VIC:77yo woman attacked by German shepherds

AAP General News (Australia)
08-23-2011
VIC:77yo woman attacked by German shepherds

A 77-year-old Melbourne woman's been attacked by two German Shepherd dogs in her home,
less than a week after a young girl was mauled to death by a dog.

The woman was knocked to the ground at her Ringwood home this morning, after discovering
the dogs had entered her backyard.

An Ambulance Victoria spokeswoman says she suffered a bite to her ankle and thigh,
and some scratching.

The attack follows the death of four-year-old AYEN CHOL, who was attacked by a neighbour's
pit bull mastiff terrier last Wednesday.

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Fed: Aust to push for more NATO

AAP General News (Australia)
02-21-2008
Fed: Aust to push for more NATO

Foreign Minister STEPHEN SMITH says Australia will campaign hard to convince NATO member
countries to increase their commitment to the Afghanistan compact.

He's told ABC Radio the work of Australian troops is in both the national and international
community's …

QLD:Fevola to pay money to children's charity

AAP General News (Australia)
04-27-2011
QLD:Fevola to pay money to children's charity

BRISBANE, April 27 AAP - Fallen AFL star Brendan Fevola will pay about $2000 to a children's
charity to avoid a public nuisance charge.

Fevola had been involved in a stoush with Queensland police during the early hours
of New Year's Day in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley, resulting in him being charged with
public nuisance and obstructing police.

He had pleaded guilty but entered mediation talks with police earlier this month to
have the charges dropped.

His lawyer Jim Coburn told the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Wednesday the mediation
had been successful and a "commitment has been signed" for Fevola to donate money to a
charitable organisation.

Outside of court, Mr Coburn told reporters Fevola will pay about $2000 to Variety Queensland.

The charity was chosen by police, he said.

Fevola has been given two weeks to fulfil the mediation terms.

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VIC:Man suffers punctured lung in Vic attack

AAP General News (Australia)
02-12-2011
VIC:Man suffers punctured lung in Vic attack

A 30-year-old man's in intensive care in a Melbourne hospital after he was stabbed
during an assault by a group of youths.

The man was walking towards two women in Lonsdale Street in Dandenong .. in the city's
southeast .. about 1.40 this morning when he was approached by the youths.

An argument erupted during which the man suffered puncture wounds to his back.

He's since undergone surgery for a punctured lung in The Alfred hospital.

Police are now seeking witnesses to the assault.

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National Newslist for Sunday Aug 29

AAP General News (Australia)
08-29-2010
National Newslist for Sunday Aug 29
AAP's National Newslist for Sunday (not for publication). This is a guide only and stories
are subject to change. AAP's news editors can be contacted on 02 93228611/8610.

NATIONAL
POLL10
- An independent MP who could decide the next government has confirmed a federal Liberal
backbencher made unwelcome calls to his office.

- Any agreement with independent MPs on parliament running for a full three-year term
will have to take account of unexpected developments such as by-elections, Treasurer Wayne
Swan says.

- Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says he's urged fellow coalition MPs not to pressure
or heavy the three independent MPs.

- New independent MP Andrew Wilkie says he will decide no later than mid-week which side
if nay to back and a couple of issues remain showstoppers.

- Wilkie on poker machines.

- Wilkie on war in Afghanistan.

- Independent MP Tony Windsor update.

(Poll10 Wrap to come)

OTHER
- Preview on UN health conference in Melbourne from Monday.

SYDNEY
- A man with suspected spinal injuries has spent a night out in the cold after he fell
down a cliff while abseiling on the state's mid-north coast.

- Photographer's protest against fees paid if prominent landmark is in background. Watsons Bay.

- Surgeons risking lives working eighty hour week. Seeking comment from state government
and opposition.

- Outseeking comment on report of ANSTO gas leak coverup at ANSTO.

- Police appeal for witnesses after an elderly man was struck by a car in Sydney's northwest.

- Three young males charged after pedestrians were robbed in three street attacks within
10 minutes in Parramatta, in Sydney's west.

- Police seek witnesses after a Sydney nightclub brawl that left two men with stabbing injuries.

MELBOURNE
- More, on merit, on theft of the 1953 Melbourne Cup Trainers Cup in a burglary in Melbourne's
north on Saturday night.

- Monitor Seven Network Sunday Night interview with Cindy Gambino - whose three soms were
murdered when their father drove them into a dam. (File on merit)

BRISBANE
- Premier Anna Bligh presser on alcohol plan/ leadership/reshuffle speculation.

- Extra cops, bans on troublemakers and designated safe drinking zones will spearhead
a Queensland government crackdown on alcohol-fuelled violence.

ENTERTAINMENT
LOS ANGELES - Tall, dark and handsome, it's no surprise Jon Hamm is Hollywood's favorite
new leading man and often compared to George Clooney.

- Dancing with the Stars finale.

- Outwatching on Emmys.

FINANCE
SYDNEY - Markets preview.

SYDNEY - BHP Billiton Ltd chief financial officer Alex Vanselow speaks on ABC Television's
Inside Business program.

SYDNEY - Preview of liquidators examination into failed finance company Octaviar Ltd,
which continues in the NSW Supreme Court this week, with founder Michael King and former
director Rolf Krecklenberg scheduled to appear.

PERTH - Gold produced in Australian mines rose to its highest level in six and a half
years in the June quarter after established producers increased output, newly commissioned
mines were ramped up and new or `recycled' operations came on stream. (EMBARGOED until
1200 AEST)
SYDNEY - Jetstar announces new routes from Melbourne and Sydney. (EMBARGOED until 0001
AEST Monday, August 30)
Repeating from Friday
SYDNEY - Large cuts to migrant numbers could exacerbate a looming skills shortage and
lead to wage blowouts as the resources sector gears up for another boom, industry analysts
warn. (MIGRATION)

SPORT
AFL

MELBOURNE - Wrap of news after final round of AFL and look ahead to first week of finals
with factbox on the finals heads to heads

MELBOURNE - Richmond v Port Adelaide, Etihad Stadium, 1410

MELBOURNE - Melbourne v North Melbourne, MCG, 1640

Follow ups from Essendon v Western Bulldogs, Brisbane v Sydney, Adelaide v St Kilda.

LEAGUE

SYDNEY - Wrap of news from round 25 plus Snapshot and factbox on final round match ups

SYDNEY - Wests Tigers v Melbourne, Leichhardt Oval, 1400

SYDNEY - Sydney Roosters v Manly, SFS, 1500

Follow ups from Cronulla v Gold Coast, Newcastle v St George Illawarra, Canberra v
North Queensland

Preview for Bulldogs v Penrith

SOCCER

SYDNEY - Wrap of news from A-League round 4.

GOLD COAST - Gold Coast v Melbourne Victory, Skilled Park, 1500

MELBOURNE - Melbourne Heart v Perth Glory, AAMI Park, 1700

Follow ups from Sydney FC v Central Coast, North Queensland v Adelaide United

NETBALL

ADELAIDE - First Test: Australia v New Zealand, Adelaide Entertainment Centre, 1530AEST

RUGBY

PRETORIA - Tri Nations Test: Australia v South Africa, Loftus Versfeld, 0100AEST

GUILDFORD, England - Women's World Cup: Australia v South Africa, 0115AEST

MOTORSPORT

SPA-FRANCORCHAMP, Belgium - Formula One championship leader Mark Webber in Belgium
Grand Prix, race starts 2200AEST

CHICAGO - Indycar championship leader Will Power in Chicagoland 300, race starts 1000AEST
- Ed Jackson



BASKETBALL

KAYSERI, Turkey - Men's world championship: Australia's first pool match v Jordan,
starts 2330 Saturday AEST

TENNIS

NEW YORK - Preview Aussies at the US Open starting Monday and update from qualifying



GOLF

NEW JERSEY - US PGA Tour's first FedEx Cup play-offs tournament, The Barclays, 3rd round

CYCLING

SEVILLE, Spain - Tour of Spain, day 2.

