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Boise(R) BEWARE(R) Meets April 1 Federal Medicaid Guidelines Requiring Tamper-Resistant Prescription PaperBoise continues leadership in premium and specialty paper market

BENSENVILLE, Ill., April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boise Inc. announced today that Boise BEWARE, its anti-copy/anti-scan paper, complies with federal guidelines for paper-based security in Medicaid papers by offering two tamper-resistant features. According to the federal mandate for tamper-resistant prescription pads, papers must meet one of three criteria by April 1. Medicaid prescription papers must meet all three criteria by October 1, 2008. Boise BEWARE currently meets two of the three criteria.

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"BEWARE is now in full compliance with the federal mandate effective April 1, 2008," said Steve Kanda, brand manager, BEWARE. "The health care industry can have confidence that BEWARE's superior anti-copying technology keeps them compliant. Boise will continue to go the extra mile to provide the quality our customers have come to expect."

An enhanced BEWARE product is in development that will meet all three characteristics required by the October 1 deadline. The new feature is a coin-reactive, artificial watermark on the back of the sheet. When a coin is rubbed over the back of the sheet, the words BOISE BEWARE will appear. This feature is not reproducible on a copier, fax, scanner or laser printer.

The criteria for the federal guidelines effective April 1, 2008, include: -- One or more industry-recognized features designed to prevent unauthorized copying of a completed or blank prescription form. -- BEWARE has this feature: VOID, COPY or UNAUTHORIZED COPY appears when duplication is attempted. -- One or more industry-recognized features designed to prevent the erasure or modification of information written on the prescription by the prescriber. -- BEWARE has this feature: When erasure occurs, it is evident on the paper as ink is removed in the spot where alteration is attempted. -- One or more industry-recognized features designed to prevent the use of counterfeit prescription forms.

Boise BEWARE utilizes AuthentiGuard(R) Pantograph 4000(TM), a technology developed by Document Security Systems, Inc., a leader in proven, patented protection against counterfeiting and unauthorized copying, scanning and faxing.

In addition to medical prescriptions, Boise BEWARE is also commonly used for legal documents, coupons, business contracts, copyrighted materials and visitor badges. The product features color tinted, acid-free sheets, and comes in 8.5"x11" and 25"x38" sizes. The product is also available in custom colors and varying weights of paper, as well as custom hidden words.

To learn more about Boise BEWARE, visit http://www.boisebeware.com/.

For specifics of the legislation, visit http://www.cms.hhs.gov/SMDL/downloads/SMD081707.pdf

About Boise Inc.

Headquartered in Boise, Idaho, Boise Inc. manufactures packaging products and papers including corrugated containers, containerboard, label and release and flexible packaging papers, imaging papers for the office and home, printing and converting papers, newsprint, and market pulp. Our entire team of more than 4,600 employees is committed to delivering excellent value while managing our businesses to sustain environmental resources for future generations. Visit our website at http://www.boiseinc.com/.

About Document Security Systems, Inc.

Document Security Systems, Inc. is a leader in proven patented protection against counterfeiting and unauthorized copying, scanning and photo imaging of critical documents forms, identification and packaging. The company offers a broad portfolio of anti-counterfeiting technologies, systems and products, and provides consulting for customized document security printing solutions. Document Security Systems strategy is to become the world's leading producer of cutting-edge security technologies for printed products. More information about Document Security Systems can be found at its websites: http://www.documentsecurity.com/ and http://www.plasticprintingprofessionals.com/.

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CONTACT: Lisa Vail of Boise Inc., +1-630-227-3433; or David Zapata,
+1-312-943-0333, Cell, +1-312-771-1271, for Boise Inc.

Web site: http://www.boisepaper.com/
http://www.plasticprintingprofessionals.com/
http://www.documentsecurity.com/

Alcatel-Lucent to Publish its First Quarter 2008 Results on April 30, 2008

PARIS, April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) will publish its first quarter 2008 results on April 30, 2008. The press release will be sent at 7:45 AM CET.

Patricia Russo, CEO of Alcatel-Lucent, and Hubert de Pesquidoux, Chief Financial Officer, will present the first quarter 2008 results during a live audio webcast and conference call for financial analysts and media, which will be held at 1:00PM CET.

This conference will be available at http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/1q2008/ Dial-in instructions are listed below: From the USA: (800)-700-74-14 From other countries: +1-(612)-332-7516

Please ask for the "Alcatel-Lucent" teleconference and state your name. We advise you to dial in 15 minutes before the start of the conference call. Slides of the presentation will be available at http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/investors

The conference call will be available for digital replay from April 30, 2008 5:15PM CET, ending May 14, 2008 at 11:59PM CET at the following call in numbers:

From the USA: (800)-475-6701 access code: 918026 From other countries: +1-(320)-365-3844 access code: 918026 About Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) provides solutions that enable service providers, enterprises and governments worldwide, to deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users. As a leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies, applications and services, Alcatel-Lucent offers the end-to-end solutions that enable compelling communications services for people at home, at work and on the move. With operations in more than 130 countries, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with global reach. The company has the most experienced global services team in the industry, and one of the largest research, technology and innovation organizations in the telecommunications industry. Alcatel-Lucent achieved revenues of Euro 17.8 billion in 2007 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located in Paris. For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/

Alcatel-Lucent

CONTACT: Alcatel-Lucent Press Contacts: RÃƒÂ©gine Coqueran, Tel:
+33-(0)1-40-76-49-24, regine.coqueran@alcatel-lucent.com. StÃƒÂ©phane Lapeyrade,
Tel: +33-(0)1-40-76-1274, stephane.lapeyrade@alcatel-lucent.com.
Alcatel-Lucent Investor Relations, RÃƒÂ©mi Thomas Tel: +33-(0)1-40-76-50-61
remi.thomas@alcatel-lucent.com, John DeBono Tel: +1-908-582-7793
debono@alcatel-lucent.com, Tony Lucido Tel: +33-(0)1-40-76-49-80
alucido@alcatel-lucent.com, Don Sweeney Tel: +1-908-582-6153
dsweeney@alcatel-lucent.com

Verizon Wireless Extensive Network Expansion in Alabama Continues in First Quarter of 2008Company spends $17 million in Alabama during first quarter, adds new cell towers and network enhancements to more than 20 sites throughout the state

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless, operator of the nation's most reliable wireless network, has completed another aggressive quarter of network expansion and enhancements across Alabama. The wireless carrier deployed new cell sites and network enhancements to improve coverage and capacity in several markets across Alabama during the first quarter of 2008. The most recent quarter investment includes aggressive capacity expansions in Birmingham, the state's largest market; and new cell sites in northeastern and western parts of the state.

"Alabama's wireless customers increasingly continue to choose Verizon Wireless because of the network quality and services we offer across the state," says Jeff Mango, President, Verizon Wireless Alabama/Georgia Region. "Wireless customers throughout Alabama continue to demand the best -- and Verizon Wireless is committed to continue doing everything we can to deliver it. We'll continue to focus on meeting our customers' growing wireless needs by delivering on our brand promise -- the best, most reliable wireless network."

In the first quarter of 2008, network coverage and capacity have been enhanced in the following Alabama cities:

AL City Result Florence New site provides continuous coverage along Hwy 17 to the Tennessee state line Tuscumbia New site improves coverage along Hwy 72, Hwy 247 and in the community of Pride, AL Huntsville Enhanced capacity at NASA and in the Planes area Madkin Enhanced capacity for the Redstone Arsenal area Mountain Toney New site improves coverage along Hwy 53 in the community of Admore, AL Mount Olive New site provides coverage west of I-65 along Mount Olive Road Leighton New site provides coverage along Hwy 72 and County Line Road Hampton Cove Enhanced capacity along Hwy 231 and Hwy 431 south of the Huntsville metro area Indian Creek Enhanced capacity for the Rainbow Mountain area Phenix City New site improves coverage and in-building penetration to the growing retail locations north and west of Phenix City and along Hwy 280 Birmingham Enhanced capacity along 20th Street North, 1st Avenue North and Hwy 280, as well as in Mountain Brook, Cahaba Heights, Inverness and the Stockham Park areas Hoover Enhanced capacity for the Riverchase/Pelham and Galleria Woods areas Cordova New site improves coverage along Corridor X Bessemer New site improves coverage at the hotel, golf course and housing development of Ross Bridge Tuscaloosa Enhanced capacity for the University of Alabama campus, especially during football season

Verizon Wireless invested more than $110 million in network expansion and enhancements in Alabama during 2007, activating 91 new cell sites statewide.

Nationally, the company has invested nearly $44 billion since it was formed in 2000 -- $5.5 billion on average every year -- to offer customers the most reliable service available, including wireless data services such as picture messaging, text messaging, and the company's exclusive V CAST services. V CAST brings video clips of TV shows, music on demand and other multimedia services to wireless phones over Verizon Wireless' high-speed EV-DO network. Verizon Wireless' high-speed third generation wireless broadband network has been enhanced with EV-DO Rev. A technology. This enhancement allows customers who use the company's flagship business data service, BroadbandAccess, to interact with Web-based applications, download music over-the-air, access e-mail, everyday corporate data, the Internet and more at speeds that are eight to nine times faster than before. For example, BroadbandAccess customers with Rev. A compatible devices can now expect average download speeds of 600 kilobits per second (kbps) to 1.4 megabits per second and average upload speeds of 500-800 kbps, which means customers can download a 1 megabyte e-mail attachment -- the equivalent of a small PowerPoint(R) presentation or a large PDF file -- in about eight seconds and upload the same sized file in less than 13 seconds.

Strong demand for Verizon Wireless services continued during the fourth quarter of 2007 as the company added two million net new customers. For the 13th consecutive quarter, Verizon Wireless also led the wireless industry in customer loyalty. The company posted a churn (customer turnover) rate of just 1.2%, well below the rate reported by the other major wireless carriers.

Verizon Wireless tests its network and those of its competitors to ensure the Verizon Wireless network remains the nation's most reliable. Nationally, Verizon Wireless' real-life test men and women drive 91 specially equipped vehicles almost 1,000,000 miles annually on interstates, U.S. and state highways as well as major roads and surface streets in high-population areas, based upon U.S. Census counts, to determine if voice calls and data connections are successful on the first attempt and stay connected. Vehicles are equipped with computers that automatically make more than three million voice call attempts and more than 16 million data tests annually on Verizon Wireless' network and the networks of other carriers.

"We are committed to providing the best service to our customers where and when they need it," says Mango. "The developments and investments we undertook in 2007 and in the first quarter of 2008 are in direct response to the remarkable growth in the demand for our wireless service."

About Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable wireless voice and data network, serving 65.7 million customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 69,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). For more information, go to: http://www.verizonwireless.com/. To preview and request broadcast- quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.

