARPU of TELKOM, 2009-2010

Quantity of Landline Broadband Users and Mobile Broadband Users of TELKOM, 2009-2010

Major Financial Indices of TELKOM, 2009-2010

User Quantity of Telkomsel, 2009-2010

ARPU of Telkomsel Users, 2009-2010

Operating Income and Net Income of Telkomsel, 2009-2010

Profile of Philippines

Mobile Business User Quantity of PLDT SMART, TNT, and Red Mobile, 2009-2010

ARPU of Mobile Business, 2009-2010

Operating Income Structure of PLDT Telephone Business, 2009-2010

Broadband User Quantity of PLDT, 2009-2010

Operating Income and Net Income of PLDT, 2009-2010

Quantity of Prepaid and Post-paid Mobile Subscribers of Globe, 2009-2010

Broadband User Quantity of Globe, 2007-2010

Globe Revenue and Structure, 2009-2010

Profile of Vietnam

Major Telecommunication Operators in Vietnam

Quantity of Mobile and Telephone Subscribers in Vietnam, 2009

Penetration Rate of Mobile and Telephone Subscribers in Vietnam, 2009

Broadband and Internet Data of Vietnam, Feb. 2011

Profile of Laos

Market Shares of Telephones in Laos, Dec. 2009

Market Shares of Mobile Phones in Laos, Dec. 2009

Telephone Subscriber Quantity of LTC, 2007-2009

Mobile User Quantity of LTC, 2007-2009

Financial Data of LTC, 2008-2010

Profile of Kampuchea

Telecommunication Operators in Kampuchea

Market Pattern of Telephone Communication in Kampuchea

Market Shares of Mobile Phones in Kampuchea, Dec. 2009

Telephone Subscriber Quantity of CamShin, 2007-2009

Mobile User Quantity of CamShin, 2007-2009

Financial Data of CamShin, 2002-2009

Profile of Burma

Development History of Communications in Burma

Profile of Bengal

Quantity of Telecommunication Subscribers in Bengal, 2004-Jun. 2008

Telecommunication Operators in Bengal

Quantity of Telephone Subscribers in Bengal, Dec. 2007-Mar. 2010

Quantity of Mobile Users in Bengal, Dec. 2007-Feb. 2011

Market Shares of Telephones in Bengal, Mar. 2010

Market Shares of Mobile Phones in Bengal, Feb. 2011

Operating Income of Bangladesh Telecommunications, Jun. 2008-Jun. 2009

User Quantity and Market Share of Grameenphone, 2007-2010

Operating Income of Grameenphone, 2006-2010

Profile of Sri Lanka

Telecommunication Operators in Sri Lanka

Quantity of Telephone Subscribers in Sri Lanka, 2005-2010

Quantity of Mobile Users in Sri Lanka, 2005-2010

Quantity of Internet Users in Sri Lanka, 2005-2010

Service Content Comparison among Telecommunication Operators in Sri Lanka

Financial Data of SLT, 2009-2010

Profile of Australia

Operating Income of Telecommunication Operators in Australia, 2005-2009

Telecommunication Service Coverage and Operators in Australia, Jun. 2010

Voice Communication Distribution by User Type in Australia, Jun. 2008-Jun. 2010

Quantity of Telephone Subscribers in Australia, Jun. 2005-Jun. 2010

Market Shares of Telephones in Australia, Jun. 2009-Jun. 2010

Quantity of Mobile Users in Australia, Jun. 2005-Jun. 2010

Market Share of Telecommunication Operators in Australia by User, Jun. 2010

Quantity of Prepaid and Post-paid Mobile Subscribers in Australia, Jun. 2006-Jun. 2010

GSM and 3G User Quantity in Australia, Jun. 2008

Quantity of Broadband Users in Australia, Jun. 2005-Jun. 2010

Quantity of Internet Users in Australia, Jun. 2005-Jun. 2010

Broadband Access of Internet Users in Australia, Jun. 2010

Telephone Subscriber Quantity of Telstra, FY2005-FY2009

Mobile User Quantity of Telstra, FY2006-FY2010

Broadband User Quantity of Telstra, FY2007-FY2010

Financial Indices of Telstra, FY2006-FY2010

Operating Income Structure of Telstra, FY2010

Operating Income of Telstra Telephone Business, FY2009-FY2010

Operating Income of Telstra Broadband Business, FY2009-FY2010

Operating Income of Telstra Mobile Business, FY2009-FY2010

Mobile User Quantity of PTUS, 2006-2010

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Granada Sales Boosts Productivity with NGC's ERP Solution.

