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LOS ANGELES, CA (MARKET WIRE) Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners today approved the coverage of an estimated $1.8 billion of certain upcoming projects in the first phase of Los angeles international Airport's (LAX's) Capital Improvement Program under Los Angeles World Airports' (LAWA's) established Project Labor Agreement (PLA).

MONTREAL, QUEBEC (MARKET WIRE) Bombardier Aerospace will spotlight its leadership role in civil aviation, the comprehensive breadth of its business and commercial aircraft products, technical expertise and services at this year's Farnborough International Airshow. Events highlighting the 100th anniversary of Bombardier's Belfast site and the Year of Learjet are also planned to take place during the week-long aviation gathering.

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA and SHANGHAI, CHINA (MARKET WIRE) Worldwide energy and Manufacturing USA, Inc. (OTCBB: WEMU), a U.S.-based China manufacturing company specializing in products for customers in the industries of solar energy, aerospace, wireless telecommunications, medical equipment and automotive, today announced that its solar division, AmeriSolar signed solar module contracts for orders valued at approximately $15 million. We expect all contracts to be filled and recorded in the 2008 calendar year. These orders demonstrate Worldwide's successful implementation into the renewable energy market.

CARLSBAD, CA (MARKET WIRE) MaintenanceNet, Inc., the leading provider of extended warranty and service contract management solutions, will launch a free web seminar series on Wed., July 23 at 10:00 AM Pacific to provide insight into new lifecycle management practices that empower manufacturers and their channel partners to attach more services, close more service renewals, and manage product and service lifecycles to improve technology refresh sales. The web seminars will also be presented on August 13 and August 27 at 10:00 AM Pacific.

MEMPHIS, TN (MARKET WIRE) Pinnacle Airlines Corp. (NASDAQ: PNCL) today released capacity and operational results for its Colgan Air, Inc. subsidiary for June 2008.

SUNNYVALE, CA (MARKET WIRE) Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: MXIM) will be releasing financial results for the fourth quarter of its 2008 fiscal year on Thursday, August 7, 2008. The results will be released over Marketwire at approximately 1:00 PM (PDT), after the close of the market on that date and will be posted on Maxim's website at:

PORTLAND, OR (MARKET WIRE) FLIR systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced today that it has received two orders totaling $9.2 million for its SeeSpot(R) III+ high-performance thermal imagers. The units delivered under these orders will be provided to the U.S. Air Force to support its surveillance and observation missions.

LOS ANGELES, CA (MARKET WIRE) ElJet Aviation Services is a leader in the private jet charter industry. On behalf of our customers, we continuously analyze important market trends in the private jet charter and jet ownership market. Here are some significant trends: