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      <title>L-3 Names Deputy General Counsel</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:32:57 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...M. Reilly to the position of vice president and deputy general counsel. Reilly currently practices in the areas of corporate &lt;b&gt;acquisitions&lt;/b&gt; and divestitures, complex commercial transactions, litigation management and general corporate matters. In his new position, Reilly will continue those functions ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <title>Maverick Technologies Buys Program4 Engineering Assets</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:32:54 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...of Program4 Engineering, a regional solution provider of manufacturing automation and plant process information systems solutions. Maverick said that the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; will provide immediate opportunities for growth in the food and beverage, confectionery and pharmaceutical industries, focused in the Mid-Atlantic ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>KAI Pharmaceuticals Buys Patents from Progen</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:32:48 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...03, 2009 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- KAI Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately held drug discovery and development company, announced the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of an extensive collection of issued and pending patents from Progen Pharmaceuticals, a globally focused biotechnology company. KAI said the ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>IDT Finalizes Acquisition of Tundra Semiconductor</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:32:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...IDT Finalizes &lt;b&gt;Acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Tundra Semiconductor TMCNet: IDT Finalizes &lt;b&gt;Acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Tundra Semiconductor [July 03, 2009] IDT Finalizes &lt;b&gt;Acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Tundra Semiconductor Jul ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>First Marblehead and Union Federal sign agreement and order with OTS</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:32:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...its balance sheet than was projected in the business plan approved by the OTS in connection with First Marblehead's &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of the bank in late 2006. Daniel Meyers, CEO of First Marblehead, said: &amp;quot;We have been working diligently on addressing ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <title>Kavveri Telecom Products acquires Trackcom Systems International</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:02:22 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and infrastructure suppliers. Kavveri Telecom is an India-based manufacturer of telecom products. Deal Type &lt;b&gt;Acquisition&lt;/b&gt; Sub-Category Majority &lt;b&gt;Acquisition&lt;/b&gt; Deal Status Completed: 2009-07-02 Deal Participants Target (Company) Trackcom Systems International, Inc. Acquirer (Company ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>Hewitt Associates acquires remaining shares of BodeHewitt</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:02:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...and benefits consulting services. It will operate as Hewitt's German Retirement and Financial Management (RFM) consulting practice. Deal Type &lt;b&gt;Acquisition&lt;/b&gt; Sub-Category Majority &lt;b&gt;Acquisition&lt;/b&gt; Deal Status Completed: 2009-07-02 Deal Participants Target (Company) BodeHewitt AG &amp;amp; Co., KG Acquirer (Company ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>OVH to acquire STRATO from freenet</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:02:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...in Germany. Reportedly, United Internet AG has also shown interest to acquire STRATO. Deal Value (US$ Million) 336 Deal Type &lt;b&gt;Acquisition&lt;/b&gt; Sub-Category Majority &lt;b&gt;Acquisition&lt;/b&gt; Deal Status Announced: 2009-06-29 Deal Participants Target (Company) STRATO AG Acquirer (Company) OVH Vendor ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>Bell Canada acquires The Source by Circuit City from Circuit City Stores</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:32:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...wireline and wireless communications services, Internet access, data services, and video services to residential and business customers, has completed the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of The Source by Circuit City (TSCC) from Circuit City Stores, Inc. Both Bell and TSCC are based in Canada ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <title>Iowa Telecommunications acquires assets of Sherburne Tele Systems</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:32:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...acquired assets will include Sherburne's ILEC services and CLEC services of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Northstar Access. Following the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt;, Iowa Telecommunications will hold 66% stake in SHAL Networks, Inc., a fiber carrier company, and SHAL, LLC. To fund the ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>Emdeon acquires eRx Network</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:32:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...with eRx's expanding customer base, reputation for product innovation, customer support and advanced pharmacy switching technology. Terms of the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; were not disclosed. In connection with the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt;, Emdeon, PDX, Inc. and eRx entered into a long term extension and ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>Xterprise Announces Partnership with Packaging Logistics Services Leveraging Industry Leading Clarity Reusable Transport Item (RTI) Application</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...the item's lifecycle. In real-world implementations, Clarity RTI has helped organizations increase reusable asset utilization by 40%, reduce &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; costs by 30%, lower operating costs by 25% and improve transactional accuracy by 75% or more. Those types of gains ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>BUYINS.NET: QRCP and PRXI Expected To Be Lower After Earnings Release on Monday</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:32:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...lets you see if a pattern exists. Quest Resource Corporation (NASDAQ: QRCP), an integrated independent energy company, engages in the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt;, exploration, development, gathering, production, and