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            <title>Lattice Semiconductor Appoints Byron Milstead Corporate Vice President and General Counsel</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=857394&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;HILLSBORO, OR--(Marketwire - May 15, 2008) -  Lattice Semiconductor (&lt;exchange name="NASDAQ"&gt;NASDAQ&lt;/exchange&gt;: &lt;ticker name="LSCC"&gt;LSCC&lt;/ticker&gt;) today
announced the appointment of Byron Milstead as Corporate Vice President and
General Counsel.
&lt;p&gt;
Since 2000, Mr. Milstead has been Senior Vice President and General Counsel
for Credence Systems Corporation.  After completing his undergraduate
degree from Reed College and receiving his law degree from the University
of Utah, Mr. Milstead practiced law at the Salt Lake City office of Parsons
Behle &amp; Latimer and the Portland offices of both Bogle &amp; Gates and Ater
Wynne.
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            <category domain="http://www.marketwire.com/rss/stock">NASDAQ:LSCC</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 17:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Supertex to Present at 6th Annual Wedbush Morgan Management Access Conference</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=857161&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - May 15, 2008) -  Supertex, Inc. (&lt;exchange name="NASDAQ"&gt;NASDAQ&lt;/exchange&gt;: &lt;ticker name="SUPX"&gt;SUPX&lt;/ticker&gt;), a recognized
leader in high voltage analog and mixed signal integrated circuits (ICs),
today announced that it will be presenting at the Wedbush Morgan 6th Annual
Management Access Conference for Micro-Small-Mid-Cap Companies, to be held
at the Le Parker Meridien Hotel, New York, NY, on May 21-22, 2008.
&lt;p&gt;
Vice President of Finance and CFO, Phil Kagel, will be presenting at 2:15
p.m. (EDT) on Thursday, May 22, 2008, at the Le Parker Meridien Hotel, 118
West 57th Street, New York, NY, 10019.  Mr. Kagel will present an overview
of Supertex's markets and products, and recent Company financial results.
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            <category domain="http://www.marketwire.com/rss/stock">NASDAQ:SUPX</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 12:30:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Leadis Technology and VP Dynamics to Demonstrate Industry Leading Innovative Display Solutions at SID 2008</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=857132&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - May 15, 2008) -  Leadis Technology, Inc. (&lt;exchange name="NASDAQ"&gt;NASDAQ&lt;/exchange&gt;: &lt;ticker name="LDIS"&gt;LDIS&lt;/ticker&gt;) today
announced its participation at the SID International Symposium, Seminar and
Exhibition with VP Dynamics Labs (Mobile) Ltd., taking place on May 18-23
at the Los Angeles Convention Center. In addition, Leadis announced that
its President and CEO, Tony Alvarez, is scheduled to speak at the SID 2008
Investors Conference sponsored by Cowen and Company.  Mr. Alvarez's
presentation will take place at 3:15 pm Pacific Time on Tuesday, May 20th
in Room 515B of the Convention Center.
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            <category domain="http://www.marketwire.com/rss/stock">NASDAQ:LDIS</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 11:59:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>JDSU Announces $200 Million Common Stock Repurchase Program</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=856926&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;MILPITAS, CA--(Marketwire - May 15, 2008) -  JDSU (&lt;exchange name="NASDAQ"&gt;NASDAQ&lt;/exchange&gt;: &lt;ticker name="JDSU"&gt;JDSU&lt;/ticker&gt;) (&lt;exchange name="TSX"&gt;TSX&lt;/exchange&gt;: &lt;ticker name="JDU"&gt;JDU&lt;/ticker&gt;) today announced
that its Board of Directors has authorized a program to repurchase up to
$200,000,000 of the Company's common stock through open market or private
transactions during a two year period ending May 14, 2010.  Timing of
repurchases and the number of shares repurchased will depend upon business
and financial market conditions.
