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Walmart and DreamWorks Animation Offer Exclusive Merry Madagascar DVD and Holiday Items in Walmart StoresMerry Madagascar Themed Pajamas, Plush, Puzzles and More in 'One-Stop' Area

BENTONVILLE, Ark., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Families can cozy up for a new kind of movie night as the DVD release of the new holiday adventure Merry Madagascar from DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. hits the shelves of Walmart nationwide and exclusively Nov. 18, the day after the 30-minute animated Christmas special premieres on NBC. Walmart stores will also offer new Merry Madagascar licensed pajamas, slippers, socks, throw blankets and other holiday gifts starting this week.

The DVD event marks the first time the retailer has collaborated with a major movie studio and national TV company to create a holiday-specific campaign celebrating family time around a TV-movie night event. It is also the first time DreamWorks Animation is collaborating exclusively with a retailer on a TV property and new DVD.

"The creative team at DreamWorks Animation who brought the world of Madagascar to life on the big screen has produced an all-new holiday adventure for family audiences to enjoy at home this season and for many years to come," said Ann Daly, chief operation officer of DreamWorks Animation. "We are thrilled to unveil Merry Madagascar to TV audiences on NBC November 17 and to audiences across the country in Walmart stores the very next day."

Walmart will carry the standard DVD movie for $5 and a deluxe DVD version with additional content for $8. The retailer also has collaborated with DreamWorks Animation to create a family friendly holiday game and a few "sneak peaks" of the new story at http://www.walmart.com/merrymadagascar. The site includes holiday and movie night recipes from co-sponsors Kraft and Kellogg's, and more links to online games.

"DreamWorks Animation's Madagascar continues to be a phenomenal entertainment property and this TV movie is a wonderful opportunity for Walmart to help families create memorable family moments in very affordable ways," said Greg Hall, vice president of media services, Walmart. "We are proud that our exclusive, kid-friendly products for Merry Madagascar offer customers another great value to enjoy this holiday season."

All Merry Madagascar Items, $9 and Under

Walmart's new Merry Madagascar-licensed products, in stores beginning this week, include:

-- New Merry Madagascar plush animals including Alex, the penguins, and other characters - $9 -- Merry Madagascar 3 Puzzles Pack - $7 -- Merry Madagascar Penguins Fishing Game - $7 -- Boys / girls and juniors socks - $3 -- Boys /girls juniors sleep sets and pajamas - $9 -- Boys / girls juniors slippers - $6 -- Infant and toddler pajamas - $6 -- Infant slippers and slipper socks - $3 -- Merry Madagascar throw blanket - $9 (select stores) -- Merry Madagascar party ware - $2 -- Merry Madagascar Chips Ahoy ($2.50), Easy Mac ($2.98) Rice Krispies Treat packs ($2) and more party items in Merry Madagascar store areas.

The DVD arrives in stores Nov. 18. Pre-orders for the Merry Madagascar DVD are available today at http://www.walmart.com/merrymadagascar.

About Merry Madagascar

Merry Madagascar begins when Santa and his sleigh unexpectedly crash-land on the island, giving the jolly gentleman a case of amnesia. So it falls to Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria - along with the ever-inventive Penguins - to deliver the presents and save Christmas. It doesn't hurt that Santa's Sleigh just might be able to make a little trip to New York City, so they can finally return to their beloved home. Also included is long-lasting North Pole/South Pole rivalry between the Penguins and Santa's reindeer, plus magic flying dust and a King Julien-based holiday called "Julienuary."

About Walmart

Every week, millions of customers visit Walmart stores, Neighborhood Markets, and Sam's Club locations across America or log on to its online store at http://www.walmart.com/. The company and its Foundation are committed to a philosophy of giving back locally. Walmart is proud to support the causes that are important to customers and associates right in their own neighborhoods, and last year gave more than $378 million to local communities in the United States. More information about Walmart can be found by visiting http://www.walmartstores.com/.

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CONTACT: Media Relations of Walmart, 1-800-331-0085

Web Site: http://www.walmartstores.com/

Johnson Controls Honors Leading Suppliers During Annual Awards CeremonyTop suppliers recognized for performance and leadership during North American Supplier Performance Awards ceremony

PLYMOUTH, Mich., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson Controls recognized its top performing automotive suppliers during its 14th annual North American Supplier Performance Awards ceremony. The event was held recently at The Inn at St. John's in Plymouth, Mich. A total of 29 awards were given to 27 supplier companies that demonstrated their commitment to the Johnson Controls Automotive Experience business.

"We are proud to recognize and work with the honored suppliers, as they help Johnson Controls maintain its commitment to excellence," said Terry Nadeau, vice president of purchasing, North America. "The suppliers' dedication to quality, innovation, and leadership is a key attribute to our success as a global automotive leader. These awards are a way for us to thank our supply base for their continued focus and performance, especially in a challenging time in the industry."

Johnson Controls' North American Supplier Performance Awards are presented for top performance in the following key business areas: quality; cost; logistics; development; technology and service. This year, outstanding performance by the company's supply base was recognized on three levels - gold, silver and bronze.

Recipients of the Gold 2009 Supplier Performance Award were: -- Acoustek Nonwovens, Inc. Statesville, N.C. -- ARJ Manufacturing Jackson, Tenn. -- Automatic Spring Products Corp. Grand Haven, Mich. -- Creative Foam Corp. Fenton, Mich. -- Delaco Kenwal Dearborn, Mich. -- Dudek & Bock Chicago -- E & E Manufacturing Co. Plymouth, Mich. -- Gill Industries Inc. Grand Rapids, Mich. -- Global Enterprises Huntington Woods, Mich. -- Janesville Acoustics Southfield, Mich. -- Kenwal Steel Corp. Dearborn, Mich. -- Lakeside Plastics, Inc. Oshkosh, Wis. -- Manufacturers Industrial Group Lexington, Tenn. -- OJI Intertech, Inc. North Manchester, Ind. -- Petoskey Plastics, Inc. Petoskey, Mich. Silver 2009 Supplier Performance Award recipients were: -- Eagle Ottawa Auburn Hills, Mich. -- Foss Manufacturing Co. Hampton, N.H. -- Kimball Electronics Group Jasper, Ind. Supplier companies recognized with a Bronze 2009 Supplier Performance Award were: -- Alex Products, Inc. Ridgeville Corners, Ohio -- BAE Industries, Inc. Auburn Hills, Mich. -- Chin Poon Industrial Co., Ltd Tao-Yuan Hsien ,Taiwan -- The Oakwood Group Dearborn, Mich. -- Gemini Group, Inc. Bad Axe, Mich.

Johnson Controls officials awarded six additional leadership awards during the ceremony, including the:

-- Minority Business Development Leadership Award to Manufacturers Industrial Group for its level of diversity purchases and process of working with minority suppliers; -- Leadership Award for Community Partnership to BBK, Ltd. of Southfield, Mich. for the company's collaborative work with Johnson Controls to serve and support the local community; -- Innovation Leadership Award to Innotec Group of Zeeland, Mich. for the company's leadership in working with Johnson Controls to bring product innovation to the market; -- Quality Leadership Award to The Troxel Co. of Moscow, Tenn. for the company's benchmark performance in quality year over year; -- Supply Chain Leadership Award to Anderson-Cook, Inc. of Clinton Township, Mich. in recognition of its benchmark materials performance in delivery and information management across its Johnson Controls supply chains; and -- Commercial Leadership Award to Automatic Spring Products Corp. of Grand Haven, Mich. for the company's benchmark performance with Johnson Controls regarding costing and manufacturing operations expertise.

Johnson Controls is the global leader that brings ingenuity to the places where people live, work and travel. By integrating technologies, products and services, we create smart environments that redefine the relationships between people and their surroundings. Our team of 140,000 employees creates a more comfortable, safe and sustainable world through our products and services for more than 200 million vehicles, 12 million homes and one million commercial buildings. Our commitment to sustainability drives our environmental stewardship, good corporate citizenship in our workplaces and communities, and the products and services we provide to customers. For additional information, please visit http://www.johnsoncontrols.com/.

Editor's Note: Photos of the award winners are available by contacting Debra Lacey at

(734) 254-5735 or debra.l.lacey@jci.com.

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Gameloft Conquiert De Nouveaux Marchés Et Elargit Encore Ses Canaux De Distribution

PARIS, November 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Gameloft(R), leader mondial dans l'édition et le développement de jeux vidéo téléchargeables, vient de décrocher plusieurs contrats avec des opérateurs sur deux marchés émergents-clés : l'Asie du Sud-Est et le Moyen-Orient. La société a signé de nouveaux accords directs avec 10 opérateurs en Asie du Sud-Est, et 9 au Moyen-Orient. Déjà bien implanté en Amérique du Nord, en Europe, en Asie et en Amérique du Sud, l'éditeur souhaite élargir son champ d'action afin de proposer un maximum de jeux mobiles à succès à de nouveaux publics.

"Nous avons adopté une politique relativement agressive sur les marchés émergents," explique Gonzague de Vallois, vice-président Publishing chez Gameloft. "Nous sommes non seulement en pleine croissance et expansion, mais nous établissons également de fortes relations avec les opérateurs. Notre objectif est toujours le mÃªme : faire en sorte que Gameloft conserve sa position de leader avec le plus important réseau de distribution du marché."

L'Asie du Sud-Est joue un rôle essentiel dans cette croissance avec un marché encore inexploité de plus de 898 millions d'abonnés répartis entre l'Inde, le Sri Lanka, la ThaÃ¯lande, le Vietnam, le Cambodge, le Laos, l'Indonésie, Brunei, la Malaisie, Singapour, les Philippines, Hong Kong et TaÃ¯wan. Les accords signés avec les opérateurs télécoms majeurs comme Telkomsel, Idea Cellular et Dialog Sri Lanka permettent à Gameloft de renforcer sa position dominante et de garder l'avantage en tant que premier acteur dans cette région.

Gameloft dispose du plus grand réseau de distribution au Moyen-Orient, avec plus de 30 millions d'abonnés en Jordanie, en Arabie Saoudite, au KoweÃ¯t, au Qatar, au BahreÃ¯n et dans les Ã‰mirats Arabes Unis. Les accords conclus avec les opérateurs de téléphonie mobile tels que Etisalat, Zain, Batelco, Qtel et DU permettent à la société de conforter sa position de leader sur ces territoires.

A propos de Gameloft

Leader mondial dans l'édition et le développement de jeux vidéo téléchargeables, Gameloft s'est positionné en 10 ans comme l'une des entreprises les plus innovantes dans son domaine. Gameloft conçoit des jeux pour téléphones mobiles, smartphones, iPhone et iPod touch dont le parc installé devrait dépasser quatre milliards d'unités en 2012. Pionnier sur le nouveau marché des jeux consoles téléchargeables, Gameloft édite des jeux sur WiiWare, DSiWare, Microsoft Xbox LIVE Arcade et PlayStation Network. Des accords de partenariat avec de grands détenteurs de droits permettent à Gameloft d'associer les plus grandes marques internationales à ses jeux comme Uno, Ferrari, Shrek, CSI, Spiderman ou encore Sonic. Gameloft dispose de plus d'un portefeuille de marques en propre avec des franchises établies comme Real Football, Asphalt ou encore Cérébral Challenge. Gameloft est présent sur tous les continents, distribue ses jeux dans 100 pays et possède ses propres studios de production qui comptent plus de 3300 développeurs. Gameloft est cotée à la bourse de Paris (ISIN: FR0000079600, Bloomberg: GFT FP, Reuters: GLFT.PA).

