Kendall Hunter, Jordan Shipley, Michael Smith and Brandon Spikes Announced as Week Seven Nominees for the AT&T All-America Player of the Week AwardFans Vote via Text Messages; Only College Football Honor Determined by Fan Voting

ATLANTA, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Four nominees for the AT&T All-America Player of the Week award have been announced after the seventh week of college football action, and now it's up to fans to determine the winner. Oklahoma State running back Kendall Hunter, University of Texas wide receiver Jordan Shipley, University of Arkansas running back Michael Smith and University of Florida linebacker Brandon Spikes have been selected by ESPN as this week's top candidates, based on the players' outstanding performances over the weekend. Fans can text message VOTE to 51234 on their wireless phone to opt in for the chance to vote.

Hunter stole the spotlight in #17 Oklahoma State's 28-23 defeat of #3 Missouri when he rushed for 154 yards and a touchdown. Shipley caught 11 passes for 112 yards and a touchdown, and had a 96-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the #5 Longhorns 45-35 win over the top-ranked Sooners in their annual Red River Rivalry. Smith rushed for 176 yards on 35 carries and scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 63-yard run in the fourth quarter to lead Arkansas in a 25-22 win over #20 Auburn. Spikes, only the second defensive player to be nominated this year for the AT&T All-America Player of the Week Award, intercepted two passes and returned one for a touchdown in #11 Florida's 51-21 rout of SEC conference rival #4 LSU.

"This is truly an exciting season of college football, due in part to the play of these exceptional and passionate student-athletes," said Tim McGhee, director of corporate sponsorships for AT&T. "And while we are excited to present the opportunity, it is now all in the fans hands to pick the week seven recipient of the AT&T All-America Player of the Week Award."

Fans have until 11:59 p.m. ET on Wednesday to submit their votes. The winner will be announced during Thursday's ESPN College Football Primetime Presented by Applebee's. Standard text messaging rates apply.

There is no limit on fan voting, and each vote counts as one entry into a sweepstakes to win a trip to the 2009 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) National Championship game in Miami. Full sweepstakes rules can be found at http://www.espnallamerica.com/rules.aspx .

In December, four finalists for the AT&T All-America Player of the Year Award will be announced during a one-hour special on ESPN in conjunction with the announcement of the AT&T ESPN All-America Team as selected by the Football Writers Association of America. Fans will then get a chance to say who the best player in the nation is by voting for the AT&T All-America Player of the Year through the BCS. Voting ends at noon ET on Jan. 6, and the winner will be announced during the BCS National Championship game on FOX on Jan. 9.

Additionally, AT&T customers can view video highlights and photos of each week's candidates and track their favorite teams through AT&T's wireless NCAA Football Portal, which is accessible on AT&T handsets by launching AT&T MEdia(TM) Net and clicking through to the sports category. AT&T wireless customers with 3G handsets can also watch "Confessions of a College Football Junkie" video clips featuring Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit by accessing ESPN on AT&T CV.*

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*AT&T CV requires a MEdia Max Unlimited or MEdia Net Unlimited bundle. Details on AT&T's MEdia Net bundles and other offers are available at http://www.att.com/wireless .

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Booming global demand for security products prompts Global Sources to launch new China Sourcing Fair: Security Products in Hong Kong

Security Products Pavilion at China Sourcing Fair: Electronics & Components to

expand into new show at AsiaWorld-Expo Oct. 12-15, 2009

HONG KONG, Oct. 12 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Due to strong demand from both buyers and suppliers, Global Sources ( http://www.globalsources.com/ ) plans to expand its growing Security Products Pavilion at the China Sourcing Fair: Electronics & Components to become a specialized China Sourcing Fair: Security Products.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030303/LNM011LOGO-b )

The two shows are scheduled to be co-located at AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong every April and October, starting Oct. 12-15, 2009. The China Sourcing Fair: Security Products is set to feature pavilions for CCTV & digital surveillance, access controls, alarms and home security.

Global Sources' Executive Director, Sarah Benecke, said: "Every business, from schools and retailers to airports and hospitals, needs security products -- ranging from alarms and locks to CCTV and fire protection. Increasingly, consumers are also looking to protect their families by investing in home and car security systems.

"We are confident that this new show will be a winner, as ever-changing technology, government legislation, increased security threats and an increase in construction throughout the world are also helping to fuel growing global demand for security products. A strong indication of demand is the more than 1.1 million requests for information that volume buyers sent to security products suppliers on Global Sources Online for the twelve-month period ending June 2008.