Verizon Wireless

CONTACT: Caran Smith, Verizon Wireless, Caran.Smith@verizonwireless.com,
+1-678-339-4891

Web site: http://www.verizonwireless.com/

Alcatel-Lucent to Publish its First Quarter 2008 Results on April 30, 2008

PARIS, April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) will publish its first quarter 2008 results on April 30, 2008. The press release will be sent at 7:45 AM CET.

This conference will be available at http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/1q2008/

Dial-in instructions are listed below: From the USA: (800)-700-74-14 From other countries: +1-(612)-332-7516

The conference call will be available for digital replay from April 30, 2008 5:15PM CET, ending May 14, 2008 at 11:59PM CET at the following call in numbers:

From the USA: (800)-475-6701 access code: 918026 From other countries: +1-(320)-365-3844 access code: 918026

About Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent Press Contacts: Régine Coqueran, Tel: +33-(0)1-40-76-49-24, regine.coqueran@alcatel-lucent.com. Stéphane Lapeyrade, Tel: +33-(0)1-40-76-1274, stephane.lapeyrade@alcatel-lucent.com. Alcatel-Lucent Investor Relations, Rémi Thomas Tel: +33-(0)1-40-76-50-61 remi.thomas@alcatel-lucent.com, John DeBono Tel: +1-908-582-7793 debono@alcatel-lucent.com, Tony Lucido Tel: +33-(0)1-40-76-49-80 alucido@alcatel-lucent.com, Don Sweeney Tel: +1-908-582-6153 dsweeney@alcatel-lucent.com

Swiss Hawk AG Announces the Sale of its Participation in Horsecreek Entertainment AB/HomeTV

ZUG, Switzerland, April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Swiss Hawk AG announces that it has sold its 8.13% participation in Horsecreek Entertainment AB the owner and promoter of the HomeTV VOD digital media platform to Motion Network Holding Plc ("MNH") in exchange for a consideration based on 35 million new issued shares in MNH, thus bringing Swiss Hawk's participation in MNH from 8% up to 14%.

The management believe that this represents a good value deal for Swiss Hawk as based on business development activity reported by MNH in recent weeks and a strong pipeline of further business development opportunities to be exploited, and Swiss Hawk expects that the MNH share price can recover substantially upwards by mid-2008.

MNH intend to implement the international rollout of the HomeTV products through linkage with MNH's local partners. In all countries where MNH broadcasts, HomeTV will be able to offer VOD services with both local market films and films common to all markets. In addition MNH will work with HomeTV to expand its VOD internet platform to fit a more global e-commerce model revolving around entertainment.

About HomeTV

Horse Creek Entertainment/HomeTV http://www.hometvint.com is a European digital media company, focused on providing Video on Demand (VOD) content solutions. Based on its new relationship with MNH, HomeTV is aiming at becoming a leading international provider of VOD titles, VOD programming, management, home shopping services and global e-commerce solutions. HomeTV will shortly launch services in Denmark and Finland and during 2008 expect to deliver services in the Baltic States, Poland , UK and Ireland under the trademarks http://www.hometvone.com and http://www.hometv1.com .

About Motion Network Holding Plc

MNH operates in the sector of communication and provides B2C and B2B services in the area of Television, IPTV, Internet, media content production and post production, software and retail. MNH operating services cover mostly Europe, Far East and the US. MNH's wholly owned Luxembourg subsidiary Motion Network TV ("MNTV") is the main group company that operates as a pan European film and music dedicated TV channel. http://www.motionnetworktv.com.

About Swiss Hawk AG

Swiss Hawk is building a niche alternative asset class investment management business, through the pursuit of an aggressive investment policy based on actively investing and trading in participations in alternative asset class transactions. http://www.swisshawk.com.

Contact: Christophe Kourdouly, MNH/Antetime Phone: +33-1-72-100213-214 Mary Prendergast Phone: +41-41-511-01-98 E-Mail: contact@swisshawk.com

Swiss Hawk AG

Contact: Christophe Kourdouly, MNH/Antetime, Phone: +33-1-72-100213-214; Mary Prendergast, Phone: +41-41-511-01-98, E-Mail: contact@swisshawk.com

Newton and Watertown, Massachusetts Residents to Benefit from Verizon Wireless Network ExpansionInvesting to Stay Ahead of Growing Demand for Wireless Voice, Multimedia and Internet Access

NEWTON, Mass., April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- In a continuing effort to provide the best wireless service for local residents in Middlesex County, Verizon Wireless has activated a new cell site. The new site increases high-speed wireless data coverage and capacity along Routes 16 and 20, and California Street in Newton and Watertown, Massachusetts, as well as the surrounding area.

Verizon Wireless has invested nearly $44 billion since it was formed to increase the coverage and capacity of its national network and to add new services like BroadbandAccess and V CAST. Regionally the company has invested nearly $2.2 billion into its New England network, including over $292 million in 2007 alone.

BroadbandAccess offers computer users the nation's most reliable high-speed wireless mobile broadband network, operating at average upload speeds between 500 and 800 kbps, and download speeds between 600 kbps and 1.4 mbps over Verizon Wireless' BroadbandAccess with EV-DO Revision A network. V CAST brings video clips of TV shows, music on demand and other multimedia services to wireless phones.

Strong demand for Verizon Wireless services continued during the fourth quarter of 2007 as the company added two million net new customers and, for the thirteenth consecutive quarter, reported the lowest customer turnover (highest customer loyalty) rate in the wireless industry.

The company's 'nation's most reliable wireless network' reputation is based on network studies performed by real-life test men and test women throughout the country who inspired the "can you hear me now" national advertising campaign. Nationally, these test men and women drive nearly 100 specially equipped vehicles almost 1,000,000 miles annually on Interstate, U.S. and state highways as well as major roads and surface streets in high-population areas, based upon U.S. Census counts, to confirm that voice calls and data connections are successful on the first attempt and stay connected. Vehicles are equipped with computers that automatically make more than three million voice call attempts and more than 16 million data tests annually on Verizon Wireless' network and the networks of other carriers.

About Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable wireless voice and data network, serving 65.7 million customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 69,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). For more information, go to: http://www.verizonwireless.com/. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.

BroadbandAccess speed claim is based on stationary tests with 5 MB FTP data files w/o compression and requires compatible EV-DO Rev. A device. Actual throughput speed varies. BroadbandAccess is available to more than 240 million people in 248 major metros in the U.S. V CAST Music phone & per song charges required; airtime may apply for music downloads. Additional charges required for other V CAST services. Offers & coverage, varying by service, not available everywhere. Network details and coverage maps at vzw.com.

Verizon Wireless

CONTACT: Michael Murphy of Verizon Wireless, +1-781-932-1213,
Michael.Murphy@verizonwireless.com; or Anne Elise O'Connor of Thomson
Communications for Verizon Wireless, +1-617-548-2765,
Aeoc@thomsoncommunications.com

Web site: http://www.verizonwireless.com/
http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia

ThalesRaytheonSystems Signs Contract for Malaysian Air Defense Ground Environment Upgrade Using New Digital Radar

FULLERTON, Calif., April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- ThalesRaytheonSystems has been awarded a contract by the Ministry of Defense, government of Malaysia, to upgrade the Malaysian Air Defense Ground Environment system. Financial details of the contract were not disclosed.

The upgrade will create a new air defense sector operations center and includes the installation of one new long-range air defense radar.

The SOC command and control software will be an adaptation of the Sentry(R) Air Defense Ground Environment System developed by ThalesRaytheonSystems in Fullerton, Calif. Sentry is also the basis for the Battle Control System recently declared operational by the U.S. Air Force and Canadian Air Force for the air defense of the North American continent.

ThalesRaytheonSystems in France will deliver the long-range air defense radar. It is part of a new family of high- medium- and low-altitude digital radars that provides unmatched detection performances as well as an outstanding operational availability.

The radar is perfectly adapted to overcome the challenges of the Malaysian country, which is characterized by its tropical environment and the need to operate simultaneously over mountainous terrain, costal plains, and oceanic approaches.

This award continues the long history of cooperation between ThalesRaytheonSystems and the Royal Malaysian Air Force, which dates back to the installation of the first automated command and control system for the RMAF in Butterworth.

About ThalesRaytheonSystems

ThalesRaytheonSystems is an equally owned transatlantic joint venture between Raytheon Company and Thales Group. ThalesRaytheonSystems is a worldwide supplier of air defense command and control centers and ground-based battlefield radars. The company's annual revenue is $800 million, and it employs 1,600 people.

In the United States: In Europe: Krista Roos Matt Pothecary 714.446.4600 +33.1.69.75.50.98

Raytheon Company

CONTACT: Krista Roos (US), +1-714-446-4600, or Matt Pothecary (Europe),
+33.1.69.75.50.98, both of ThalesRaytheonSystems

Web site: http://www.raytheon.com/

AT&T Foundation Awards Grant to City of Miami to Support ELEVATE MIAMI Program-Families who earn a computer through the 6th Grade Rites of Passage program to receive Internet connection for one year-

MIAMI, April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Foundation has awarded the City of Miami a $125,000 grant to provide free one-year Internet connections to families of sixth grade students at select schools that have earned a computer through ELEVATE MIAMI's Rites of Passage program, a joint venture with Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS).

The unique partnership between M-DCPS and the City of Miami has resulted in the creation of the Rites of Passage program, a life skills course that is being taught to sixth grade students who attend one of 12 Title 1 schools throughout Miami.

"The public-private partnerships we have formed allow us to make tools available that educate our students while helping them achieve their goals and enhance their participation as leaders in the global economy," said Mayor Manny Diaz. "The funds provided by the AT&T Foundation, our newest partner, will help us secure Internet connectivity for the families that have participated in the Rites of Passage program."

The ELEVATE MIAMI Rites of Passage program works to have all students equipped with the skills and technological support to participate in the global economy by managing their household and finances efficiently. The program also provides opportunities for participants to improve their knowledge and skill sets in order to obtain jobs with living wages by 2013.

"Our participation in this program provides Miami students with the tools to increase their knowledge and skills," said Marshall Criser III, president of AT&T Florida. "This is an investment in the future that strengthens our community and prepares our students to pursue higher education and enter the workforce."

ELEVATE MIAMI is part of Mayor Manny Diaz's anti-poverty initiative which aims to develop a comprehensive program designed to prepare all citizens and businesses of Miami for a leadership position in the global economy. The program establishes public and private partnerships that facilitate affordable technology, including mobile and low-cost Internet access, employability skills, and expanded economic opportunities for all participants.

About Philanthropy at AT&T

AT&T Inc. is committed to advancing education, strengthening communities and improving lives. Through its philanthropic initiatives and partnerships, AT&T supports projects that create learning opportunities; promote academic and economic achievement; and address community needs. In 2007, AT&T contributed more than $164 million through corporate-, employee- and AT&T Foundation-giving programs. AT&T and the AT&T Foundation, the corporate philanthropy organization of AT&T, combine more than $1.9 billion of historic charitable commitment to communities across the country.