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            <category domain="http://www.marketwire.com/rss/stock">NASDAQ:JDSU</category>
            <category domain="http://www.marketwire.com/rss/stock">TSX:JDU</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 08:30:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Electrovaya Announces Second Quarter Fiscal 2008 Financial Results</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=856856&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>CASH BURN DECREASES SIGNIFICANTLY AND RESEARCH &amp; DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES INCREASE</description>
            <category domain="http://www.marketwire.com/rss/stock">TSX:EFL</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 07:02:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Media Advisory - Virtium Technology Exhibiting at MicroTCA Summit 2008</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=856511&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Memory Technology Experts On-Hand to Discuss Latest Trends and Company Products Offering for the Emerging MicroTelecommunications Computing Architecture Platform&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 13:05:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>IBM Attorney to Moderate Panel on Peer Reviewed Patent Examination Process</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=856482&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwire - May 14, 2008) -  At the American Intellectual Property Law
Association's Spring meeting being held in Houston, Texas, IBM's Associate
General Council of Intellectual Property Law, Manny Schecter, will moderate
a panel on the
Peer-to-Patent project; a historic effort to improve patent quality by
opening the examination process to community review.
&lt;p&gt;
Last June, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) opened the
patent examination process for online public participation for the first
time.  With the consent of the inventor, the Peer-to-Patent: Community
Patent Review pilot, developed by the New York Law School Institute for
Information Law and Policy in cooperation with the USPTO, enables the
public to submit prior art and commentary relevant to the claims of patent
pending applications in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information
Security.
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            <category domain="http://www.marketwire.com/rss/stock">NYSE:IBM</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 12:29:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Update: Modcomp Systems and Solutions Achieves HP PartnerONE Gold Status</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=856394&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;DEERFIELD BEACH, FL--(Marketwire - May 14, 2008) -  Modcomp Systems and Solutions announced
today that it has met the requirements to reach HP PartnerONE Gold status.
Gold status criteria are based on financial results and technical
expertise. Modcomp attained this status level through revenue performance,
product expertise and a significant investment in HP training.
&lt;p&gt;
"We have worked diligently to achieve our gold status with HP and our sales
and engineering staff are excited about the opportunities that they see
with the HP product line. We look forward to leveraging this relationship
with HP to accelerate our growth over the next several years," said Victor
Dellovo, President of Modcomp Systems &amp; Solutions.
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            <category domain="http://www.marketwire.com/rss/stock">NASDAQ:CSPI</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 10:02:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Cadence Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Kevin Palatnik to Present at the JPMorgan Technology Conference</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=856385&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwire - May 14, 2008) - &lt;p&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
WHO:
&lt;p&gt;
Kevin Palatnik, senior vice president and chief financial officer, Cadence
Design Systems, Inc. (&lt;exchange name="NASDAQ"&gt;NASDAQ&lt;/exchange&gt;: &lt;ticker name="CDNS"&gt;CDNS&lt;/ticker&gt;)
&lt;p&gt;
WHAT:
&lt;p&gt;
Kevin Palatnik will speak at the JPMorgan Technology Conference at the
Westin Waterfront Hotel in Boston. Palatnik will participate in a question
and answer session with analysts and investors.
&lt;p&gt;
WHEN:
&lt;p&gt;
Palatnik's address will be available via on-demand Web cast at 9:20 a.m. ET
on Wednesday, May 21, 2008. The presentation will be archived on the
Cadence Web site and available for replay through 8:00 p.m. ET on
Wednesday, June 18, 2008.
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            <category domain="http://www.marketwire.com/rss/stock">NASDAQ:CDNS</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 10:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Nano-Proprietary, Inc. Carbon Dioxide Sensor Grant Application Selected for Award</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=856272&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwire - May 14, 2008) -  Austin, Texas-based Nano-Proprietary, Inc.
(&lt;exchange name="OTCBB"&gt;OTCBB&lt;/exchange&gt;: &lt;ticker name="NNPP"&gt;NNPP&lt;/ticker&gt;) announced that its subsidiary, Applied Nanotech, Inc.