transportation of oil and natural gas in the United States. It operates in two segments ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <title>Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:32:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...Formations of, &lt;b&gt;Acquisitions&lt;/b&gt; by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies TMCNet: Formations of, &lt;b&gt;Acquisitions&lt;/b&gt; by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies [July 03 ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>Finish Line Announces That It Has Closed the Man Alive Transaction</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:32:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...Nasdaq: FINL), the Indianapolis-based specialty athletic retailer, today announced that the Company has closed its transaction with Man Alive &lt;b&gt;Acquisitions&lt;/b&gt;, LLC (&amp;quot;MA&amp;quot;), an entity controlled by Jimmy Khezrie, the owner and operator of Jimmy Jazz stores. Finish Line had previously ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>Hyland Software acquires Valco Data Systems</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:02:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...developer of enterprise content management solutions, has acquired privately held Valco Data Systems, a provider of document management solutions. The &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; is expected to enable the document management provider to serve a broader range of healthcare organizations. Terms of the transaction ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>Leoni Buys American Robotics Specialist Valentine Robotics</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:55:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...sector and other industries, has taken over the US company Valentine Robotics in full effective 1 July 2009. With its &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of this robotics specialist, Leoni is further expanding its portfolio in the field of innovative, integrated system solutions with a ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <title>Caller-ID Spoofing Service Launches New Social Media Campaign at 2009 Essence Music Festival and Taste of Chicago</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:32:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...but not limited to, the impact of competitive products, the ability to meet customer demand, the ability to manage growth, &lt;b&gt;acquisitions&lt;/b&gt; of technology, equipment, or human resources, the effect of economic business conditions, and the ability to attract and retain skilled ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>Bell Canada Enterprises: Bell completes acquisition of The Source and its 750 retail locations across Canada</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:02:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...Bell Canada Enterprises: Bell completes &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of The Source and its 750 retail locations across Canada TMCNet: Bell Canada Enterprises: Bell completes &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of The Source ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>Bell Canada Enterprises: Bell Mobility completes acquisition of Virgin Mobile Canada</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:02:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...Bell Canada Enterprises: Bell Mobility completes &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Virgin Mobile Canada TMCNet: Bell Canada Enterprises: Bell Mobility completes &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Virgin Mobile Canada [July 03, 2009] Bell ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>Sagem Communications completes the acquisition of the Broadband and WiMAX business of Gigaset Communications</title>
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      <description>...Sagem Communications completes the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of the Broadband and WiMAX business of Gigaset Communications TMCNet: Sagem Communications completes the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of the Broadband and WiMAX ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <title>Sagem Communications: Sagem Communications completes the acquisition of the Broadband and WiMAX business of Gigaset Communications</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:02:26 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...Sagem Communications: Sagem Communications completes the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of the Broadband and WiMAX business of Gigaset Communications TMCNet: Sagem Communications: Sagem Communications completes the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of the Broadband ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>Objective Corporation: Objective selected for contract worth GBP4.6m with Welsh Assembly Government</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:02:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...term development strategy and represents a sound investment for our future,&amp;quot; said Dr Jewell. Tony Walls said: &amp;quot;Following our recent &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Limehouse Software and the signing of a strategic agreement with the UK Central Office of Information, our contract with ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:00:30 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...term development strategy and represents a sound investment for our future,&amp;quot; said Dr Jewell. Tony Walls said: &amp;quot;Following our recent &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Limehouse Software and the signing of a strategic agreement with the UK Central Office of Information, our contract with ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:45:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...innovative technologies and Squiz is the right partner now to bring their offering to the world stage. I see this &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; as a tremendous opportunity for both Australian companies,' Mr Rodrigues says. Funnelback's flagship product, Funnelback Enterprise, is an integrated ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <title>Iowa Telecom acquires New Ulm's minority interests in SHAL and En-Tel for USD1.7m</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:32:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...of the outstanding equity in the SHAL entities and substantially all of En-Tel Communications. This is reportedly the fourth &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; Iowa Telecom has announced in Minnesota over the past 18-months, following Bishop Communications, Sherburne Tele Systems and WH Comm ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>'Gigaset completes broadband business sale to Sagem'</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:32:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...focus