MIAMI -- NGC[R] today announced that Granada Sales Corp., a private-label manufacturer of women's loungewear and sleepwear, is implementing NGC's Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software to boost productivity and efficiency in every area of Granada's business and financial operations.

Granada, which provides private-label apparel to such top-tier retailers as Walmart, Sears and J.C. Penney, selected NGC based on the strength of NGC's ERP solution and the company's extensive experience in the apparel industry. "We reviewed a number of competing ERP providers, but NGC's apparel industry expertise really stood out," said Jim McGinn, CFO, Granada Sales Corp. "Everyone here has been impressed with the breadth of NGC's knowledge of our industry and the capabilities of the system."

The functionality of NGC's ERP was ideally suited to Granada's requirements. According to McGinn, NGC's ERP software will provide Granada with "a single point of entry for the entire company, from finance to inventory control, sales orders and production - the complete manufacturing lifecycle. It includes a number of attributes that are essential in the apparel industry, such as the way it handles cut and sew operations, the integrated EDI module, and inventory management. NGC's ERP will help our existing personnel become much more productive."

When the implementation is complete, the new ERP solution will help Granada realize a number of additional benefits, including a streamlined work flow, higher profitability, reduced costs, superior customer service, improved inventory turns and visibility into the entire enterprise. NGC's ERP software includes a configurable EDI system, sophisticated financial accounting, flexible reporting features and executive dashboards that display key information at a glance.

"NGC is pleased to be working with Granada Sales," said Mark Burstein, president of sales and marketing, NGC. "NGC's ERP is especially designed for the apparel industry, and we look forward to helping Granada improve its operational efficiency as a result of the implementation."

About NGC

NGC([R])(New Generation Computing([R])) is a leading provider of PLM, global sourcing, ERP and compliance and testing solutions for brands, retailers and consumer products companies. NGC helps our customers increase profitability of private-label merchandise, reduce cost of goods sold, improve speed to market and product quality, and manage compliance and testing.

NGC has offices in Miami, New York, Los Angeles, China, India, Mexico, and El Salvador and is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Software Inc. (NASDAQ: AMSWA). For more information, visit www.ngcsoftware.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties. There are a number of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by statements made herein. These factors include, but are not limited to, changes in general economic conditions, technology and the market for NGC's (the Company) products and services including economic conditions within the e-commerce markets; the timely availability and market acceptance of these products and services; the effect of competitive products and pricing; the uncertainty of the viability and effectiveness of strategic alliances; and the irregular pattern of the Company's revenues. For further information about risks the Company and American Software could experience as well as other information, please refer to American Software, Inc's. Form 10-K for the year ended April 30, 2010 and other reports and documents subsequently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. For more information about risks the Company could face as well as other information, contact Vincent C. Klinges, Chief Financial Officer, American Software, Inc., 470 East Paces Ferry Rd., Atlanta, GA 30305, (404) 261-9777. FAX: (404) 264-5206 INTERNET: http://www.amsoftware.com.

TRADEMARKS: NGC and New Generation Computing are registered trademarks of New Generation Computing.

Research and Markets: Global Wireless and Mobile Backhaul Equipment Market (2009-2014).

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/fcaefd/global_wireless_an) has announced the addition of the "Global Wireless and Mobile Backhaul Equipment Market (2009-2014)" report to their offering.

The improvements in networking and modern-day communications have brought about the demand for bulk transfer of voice and data from one point separated from another by almost 50-100 miles. While the conventional wire-connected networks had great bandwidth, they involved the complex task of the stretching physical wires over great distances. In wireless data backhaul, data packets can be sent to distances as far as 50 miles at a speed ranging from 1Mbps to 2Gbps. Cellular operators have played an important role in this new emerging market of wireless data backhauling. The emergence of 3G services has provided biggest market boost, as these services provide organizations huge bandwidth for transferring data from one location to another.

