The draw for the last 16 teams in the European Champions League has been made in Nyon, Switzerland on Friday, with David Beckham’s AC Milan pitched against his former side, Manchester United.

Are Brangelina to de-Portmanteau back to Brad and Angelina? The rumor mills are churning, but divided on this one!

Unheralded Frenchman Vincent Jay causes a massive upset by winning the men’s 10km sprint biathlon while compatriot Jason Lamy Chappuis claims the men’s nordic combined event in Vancouver on Sunday.

“When you’ve been booked you have to change your game,” he said. “That’s something he’s got to learn.” Some chance.Jones, 31 next week, has already been dismissed this season, against Nottingham Forest at the beginning of November. An earlier sending-off, against Liverpool, was overturned on grounds of mistaken identity, and Jones is clinging to the hope that video evidence may clear his name this time. “The worst thing is that the lads have dug in there, got a brilliant result and it’s all going to be about me getting sent off.”Gullit, meanwhile, dismissed inquiries about the incident. “It’s not important,” he said.It is true that the ball went straight out for a throw-in, that conditions were slippery, and that any question of indiscipline involving Jones is always a particularly vexed one, but it was still a reckless tackle from behind and, given the relative harmlessness of the position Gullit was in, an unnecessary one as well.As Glenn Hoddle, the Chelsea manager, said, Jones could not really complain.

When the referee came over I couldn’t believe it and the Chelsea players couldn’t believe it I got punished for the dive,” he said “I can’t see how anyone can say that was a dirty tackle When I went in to the slide the ball was loose. When you play the ball and you get sent off, anybody who loves the game is going to be gutted. The only thing he [Gullit] did in the game was get two of us booked.”I am not jumping on the back of the referee He is a good referee and saw it as he saw it,” Jones added. While Joe Kinnear, the Wimbledon manager, talked of Jones’s reputation going before him, Jones himself went as far as to accuse Gullit of cheating “I played the ball. What one can say with rather more certainty is that the passage of time does little to temper Jones’ behaviour.Here he erred more through stupidity than malevolence. Most players who have already been booked, as Jones was in the 14th minute for a bad tackle on Petrescu, can be expected to hold back a little Not this one.

With 55 minutes gone, Jones went clattering into the back of Gullit as the Dutchman collected a pass up the right wing, and the inevitable followed.There were the usual protestations of innocence afterwards. Indeed, they would not have needed so much of it had not Dimitri Kharin made a superb save from Dean Holdsworth’s 68th-minute penalty.Wimbledon’s first victory in 15 Premiership matches suggested that in their 10th successive season at the highest level it may be as wide of the mark to write them off now as it has ever been. Infinitely richer than BBC Sport, Sky spends its money on big names: Gower, Botham, Willis. None of them is atrocious, but all are out-played by the less celebrated Mark Nicholas.He talks a lot too, but what he says is lucid and forthright. He avoids the compulsive understatement of some old pros without succumbing to the overkill of Colvileballs.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is preparing a strategy this week to raise federal interest rates as the economy moves toward recovery.

A MEETING between Lord Bath and Jimmy Chipperfield, held in November 1964, proved a turning point in the fortunes of the Longleat estate, writes Duff Hart- Davis. Yesterday, Doyle wrote that if he was responsible for developing a new team, he would boot out Bradley and introduce Blackrock’s Alain Rolland at scrum-half for the England game.’We will get nowhere without radical change,’ Doyle said ‘I do have some experience by the way. Much more of this from the intellectual crowd and they might even have people going to their concerts And then where would they be?. Emma Fielding, as his clever pupil, turning her attention from carnal embrace to quantum physics to the burning of the library at Alexandria – ‘How can we sleep for grief?’ – was the embodiment of the exuberant intelligence of the play, her fate a casually cruel illustration of the chaos theory she had nearly discovered.Monday’s Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (R4) was another surprise. THE HISTORY of warfare is marching backwards in central Bosnia Horses are back. Are we then to expect that our hard-pressed immigration authorities will be asking personal questions to women of 50 and over whose proposed destination is Rome?
There is, however, a more important issue concerning the controls thEat now exist on fertility treatment and their effect on predicteTHER write errord outcome, which the media has not considered. Many of the 100,000 whites who left after independence in 1980 lost their citizenship when the government introduced a law allowing Zimbabweans to hold only single citizenship.