About AT&T

AT&T Inc. is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates, AT&T operating companies, are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. Among their offerings are the world's most advanced IP-based business communications services and the nation's leading wireless, high speed Internet access and voice services. In domestic markets, AT&T is known for the directory publishing and advertising sales leadership of its Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations, and the AT&T brand is licensed to innovators in such fields as communications equipment. As part of its three-screen integration strategy, AT&T is expanding its TV entertainment offerings. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com/.

Note: This AT&T news release and other announcements are available as part of an RSS feed at http://www.att.com/rss. For more information, please review this announcement in the AT&T newsroom at http://www.att.com/newsroom.

AT&T Inc.

CONTACT: Don Sadler of AT&T Inc., +1-305-347-5320, Mobile,
+1-305-965-7680, don.sadler@att.com

Web site: http://www.att.com/

Webcast Alert: BorgWarner Inc. Announces First Quarter 2008 Earnings Webcast

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BorgWarner Inc. announces the following Webcast:

What: BorgWarner 2008 First Quarter Results Conference Call When: May 2nd @ 9:30 am Eastern Where: http://www.borgwarner.com/invest/webcasts.shtml How: Live over the Internet -- Simply log on to the web at the address above. Contact: Mary Brevard 248-754-0881 mbrevard@borgwarner.com

If you are unable to participate during the live webcast, the call will be archived at http://www.borgwarner.com/invest/webcasts.shtml

Auburn Hills, Michigan-based BorgWarner Inc. is a product leader in highly engineered components and systems for vehicle powertrain applications worldwide. The FORTUNE 500 company operates manufacturing and technical facilities in 64 locations in 17 countries. Customers include VW/Audi, Ford, General Motors, Toyota, Hyundai/Kia, Daimler, Renault/Nissan, Chrysler, Navistar International, Fiat, BMW, Honda, PSA, and Caterpillar. The Internet address for BorgWarner is: http://www.borgwarner.com/.

Audio: http://www.borgwarner.com/invest/webcasts.shtml BorgWarner Inc.

CONTACT: Mary Brevard of BorgWarner Inc., +1-248-754-0881,
mbrevard@borgwarner.com

Web site: http://www.borgwarner.com/

Global Payments to Present at Upcoming Investor ConferencesConferences include: 'Baird's 2008 Growth Stock Conference' and 'JPMorgan 36th Annual Technology Conference'

ATLANTA, April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global Payments Inc. , represented by Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, James G. Kelly, will present at "Baird's 2008 Growth Stock Conference" on May 15, 2008. Mr. Kelly is expected to present at 9:30 a.m. EDT. The conference will be held in Chicago, IL and can be accessed via Web cast at http://www.globalpaymentsinc.com/ .

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Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Paul R. Garcia, will present at the "JPMorgan 36th Annual Technology Conference" on May 19, 2008. Mr. Garcia is expected to present at 8:40 a.m. EDT. The conference will be held in Boston, MA and can be accessed via Web cast at http://www.globalpaymentsinc.com/ .

Global Payments Inc. is a leading provider of electronic transaction processing services for consumers, merchants, Independent Sales Organizations (ISOs), financial institutions, government agencies and multi-national corporations located throughout the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific. Global Payments offers a comprehensive line of processing solutions for credit and debit cards, business-to-business purchasing cards, gift cards, electronic check conversion and check guarantee, verification and recovery including electronic check services, as well as terminal management. The company also provides consumer money transfer services from the U.S. and Europe to destinations in Latin America, Morocco and the Philippines. For more information about the company and its services, visit http://www.globalpaymentsinc.com/ .

This announcement and comments made by Global Payments' management during the conference call contain certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe-harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements that are not historical facts, including revenue and earnings estimates and management's expectations regarding future events and developments, are forward looking statements and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Important factors that may cause actual events or results to differ materially from those anticipated by such forward-looking statements include the following: continued certification by credit card associations, foreign currency risks, competition and pricing, product demand, market and customer acceptance, development difficulties, the effect of economic conditions and consumer spending, security breaches or system failures, costs of capital, changes in immigration patterns, changes in state, federal or foreign laws and regulations affecting the electronic money transfer industry, increases in credit card association fees, utility or system interruptions, the ability to consummate and integrate acquisitions, and other risks detailed in the company's SEC filings, including the most recently filed Form 10-Q or Form 10-K, as applicable. The company undertakes no obligation to revise any of these statements to reflect future circumstances or the occurrence of unanticipated events.

Contact: Jane M. Elliott 770-829-8234 Voice 770-829-8267 Fax investor.relations@globalpay.com

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CONTACT: Jane M. Elliott of Global Payments Inc., +1-770-829-8234,
fax: +1-770-829-8267, investor.relations@globalpay.com

Web site: http://www.globalpaymentsinc.com/

Motorola Invests in VirtualLogix

SCHAUMBURG, Ill., April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Motorola, Inc. through Motorola Ventures, its strategic venture capital arm, announced today it made an equity investment in VirtualLogix, a maker of virtualization software for communications devices and infrastructure equipment. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed.

VirtualLogix is a leader in real-time virtualization -- an innovative technology that is shaping the future for communications devices and equipment. Their technology enables the mobility of applications from the desktop to devices, improves quality of service and security in an open mobile world, and will enable a new generation of dynamic individual user experiences.

"As the mobile eco-system grows increasingly complex, demand for simplified product designs that allow dynamic mobile experiences to run across multiple platforms will intensify," said Reese Schroeder, managing director, Motorola Ventures. "Virtualization offers a solution to this complexity. Our investment in VirtualLogix will help accelerate the delivery of their technology to next-generation communications devices and infrastructure equipment."

"As virtualization moves out from the datacenter and into everyday front-end connected devices, our connected world will require the delivery of efficient, secure and customizable user experiences," said Peter Richards, CEO of VirtualLogix. "To meet this demand, leading electronics manufacturers are looking to leverage the VirtualLogix technology to create products with improved security, manageability and customization."

Motorola joins VirtualLogix's current investors Atlas Venture, Cisco Systems, DFJ Esprit, Index Ventures, Intel Capital and Texas Instruments.

About VirtualLogix, Inc.

VirtualLogix(TM), Inc. is the global leader in Real-Time Virtualization(TM) technology for connected devices. VirtualLogix VLX enables multiple operating system environments to run concurrently on shared hardware and provides a range of performance, fault tolerance and security options to address specific market requirements. As a result, the world's largest semiconductor companies, manufacturers, OEMs and carriers are able to reduce development and bill of material costs, improve time to market by leveraging existing software investments, and create conditions that meet their business goals. With more than 20 years of experience developing system software for network infrastructure, digital multimedia and mobile handsets, VirtualLogix is paving the way for the development of next generation connected devices. VirtualLogix, Inc. is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif. with operations worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.virtuallogix.com/ or call (408) 636 2800.

About Motorola

Motorola is known around the world for innovation in communications. The company develops technologies, products and services that make mobile experiences possible. Our portfolio includes communications infrastructure, enterprise mobility solutions, digital set-tops, cable modems, mobile devices and Bluetooth accessories. Motorola is committed to delivering next generation communication solutions to people, businesses and governments. A Fortune 100 company with global presence and impact, Motorola had sales of US $36.6 billion in 2007. For more information about our company, our people and our innovations, please visit http://www.motorola.com/.

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CONTACT: Kristine Mulford of Motorola, Inc., +1-847-576-4506,
Kristine.mulford@motorola.com; or Michelle Gray of VirtualLogix,
+1-415-512-0770, virtuallogix@schwartz-pr.com

Web site: http://www.motorola.com/
http://www.virtuallogix.com/

Paragon Technologies Announces Changes to its Board of Directors

EASTON, Pa., April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Paragon Technologies, Inc. , a leading supplier of "smart" material handling systems and "software-driven" warehouse and distribution center solutions, announced today that Robert J. Blyskal and Anthony W. Schweiger have resigned their positions as directors of Paragon Technologies, Inc. Leonard S. Yurkovic, Acting CEO, said, "Paragon appreciates the contributions they have made during their tenure as members of the Board of Directors of the Company."

Other changes announced today include the following. Ronald J. Izewski and Robert J. Schwartz have been appointed by the Board of Directors to fill the vacancies created by the recent resignations of Messrs. Blyskal and Schweiger. Also, Mr. Izewski has been appointed Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, and Mr. Schwartz has been appointed as a member of the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. In addition, Samuel L. Torrence, a member of the Board of Directors since 2007, was appointed as a member of the Nominating Committee of the Board of Directors.

Ronald J. Izewski, age 51, currently serves as the Senior Vice President ("SVP") and Chief Financial Officer ("CFO") of Just Born, Inc., a privately owned confectionery manufacturer of jellybeans, marshmallows, and other candy products. Mr. Izewski joined Just Born in 1995 as Vice President of the Finance Division, assumed the role of CFO in 2002, and was promoted to SVP/CFO in 2007. From 1984 to 1995, Mr. Izewski held several financial leadership positions, including Vice President and General Manager of the Donruss Trading Cards Division at the Leaf Candy Company. From 1978 to 1984, Mr. Izewski was an Audit Supervisor in the Chicago, Illinois office of Coopers & Lybrand, a public accounting firm. Mr. Izewski holds a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting from Southern Illinois University and is a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Izewski is active in the community and resides in Doylestown, Pennsylvania with his wife and three children.

Robert J. Schwartz, age 70, is the founder and President of Land Equity Inc., a real estate firm located in Lebanon, New Jersey. For over 30 years, Land Equity Inc. has specialized in commercial and industrial land sales. Mr. Schwartz began his career in real estate in 1967 and has established his company in key markets of Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. Mr. Schwartz holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in International Marketing from Fairleigh Dickinson University. Mr. Schwartz is active in the community and resides with his family in Finesville, New Jersey.

Len Yurkovic commented, "I am pleased that Ronald Izewski and Robert Schwartz have joined the Paragon Board of Directors. Their knowledge and experience will complement that of our current directors. Our Board and management team look forward to their involvement as members of the Company's Board of Directors."

About Paragon Technologies

Paragon Technologies is a leader in integrating material handling systems and creating automated solutions for material flow applications. SI Systems' branded technologies and material handling solutions address unit assembly in manufacturing operations and order fulfillment applications. One of the top material handling systems suppliers worldwide, SI Systems leading clients have included the United States Postal Service, BMG, Peterbilt, Honda, and Maybelline.