("ANI"), has been selected to be awarded a new phase I Small Business
Technology Transfer Program grant by the U.S. Department of Energy in the
amount of approximately $100,000.
&lt;p&gt;
The purpose of the grant is to develop and test an improved Carbon Dioxide
(CO2) sensor for use in monitoring CO2 in geologic subsurface structures to
assure safe retention.
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            <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 08:55:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>NexTechFAS Provides Company Update to the Financial Community</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=856218&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwire - May 14, 2008) -  NexTech Solutions, Inc. (&lt;exchange name="PINKSHEETS"&gt;PINKSHEETS&lt;/exchange&gt;: &lt;ticker name="NXSL"&gt;NXSL&lt;/ticker&gt;) and
FAS Holdings Group, LLC, jointly doing business as "NexTechFAS," are
pleased to provide a company update to its shareholders and the financial
community.
&lt;p&gt;
Financial Reporting
&lt;p&gt;
Because of the recent merger transaction, the company is currently
undergoing a lengthy financial audit of NexTech Solutions, FAS Holdings
Group and related companies.  This is a necessary step in order for the
company to pursue a fully-reporting status.  Upon completion of these
audits, the company will make them available on their Web site at:
&lt;a href="http://www.nextechfas.com"&gt;http://www.nextechfas.com&lt;/a&gt;.
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            <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 08:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>American Icon Char-Broil Chooses Arena PLM to Help Introduce the Gas Grill All Over Again</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=856223&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Since 1948, More Americans Have Chosen Char-Broil Gas Grills Than Any Other&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 08:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>SMART Modular Technologies to Present at the JP Morgan 36th Annual Technology Conference</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=856157&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;FREMONT, CA--(Marketwire - May 14, 2008) -  SMART Modular Technologies (WWH), Inc. (SMART)
(&lt;exchange name="NASDAQ"&gt;NASDAQ&lt;/exchange&gt;: &lt;ticker name="SMOD"&gt;SMOD&lt;/ticker&gt;), a leading independent manufacturer of memory modules, solid
state drives, embedded computing subsystems, and TFT-LCD display products,
today announced that Iain MacKenzie, President and Chief Executive Officer,
will present at the following conference:
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;pre&gt;
Event:     JP Morgan 36th Annual Technology Conference
Date:      May 21, 2008
Time:      10:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time, or 7:00 a.m., Pacific
            Daylight Time
Location:  The Westin Boston Waterfront, Boston, MA
&lt;/pre&gt;
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            <category domain="http://www.marketwire.com/rss/stock">NASDAQ:SMOD</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 06:30:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>AZCAR Announces Results for the First Quarter of 2008</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=856074&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>MARKHAM, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - May 13, 2008) - Stephen F. Pumple, Chairman and CEO of AZCAR Technologies Incorporated (TSX:AZZ) today announced first quarter revenue was $16.69 million with a net income of $0.3 million or $.02 cents/share. On a comparative basis the revenue was the same as the first quarter of 2007, however the mix of services to equipment in 2008 was weighted towards services which are more profitable. The gross margin for the first quarter was $2.85 million or 17.1% of revenue versus $2.87 million, or 16.9% of revenue for Q1 2007.
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            <category domain="http://www.marketwire.com/rss/stock">TSX:AZZ</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 19:05:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>dTechs epm Ltd: Safer Communities for Canadians, Innovative New Technology Locates Marijuana Grow Operations</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=855988&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - May 13, 2008) - More than $750,000.00 worth of potent marijuana plants and approximately 70 pounds of packaged marijuana were discovered in Chestermere, Alberta homes, thanks to technology created by Calgary-based dTechs epm Ltd (dTechs). A total of four homes with marijuana grow operations in an area of over 900 homes were located with the new dTechs technology used in testing efforts in collaboration with the local utility, the RCMP, and the Calgary Police Service.