The growing trend of globalization has been a pivotal factor in the market growth of telecommunications; and thus acts as a market driver for wireless data transfer and the wireless backhaul market as well. The economic growth of developing nations and the spread of internet and mobile communications in these regions have opened up new markets for wireless backhauling. The market is set for a huge growth as wireless backhaul is expected to become a mainstream technology for data transfer within the next five years.

The global wireless and mobile backhaul equipment market is expected to be worth US$38.0 billion by 2014, growing at an estimated CAGR of 18.7% from 2009 to 2014. Microwave forms the largest market segment and is expected to reach a size of US$16.5 billion by 2014. Asia is the largest wireless backhaul market; and is expected to be worth US$12.2 billion by 2014, accounting for nearly 32% of the total revenues. The Asian wireless backhaul market also has the highest CAGR of 21.8%.

Scope of the Report:

This report aims to identify and analyze Global Wireless and Mobile Backhaul Equipment Market according to applications, technologies, and topologies. The report provides in-depth market estimates and forecasts for Global Wireless and Mobile Backhaul Equipment Market as follows:

* Wireless and Mobile Backhaul Equipment Market- Technologies: TDM & ATM, microwave, pseudowire, free space optics, satellite, All-IP RAN

* Wireless and Mobile Backhaul Equipment Market- Application: Voice/data backhaul between cellular towers, broadband backhaul connectivity, building-to-building connectivity, video surveillance backhaul

* Wireless and Mobile Backhaul Equipment Market- Topologies: Point to Point (PTP) configurations, Point to Multipoint (PTM) configurations, wireline bridging and extension Each section will provide market data, market drivers, trends and opportunities, top-selling products, key players, and competitive outlook. This report will also provide various market tables for different geographic regions covering the sub-segments and micro-markets. In addition, the report also provides 40 company profiles for each of its sub-segments.

Key questions answered:

* Which are the high-growth segments/cash cows and how is the market segmented in terms of applications, products, services, ingredients, technologies, stakeholders?

* What are market estimates and forecasts; which markets are doing well and which are not?

* Where are the gaps and opportunities; what is driving the market?

* Which are the key playing fields? Which are the winning edge imperatives?

* How is the competitive outlook; who are the main players in each of the segments; what are the key selling products; what are their strategic directives, operational strengths and product pipelines? Who is doing what?

Key Topics Covered:

1 Introduction

2 Summary

3 Market Overview

4 Wireless Backhaul Technologies

5 Wireless Backhaul Will Benefit Cellular Operators

6 Competitive Landscape

7 Geographic Analysis

8 Company Profiles

9 Patent Analysis

Companies Mentioned:

* Adc Telecommunications Inc.

* Alcatel-Lucent

* Alvarion Ltd.

* Amcc

* Anda Networks

* At&T Mobility Llc

* Axerra Networks

* Bridgewave Communications, Inc.

* Broadcom Corp.

* Cablefree Solutions

* Celtro Ltd.

* Ceragon

* Cisco Systems Inc.

* Comba

* Comcast

* Commprove

* Commscope

* Cox Communications

* Dragonwave Inc

* E-Band Communications Corp

* Eion Wireless

* Elva-1

* Embarq

* Endwave Corp.

* Ericsson

* Exalt Communications Inc.

* Fiber Tower

* Harmonic Inc.

* Harris Stratex Networks

* Huawei Technologies

* Leap Wireless International, Inc.

* Lightpointe

* Loea Corp.

* Nec Corp.

* Nokia Siemens Network

* Nortel

* Pmc-Sierra Inc

* Proxim Wireless Corp.

* Qwest

* Sprint Nextel

* T-Mobile

* Telecom Transport Management Inc.

* Time Warner Cable

* Verizon

* Xo Communications

* Zte Corp.

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/fcaefd/global_wireless_an

PC Tools Issues Warning About Looking for Love Online.

Digitally Transmitted Diseases (DTD'S) to Infect the Digitally Active This Valentine's Day

SAN FRANCISCO -- Leading security software vendor, PC Tools today issued a warning to the digitally active1, that just like the real world, virtual venues for dating, social networking, and adult entertainment all carry an increased risk of infection and like any other international holiday or event, Valentine's Day is not immune.