Cautionary Statement. Certain statements contained herein are not based on historical fact and are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and the Securities and Exchange Commission rules, regulations and releases. Paragon intends that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created hereby. Among other things, the forward-looking statements regard Paragon's earnings, liquidity, financial condition, review of strategic alternatives, and other matters. Words or phrases denoting the anticipated results of future events, such as "anticipate," "does not anticipate," "should help to," "believe," "estimate," "is positioned," "expects," "may," "will," "is expected," "should," "continue," and similar expressions that denote uncertainty, are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Paragon's actual results, performance, or achievements could differ materially from the results expressed in, or implied by, such "forward-looking statements:" (1) as a result of factors over which Paragon has no control, including the strength of domestic and foreign economies, sales growth, competition, and certain cost increases; and (2) if the factors on which Paragon's conclusions are based do not conform to its expectations. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release may become outdated over time. Paragon does not assume any responsibility for updating any forward-looking statements. Furthermore, achievement of the objectives of the Company is subject to certain risks, including, but not limited to, those risks outlined in Paragon's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007.

Press release and prior releases are available at http://www.ptgamex.com/

Paragon Technologies, Inc.

CONTACT: Len Yurkovic, Acting CEO of Paragon Technologies, Inc.,
+1-610-252-3205, Fax: +1-610-252-3102

Web site: http://www.ptgamex.com/

American Airlines and Nokia Announce American's 'On the Move' Sweepstakes and 'Instant Win' GamePrizes Include Trip for Two to Red-Carpet Event in Los Angeles, Nokia Mobile Devices, and American Airlines AAdvantage Miles

FORT WORTH, Texas, April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Airlines, AA.com and Nokia have teamed to make your next visit to the new, mobile version of AA.com even more rewarding. The American Airlines "On the Move" sweepstakes and "Instant Win" game offer multiple chances to win one of several exciting prizes, including a trip for two to Los Angeles with tickets to a red-carpet event at Nokia Theatre LA Live, Nokia N95 mobile devices, and up to 100,000 AAdvantage(R) miles.

Simply go to http://www.aa.com/promo from any computer with Internet access to register for the sweepstakes and learn about the mobile version of AA.com. Then, you can play the Instant Win portion by accessing the mobile version of AA.com from any Web-enabled mobile device.

"This promotion is a fun way to highlight the fact that our mobile version of AA.com enables travelers to access many of the helpful features on AA.com via a Web-enabled cell phone or device, without the need for a desktop or laptop computer," said Derek DeCross, American's Managing Director - Interactive Marketing. "We continue to strive to enhance the travel experience for our customers, and the mobile version of AA.com is another way we've done that."

Both the On the Move sweepstakes and the Instant Win game run through June 16, 2008. No purchase is required for either promotion. Here are the highlights of both promotions:

On the Move Sweepstakes

There are two ways to enter the On the Move Sweepstakes, and a total of two entries are allowed in any combination:

-- Receive one entry each time you register at http://www.aa.com/promo during the promotional period. -- Receive one entry for visiting AA.com on your mobile phone or Web-enabled device. -- Receive one entry for "referring a friend" by forwarding the sweepstakes information to others (up to three people).

However you choose to enter, you will be eligible to win the Grand Prize, which is a trip for two to Los Angeles, including airfare and spending money, along with tickets to a red-carpet event at Nokia Theatre LA Live. One Grand Prize will be awarded.

Additionally, 61 First Prizes of Nokia N95 mobile devices will be awarded, which is one prize for every day of the promotion.

All winners will be selected in random drawings. "Instant Win Game"

The Instant Win Game offers the opportunity to win simply by visiting AA.com by mobile phone.

Each time you use a mobile device to access AA.com during the promotion period (up to once a day), you will have a chance to be an instant winner of thousands of AAdvantage miles. One winner will receive the Grand Prize of 100,000 AAdvantage miles, while eight First Prize winners each will be awarded 10,000 AAdvantage miles.

All winners will be selected at random, so your next visit to the mobile version of AA.com could earn you enough miles to plan the dream trip of a lifetime.

Even if you're not a sweepstakes or instant prize winner, you will enjoy the convenience of having AA.com available whenever and wherever your cell phone or Web-enabled device works. You can use the mobile version of AA.com to check schedules and book flights, view itineraries or change reservations, view fare specials, check in for a flight or check flight status, request upgrades, enroll in the AAdvantage program or view miles, access information on Admirals Club(R) locations, purchase a one-day pass, find information on destinations, weather or airports -- all from your Web-enabled cell phone or device.

Accessing AA.com from a mobile phone or PDA is easy -- simply type http://www.aa.com/ into a device to be automatically directed to the mobile version of AA.com. The content is condensed and the design is simplified from the desktop or laptop version of AA.com, making for faster connections and easier navigation. A full, traditional version of AA.com is also available simply by clicking on a link at the bottom of the page.

For more information on the mobile version of AA.com visit http://www.aa.com/mobile. For complete sweepstakes and game details, as well as Terms and Conditions, visit http://www.aa.com/promo.

About AA.com

With more than 1.6 million site visits per day, AA.com is American's largest distribution channel and the best place to do business online with the airline, 24-7. At AA.com you can conveniently search for and book low fares and award travel; select seats; make hotel, rental car and cruise reservations; get flight arrival and departure information; sign up for flight status notification and even check in and print boarding passes. You can also manage your AAdvantage account at AA.com, as well as sign up to receive emails from American and get customized DealFinder(SM) alerts and other special offers. Customers who purchase tickets at AA.com get a lowest-fare guarantee and don't pay an online booking fee. AA.com has twice received the World Travel Award for World's Leading Airline Internet Site and has received multiple site awards from various organizations.

About American Airlines

American Airlines is the world's largest airline. American, American Eagle and the AmericanConnection(R) airlines serve 250 cities in over 40 countries with more than 4,000 daily flights. The combined network fleet numbers more than 1,000 aircraft. American's award-winning Web site, AA.com, provides users with easy access to check and book fares, plus personalized news, information and travel offers. American Airlines is a founding member of the oneworld(R) Alliance, which brings together some of the best and biggest names in the airline business, enabling them to offer their customers more services and benefits than any airline can provide on its own. Together, its members serve nearly 700 destinations in over 140 countries and territories. American Airlines, Inc. and American Eagle Airlines, Inc. are subsidiaries of AMR Corporation. AmericanAirlines, American Eagle, AmericanConnection, AA.com, We know why you fly, Admirals Club and AAdvantage are registered trademarks of American Airlines, Inc.

AmericanAirlines(R) We know why you fly(R) Current AMR Corp. releases can be accessed on the Internet. The address is http://www.aa.com

American Airlines

CONTACT: Fort Worth, Texas, Billy Sanez, Corporate Communications of
American Airlines, +1-817-967-1577, corp.comm@aa.com

Web site: http://www.aa.com/

Cable One Selects Time Warner Telecom as Primary Backbone Provider for Internet Services in Idaho- Time Warner Telecom wins $2.5 million, multi-year contract for 10 Gbps IP connectivity

BOISE, Idaho, April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Time Warner Telecom, Inc. a leading provider of managed voice and data networking solutions for businesses, today announced it was awarded a $2.5 million, multi-year contract to serve as the primary backbone Internet network provider by Cable One for its Boise system. Time Warner Telecom was selected as the preferred provider to support Cable One's Internet service after demonstrating its tremendous network reach, advanced technology, highly reliable network and superior customer support.

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"We rely on Time Warner Telecom to assist us in providing our customers with fast and reliable Internet service," said Steve Fox, Cable One's Vice President of Digital Services & Technology. "It is vital for Cable One to employ scalable and cost-efficient network technology that consistently delivers the quality we demand. We are pleased, as the leading cable provider in Idaho, that we can consistently meet the needs of our customers."

Time Warner Telecom will provide Cable One in Boise with a 10 Gbps Ethernet network infrastructure to support the cable company's high-speed Internet offering. Time Warner Telecom's network allows Cable One to provide the fastest high-speed Internet of any Internet service provider in the state. Further, Time Warner Telecom has constructed dual-entrance facilities for Cable One increasing reliability and supporting the company's business continuity and disaster recovery initiatives.

Time Warner Telecom also provides service to Cable One in Arizona and Texas. Cable One has found that Time Warner Telecom's end-to-end, fully redundant, fiber optic network, makes the company a good fit to support its services. "Time Warner Telecom plays an important role as we expand and enhance the services we offer our Idaho customers," added Fox. "The company has provided us with excellent service in the past and we look forward to continuing this relationship."

"Our superior network capabilities and reach, teamed with our unparalleled customer support, offers companies such as Cable One the reliability and flexibility to expand their businesses," said Tab Roper, general manager of Time Warner Telecom in Idaho.

Time Warner Telecom will change its name to tw telecom on July 1, 2008. About Time Warner Telecom

Time Warner Telecom Inc., headquartered in Littleton, Colo., provides managed network services, specializing in Ethernet and transport data networking, Internet access, local and long distance voice, VoIP and security, to enterprise organizations and communications services companies throughout the U.S. As a leading provider of integrated and converged network solutions, Time Warner Telecom delivers customers overall economic value, quality, service, and improved business productivity. Time Warner Telecom will change its name to tw telecom on July 1, 2008. Please visit http://www.twtelecom.com/ for more information.

About Cable One

Headquarter in Phoenix, Ariz., and owned by the Washington Post Company , Cable One provides basic cable, digital cable, high-speed Internet and phone service. Cable One operates in 52 locations and serves 720,000 households in 19 states.

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CONTACT: Patrick Mulcahy of Time Warner Telecom, +1-303-566-1470,
patrick.mulcahy@twtelecom.com

Web site: http://www.twtelecom.com/

2008 Anixter Seminar Series: The IP Connected Enterprise(SM)

GLENVIEW, Ill., April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Create an environment of control. Anixter, Inc., a world's leading provider of communications products used to connect voice, video, data and security systems, will host its ninth annual Seminar Series: The IP Connected Enterprise. The seminars will explore the emerging trends, technologies and concepts behind the worldwide movement toward network convergence. Redefine the way that people and their environment interact by learning how seamlessly integrated building and user systems provide real-time control and monitoring of any device, signal or multifunction legacy system. By directly bridging all of a building's principal systems onto a single network, The IP Connected Enterprise provides two-way communication sharing between devices, controllers and systems regardless of location.

Spanning 20 cities in U.S. and Canada, the events will run April 24 through November, and will educate attendees on the concept of developing a utility-grade building infrastructure using standards-based UTP and fiber cabling design. The seminars will provide a path to integrate any computer process-based and building system including video surveillance, access control, data and voice communications and HVAC. Some of Anixter's top experts will address the challenges and solutions associated with the increasing stress placed on today's network infrastructures as well as the underlying concepts and best practices for implementation and layout of The IP Connected Enterprise.