SURFING

TEAHUPOO, Tahiti - Men's world tour event at Teahupoo (surf permitting).

RACING

SYDNEY - Follow up from Group One $1 million Golden Rose meeting at Rosehill.

MELBOURNE - Follow up from Group Two Memsie Stakes meeting at Caulfield

BRISBANE - Follow up from Doomben meeting

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Vic: Main stories on Wednesday's 1200 3AW news

AAP General News (Australia)
04-21-2010
Vic: Main stories on Wednesday's 1200 3AW news

MELBOURNE, April 21 AAP - Main stories on Wednesday's 1200 3AW news:

- Man appeared in court charged with murder of Ringwood woman Elisabeth Membrey 15 years ago.

- Premier says there is no need for a royal commission into the prison murder of Carl Williams.

- Police are investigating the cause of a car explosion in Melton that has left two
people in a critical condition.

- Woman has perished in a house fire in central Victoria trying to save her pet dog.

- Manslaughter charge has been dropped against Mark Wilhelm accused of cruise-ship
killing of Brisbane mother Dianne Brimble.

- Qantas says it is playing it safe by keeping its services on the ground.

- Sport: AFL floating the idea of moving the grand final to October.

- Unions are fiercely rejecting Tony Abbott's plan to axe dole payments for the under 30s.

- Finance: All Ordinaries up 40 points to 4,989, Australian dollar trading at 93.18 US cents.

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Visioneer Unveils OneTouch Scanning Solution to Convert Paper Checks into Electronic Deposits

Wireless News
12-09-2009
Visioneer Unveils OneTouch Scanning Solution to Convert Paper Checks into Electronic Deposits
Type: News

Visioneer, Inc., a developer of intelligent imaging solutions, announced the introduction of its Visioneer OneTouch Link to Diversified Check Solutions ACHeck21, an intelligent ACH (Automatic Clearing House) and Check21 web-based remote capture solution.

This solution allows users to scan paper checks using any Visioneer or Xerox-branded scanner with Visioneer OneTouch technology, and accurately convert them into electronic deposits to any U.S. bank with the touch of a single button and incorporate that data into the most accounting systems, including Intuit QuickBooks.
"ACHeck21 represents the first true check deposit solution in the financial services technology industry. Our solution is extremely versatile, allowing customers to deposit checks to any U.S. bank saving time and travel to bank in person," said Sam Ackley, managing partner of Diversified Check Solutions. "Customers gain quicker access to funds, realize significant cost savings, and achieve heightened check processing accuracy."

Remote deposit enables users to scan and deposit checks to their U.S. bank electronically, from any location where they have their computer, an internet connection and their Visioneer OneTouch enabled scanner. Simply scan the check using the OneTouch link into the ACHeck21 on-line process, view the check images to make sure they are legible and the check amount is correct and then click Deposit. The ACHeck21 software reads the check amount, along with the check number, routing and account number and securely sends the check information to a clearing house for deposit into the designated bank account electronically.

The ACHeck21 link is part of the new Visioneer OneTouch release that is available for download from Visioneer or Xerox, depending on the brand of your scanner.

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Fed: Investment project growth slowing: Access

AAP General News (Australia)
04-30-2009
Fed: Investment project growth slowing: Access

Eds: Embargoed until 0001 AEST Thursday, April 30



Value of investment projects by status ($ million)



Status March 09 Pct change on Pct change on

Dec 08 March 08

Under construction 182,460 2.9 21.8

Committed 41,077 19.6 -20.7

Under consideration 238,557 15.8 35.8

Possible 170,786 -9.9 -12.6



Total 632,880 4.2 10.5



Source: Access Economics Investment Monitor



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WA: Camper injured by falling tree

AAP General News (Australia)
12-27-2008
WA: Camper injured by falling tree

A man's been seriously injured after he was crushed by a huge tree during a camping
trip in Western Australia.

Police say the man and his friends had set up a camp table at the base of the 30-metre
tall tree at the Lane Pool Reserve .. in Waroona Shire .. when it toppled over just before
10pm (WST) last night.

Four of the campers managed to scramble clear of the falling tree but four others were
caught .. with one pinned by the legs.

Police say several members of the group had earlier heard some creaking noises but
could not locate the cause or location.

The seriously injured man has been taken to a Perth hospital with leg and suspected
spinal injuries.

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NT: New minister and their portfolios

AAP General News (Australia)
08-18-2008
NT: New minister and their portfolios

NT Cabinet:

Jane Aagaard - speaker



Paul Henderson - Chief Minister, Economic Development, Police, Fire and Emergency Services,
Major Projects, Trade, Climate Change, Territory/Federal Relations, Multicultural Affairs.



Marion Scrymgour - Deputy Chief Minister, Indigenous Policy, Education and Training,
Arts and Museums.



Delia Lawrie - Treasurer, Planning and Lands, Infrastructure and Transport, Leader
of Government Business.



Chris Burns - Justice and Attorney-General, Health, Racing, Gaming and Licensing, Alcohol Policy.



Kon Vatskalis - Business and Employment, Primary Industries and Fisheries, Resources,
Tourism, Asian Relations, Defence Support.



Rob Knight - Housing, Essential Services and Public Employment, Local Government.



Alison Anderson - Central Australia, Environment and Heritage, Parks and Wildlife.



Karl Hampton - Regional Development, Sport and Recreation, Information, Communications
and Technology Policy.



Malarndirri McCarthy - Children and Families, Child Protection, Statehood, Senior and
Young Territorians, Women's Policy.



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Qld: Teens targeted in armed robbery

AAP General News (Australia)
04-11-2008
Qld: Teens targeted in armed robbery

BRISBANE, April 11 AAP - Two teens were threatened with a knife in an armed robbery
in central Queensland overnight.

A 19-year-old woman was closing a business on Main St, North Rockhampton, about 9pm
(AEST), when the man approached her and produced a knife, police say.

The man took the woman inside and ordered a 14-year-old employee to lay on the ground.

He then stole a sum of cash and fled on foot.

The man was described as Caucasian, tall, with green eyes and wearing a blue balaclava,
blue jumper, blue jeans, with a grey backpack and black gloves.

Anyone with information that could assist police with their investigations should call
Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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KEYWORD: ARMED

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NSW: Watkins denies a deal to become premier has been done

AAP General News (Australia)
12-07-2007
NSW: Watkins denies a deal to become premier has been done

SYDNEY, Dec 7 AAP - Deputy NSW Premier John Watkins denies any deal has been done that
would see him take over from Morris Iemma as the state's premier.

Mr Watkins, who is also the state's transport and finance minister, insists he has
no ambitions for the top job, nor does he think he will ever be premier.

"I'm his deputy, I'm his friend, Morris Iemma has made it crystal clear that he's staying
as premier of NSW and I support him," he told reporters.

Mr Iemma was this week again forced to reiterate he would stay on as premier until
the next election amid renewed speculation a deal had been done with Mr Watkins.

The premier insisted he would contest the 2011 election and, if successful at that
poll, would like to also contest in 2015.

Asked if he had ambitions to be premier, Mr Watkins said: "No, I have ambitions to
be the best possible minister and the best possible deputy to Morris Iemma."

He also said he did not believe he would ever become NSW premier.

