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TORONTO (MARKET WIRE) The small business Research Board (SBRB) reported today that businesses are raising prices in response to increased fuel costs. Fuel costs and economic conditions were the greatest concern of small business owners and managers in Canada during the first quarter of 2008.

TAMPA, FL (MARKET WIRE) Enporion, a leading provider of sourcing and procurement solutions and services, successfully completed a SAS 70 audit, an independent auditor's review of its e-commerce supply chain management hosted solutions. The audit covered Enporion's supply chain management services for sourcing and procurement, which enables hundreds of utility, manufacturing and other companies to electronically conduct supply chain transactions with each other. The auditor's unqualified opinion noted no exceptions during the audit and that Enporion has established effectively designated control objectives and

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (MARKET WIRE) Centrica PLC has chosen Paisley Enterprise GRC(TM) to manage its financial controls compliance and IT governance business processes. Paisley was selected for its market-leading position in integrated governance, risk and compliance and its proven track record delivering best-in class integrated financial controls compliance and IT governance solutions to large enterprise organizations.

BOSTON, MA (MARKET WIRE) A new study by Aberdeen, a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS), found that Best-in-Class enterprises display requisition-to-order and invoice-processing costs 24% and 34% lower than all other companies, respectively.