In addition to the presentation, guests will have the opportunity to: o Visit one-on-one with some of Anixter's top manufacturer partners in a trade show setting o Qualify to receive BICSI and National Burglar & Fire Alarm Association continuing education credits o Enter a raffle drawing for a chance to win one of several free prizes.

These seminars are open to anyone interested in learning how the latest products, technologies and standards can merge building and user systems into a single IP network. Benefiting Chief Information Officers, Chief Security Officers, IS and telecommunications managers, LAN administrators, security integrators and directors, network technicians or anyone involved in the design, specification, acquisition or administration of LAN cabling infrastructures, these seminars will directly address the challenges facing today's networks.

Registration begins at 11:30 a.m., and the event includes a complimentary lunch buffet. There is no cost associated with the seminar; however, space is limited. Each seminar will conclude with a free raffle drawing at 4 p.m.

Daily Agenda 11:30 a.m. 1:00 p.m. Registration Exhibits Open Buffet Lunch 1:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. Presentation: Exploring Issues Associated with Migration to Intelligent Information Networks 2:00 p.m. 2:15 p.m. Break Exhibits Open 2:15 p.m. 3:15 p.m. Presentation: Infrastructure Solutions for the IP Connected Enterprise 3:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Exhibits Open Raffle Drawing

The IP Connected Enterprise is currently scheduled for the following cities:

April 24 Cleveland, Ohio May 1 Fremont, California May 15 Adelphi, Maryland May 29 Dartmouth, Nova Scotia June 3 Toronto, Ontario June 5 Vancouver, British Columbia June 19 Raleigh, North Carolina June 26 Saint Louis, Missouri July 10 Minneapolis, Minnesota July 24 Louisville, Kentucky July 31 Chicago, Illinois August 14 Portland (Tigard), Oregon August 21 Salt Lake City, Utah September 4 Dallas, Texas September 11 Boston (Needham), Massachusetts September 25 Denver, Colorado October 2 New York, New York October 23 Houston (Woodlands), Texas November 6 Tampa, Florida November 13 Anaheim, California

To view the schedule, register for a seminar, or to simply get more information and updates, visit Anixter's Web site at anixter.com/events or contact Mary Cathlin Sullivan at 224-521-4181.

About Anixter

Anixter International is a leading global distributor of communication products, electrical and electronic wire & cable and a leading distributor of fasteners and other small parts ("C" Class inventory components) to Original Equipment Manufacturers. The company adds value to the distribution process by providing its customers access to 1) innovative inventory management programs, 2) more than 400,000 products and over $1 billion in inventory, 3) 218 warehouses with more than 6 million square feet of space, and 4) locations in 249 cities in 49 countries. Founded in 1957 and headquartered near Chicago, Anixter trades on The New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AXE.

Anixter, Inc.

CONTACT: Dawn Marks, +1-224-521-8484, or Mary Cathlin Sullivan,
+1-224-521-4181, both of Anixter, Inc.

Web site: http://www.anixter.com/

New Vendor Selected for MassRelay Telephone Service for People Who Have Hearing or Speech DisabilitiesCompany to Open Center in Pittsfield, Create 50 Full-Time Jobs

PITTSFIELD, Mass., April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Massachusetts residents who have hearing or speech disabilities received some good news Monday (April 21) as Verizon announced its choice of a new vendor for the MassRelay telephone service.

Verizon has awarded a five-year contract to Hamilton Relay Service to operate the MassRelay service, effective July 1. The service enables hearing people to communicate by phone with people who are deaf, hard of hearing or speech-disabled.

Hamilton Relay will open a relay center here at 703 W. Housatonic St. and is hiring a staff of 50 full-time professionals who will provide the relay service.

"The MassRelay service makes it possible for thousands of people who are deaf, hard of hearing, late-deafened, or living with a speech disability to use the telephone and provides opportunities for full engagement with the world around them," said Heidi Reed, commissioner of the Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. "All of us at the commission look forward to working with Hamilton Relay and to continued excellence in telephone relay services for residents of Massachusetts."

Hamilton Relay will provide its own staff, equipment, call center and service platform. MassRelay users will be able to continue to use the same telephone numbers (711 or 800-439-0183) and customer profiles.

Hamilton Relay has been working closely with the Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Office of Business Development to locate the relay center in Pittsfield.

Users with questions or concerns can post them on the MassRelay Web site: http://www.massrelay.com/.

Verizon Communications Inc. , headquartered in New York, is a leader in delivering broadband and other wireline and wireless communication innovations to mass market, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, serving nearly 66 million customers nationwide. Verizon's Wireline operations include Verizon Business, which delivers innovative and seamless business solutions to customers around the world, and Verizon Telecom, which brings customers the benefits of converged communications, information and entertainment services over the nation's most advanced fiber-optic network. A Dow 30 company, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of nearly 235,000 and last year generated consolidated operating revenues of $93.5 billion. For more information, visit http://www.verizon.com/.

VERIZON'S ONLINE NEWS CENTER: Verizon news releases, executive speeches and biographies, media contacts, high-quality video and images, and other information are available at Verizon's News Center on the World Wide Web at http://www.verizon.com/news. To receive news releases by e-mail, visit the News Center and register for customized automatic delivery of Verizon news releases.

Verizon

CONTACT: Phil Santoro of Verizon, +1-617-743-4760,
philip.g.santoro@verizon.com

Web site: http://www.verizon.com/
http://www.massrelay.com/
http://www.verizon.com/news

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Frontera Investment Posts Its Fiscal 2007 Financial Statements

SAN DIEGO, April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Frontera Investment, Inc. (Pink Sheets: FRNV), formerly Bidnow.com, Inc. announced today it has completed unaudited financial statements for 2006 and 2007. The statements are prepared "AS IF" the reverse merger of Bidnow.com, which closed March 16, 2008, had occurred prior to the periods presented. Frontera has applied for and will shortly receive an OTCIQ account from Pink Sheets and begin posting quarterly financial results and other disclosures as they become available. Frontera is also in the process of selecting an accounting firm to audit 2007 and 2006 in its efforts to become a full reporting company.

The financial statements can be located directly from the Company's website at: http://www.fronterainvestment.com/2007_Frontera_Consolidated_Financials.pdf

Frontera utilizes advanced technology to offer competitive prices on a wide range of financial products and services, including check cashing, loans (payday and gold jewelry loans), money transfers, and tax preparation. Frontera's mission is to be the first full service, low cost, Hispanic financial services brand servicing the alternative financial services market.

The Hispanic market is currently estimated at 40 million consumers, half are un-banked. About 35 percent of the total US households are un-banked or use alternative financial services companies.

Forward-Looking Statements

Such forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, assumptions and uncertainties that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements. These risks, assumptions and uncertainties include: the ability to complete expansion within currently estimated time frames and budgets; the ability to compete effectively in a rapidly evolving and price competitive marketplace; changes in business strategy; the successful integration of newly acquired businesses; and other risks referenced from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Frontera Investment, Inc.

CONTACT: Thomas Sculley of Stock Profiler.US, LLC, +1-603-621-9420,
info@stockprofiler.us

Web site: http://www.fronterainvestment.com/

Eye-Popping Thrills at Jaw-Dropping Prices!World's Leading Thrill Park Announces Best Entertainment Value in Southern California

VALENCIA, Calif., April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Six Flags Magic Mountain announced today an unprecedented price break for its online ticket purchases. Park guests purchasing tickets online pay only $26.99 for admission to the thrill park. No coupons, no vouchers, no visit restrictions ... just log onto sixflags.com, purchase and print your tickets for a day of ultimate fun!

Additionally, beginning April 23, Six Flags Magic Mountain is teaming up with Southern California Ralphs stores to offer a FREE child's ticket (ages 3-11) with every $26.99 adult ticket purchase.

"We are excited to offer this amazing deal to people of all ages who are looking for the best in thrilling entertainment at a great value," stated Jay Thomas, Park President of Six Flags Magic Mountain. "For families looking for ways to stretch their dollars during these tough economic times, this offer beats any other theme park pricing in Southern California -- hands down!"

Admission to Six Flags Magic Mountain includes unlimited use of the thrill park's world-class roller coasters such as Tatsu, Goliath, Viper, Colossus and many more. Opening on May 24, X2 will send riders spinning 360-degrees into the 5th dimension with all-new, state-of-the-art designed trains complemented by an innovative sight and sound experience.

For the younger guests, Bugs Bunny World is a six-acre interactive wonderland featuring 15 rides and attractions that provide real thrills for kids and adults alike. Also for the littlest thrill seekers, the world-famous Thomas the Tank Engine(TM) pulls into the newly-created children's play area, Thomas Town(SM) on June 6.

This special offer is available and must be used by May 26, 2008.

Six Flags Magic Mountain, is located at 26101 Magic Mountain Parkway, Valencia, north of Los Angeles off Interstate 5 at the Magic Mountain Parkway exit. The Park is currently open daily. For park operating days and hours or for more information call (661) 255-4111 or visit us online at sixflags.com.

About Six Flags, Inc.:

Six Flags, Inc. is the world's largest regional theme park company with 21 parks across the United States, Mexico and Canada. Founded in 1961, Six Flags has provided world class entertainment for millions of families with cutting edge, record-shattering roller coasters and appointment programming with events like the popular Thursday and Sunday Night Concert Series. Now 47 years strong, Six Flags is recognized as the preeminent thrill innovator while reaching to all demographics -- families, teens, tweens and thrill seekers alike -- with themed attractions based on the Looney Tunes characters, the Justice League of America, skateboarding legend Tony Hawk, The Wiggles and Thomas the Tank Engine. Six Flags, Inc. is a publicly-traded corporation headquartered in New York City.

LOONEY TUNES, and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and (C) Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Six Flags Magic Mountain

CONTACT: Public Relations of Six Flags Magic Mountain, +1-661-255-4818,
or +1-661-255-4819

Web site: http://www.sixflags.com/

Eagle Test Systems Recognized for Excellence by Texas Instruments

BUFFALO GROVE, Ill., April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eagle Test Systems, Inc. announced that it has been selected by Texas Instruments (TI) to receive a 2007 Supplier Excellence Award. The award, given annually, honors firms whose dedication and commitment in supplying products and services meet TI's high standards for excellence. Recipients are an elite group of suppliers' chosen for their exemplary performance in the areas of cost, environmental responsibility, technology, responsiveness, assurance of supply and quality. Top TI executives will formally present this special recognition to the Eagle Test Systems management team at the Company Headquarters in Buffalo Grove Illinois.

"Eagle Test Systems has received this distinction based upon its ability to provide TI the test technology needed to help drive our success and continued growth in high performance analog," noted Kevin Ritchie, TI's senior vice president of technology and manufacturing. "Eagle's strong position in the high performance analog market space and their dependable delivery to TI's rigorous standards for test performance, cost, flexibility and reliability allows us to better serve our customers."

