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AIG Investments today announced a R$60 million investment in Advento Participacoes S.A. .

GENEVA (MARKET WIRE) Ellisys, a leading supplier of protocol test and analysis solutions for the Universal Serial Bus (USB), Wireless USB, the WiMedia UWB platform, and Bluetooth(R), has instituted a collaborative partner program for early developers working on SuperSpeed USB products. This program is intended to assist and enable these developers in the early phases of design and debug for products built to the USB 3.0 specification by providing engineers with direct access to the Ellisys EX280 design and product marketing teams. The EX280 is a new protocol analyzer/generator system for SuperSpeed USB and all

Business News: Game developer starts talks with Koei -- Game developer Tecmo has rejected a friendly take-over bid from game giant Square Enix, Tecmo announced on Thursday.

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (MARKET WIRE) Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Car Parts and supply industry is available in its catalogue.

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (MARKET WIRE) Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Car Parts and supply industry is available in its catalogue.

BERLIN, NJ (MARKET WIRE) A.C. Moore (NASDAQ: ACMR) announced today the launch of its new customer loyalty program, A.C. Moore Rewards. Open to all customers age 13 years or older, this free program represents an exciting opportunity for customers to gain even more benefits from shopping at A.C. Moore.

United American Healthcare Corporation , which owns and provides comprehensive management services to a full-service managed care organization in Tennessee, today announced financial results for its fourth fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended June 30, 2008.

POCATELLO, ID (MARKET WIRE) Hoku Materials, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Hoku Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOKU) established to manufacture and sell polysilicon for the solar market, today announced that after recently securing an aggregate of more than $1 billion in new polysilicon purchase commitments from Kinko Energy, Tianwei New Energy, and Wealthy Rise International, Ltd (Solargiga) (announced today), it has reallocated its planned polysilicon capacity and ended contract amendment negotiations with two of its customers: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (Sanyo); and Global Expertise Wafer Division, Ltd. (GEWD), a wholly

POCATELLO, ID and HONG KONG (MARKET WIRE) Hoku Materials, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Hoku Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOKU) established to manufacture and sell polysilicon for the solar market, and Wealthy Rise International, Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Solargiga Energy Holdings, Ltd. (HKG: 0757), a manufacturer of monocrystalline ingots and wafers in China, today announced the signing of a definitive contract for Hoku's sale and delivery of polysilicon to Solargiga over a ten-year period beginning in early 2010.

NEW YORK, NY (MARKET WIRE) Hales & Company, a leading financial advisory firm to the insurance industry announced today that Robert Schneider has joined the firm as Managing Director.