"It's not going to happen, I'm the deputy premier of NSW, and I'm happy with that,"

Mr Watkins said.

Asked what would happen if Mr Iemma got hit by a bus, Mr Watkins replied: "That wouldn't
happen with me as minister for transport."

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Fed: Prisoner mounts High Court challenge to jail vote ban

AAP General News (Australia)
04-25-2007
Fed: Prisoner mounts High Court challenge to jail vote ban

MELBOURNE, April 25 AAP - A Victorian prisoner will challenge in the High Court laws
that ban jail inmates from voting.

The case, brought by Vickie Lee Roach, 48, will be heard in June and could eventually
win back the right to vote for Australia's prisoners, Fairfax newspapers report today.

Roach is being held in the Dame Phyllis Frost Women's Prison at Deer Park.

She was jailed for at least four years in 2004 for negligently causing serious injury
in a car accident, the report said.

Roach would argue that Commonwealth Electoral Act provisions which barred prisoners
from voting in federal elections were unconstitutional, Fairfax said.

The ban was introduced last year in legislative changes that shortened the period people
can enrol to vote after an election is called from seven days to three days, and required
them to provide proof of identity when enrolling or updating their enrolment.

Previously, only prisoners serving sentences of more than five years were barred from voting.

Barristers Ron Merkel QC and Michael Pearce SC, leading corporate law firm Allens Arthur
Robinson and the non-profit Human Rights Law Resource Centre were acting free of charge
for Roach, Fairfax said.

Roach's High Court application said the laws breached sections of the constitution
that said parliament should be "directly chosen by the people", and unlawfully breached
implied constitutional freedoms of political participation and political communication.

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FED: National Christmas road toll stands at eight

AAP General News (Australia)
12-23-2006
FED: National Christmas road toll stands at eight

Ten people have been killed on Australia's roads in the first two days of the national
holiday road count.

Today's deaths include a baby in Sydney and a double fatality in South Australia.

Two men died in a two-car collision in Adelaide's west at Birken Head about 5.25pm (AEDT).

Police say they were driving driving in separate cars .. that collided in Victoria Road.

This morning .. a four-month-old baby died after the van it was travelling in was rear-ended
by another vehicle in Sydney's south-west.

An unlicensed male driver has since been charged over the fatal accident and will appear
in court in January.

Meanwhile .. in Queensland .. a man was killed near Rockhampton when his vehicle hit
a tree about 6am (AEST) today.

And in Victoria .. a 22-year-old woman has died in a car accident at Cowes on Phillip Island.

She died when the driver lost control of the vehicle and slammed into a tree.

Queensland has the highest Christmas road toll .. standing at three while two people
have died in both New South Wales .. South Australia .. and Tasmania .. and there's been
one death in Victoria.





(Eds: National road toll figures are for the period 0001 December 22 to 2359 January
5. Some states and territories have different periods.)

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Fed: Mother, fiance to visit wounded soldier in German hospital

AAP General News (Australia)
08-16-2006
Fed: Mother, fiance to visit wounded soldier in German hospital

The mother and fiance of an Australian soldier injured in a Baghdad rocket attack ..

will travel to Germany to be by her bedside.

Corporal SARAH WEBSTER has left the Iraqi capital for a US military hospital in Germany.

The signaller was seriously injured when a rocket exploded .. close to the Australian
security detachment accommodation block.

Three other soldiers injured in Monday's attack have been released from hospital ..

after undergoing treatment for minor injuries.

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Fed: Little interest in mature-age workers, survey finds

AAP General News (Australia)
04-10-2006
Fed: Little interest in mature-age workers, survey finds

CANBERRA, April 10 AAP - Less than half of Australian employers are actively seeking
to attract and retain mature-age workers, a business survey has found.

This is despite pressure across industry from a lack of skilled workers.

The Hudson Report survey found the majority of Australian employers were failing to
actively attract and retain mature-aged workers, despite the nation's rapidly ageing workforce
and growing skills shortage.

The recruitment firm's survey of 8,345 employers showed that only 40.7 per cent of
Australian employers were actively seeking to attract and retain older employees.

Hudson president Anne Hatton said that while employers were slightly more proactive
than two years ago, the majority of organisations were still not tapping into the skilful
and highly experienced demographic.

"Australia's employment landscape is being shaped by the spectre of an ageing workforce
and an intensifying skills shortage," she said in a statement.

"These findings are a wake-up call to Australian business."

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Fed: Aust economic party is over: Access

AAP General News (Australia)
04-04-2005
Fed: Aust economic party is over: Access

Eds: Embargoed to 0001 AEST Monday, April 4



By Shane Wright, Economics Correspondent

CANBERRA, April 4 AAP - The Australian economic party was over and might even end up
in a recession, an economic forecaster has warned.

Access Economics, in its latest business outlook, today warned a combination of bad
policy and bad luck may be enough to tip Australia into recession for the first time since
the early 1990s.

The forecaster called for courageous government policies, such as raising the age at
which super and pensions can be accessed, toughening eligibility for the disability pension
and championing genuine workplace relations reform.

Access Economics said the March hike in interest rates by the Reserve Bank on top of
an already slowing economy, combined with a lack of policy development by federal and
state governments, would be enough to stall the economy.

With the Reserve a 50-50 chance to lift rates again this month - in a bid to head off
wages-led inflation - Access said even if the country avoided a recession the days of
stellar economic growth were over.

"Australia's growth party is over," Access said.

"There is therefore a risk that, in trying to slow the economy, the Reserve turns 2005
output growth into roadkill.

"If so, then output growth would continue to crawl through 2005, unemployment would
stop falling (and may well increase), housing prices would resume falling and the Reserve
would eventually reverse.

"A pause in recent growth via a recession may therefore be very unlikely, but it cannot
be completely ruled out."

Although critical of the Reserve Bank and its rates strategy, Access said much of the
blame for the economic problems now facing the country had to be sheeted home to federal
and state governments.

It said the supply side of the economy was hitting a series of walls that could only
be pulled aside by policies in areas such as infrastructure and skills development.

"Governments must encourage working by cutting effective marginal tax rates," it said.

"And governments could also do the sorts of things everybody agrees need doing but
no-one has the courage to do, such as raising the age at which super and pensions can
be accessed, toughening eligibility for the disability pension and championing genuine
workplace relations reform."

Access warned the current account deficit, now over seven per cent of GDP, would take
some time to fall.

While the global economy would continue to perform strongly, this was mostly due to
just two markets - China and the United States.

But it said a global economic bust was a chance because of the drag inflicted by Japan
and Europe, and the failure of the US to tackle its current account deficit.

And although Australian commodity exporters were doing well from strong demand out
of China, other competitor nations - such as Brazil - were bringing new mines into operation.

This would eventually push prices for such commodities as iron ore down, hitting Australian
exports.

Access said it expects GDP this financial year to fall to 2.0 per cent (from 4.1 per
cent), and work its way back up to 2.8 per cent in 2005-06.

It is tipping unemployment to stay at 5.1 per cent before lifting to 5.8 per cent in
2006-07, while average weekly earnings should grow 4.2 per cent next financial year.

Private consumption is tipped to fall from 3.9 per cent this financial year to 2.5
per cent in 2006-07.

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SA: 200 submissions to abuse inquiry already

AAP General News (Australia)
12-06-2004
SA: 200 submissions to abuse inquiry already

ADELAIDE, Dec 6 AAP - South Australia's commission of inquiry into allegations of sexual
abuse of children in state care has already taken about 200 submissions.

The inquiry will officially open on Wednesday with former Supreme Court judge Ted Mullighan
formally taking charge of the investigation today.

