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LG Display Co., Sharp Corp. and Chunghwa Picture Tubes will plead guilty to price fixing of liquid crystal displays, the U.S. Department of Justice said. (LPL) (AAPL) (MOT) (DELL)

A declining pollock population could pull 2009’s catch down to historic lows, according to an initial assessment conducted by the Alaska Marine Fisheries Service.

The David and Lucille Packard Foundation kicked in $250,000 to Silicon Valley Community Foundation’s emergency safety net campaign.

BLAINE, WA (MARKET WIRE) Purio, Inc. (OTCBB: PURO) is pleased to report that it is in the final stages of setting up its first commercial outlet in Southern California. The mandate of the division DBA UltraSafe Water Source(TM) is to serve the growing number of business offices that wish to eliminate bottled water, aim to cut costs, eliminate the 5-gallon bottles from their operations, and do so with nothing to buy.

TORONTO, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Hanfeng Evergreen Inc. ("Hanfeng" or the "Company") (TSX: HF) today announced that sales increased 115 percent to $68.1million for the quarter ended September 30, 2008 compared to $31.6 million in the same quarter of 2007. EBITDA(1) in the third quarter of 2008 was $9.6million, a 102 percent increase over the $4.8 million in the same period in 2007. Net income increased by 73% to $8.2million for the quarter versus $4.7 million in 2007. Earnings per share ("EPS") were $0.13 for the third quarter of 2008 compared to $0.08 in the same period in 2007.

VANCOUVER, BC (MARKET WIRE) JER Envirotech International Corp. (TSX-V: JER) (FRANKFURT: KFTB) is pleased to announce its audited annual financial results for the year ending August 31, 2008.