So it’s not just a luxury that I like everybody in the group. Their best hope is probably that Mr Constantinescu is elected. It took Fidelity far too long to realise that the banks meant what they said when they threatened to put the advertising company into liquidation. THERE were runs, records but no rewards other than the couple of points on offer for an abandoned match thanks to rain yesterday at Pontypridd, where Hugh Morris and Vivian Richards blessed Glamorgan’s Sunday League outing against Derbyshire with centuries, writes Barrie Fairall.

SONY, the Japanese consumer electronics giant, is to provide telephones for Cellnet’s new low- cost mobile communications service to be launched later this year, writes Mary Fagan. Used by overworked junior doctors to write prescriptions or, with coloured paints instead of ink, to make original wallpaper designs (David Godfrey). That’s not enough, it now appears – pounds 700m then? Sorry boys, wrong again. Detectives hunting the killer of Karen Reed, 33, said yesterday that the information came from a friend of the dead woman, who had been standing behind her when the gunman fired at least four bullets into her body.
But the victim’s sister, Alison Ponting, whose husband was jailed for life for murdering two high- ranking officials of the self-proclaimed Chechen republic, part of the former Soviet Union, echoed police fears that her death was the result of their being related.Last night, Ms Ponting, 31, a producer with the BBC World Service Russian section, was still being kept at a secret address under armed guard and police were preparing to take similar precautions for her parents, David and Iris, who were flying back to Britain. Ever since I was first there in the Sixties, they had been trying to get something done about the stage,’ she said.Mr Mora agreed that the danger had been apparent. In the public gallery, directly above the witness box, only the rear row was used.

Answers, on a postcard please, to 007, 40 City Road, London, EC1 2DB Closing date: Friday, 9 July.(Photograph omitted). You can arrange things so that if you change the drawing – or the budget calculation – the version in the letter automatically changes too.. The 415 Palestinians, expelled by Israel on 17 December for alleged ties to hostile Muslim groups, said they would leave their camp only for home. Mount Sinai Medical School, New York, established the first hospital division dedicated to this speciality in the United States and appointed him its first director. His proposal that people buying a new house should be given up to pounds 10,000 tax credit to compensate for the loss in value of their old one made lots of big headlines. It was a big deal for them that I was called Dr.For me, it meant I didn’t have to be a shopkeeper.’ He and his family settled in Britain a decade ago. Over a lifetime they spend six months removing 27-and-a-half inches of whiskers.

One or two of them sounded like separate events, but they were all there – with a will. He had already umpired in South Africa’s Test comeback, their historic meeting with the West Indies in Barbados the previous April, and, but for some rescheduling, this summer he would have been umpiring here when the South Africans make their long-awaited return to England.Having read a lot about South Africa, he says he was pleasantly surprised by what he saw there and was made to feel very welcome. Mr Terry, whose work includes the Richmond Riverside development on the Thames in Surrey and the new library for Downing College, Cambridge, says: ‘When you spend your life doing the Great Tradition (Classical architecture), designing an Islamic Indian building is like falling off a log.’. Known to sceptical insiders as P4P, this is a dim programme for joint consultation and military manoeuvres. So Andrew de Rozairo and Lesley Clare, both 29 and engineering graduates, have opened what they hope is the first of many centres to provide computing, communications and copying equipment. Foyle Riding became the scene of a landmark in the history of broadcasting.The Harrisons discovered the rent for the original house on the site at Limpsfield in Surrey had been paid in ‘gillyflowers’; these clove-scented pinks now grow in abundance in the borders of Foyle Riding, which is for sale for pounds 400,000.Another piece of garden history on the market is the Great Dovecote of Westington in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire.

DALIAN, China (Reuters) – China will unswervingly apply its policy mix of massive government spending and loose money because its economic recovery remains fragile, Premier Wen Jiabao said on Thursday. The standard report coversrecent year price data and features regional trade statistics. The Company completed the requirement on September29, 2009, and the Company believes it currently meets all requirements forcontinued listing on the Nasdaq Global Market.The Company’s shares continueto be listed on the Nasdaq Global Market and its ticker symbol of “AEHR”remains unchanged. Obama has sought to build consensus on how to put pressure on Iran, in particular since the revelation of a second Iranian uranium enrichment site. The terms of the Settlement set forth in theStipulation include: (1) that Plaintiff shall release and forever discharge theSettled Claims (as defined in the Stipulation) against the Released Parties (asdefined in the Stipulation); (2) that Defendants shall fully, finally, andforever release and relinquish all claims that have been, or could have been,asserted against Plaintiff relating to the institution, prosecution orsettlement of the Action; and (3) that all Settled Claims (as defined in theStipulation) that have been released against the Released Parties (as defined inthe Stipulation) shall be dismissed with prejudice. “When vendors talk about dynamic base-lining of ITperformance data, it is critically important to understand the assumptions thatgo into their techniques. For more information, please visit http:// Frost & SullivanFrost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, enables clients toaccelerate growth and achieve best in class positions in growth, innovationand leadership.