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            <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 16:32:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Kilopass Invites DAC Attendees to Learn About High Value SOC Design Requirements for One Time Programmable Memory</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=855932&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Craig Rawlings of Kilopass Presents on Security, Configurability, and Manufacturability and Usability&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 15:22:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Kilopass Invites SoC Designers to Attend 2nd Annual Embedded Non-Volatile Memory Symposium</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=855931&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Adam Traidman of ChipEstimate.com Keynotes; TSMC and NVM Users Present on SoC Applications; May 30, 2008, Santa Clara, California, Hilton&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 15:15:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Intersil's High Current MOSFET Gate Drivers Provide Industry's Best Switching Efficiency</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=855869&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;ISL6615, ISL6615A Reduce Gate Voltage Rise and Fall Times to Minimize Switching Loss, Increase Efficiency and Provide Advanced Fault Protection Without a Board Redesign&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <category domain="http://www.marketwire.com/rss/stock">NASDAQ:ISIL</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 13:38:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Leadis Technology Introduces First Two Members of PureTouch(TM) Family of Low Power Capacitive Touch Controller ICs for Capacitive Button, Slider, and Scroll Applications</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=855814&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - May 13, 2008) -  Leadis Technology, Inc. (&lt;exchange name="NASDAQ"&gt;NASDAQ&lt;/exchange&gt;: &lt;ticker name="LDIS"&gt;LDIS&lt;/ticker&gt;), an
analog and mixed-signal semiconductor developer of color display drivers,
power management ICs, LED drivers, and audio ICs for mobile consumer
electronic devices, today announced sample availability of the LDS6000 and
LDS6020, the first two products in a new family of low power controllers
designed for capacitive touch applications.  Targeted at both mobile and
non-mobile applications, the devices support a variety of touch input types
including buttons, sliders, and scroll wheels.
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            <category domain="http://www.marketwire.com/rss/stock">NASDAQ:LDIS</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 12:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Leadis Technology Expands Its Flexible LDO Controller Family to Drive NMOS and NPN Pass Transistors</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=855803&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - May 13, 2008) -  Leadis Technology, Inc. (&lt;exchange name="NASDAQ"&gt;NASDAQ&lt;/exchange&gt;: &lt;ticker name="LDIS"&gt;LDIS&lt;/ticker&gt;), an
analog and mixed-signal semiconductor developer of color display drivers,
power management ICs, LED drivers, and audio ICs for mobile consumer
electronic devices, today announced sample availability of the LDS124P and
LDS128P, a new family of Low Drop Out linear regulator (LDO) Controllers
that are designed to drive NMOS or NPN pass transistors.
</description>
            <category domain="http://www.marketwire.com/rss/stock">NASDAQ:LDIS</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 11:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Aberdeen Group Announces Top 100 Most Influential Technology Vendors for 2008</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=855785&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Annual State of the Market Report, Spanning 5 Years, 550,000 Locations, and Over 2.5 Million Interviews, Identifies Technology Vendors Having the Greatest Impact&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <category domain="http://www.marketwire.com/rss/stock">NYSE:HHS</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 11:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>WWK Hosts Cost of Ownership Seminar at SEMICON West</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=855738&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;WWK and SEMI Co-Sponsor Event for the 16th Consecutive Year&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 10:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Sidense SLP Memory IP Targets Low Power OTP Applications</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=855637&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Provides Field-Programmable, High-Density and Secure Storage; Two-to-Ten Times Smaller and Very Low Power Consumption Compared to Alternative NVM Solutions&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 09:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>BroadLogic's Residential Gateway Reference Design Accelerates the Cable Industry's All-Digital Transition</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=855549&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;First Reference Design From BroadLogic's China R&amp;D Center to Speed Delivery of Solutions That Let MSOs Go All-Digital&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 08:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Next-Generation BroadLogic Silicon Helps MSOs Reclaim Bandwidth, Go All-Digital Without a Network Rebuild</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=855550&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Enhanced TeraPIX Offers Direct-to-Channel Capability That Reduces Costs for Developing New Solutions&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 08:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Merix Corporation Announces New Bank Credit Facility</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=855557&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;BEAVERTON, OR--(Marketwire - May 13, 2008) -  Merix Corporation (&lt;exchange name="NASDAQ"&gt;NASDAQ&lt;/exchange&gt;: &lt;ticker name="MERX"&gt;MERX&lt;/ticker&gt;) today
announced that it has replaced its previous revolving bank credit facility
with a new $55 million revolving facility that expires in February 2013.