Commissioner Mullighan said he was surprised at the number of submissions so far.

"It indicates to me that it is a very deep problem for a lot of people," he told ABC radio.

"I'm just hoping that we can work in a way that will be encouraging to people to come forward."

The commission will inquire into any allegations of sexual abuse of anyone who was
in state care at the time.

Testimony will be taken in private and will remain confidential unless the person concerned
wants it passed on to police.

"The purpose of the inquiry is to determine whether there was a failure on the part
of the state to deal appropriately or adequately with allegations of sexual abuse," Mr
Mullighan said.

"In order to undertake this inquiry properly I am hoping to receive information from
as many people as possible.

"I understand (that) providing information will be difficult, particularly if it relates
to events from many years ago."

Mr Mullighan said arrangements had been made for counselling and other services to
be available to people providing information.

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strategic asset

strategic asset A source of competitive advantage derived from factors outside a firm rather than from its own competence. Such sources could include proximity to raw materials and government policy on the exchange rates. See also absolute cost advantage.

ITXC named The Fastest Growing Technology Company in North America on the 2002 Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500.

M2 PRESSWIRE-17 October 2002-ITXC: ITXC named The Fastest Growing Technology Company in North America on the 2002 Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500 (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

RDATE:10162002

PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY, USA -- ITXC Corp. (Nasdaq: ITXC), one of the world's leading global wholesale voice carriers, today announced that it is number one on the 2002 Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in North America.

Rankings are based on percentage revenue growth over five years, from 1997-2001. ITXC grew its revenue 293,493% from $59,000 in 1997 to $173,220,000 in 2001.

"ITXC is honored to be named the fastest growing technology company in America and Canada," said Chairman and CEO of ITXC Tom Evslin. "We are also particularly pleased to report that the telecommunications industry is alive and well for companies who can deliver value without accumulating massive debt. The number of international calls continues to grow. The number of mobile phones continues to grow and countries around the world are rapidly deregulating. The turmoil in our industry is both an obstacle and an opportunity. These are exciting times.

"Five years ago we began developing the proprietary technology which makes it possible for us to get the economic advantage of using the world's largest network, the Internet, to carry ordinary phone calls without sacrificing the quality that callers expect," Evslin continued. "The capital advantage of using the Internet made it possible for us to build a global network with a footprint in over 170 countries without going into debt (and it is debt that has destroyed many players in the telecommunications industry). The capital and operational advantages to our wholesale customers of the huge network we have built and the technology we developed are what propelled our five-year growth. We look forward to continuing to help the companies we serve succeed in one of the most challenging markets our industry has ever seen."

"In today's economy, and particularly in the telecommunications industry, six-digit percentage revenue growth is an exceptional accomplishment," said Mark A. Evans, managing director of Deloitte & Touche's Technology, Media & Telecommunications Group. ""Because the Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500 measures sustained revenue growth over five years, being the fastest growing technology company in North America is an impressive accomplishment. We congratulate ITXC."

Overall, companies that ranked on the 2002 Technology Fast 500 have growth rates ranging from 614 to 293,493% over five years, with an average growth rate of 6,772%.

To determine the fastest growing companies, Deloitte & Touche reviewed their revenues for the past five years (1997-2001), calculated the revenue growth percentage over five years, and compared the growth of all the technology companies.

To qualify for the Fast 500, companies must have had 1997 operating revenues of at least $50,000 USD and $75,000 CD, for United States and Canada respectively, must be public or private companies headquartered in North America, and be "technology companies" -- defined as companies that own proprietary technology that contributes to a significant portion of the company's operating revenues or devote a high percentage of effort to research and development of technology.

About ITXC

ITXC Corp. is one of the leading international carriers based on minutes of Voice and Fax traffic carried. The Company is a wholesaler selling only to carriers and other resellers. In the US all major carriers including RBOCs are ITXC customers. Worldwide, ITXC is a key supplier to both incumbent and newly competitive fixed-line and mobile carriers.

Proprietary and patented ITXC technology has made it possible for the Company to build a carrier-grade call completion network spanning the globe in just five years. Because this network, ITXC.net, uses the Internet as its backbone, ITXC carrier customers achieve low rates and fast deployment, while ITXC has been able to grow to a leading global carrier with no net debt. ITXC customers and suppliers appreciate the fact that the Company's balance sheet is as strong as it is simple.

ITXC carries phone calls around the world over ITXC.net(SM), the company's global network, for all of the major U.S. carriers including RBOCs, many non-U.S. incumbent carriers such as China Telecom, PLDT, Telkom South Africa, Telenor, and Telia, emerging and existing competitive carriers worldwide, as well as a growing number of mobile carriers including China Mobile, the world's largest mobile carrier.

For more information about ITXC, please visit www.itxc.com .

About Deloitte & Touche

Deloitte & Touche, one of the nation's leading professional services firms, provides assurance and advisory, tax, and management consulting services through nearly 30,000 people in more than 100 U.S. cities. The firm is dedicated to helping its clients and its people excel. Known as an employer of choice for innovative human resources programs, Deloitte & Touche has been recognized as one of the "100 Best Companies to Work for in America" by Fortune magazine for five consecutive years. Deloitte & Touche refers to Deloitte & Touche LLP and its related entities. Deloitte & Touche is the U.S. national practice of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu is a Swiss Verein, and each of its national practices is a separate and independent legal entity. For more information, please visit Deloitte & Touche's Web site at www.deloitte.com.

Forward-looking statements:

ITXC has included in this press release "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including all statements listed as guidance and all statements of anticipated or expected results for the current quarter and any future periods.

Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the Company's forward-looking statements due to numerous known and unknown risks and uncertainties, including, among other things, unanticipated technological difficulties; the volatile and competitive environment for Internet telephony and for telecommunications; changes in domestic and foreign economic, market, and regulatory conditions; the inherent uncertainty of financial estimates and projections; uncertainty inherent in litigation and in bankruptcy proceedings; the creditworthiness of our customers; future transactions; and other considerations described as "Risk Factors" in Exhibit 99 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001 and in other filings by the Company with the SEC.

All such forward-looking statements are current only as of the date on which such statements were made. ITXC does not undertake any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which any such statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

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Panel Gives Nod to Industrial Land-Use Plan along Highway in West Virginia.

By Scott Finn, The Charleston Gazette, W.Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jun. 6--The steering committee for the new U.S. 35 has given a tentative thumbs-up to a "Maximum Industrial" land-use plan that would place most of Fraziers Bottom and land around Buffalo into an industrial zone.

Details of the plan are still being worked out, and both the county planning commission and county commission would have to approve any zoning plan. But the steering committee's recommendations will provide the blueprint for zoning along the new four-lane highway.

Jimmy Thaxton and his mother live on the historic Alexander Farm in Fraziers Bottom. Thaxton said many residents don't know about the zoning plan, even though it will have a huge impact on their future.

"Once the residents of Fraziers Bottom find out about it, they might not be so agreeable to what's going on," Thaxton said.

County Commissioner Jim Caruthers has led the effort to preserve much of the flat land along the Kanawha River for industry.

"There aren't other parts of the county that are suitable for industry. This is about the only game in town," Caruthers said. "People are going to look at us in the future and ask why we didn't hold onto this for industrial property."

Caruthers says the county's tax base is lopsided, with too much residential growth and not enough commercial and industrial growth. The average residential property demands $1.22 in services for every dollar it pays in taxes, according to county planner Marjorie Ryan, while a commercial or industrial property only demands 32 cents for every dollar it pays.

