New Partners Extend AV Global Alliance Reach to 130 Cities in 26 Countries

September 28th, 2009 LAS VEGAS - - ActionCOACH founder and CEO Brad Sugars will tour eight cities in eight days in the U.K. next month for his 'Business is Booming' tour.

September 13th, 2009 NAIROBI, Kenya - - Alliance for Financial Inclusion brings together central banks and others representing nearly 70 percent of world's unbanked; network will develop and implement policies to reach millions across developing world Nearly 100 central bankers and other financial policymakers gathered here today for the official launch of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI), a coalition of countries from the developing world committed to making savings accounts, insurance, and other financial services available to millions of people living on less than US$2 a day. Research has shown that better access to financial services can fuel economic growth by raising national income via increased savings and investments in poor households as well as in small and medium enterprises.

August 3rd, 2009 LONDON - - Secure Web-based, Formicary WebChat Brings Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Group Chat to On-the-road Employees, Vendors, Clients and Business Partners Formicary Limited, a Microsoft Corp. gold certified partner, has announced the launch of the world's first secure web-based, real-time reach chat client designed specifically to extend and complement the powerful features of Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Release 2 Group Chat.

June 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Live Nation announced today that it has entered into a strategic alliance with South Africa's leading live entertainment company, BIG Concerts. BIG Concerts will serve as Live Nation's exclusive promotion partner for all tours in South Africa, where BIG Concerts currently sells more than 400,000 tickets annually.

May 26th, 2009 SEOUL, South Korea - Mayors of major metropolitan cities around the world adopted the "Seoul Declaration" at the Third C40 Large Cities Climate Summit held last week in the capital city of Korea. Announced on the final day of the three-day Summit, the Declaration calls on major cities to convert into low-carbon areas by cutting greenhouse gas emissions to the largest extent possible.

April 30th, 2009 CHICAGO - Chicago, Bogota Sign Sister Cities Partnership Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and Chicago Sister Cities International welcomed mayors and municipal leaders from around the world for the first-ever Chicago Global Cities Forum on April 27-29.

April 21st, 2009 MILPITAS, California - Adaptec Works with VMware to Further Next-Generation Computing and Enable Customers to Benefit from the Cloud OS Adaptec, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADPT), a global leader in storage solutions and VMware Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program member, today announced immediate support for VMware vSphere(TM).

April 6th, 2009 SAO PAULO - In the first stage, both companies will share frequencies between Sao Paulo and London, with connections to five Scottish and English cities and four Brazilian capitals TAM (NYSE: TAM; Bovespa: TAMM4), Brazil's largest airline, and Britain's bmi, the second-largest airline operating out of Heathrow Airport, in London, will initiate an operational codeshare agreement on April 14. Approved by officials of both countries, the initial phase of the bilateral agreement will allow the two companies to expand services for customers traveling between Brazil and the United Kingdom, resulting in more destination options in both countries and convenient connections for the largest Brazilian and British cities.

April 5th, 2009 BOSTON and CAMBRIDGE, England - Fueled by the significant surge in the deployment of smart meters, Ember Corporation, a leading provider of ZigBee wireless networking technology, today announced it closed an additional US$8 million in funding from its primary venture capital investors and strategic partners. Polaris Venture Partners, GrandBanks Capital, RRE Ventures, Vulcan Capital, DFJ ePlanet Ventures, New Atlantic Ventures, WestLB Mellon Asset Management (formerly West AM) and strategic partners such as Chevron Technology Ventures and Stata Venture Partners participated in the round.

March 30th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - No. 1 Men's Website, AskMen.com, Announces Results for 'Top 29 Cities for Men to Live In' Poll AskMen.com, the largest online men's magazine, today announces the results of its "Top 29 Cities for Men to Live In", ranking London and Edinburgh amongst the best cities in the world for men to live in at 5th and 29th position respectively.

July 31st, 2009 BANGALORE - Two leading full service contract research organizations (CRO's), Essential CRO and Ecron Acunova today announced the formation of a global strategic alliance to strengthen the service offerings in emerging markets and help customers leverage the convergence of a broad global network. This alliance provides pharmaceutical, biotechnology, device, diagnostic and nutritional sponsors with access to 18 countries in key emerging sectors for clinical research.

July 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Ahead of the G8 summit in Italy, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Monday launched the website of the outreach partners, an important step that underlines increasing congruence among G5 countries which share common positions on key global issues.

January 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress Thursday said it will have its own manifesto and not a common one with its partners in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA). The Congress Working Committee (CWC) met here to discuss poll strategy ahead of the Lok Sabha elections likely to be held in April-May.

April 10th, 2009 PATNA - Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Friday said with several alliance partners of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) deserting it, his party has an advantage in the general elections.

May 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee Sunday indicated that his party's doors were open to alliances with parties other than its partners in the United Progressive Alliance but said all would depend upon election results. 'The ground rule is 'number'.

August 17th, 2009 Continental to join Star Alliance on Oct. 27HOUSTON — Continental Airlines said Monday that it will officially join the Star Alliance that includes United Airlines and Lufthansa on Oct.

January 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress will have its own election manifesto rather than a common one with its United Progressive Alliance (UPA) partners, the party said Thursday. 'The Congress will have its own manifesto and in states where we have alliance partners, we would seek votes for them,' party spokesperson Janardan Dwivedi told reporters here after a meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC).

June 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has asserted that India is determined to fight terrorism jointly with other countries. After meeting with representatives of SAARC nations here on Monday, Krishna said that India would try to find a path of sustainable development with energy security along with other global partners.

May 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - As the voting for the 543-member parliament concluded Wednesday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) expressed confidence that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by it will sweep the elections and form the next government at the centre. 'I'm fully confident that the BJP-led government will be formed at the centre.

May 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - After its resounding electoral win, 'pre-poll' partners of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) are to meet Wednesday to discuss the future course of action, the Congress said Monday. However, nothing was said on whether the RJD and Samajwadi Party would be attending.