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NASHVILLE, TN (MARKET WIRE) Brett Dennen doesn't think outside the box. That's because he never believed in boxes and boundaries to begin with. That philosophy touches everything he does, from the worldly mix of folk, pop, rock and jam music

MONTREAL, QUEBEC (MARKET WIRE) Triangle Capital Growth 1 Inc. (TSX VENTURE: TRL.P) ("Triangle") announces that it intends to complete its qualifying transaction by a $1,050,000 subscription for 1,750,000 units offered by Ranaz Corporation ("Ranaz").

ROUYN-NORANDA, QUEBEC (MARKET WIRE) Pershimco Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: PRO) is pleased to announce a non-brokered private placement for Cnd$250,000, based on the sale of 250 units ("Unit"), for a subscription price of $1,000 per Unit, to Northern Precious Metals

Asian Development Bank (ASX: ATB) is lending US$50 million to help the Government of Indonesia improve the quality and sustainability of madrasah education.

Asian Development Bank (ASX: ATB) will help provide cleaner and more reliable energy in the Gansu Province of the People's Republic of China by lending up to US$50 million to support two medium-sized hydropower projects in the remote and impoverished

The Government of Norway has made another contribution of Nkr25 million (about US$4 million equivalent) to the Gender and Development Cooperation Fund, adding to its initial contribution of Nkr15 million.

Asian Development Bank (ASX: ATB) is assisting the victims of the February 2006 landslide in Southern Leyte province, Philippines, with a $3 million grant from the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction, financed by the Government of Japan

Dean Foods Company (NYSE: DF ) announced today that John S. Llewellyn, Jr. will retire from the Company's Board of Directors in May 2007 after many years of distinguished service. Mr. Llewellyn served as President and Chief Executive Officer of

VANCOUVER, BC (MARKET WIRE) Ripple Lake Diamonds (TSX-V: RLD) (OTCBB: RLLKF) is pleased to announce the composition of its new Board of Directors following the company's Annual General Meeting on December 20th.

VANCOUVER, BC (MARKET WIRE) Finavera Renewables Incorporated (Finavera Renewables), a company focused on wind and wave energy development, today announced its transition from a private renewable energy company founded in Ireland to a listed issuer in Canada. The transaction, which

Apple is still offering sub-$500 Intel-based Mac mini systems alongside a slew of various other more expensive models. Refurbished Mac minis currently include the 1.5GHz Intel Core Solo for $479 with 512MB of memory with a 60GB hard drive; the

Microsoft sent some holiday cheer in the direction of security vendors this week by releasing new programming interfaces for developers working to create software that can interact with the Windows Vista kernel. The new application programming interfaces -- or APIs

Well, another year has wrapped up here at MacMinute and we would like to wish all of our readers, sponsors, and the developer community warmest wishes for you and yours for the holidays...

Golf Galaxy, Inc. (Nasdaq: GGXY ) announced today that the pending acquisition of Golf Galaxy by Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. (NYSE: DKS ) has received early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act. As announced on

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REYKJAVIK, ICELAND and OSLO, NORWAY (MARKET WIRE) Glitnir's rating is unaffected by S&P's sovereign downgrade of Iceland. S&P states in a release today, that Glitnir's rating is not threatened by Republic of Iceland downgrade. Glitnir was rated by S&P in

CALGARY, ALBERTA (MARKET WIRE) WestJet (TSX: WJA) today announced it has extended its agreement with Navitaire for its OpenSkies reservation system through to December 31, 2008.

In the last two years probably the four words that have made the most frequent headlines in news articles and magazines has been the "Indian Real Estate Boom". Various authors have published tables showing 30 to 100 percent gains in

Shahrazad is a powerful LED pixel with special characteristics and remarkable attributes, that make this product the most flexible and innovative of the kind, a product that opens new paths in the era of the digital technology's marriage with the