"Our new, dedicated show for security products is the perfect platform in Hong Kong for Greater China suppliers to meet face-to-face with professional buyers who need to satisfy this massive demand.

"Just some of the buyers we regularly see at our Security Products Pavilion at the Electronics & Components show include big international names such as Best Buy, Bosch, Carrefour, Chubb, Circuit City, Halfords, Home Depot, Kesa Electricals, Kingfisher, Panasonic and Sony."

A Security Products Pavilion will continue to feature at the Electronics & Components shows in Mumbai, India this Nov. 14-16 (to be managed by Pico Event Management under license from Global Sources), and in Hong Kong, April 12-15, 2009.

Exhibitors and buyers can find out more about the show at http://www.chinasourcingfair.com/ .

About Global Sources

Global Sources is a leading business-to-business media company and a primary facilitator of trade with Greater China. The core business is facilitating trade from Greater China to the world, using a wide range of English-language media. The other business segments facilitate trade from the world to Greater China, and trade within China, using Chinese-language media.

The company provides sourcing information to volume buyers and integrated marketing services to suppliers. It helps a community of over 725,000 active buyers source more profitably from complex overseas supply markets. With the goal of providing the most effective ways possible to advertise, market and sell, Global Sources enables suppliers to sell to hard-to-reach buyers in over 230 countries.

The company offers the most extensive range of media and export marketing services in the industries it serves. It delivers information on 4.3 million products and more than 196,000 suppliers annually through 14 online marketplaces, 13 monthly magazines, over 100 sourcing research reports and 9 specialized trade shows which run 27 times a year across eight cities.

Suppliers receive more than 36 million sales leads annually from buyers through Global Sources Online ( http://www.globalsources.com/ ) alone.

Global Sources has been facilitating global trade for 37 years. Global Sources' network covers more than 69 cities worldwide. In mainland China, Global Sources has over 2,800 team members in more than 44 locations, and a community of over 1 million registered online users and magazine readers for Chinese-language media.

Global Sources Press Contact in Asia: Camellia So Tel: +852-2555-5021 Email: cso@globalsources.com Global Sources Press Contact in U.S.: James W.W. Strachan Tel: +1-480-664-8309 Email: strachan@globalsources.com Global Sources Investor Contact in Asia: Investor Relations Department Tel: +852-2555-4777 Email: investor@globalsources.com Global Sources Investor Contact in U.S.: Kirsten Chapman Lippert/Heilshorn & Associates, Inc. Tel: +1-415-433-3777 Email: investor@globalsources.com

Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030303/LNM011LOGO-b
PR Newswire Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.com Global Sources

CONTACT: Press contact in Asia: Camellia So, +852-2555-5021,
cso@globalsources.com; Press contact in U.S.: James W.W. Strachan of Global
Sources, +1-480-664-8309, strachan@globalsources.com; Investor contact in
Asia: IR Department of Global Sources, +852-2555-4777,
investor@globalsources.com; Investor Contact in U.S.: Kirsten Chapman of
Lippert-Heilshorn & Associates, Inc., +1-415-433-3777,
investor@globalsources.com, for Global Sources

Web site: http://www.privatesourcingevents.com/
http://www.chinasourcingfair.com/

Biggest-ever China Sourcing Fair: Electronics & Components hosts Private Buyer Meetings for Carlsberg, IBM, Intelbras, Halfords UK, Lexmark, Li & Fung, Lowe's, Philips, RCG, Samsung Corporation, Sima and Test Rite

Global Sources Electronics & Components Fair set to run Oct. 12-15 at Hong Kong's AsiaWorld-Expo showcases over 2,900 booths of consumer electronics, telecommunications, computer products and components

HONG KONG, Oct. 12 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Carlsberg, IBM, Intelbras, Halfords UK, Lexmark, Li & Fung, Lowe's, Philips, RCG, Samsung Corporation, Sima and Test Rite are scheduled to attend Private Buyer Meetings at Global Sources' (http://www.globalsources.com/) China Sourcing Fair: Electronics & Components. This specialized sourcing show opens today at AsiaWorld-Expo, Hong Kong and runs to Oct. 15.

This year marks the 11th edition of the Fair and is the biggest yet, with over 2,900 booths from 15 countries and regions. There are over 2,200 booths from mainland China alone. Also scheduled to exhibit are suppliers from Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Australia, Canada, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and the U.S.