Contact: Aude Fouquier PR Manager Tél: +33(0)1-58-16-21-55 Mail: aude.fouquier@gameloft.com

Gameloft

Contact: Aude Fouquier, PR Manager, Tél: +33(0)1-58-16-21-55, Mail: aude.fouquier@gameloft.com

Croissance de 18% sur les neuf premiers mois de l'exercice 2009

PARIS, November 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Le chiffre d'affaires consolidé des neuf premiers mois de l'exercice 2009 est en hausse de 18% et s'établit à 90,2 mEUR. A taux de change constant la croissance du chiffre d'affaires sur neuf mois atteint 16%.

En mEUR Exercice 2009 Exercice 2008 Variation 1er trimestre 30,8 25,3 +22% 2ème trimestre 29,3 25,0 +17% 3ème trimestre 30,1 26,2 +15% Total 9 mois 90,2 76,5 +18%

Le chiffre d'affaires consolidé du troisième trimestre atteint 30,1mEUR, en hausse de 15% à taux de change courant ainsi qu'à taux de change constant. L'activité jeux mobiles a représenté 95% du chiffre d'affaires de la société lors du troisième trimestre et l'activité jeux consoles les 5% restant.

Le chiffre d'affaires du troisième trimestre de l'exercice 2009 a été réalisé pour 38% en Europe, 31% en Amérique du Nord et 31% dans le reste du monde. La plus forte progression du trimestre a été enregistrée dans le reste du monde avec une croissance de 29% du chiffre d'affaires, tirée notamment par l'Asie et l'Amérique du Sud. Sur les neuf premiers mois de l'exercice en cours le chiffre d'affaires a été réalisé pour 38% en Europe, 33% en Amérique du Nord et pour 29% dans le reste du monde.

L'activité jeux mobiles continue de se développer rapidement. Les revenus mobiles ont ainsi progressé de 17% lors de neuf premiers mois de l'année grâce au succès massif rencontré par les jeux Gameloft sur l'AppStore d'Apple mais aussi à la très bonne tenue des ventes de la société sur les téléphones Java et Brew. La société anticipe donc une solide croissance de son chiffre d'affaires et de sa rentabilité sur l'ensemble de l'exercice 2009.

A plus long terme, Gameloft semble idéalement positionnée pour bénéficier de l'émergence rapide de la distribution numérique de jeux vidéo sur mobiles et consoles et des innovations technologiques majeures apportées au marché par des sociétés telles qu'Apple, Nokia ou Google.

Le chiffre d'affaires du quatrième trimestre 2009 sera publié le 2 février 2010 après la clôture.

A propos de Gameloft

Pour d'avantage d'information, rendez-vous sur http://www.gameloft.com

Contact: Aude Fouquier PR Manager Tél: +33(0)1-58-16-21-55 Mail: aude.fouquier@gameloft.com

Gameloft

Contact: Aude Fouquier, PR Manager, Tél: +33(0)1-58-16-21-55, Mail: aude.fouquier@gameloft.com

Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Completes Public Offering of Common Stock

TULSA, Okla., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. announced today that it has completed its previously announced public offering of 5,750,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $19.25 per share. In connection with the offering, the Company has also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 862,500 shares of common stock.

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The offering resulted in aggregate net proceeds to the Company of approximately $105 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes.

Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. acted as joint book-running managers for the offering.

The shares were offered pursuant to the Company's effective shelf registration statement on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The offering was made only by means of a prospectus and related prospectus supplement, which may be obtained by visiting the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov/ or by contacting Goldman, Sachs & Co. (Attention: Prospectus Department, 85 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004; telephone: (917) 343-8000; facsimile: (212) 902-9316; email: prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com) or J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (Attention: Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717; telephone: (631) 254-1735).

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the common stock, nor shall there be any such offer or solicitation or any sale of the common stock in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

About Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc.

Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Driven by the mission "Value Every Time", the Company's brands, Dollar Rent A Car and Thrifty Car Rental, serve value-conscious travelers in over 70 countries. Dollar and Thrifty have over 600 corporate and franchised locations in the United States and Canada, operating in virtually all of the top U.S. and Canadian airport markets. The Company's approximately 6,400 employees are located mainly in North America, but global service capabilities exist through an expanding international franchise network.

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CONTACT: Financial, H. Clifford Buster III, Chief Financial Officer,
+1-918-669-3277, or Media, Chris Payne, Senior Manager, Corporate
Communications, +1-918-669-2236, chris.payne@dtag.com, both of Dollar Thrifty
Automotive Group, Inc.

Web Site: http://www.dtag.com/

Gameloft: 18% Growth in Sales Over the First Nine Months of 2009

PARIS, November 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gameloft achieved consolidated sales of EUR90.2 million for the first nine months of 2009, up by 18% from the previous year. On a constant exchange rate basis, nine month growth reached 16%.

In EUR millions 2009 2008 Variation 1st quarter 30.8 25.3 +22% 2nd quarter 29.3 25.0 +17% 3rd quarter 30.1 26.2 +15% 9-month total 90.2 76.5 +18%

Third quarter sales reached EUR30.1 million, up by 15% from the previous year on both a current and constant exchange rate basis. Mobile games account for 95% of the company's third quarter sales. The remaining 5% are related to console games sales.

Europe represents 38% of 2009 third quarter revenues, North America 31% and the rest of the world 31%. The strongest growth took place in the rest of the world, up 29% over the period, notably in Asia and South America. During the first nine months of 2009, Europe, North America and the rest of the world represented 38%, 33% and 29% of total sales, respectively.

Mobile game activity continues to grow rapidly. Revenue from this segment increased 17% over the first nine months of the year due to the huge success of Gameloft games on Apple's AppStore and to the strong performance of the company's Java and Brew games. Therefore, the company expects solid sales and profitability growth in 2009.

In the long term, Gameloft is in an ideal position to benefit from the rapid development of digitally distributed video games on mobile phones and consoles, as well as from the major innovations introduced by companies such as Apple, Nokia and Google.

The group's consolidated full year sales will be published on February 2, 2010 after the market closes.

About Gameloft

Gameloft is a leading international publisher and developer of downloadable video games. For 10 years, Gameloft has been established as one of the top innovators in its field. The company creates games for mobile phones, smartphones, iPhone and iPod touch. The total number of game-enabled devices is anticipated to exceed four billion units by 2012. Gameloft games are also available to players on WiiWare, DSiWare, Microsoft Xbox LIVE Arcade and PlayStation(R)Network.

Partnership agreements with leading licenses such as UNO(TM), Ferrari, Shrek, CSI, Spider-Man and Sonic allow Gameloft to form strong relationships with international brands. In addition to the partnerships, Gameloft owns and operates titles such as Real Football, Asphalt and Brain Challenge.

Gameloft is present on all the continents with its own production studios, employing over 3,300 developers, and distributes its games in over 100 countries. Gameloft is listed on Euronext Paris (ISIN: FR0000079600, Bloomberg: GFT FP, Reuters: GLFT.PA)

For more information, go to http://www.gameloft.com/

Gameloft

CONTACT: Contact: Aude Fouquier, PR Manager, Tel +331-5816-21-55,
aude.fouquier@gameloft.com

Gameloft Expands Into New Markets; Broadening its Already Wide Distribution Channels

NEW YORK, November 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gameloft(R), a leading publisher and developer of downloadable video games, has increased the number of operator contracts in two key emerging markets - Southeast Asia and the Middle East. The company has signed new direct agreements with 10 operators in Southeast Asia and 9 in the Middle East. With a stronghold already established in North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America, the company aims to extend its publishing arm to bring more top selling mobile games to new audiences.

"We have become quite aggressive in the emerging markets," said Gonzague de Vallois, senior vice president of publishing, Gameloft. "We are not only expanding and growing, but also developing very strong relationships with the operators. We remain steadfast in our goal to maintain Gameloft's position as the market leader with the biggest distribution network."

Southeast Asia plays a central role in this growth with an untapped demographic of over 898 million subscribers across India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Lao, Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Established agreements with leading telecom companies such as Telkomsel, Idea Cellular and Dialog Sri Lanka enables Gameloft to reinforce its leadership and secure first mover advantage in this region.

Gameloft has the widest distribution network in the Middle East, reaching over 30 million subscribers in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. Agreements with mobile operators such as Etisalat, Zain, Batelco, Qtel, and DU allow the company to firmly establish its front runner position in this territory.

About Gameloft

Partnership agreements with leading licenses such as UNO(TM), Ferrari, Shrek, CSI, Spider-Man and Brothers in Arms allow Gameloft to form strong relationships with international brands. In addition to the partnerships, Gameloft owns and operates titles such as Real Football, Asphalt and Brain Challenge.

Gameloft is present on all the continents with its own production studios, employing over 3,500 developers, and distributes its games in over 100 countries and 200 carriers'. Gameloft is listed on Euronext Paris (ISIN: FR0000079600, Bloomberg: GFT FP, Reuters: GLFT.PA)

http://www.gameloft.com/

Gameloft

CONTACT: For more information, please contact: Sanette Chao, Director,
Public Relations - Sanette.Chao@gameloft.com +1-212-994-2495

Microsoft Elevates Mission-Critical Commitment With New SQL Server 2008 R2 Premium Editions, Delivery of November CTPAt PASS Summit 2009, Microsoft discusses information platform vision to help all businesses gain strategic value from information.

REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- During a community address at the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) Community Summit, Microsoft Corp.'s Ted Kummert, senior vice president of the Business Platform Division, announced the upcoming delivery of the November community technology preview (CTP) of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2. Microsoft also announced two new editions providing a high level of scalable solutions: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Datacenter and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse (formerly project code-named "Madison"). To help customers continue to realize greater value with SQL Server 2008, Kummert also noted that Microsoft is delivering data warehouse appliances with multiple hardware partners, announcing IBM Corp. as the newest partner. IBM will offer three hardware configurations as a part of SQL Server Fast Track Data Warehouse 2.0. HP, Bull and Dell Inc. also announced new configurations for version 2.0.

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"Microsoft's vision is to deliver an information platform enabling all businesses to gain strategic value from information," Kummert said. "Companies are looking to compete and grow by reducing costs and identifying the highest value opportunities for their business. We're moving forward rapidly to address these challenges with new capabilities in manageability, business intelligence, data warehousing and the first relational database cloud offering in SQL Azure."

SQL Server 2008 R2 November CTP

SQL Server 2008 R2 continues to deliver on Microsoft's vision of a complete approach to managing information assets, with customers already realizing the benefits.

"Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 is fundamentally helping to improve our relationship with our customers," said Carolyn Conti, manager of Decision Support Systems at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. "Using SQL Server PowerPivot for Excel and SQL Server PowerPivot for SharePoint Server as an interface for managed self-service business intelligence (BI), we are modeling, analyzing and pivoting millions of records, publishing the information in minutes, and allowing access for geographically remote office branches at a fraction of the time. Our business users can now create and modify their own reports to meet their immediate needs and better service the customer."