Thaxton said the "Maximum Industrial" alternative was the worst one for current residents of Fraziers Bottom. He has talked with his neighbors about incorporating the area into a new town if they are not satisfied with the zoning plan.

A zoning plan tells residents how they can develop their land in the future. Current landowners would be able to continue to live in their homes or farm their land, even if their land is zoned industrial. They would also be able to sell it or give it to someone else who would use the land in the same way. But landowners in an industrial zone would not be allowed to build a housing subdivision on their land.

Many residents say they want their relatives to be able to build houses on their land, even if it is zoned industrial. Caruthers says he understands that desire, since he lives on land that his family has owned for 200 years. Any zoning code would have to be flexible enough to allow for sons and daughters to build on their parents' land, he said.

County officials are expected to vote on a final plan by the end of the year. Thaxton is urging his neighbors to get involved in the steering committee as it comes up with a detailed zoning plan.

"Families have lived up here for decades, tucked away in the northern end of the county," Thaxton said. "Now all of sudden, the county sees an opportunity to get a tax base from flat land, at the expense of people who live there."

The next meeting of the U.S. 35 Steering Committee is scheduled for 7 p.m. July 2 at the Putnam County Courthouse in Winfield. The land-use maps are available on the Internet at www.putnamcounty.org/planning/tcsp.

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CheckFree Brings AT&T Consumers Their Long Distance Phone Bills Online.

Millions of AT&T Residential Long Distance Customers Can Now Enroll to View

And Pay Their Long Distance Bills at Their Choice of More Than 150 Web Sites

With Checkfree

ATLANTA, July 31 /PRNewswire/ --

CheckFree (Nasdaq: CKFR) and AT&T (NYSE: T) today announced that AT&T residential customers can now view and pay their long distance phone bills online at more than 150 Web sites in CheckFree's electronic billing and payment (EBP) network. AT&T's 60 million long distance customers can now realize the convenience of viewing and paying their bills via the Internet.

"The momentum that AT&T can bring to electronic billing and payment is tremendous because today they are among the largest issuers of paper bills in the United States," said Tom Stampiglia, president of CheckFree Software Division. "CheckFree Web distribution partners, including portals such as Yahoo!, the United Stated Postal Service, leading banks, brokerages and credit unions, will benefit because consumers will be able to see their AT&T bill from the site of their choice. Consumers will find they can quickly and easily pay AT&T and other accounts they've set up electronically, saving time month after month."

"AT&T is committed to delivering to our customers all of the advantages the Internet has to offer. Electronic billing and payment offers customers tremendous convenience and interactivity that they can't get in any other medium," said Michael Tempora, vice president for AT&T Billing Services and Solutions. "Customers want to aggregate and pay all of their bills from a single web site -- whenever they want, wherever they want. Our arrangement with CheckFree, a leader in electronic payment services, brings our residential customers the benefit of being able to view and pay their AT&T long distance bill along with any of their other bills which they have enrolled for electronic billing and payment all at a single web site."

AT&T residential long distance customers will be able to view and pay their monthly long distance phone bills at more than 150 financial services Web sites offering the CheckFree electronic billing and payment service, as well as Intuit's Quicken(R) personal financial management software. The appearance of the AT&T electronic bill is very similar to that of its paper- based counterpart, however AT&T online bills also include new interactive capabilities not available in a traditional paper bill.

AT&T residential long distance customers can approve their bill payment with the click of a mouse and have the amount deducted electronically from a designated bank account. In addition, consumers who pay bills electronically are protected from unauthorized transactions or processing delays by the CheckFree Guarantee.

Consumers can enroll to access their AT&T residential long distance bill, and pay all of their bills via CheckFree's "pay everyone" capability, at a number of electronic billing and payment Web sites, including:

* Charles Schwab at https://www.mybills.com/schwab;

* Citizens Bank at https://www.mybills.com/citizens or

http://www.citizensbank.com/;

* First Union at https://www.mybills.com/firstunion;

* Merrill Lynch at https://www.mybills.com/mlol;

* Morgan Stanley Dean Witter at https://www.dwdean.com;

* Navy Federal Credit Union at

https://www.mybills.com/NavyFederalWebBillPay;

* NetBank http://www.netbank.com;

* Prudential Securities at https://www.mybills.com/Prudential/WBP;

* Quicken 98/99 software and Quicken.com at

http://www.quicken.com/banking_and_credit/;

* Summit Bank at https://www.mybills.com/summitbank;

* United States Postal Service http://www.usps.com/ebpp/splash.html;

* Yahoo! at http://bills.yahoo.com

(Please note that an "s" is required after the "http" on several of the Web sites in order to access the service. This indicates that the site is secured.)

Since the market introduction of its electronic billing and payment service, CheckFree has signed multi-year contracts with leading companies representing more than 500 million bills delivered each month. These billers include other leading telecommunications providers, mortgage, utility, cable, cellular and credit card companies.

About AT&T Corp.

AT&T (www.att.com ) is among the world's premier voice, data, and video communications company. In addition to 60 million business and residential long-distance customers, AT&T serves over 10 million cable subscribers, nearly 12 million wireless customers, and provides Internet access to more than 2 million users. With annual revenues of more than $62 billion and 148,000 employees, AT&T provides services to customers worldwide.

About CheckFree

CheckFree (www.checkfree.com ) is the leading provider of financial electronic commerce services and products. Founded as an electronic payments processor in 1981, CheckFree launched the first fully integrated electronic billing and payment solution, CheckFree E-Bill, in March of 1997. Today, CheckFree services enable 3.3 million consumers to receive and pay bills over the Internet or electronically. The Company has multi-year contracts with 121 of the nation's top billers to provide online billing and payment through its network of partnerships with more than 150 consumer service providers (CSPs), including banks, brokerage firms, Internet portals and content sites, and personal financial management (PFM) software. CheckFree's Investment Services division provides a range of investment management services to help more than 255 institutions provide portfolio management and reporting services to their clients. CheckFree clients manage over 820,000 portfolios totaling more than $480 billion in assets. Software and services provided by CheckFree's Compliance and Financial Service division are used to process more than two-thirds of the nation's six billion Automated Clearing House (ACH) payments. In addition, nearly 400 banks and businesses use reconciliation products and services the division provides.

Certain of CheckFree's statements in this press release are not purely historical, and as such are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These include statements regarding management's intentions, plans, beliefs, expectations or projections of the future. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including without limitation, the various risks inherent in the Company's business, and other risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in the Company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Form 10-K/A for the year ended June 30, 1999 (filed July 10, 2000), Form 10-Q/A for the quarter ended March 31, 2000 (filed July 10, 2000), Form S-3 Registration Statement, as amended (filed January 14, 2000, and amended on January 26 and April 10, 2000), and Form S-4 Registration Statement (filed July 10, 2000). One or more of these factors have affected, and could in the future affect, the Company's business and financial results in future periods, and could cause actual results to differ materially from plans and projections. There can be no assurance that the forward-looking statements made in this document will prove to be accurate, and issuance of such forward-looking statements should not be regarded as a representation by the Company, or any other person, that the objectives and plans of the Company will be achieved. All forward-looking statements made in this press release are based on information presently available to management, and the Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

BizRocket's Pre-Teen Social Networking to Hit Billion Dollar Niche Market; Company Develops Targeted Advertising Program Toward Expansive Revenue Opportunities.

