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August 23rd, 2009 MOSCOW - "The National Depository Center" (Closed Joint Stock Company), Russia's only settlement depository servicing the full range of debt and equity securities of Russian issuers, announced today its financial results for 1H 2009 according to IFRS. For the first six months of 2009 NDC's operating revenue increased 11% against the same period of 2008 and amounted to RUB748.36 million (RUB674.39 million for 1H 2008).

July 1st, 2009 LONDON and NEW YORK - Thomson Reuters has released the final Q2 2009 global reviews for mergers & acquisitions and capital markets activity. Announced global M&A volume stands at US$941bln for the year to date, down 40.2% versus the same period last year and marking the lowest first half volume since 2004.

June 29th, 2009 MOSCOW - The National Depository Center (NDC), Russia's only settlement depository servicing the full range of Russian debt and equity securities, announced today that its net profit for 2008 based on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) increased 2.23% in comparison with 2007, reaching RUR401.9 million (RUR393.1 million for 2007). The total amount of NDC's operating income for 2008 rose 5.22% to RUR530.2 million (RUR513.2 million for 2007).

June 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) today reported that it will not announce issuance of Benchmark Notes on June 25, 2009, the second of two scheduled announcement dates in June. As noted in our 2009 Benchmark Securities Issuance Calendar, the company may forego any scheduled Benchmark Notes issuance.

June 11th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli of EON Productions Ltd and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures have today announced that Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon, The Queen), Neal Purvis and Robert Wade (Quantum of Solace, Casino Royale) will be the screenwriters of the 23rd James Bond adventure.

June 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) today reported that it will not announce issuance of Benchmark Notes on June 2, 2009, the first of two scheduled announcement dates in June. As noted in our 2009 Benchmark Securities Issuance Calendar, the company may forego any scheduled Benchmark Notes issuance.

May 17th, 2009 WORTHING, England - Bond International Software to Vastly Reduce Cost and Time Per Hire for Drake & Scull International PJSC With Online Recruitment and Talent Management Software, Bond Talent Drake & Scull International PJSC (DSI), the UAE-based end-to-end service provider of mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) contracting, infrastructure, water and power (IWP) and civil contracting services, has signed a five-year contract with stock-market listed Bond International Software tinyurl.com/bondabout to deploy Bond Talent - a fully-hosted online recruitment & talent management software solution. As a middle east recruitment software specialist, Bond will provide an online web portal-based recruitment application, talent management software and applicant tracking system throughout DSI's UAE operations.

May 7th, 2009 NIEUWEGEIN, The Netherlands - As of Today, the Voting Results of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders Have Been Published on the Website of Ballast Nedam (www.ballast-nedam.nl) - All Proposals of the Management Board and the Supervisory Board Have Been Adopted With regard to voting item 9a "Designation regarding the issuance of shares", the President of the Supervisory Board has committed as follows. "If, based on this designation, shares have been issued for more than 20% of the issued capital, an Extraordinary General Meeting will be convened within 2 months after the issuance.

April 14th, 2009 MOSCOW - The National Depository Center (NDC), Russia's only settlement depository servicing the full range of debt and equity securities of Russian issuers, today released its financial results for 2008. NDC's revenues for 2008, based on Russian Accounting Standards (RAS), reached RUR1.205 billion or 3.7% more than for 2007 (RUR1.162 billion).

April 7th, 2009 NEW YORK - Bank of America Merrill Lynch today announced that Bryan Weadock will join the company's Global Markets group as head of Americas Fixed Income Sales in July 2009. Weadock was most recently head of Investor Client Management at JP Morgan Chase & Co.

May 20th, 2009 MUMBAI - Norway's Telenor has acquired another 15.5 percent stake in Unitech Wireless, the telecom arm of realty major Unitech, for Rs.1,130 crore (Rs.11.3 billion/$237 million), taking its shareholding in the Indian company to 49 percent, it was announced Wednesday. 'Unitech Wireless on May 19, 2009, received an amount of Rs.1,130 crore in aggregate from Telenor Asia Pte Ltd for acquisition of further 15.5 percent stake in Unitech Wireless by way of issuance of fresh shares,' the Indian telecom operator said in a regulatory statement.

January 5th, 2009 LONDON - Rap star Sean Combs is angling to be the first black James Bond and his new fragrance commercial is his 'audition tape'. According to contactmusic.com, Combs has filmed an ad for the 'I Am King' scent in Monte Carlo and he portrayed a 'Black Bond' while shooting the commercial.

April 21st, 2009 Treasury bond market at a glanceKey barometers in the Treasury market late Wednesday, compared with late Tuesday. Price changes in the 10-year note and 30-year bond are per $1,000 invested: 10-year bond -0.94 -0.9430-year bond -6.57 +2.50 Yield Pvs Session1-month bill 0.05 0.043-month bill 0.11 0.116-month bill 0.17 0.172-year note 0.96 1.005-year note 2.32 2.3410-year note 3.31 3.2930-year bond 4.06 4.02Inflation note 1.42 1.43Federal Funds 0.11 0.13Municipal bonds(1) 4.97 4.99 (1)Bond Buyer index of 40 actively traded municipal bonds.

March 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Danny Boyle, Oscar winning director of 'Slumdog Millionaire', has been asked to direct the next James Bond film. Bond producer Barbara Broccoli has asked Boyle to direct the 23rd Bond film, reports thesun.co.uk.

June 16th, 2009 Possible threats spur $20M bond for Tiller suspectWICHITA, Kan. — Prosecutors are taking possible threats made by the man accused of killing abortion provider George Tiller seriously.

April 5th, 2009 LONDON - Taking a u-turn from his 'never play for New Zealand again' stance, retired Kiwi pacer Shane Bond has expressed desire to don the Black Cap once again. Bond, who is training hard to get into shape, is planning a return to first class cricket for Canterbury next season.

July 31st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A ban imposed by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on issuance of licences for arms of prohibited bore is likely to remain in place as the government has decided to expand an investigation into award of thousands of permits for banned weapons. The Federal Investigating Agency (FIA) is probing interior ministry officials involved in unauthorised issuance of licences.

May 5th, 2009 Pa. judge sets bond for mom who swung babyERIE, Pa. — A Pennsylvania judge has set bond at $20,000 cash for a woman appealing her conviction for swinging her infant at her boyfriend during a fight in 2006.

February 10th, 2009 TEHRAN - Iran Wednesday said the fatwa to kill British-Indian author Salman Rushdie was still valid even after 20 years of its issuance, IRNA news agency reported. The fatwa ordering the death of 'apostate British writer Salman Rushdie is still valid', said Hossein Sobhaninia, deputy head of Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission.

May 1st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A senior US Republican Senator Kit Bond has criticized the Pakistan Government over the Swat peace deal. Bond said such deals have failed to yield desired results in the past, and are bound to fall short of expectations.