on its core business of making DECT phones under licence from Siemens. Sagem Communications president Patrick Sevian said the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Gigaset's broadband activities would allow it to further expand its market position. Distributed for DMeurope.com via M2 ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>XpressPrint Named Official Printer and Sponsor of the Huntington Beach 4th of July Celebration</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:32:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...print provider, specializing in commercial offset, digital, &amp;amp; large format printing. The company's services include graphic design, printing, mailing list &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; and direct mail services. For more information, call toll-free (866) 218-2088 or visit www.xpressprint-online.com. SOURCE ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>'France Telecom sells Alapage website to Rue Du Commerce'</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:02:30 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...the takeover gave it France's third largest e-commerce audience (8 million unique visitors per month), including its recent &lt;b&gt;acquisitions&lt;/b&gt; of TopAchat.com and Clust.com. Rue Du Commerce will put into place a dedicated team to integrate Alapage and ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <title>ACS acquires pharmacy audit provider Pharm/DUR</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:32:22 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...and specifically developed algorithms to identify potential errors for review. ACS entered the pharmacy audit business in 2004 with the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Heritage Information Systems and already provides services to 30 pharmacy programs in 27 states and the District of Columbia ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>VanceInfo Announces Acquisition of Hong Kong-based CRM Solution and Service Provider</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:32:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...VanceInfo Announces &lt;b&gt;Acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Hong Kong-based CRM Solution and Service Provider TMCNet: VanceInfo Announces &lt;b&gt;Acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Hong Kong-based CRM Solution and ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:11:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...order to exploit manganese deposits in Thailand. PHI GROUP INC. (OTCBB: PHIE) (FRANKFURT: PR7), a company engaged in mergers and &lt;b&gt;acquisitions&lt;/b&gt;, real estate development, mining, and investing in special situations (www.phiglobal.com), currently owns approximately 83% of PHI Mining Group ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>SeaZone marine mapping helps government protect the UK coast and seas</title>
      <link>http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2009/07/03/4256621.htm</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:11:09 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...data product, SeaZone HydroSpatial, the first 'off the shelf' authoritative digital marine map. SeaZone's knowledge of marine science, data &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; and use, with expertise in geographic information systems (GIS) and data management, provides customers with innovative solutions that address their ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:56:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...Company is led by a strong and experienced management team focused on continuing to grow its core business through sound &lt;b&gt;acquisitions&lt;/b&gt; of products and processes, as well as through related business ventures in which the Company can build and maximize stockholder ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>Research and Markets: Fragile Networks: Identifying Vulnerabilities and Synergies in an Uncertain World</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:32:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...unified treatment of the vulnerabilities that exist in real-world network systems?*&amp;quot;with tools to identify synergies for mergers and &lt;b&gt;acquisitions&lt;/b&gt; Fragile Networks: Identifying Vulnerabilities and Synergies in an Uncertain World presents a comprehensive study of network systems and the roles ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:11:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...LSTR) Landstar System, Inc., a safety-first non-asset based provider of transportation capacity and logistics services, today announced the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of two supply chain transportation integration companies, Premier Logistics, Inc. (Premier) and A3 Integration LLC (A3i). &amp;quot;Today is a very ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>Nokia #1 Choice for Mobile Navigation in Europe and Russia</title>
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      <description>...With a target of enabling a majority of its new devices with the GPS feature by 2010, coupled with the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of mapping and software companies like NAVTEQ and gate5, the company is clearly building a strong presence in the mobile ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <title>Toolsnow.com Announces Expanding Homelite Product Line and Benefits to Consumers</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:15:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...expanding their Homelite product line and passing on the benefits and savings to consumers. To kick off the new product &lt;b&gt;acquisitions&lt;/b&gt;, consumers can take advantage of the special Independence weekend discounts on select Homelite products and all other products. Springhill, Kansas ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <title>Funnelback Search Company Acquired by Squiz</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:14:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...help Funnelback become a global brand&amp;quot;, said Mr. Beil. A new Board will be established as a result of this &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt;. It will include Funnelback's Managing Director, Mr. Brett Matson, Funnelback's Executive Director, Mr. Stuart Beil as well as ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...service provider. Ericsson's offering in the areas of fixed broadband access and converged networks was significantly strengthened by the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Entrisphere in 2007, adding a market-leading GPON platform as a complement to the existing fiber P2P solutions. Both ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:25:17 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:23:32 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...market opportunities available to them. - Compare your company&amp;#8217;s financial trends