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. -- BizRocket.com, Inc., (Pink Sheets: BZRT) announces growing acceptance of its' patent pending KidzRocket.com subscription based social networking website for kids. The social networking market for kids age 13 and under is estimated at over $1 Billion per year and rapidly growing. BizRocket business plan projections of third and fifth year revenue of $37,162,002 and $126,464,983 and EBITDA of $22,117,624 and $92,059,673 respectively are doable. The Company is reviewing various advertising modalities which could generate significant additional revenue and profit streams. Parents for their children make major purchases including computers, various electronics and gaming systems, clothing, recreational, and educational products and services, etc. Social network marketplace spending is anticipated to reach $6 billion ($6,000,000,000) dollars this year. Three senior officers have over fifty years executive experience founding and developing companies and implementing exit strategies to both private and publicly held companies.

Parents subscribe a family membership for their children to avoid predators, cyberbullying, and phishing scams. Children younger and younger are learning how to use the computer and access the Internet, and cautious parents want to know their kids are safe. KidzRocket.com is said to be like a Facebook or MySpace for kids, but has added layers of protection for children. The system supports all activities for up to five family users at a cost of only $5.95 a month. KidzRocket.com is designed for kids age 9 to 13 and provides some of the same features as Facebook, but with membership and activity controls. Parents know exactly what's going on while their children have fun with friends online. KidzRocket.com puts parents back in control for their kids' safety.

About KidzRocket.com

KidzRocket.com was invented to meet the National challenge to help protect children from Internet predators, cyberbullying, and various inappropriate Internet contact. KidzRocket.com complies with the Children Online Privacy Protection Act - FTC (COPPA). KidzRocket.com is a subsidiary of BizRocket.com, Inc. (Pink Sheets: BZRT).

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PRIVACY, DATA SECURITY BILLS PROTECT CONSUMERS AND PROMOTE INNOVATION, SAYS BSA SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE HEARING ADVANCES THE DEBATE ON ALL FRONTS.

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the Business Software Alliance:

The Business Software Alliance (BSA) today called on Congress to pass legislation that bolsters individual privacy and enhances data security practices while also encouraging business and technology innovation. BSA's comments came as the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee held a hearing to examine how organizations collect, maintain, secure, and use personal information in today's economy and whether consumers are adequately protected under current law.

Committee Member Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) and Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) recently introduced the Data Security and Breach Notification Act (S. 1207), and Committee Member John Kerry (D-Mass.) has partnered with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to introduce the Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act (S.799).

"Privacy and security are the twin pillars undergirding public trust and confidence in online commerce - and there is important work to be done in both areas," said BSA President and CEO Robert Holleyman. "Senator Pryor and Chairman Rockefeller have made an important contribution to the debate by driving the emerging consensus that now is the time to enact data-security and breach legislation. Their bill gets all the big things right - requiring organizations that hold consumers' personal data to protect it with reasonable security measures, creating market incentives to deploy strong security, and requiring consumers to be promptly notified when a breach puts them at risk of material harm. BSA looks forward to working with them as the legislative process moves forward."

"Senators Kerry and McCain have done a tremendous amount to advance the privacy debate with their bill," Holleyman continued. "It strikes an important balance by helping companies protect consumers' personal information while still encouraging business and technology innovation. It ensures that regulation will not stall the growth of the Internet economy by giving companies the freedom to establish appropriate and robust self-regulatory programs. The bill also allows companies to concentrate on areas in which they have the greatest expertise. Finally, the legislation's technology-neutral approach will allow for continued innovation while avoiding impediments and unintended consequences on technology development."

"There are a number of important details still to be worked through in the Kerry-McCain bill," Holleyman said. "But it is the most comprehensive privacy proposal to be developed and BSA strongly supports using it as the basis for continued discussion."

NAFC SqueezeTrigger Price is $35.48. There is $27,619,888 That Short Sellers Still Need To Cover.

M2 PRESSWIRE-June 10, 2011-BUYINS.NET: NAFC SqueezeTrigger Price is $35.48. There is $27,619,888 That Short Sellers Still Need To Cover.(C)1994-2011 M2 COMMUNICATIONS

RDATE:09062011

BUYINS.NET / www.squeezetrigger.com is monitoring NASH FINCH CO (NASDAQ:NAFC) in real time and just received an alert that NAFC is crossing above its primary SqueezeTrigger Price, the price that a short squeeze can start in any stock. There are 774100 shares that have been shorted at the volume weighted average SqueezeTrigger Price of $35.48. To access SqueezeTrigger Prices ahead of potential short squeezes beginning, visit http://www.squeezetrigger.com .

From August 2009 to May 2011, an aggregate amount of 9338977 shares of NAFC have been shorted for a total dollar value of $326864195. The NAFC SqueezeTrigger price of $35.48 is the volume weighted average price that all shorts are short in shares of NAFC. There is still approximately $27,619,888 of potential short covering in shares of NAFC.

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NASH FINCH CO (NASDAQ:NAFC) - Nash Finch Company operates as a food distribution company. Its Food Distribution segment sells and distributes various nationally branded and private label grocery products and perishable food products to approximately 1,700 independent retail locations in 28 states across the United States. It also provides services, including promotional, advertising, and merchandising programs; installation of computerized ordering, receiving, and scanning systems; retail equipment procurement assistance; accounting, budgeting, and payroll services; consumer and market research; remodeling and store development services; and supply chain through Internet services. The companys Military segment distributes grocery products to the United States military commissaries and exchanges in the United States and the District of Columbia, Europe, Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Azores, and Egypt. Its Retail segment operates corporate-owned stores primarily in the Upper Midwest, in the states of Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. These corporate-owned stores operate under the Sun Mart, Econofoods, AVANZA, Family Thrift Center, Pickn Save, Family Fresh Market, Prairie Market, and Wholesale Food Outlet banners. This segments conventional grocery stores offer grocery products and services, such as fresh meat counters, delicatessens, bakeries, eat in cafes, pharmacies, dry cleaners, banks, and floral departments. In addition, these conventional stores provide check cashing, fax services, and money transfer services. This segment also operates a corporate-owned pharmacy and a convenience store. As of January 2, 2010, the company served 115 retail stores under the IGA banner and 75 retail stores under the Food Pride banner. It also operated 47 conventional supermarkets, 5 AVANZA grocery stores, 1 Wholesale Food Outlet grocery store, and 1 other retail store. The company was founded in 1885 and is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Oman Air restarts non-stop flights between Salalah and Dubai.

M2 PRESSWIRE-May 6, 2011-: Oman Air restarts non-stop flights between Salalah and Dubai(C)1994-2011 M2 COMMUNICATIONS

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Muscat, -- Oman Air, The National Carrier of the Sultanate of Oman restarted its services between Salalah and Dubai on Wednesday 4th May 2011. Salalah flights will operate twice a week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays. To celebrate the resumption of the flights between Salalah and Dubai, a ceremony was organised at Salalah Airport under the auspices of H.E. Sheikh Abdullah bin Saif Al Mahrouqi, the Deputy Governor of Dhofar, and attended by local dignitaries, major travel agents and members of Oman Airs senior management team. Maitha Al Mahrouqi, Oman Airs Country Manager, Oman, said: Oman Air is very happy to relaunch the non-stop flights between Salalah and Dubai, which we are sure will be appreciated and welcomed by passengers and the travel trade community.

This sector will boost the numbers of business and tourism travellers from these two cities and is another step forward in strengthening relations between the Sultanate of Oman and the United Arab Emirates. The initial response we got for our promotional fares to this sector has been very encouraging. Our prices start from 85 Omani Rials, including taxes. Oman Air Holidays has also come up with a unique package for those who wish to enjoy the two cities at their own pace.

For more information regarding our unique holiday packages, visit www.omanair.com or call 08444 822309 or +968 2453 1000.