SQL Server 2008 R2 is the next-generation information platform that is designed to deliver the following:

-- Managed self-service business intelligence. Expanding powerful BI tools to all users with SQL Server PowerPivot for Excel and empowering a new class of business users to build and share powerful BI solutions with little or no IT support, while still enabling IT to monitor and manage user-generated BI solutions -- Greater IT and developer efficiency. Enabling administrators to centrally monitor and manage multiple database applications, instances or servers, accelerating the development and deployment of applications and providing improved support for virtualization through Hyper-V with Live Migration in Windows Server 2008 R2 -- A trusted and scalable platform. Supporting data consistency across heterogeneous systems through SQL Server Master Data Services, enabling high-scale complex event-stream processing through SQL Server StreamInsight, and supporting scale-up scenarios for the largest available x64 and Itanium hardware (up to 256 logical processors)

SQL Server 2008 R2 November CTP will be available for download in November. More information and the sign-up for the CTP are available at http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/R2-editions.aspx.

New Editions of SQL Server for High-End, Mission-Critical Scenarios

Microsoft is introducing two new offerings for high-scale, mission-critical applications. SQL Server R2 Datacenter delivers a high-performing information platform that provides high levels of scalability for large application workloads and managing an organization's database infrastructure. With support for up to 256 logical processors and unlimited virtualization, SQL Server Datacenter and Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter provide a foundation on which to build enterprise-class solutions.

SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse extends Microsoft's offering in data warehousing by providing scalability and performance from tens to hundreds of terabytes at a low total cost of ownership (TCO). SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse will be available on industry-standard hardware from Bull, Dell, HP, EMC and IBM.

Benchmarks Demonstrate Enterprise Scalability in Online Transaction Processing and Data Warehousing

Benchmarks announced today with partners Unisys Corp., IBM and Intel demonstrate the enterprise scalability of SQL Server 2008 R2. First, a new world-record TPC-E benchmark result running on a Unisys ES7000 Model 7600R Enterprise Server set a performance record of 2,012 tpsE (transactions per second for the TPC-E benchmark) on a 96-core Xeon platform, the first result on a server with more than 64 cores. Second, the same Unisys server achieved 102,778 QphH (queries per hour) on the TPC-H 3TB benchmark, showing data warehousing performance 70 percent higher than the previous record on Windows Server. Finally, a Microsoft Dynamics CRM benchmark run on IBM System x3650 M2 servers with Intel Solid State Drives demonstrated 20,000 concurrent users across 20 xRM applications on Microsoft Dynamics CRM with an average response time of 0.10 seconds.

A New Partnership With IBM

Since its introduction in February 2009, SQL Server Fast Track Data Warehouse has enabled companies in a wide range of industries to accelerate their data warehousing projects, and achieve high scalability at a low TCO. Microsoft is releasing Fast Track Data Warehouse version 2.0, with new configurations from IBM, and updated configurations from Bull, Dell and HP. Version 2.0 offers more choice with up to 12 reference architectures based on both Intel- and AMD-based processors, better performance from the latest Intel and AMD processors and up to 48 cores per server, and better scalability with up to 48 terabytes of user data capacity.

In addition, IBM will now offer three Fast Track Data Warehouse reference configurations for the company's Intel processor-based System x servers, as well as a leading midrange storage disk offerings from IBM.

EMC Corp., a full service consulting and storage partner, also will offer new Data Warehouse and BI services for Fast Track in addition to storage infrastructure for Dell Fast Track Data Warehouse solutions.

SQL Server Fast Track Data Warehouse offers a seamless transition to customers planning to make the leap to the massive scalability and powerful BI capabilities of Microsoft SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse.

More information on Microsoft's Data Warehousing offerings can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/fasttrack.

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 will be available in the first half of 2010. More information about it can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/R2-editions.aspx.

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

Transaction Processing Performance Council (http://www.tpc.org/) benchmark results as of 11/02/09. Unisys ES7000 Model 7600R Enterprise Server; TPC-E: 2,012 tpsE, 958.23 $/tpsE; TPC-H: 102,778 QphH@3TB, 21.05 $/QphH@3TB; available 5/6/2010.

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CONTACT: Rapid Response Team of Waggener Edstrom Worldwide,
+1-503-443-7070, rrt@waggeneredstrom.com, or Alyssa Trenkamp of Waggener
Edstrom Worldwide, +1-206-372-0814, alyssat@waggeneredstrom.com, both for
Microsoft Corp.

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

Wake Up, Humans: DROID by Motorola Goes on Sale EarlyExtended Hours, In-Store Demos, Unique Times Sq. Billboard, Other Events Planned For Nationwide Debut at Verizon Wireless Communications Stores

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Many of Verizon Wireless' more than 2,000 Communications Stores will open early Friday (Nov. 6) to give customers the earliest opportunity to purchase the DROID by Motorola on its first day of sale. Some stores will open at 7 a.m. and others at 8 a.m. Customers should check local stores for their opening hours. (Mall stores will not open early.)

Customers visiting Verizon Wireless Communications Stores on or after Friday, Nov. 6, will not only be able to purchase the world's first smartphone with Android(TM) 2.0, they can also learn about its variety of advanced features and functions. Verizon Wireless will host demonstrations at select locations to help customers get the most from their new DROID by Motorola devices.

Also on Friday, Verizon Wireless will create a first-of-its-kind interactive experience in New York City called, "DROID Does Times Square." This experience will let callers control two of Times Square's largest digital billboards -- the NASDAQ and Reuters signs -- using only voice commands.

The digital billboards will instruct passersby to call a toll-free number (1-888-376-4336) to search locations in the Times Square area. Participants can search for practically anything (e.g. their favorite cuisines, plays, movies, stores), and the search results will be displayed on the digital billboards using Google Maps. This activity takes place from Nov. 6 through Nov. 20, daily from 12:30 p.m. to 2:10 p.m. and from 6:30 p.m. to 8:10 p.m. and from 6:00 a.m. on Nov. 27 through 2:00 a.m. on Nov. 28. Beginning Nov. 6, Internet fans worldwide can also view the experience in real-time by visiting http://www.droiddoes.com/timessquare.

DROID by Motorola will be available in the United States exclusively at Verizon Wireless Communications Stores and online on Friday, Nov. 6, for $199.99 with a new two-year customer agreement after a $100 mail-in rebate. Customers will receive the rebate in the form of a debit card; upon receipt, customers may use the card as cash anywhere debit cards are accepted.

The DROID by Motorola features high-speed Web browsing, voice-activated search, a customizable large screen, access to thousands of Android applications and hundreds of widgets, and the largest 3G mobile network in the country. To learn more, visit http://news.vzw.com/news/2009/10/pr2009-10-27.html. Experience the all-new DROID by Motorola at http://www.droiddoes.com/.

For a list of Verizon Wireless Communications Store locations, visit http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/storelocator/index.jsp.

About Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable and largest wireless voice and 3G data network, serving 89 million customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 85,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). For more information, visit 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: Tom Pica, Verizon Wireless, +1-908-559-7516,
Thomas.Pica@verizonwireless.com

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

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New Products Drive Ford's October Sales, Share Gains

DEARBORN, Mich., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

-- Ford, Lincoln and Mercury October U.S. sales totaled 132,483, up 3 percent versus a year ago and 21 percent higher than September -- October marks the third time in the last four months Ford sales have increased -- October retail share was up for the 12th time in 13 months -- All-new Taurus accelerates in October; Ford dealers report Taurus retail sales nearly tripled year-ago levels -- Ford, Lincoln and Mercury cars and crossovers post sales increases; overall car sales were up 11 percent versus a year ago, and crossovers were up 23 percent -- Ford's new F-150 continues to achieve share gains, followed being named the coveted "Truck of Texas" by the Texas Auto Writer's Association

Ford, Lincoln and Mercury October U.S. sales totaled 132,483, up 3 percent versus a year ago and 21 percent higher than September. This marks the third time in the last four months Ford sales have increased.

"Consumer demand for our new high-quality, fuel-efficient products is driving Ford's market share gains," said Ken Czubay, Ford vice president, U.S. Marketing Sales and Service. "Ford vehicles are among the 'freshest' available by any automaker - with more than 80 percent of our sales in October coming from our new 2010 models."

Ford estimates its total market share in October was more than 15 percent - higher than a year ago and higher than its share in the first nine months of 2009. Ford's October retail share was up for the 12th time in 13 months.

"The Ford plan is working, led by the strength of our product lineup and customer demand for our new cars, utilities and trucks," said Czubay. "Consumers increasingly are noticing that the Ford difference is our great products, our strong business and our leadership in quality, fuel efficiency, safety, smart technologies and value."

October Sales Highlights -- All-new Ford Taurus sales totaled 6,076, up 141 percent versus a year ago. Dealers reported retail sales nearly tripled year-ago levels. -- Other new Ford, Lincoln and Mercury cars posting increases included the Ford Fusion (up 24 percent), Ford Mustang (up 2 percent) and Lincoln MKZ (up 27 percent). -- Crossover utilities posted strong sales increases: Ford Escape was up 26 percent; Ford Edge up 38 percent; Ford Flex up 8 percent; Mercury Mariner up 36 percent; Lincoln MKX up 15 percent. In addition, sales of the all-new Lincoln MKT crossover were up 36 percent from September. -- Ford's F-Series truck achieved sales of 39,496 and a year-to-year share increase in the full-size pickup category. In addition, the all-new Ford F-150 SVT Raptor captured the coveted "Truck of Texas" award from the Texas Auto Writer's Association. Ford's F-Series has been the No. 1-selling truck in America for 32 years straight. -- Ford's new EcoBoost engine technology is winning customers, too. In October, sales of EcoBoost-equipped models were twice as high as September. EcoBoost provides customers up to 20 percent improvement in fuel economy and a 15 percent reduction in emissions versus larger-displacement engines. EcoBoost is standard on the Taurus SHO and available on the Ford Flex, Lincoln MKS and Lincoln MKT.

Note: The sales data included in this release and the accompanying tables are based largely on data reported by dealers representing their sales to retail and fleet customers.

About Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company , a global automotive industry leader based in Dearborn, Mich., manufactures or distributes automobiles across six continents. With about 200,000 employees and about 90 plants worldwide, the company's automotive brands include Ford, Lincoln, Mercury and Volvo. The company provides financial services through Ford Motor Credit Company. For more information regarding Ford's products, please visit http://www.ford.com/.

