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NEW YORK, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- American Industrial Partners Capital Fund IV, L.P. ('AIP') today announced that its newly formed company Ichor Systems, Inc. ('Ichor' or the 'Company') has acquired the operating assets of the systems integration business of Celerity, Inc. The acquired business is one of the world's leading integrators of advanced gas delivery modules and liquid delivery systems for global semiconductor and solar end markets as well as a leading manufacturer of capital equipment used for semiconductor chemical blending distribution which is marketed under the Mega brand. AIP is an operationally focused private equity investment firm that applies a collaborative approach with management in building and improving middle-market companies. Capital equipment spending in the semiconductor industry is recovering from its steepest trough in more than a decade.

BOSTON, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Stream Global Services, Inc. (NYSE Amex: SGS), a premium business process outsource (BPO) service provider specializing in customer relationship management services for Fortune 1000 companies, today announced that 11,601 of its publicly traded warrants have been exercised for a total exercise price of $69,606. The exercise of our publicly traded warrants triggered certain participation rights held by certain of our shareholders. Ares Management, Ayala Corporation and Providence Equity Partners have participation rights to purchase for $6.00 per share an aggregate number of shares of Stream's common stock equal to 2.4364 multiplied by the number of shares actually issued upon exercise of the publicly traded warrants. Ayala Corporation, which has the right to purchase the first 1.0 million of these shares, has exercised its participation rights to purchase 28,265 common shares at $6.00 per share. The maximum number of shares of Stream's common s

ROCKVILLE, Md., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is increasing the performance, usability and data storage capacity of the system used by the Federal Aviation Administration for oceanic air traffic control. The recently completed technology refresh of the Ocean21(TM) system updates the Advanced Technologies and Oceanic Procedures (ATOP) program at air route traffic control centers in Anchorage, Alaska, Islip, N.Y., and Oakland, Calif.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Tasktop Technologies, creators of Eclipse Mylyn and the leading provider of task management for application lifecycle management (ALM), today announced it is developing updates to the Eclipse IDE that will incorporate new features available in Windows 7 into the leading open source development environment. In collaboration with Microsoft, Tasktop will ensure that the improved productivity and user experience of Windows 7 will be available to developers using the Eclipse IDE, as well as to desktop applications built on the Eclipse platform, such as the Tasktop Pro rich client for agile task management.

SAMMAMISH, WA, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Tradeshow marketing Company, Ltd. (OTC: TSHO) today announced that it has reached an agreement with infomercial production specialist, Cesari Direct, to provide Tradeshow Marketing with a comprehensive campaign management service for their upcoming infomercial campaign.

Chicago-based Navigant Consulting Inc., a global risk management and financial services consulting firm, has appointed Cynthia A. Glassman to serve an initial term on Navigant's Board of Directors ...

TROY, Mich., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Altair Engineering, a leading global provider of technology and services that empower client innovation and decision-making, announced today that Geometric SAS, the French, subsidiary of Geometric Limited, a leader in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Engineering services and Offshore Product Development (OPD) solutions and technologies, has added the HyperWorks platform to its preferred set of CAE tools. HyperWorks will be used to provide finite element (FE), optimization, and modeling services to all of Geometric's European customers, especially in the automotive industry.

NEW YORK, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard & Poor's Fixed Income Risk Management Services (FIRMS), an analytics and research unit separate from S&P's ratings business, that delivers solutions to help investors perform greater analysis on the financial instruments in their portfolios, and Veros Real Estate Solutions, a leading provider of model-driven valuations on real property, today announced a strategic alliance aimed at providing the market with property valuation information specific to loans underlying residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS).

BOSTON, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eaton Vance Management announced that quarterly fund data as of September 30, 2009, including performance, call schedule for issues held, top-ten holdings, and sector weightings, is available for the Eaton Vance closed-end funds. The information is available on Eaton Vance's website at www.eatonvance.com on the fund information pages under 'Individual Investors - Closed-End Funds.'

DALLAS, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Issue Agency has named Kirk Heinlein agency president, a newly created position at the creative services and talent management firm. Heinlein will manage general business operations and client services, as well as provide strategic direction and execution for Blue Issue's growth and expansion initiatives. Heinlein previously served as general manager for the Dallas office of Cheil Worldwide, a Samsung Group-affiliated marketing and advertising agency.