&lt;p&gt;
The new $55 million Bank Credit Agreement with Bank of America N.A.
replaces a similarly sized facility that was set to expire in September
2010.  The terms and conditions of this new agreement are improved from the
Company's previous credit agreement including more favorable pricing and a
more broad borrowing base. Similar to the Company's previous agreement, the
credit facility is secured by substantially all of Merix' North American
assets. Borrowings from the facility can be used to fund working capital,
capital expenditures and other general corporate purposes.
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            <category domain="http://www.marketwire.com/rss/stock">NASDAQ:MERX</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 08:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Announcing IP Talks! 2008: Meet With Leading IP Suppliers at DAC</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=855561&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Meet With Leading IP Suppliers and Learn About the Latest in Semiconductor IP at the ChipEstimate.com Booth&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <category domain="http://www.marketwire.com/rss/stock">NASDAQ:CDNS</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 08:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Symyx Speeds Adoption of Symyx Notebook and Other Software Products Through Convenient, Cost-Effective Online Training</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=855566&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;SANTA CLARA, CA--(Marketwire - May 13, 2008) -  To help scientists achieve maximum benefit
from Symyx software, Symyx Technologies, Inc. (&lt;exchange name="NASDAQ"&gt;NASDAQ&lt;/exchange&gt;: &lt;ticker name="SMMX"&gt;SMMX&lt;/ticker&gt;) has extended
its eLearning service (Symyx Learning on Demand) to support Symyx Notebook,
the new, enterprise Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) that is adaptable
to meet the needs of multiple scientific disciplines.   With the Learning
on Demand service, scientists can obtain 'anytime-anywhere' training on how
to plan, document and analyze experiments effectively in the Symyx Notebook
environment.
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            <category domain="http://www.marketwire.com/rss/stock">NASDAQ:smmx</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 08:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Channell Announces 2008 First Quarter Results</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=855883&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;TEMECULA, CA--(Marketwire - May 13, 2008) -  Channell Commercial Corporation (&lt;exchange name="NASDAQ"&gt;NASDAQ&lt;/exchange&gt;: &lt;ticker name="CHNL"&gt;CHNL&lt;/ticker&gt;), a designer and manufacturer of telecommunications equipment supplied
to operators of communications networks worldwide and water harvesting
solutions distributed in markets throughout Australia and North America,
today announced financial results for the three months ended March 31,
2008.
&lt;p&gt;
First Quarter Results
&lt;p&gt;
Channell Commercial Corporation (the "Company") reported first quarter 2008
net sales of $25.2 million.  This represents a 23.4% decrease compared to
net sales of $32.9 million for the first quarter of 2007.
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            <category domain="http://www.marketwire.com/rss/stock">NASDAQ:CHNL</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Electrovaya to Take Part in Expert Panel Discussion at 4th Annual Merriman Curhan Ford &amp; Co. Cleantech Conference</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=855380&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - May 12, 2008) - Electrovaya Inc. (TSX:EFL) ("Electrovaya") today announced that the company's Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Sankar Das Gupta, will take part in a panel discussion at the 4th Annual Merriman Curhan Ford &amp; Co. CleanTech Conference on May 13, 2008. The conference will be held at Le Parker Meridien, 118 W. 57th Street NY.

In addition to presentations from attending companies, this year will also feature several expert panel discussions on topics including biofuels, clean coal technology, electric vehicles, energy-efficient lighting, energy storage, next-generation solar and utility-scale solar.