"This award is a testament to the hard work and cooperation between Eagle and TI, and we are honored to be recognized as one of the vendors TI values most," commented Len Foxman, CEO of Eagle Test Systems. "On behalf of everyone at Eagle, we look forward to further strengthening our relationship and we renew our commitment to deliver leading automated test solutions for TI's worldwide organization."

About Eagle Test Systems, Inc.

Eagle Test Systems provide the most cost effective automated test equipment used to assure high quality test solutions for high performance analog, radio frequency, automotive and mixed-signal semiconductors. Eagle focuses on providing the unique products and services that enable its customers to be the leaders in their industry by implementing low cost true parallel multisite solutions. The company was founded in 1976 and has offices located throughout the world in Asia, North America and Europe, with corporate headquarters in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. Please visit http://www.eagletest.com/ for more information.

Company Contact: Stephen J. Hawrysz Chief Financial Officer Eagle Test Systems, Inc.

Eagle Test Systems, Inc.

CONTACT: Stephen J. Hawrysz, Chief Financial Officer of Eagle Test
Systems, Inc., +1-847-327-1033

Web site: http://www.eagletest.com/

Columbia River Resources Inc subsidiary, Traxxec Ltd, reports early success for new market channels (Pink Sheets OTC - CRVR.pk)

NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME, ENGLAND, April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Traxxec Ltd, the U.K. subsidiary of Columbia River Resources Inc. (Pink Sheets OTC - CRVR.pk), today reports negotiations to supply Glaxo SmithKline and Catalent through its new clinical trials sales division.

As reported last week, the company has negotiated a policy with Rexam plc that allows it to sell directly in to the pharmaceutical clinical trial arena and to pharmaceutical contract and clinical research organisations.

Catalent and Glaxo SmithKline represent two of the biggest names in the contract and pharma arena, ideal customers for the new division. In addition, Traxxec is in talks with a French-based global leader in the beauty Industry. All three companies are interested in evaluating the effectiveness of RFID in their supply chain.

Such early positive results underline the importance of the new sales channels in addition to the 15-year licensing agreement currently in place with Rexam.

In a short period of time Traxxec has opened and delivered two operational sales channels, and continues to expand its market penetration. The new beauty client represents a potential new market sector which Traxxec is keen to exploit.

CEO Amy Scopes comments, "The board is pleased that the company is now delivering revenue through two sales channels and looks forward to announcing completion of the final stage of the company development, along with positive sales stories. We believe that the company, along with key partner Rexam, is ideally placed to commercially deliver on the market potential of RFID packaging solutions."

For more information, visit http://www.traxxec.com/. NOTES: 1. Traxxec's technology has worldwide patent protection 2. As part of the proposed business model and product development process the founders of Traxxec, funded by the pharmaceutical industry, have undertaken through two pilot installations a feasibility study on product design and as a consequence of this work, supplied a fully commercial product for evaluation purposes to a client with an annual buying capacity of 20,000,000 bottles. Traxxec Ltd was incorporated specifically to exploit this IP commercially. Since its incorporation, Traxxec Ltd has also supplied commercial product for a live, current Phase III study in the U.S. As part of the technology transfer to Rexam Pharma, commercial product was successfully manufactured by the company and supported by systems software provided by Traxxec Ltd. To date 21,000 units have been delivered. 3. The result of the comprehensive testing led to the decision by Rexam to enter into licensing negotiation and complete the 15-year royalty licence agreement. The market sector for pharmaceutical product is in excess of US$20 billion, and bottles represent 30 percent of the available market per annum. 4. Traxxec has commercial arrangements with Assa Abloy Identification Technologies, a Swiss-based global leader in the supply of packaged RFID component parts and with Telsonic Ultrasonics for current and further product development work. 5. With the global patent and the relationship with Rexam, its first licence contract, the company is ideally positioned to deliver this potential within this very lucrative market, with revenues from both product sales and system integrations as well as revenues form any further development products in line with its business model.

For further information on Traxxec's developments within the RFID/packaging industry, visit http://www.traxxec.com/.

This news release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected on the basis of such forward-looking statements. The words "estimate," "project," "intends," "expects," "believes," and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are made based on management's beliefs, well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management pursuant to the "safe-harbour" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made and the Company undertakes no obligation to disclose any revision to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

Traxxec Ltd.

CONTACT: Marie Mear, Traxxec Limited, 138 Hassell Street, Newcastle under
Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 1BB, PHONE. 0845 396 8168, EMAIL:
enquiries@traxxec.com, http://www.traxxec.com/

Attunity Schedules Earnings Release for First Quarter, 2008

BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Attunity, Ltd. , a leading provider of enterprise-class software for application and data integration, and workplace solutions in the Composite Applications market, announced today that they will report first quarter 2008 operating results on Tuesday, April 29th 2008, at approximately 8:00 a.m. EST.

About Attunity

Attunity has delivered sophisticated data and application integration solutions for nearly 20 years and today is also at the forefront of the Composite Applications market focused on the business workplace, with its flagship product Attunity InFocus. With Attunity InFocus, organizations can develop sophisticated, workplace-focused applications, based on information from anywhere, that help business managers at all levels assess, detect and resolve those business issues that can most impact their business.

With successful deployments of its software products at thousands of organizations worldwide, Attunity provides enterprise-class software directly and indirectly through a number of strategic and OEM agreements with global-class partners such as HP, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Business Objects and Cognos.

Headquartered in Boston, Attunity serves its customers via offices in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific and through a network of local partners. For more information, please visit us at http://www.attunity.com/

For more information: Andy Bailey, VP Marketing Attunity +1-781-213-5204 andy.bailey@attunity.com Dror Elkayam, VP Finance Attunity +972-9-899-3000 dror.elkayam@attunity.com

Attunity Ltd

CONTACT: For more information: Andy Bailey, VP Marketing, Attunity,
+1-781-213-5204, andy.bailey@attunity.com; Dror Elkayam, VP Finance,
Attunity, +972-9-899-3000, dror.elkayam@attunity.com

Microsoft Health & Life Sciences Developer and Solutions Conference to Feature the Latest Microsoft-Based Software SolutionsSecond annual conference brings together executives, partners and customers to highlight how innovative solutions based on the Microsoft platform solve key industry challenges.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

What: The second annual Microsoft Health & Life Sciences Developer and Solutions Conference will feature Microsoft Corp. executives, customers and industry partners speaking on the newest solutions and innovations on the Microsoft platform for health plans, providers and life sciences organizations. Highlights include the following: Who: Microsoft Executive Keynotes -- Peter Neupert, corporate vice president, Health Solutions Group, and Steve Aylward, industry general manager, Health & Life Sciences: "Microsoft: Improving Health Around the World" -- Paul Mattes, industry managing director, Health & Life Sciences: "Microsoft Connected Industry Framework: An enabler for meeting today's demands and tomorrow's expectations" -- Grad Conn, senior director, Health Solutions Group: "Microsoft Health Products: Technology Roadmap & Customer Experiences" Customer Presentations -- ITNAmerica, a national nonprofit transportation network for America's aging population, will discuss its use of Microsoft- based technologies to implement a Software as a Service model to provide its local nonprofit affiliates with the technology needed to handle complex transportation logistics. -- Englewood Hospital and Medical Center and IntelliSafe Technologies will discuss the Physician On-boarding IntelliSafe Vault, an enterprise-level document signing solution that simplifies and automates the work related to creating legally binding documents and reduces the time it takes to create, negotiate, manage and sign agreements. -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Accent on Integration will discuss the Patient Safety Screening Tool for Sepsis (PSST), an innovative solution that leverages Microsoft products to detect early signs of hospital-acquired infections. When: April 22-24, 2008 Where: Sheraton Atlantic City Convention Center Hotel Two Miss America Way Atlantic City, NJ 08401 More Information: Complete conference details, including the agenda and registration information, are available at http://www.microsoft.com/healthcare. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000822/MSFTLOGO)

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CONTACT: Ted Ladd of Microsoft Corp., +1-646-225-4722,
tedladd@microsoft.com; or Caitlin McCabe of Ruder Finn, +1-646-220-2261,
mccabec@ruderfinn.com, for Microsoft Corp.

Web site: http://www.microsoft.com/

The Bank of New York Mellon's Pershing Unit Launches New Order-Entry System for Subscribe(R) Annuity Platform

JERSEY CITY, N.J., April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Pershing LLC, a subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, announced today that it has launched a redesigned order-entry system for its Subscribe(R) annuity platform. This innovative solution will help Pershing's introducing broker-dealer customers and their investment professionals process, service and maintain annuity contracts in a more efficient and effective manner.

Subscribe is accessible through NetExchange Pro(R), Pershing's online brokerage platform for introducing broker-dealer firms and their investment professionals. The new order-entry system provides Pershing's customers with a customizable, open architecture suitability questionnaire that offers greater oversight of the annuity transaction process, and helps them satisfy important regulatory requirements, including those mandated by Rule 2821 from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). Introducing broker-dealer firms will also benefit from the ability to create tailored review and supervisory approval procedures to help them document and maintain a complete audit trail of each transaction and eliminate the manually-intensive challenges that are typical when processing annuities.

Pershing's new Subscribe platform offers introducing broker-dealer firms and their investment professionals a broad array of real-time capabilities to help them grow their annuity business. Subscribe enables Pershing's customers to access annuity products from 90% of the top 20 insurance carriers. Key features include:

-- A robust, rules-driven workflow engine that collects and pre-populates required paperwork and stores critical transaction information online; -- Rigorous workflow procedures that prevent flawed transactions from being submitted for approval which in turn helps to increase operational efficiency and productivity; -- Electronic routing of annuity orders to Principals and the home office for review and approval; -- Notifications and alerts regarding order status and pending orders; and -- Same-day settlement and commission processing for annuity transactions via The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation's Insurance Processing Service.

Ron Fiske, managing director of the product management and development group at Pershing, said, "Our new Subscribe platform will help to revolutionize the way in which our customers can process, service and maintain annuities on behalf of their clients' accounts. These new capabilities continue to move us closer to NAVA's straight-through-processing model and reinforce our commitment to provide introducing broker-dealers and their investment professionals with industry-leading tools and technology solutions that help them grow their businesses and meet their clients' retirement needs."

Pershing LLC (member FINRA/NYSE/SIPC) is a leading global provider of financial business solutions to more than 1,150 institutional and retail financial organizations and independent registered investment advisors who collectively represent over five million active investors. Financial organizations, investment professionals and independent registered investment advisors depend on Pershing's depth of experience and consultative approach to provide them with forward-thinking solutions that help them to grow their businesses. Located in 18 offices worldwide, Pershing is committed to service excellence and to providing dependable operational support, robust trading services, flexible technology, an expansive array of investment solutions and practice management support. Pershing is a member of every major U.S. securities exchange and its international affiliates are members of the Deutsche Borse, the Irish Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange. Pershing LLC is a subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation. Additional information is available at http://www.pershing.com/.