For further media information or images, please contact Matt Grainger or Nicky Brown at Black Sheep Public Relations, Tel +44 (0)20 7664 7817, Mobile +44 (0)7974 403139, Email matt@blacksheeppr.com

About Oman Air

Oman Air is the flagship carrier of the Sultanate of Oman. Founded in 1993, the airline has since witnessed massive growth and has played a major role in making Muscat an important traffic hub in the Middle East, supporting the commercial, industrial and tourism sectors.

The airline currently operates direct international flights from Muscat to Gulf destinations, such as Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Doha, Dubai, Jeddah, Riyadh, Dammam, Kuwait and Al Ain. Within the Middle East region, Oman Air flies to Cairo in Egypt, Beirut in Lebanon and Amman in Jordan. Oman Air also flies to Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania.

In addition, Oman Air flies to ten destinations in India Mumbai, Chennai, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Hyderabad, Delhi, Lucknow, Bangalore, Kozhikode and Jaipur. Within the Subcontinent, Oman Air also flies to Chittagong in Bangladesh, Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore in Pakistan, Kathmandu in Nepal and Colombo in Sri Lanka. Furthermore, Oman Air flies to the Indian Ocean islands of the Maldives. Within the Far East, Oman Air destinations include Bangkok in Thailand and Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. Oman Airs fleet strength stands at 15 Boeing B737-700s/800s, three Airbus A330-200s, three A330-300s, two Embraer E 175s and two ATRs 42-500s. During 2011, one additional A330-200 will be delivered.

For the future Oman Air has ordered 6 Boeing 787 Dreamliners, which are scheduled for delivery in 2014.

Oman Air unveiled its First Class Mini Suite in October 2009 which marked a further milestone in Oman Air's ongoing drive for quality and comfort. Earlier in 2009, Oman Air had unveiled its new, lie-flat Business Class seat, which offers greater levels of comfort and amenity than many other airlines first class products and is fitted on all the new Airbus wide-body fleet.

Marking a pioneering milestone in the history of aviation, Oman Air has become the first airline in the world to offer both mobile telephony and Internet connectivity on board its flights.

Oman Air and Malaysia Airlines entered a code-share partnership in June 2010, opening up more international destinations to their customers. Oman Airs passengers, who currently enjoy direct flights to Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok, will now be connected to four new destinations in Malaysia - Langkawi, Kota Kinabalu, Penang, Kuching, and two new destinations in Asia - Singapore and Hong Kong. In turn, passengers flying from Kula-Lumpur to Muscat will be able to connect seamlessly to Amman and Kuwait City, with more options from Oman to Dubai and Beirut.

More recently Oman Air entered a code-share partnership, effective from 1st April 2011, with bmi that will allow Oman Airs customers to book flights from Omans capital of Muscat to Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Belfast or Manchester, via London Heathrow. bmis customers will be able to book flights from any of the airlines UK departure points through to Muscat. Flights can be booked through either Oman Air or bmi outlets.

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Organic Wins Seven Internet Advertising Competition Awards across Major Categories.

Annual Competition Sponsored by the Web Marketing Association Honors Excellence in Online Advertising

NEW YORK -- The Web Marketing Association recently announced the winners of its annual Internet Advertising Competition (IAC) and Organic, Inc. won seven awards across several major categories.

Listed below are the IAC awards won by Organic on behalf of its' clients:

* Bank of America's "Morris Code" for Best Bank Website

* Related Properties "Related.com" for Best Real Estate Website

* Guitar Center's "Wish List Poster Creator" for Best Retail Website and Best Shopping Website

* NikeTraining.ca for Outstanding Website

* Dodge Charger Experience for Outstanding Website

* Chrysler "300 Experience" for Outstanding Website

* Ram "Heavy Duty Experience" for Outstanding Website

The Internet Advertising Competition (IAC) Awards are produced by the Web Marketing Association to honor excellence in online advertising, recognize the individuals and organizations responsible, and showcase the award-winning Internet advertising. This is one of the only competitions to recognize only online categories of advertising. A complete list of winners can be found at www.IACAward.org.

"Winning an abundance of IAC awards is a testament to our outstanding creative in experience design and marketing concepts," said Organic Chief Creative Officer Conor Brady. "We are thrilled to receive this recognition across several major categories and we look forward to continuing to show additional groundbreaking work later this year."

About Organic:

Organic is a leading digital communications agency that uses a consumer-empathy-based approach, combined with a holistic view of the digital landscape, to design and build exceptional interactive experiences that effectively engage and persuade customers. Founded in 1993, Organic has offices in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Detroit, London and Toronto. Adweek ranked Organic as the number one interactive agency in their 2007 interactive agency report card. Organic is a part of Omnicom Group Inc. To learn more about Organic and the Organic(R) services, please visit www.organic.com or read our blog at http://threeminds.organic.com.

Omnicom (NYSE: OMC) is a leading global advertising, marketing and corporate communications company (http://www.omnicomgroup.com). Omnicom's branded networks and numerous specialty firms provide advertising, strategic media planning and buying, digital and interactive marketing, direct and promotional marketing, public relations and other specialty communications services to over 5,000 clients in more than 100 countries.

Gastar Exploration to Present at the IPAA Oil & Gas Investment Symposium.

HOUSTON, April 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gastar Exploration Ltd. (NYSE Amex: GST and TSX: YGA) announced today that J. Russell Porter, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, will be presenting at the IPAA Oil & Gas Investment Symposium to be held on April 20 - 22, 2009, at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers in New York City.

The company presentation will be broadcast live over the Internet on Tuesday, April 21 at 8:45 a.m. Eastern Time. To listen to the audio webcast of the presentation and view accompanying presentation materials, visit the Investor Relations page of Gastar's web site at http://www.gastar.com/ and select Events/Presentations. A replay will be archived on the web site shortly after the presentation concludes.

About Gastar Exploration

Gastar Exploration Ltd. is an exploration and production company focused on finding and developing natural gas assets in North America and Australia. The Company pursues a strategy combining deep natural gas exploration and development with lower risk CBM and shale resource development. The Company owns and operates exploration and development acreage in the deep Bossier gas play of East Texas and Marcellus Shale play in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Gastar's CBM activities are conducted within the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and concentrated on more than 6.0 million gross acres controlled by Gastar and its joint development partners in Australia's Gunnedah Basin (PEL 238, PEL 433 and PEL 434) located in New South Wales.

   Company Contact:   Gastar Exploration Ltd.   Michael Gerlich, Vice President and CFO   713-739-1800 / mgerlich@gastar.com    Investor Relations Counsel:   Lisa Elliott / Anne Pearson   DRG&E  : 713-529-6600   lelliott@drg-e.com / apearson@drg-e.com  

CONTACT: Michael Gerlich, Vice President and CFO of Gastar Exploration Ltd., +1-713-739-1800, mgerlich@gastar.com; or Investor Relations Counsel, Lisa Elliott, lelliott@drg-e.com, or Anne Pearson, apearson@drg-e.com, both of DRG&E, +1-713-529-6600, for Gastar Exploration Ltd.

Kiva funding the tiniest businesses; In fields and sewing circles across the world, entrepreneurs are getting microloans with help from donors at a novel website.(BUSINESS)

Byline: MATT McKINNEY; STAFF WRITER

Mickey Mikeworth knows farmers around the world, although she's not one of them. She dabbles in transportation projects, too, but she's no engineer. Her secret: Kiva, a website that allows Mikeworth, a Minneapolis financial adviser, to lend money to entrepreneurs in some of the poorest places on the planet. "I've done everything from mushroom farming to transportation to medical clinics," she said.