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            <category domain="http://www.marketwire.com/rss/stock">TSX:EFL</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 19:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Intersil Corporation to Present at JPMorgan 36th Annual Technology Conference May 20th</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=855330&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;MILPITAS, CA--(Marketwire - May 12, 2008) -  Intersil Corporation (&lt;exchange name="NASDAQ"&gt;NASDAQ&lt;/exchange&gt;: &lt;ticker name="ISIL"&gt;ISIL&lt;/ticker&gt;), a world
leader in the design and manufacture of high performance analog solutions,
today announced that Dave Bell, President and CEO, will present at the
JPMorgan 36th Annual Technology Conference on Tuesday, May 20th, at the
Westin Boston Waterfront in Boston, MA.
&lt;p&gt;
Intersil's presentation at the JPMorgan 36th Annual Technology Conference
is scheduled to begin at 11:20 a.m. Pacific Time.  The presentation for the
conference will be web cast live, and may be accessed via the investor
relations section of the Intersil website:
&lt;a href="http://www.intersil.com/cda/investor/"&gt;http://www.intersil.com/cda/investor/&lt;/a&gt;.  An archived replay will be
available shortly following the live presentation.
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            <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 16:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Reminder - Kilopass' Craig Rawlings to Present at IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=855111&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;XPM Embedded Memory Technology Critical for Security Applications&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 12:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Independent Study Finds iPerceptions Delivers Positive ROI and Cost Savings to Clients</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=855100&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Study Finds iPerceptions' webValidator Continuous Listening Solution Delivers a Risk-Adjusted ROI of 222% and Estimated Cost Savings of $6 Million&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 11:30:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Vishay Releases New Analog Multiplexers and Switches With Ultra-Low Charge Injection Less Than 1.0 pC and Low Switching Capacitance Under 3 pF for Precision Instrumentation Applications</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=855083&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Eight New Devices Provide Low Leakage Currents From 0.25 nA to 5 nA and Extended Temperature Range From -40 to +125 Degrees Celsius&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <category domain="http://www.marketwire.com/rss/stock">NYSE:VSH</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 11:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>mPhase/AlwaysReady Provides Live Video of Lithium Smart Nanobattery Demonstration</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=855212&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;LITTLE FALLS, NJ--(Marketwire - May 12, 2008) -  mPhase/AlwaysReady, Inc. (&lt;exchange name="OTCBB"&gt;OTCBB&lt;/exchange&gt;: &lt;ticker name="XDSL"&gt;XDSL&lt;/ticker&gt;)
stated today that it has uploaded a video of its demonstration of  the
manual activation of its revolutionary lithium based Smart NanoBattery in
front of a live audience at the 7th Annual NanoBusiness Alliance Conference
and Exhibition, the leading nanotechnology trade association, at the
Marriot Marquis hotel in Times Square, New York City.
&lt;p&gt;
During the demonstration, mPhase/AlwaysReady mechanically activated a
lithium pouch based reserve battery, illuminating an LED light in front of
a live audience. "This is the first public activation of a prototype
containing a lithium based chemistry, a significant development milestone
for the company," said AlwaysReady CEO Dr. Fred Allen.
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            <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 09:15:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Nano-Proprietary, Inc. Grant Application Selected for Award by the Department of Energy</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=855005&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwire - May 12, 2008) -  Austin, Texas-based Nano-Proprietary, Inc.
(&lt;exchange name="OTCBB"&gt;OTCBB&lt;/exchange&gt;: &lt;ticker name="NNPP"&gt;NNPP&lt;/ticker&gt;) announced that its subsidiary Applied Nanotech, Inc. ("ANI")
has been selected to be awarded a new phase I Small Business Innovation
Research Program grant by the U.S. Department of Energy in the approximate
amount of $100,000.
&lt;p&gt;
The purpose of the grant is to develop nanoparticle inks and processes for
printing photovoltaic cells for use in solar cell applications. The goal is
to lower the cost of fabrication, while maintaining or improving cell
performance over conventional technologies.