FORD MOTOR COMPANY OCTOBER 2009 U.S. SALES ------------------------------------------ October % Year-To-Date % ------- ------------ 2009 2008 Change 2009 2008 Change ---- ---- ------ ---- ---- ------ Sales By Brand Ford 119,072 114,969 3.6 1,181,440 1,468,488 -19.5 Lincoln 6,735 7,399 -9.0 65,971 90,223 -26.9 Mercury 6,676 6,753 -1.1 75,924 103,631 -26.7 ----- ----- ------ ------- Total Ford, Lincoln and Mercury 132,483 129,121 2.6 1,323,335 1,662,342 -20.4 Volvo 4,437 3,717 19.4 51,166 63,745 -19.7 ----- ----- ------ ------ Total Ford Motor Company 136,920 132,838 3.1 1,374,501 1,726,087 -20.4 Ford, Lincoln and Mercury Sales By Type Cars 45,225 40,854 10.7 491,997 591,606 -16.8 Crossover Utility Vehicles 27,771 22,552 23.1 292,340 318,455 -8.2 Sport Utility Vehicles 8,572 9,102 -5.8 74,140 137,498 -46.1 Trucks and Vans 50,915 56,613 -10.1 464,858 614,783 -24.4 ------ ------ ------- ------- Total Trucks 87,258 88,267 -1.1 831,338 1,070,736 -22.4 ------ ------ ------- --------- Total Vehicles 132,483 129,121 2.6 1,323,335 1,662,342 -20.4 FORD BRAND OCTOBER 2009 U.S. SALES ---------------------------------- October % Year-To-Date % ------- ------------ 2009 2008 Change 2009 2008 Change ---- ---- ------ ---- ---- ------ Crown Victoria 3,380 3,299 2.5 28,458 42,616 -33.2 Taurus 6,076 2,517 141.4 33,692 46,167 -27.0 Fusion 13,445 10,836 24.1 148,045 128,381 15.3 Focus 10,119 10,576 -4.3 136,032 175,958 -22.7 Mustang 4,789 4,686 2.2 56,469 83,557 -32.4 ----- ----- ------ ------ Ford Cars 37,809 31,914 18.5 402,696 476,679 -15.5 Flex 2,182 2,017 8.2 32,058 9,569 235.0 Edge 8,185 5,951 37.5 72,624 99,781 -27.2 Escape 12,471 9,886 26.1 138,739 135,558 2.3 Taurus X 37 1,329 -97.2 6,027 20,907 -71.2 --- ----- ----- ------ Ford Crossover Utility Vehicles 22,875 19,183 19.2 249,448 265,815 -6.2 Expedition 2,878 3,647 -21.1 23,445 46,919 -50.0 Explorer 4,596 3,991 15.2 41,138 68,330 -39.8 ----- ----- ------ ------ Ford Sport Utility Vehicles 7,474 7,638 -2.1 64,583 115,249 -44.0 F-Series 39,496 43,324 -8.8 334,922 436,022 -23.2 Ranger 3,910 3,891 0.5 47,826 58,706 -18.5 Econoline/Club Wagon 5,658 8,429 -32.9 72,474 109,848 -34.0 Transit Connect 1,513 0 NA 5,677 0 NA Low Cab Forward 11 30 -63.3 209 775 -73.0 Heavy Trucks 326 560 -41.8 3,605 5,394 -33.2 --- --- ----- ----- Ford Trucks and Vans 50,914 56,234 -9.5 464,713 610,745 -23.9 ------ ------ ------- ------- Ford Brand 119,072 114,969 3.6 1,181,440 1,468,488 -19.5 LINCOLN BRAND OCTOBER 2009 U.S. SALES ------------------------------------- October % Year-To-Date % ------- ------------ 2009 2008 Change 2009 2008 Change ---- ---- ------ ---- ---- ------ MKS 1,609 2,072 -22.3 13,961 8,924 56.4 MKZ 1,661 1,309 26.9 18,158 26,223 -30.8 Town Car 360 1,146 -68.6 9,055 12,831 -29.4 MKX 1,675 1,459 14.8 18,063 25,436 -29.0 MKT 619 0 NA 1,074 0 NA Navigator 810 1,034 -21.7 5,515 12,771 -56.8 Mark LT 1 379 -99.7 145 4,038 -96.4 --- --- --- ----- Lincoln Brand 6,735 7,399 -9.0 65,971 90,223 -26.9 MERCURY BRAND OCTOBER 2009 U.S. SALES ------------------------------------- October % Year-To-Date % ------- ------------ 2009 2008 Change 2009 2008 Change ---- ---- ------ ---- ---- ------ Grand Marquis 2,176 1,967 10.6 19,185 25,058 -23.4 Sable 63 645 -90.2 6,154 14,356 -57.1 Milan 1,547 1,801 -14.1 22,788 27,535 -17.2 Mariner 2,602 1,910 36.2 23,755 27,204 -12.7 Mountaineer 288 430 -33.0 4,042 9,478 -57.4 --- --- ----- ----- Mercury Brand 6,676 6,753 -1.1 75,924 103,631 -26.7 VOLVO BRAND OCTOBER 2009 U.S. SALES ----------------------------------- October % Year-To-Date % ------- ------------ 2009 2008 Change 2009 2008 Change ---- ---- ------ ---- ---- ------ S40 811 501 61.9 6,711 8,638 -22.3 V50 229 187 22.5 1,858 1,557 19.3 S60 26 612 -95.8 5,835 8,269 -29.4 S80 541 424 27.6 6,999 9,235 -24.2 V70 121 140 -13.6 1,542 2,812 -45.2 XC60 900 0 NA 6,784 0 NA XC70 296 469 -36.9 4,873 8,204 -40.6 XC90 982 901 9.0 8,224 16,193 -49.2 C70 214 244 -12.3 4,625 5,142 -10.1 C30 317 239 32.6 3,715 3,695 0.5 --- --- ----- ----- Volvo Brand 4,437 3,717 19.4 51,166 63,745 -19.7

Ford Motor Company

CONTACT: George Pipas, +1-313-323-9216, gpipas@ford.com

Web Site: http://www.ford.com/

Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/107607.html

Image Sensing Systems Announces Favorable Appellate Court Decision

SAINT PAUL, Minn., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Image Sensing Systems, Inc. , announced today that the Federal Appellate Court upheld the U.S. District Court ruling that EIS did not infringe upon a patent held by competitor Wavetronix LLC related to automatic set-up. ISS purchased the assets of EIS, including RTMSÂ® radar line at the end of 2007.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050512/CGISSLOGO)

"We congratulate the sellers of EIS on the successful outcome," said Ken Aubrey, CEO. "The Appellate Court backed the view we held at the time of our purchase of the RTMS radar line that the automatic set-up methods were distinctly different. While we were indemnified by the sellers of EIS in this lawsuit, we are happy to see the matter resolved and that all appeals are now exhausted. The ruling also clears up any uncertainty in the market surrounding the lawsuit, which should benefit our customers and partners alike."

About Image Sensing

Image Sensing Systems, Inc. is a technology company focused in infrastructure productivity improvement through the development of software-based detection solutions for the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) sector and adjacent overlapping markets. ISS' industry leading computer-enabled detection (CED) products, including the AutoscopeÂ® machine-vision family and the RTMSÂ® radar family, combine embedded software signal processing with sophisticated sensing technologies for use in transportation, environmental and safety/surveillance management. CED is a group of technologies in which software, rather than humans, examines the outputs of complex sensors to determine what is happening in the field of view in real-time. With more than 100,000 instances sold in over 60 countries worldwide, our depth of experience coupled with breadth of product portfolio uniquely positions us to provide powerful hybrid technology solutions and to exploit the convergence of the traffic, security and environmental management markets. We are headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota. Visit us on the web at imagesensing.com.

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PRN Photo Desk photodesk@prnewswire.com Image Sensing Systems, Inc.

CONTACT: Greg Smith, Chief Financial Officer of Image Sensing Systems,
Inc., +1-651-603-7700

Web Site: http://www.imagesensing.com/

Harris Congratulates Darrel Hackett on Being Named One of Crain's Chicago Business' 2009 '40 Under 40'

CHICAGO, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Harris Bank is proud to congratulate Darrel Hackett, Senior Vice President, Small Business Banking, on being named one of Crain's Chicago Business' "40 Under 40" Award Winners for 2009.

"Being selected a Crain's '40 Under 40' is a tremendous accomplishment, and I offer my congratulations to all 40 honorees," said Ellen Costello, President and CEO, Harris Financial Corp. "Darrel is someone who puts our customers at the center of everything he does, and we take great pride in his selection."

Darrel joined Harris in 2004 from McKinsey & Company. There, he consulted in the Financial Institutions Group, advising Fortune 500 companies on strategy and operations.

Darrel has distinguished himself at Harris as a decisive and motivating leader, with an accomplished track record in his earlier leadership roles as a Market President and Head of Acquisition, Alignment and Integration.

As Senior Vice President and head of Small Business Banking, Darrel is driving a key part of our growth strategy in achieving our goal to be a Commercial leader. He leads a team of 200-plus professionals who serve Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin customers.

He is a visible supporter of the community, as well, serving on the boards of the Chicago Children's Museum and the Black Ensemble Theater.

He earned his MBA degree at Stanford University and holds a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Tennessee.

About Harris

Harris is an integrated financial service organization providing more than 1.2 million personal, business and corporate clients with banking, lending, investing and wealth management solutions. The organization is a member of the BMO Financial Group (NYSE, TSX: BMO), which also provides corporate and investment banking services in the U.S. under the BMO Capital Markets name.

HarrisÂ® is a trade name used by various financial service subsidiaries of Harris Financial Corp. Banking products and services are provided by Harris N.A., The Harris Bank, N.A. and their bank affiliates, Members FDIC. Brokerage products are offered through Harris Investor Services, Inc. (HIS), a registered broker/dealer, member FINRA/SIPC, and SEC-registered investment adviser. Insurance and annuities are offered through Harris Bancorp Insurance Services, Inc. (HBIS). Investment banking services are provided by BMO Capital Markets Corp. (BMOCM), a registered broker dealer and member NYSE, FINRA and SIPC. HIS, HBIS and BMOCM are affiliated companies and are wholly owned subsidiaries of Harris Financial Corp. Products offered by HIS, HBIS and BMOCM are Not Insured by the FDIC or any Federal Government Agency, Not a Deposit of or Guaranteed by Any Bank or Bank Affiliate, May Lose Value. The purchase of insurance or an annuity is not a condition to any bank loan or service. Financial planning and investment advisory services are provided by Sullivan, Bruyette, Speros & Blayney, Inc., an SEC registered investment adviser. Family Office Services are provided by Harris myCFO, Inc. Investment advisory services are offered by Harris myCFO Investment Advisory Services LLC, a SEC-registered investment adviser and wholly-owned subsidiary of Harris myCFO, Inc. Investment advisory services to institutional clients are provided by Harris Investment Management (HIM), a SEC-registered investment adviser. Not all products and services are offered in every state and/or location.

Harris N.A.

CONTACT: Patrick O'Herlihy of Harris N.A., +1-312-461-6970

Cars.com to Kickoff Marketing Plan With Super Bowl XLIV AdSite Builds Confidence with Third Consecutive Year in the Big Game

CHICAGO, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Cars.com will once again kickoff its 2010 marketing campaign with an advertisement on Super Bowl XLIV, which will air on CBS on February 7, 2010. This is the third consecutive year that Cars.com will advertise in the Big Game.

"Super Bowl is the largest stage in advertising and a proven brand-builder for Cars.com," said Mitch Golub, president of Cars.com. "Our presence in each of the past two years has paid off, exposing our brand to record audiences and building awareness of the site and service we offer to car shoppers. It is a smart investment that supports our strategy, and works to grow our business and that of our customers."

Cars.com will continue its 'Confidence' campaign with one 60-second commercial that will air in the first half. New creative will build on last year's popular "Lifetime of Confidence" ad, and will showcase how Cars.com gives shoppers the confidence they need as they prepare to head to the dealership to buy a car. The spot is currently in development by the site's agency of record, DDB, Chicago.

"As car buyers return to market in 2010, we want them to know Cars.com provides the tools, credible information and advice to help them make confident new and used-car purchase decisions," said Carolyn Crafts, Cars.com's vice president of marketing. "Advertising on the Super Bowl gives us the opportunity to get that message out in a big way at the start of the year."

With its ad in Super Bowl XLIII, Cars.com reached 98.7 million viewers -- one of the largest television audiences of all time. The ad was well-liked by viewers and contributed to gains in the site's brand awareness and traffic, resulting in a surge in shopping activity on the site which drove record contacts to Cars.com advertisers. Cars.com's 2009 Super Bowl ad also drove results to the site's mobile application, which was featured in the spot.