with those of your peers / competitors. - Scout for potential &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; targets, with detailed insight into the companies&amp;#8217; strategic, financial and operational performance. To know more about this report kindly visit ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:22:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...market opportunities available to them. - Compare your company&amp;#8217;s financial trends with those of your peers / competitors. - Scout for potential &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; targets, with detailed insight into the companies&amp;#8217; strategic, financial and operational performance. To know more about this report kindly visit ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:21:57 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:21:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...market opportunities available to them. Compare your company&amp;#8217;s financial trends with those of your peers / competitors. Scout for potential &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; targets, with detailed insight into the companies&amp;#8217; strategic, financial and operational performance. To know more about this report kindly visit ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:19:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>...company is headquartered in Wiltshire, United Kingdom and employs 163 people. On January 18, 2007, the company successfully completed the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Innovata plc (Innovata). The leading business information provider, presents an in-depth business, strategic and financial analysis of Vectura ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:17:02 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:16:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...market opportunities available to them. &amp;#8226; Compare your company&amp;#8217;s financial trends with those of your peers / competitors. &amp;#8226; Scout for potential &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; targets, with detailed insight into the companies&amp;#8217; strategic, financial and operational performance. To know more about this report kindly visit ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:15:28 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:11:09 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:09:13 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:02:33 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...Planning practice. &amp;quot;ACT can help a new CEO take charge of a company, quickly realign entities following a merger or &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt;, and focus the enterprise on successfully delivering a major project or initiative.&amp;quot; ACT leader Robert H. Miles, Ph.D. is ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...serve small business and enterprise customers in multiple metropolitan areas including West Palm Beach, Miami, Orlando and Tampa, Florida. The &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; adds approximately 1,000 customer lines served by IPtimize and adds both expanded geographic reach and an established commercial customer ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...Avaya solutions and support services focusing on Fortune 1000, education, healthcare and government market sectors throughout the U.S. The &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; is complementary to Altura Communication Solutions' go-to-market strategy allowing Altura to expand its service and support footprint in ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <description>...Sercel Secures Deal for Unite Cable-free &lt;b&gt;Acquisition&lt;/b&gt; System in Mexico TMCNet: Sercel Secures Deal for Unite Cable-free &lt;b&gt;Acquisition&lt;/b&gt; System in Mexico [July 03, 2009] Sercel Secures ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...care, technical support, and call answering. Smaller companies generally specialize in one of these services. Telemarketing sales - also called &amp;quot;customer &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt;&amp;quot; - consists mainly of making outbound phone calls to sell products or services to new customers. Customer care and technical support ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...market opportunities available to them. Compare your company&amp;#8217;s financial trends with those of your peers / competitors. Scout for potential &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; targets, with detailed insight into the companies&amp;#8217; strategic, financial and operational performance. To know mor about this report kindly visit ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:15:46 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...management services; corporate finance services, including financial advice in connection with equity issues, initial public offerings, privatizations, and merger and &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; transactions; life insurance and pensions products; individual private banking services to personal customers and medium-sized institutions; risk management services ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:15:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...in 1981 and is headquartered in Sungnam, South Korea. Goldcorp Inc. (NYSE: GG), together with its subsidiaries, engages in the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt;, exploration, development, and operation of precious metal properties in Canada, the United States, Mexico, and central and South America. It ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...Corporation (NASDAQ: WSCC) is a public investment firm specializing in mezzanine investments in expansion capital, management buyouts, recapitalizations, leveraged buyouts, &lt;b&gt;acquisitions&lt;/b&gt;, and working capital. The firm also provides bridge financing. It targets small private and public companies in the Mid-Atlantic ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...WholeSecurity, Inc., where he led the company from incubator pre-product stage through a successful commercial launch and subsequent strategic &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of its acclaimed behavioural-based anti-phishing and malware detection solutions by Symantec in 2005. &amp;quot;Pete's track record as ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <description>...Mill Valley, California. St. Mary Land &amp;amp; Exploration Company (NYSE: SM), together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, exploitation, development, &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt;, and production of natural gas and crude oil in North America. The company primarily operates in the ArkLaTex, the Mid ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...in 1977 and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida. XTO Energy Inc. (NYSE: XTO), together with its subsidiaries, engages in