European CEO Foreign Exchange Awards, 2009

September 22nd, 2009 LONDON - BMO Capital Markets, the investment and corporate banking arm of BMO Financial Group (TSX, NYSE: BMO), has been named the best foreign exchange bank in Canada by European CEO Magazine. "We congratulate BMO Capital Markets on this well-deserved achievement," said Heléne Scholl, Editor, European CEO Magazine.

September 16th, 2009 LONDON - Small shifts in foreign currency exchange rates are common and happen in short spaces of time. However, over the past few days sterling has dropped off steadily by over 2%.

September 14th, 2009 NEW YORK - -- ANDY Chairman Ty Montague Brings in Lebowitz to Acknowledge and Champion Digital Work and Changing Industry Landscape -- The International ANDY Awards, under the stewardship of new Chairman Ty Montague, has named Michael Lebowitz, Founder and CEO of Big Spaceship, as Co-Chairman. A first for the ANDY Awards, the sharing of the Chairmanship title reflects the exciting changes taking place in advertising, coupled with what the industry has long celebrated; big ideas, storytelling, and craft.

September 1st, 2009 LONDON - Ex-smokers across the UK still have time to enter stop smoking charity QUIT's competition to find the country's most inspirational quitters and win a holiday. QUIT(R), along with the European Network of Quitlines, is inviting smokers who have kicked the habit to enter the European Smoke Free Awards 2009, with a prize of EUR5,000 (GBP4,250) in holiday vouchers for the overall winner.

August 10th, 2009 LONDON - Ex-smokers across the UK still have time to enter stop smoking charity QUIT's competition to find the country's most inspirational quitters and win the holiday of a lifetime. QUIT(R), along with the European Network of Quitlines, is inviting smokers who have kicked the habit to enter the European Smoke Free Awards 2009, with a grand prize of EUR5,000 (GBP4,250) in holiday vouchers for the overall winner.

July 29th, 2009 BERLIN - - "European Property Award" for Best Real Estate Office and Best Real Estate Agent Website Goes to Berlin Capital Investments; - Sales-Service for International Real Estate Customers and "Serviced Living"-Concept Honoured; - Structure and Operation of Innovative Real Estate Agent Website for International Customers Convinced the Jury Berlin Capital Investments (www.berlin-capital.com). The international business division of Zabel Immobilien KG has been honoured with the European Property Award as being the Best Real Estate Office as well as having the Best Real Estate Agent Website.

June 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Have you recently quit smoking and want to let everyone know about your achievement, or do you need an extra incentive to give up the cigarettes for good? Then why not enter the European Smoke Free Awards 2009? Held for the first time in 2008, the awards are a chance to win a share of 7,000 Euros in holiday vouchers, with the Quitter of the Year scooping 5,000 holiday Euros and the runner up winning 2,000 holiday Euros. A range of countries across Europe are participating in the awards, with each country putting forward one finalist who will win a trip to the awards ceremony in Barcelona in February 2010.

June 22nd, 2009 LONDON - The New Economy is pleased to announce the winners of its 2009 Energy & Environmental Awards, recognising excellence in the winners' respective fields, including innovative use of technology and achievement in other specific areas. The award winners were: Best Clean Energy Company of the year 2009 Fluor Corporation Energy Company of the Year, Latin America Enersis S.A.

May 19th, 2009 PANAMA CITY - EPAY Inc. has just released a new and unparalleled service allowing companies around the world to conduct business transactions using prepaid debit cards with no foreign exchange conversion fees.

April 20th, 2009 LONDON - World First, one of the UK's leading foreign exchange brokers, is delighted to announce it has won the Queen's Award for International Trade. World First won the award for offering its customers exceptional exchange rates, service and innovative products which have seen its overseas earnings increase six-fold over the last three years.

March 14th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Magazine Publishers Association of Singapore (MPAS) with support from city-based digital publisher Pressmart has launched Singapore magazine awards to recognise the best magazine publishers in that country. Awards will recognise publishers for the best magazine front cover design, front cover/feature story in consumer, trade and contract categories and the best visual series in photography, said a statement by Pressmart here Friday.

March 19th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Lara Bingle, fiance of Australian cricket team's vice-captain Michael Clarke, has been signed as a presenter at the 2009 MTV Awards. The swimwear model will present an award on Friday, March 27 along with New Zealand comedian Rhys Darby of Flight Of The Conchords fame.

June 13th, 2009 'Dark Knight' wins 8 Key Art Awards, best posterLOS ANGELES — "The Dark Knight" has taken eight Key Art Awards, including best theatrical poster and best TV spot, in the annual competition to honor the best in movie promotions in all mediums. The awards show was held Friday night at the Geffen Contemporary at the Museum of Contemporary Art in downtown Los Angeles.

April 23rd, 2009 Santana to receive lifetime achievement awardCORAL GABLES, Fla. — Carlos Santana will receive a lifetime achievement award at the 2009 Billboard Latin Music Awards.

April 14th, 2009 NEW YORK - Comeback star Eminem will front the 2009 MTV Movie Awards to be held in California on May 31. The channel's rep confirmed that the acclaimed rapper, who has been on hiatus since 2005, will headline the annual awards ceremony, which has previously seen Coldplay and the Pussycat Dolls perform on its stage.

April 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - It's not even halfway down the year, but Priyanka Chopra already has reasons enough to say 2009 has been 'fantastic' for her. The star has already walked away with seven awards including an international honour.

March 13th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Magazine Publishers Association of Singapore (MPAS) with support from Pressmart has launched the first Singapore Magazine Awards to recognize the best magazine publishers in Singapore. Pressmart is the leading hosted print-to-online publishing service in the world with publishers from over 45 countries using its services and MPAS is an organization dedicated to best practices in Singapore's professional magazine publishing industry.

July 27th, 2009 Longoria Parker, George Lopez to host ALMA AwardsLOS ANGELES — Eva Longoria Parker and George Lopez will host September's ALMA Awards celebrating Latino achievement in entertainment. For the first time, the ALMA Awards will air during National Hispanic Heritage Month.

August 4th, 2009 LONDON - A cookbook that can enable one to taste a dish before it is made is among the winners of the 2009 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), which have just been announced. It has been designed by Scott Shim of Ohio State University and Xi Calvin Chen of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.

August 24th, 2009 INDONESIA - Pressmart Media Ltd, (www.pressmart.com), a global leader in the digital publishing and delivery solutions, today announced the launch of "Pressmart-Indonesia Print Media Awards (IPMA)" in a bid to recognize the best publishing houses in Indonesia over the calendar year 2009, just after associating with the magazine publishers in Singapore, for its awards as the lead sponsor. IPMA will be conferred annually starting February, 2010, is the exciting new competition created to promote magazines, tabloids and newspapers - both in print and digital and also encourage the publishing industry in Indonesia.