To view last year's spot, click here. About Cars.com

Cars.com is the leading destination for online car shoppers, offering credible, easy-to-understand information from consumers and experts to help buyers formulate opinions on what to buy, where to buy and how much to pay for a car. With comprehensive pricing information, side-by-side comparison tools, photo galleries, videos, unbiased editorial content and a large selection of new- and used-car inventory, Cars.com puts millions of car buyers in control of their shopping process with the information they need to make confident buying decisions.

Launched in June 1998, Cars.com is a division of Classified Ventures, LLC, which is owned by leading media companies, including Belo , Gannett Co., Inc. , The McClatchy Company , Tribune Company and The Washington Post Company .

Cars.com

CONTACT: Jackie Brennan, Associate Public Relations Manager,
+1-312-601-6229 (direct), +1-219-577-6106 (mobile), jbrennan@cars.com, or
Steve Nolan, Public Relations Manager, +1-312-601-5163 (direct),
+1-630-310-2468 (mobile), snolan@cars.com, both of Cars.com

Web Site: http://www.cars.com/
http://www.classifiedventures.com/

Catalyst posts improved results but market challenges persist

RICHMOND, BC, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Catalyst Paper (TSX:CTL) recorded net earnings of $13.2 million ($0.03 per common share) on sales of $263.4 million for the third quarter of 2009 compared to a net loss of $1.9 million ($0.01 per common share) on sales of $291.5 million in the second quarter. Net earnings reflect a $33 million after-tax gain on translation of long-term U.S. dollar denominated debt, comparable to the gain in the second quarter.

Before this specific item, Catalyst posted a net loss in the third quarter of $19.8 million ($0.05 per common share), compared to a net loss before specific items of $25.6 million in the second quarter ($0.06 per common share). Catalyst's third quarter operating loss of $13.0 million compared favorably to $29.7 million ($17.4 million before restructuring) in the preceding quarter. However, sales revenues continue to be eroded by the stronger Canadian dollar and weak paper markets.

Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) for the third quarter were $22.9 million, up significantly from $6.1 million in the second quarter, due primarily to the absence of restructuring costs. Free cash flow was $6.3 million in the third quarter, compared to negative free cash flow of $6.4 million in the preceding quarter. Overall liquidity increased by $16.7 million during the quarter.

"With the exception of pulp, the best that can be said about third quarter markets is that demand decline has slowed down," said President and CEO Richard Garneau. "Looking to the fourth quarter and into 2010, we expect results to come under heavy pressure due to the continued weak markets, uncertainty in pricing recovery, and the negative impact of an escalating Canadian dollar."

To align production with customer orders, curtailments continued at the previous quarter's level, and represented 42 per cent of total capacity. All three paper machines at Elk Falls remained indefinitely idled and the Snowflake recycled paper mill continued to take periodic curtailment. NBSK production at Crofton remained down through the third quarter, although market improvement enabled the re-start of one pulp line on October 5, 2009. Fibre constraints prevented restart of the second line.

Market conditions generally remained weak across all paper grades, due to the slowdown in retail advertising and declining demand for newsprint. Paper prices were down from the previous quarter across all segments. Pulp prices improved, as inventory levels tightened and Chinese demand strengthened.

Further reductions were achieved in operating and fixed costs, and average delivered cash costs per tonne were reduced for speciality printing papers and newsprint. Implementation of measures to achieve lower manufacturing costs continued.

Powell River Energy Inc. (PREI) closed its previously announced refinancing in the third quarter, replacing $75 million of debt with a new $95 million issue of non-recourse first mortgage bonds. PREI is a 50 per cent joint venture between Catalyst and Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund. Catalyst also continues to assess refinancing alternatives for its senior unsecured notes in advance of their 2011 and 2014 maturity dates.

Subsequent to quarter end an extension was granted on the amortization payments for the unfunded liability for the company's defined benefit pension plans. As a result, $8.6 million in cash payments will be deferred over the rest of 2009 and 2010. Catalyst also qualified in October for $18 million in credits under the federal Green Transformation Program, use of which will require capital expenditures on green energy and/or energy efficiency and environmental improvement projects.

On October 16, 2009, the BC Supreme Court dismissed one of four petitions brought by Catalyst to set aside the Class 4 property tax rates in BC municipalities where its mills are located. Catalyst has until November 16 to appeal the decision. A reserve equal to the unpaid property taxes and associated penalties is in place.

There is little indication yet of a sustained recovery in print advertising levels. Specialty printing paper prices are expected to remain weak in the fourth quarter, with further price erosion for directory in 2010. Despite the announced fourth quarter price increases for newsprint, sustained recovery is not expected considering the low operating rates in North America. Similarly, China demand slowdown could temper recent market pulp price increases. High levels of production curtailment and cash flow pressures are expected to continue through year-end and into 2010 as a result of historically low industry operating rates and the recent strength of the Canadian dollar.

Selected Financial Highlights ------------------------------------------------------------------------- (In millions of dollars, except where otherwise stated) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- YTD Q3 Q2 Q1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sales $ 907.4 $ 263.4 $ 291.5 $ 352.5 Operating earnings (loss) (18.5) (13.0) (29.7) 24.2 EBITDA(1) 90.1 22.9 6.1 61.1 - before specific items(1) 106.6 22.9 18.4 65.3 Net earnings (loss) 32.3 13.2 (1.9) 21.0 - before specific items(1) (36.8) (19.8) (25.6) 8.6 EBITDA margin(1) 9.9% 8.7% 2.1% 17.3% - before specific items(1) 11.7% 8.7% 6.3% 18.5% ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net earnings (loss) per share (in dollars) - basic and diluted $ 0.08 $ 0.03 $ (0.01) $ 0.06 - before specific items (in dollars) - basic and diluted(1) (0.09) (0.05) (0.06) 0.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- (In millions of dollars, except where otherwise stated) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL Q4 Q3 Q2 Q1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sales $ 1,849.4 $ 492.2 $ 504.8 $ 452.9 $ 399.5 Operating earnings (loss) (157.4) 11.5 14.0 (153.3) (29.6) EBITDA(1) 159.4 64.7 53.1 29.5 12.1 - before specific items(1) 189.5 65.9 66.2 30.7 26.7 Net earnings (loss) (221.1) (48.5) (10.9) (124.3) (37.4) - before specific items(1) (28.0) 9.3 7.2 (22.7) (21.8) EBITDA margin(1) 8.6% 13.1% 10.5% 6.5% 3.0% - before specific items(1) 10.2% 13.4% 13.1% 6.8% 6.7% ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net earnings (loss) per share (in dollars) - basic and diluted $ (0.66) $ (0.13) $ (0.03) $ (0.34) $ (0.17) - before specific items (in dollars) - basic and diluted(1) (0.08) 0.02 0.02 (0.06) (0.10) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) EBITDA, EBITDA before specific items, EBITDA margin, EBITDA margin before specific items, net earnings (loss) before specific items, and net earnings (loss) per share before specific items are non-GAAP measures. EBITDA margin and EBITDA margin before specific items are defined as EBITDA and EBITDA before specific items as a percentage of sales and adjusted sales, respectively. Refer to Q3 2009 MD&A - Section 8, "Non-GAAP Measures" for further details. Further Quarterly Results Materials

This release, a summary slide presentation, and full quarterly report (MD&A, financial statements and accompanying notes) are available on our web site at http://www.catalystpaper.com/. The full quarterly report is also filed with SEDAR in Canada and EDGAR in the United States.

Catalyst Paper manufactures diverse specialty printing papers, newsprint and pulp. Its customers include retailers, publishers and commercial printers in North America, Latin America, the Pacific Rim and Europe. With six mills strategically located in British Columbia and Arizona, Catalyst has a combined annual production capacity of 2.5 million tonnes. The company is headquartered in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada and its common shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol CTL. Catalyst is listed on the Jantzi Social Index(R) and is also ranked by Corporate Knights as one of the 50 Best Corporate Citizens in Canada.

Richard Garneau, president and CEO and David Smales, vice-president, finance and CFO will hold a conference call on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 11 a.m. ET, 8 a.m. PT to present the company's third-quarter results. Financial analysts and institutional investors are invited to dial 1-800-732-9303 (North America) or 1-416-644-3416 (Toronto / International) reservation number 21310328 followed by the number sign. Media and other interested people may join the live webcast in listen-only mode at http://www.catalystpaper.com/investors/events.

Forward-Looking Statement

Certain matters in this news release, including statements with respect to general economic and market conditions, demand for products, pricing expectations, anticipated cost savings, production volumes, curtailment of operations and potential restructuring of our senior unsecured notes, are forward looking. These forward-looking statements reflect management's current views and are based on certain assumptions including assumptions as to future economic conditions, demand for our products, changes, or lack thereof, in North American production capacity, levels of advertising, product pricing, our ability to achieve operating and labour cost reductions, our ability to restructure our senior unsecured notes on favourable terms and courses of action, as well as other factors management believes are appropriate. Such forward looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in these statements, including those risks and uncertainties identified under the heading "Risks and uncertainties" in Catalyst's management's discussion and analysis contained in Catalyst's third quarter 2009 interim report available at http://www.sedar.com/.

Catalyst Paper Corporation

CONTACT: Investors: David Smales, Vice-President, Finance & CFO, (604)
247-4013; Media: Lyn Brown, Vice-President, Corporate Relations, (604)
247-4713

SeLoger.com: 2009 9-Month Revenues Up by 1.0%

PARIS, November 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

- Classified Ads Increased by 3.8% Real estate market stabilising FY 2009 targets confirmed Record-breaking audience in September 2009 Consolidated sales for the first 9 months stand at EUR54.0m (+1.0%). (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080131/291759 )

(All figures are based on a comparison with the same period in 2008, unless otherwise stated)

Revenues (EUR'000) As at As at Change 30th 30th September September 2009 2008 Classified ads 41.938 40.391 1.547 3.8% - Paris area 20.005 20.094 -90 -0.4% - Regions 21.934 20.297 1.637 +8.1% Online advertising and partnerships 2.650 2.483 167 +6.7% Direct services to internet users 1.021 1.008 13 +1.3% Total classified ads and media 45.609 43.882 1.727 +3.9% Services: agency website design and listing 3.851 4.985 -1.134 -22.7% Real estate software PÃƒÂ©riclÃƒÂ¨s 4.566 4.649 -83 -1.8% TOTAL revenues 54.027 53.515 512 +1.0%

"Along with other sectors of the economy, the real estate market has experienced a crisis unlike any other in recent times, which has heavily affected real estate agents. Since the month of September, transaction levels in old property have stabilised and the drop in transaction prices is slowing down. The 1.0% growth in revenues over the first 9 months of the year 2009 mirrors this market condition, and explains the refocusing of real estate agent communication budgets towards the most efficient Internet supports. Today we are witnessing a point of inflection in the real estate market. For the current financial year, we reiterate our aim to reach the upper range of our estimations," declares Roland Tripard, CEO of the Group SeLoger.com.

The main visibility indicators in terms of Internet traffic remain favourable. In September 2009, the Group reaches for the first time the historic level of 3.0 million monthly unique visitors.

September 09 September 08 Change Number of ads 2,292,000 2,356,000 -3% Number of unique visitors* 3,137,000 2,535,000 24% Number of visits 12,483,000 10,956,000 14% Number of pages Viewed 162,141,000 135,4550,00 20% Source: Google Analytics and * :MediamÃƒÂ©trie // NetRatings

Internet traffic growth is one of the pillars of our development strategy. The number and the quality of visitors to our websites constitute a precondition to winning new clients.