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation is a global financial services company focused on helping clients manage and service their financial assets, operating in 34 countries and serving more than 100 markets. The company is a leading provider of financial services for institutions, corporations and high-net-worth individuals, providing superior asset management and wealth management, asset servicing, issuer services, clearing services and treasury services through a worldwide client-focused team. It has more than $23 trillion in assets under custody and administration, more than $1.1 trillion in assets under management and services $12 trillion in outstanding debt. Additional information is available at bnymellon.com.

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation

CONTACT: Barbara Gallo, +1-201-413-2930, bgallo@pershing.com, for The
Bank of New York Mellon Corporation

Web site: http://www.bnymellon.com/
http://www.pershing.com/

RFMD(R) Introduces Single Junction Circulators for Cellular Base Stations

GREENSBORO, N.C., April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RF Micro Devices, , a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency systems and solutions, today announced the introduction of five single junction circulators for wireless infrastructure applications. The new circulator product family includes the PC0882AG-21H, PC0940AG-21H, PC1843AG-21H, PC1960AG-21H and PC2140AG-21H. Each new circulator delivers excellent electrical performance and rugged construction required by the demanding operational requirements of the high power, linear amplifier and transceiver sections of cellular base stations, repeaters and other forms of transmission equipment.

The single junction circulators are manufactured with samarium cobalt (SmCo) magnets packaged in aluminum housings, providing immediate improvements in reliability and performance versus existing generations of circulators. The PCxxxAG-21H line of single junction circulators is specifically designed to cover the five major cellular frequency bands from 869MHz to 2170MHz, while exhibiting excellent intermodulation distortion (IMD) performance, low insertion loss and high isolation. All of the "drop-in" single junction circulators are offered in industry standard 1"x1" packages for ease of implementation, and all are lead-free and RoHS compliant.

Robert Pinato, general manager of RFMD's Standard Product Business Unit, said, "This new family of magnetic products adds market breadth to RFMD's growing portfolio of high performance RF components targeted at OEM base station and communications applications. Building off this standard platform of magnetic products, we also offer custom designs targeted at application specific requirements."

Each PCxxxAG-21H line single junction circulator is priced at $10.58 each, in quantities of 1,000 units with immediate sample availability. Based upon existing customer design activity, RFMD(R) anticipates high volume shipments will commence in the second quarter of this year.

About RFMD: RF Micro Devices (Nasdaq GS: RFMD) is a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency systems and solutions. RFMD's cellular front ends, cellular transceivers, RF components and system-on-chip (SoC) solutions enable worldwide mobility, provide enhanced connectivity and support advanced functionality in the cellular handset, cellular base station, wireless local area network (WLAN), CATV networking, aerospace, defense, and global positioning systems (GPS) markets. Recognized for its diverse portfolio of state-of-the-art semiconductor technologies and vast RF systems expertise, RFMD is a preferred supplier to the world's leading mobile device and RF equipment manufacturers.

Headquartered in Greensboro, N.C., RFMD is an ISO 9001- and ISO 14001- certified manufacturer with worldwide engineering, design, sales and service facilities. RFMD is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol RFMD. For more information, please visit RFMD's website at http://www.rfmd.com/.

This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about our plans, objectives, representations and contentions and are not historical facts and typically are identified by use of terms such as "may," "will," "should," "could," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "predict," "potential," "continue" and similar words, although some forward-looking statements are expressed differently. You should be aware that the forward-looking statements included herein represent management's current judgment and expectations, but our actual results, events and performance could differ materially from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements. We do not intend to update any of these forward-looking statements or publicly announce the results of any revisions to these forward-looking statements, other than as is required under the federal securities laws. RF Micro Devices' business is subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including variability in quarterly operating results, the rate of growth and development of wireless markets, risks associated with the operation of our wafer fabrication facilities, molecular beam epitaxy facility, assembly facility and test and tape and reel facilities, our ability to complete acquisitions and integrate acquired companies, including the risk that we may not realize expected synergies from our business combinations, our ability to attract and retain skilled personnel and develop leaders, variability in production yields, our ability to reduce costs and improve gross margins by implementing innovative technologies, our ability to bring new products to market, our ability to adjust production capacity in a timely fashion in response to changes in demand for our products, dependence on a limited number of customers, and dependence on third parties. These and other risks and uncertainties, which are described in more detail in RF Micro Devices' most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, could cause actual results and developments to be materially different from those expressed or implied by any of these forward-looking statements.

RF MICRO DEVICES(R) and RFMD(R) are trademarks of RFMD, LLC. All other trade

names, trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their

respective owners.

RF Micro Devices

CONTACT: Doug DeLieto, VP, Investor Relations, +1-336-678-7968, or Jerry
Neal, Executive Vice President, +1-336-678-7001, both of RFMD(R)

Web site: http://www.rfmd.com/

Eagle Test Systems Recognized for Excellence by Texas Instruments

BUFFALO GROVE, Illinois, April 21 /PRNewswire/ --

Eagle Test Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: EGLT) announced that it has been selected by Texas Instruments (TI) to receive a 2007 Supplier Excellence Award. The award, given annually, honors firms whose dedication and commitment in supplying products and services meet TI's high standards for excellence. Recipients are an elite group of suppliers' chosen for their exemplary performance in the areas of cost, environmental responsibility, technology, responsiveness, assurance of supply and quality. Top TI executives will formally present this special recognition to the Eagle Test Systems management team at the Company Headquarters in Buffalo Grove Illinois.

About Eagle Test Systems, Inc.

Company Contact: Stephen J. Hawrysz Chief Financial Officer Eagle Test Systems, Inc.

Web site: http://www.eagletest.com

Eagle Test Systems, Inc.

Stephen J. Hawrysz, Chief Financial Officer of Eagle Test Systems, Inc., +1-847-327-1033

EMC Products Awarded Common Criteria Security CertificationConformance with International Standard Highlights Information-Centric Security Capabilities of EMC Product Portfolio

HOPKINTON, Mass., April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- EMC Corporation , the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, today announced that a broad portfolio of EMC(R) products have been awarded Common Criteria certification for meeting the security requirements defined by the Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation.

The Common Criteria is an internationally recognized ISO standard (ISO/IEC15408) used by governments and other organizations to assess the security and assurance of technology products. Common Criteria provides assurance that the process of specification, implementation and evaluation of a computer security product has been conducted in a rigorous and standard manner. In the United States, federal agencies mandate that all IT products purchased by the U.S. Government for national security systems, which handle classified and some non-classified information, are required to be Common Criteria certified. Security-conscious customers such as government agencies utilize Common Criteria certification as a determining factor when making purchasing decisions.

The following products from EMC and RSA, the Security Division of EMC, have received Common Criteria certification:

-- EMC SMARTS(R) Service Assurance Management Suite, IP Management Suite, and Storage Insight for Availability -- EMC CLARiiON(R) FLARE(R) with Navisphere(R) running on CX3 series storage systems -- EMC Celerra(R) Network Server -- EMC ControlCenter(R) -- EMC Symmetrix(R) Access Controls, Enginuity(R) with EMC Solutions Enabler -- EMC Disk Library -- EMC Documentum(R) platform -- RSA(R) Certificate Manager

For more information regarding the EMC products certified for conformance with Common Criteria specifications, please visit http://www.emc.com/products/common-criteria-certification.htm

To gain compliance, a product's security features are evaluated by an accredited commercial testing lab using Common Evaluation methodology. This is followed by an independent validation of evaluation results via Common Criteria authorized schemes, assessing the results of security evaluations conducted by licensed, independent labs. The resulting certification and validation report demonstrates conformance to Common Criteria.

EMC's information-centric security strategy ensures that customers are equipped with built-in, best of breed security capabilities to secure their information infrastructures. EMC's Common Criteria-certified products span key applications, secure infrastructure management solutions, and storage systems, providing the industry's leading information capture, management and storage solutions for IT procurement managers in the Federal and commercial sectors requiring conformance to a common ISO-based standard for assessing product security.

"EMC's contribution to IT security is its information-centric approach that allows customers to preserve the confidentiality, integrity and availability of their information throughout its lifecycle," said Charles Kolodgy, research director at IDC. "By having multiple products Common Criteria certified, EMC is providing a strong foundation to help customers meet their evolving data protection and compliance imperatives."

"Information Assurance and Common Criteria-certified products are a major requirement for our programs and customers," said Thomas Plummer, manager of platform security for Lockheed Martin's Maritime Systems & Sensors business. "Our programs that implement these certified solutions do so with the confidence that they are adhering to stringent security standards."

"EMC continues to devote significant engineering and development resources to ensure that our portfolio of products and solutions are inherently secure and deliver advanced, third-party-validated capabilities to our customers," said Eric Baize, Senior Director, Product Security Office, EMC Corporation. "Information security is a key priority for our customers, many of whom look to certifications like these as product differentiators when making purchasing decisions. Common Criteria validation is an important milestone in our continued effort to provide the industry's most secure information infrastructure solutions."

About EMC

EMC Corporation is the world's leading developer and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions that enable organizations of all sizes to transform the way they compete and create value from their information. Information about EMC's products and services can be found at http://www.emc.com/.

EMC, Documentum, Symmetrix, CLARiiON, Celerra, Smarts, ControlCenter, Enginuity, FLARE and Navisphere are registered trademarks of EMC Corporation. RSA is a registered trademark or trademark of RSA Security, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

EMC Corporation

CONTACT: Colin Boroski of EMC Corporation, +1-508-293-6321,
boroski_colin@emc.com

Web site: http://www.emc.com/

Raytheon Awarded $241 Million to Provide South Korea Patriot Air and Missile Defense Capabilities

TEWKSBURY, Mass., April 21, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company has received a $241 million U.S. Foreign Military Sales contract to provide the Republic of Korea with command and control, communications, maintenance support, and training equipment for the Patriot air and missile defense system.

This production and support award complements the $28.7 million engineering services contract the company announced March 3.

"The Patriot system will provide South Korea with the capability to deploy command and control for the Patriot system and defend itself from the full spectrum of air and missile threats," said Sanjay Kapoor, vice president, Patriot Programs for Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems. "This award demonstrates continuing domestic and international demand for Raytheon's combat-proven Patriot system."

Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) is the prime contractor for the Patriot system and the integration of all variants of the system. The capability delivered will provide improved air and missile defense for South Korea.

Work will be performed at Raytheon's Integrated Air Defense Center, Andover, Mass.; the Warfighter Protection Center, Huntsville, Ala.; and the Mission Capability and Verification Center, White Sands, N.M.