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            <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 09:10:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Power.org Gears Up for Power Architecture(TM) Conferences in Munich and Paris</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=854973&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;One and One-Half Days of Executive Presentations, Demos and Educational Tracks From AMCC, Cadence Design Systems, Freescale Semiconductor, IBM, Synopsys, Virtutech and Other Power Architecture Leaders&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 09:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>SMART Modular Technologies Introduces Its New Low-Power DDR2 FBDIMMs</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=854992&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Addressing the Industry's Need for Low-Power Server Modules, SMART's New DDR2 FBDIMMs Offer 20 Percent Power Savings&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <category domain="http://www.marketwire.com/rss/stock">NASDAQ:SMOD</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 09:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Growing Economy Demands Beer -- Top Russian Brewery Chooses Leading Global Supply Chain Provider to Deliver Excellence</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=854993&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - May 12, 2008) -  Adexa, Inc., the leading provider of
integrated supply chain, demand planning and performance management
solutions, today announced that DELS, a beverages distribution division of
Kinetika Company, has chosen Adexa's Collaborative Demand Planner and
Supply Chain Planner solutions for superior visibility and control within
their distribution-intensive demand chain.
&lt;p&gt;
As our market grows, we have to be more in tune with our customers' needs
and run a more efficient supply chain," said Konstantin Kalistratov,
Managing Director of Kinetika Company.  "Our self-developed systems were
too limited in functionality to meet our objectives to optimize inventories
and reduce cost, that's why we picked Adexa."
</description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 09:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Socle Technology, Inc. Adopts Cadence Low-Power Solution to Address 65nm Power Efficiency Challenges</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=854883&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;CPF-Enabled Cadence Low-Power Solution Drives Advanced Design Tapeout&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <category domain="http://www.marketwire.com/rss/stock">NASDAQ:CDNS</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 08:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Renesas Adopts Cadence SoC Encounter for Large Scale Complex Chips and Flip-Chip Design</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=854894&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Renesas Gains Productivity, Cost, and Time-to-Market Advantages With Cadence SoC Encounter&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <category domain="http://www.marketwire.com/rss/stock">NASDAQ:CDNS</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 08:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>VeriSilicon Joins Power Forward Initiative to Accelerate Advanced Low-Power Design</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=854895&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Leading ASIC and IP Provider to Offer CPF-Based Low-Power Solution&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <category domain="http://www.marketwire.com/rss/stock">NASDAQ:CDNS</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 08:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Innova Robotics &amp; Automation Announces Name Change to CoroWare</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=854876&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Company Realizes New Vision and Receives New Stock Trading Symbol&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 07:52:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>DesignAdvance Releases CircuitSpace v2.2</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=854874&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Unveils New Cross-Probing Technology&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 07:48:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Versatile Reports Results for Third Quarter</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=854827&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>Revenue of $45,658,542 for the first nine months at a record level</description>
            <category domain="http://www.marketwire.com/rss/stock">TSX VENTURE:VV</category>
            <category domain="http://www.marketwire.com/rss/stock">AIM:VVS</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 04:05:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Power.org se prépare en vue des conférences de Power Architecture (TM) à Munich et à Paris</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=854818&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Un jour et demi de présentations par des cadres supérieurs, de démos, de modules éducationnels de AMCC, Cadence Design Systems, Freescale Semiconductor, IBM, Synopsys, Virtutech et d’autres entreprises spécialisées dans Power Architecture&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 03:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Power.org macht sich für Power Architecture(TM)-Konferenzen in München und Paris bereit</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=854819&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Über eineinhalb Tage Vorträge von Führungskräften, Vorführungen und Schulungen von AMCC, Cadence Design Systems, Freescale Semiconductor, IBM, Synopsys, Virtutech und anderen führenden Power Architecture-Anbietern&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 03:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Intersil Corporation to Present at JMP Securities Seventh Annual Research Conference May 19th</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=854709&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;MILPITAS, CA--(Marketwire - May 9, 2008) -  Intersil Corporation (&lt;exchange name="NASDAQ"&gt;NASDAQ&lt;/exchange&gt;: &lt;ticker name="ISIL"&gt;ISIL&lt;/ticker&gt;), a world
leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance analog solutions,
today announced that Dave Zinsner, Chief Financial Officer, will present at
the JMP Securities Seventh Annual Research Conference on Monday, May 19th,
at the Ritz Carlton in San Francisco, CA.