The first effects of launching the new http://www.seloger.com/ website at the end of September are positive. Users have welcomed the new functions of the search engine. In-house tools for internal statistics show a slight increase in the number of pages viewed with hardly any decrease in viewing time despite a more fluid navigation tool. Furthermore, the SeLoger on iPhone application, launched less than two months ago, is approaching the mark of 120 000 downloads. The Group thus confirms its status as a leader in innovation. Prior to generalised access to Internet mobile, the Group assures an increased audience on its portal.

- Classified Ads and Media revenues for the first nine months of 2009 record an increase of 3.9% to EUR45.6m and of 2.7 % on a like-for-like basis (excluding the consolidation of Belles Demeures).

Classified Ads mark an increase of 8.1% in the regions over the whole period and remain stable in the Paris area.

These figures reflect a net loss of 48 clients over the third quarter 2009 (-11 in the Paris area and -47 in the regions) and the stability of the average monthly national basket at EUR332 at the end of September 2009. (EUR413 in the Paris area and EUR286 in the regions). The erosion in the average basket in the Paris area in September 2009 should be analysed with caution since the figure for a single month cannot be representative of the whole year.

Sept-09 June-09 March-09 Dec-08 Sept-08 Paris area Number of customers 4.357 4.368 4.350 4.385 4.521 ARPC in Euros 413 421 417 408 408 Number on points of sales 5.302 5.385 5.296 5.421 5.937 Regions Number of customers 7.571 7.618 7.588 7.644 7.961 ARPC in Euros 286 281 276 277 273 Number on points of sales 10.844 10.996 10.698 10.667 11.850 TOTAL Number of customers 11.928 11.986 11.938 12.029 12.482 ARPC in Euros 332 332 328 325 322 Number on points of sales 16.141 16.381 15.994 16.088 17.787 - On-line Advertising and Partnerships have increased by 6.7% over the period. As announced, this activity expanded during the third quarter 2009 (+37.7%). Within the lack-lustre market of Internet advertising, the Group offers, generally based on efficiency (notably payment per click) continue to attract advertisers. - Website Design and Listing: following a 12-month overhaul of the services billing system, these revenues increased by 5.1% during the third quarter 2009. This inflection illustrates the soundness of the decision taken one year ago. Clients accept to commit themselves to a contract by tacit renewal providing service payments are spread across the total period. - The 1.8% decrease of PÃƒÂ©riclÃƒÂ¨s real estate software is ascribable to the near absence of new real estate agencies, its main source of new clients. Furthermore, the software activity requires a longer sales process than classified ads because it has greater impact on the daily management of agencies. 2009 Year Outlook

Considering the current market conditions, the Group fully confirms its capacity to place itself towards the top level of its 2009 targets, i.e. revenues ranging between EUR70m and EUR73m with Ebitda* of between EUR35m and EUR37m.

Roland Tripard, CEO of the Group SeLoger.com concludes << the real estate market appears to be reaching its lowest point in terms of transaction volumes. Nevertheless, following several months of slight activity, we remain watchful of our client cash positions.

The successful transition to recurrent subscription for most of our services will help to insure future revenues. New products like Flash Agence and Expertise.net are receiving a favourable response; over 5% of PÃƒÂ©riclÃƒÂ¨s clients were subscribers to one of these services in September 2009 against less than 2% in January 2009. The success of our new website, http://www.seloger.com/ and the iPhone application illustrates our determination to win over new audience. I wish to pay tribute to the collective efforts of each person in the Group in successfully conducting different assignments, and I know that this dynamic will be pursued in 2010. I am convinced that we are favourably positioned to benefit from the market recovery".

Consolidated sales for the third quarter 2009 Revenues (EUR'000) Q3-2009 Q3-2008 Change Classified ads 14.320 4.750 -2.9% - Paris area 6.716 7.595 -11.6% - Regions 7.604 7.155 +6.3% Online advertising and Partnerships 1.021 741 +37.7% Direct services to internet users 397 395 +0.5% Total classified ads and Media 15.738 15.887 -0.9% Services: agency website design and listing 1.312 1.248 +5.1% Real estate software PÃƒÂ©riclÃƒÂ¨s 1.501 1.603 -6.3% TOTAL revenues 18.551 18.737 -1.0% Revenues (EUR'000) Q2-2009 Q1-2009 Q2-2008 Q1- 2008 Classified ads 14.034 13.562 13.357 12.271 - Paris area 6.764 6.520 6.488 6.013 - Regions 7.270 7.064 6.870 6.258 Online advertising and Partnerships 878 833 1.015 726 Direct services to internet users 331 294 292 295 Total classified ads and Media 15.243 14.689 14.665 13.292 Services: agency website design and listing 1.280 1.226 1.904 1.832 Real estate software PÃƒÂ©riclÃƒÂ¨s 1.517 1.598 1.562 1.484 TOTAL revenues 18.039 17.513 18.131 16.609

Third quarter 2009 sales show a 1.0% decrease on a consolidated basis with a 11.6% decrease for classified ads in the Paris area. This decrease mainly comes from allocation terms of the revenues or from non recurring items.

Coming event: Fourth Quarter 2009 Sales Figures 27 January 2010 (After market closing) * : Ebitda: Earnings before interests, tax, depreciation and amortization. About SeLoger.com

The SeLoger.com group is France's leading online real estate player, with websites and services aimed at internet users and real estate professionals.

It has become France's benchmark online marketplace for real estate classified ads with several leading sites http://www.seloger.com/, http://www.immostreet.com/, http://www.bellesdemeures.com/ and http://www.agorabiz.com/. The group is also the leading provider in France for real estate transactions software solutions with PÃƒÂ©riclÃƒÂ¨s.

The group gives internet users access to France's most extensive range of classified real estate ads, with more than 2.2 million ads. It also gives real estate professionals the largest platform in the market, with an audience consisting of more than 3.0 million unique visitors spending an average time of more than 20 minutes (source: Mediametrie//Netratings September 2009).

SeLoger.com's business model is based on innovative services dedicated to real estate professionals. The company plans to maintain its growth strategy, which focuses on four main areas:

- continuing to add new estate agent customers, in both Paris and the Regions; - improving its range of products and dedicated services for all types of real estate professionals; - introducing innovative new services for individuals planning a real estate transaction; - making selective acquisitions.

SeLoger.com has been listed on Euronext Paris (compartment B) since 30 November 2006 and is part of the following indexes: SBF 250, CAC SMALL 90, CAT IT and Euronext 100.

ISIN code: FR0010294595

http://www.groupe-seloger.com/

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CONTACT: Investor relations: Laurence BÃƒÂ©gonin Maury, +33-1-53-38-29-00,
Laurence.maury@seloger.com; Corporate communication: Karine Reffet,
Karine.reffet@seloger.com

COMFORCE Corporation Announces Extension of Revolving Credit Facility

WOODBURY, N.Y., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- COMFORCE Corporation (NYSE Amex: CFS), a leading provider of outsourced staffing management services, specialty staffing and consulting services today announced that COMFORCE Operating, Inc., along with its key operating subsidiaries, has entered into an amendment of its revolving credit facility to extend the maturity date from July 2010 to November 2012. PNC Bank is the administrative agent under this facility.

This credit facility continues to provide for a revolving line of credit with available borrowings based, generally, on 87.0% of our eligible accounts receivable. At the Company's request, the maximum availability under the facility was reduced from $110.0 million to $95.0 million. Reflective of current credit markets, the interest rate under the facility was increased, and we expect our cost of borrowings under the facility to increase by about 200 to 250 basis points. We primarily borrow based upon LIBOR and our euro loans will be 275 basis points over LIBOR with a 150 basis point LIBOR floor. In addition, our letter of credit fees increased from 125 basis points to 200 basis points and our unused line fees increased from 25 basis points to 37.5 basis points.

Comments from Management

John Fanning, Chairman and CEO of COMFORCE commented, "We appreciate that PNC and the other participating lenders gave us a vote of confidence by extending our credit facility in a very bad economy and equally tight lending market. While we are now paying higher interest than previously, we think our loan terms are very favorable, particularly in this economic environment."

Mr. Fanning continued, "The confidence our bankers have shown in our management team validates our business plan and financial discipline. I commend our management team for their performance and efforts in obtaining an extension of our credit facility on these terms."

About COMFORCE

COMFORCE Corporation is a leading provider of outsourced staffing management services that enable Fortune 1000 companies and other large employers to consolidate, automate and manage staffing, compliance and oversight processes for their contingent workforces. We also provide specialty staffing, consulting and other outsourcing services to Fortune 1000 companies and other large employers for their healthcare support, technical and engineering, information technology, telecommunications and other staffing needs. We operate in three segments -- Human Capital Management Services, Staff Augmentation and Financial Outsourcing Services. The Human Capital Management Services segment provides consulting services for managing the contingent workforce through its PrOÂ® Unlimited subsidiary. The Staff Augmentation segment provides Healthcare Support Services, including RightSourcingÂ® Vendor Management Services, Technical, Information Technology and Other Staffing Services. The Financial Outsourcing Services segment provides funding and back office support services to independent consulting and staffing companies.

To view the Company's web page visit http://www.comforce.com/.

We have made statements in this release, including the comments from management that are forward-looking statements such as projections of our future financial performance, our anticipated growth strategies and anticipated trends in our business and industry. These statements are only predictions based on our current expectations and projections about future events. Although we believe the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee our future results, particularly in light of the current global economic crisis that has been marked by dramatic and rapid shifts in market conditions and government responses, nor will we undertake any obligation to update any of these statements. Factors which may cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements include the following:

-- unfavorable global, national or local economic conditions that cause our clients to defer hiring contingent workers or reduce spending on the human capital management services and staffing that we provide; -- the current economic crisis has created a tightening of the credit markets coupled with increasing interest rates, which, if these conditions persist or deteriorate, could significantly increase our interest expense; -- in the current economic climate, some state taxing authorities are more strictly interpreting business tax laws and regulations and more aggressively seeking to enforce these laws and regulations to address shortfalls in state tax revenues; -- increases in the effective rates of any payroll-related costs or business taxes that we are unable to pass on to or recover from our clients, particularly in a climate of heightened competitive pressure; -- increases in the costs of complying with the complex federal, state and foreign laws and regulations in which we operate, or our inability to comply with these laws and regulations; -- our inability to collect fees due to the bankruptcy of our clients, including the amount of any wages we have paid to our employees for work performed for these clients; -- our inability to keep pace with rapid changes in technology in our industry; -- potential losses relating to the placement of our employees in other workplaces, including our employees' misuse of client proprietary information, misappropriation of funds, discrimination, harassment, theft of property, accidents, torts or other claims; -- our inability to successfully develop new services or enhance our existing services as the markets in which we compete grow more competitive; -- unfavorable developments in our business may result in the necessity of writing off goodwill in future periods; -- as a result of covenants and restrictions in our credit facility, our inability to use available cash in the manner we believe will maximize stockholder value; -- unfavorable press or analysts' reports concerning our industry or our company could negatively affect the perception investors have of our company and our prospects; or -- any of the other factors described under "Risk Factors" in Item 1A of our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 28, 2008 (copies of which may be accessed through http://www.sec.gov/ or http://www.comforce.com/).

COMFORCE Corporation

CONTACT: Bob Ende, Senior Vice President - Finance, COMFORCE
Corporation, +1-516-437-3300, bende@comforce.com; or at Financial Relations
Board, General Info: Marilynn Meek, +1-212-827-3773

Web Site: http://www.comforce.com/

ClearOne Acquires NetStreams- NetStreams Brings ClearOne Audio and Video IP-based Network Solutions -

SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ClearOne , the leading global provider of audio conferencing solutions today announced it has acquired NetStreams, Inc.