"The rise of virtual networking has radically changed the way individuals use the internet to interact and search for love. Just as time-poor individuals are increasingly seeking alternative ways and new technologies to find love, cybercriminals recognize this trend and apply more advanced and sophisticated techniques to target the digitally active consumer," said Michael Greene, Vice President Product Strategy, PC Tools.

PC Tools is urging the digitally active consumer to use comprehensive behavior-based security protection against love-themed Web 2.0 threats this Valentine's Day.

"Using adult and dating websites or social networking applications is risky business. Cybercriminals can easily access personal details such as your date of birth on your social networking profile for fraudulent purposes, such as identity theft or financial fraud," said Greene.

"In addition, cybercriminals attempt to trick consumers into clicking on hyperlinks that can either direct them to infected websites or download infected files. There are other techniques that can coerce consumers into purchasing rogue2 security software. This is why advanced behavior-based security is so important - it provides protection against new and unknown threats," said Greene.

According to a recent study from Web of Trust of 19 million web sites3, adult websites pose the single most significant security threat for Internet users. In fact, out of all the websites Web of Trust deemed dangerous, 31% of them specialized in adult content. The study found that consumers who visited these sites were at increased risk from threats like spyware, viruses, and browser exploits such as drive by downloads and phishing attacks, with the intent of stealing an individual's identity or depleting their bank accounts.

On Valentine's Day, cybercriminals most commonly target the love-struck and single, using a range of phishing4 and socially engineered techniques that deliver Valentine's and love-themed infected files or emails and messages with affectionate invitations to visit websites which attempt to gain access to a consumer's PC. Often, infected systems are used as a tool in identity theft or financial loss - many victims wake up the "morning after" to find their identity stolen and bank accounts drained.

The new breed of digitally active online consumers also faces the risk of being infected through Digitally Transmitted Diseases (DTD's) such as the new worm PC Tools first reported on January 23, 2009. With Valentine's themed titles such as "meandyou.exe," and "onlyyou.exe", Waledac worm victims can be infected through links distributed in email or instant messages that redirect consumers to exploited websites that allow cybercriminals to gain control over the user's computer. Like all infections, a DTD has the potential to spread to everyone the victim knows via unauthorized access to address books within their email client, social networking or instant messaging applications.

PC Tools researchers this week identified that Waledac makers are distributing links to new malicious websites. Clicking on an image on one of these pages results in a download of various names: loveprogramm.exe, ecard.exe, postcard.exe, lovekit.exe, mylove.exe, runme.exe, loveexe.exe. While the files themselves are obfuscated to conceal their malicious intentions, Waledac makers are coercing users to download a file by offering a kit to create a Valentine's Day flash e-card.

Recent examples of DTD outbreaks illustrate the variety of sophisticated methods cybercriminals have used to attack at Valentine's Day. In 2008, PC Tools, through its ThreatFire community, identified the Valentine's Storm, a threat delivering "withlove.exe" and other Valentine's Day themed executable names as attachments within email messages containing subjects such as "I would dream" and "Memories of you." In 2007, PC Tools also discovered Cyber-Lover, a software bot that flirted online on social networking sites while phishing for victims' personal information and personal banking accounts.

PC Tools has launched an online Doctor's Surgery where in-house security expert "Dr. Greene" will answer consumers' computer security questions and help them stay safe online in anticipation of a surge of internet threats around Valentine's Day. You can visit the site here: http://www.pctools.com/askdrgreene/.

* PC Tools is offering some tips and tricks to playing safe online for the digitally active at: http://www.pctools.com/askdrgreene/tipstricks/

* PC Tools is also recommending the "digitally active" take a DTD test to determine their exposure to risk: http://www.pctools.com/askdrgreene/questionnaire/

ABOUT PC TOOLS

PC Tools offers leading security and utility products, including the multi award-winning Spyware Doctor[R]. PC Tools is an industry leader in real-time anti-spyware and has a number of key patents pending. The PC Tools Malware Research Center monitors trends and emerging spyware issues and provides security solutions for the consumer and enterprise marketplace.

PC Tools has offices in Sydney, San Francisco, London, Shannon (Ireland), Melbourne, Kiev, and Boulder. PC Tools has a global network of distributors, resellers, and retailers.

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