Integrated Defense Systems is Raytheon's leader in Joint Battlespace Integration providing affordable, integrated solutions to a broad international and domestic customer base, including the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, the U.S. Armed Forces and the Department of Homeland Security.

Raytheon Company, with 2007 sales of $21.3 billion, is a technology leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning 86 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence systems, as well as a broad range of mission support services. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 72,000 people worldwide.

Contact: Guy Shields 978.858.5246

Raytheon Company

CONTACT: Guy Shields of Raytheon Company, +1-978-858-5246

Web site: http://www.raytheon.com/

German IT Consultancy Deploys Quintum's Tenor VoIP Switches with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007Unified Communications Boosts Productivity and Saves Thousands in Telecommunications Expenses

EATONTOWN, N.J., April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Quintum Technologies, a leading innovator in VoIP technologies, and a subsidiary of Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. , today announced that Plan B, a German consultancy, successfully deployed Microsoft(R) Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 and integrated it into their existing voice network using Quintum's Tenor BX VoIP MultiPath Switches. The Tenor BX supports ISDN BRI lines, commonly found in Germany.

Plan B chose to deploy Microsoft's unified communications (UC) solution within the organization, starting with the consultants, the most mobile employees, while minimizing the impact on the rest of the organization. Plan B deployed a state-of-the-art communications network with Microsoft Communicator and Microsoft Outlook running on the consultants' individual laptops and PDAs. Microsoft OCS 2007 and Microsoft Exchange run on servers in the company's main office, and a Quintum BX Tenor gateway sits between the servers and the company's PBX. Consultants use either Bluetooth headsets, USB connected headsets or the PC's built-in microphone and speakers, with Communicator as the VoIP client. The Tenor allows voice traffic to move freely among the company's LAN and its PBX to communicate with other employees, as well as the public switched telephone network (PSTN) for outside calls. Voice traffic can also move between the company's LAN and the Internet via its router.

"Deploying Tenors with Microsoft OCS enabled our consultants to answer their office phones from anywhere in the world," stated Alan Dutton, head of Plan-B's unified communications practice. "In addition, it lets everyone see who is available, and provides a least cost routing solution, which has saved us thousands in telecommunications costs. It truly gave us a unified communications network."

"Plan B's consultants faced many challenges with their communications network," said Chuck Rutledge, Vice President of Marketing for Quintum. "Tenors helped them easily bridge the gap between the PSTN, Microsoft OCS, and the multiple communications devices that the consultants rely on, while also improving productivity."

Quintum, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, worked closely with Microsoft on the UC initiative, by addressing several potential complications to OCS2007 deployments. Quintum developed its Unified Communications Proxy, designed to enable the Tenor gateways to provide "Any to Any" connectivity between Microsoft OCS environments and both legacy TDM voice equipment and standard SIP VoIP equipment.

Quintum also designed a customized Microsoft Configuration Wizard to simply the configuration process, and developed a Total Care Package featuring a 'One Price/One Year' service offering.

For more information on Quintum's Microsoft initiative, please go to: http://www.quintum.com/microsoft .

About Quintum

Quintum Technologies, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Network Equipment Technologies, Inc., is headquartered in Eatontown, NJ. Quintum delivers VoIP solutions that bring the reliability and voice clarity of public telephone networks to Internet telephony. Quintum's intelligent VoIP access solutions integrate easily into existing PBX and IP infrastructures, making them the ideal choice for service providers and enterprises alike.

Quintum was awarded the Frost & Sullivan 2007 Global Product Differentiation Innovation Award in recognition of its ability to grow and strengthen its position in the enterprise media gateway market through intensive in-house product development. Quintum is also a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, a Nortel Developer Partner and an Avaya DeveloperConnection Partner.

Quintum sells its switches worldwide through its direct sales force and a network of resellers and distributors. For more information, call 1-877-SPEAK IP (1-877-773-2547), 1-732-460-9000 outside the US, or visit http://www.quintum.com/ .

About Network Equipment Technologies, Inc.

For nearly a quarter of a century, Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. has provided voice and data communications equipment for multi- service networks requiring high degrees of versatility, interoperability, security and performance. NET's broad family of products are purpose-built for mixed-service, multi-protocol networks; bandwidth-sensitive site communications; high-performance, security-sensitive transmissions; and converged communications. The company's NX Series for network exchange solutions and VX Series for voice exchange solutions enable interoperability and integration with existing networks for seamless migration to secure IP- based voice and data communications. In addition, Quintum, a subsidiary of NET, delivers VoIP access solutions that bring the reliability and voice clarity of public telephone networks to Internet telephony. For more information, visit http://www.net.com/.

Contact: Joanne Lowy Quintum Technologies Joanne_lowy@quintum.com 732-460-9000 x238

Quintum Technologies

CONTACT: Joanne Lowy of Quintum Technologies, +1-732-460-9000 x238,
Joanne_lowy@quintum.com

Web site: http://www.quintum.com/
http://www.net.com/
http://www.quintum.com/microsoft

MadCap Software Named a Finalist for Red Herring North America 100 AwardTechnology Innovation and Financial Performance Played Key Roles in MadCap's Selection

LA JOLLA, Calif., April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- MadCap Software, the leader in multi-channel content authoring and a showcase company for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and Microsoft XPS, today announced that it has been named as a finalist for the 2008 Red Herring North America 100 Award.

Each year Red Herring recognizes the 100 North American private companies that best exemplify strong financial performance, quality of management, execution of strategy, and dedication to research and development. Out of some 1,200 applicants for this year's award, MadCap is one of 200 finalists that will now go on to the final round.

"This year's impressive list of finalists demonstrates that North American companies continue to raise the bar and produce innovative technologies that benefit the global technology sector," said Red Herring Editor-in-Chief Joel Dreyfuss. "The exceptional accomplishments of these technology startups are a testament to extraordinary technological innovation and the drive to bring products to fruition."

The winning 100 companies will be announced at the Red Herring North America conference being held May 12-14, 2008, at the Fairmont hotel in San Jose, CA. The CEOs of the winners will present their innovative ideas and technologies to an audience of leading entrepreneurs, financiers and corporate strategists.

"From the start, our mission has been to deliver the ultimate customer experience through next-generation solutions that address an enterprise's complete documentation and content authoring needs," said Anthony Olivier, MadCap CEO. "We are greatly honored to be recognized as a Red Herring North America finalist for our success in delivering on that goal through breakthrough products, whose rapid adoption has led to early profitability and accelerated growth. Thousands of documentation specialists are switching from traditional tools to our native XML MadCap documentation family to leverage the latest in Web and software technologies -- and equally important, receive support by the most knowledgeable documentation experts in the industry."

About Red Herring

Red Herring is a global media company which unites the world's best high technology innovators, venture investors and business decision makers in a variety of forums: a leading innovation magazine, an online daily technology news service, technology newsletters and major events for technology leaders around the globe. Red Herring provides an insider's access to the global innovation economy, featuring unparalleled insights on the emerging technologies driving the economy. More information about Red Herring is available on the Internet at http://www.redherring.com/.

About MadCap Software

MadCap Software, headquartered in La Jolla, CA, is just a new name for a group of familiar faces that have been leading the technical writing and documentation community for over a decade. With its flagship product, MadCap Flare, MadCap Software is leading the documentation industry into the future. Through its strategic partner Microsoft Corp. , MadCap is delivering solutions optimized for Microsoft Vista, Visual Studio, and the .NET environment. MadCap is home to some of the most experienced software architects and product experts in the industry, including many former core members of eHelp(R) Corporation, creators of RoboHelp(R). Learn more about MadCap Software and its content authoring suite at http://www.madcapsoftware.com/.

MadCap Software, the MadCap Software logo, MadCap Flare, MadCap Mimic, MadCap Capture, MadCap Lingo, MadCap Analyzer, MadCap Blaze, MadCap Press, MadCap X-Edit, MadCap X-Edit Express, MadCap Feedback Server, MadCap Feedback Service, MadCap Team Server, and MadCap Echo are trademarks or registered trademarks of MadCap Software, Inc., in the United States and/or other countries. Other marks are the properties of their respective owners.

PR Contact: Rebecca Hurst Kinetic.PR for MadCap Software rebecca@kineticprllc.com 650-679-9282

MadCap Software

CONTACT: Rebecca Hurst of Kinetic.PR, +1-650-679-9282,
rebecca@kineticprllc.com, for MadCap Software

Web site: http://www.madcapsoftware.com/
http://www.redherring.com/

Harris Corporation Awarded $80 Million Contract to Provide Falcon II(R) Tactical Radios to Philippines Ministry of DefencePhilippines Military Continues Standardization on Harris HF and VHF Radios

ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris Corporation , an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a $79.6 million contract to supply the Armed Forces of the Philippines with Falcon II(R) high frequency (HF) and very-high frequency (VHF) tactical radios.

Under terms of the contract, Harris will provide the Philippines military with Falcon II RF-5800H HF manpack and Falcon II RF-5800V VHF handheld radios, along with support equipment, spare and repair parts, as well as training and logistics support. Deliveries will continue into next year. Radio systems delivered under this contract are slated to be used by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to enhance its capabilities.

"Harris has been a supplier to the Armed Forces of the Philippines for over 20 years," said Ed Lockwood, vice president of sales, International Government Systems, Harris Corporation. "We're pleased that the Philippines military is turning to trusted Harris technology to counter new threats. Our HF and VHF technology provides the Armed Forces of the Philippines with state-of-the-art secure communications to coordinate operations in the most rugged areas of the country."

The RF-5800H is an advanced HF manpack radio that provides reliable tactical communications through enhanced secure voice and data performance, networking, and extended battery life. The RF-5800V is a lightweight multiband handheld that extends the outstanding performance of the Falcon II tactical radio family to the squad level. The RF-5800 series radios have integrated GPS and IP networking capabilities, guaranteeing seamless communication with other peacekeeping operations using the Harris Falcon II radios.

Harris RF Communications Division is a leading supplier of secure voice and data communications products, systems, and networks to military, government, and commercial organizations worldwide.

About Harris Corporation

Harris is an international communications and information technology company serving government and commercial markets in more than 150 countries. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has annual revenue of $5 billion and 16,000 employees -- including nearly 7,000 engineers and scientists. Harris is dedicated to developing best-in-class assured communications(R) products, systems, and services. Additional information about Harris Corporation is available at http://www.harris.com/ .

Forward-Looking Statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements that reflect management's current expectations, assumptions and estimates of future performance and economic conditions. Such statements are made in reliance upon the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The company cautions investors that any forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results and future trends to differ materially from those matters expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. Statements about the expected value of the contract to Harris are forward-looking and involve risks and uncertainties. Other factors that may impact the company's results and forward-looking statement may be disclosed in the company's filings with the SEC. Harris disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

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