NetStreams is the global leader in digital media networks based on Internet Protocol (IP) technology that is used in a wide variety of applications, including digital signage, corporate video distribution, network operations centers and government facilities, and large venues in such industries as hospitality, entertainment and casinos. NetStreams' digital streaming media and control systems support virtually any number of digital or analog sources, including high definition audio and video content to nearly an unlimited number of networked endpoints.

Under the terms of the transaction, ClearOne paid approximately $2 million in cash and assumed approximately $2 million of long-term debt. In addition, ClearOne will also make earn out payments over the next two years based on achievement of certain performance criteria.

Headquartered in Austin, Texas, privately-held NetStreams has approximately 20 employees and will continue to operate from its current location. NetStreams' 2009 revenues are anticipated to be in excess of $5 million. ClearOne reported revenues of $35.7 million for its fiscal year ended June 30, 2009.

"The transaction represents a perfect fit for both companies, bringing complementary products and sales channels to both organizations," said Zee Hakimoglu, president and chief executive officer of ClearOne. "The combination will change the game by enabling us to provide a comprehensive high definition audio and video solution to deliver the true promise of audiovisual and IT convergence. We welcome NetStreams, their partners and customers to the ClearOne family."

Kevin Reinis, formerly the president and chief executive officer of NetStreams, said, "Both companies have earned stellar reputations for providing the most compelling and complete product solutions in the broad market we both serve. As the global market increasingly embraces the benefits of distributing audio, video and data content efficiently through Internet Protocol technology, the combined company will be an even more powerful industry force."

About NetStreams

Founded in 2002, NetStreams delivers the Ultimate IP A/V Experience by distributing high definition audio and video over TCP/IP networks. NetStreams' products, designed for commercial and residential use, offer unprecedented levels of performance, functionality, simplicity, reliability, and expandability. By combining audio/video content, meta-data and control signals into one stream and incorporating industry standards, NetStreams solutions are a smart investment. NetStreams is enabling the future of IP A/V - today. For additional information on NetStreams and its innovative products, please visit http://www.netstreams.com/.

About ClearOne

ClearOne is a communications solutions company that develops and sells audio conferencing systems and other related products for audio, video, and web conferencing applications. The reliability, flexibility, and performance of ClearOne's comprehensive solutions create a natural communications environment, which saves organizations time and money by enabling more effective and efficient communication. For more information, visit ClearOne's website at http://www.clearone.com/.

This release contains "forward-looking" statements that are based on present circumstances and on ClearOne's predictions with respect to events that have not occurred, that may not occur, or that may occur with different consequences and timing than those now assumed or anticipated. Such forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the company's ability to successfully commercialize newer products and enter new markets, are not guarantees of future performance or results and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from the events or results described in the forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are made only as of the date of this release and ClearOne assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances. Readers should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.

http://www.b2i.us/irpass.asp?BzID=509&to=ea&s=0 Contact: ClearOne Communications, Inc. Investor Relations (801) 303-3555

ClearOne

CONTACT: ClearOne Communications, Inc., Investor Relations,
+1-801-303-3555

Web Site: http://www.clearone.com/

RMT Establishes Relationship With EnVise LLCCompanies to conduct first joint energy management project

MADISON, Wis., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- RMT, Inc. (RMT), a leading energy and environment company, has joined forces with EnVise LLC to provide industrial companies with comprehensive, cost-effective energy management solutions. The two companies recently signed the first joint contract to develop an energy and greenhouse gas management strategy to help a leading packaging company meet its commitment to supply sustainable paper and packaging solutions and convert its energy issues into opportunities. The project's anticipated completion is the end of 2009.

"Climate change has created an even stronger tie between energy and the environment," said Sarah Burton, RMT's Director of Sustainable Business Services. "Working with EnVise allows RMT to better provide energy solutions that improve our clients' environmental footprint (including carbon) and create balance between growing energy, environmental, and financial demands."

"We share a number of industrial clients with RMT," said John Steinhoff, Principal for EnVise LLC. "This partnership helps our combined client base make the best decisions to maximize the benefits from their energy spend."

EnVise has a strong history of working in the energy arena with industrial applications. The company's core services include:

-- Comprehensive strategic energy planning, including evaluating long-term supply and demand-side options -- Energy procurement services, including risk management, rate optimization, and negotiation -- Engineering services, including facility assessments, process optimization, infrastructure planning, and cogeneration analysis -- LEEDÂ® reviews and certification

"EnVise offers a set of tools for managing energy risks and opportunities at the strategic level," Burton continued, "and RMT can tie those to overarching sustainability strategy and objectives. Together, both firms will drive tactical implementation to improve our clients' environmental and financial performance."

About RMT

RMT creates energy and environmental solutions that balance our clients' business and sustainability goals. Headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, the company has over 900 employees located in offices throughout the US and UK. RMT has provided construction, engineering, design, and development services for over 3,400 MW of renewable energy across the US. RMT is a unit of Alliant Energy Corporation , an energy holding company. Visit http://www.rmtinc.com/.

RMT, Inc.

CONTACT: Patrick Toner, Communications Manager of RMT, Inc.,
+1-608-662-5197, pat.toner@rmtinc.com

Web Site: http://www.rmtinc.com/

Advanced Photonix to Hold Conference Call to Discuss 2010 Second Quarter Results

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Advanced Photonix, Inc.Â® (NYSE AMEX: API) will hold a conference call to discuss the Company's results for the second quarter of 2010 ending September 30, 2009 on Monday, November 9, 2009 at 4:30 p.m. ET. Participating in the call will be Richard Kurtz, Chairman and CEO, and Rob Risser, CFO.

Participants can dial into the conference call at 888.713.4217 (617.213.4869 for international) using the passcode 82275901. A question and answer period will take place at the end of the discussion. The second quarter results will be announced after the close of the market on the same day.

Participants may pre-register for the call at http://phx.corporate-ir.net/playerlink.zhtml?c=99458&s=wm&e=2519387.

Pre-registrants will be issued a pin number to use when dialing into the live call which will provide quick access to the conference by bypassing the operator upon connection.

The call will be webcast live by CCBN and can be accessed at Advanced Photonix's web site at

http://investor.advancedphotonix.com/ or at http://www.earnings.com/.

An audio replay of the call will be available shortly thereafter the same day and will remain on-line for two weeks. The replay number is 888-286-8010 (617-801-6888 for international) using passcode 37880498.

For further information, please email investor relations at ir@advancedphotonix.com, or Cameron Donahue, Hayden IR, at cameron@haydenir.com.

About Advanced Photonix, Inc.

Advanced Photonix, Inc.Â® is a leading supplier of opto-electronic solutions and Terahertz instrumentation to a global OEM customer base. Products include the patented High speed optical receivers in APD and PIN configurations and silicon Large Area Avalanche Photodiode (LAAPD), PIN photodiode and FILTRODEÂ® detectors. More information on Advanced Photonix can be found at http://www.advancedphotonix.com/.

Contact: Richard Kurtz, Advanced Photonix, Inc. (734) 864-5600 Cameron Donahue, Hayden IR (651) 653-1854; cameron@haydenir.com

Advanced Photonix, Inc.

CONTACT: Richard Kurtz of Advanced Photonix, Inc., +1-734-864-5600; or
Cameron Donahue of Hayden IR, +1-651-653-1854, cameron@haydenir.com, for
Advanced Photonix, Inc.

Web Site: http://www.advancedphotonix.com/

Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. Announces Conference Call for the Third Quarter of 2009 Financial Results

HOUSTON, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. will hold a conference call to discuss 2009 third quarter financial results on Monday, November 9, 2009 at 1:00 PM Central Standard Time. Carrizo plans to issue an earnings press release at approximately 10:00 AM CST on Monday, November 9, 2009.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030523/CRZOLOGO) Date & Time: Monday, November 9 at 1:00 PM Central Standard Time Dial-In Number: (800) 925-3017 (U.S. & Canada) (212) 231-2903 (Intl./Local) Telephone Replay Number: (800) 633-8284 (U.S. & Canada) (402) 977-9140 (Intl./Local) Enter Replay Reservation #: 21441265 for U.S., Canadian and International callers. Replay available through Monday, November 16, 2009 at 11:59 AM Central Standard Time.

A simultaneous webcast of the call may be accessed over the internet at: http://www.investorcalendar.com/IC/CEPage.asp?ID=151431 or by visiting our website at http://www.crzo.net/ clicking on "Investor Relations" and then clicking on "2009 Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call Webcast". To listen, please go to either website in time to register and install any necessary software. The webcast will be archived for replay on the Carrizo website for 15 days.

Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. is a Houston-based energy company actively engaged in the exploration, development, exploitation, and production of oil and natural gas primarily in the Barnett Shale in North Texas, the Marcellus Shale in Appalachia, and in proven onshore trends along the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast regions. Carrizo controls significant prospective acreage blocks and utilizes advanced 3-D seismic techniques to identify potential oil and gas reserves and drilling opportunities. Carrizo also controls large acreage positions in other productive shale resource plays.

Contact: Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. Richard Hunter, Vice President of Investor Relations Paul F. Boling, Chief Financial Officer (713) 328-1000

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PRN Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.com Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.

CONTACT: Richard Hunter, Vice President of Investor Relations, or Paul
F. Boling, Chief Financial Officer, both of Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.,
+1-713-328-1000

Web Site: http://www.crzo.net/
http://www.investorcalendar.com/IC/CEPage.asp?ID=151431

IceWEB Enters Agreement With ExxonMobil Global Services for Upstream ServicesIceWEB to Provide Standard Procurement Agreement for Geographic Information Systems

STERLING, Va., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IceWEB, Inc.(TM) (OTC Bulletin Board: IWEB), http://www.iceweb.com/, a leading provider of purpose built appliances and building blocks for cloud storage networks, announced today that the Company has entered into a Standard Procurement Agreement (SPA) with ExxonMobil Global Services Company, an operating division of ExxonMobil, the largest publicly traded international oil and gas company. The agreement for upstream services from IceWEB is for both the design of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and to provide GIS technical staff including Consultants, Project Managers, Senior GIS System/Software Architects, GIS Software Developers, Engineers, Data Base Analysts, and Senior Storage Engineering staff.

John R. Signorello, CEO of IceWEB said, "Land exploration in the oil and gas sector requires the ability to put detailed imagery in the hands of those who need it regardless of where they may be. With this agreement ExxonMobil will leverage IceWEB expertise to work on building new infrastructure to accomplish that task. We are very pleased to be able to make our resources available to ExxonMobil for this important project."

About IceWEB, Inc.

Headquartered just outside of Washington, D.C., IceWEB manufactures and markets purpose built appliances, network and cloud attached storage solutions and delivers on-line cloud computing application services. Its customer base includes U.S. government agencies, enterprise companies, and small to medium sized businesses (SMB). For more information, please visit http://www.iceweb.com/.

This press release may contain forward-looking statements, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases you can identify those so-called "forward looking statements" by words such as "may," "will," "should," "expects," "plans," "targets," "believes," "anticipates," "estimates," "predicts," "potential," or "continue" or the negative of those words and other comparable words. These forward looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, product tests, commercialization risks, availability of financing and results of financing efforts that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical results or those anticipated. Further information regarding these and other risks is described from time to time in the Company's filings with the SEC, which are available on its website at: http://www.sec.gov/. We assume no obligation to update or alter our forward-looking statements made in this release or in any periodic report filed by us under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any other document, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as otherwise required by applicable federal securities laws.