&lt;p&gt;
Intersil's presentation at the JMP Securities Seventh Annual Research
Conference is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. Pacific Time.  The
presentation for the conference will be webcast live, and may be accessed
via the investor relations section of the Intersil website:
&lt;a href="http://www.intersil.com/cda/investor/"&gt;http://www.intersil.com/cda/investor/&lt;/a&gt;.  An archived replay will be
available shortly following the live presentation.
</description>
            <category domain="http://www.marketwire.com/rss/stock">NASDAQ:ISIL</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 16:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>SmartMetric Announces That Your Fingerprint Will Make Credit Card Signatures and ATM PIN Numbers a Thing of the Past</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=854636&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;SURFSIDE, FL--(Marketwire - May 9, 2008) -  SmartMetric, Inc. (&lt;exchange name="OTCBB"&gt;OTCBB&lt;/exchange&gt;: &lt;ticker name="SMME"&gt;SMME&lt;/ticker&gt;) said today
that its new Biometric Card will make signing a credit card or inputting a
PIN number for your ATM card a thing of the past.  With Identity Theft
becoming the largest crime in the United States, a new and safer way of
using credit and debit cards has become a quest for Banks around the World.
After more then 8 years of R&amp;D, SmartMetric has announced today that it now
can replace signatures and PIN numbers with a person's fingerprint thereby
providing a 100% guarantee that the person making the transaction is who
they say they are.
</description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 13:48:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Accellera Appoints Karen Pieper as Technical Committee Chair</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=854603&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Ability to Drive Development of Multiple Electronic Design Standards Through Both Accellera and IEEE Processes Key to Organization's Success&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 12:24:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Supertex to Present at Two Upcoming Cowen &amp; Company Investor Conferences</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=854493&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - May 9, 2008) -  Supertex, Inc. (&lt;exchange name="NASDAQ"&gt;NASDAQ&lt;/exchange&gt;: &lt;ticker name="SUPX"&gt;SUPX&lt;/ticker&gt;), a recognized
leader in high voltage analog and mixed signal integrated circuits (ICs),
today announced that it will be presenting at the SID/Cowen 2008 Display
Investors Conference on May 21, 2008, and at the Cowen &amp; Company 20/20
Technology Media Telecom Conference on May 28, 2008.
&lt;p&gt;
Vice President of Marketing, Ahmed Masood, will be presenting at the
SID/Cowen 2008 Display Investors Conference at 9:00 a.m. (PDT) on
Wednesday, May 21, 2008, in Room 515B of the Los Angeles Convention Center.
</description>
            <category domain="http://www.marketwire.com/rss/stock">NASDAQ:SUPX</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 09:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>JDSU to Present at Sanford C. Bernstein &amp; Co. Strategic Decisions Conference</title>
            <link>http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=854323&amp;sourceType=3</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;MILPITAS, CA--(Marketwire - May 8, 2008) -  JDSU (&lt;exchange name="NASDAQ"&gt;NASDAQ&lt;/exchange&gt;: &lt;ticker name="JDSU"&gt;JDSU&lt;/ticker&gt;) today announced that
President and Chief Executive Officer Kevin Kennedy will make a
presentation on behalf of the Company at the Sanford C. Bernstein &amp; Co.
Strategic Decisions Conference at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York.
The presentation is scheduled to begin at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on
Wednesday, May 28, 2008.
&lt;p&gt;
To access the live webcast, please visit JDSU's Investor Relations website
at &lt;a href="http://www.jdsu.com/investors"&gt;http://www.jdsu.com/investors&lt;/a&gt;, and look for the link under "Events and
Presentations." Following the conference, the presentation will be
available for replay until June 18, 2008.
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            <category domain="http://www.marketwire.com/rss/stock">TSX:JDU</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 17:40:00 EDT</pubDate>
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