Steered by Irondale High School graduate Premal Shah, the website has become a lifeline for thousands of families across the developing world as they struggle to feed themselves amid rising concerns of a global food crisis.

The site allows Mikeworth and thousands of others to make loans of as little as $25 to any of hundreds of prescreened individuals in dozens of countries. A carpenter in Cambodia gets wood and better tools. A sewing collective in Peru gets materials it otherwise couldn't afford. Many of the loans go to farmers who want to modernize their farms in one way or another. The needs are great. Experts now believe we can't donate our way out of the food shortage breaking out across the globe. A report issued this month from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the investigative arm of Congress, criticizes the United States and other developed nations for falling short on a pledge more than decade old to halve the percentage of the world's population that faces malnutrition. Too much emphasis is placed on emergency food aid while funding for development has remained flat, the GAO found. The United States has disinvested from agricultural research projects.

Those projects were a mainstay of global efforts to increase agricultural productivity. The cuts have ranged from programs at the University of Minnesota to programs at the World Bank. "What we have been doing both literally and figuratively is eating into our seed corn," said C. Ford Runge, an economist at the University of Minnesota. That historical trend, along with new pressures from the rising cost of staples such as rice and palm oil, has put relief agencies under pressure to serve many of the same populations targeted by Kiva, which serves as an innovative but much smaller counterpart of traditional aid organizations.

Giving women a shot

Kiva (www.kiva.org) took 15 months to raise the first $1 million in loans, said Shah, the president, who grew up in New Brighton. Today the website raises $1 million every 10 days. It has had 300,000 lenders assist 50,000 businesses in 42 countries. And now it struggles to find enough capable entrepreneurs to meet the supply of available loans.

This is how it works: The website, run by a group of 30 people in San Francisco, acts as a conduit between individual lenders and established microloan agencies such as Grameen Bank, run by Bangladeshi Muhammad Yunus. Yunus and the bank were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for their microlending work. The money comes to Kiva, and the website then wires it to the nonprofit working in country, which hands it over to the entrepreneur. The in-country agency then conducts weekly checkups on the loans and oversees repayments, sending notices back to Kiva and the individual lenders.

The site funds itself by asking the lenders if they'd like to make a donation to Kiva, usually suggested at 10 percent of the amount lent. Half of the budget comes from foundation grants provided by the Rockefeller and Kellogg foundations.

About $31 million has been lent since Kiva's inception, and about a quarter of the loans have come due. The website boasts a 99.3 percent repayment rate. About 3.5 percent of payments have been past due. If a loan goes bad, it most likely happened because of illness or an accident, Shah said.

The loans carry an average 22.37 percent interest, but can vary from country to country. That compares with an average of 83.85 percent for the typical local moneylender in the countries where Kiva offers loans, it said. Interest payments do not go to the lender, but to the in-country agency administering the loan. The fees cover the costs for monthly in-person visits to make collections (mail or Internet payments are not common in many areas) and for the initial screening of each entrepreneur, which requires interviewing someone with no credit history. Many of the businesses are tied to agriculture, and a healthy minority are clothing or food sales.

"Most of our borrowers are women -- 77 percent -- and for many it's the first time that they've been given a shot at something," said Shah.

The website has sort of a Facebook edge, with entrepreneurs posting their photos and sending out frequent updates on their business by e-mail. "It can be social, almost as addictive as Facebook," said Shah.

Winning over a cynic

That's what happened to Todd Andersen. The Minneapolis financial consultant pulled up Kiva's website after hearing about it from his wife. The site's novel approach made him wary.

"I'm part romantic, part cynic. I think there's reasons to be cautious with this type of organization," he said. He checked the site's repayment rates and looked at the lending organizations that partner with Kiva in far-flung cities and remote villages to distribute the loans. His cynicism faded as he looked through the list of people asking for loans. A group of Peruvian women who wanted to expand their sewing collective had posted a picture of themselves. The picture, still on the site, shows a group of women staring straight into the camera. They look proud, and utterly responsible.

Andersen, who characterized his previous efforts at philanthropy as "disciplined but not overly generous," went nuts. At last count he had made 27 loans of $50 each in a little over a month. He checks in on the loans regularly to see how people are faring.

"I love the concept. It's not a handout; it's a hand up," he said. "I'm addicted enough that I generally glance at the site in the morning, then if I happen to have a down time in the evening I'll check it again," he said. He learns with each visit how each business is doing, how much of each loan has been repaid, and other any other news the entrepreneurs care to share. The unexpected relationships that come out of the site have limits. Andersen said he wouldn't consider visiting anyone, for example.

"It seems a little invasive for everybody," he said. Now that the website has established itself, the founders have begun thinking of what comes next.

"It really seems to be working, which is amazing. We've just started dreaming a little bit more," Shah said. So far, about 80 percent of loans have come from the United States, with the rest scattered across 70 other countries. The website plans to start offering loans to U.S. entrepreneurs later this year. "We've just started dreaming a bit more," said Shah. "What if someone from Malawi was making a loan to someone in Louisiana?"

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Greeting card industry mirrors the economy. (Industry Overview)

It always amazes me, as I contemplate what has gone on in the industry over the past 12 months, how little has changed and how little I think will change over the next 12 months and beyond. The greeting card industry historically has experienced very slow unit growth -- 2 to 4 percent from the end of World War II to the mid-1980s and 1 to 3 percent since -- a rate of growth I think will continue until about 2015. With this slow rate of growth, the industry is not really in a position to -- nor does it need -- change all that rapidly. Having said that, here's what I see as trends in the greeting card industry.

The business of greeting cards

I am basically upbeat on the industry! On the plus side, the economy continues to improve. As a result, there should be a modest acceleration in the card business in 1995 and that should translate into better results at all levels of the industry. Also, while there is not a lot "new" within the industry, there are some developing trends that should also help business. None, save the increased importance of computers, will rock the industry. Each one, however, indicates that card companies continue to respond to consumer needs.

As was the case last year, today's biggest negative continues to be the constant erosion in the ranks of smaller retailers. When I started to track the industry, it was estimated that as much as 40 percent of all cards were sold through gift/card shops; today, I estimate that this figure is probably less than 30 percent. An example of this problem is a recent Hallmark agreement to let Hallmark branded product be carried by a major drug chain with stores in close proximity to Hallmark shops. When Hallmark finds it necessary to take such a step, it is clear that gift/card retailers will continue to be under considerable pressure. And while not totally displaced, at least reduced in importance.

About the cards

As is always the case, I cannot ignore the impact personalization is having on the industry. It should be a part of any expansion retailers are planning, especially as new products are added. The fact that one card company is even testing putting its designs on Internet should be a strong indication of where the use of computers is going in the industry. The advent of computer-generated cards, which has increased male usage -- twice as many men buy cards at computer kiosks than at traditional outlets -- has resulted in more cards with masculine themes emerging from traditional publishers. As men become more comfortable buying cards, more traditional outlets should benefit.

Beyond this, green marketing is gaining: recycling and cards that support environmental causes are becoming increasingly important. Handmade cards, never a big part of the business, are increasing their share of market simply because consumers are looking for the new, the unique and the more personal. Ethnic cards are now big business and getting bigger all the time. This is another part of the market that has to be addressed, regardless of where a store is located. There is also the progressive card -- beyond alternative; the card that speaks openly and frankly about such subjects as sexual orientation, divorce, terminal illness and breakups. These issues are addressed more directly than they have been in the past.

Finally, from a distribution standpoint, there is the expanding universe of master distributors, companies that can take a small card company's product into the major retail chains as part of an overall program. Just another of the challenges facing today's card and gift retailers!