Global Sources' Executive Director, Sarah Benecke, said: "Greater China is the main supplier of the world's electronics, especially consumer electronic products. Some of the world's most important international buyers have signed up to participate this week. Attendance at our Private Buyer Meetings is the biggest yet, proving that quality buyers are still looking for quality suppliers from Greater China.

"North America and Western Europe remain important markets for electronics and components, and thousands of buyers from these areas have signed up to attend the Fair. We are also expecting new buyers from India, the Middle East, Russia, Africa, South America and Asia to attend."

Buyers coming to the Fair will find product pavilions for computers & networking; consumer electronics; electronic components; digital entertainment; GPS; healthcare & personal care electronics; in-car electronics; interconnection technology; mobile phones; opto-electronics; power supplies; telecom products & wireless; security products; and VoIP & WiFi products.

China Sourcing Fair: Electronics & Components dates and times

Opening times for this week's China Sourcing Fair: Electronics & Components at AsiaWorld-Expo are:

-- Oct. 12-14 from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. -- Oct. 15 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Buyers can register for free admission and find more information, including details about free transport to the venue and back, at http://www.chinasourcingfair.com/.

Growing future for China Sourcing Fair: Electronics & Components

The next stop for this highly successful event is Mumbai, India on Nov. 14-16 (to be managed by Pico Event Management under license from Global Sources). In 2009, the show is due to take place in Hong Kong; Dubai, UAE and Mumbai, India, making it the only electronics sourcing show in the world to take place four times annually in three locations.

To meet growing demand for exhibition space at the China Sourcing Fair: Electronics & Components, Global Sources plans to add an extra hall, accommodating 400 booths, to the Hong Kong event in October 2009. This show is also scheduled to run concurrently with a new co-located event - China Sourcing Fair: Security Products, featuring product pavilions for CCTV & digital surveillance, access controls, alarms and home security.

About Global Sources

Global Sources is a leading business-to-business media company and a primary facilitator of trade with Greater China. The core business is facilitating trade from Greater China to the world, using a wide range of English-language media. The other business segments facilitate trade from the world to Greater China, and trade within China, using Chinese-language media.

The company provides sourcing information to volume buyers and integrated marketing services to suppliers. It helps a community of over 725,000 active buyers source more profitably from complex overseas supply markets. With the goal of providing the most effective ways possible to advertise, market and sell, Global Sources enables suppliers to sell to hard-to-reach buyers in over 230 countries.

The company offers the most extensive range of media and export marketing services in the industries it serves. It delivers information on 4.3 million products and more than 196,000 suppliers annually through 14 online marketplaces, 13 monthly magazines, over 100 sourcing research reports and 9 specialized trade shows which run 27 times a year across eight cities.

Suppliers receive more than 36 million sales leads annually from buyers through Global Sources Online (http://www.globalsources.com/) alone.

Global Sources has been facilitating global trade for 37 years. Global Sources' network covers more than 69 cities worldwide. In mainland China, Global Sources has over 2,800 team members in more than 44 locations, and a community of over 1 million registered online users and magazine readers for Chinese-language media.

Global Sources Press Contact in Asia: Camellia So Tel: +852-2555-5021 Email: cso@globalsources.com Global Sources Press Contact in U.S.: James W.W. Strachan Tel: +1-480-664-8309 Email: strachan@globalsources.com Global Sources Investor Contact in Asia: Investor Relations Department Tel: +852-2555-4777 Email: investor@globalsources.com Global Sources Investor Contact in U.S.: Kirsten Chapman Lippert/Heilshorn & Associates, Inc. Tel: +1-415-433-3777 Email: investor@globalsources.com

Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030303/LNM011LOGO-b
PR Newswire Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.com Global Sources

CONTACT: Press contact in Asia: Camellia So, +852-2555-5021,
cso@globalsources.com; Press contact in U.S.: James W.W. Strachan of Global
Sources, +1-480-664-8309, strachan@globalsources.com; Investor contact in
Asia: IR Department of Global Sources, +852-2555-4777,
investor@globalsources.com; Investor Contact in U.S.: Kirsten Chapman of
Lippert-Heilshorn & Associates, Inc., +1-415-433-3777,
investor@globalsources.com, for Global Sources

Web site: http://www.privatesourcingevents.com/
http://www.chinasourcingfair.com/

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