the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt;, development, exploitation, and exploration of producing oil and gas properties in the United States. It also engages in the production ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:14:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...Company Profile: http://www.otcpicks.com/copsync-inc.htm Precision Petroleum Corporation is an independent energy company engaged in the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt;, exploration and development of oil and natural gas properties in the United States. Precision's objective is to seek out ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...Metal Management Limited (ASX: SGM) (NYSE: SMS), the world's largest listed metal and electronics recycling company, announced today the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of the assets of Fairless Iron &amp;amp; Metal, LLC (Fairless) in Morrisville, Pennsylvania on the East Coast of the United States ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:02:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...of a deadly price war where organic growth is difficult. &amp;quot;Inorganic growth options can however be explored through a potential &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of Tigo operations in Sri Lanka, which is estimated to command an 18 per cent market share in terms of ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...of the NMSU student union, Las Cruces. Las Colcheras Quilt Guild show with approximately 200 quilts, Feb. 6-7. Hours: &lt;b&gt;7&lt;/b&gt; a.m.-11 p.m. daily. 575-522-4902. NMSU Museum -- Kent Hall on University Avenue, NMSU campus, Las Cruces ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...Bank Acquires Advisory Firm Jul 02, 2009 (Vanguard/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- Standard Chartered has announced its full &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of the remaining shareholding in First Africa Group Holdings Limited (&amp;quot;First Africa&amp;quot;), a Leading pan-African Mergers &amp;amp; &lt;b&gt;Acquisitions&lt;/b&gt; (&amp;quot;M&amp;amp;A ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...about 20,000 employees. Save Mart, which has virtualized a substantial portion of its servers for VMware, especially since the &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; of around 125 Albertsons stores two years ago, has found there have been a lot of specialty-application vendors in ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <description>...Accountant and have been involved with advanced financial modeling, business reviews, security position assessments, due diligence, divestitures as well as &lt;b&gt;acquisitions&lt;/b&gt;. The Transaction will not close until Daymak completes its search and hires a CFO that is acceptable to Chairman. Darius ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:34:46 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...Society of Radiation Oncology. Knaus was most recently engaged in an entrepreneurial effort focused on international real estate financing, land &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt;, and conservancy. From 2005 to 2007, he ran HP Financial Services' Western 13 states; his team handled all financing for ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:32:24 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...are not limited to, the Company's ability to develop operations, the Company's ability to consummate and complete an &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt;, the Company's access to future capital, the successful integration of acquired companies, government regulation, managing and maintaining growth, the ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:32:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...Telecom is an India-based manufacturer of telecom products. Both Kavveri Technologies and TSI are based in Canada. Deal Type &lt;b&gt;Acquisition&lt;/b&gt; Sub-Category Majority &lt;b&gt;Acquisition&lt;/b&gt; Deal Status Completed: 2009-07-02 Deal Participants Target (Company) Trackcom Systems International Acquirer (Company) Kavveri ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <description>...or service for document creation and editing. It now appears Cisco is working to create such a service. The 2007 &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; include WebEx's marquee conferencing service, but it also came with WebOffice, a suite of applications that includes document sharing ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:03:56 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...over as CEO while continuing to lead the engineering organization. &amp;nbsp; Stacey Seltzer, currently SVP of international business development and content &lt;b&gt;acquisition&lt;/b&gt; at Joost, will run the business operations. &amp;nbsp; Mike Volpi has stepped down as CEO of Joost but will remain actively ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:02:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...document imaging, workflow, and health information management (HIM) integration solutions. Both the companies are based in the US. Deal Type &lt;b&gt;Acquisition&lt;/b&gt; Sub-Category Majority &lt;b&gt;Acquisition&lt;/b&gt; Deal Status Completed: 2009-07-01 Deal Participants Target (Company) Valco Data Systems Acquirer (Company) Hyland ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <description>...a provider of solutions and services to the pharmaceutical industry. Both Bisnode and Nomi are based in Sweden. Deal Type &lt;b&gt;Acquisition&lt;/b&gt; Sub-Category Majority &lt;b&gt;Acquisition&lt;/b&gt; Deal Status Completed: 2009-07-01 Deal Participants Target (Company) Nomi Group Acquirer (Company) Cegedim S ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/w09-leaderboard.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <description>...stake in Network Systems LLC, a provider of information security systems. Both the companies are based in Russia. Deal Type &lt;b&gt;Acquisition&lt;/b&gt; Sub-Category Majority &lt;b&gt;Acquisition&lt;/b&gt; Deal Status Completed: 2009-06-29 Deal Participants Target (Company) Network Systems LLC Acquirer (Company) JSC ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:02:24 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...Operations, LLC, and Steamboat Ventures, LLC. All the parties involved in the transaction are based in the US. Deal Type &lt;b&gt;Acquisition&lt;/b&gt; Sub-Category Majority &lt;b&gt;Acquisition&lt;/b&gt; Deal Status Completed: 2009-06-30 Deal Participants Target (Company) PopularMedia, Inc. Acquirer (Company) StrongMail Systems ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:56:56 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>...retail sales 10.6pc higher. Hit films such as Slumdog Millionaire and Transformers has seen punters flocking to the cinema. &lt;b&gt;Acquisition&lt;/b&gt; news lifted retail commercial property company Carpathian 2 1/4p to 18 1/4p. It has bought a plot of ...&lt;br&gt;</description>
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