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3 MOBILE… SAN FRANCISCO: Novarra, the leading provider of next-generation mobile internet platforms and services, today announces that 3 Austria has launched its innovative high speed mobile internet service, ‘MoreWWW’ powered by Novarra’s Vision platform.

www.novarra.com NOVARRA ITALIA… CHICAGO: Novarra, the leading provider of next-generation mobile internet platforms and services, today announces that 3 Italia has launched two new services using Novarra’s Vision mobile web gateway platform. www.novarra.com IMLIVE.COM CELEBRATES… NEW YORK and LONDON: This weekend ImLive.com will be celebrating its 10 millionth member. Just to contemplate a figure as large as this is mind boggling and one must keep in mind that there are 140 independent countries in the World that do not have as many citizens, the population of New York City is not even close, and in fact only 6 states in the USA have a larger population than 10,000,000. www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070919/NYW098LOGO http://imlive.com/hostlist.asp?cat=232&GenderID=1&Iam=3 http://photoarchive.ap.org www.ImLive.com BIOHIT LAUNCH… HELSINKI: In the new Proline Plus pipettor, Biohit has combined the basic functionalities of the traditional Proline mechanical with new, state-of-the-art pipettor design and technology. Particular emphasis has been put on safety, ergonomics, and efficiency in pipetting, as well as on the high quality of the device. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071030/279781 www.biohit.com GERALD GENTA… PARIS: On Friday night, the Gerald Genta team hosted their guests to present the world’s very first Gerald Genta boutique located on the famous Rue de la Paix, in Paris. www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071030/279777-a www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071030/279777-b www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071030/279777-c www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071030/279777-d www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071030/279777-e http://photoarchive.ap.org QUINTILES ACQUISITION… RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, North Carolina: Quintiles Transnational Corp. today announced that its Latin American subsidiary has purchased Bio-Trials, a leading Central American Clinical Research Organization with headquarters in Panama and offices in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Ecuador and Peru. www.qtrn.com AMERICAN AXLE… DETROIT: American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc., which is traded as AXL on the NYSE, today announced that it has formed a joint venture with Sona Koyo Steering Systems Limited of India. The new company, AAM Sona Axle Private Limited, will manufacture and sell light truck, passenger car and SUV axle assemblies for the India market. www.aam.com www.prnewswire.com/comp/033813.html www.sonagroup.com FANNIE MAE… WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of FINP securities issues amounting to a total of US$92,316,000 on November 9, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. Fannie Mae will also redeem the principal amount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$433,135,000 on November 9, US$200 million on November 11 and US$100 million on November 13, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com KIRTAS TECHNOLOGIES… ROCHESTER, New York: Kirtas Technologies, a leading innovator and provider of digital scanning solutions, today announced it will provide high-quality digitization services to Yale University Library, in conjunction with the company’s agreement with Microsoft Corp. to digitize books for Live Search Books. www.kirtastech.com www.library.yale.edu http://books.live.com GRIFOLS INVESTMENT… BARCELONA: Grifols’ Board of Directors, which met on October 23, 2007 in Los Angeles, California, has approved a euro 400 million investment plan that will be carried out between now and the year 2012. Among other things, the new investments will be to increase capacity for plasma fractionation and purification, as well as to increase plasma supply. www.grifols.com MDS PHARMA… KING OF PRUSSIA, Philadelphia: MDS Pharma Services, a leading provider of innovative drug discovery and development solutions, announced today a significant expansion of its central lab operations in China. The contract research organization has moved to a new, larger facility in Beijing to meet the growing demands from pharmaceutical and biotech companies conducting clinical trials in China. www.mdsps.com www.mdsinc.com MAGINET ACQUISITION… SINGAPORE and COLUMBUS, Ohio: Singapore-based MagiNet Pte Ltd. announced that it has completed the acquisition of Percipia, Inc., based in Columbus, Ohio. This strategic addition to its portfolio of integrated technology solutions for the hospitality industry equips the company to meet the growing demand from hotels, resorts, casinos and condotels for single-source, comprehensive solutions featuring video, high-speed internet, voice and more, all in a converged network environment. www.maginet.net www.percipia.com OTIS EMIRATES… FARMINGTON, Connecticut: Otis Elevator Company, a unit of United Technologies Corp., has won a 59-unit contract that features the first Compass destination entry system sold in the United Arab Emirates. www.otis.com MICREL LAUNCH… SAN JOSE, California: Micrel Inc., an industry leader in analog, high bandwidth communications and Ethernet IC solutions, today introduced the MIC2130/1, a new series of high voltage synchronous buck controller ICs offering a frequency dithering feature that minimizes EMI and adheres to global EMC standards. www.micrel.com DIGI MIGRATION… MINNETONKA, Minnesota: Digi International today introduced the Digi DialServ, a phone line simulator that integrates with Digis cellular gateways to allow legacy devices with built-in modems to easily drop-in to cellular IP networks. www.digi.com RISING STARS… WELLINGTON: StarNow.com, the popular site for casting calls and auditions in the entertainment industry has launched the Rising Star competition, a global talent search aimed at highlighting undiscovered talent. www.starnow.com/risingstar www.starnow.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. 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