Contact: IceWEB, Inc. Investor Relations, 571.287.2400 investor@iceweb.com

IceWEB, Inc.

CONTACT: IceWEB, Inc., Investor Relations, +1-571-287-2400,
investor@iceweb.com

Web Site: http://www.iceweb.com/

SeLoger.com: Chiffre d'affaires 9 mois 2009 en hausse de 1,0 %

PARIS, November 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Les Petites Annonces progressent de 3,8 %

- Vers une stabilisation du marché immobilier

- Confirmation des objectifs annuels 2009

- Audience record en septembre 2009

Le chiffre d'affaires consolidé des 9 premiers mois 2009 s'établit à 54,0 MEUR (+ 1,0 %).

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080131/291759 )

(Toutes les variations se rapportent à la mÃªme période de l'année 2008, sauf indication contraire).

Chiffre d'affaires consolidé cumulé 2009 2008 Variation à fin septembre (KEUR) Petites Annonces 41,938 40,391 1,547 +3.8% -dont Ile-De-France 20,005 20,094 -90 -0.4% -dont Province 21,934 20,297 1,637 +8.1% Publicité en ligne et partenariats 2,650 2,483 167 +6.7% Services directs aux internautes 1,021 1,008 13 +1.3% TOTAL Petites annonces et média 45,609 43,882 1,727 +3.9% Services : sites agences et référencements 3,851 4,985 -1,134 -22.7% Logiciels immobiliers Périclès 4,566 4,649 -83 -1.8% TOTAL chiffre d'affaires 54,027 53,515 512 +1.0%

<< Comme d'autres secteurs de l'économie, le marché immobilier a connu une crise sans précédent récent qui impacte lourdement les agents immobiliers. Depuis le mois de septembre, le niveau des transactions dans l'ancien se stabilise et la baisse des prix de transaction ralentit. La croissance de 1,0 % de notre chiffre d'affaires sur les 9 premiers mois de l'année 2009 reflète cette situation de marché mais traduit aussi le recentrage des budgets communication des agents immobiliers vers les supports Internet les plus efficaces. Nous voyons aujourd'hui le point d'inflexion du marché de l'immobilier. Pour l'exercice en cours, nous confirmons pleinement notre objectif d'atteindre la partie haute de nos estimations >> déclare Roland Tripard, Directeur général du Groupe SeLoger.com.

Les principaux indicateurs de visibilité en termes de trafic Internet restent orientés à la hausse : en septembre 2009, le Groupe franchit pour la première fois le seuil historique de 3 millions de visiteurs uniques.

Sep-09 Sep-08 Variation Nombre de petites annonces 2,292,000 2,356,000 -3% Nombre de visiteurs uniques * 3,137,000 2,535,000 24% Nombre de visites 12,483,000 10,956,000 14% Nombre de pages vues 162,141,000 135,455,000 20%

Source : Google Analytics et * :Mediamétrie // NetRatings.

La progression du trafic représente un des piliers de la stratégie de développement, Le nombre et la qualité des visiteurs sur nos sites constituent le préalable à la conquÃªte de nouveaux clients.

Les premières retombées du lancement du nouveau site http://www.seloger.com fin septembre sont positives. Les utilisateurs plébiscitent les nouvelles fonctionnalités du moteur de recherche. Nos outils de mesure internes affichent une légère augmentation du nombre de pages vues avec pratiquement aucune baisse du temps passé malgré un parcours de navigation plus fluide. Par ailleurs, l'application SeLoger sur iPhone, lancée il y a moins de deux mois, approche les 120 000 téléchargements. Le Groupe confirme ainsi son statut de leader en matière d'innovation. En anticipant la généralisation de l'accès à Internet mobile, le Groupe s'assure une audience accrue sur son portail.

- Le chiffre d'affaires des neuf premiers mois 2009 des Petites Annonces et Média enregistre une hausse de 3,9 % à 45,6 MEUR et de 2,7 % à périmètre comparable (hors intégration de Belles Demeures).

Les Petites Annonces enregistrent une progression de 8,1 % en province sur l'ensemble de la période et demeurent stable en Ile de France.

Ces chiffres reflètent la perte nette de 48 clients sur le seul troisième trimestre 2009 (-11 en Ile de France et -47 en Province) et la stabilité du panier moyen mensuel au niveau national à 332EUR fin septembre 2009 (413 EUR en Ile de France et 286 EUR en province). L'érosion du panier moyen en Ile de France en septembre 2009 doit Ãªtre analysée avec prudence car une mesure mensuelle ne peut Ãªtre représentative de l'ensemble de l'année.

Sep-09 Jun-09 Mar-09 Dec-08 Sep-08 Ile de France Nombre de clients 4,357 4,368 4,350 4,385 4,521 Panier moyen en euros 413 421 417 408 408 Nombre de points de vente 5,302 5,385 5,296 5,421 5,937 Province Nombre de clients 7,571 7,618 7,588 7,644 7,961 Panier moyen en euros 286 281 276 277 273 Nombre de points de vente 10,844 10,996 10,698 10,667 11,850 TOTAL Nombre de clients 11,928 11,986 11,938 12,029 12,482 Panier moyen en euros 332 332 328 325 322 Nombre de points de vente 16,146 16,381 15,994 16,088 17,787

- La Publicité en ligne et partenariats progresse de 6,7 % sur la période. Comme annoncé, l'activité connait une forte croissance sur le troisième trimestre 2009 (+37,7 %). Dans un marché morose de la publicité sur Internet, les offres du Groupe largement basées sur l'efficacité (paiement au clic notamment) continuent à séduire les annonceurs.

- La création et le référencement de sites agences : après 12 mois de profonde refonte du schéma de facturation des prestations, cette activité voit son chiffre d'affaires progresser de 5,1 % au troisième trimestre 2009. Cette hausse traduit le bien-fondé de la décision prise il y a un an. Les clients acceptent de s'engager pour une tacite reconduction de leur contrat si le paiement des prestations est étalé sur l'ensemble de la période.

- Le recul de 1,8 % des logiciels immobiliers Périclès provient de la quasi-absence de création de nouvelles agences immobilières, principal vivier de nouveaux clients de Périclès. Par ailleurs, ce logiciel présente un processus de vente plus long que celui la petite annonce car il est plus structurant pour la gestion quotidienne de l'agence.

Perspectives annuelles 2009

Compte tenu des conditions actuelles de marché, le Groupe confirme pleinement sa capacité à se situer vers la borne haute de ses objectifs 2009, à savoir un chiffre d'affaires compris entre 70 MEUR et 73 MEUR permettant de dégager un Ebitda* entre 35 MEUR et 37 MEUR.

Roland Tripard, Directeur général du Groupe SeLoger.com conclut : << Le marché immobilier semble atteindre son point bas en terme de nombre de transactions. Toutefois, après plusieurs mois de faible activité, nous restons attentifs à la situation de trésorerie de nos clients.

Le passage réussi sous forme d'abonnement récurrent de la quasi-totalité de nos services contribue à pérenniser nos revenus. Les nouveaux produits comme Flash Agence et Expertise.net reçoivent un accueil favorable : plus de 5 % des clients Périclès étaient abonnés à un de ces services en septembre 2009 contre moins de 2 % en janvier 2009. Les succès rencontrés par le nouveau site http://www.seloger.com et l'application iPhone répondent à notre volonté de développement de l'audience. Je tiens à saluer l'effort collectif de chacun au sein du Groupe pour mener à bien ces différents chantiers et je sais que cette dynamique ne manquera pas de se poursuivre en 2010. Je suis convaincu que nous nous sommes positionnés à la meilleure place pour bénéficier de la reprise du marché. >>

Chiffre d'affaires consolidé troisième trimestre 2009

Chiffre d'affaires consolidé (KEUR) T3-2009 T3-2008 Variation Petites Annonces 14,320 14,750 -2.9% -dont Ile-De-France 6,716 7,595 -11.6% -dont Province 7,604 7,155 +6.3% Publicité en ligne et partenariats 1,021 741 +37.7% Services directs aux internautes 397 395 +0.5% TOTAL Petites annonces et média 15,738 15,887 -0.9% Services : sites agences et référencements 1,312 1,248 +5.1% Logiciels immobiliers Périclès 1,501 1,603 -6.3% TOTAL chiffre d'affaires 18,551 18,737 -1.0% Chiffre d'affaires consolidé (KEUR) T2-2009 T1-09 T2-2008 T1-08 Petites Annonces 14,034 13,584 13,357 12,271 -dont Ile-De-France 6,764 6,520 6,488 6,013 -dont Province 7,270 7,064 6,870 6,258 Publicité en ligne et partenariats 878 751 1,015 726 Services directs aux internautes 331 293 292 295 TOTAL Petites annonces et média 15,243 14,628 14,665 13,292 Services : sites agences et référencements 1,280 1,260 1,904 1,832 Logiciels immobiliers Périclès 1,517 1,548 1,562 1,484 TOTAL chiffre d'affaires 18,039 17,436 18,131 16,609

Le chiffre d'affaires du troisième trimestre 2009 affiche un repli de 1,0 % au niveau consolidé et de 11,6 % pour les Petites Annonces en Ile de France. Cette baisse provient essentiellement des modalités de l'affectation du chiffre d'affaires ou d'éléments non récurrents.

Prochain rendez-vous :

Chiffre d'affaires quatrième trimestre 2009

27 janvier 2010 (après la séance de Bourse)

* : EBITDA : résultat opérationnel courant après prise en compte du plan d'attribution de stocks options et d'actions gratuites et avant amortissements et provisions.

A propos de Seloger.com

Numéro un de l'immobilier sur Internet en France, le groupe SeLoger.com est éditeur de sites et services Internet au profit des internautes et des professionnels de l'immobilier.

Le Groupe s'est imposé comme la place de marché de référence pour les petites annonces immobilières en ligne avec plusieurs sites leaders : http://www.seloger.com, http://www.immostreet.com, http://www.bellesdemeures.com et http://www.agorabiz.com et comme le fournisseur numéro un de solutions logicielles de transaction immobilière pour les professionnels avec Périclès.

Le Groupe met à disposition des internautes l'offre de petites annonces immobilières la plus étendue avec plus de 2,2 millions d'annonces, et assure aux professionnels de l'immobilier la visibilité la plus large avec une audience de plus de 3,0 millions de visiteurs uniques et plus de 20 minutes de temps passé par visiteur unique (Mediametrie//Netratings, septembre 2009).

En se fondant sur un modèle d'offre de services innovants dédiés à la profession immobilière. SeLoger.com entend poursuivre sa stratégie de croissance, articulée autour de quatre axes :

- poursuivre la conquÃªte de nouveaux clients agents immobiliers, tant en Ile-de-France qu'en province,

- étendre son offre de produits et services ciblés aux différentes catégories de professionnels de l'immobilier,

- offrir de nouveaux services innovants dédiés aux particuliers ayant un projet immobilier,

- appliquer une politique de croissance externe sélective.

SeLoger.com est cotée sur Euronext Paris (compartiment B) depuis le 30 novembre 2006 et fait partie des indices SBF 250, CAC SMALL 90, CAT IT et Euronext 100.

Code ISIN : FR0010294595

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Contacts SeLoger.com, Relations, Laurence Bégonin Maury, investisseurs : +33(0)1-53-38-29-00, Laurence.maury@seloger.com; Communication groupe : Karine Reffet, Karine.reffet@seloger.com