Subscribers ofMetroPCS will be able to view their bank and credit card balances and history,make transfers between their accounts, and pay their bills securely from theirmobile phones using a single PIN. Drugstore said over the counter (OTC) revenue increasedabout 17 percent, while beauty expanded by 19 percent. The Company works with world authorities on phytocannabinoidscience targeting critical illnesses, and adheres to scientific methodologies todevelop, produce, and commercialize phytocannabinoid-based pharmaceuticalproducts. Cascadia Center’s director, Bruce Agnew, says technologyand government initiatives have created an opportunity to accelerate andintegrate flexible fuel, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). Dealers have access to 100,000 quality brandname and private label products and the company has annual retail sales of $4.85billion.

About arvato printarvato’s print business focuses on the individual needs and requirements ofits customers – whether they are publishers or shipping firms, requiring largeeditions or small print runs. China’s Agriculture Minister Sun Zhengcai did not say whenhe would announce a formal end to the pork ban. The definitions in, and provisions of, AASB 1022: Accounting forExtractive Industries and AASB 1026: Statement of Cash Flows apply tothis report.5. Gen-Probe assumes no obligation and expressly disclaims any duty to updateforward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the dateof this news release or to reflect the occurrence of subsequent events.Contact:Michael WattsVice president, investor relations and corporate communications858-410-8673SOURCEGen-Probe IncorporatedMichael Watts, Vice president, investor relations and corporate communicationsof Gen-Probe Incorporated, +1-858-410-8673. Analysts on an average expected a loss of 18 cents a share,on revenue of $36.50 million, according to Thomson ReutersI/B/E/S.

In the large-scale use cases investigatedon our system, often much higher bandwidths, lower latencies and moreconsistent network performance are required than would be typical forenterprise environments. Managementbelieves that the presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures providesinvestors with additional useful information to measure Activision Blizzard’sfinancial and operating performance because they facilitate comparison ofoperating performance between periods and help investors to better understandthe operating results of Activision Blizzard. Certain of these risks and uncertaintiesare discussed in the reports we filed with the SEC.Contact Info:Kim Morgan(561) 750-9800 x233Email ContactJan Norelid(866) 4-CELSIUSEmail ContactCopyright 2009, Market Wire, All rights reserved.-0-. Interdealerbrokers facilitate transactions in the wholesale financial markets betweendealers, dealer banks, and qualified institutions around the world.Outside the BoxSharon Spaulding, 801-918-9995 Business Wire 2009. Atelephone replay will be available beginning approximately two hours after thecall by dialing 800-642-1687 for domestic callers or 706-645-9291 forinternational callers.

I’m excited to be workingwith this wonderful organization to make Rittenhouse Square an even betterplace for people to visit, enjoy and relax.”About The Friends of Rittenhouse SquareThe Friends of Rittenhouse Square, a non-profit organization, was establishedin 1976 to work with Fairmount Park in a public-private partnership topreserve, protect, and beautify the six-acre park in Central Philadelphia.More information is at: http:// Biederman Redevelopment Ventures (BRV Corp.): Biederman Redevelopment Ventures Corporation is the private consulting firm ofDaniel A. All other trademarks are property of theirrespective owners.Mellanox TechnologiesBrian Sparks, Copyright Business Wire 2009. (Reporting by Tom Ryan; Additional reporting by Lisa Lambertin Washington; Editing by James Dalgleish) Bonds. Cummins is to be applauded formaking health and wellness an integral part of their workplace.” Cummins health improvement programs include health coaching, disease management,smoking cessation, weight management and expert medical opinion services.Cummins` innovative Total Health Training Camp and online decision support toolshelp employees receive high-quality care. (Nasdaq:CELL)today announced that in connection with of the recent sale of 16.5 millionshares of the Company’s common stock by one of its shareholders, NC TelecomHolding A/S (“NC Holding”), pursuant to an underwritten public offering, and inaccordance with the terms of the shareholder agreement entered into by theCompany with NC Holding upon the closing of the Company’s acquisition ofDangaard Telecom A/S (the “Shareholder Agreement”), it has requested that NCHolding identify two of the three directors that it proposed for nomination toresign from the Company’s Board of Directors NC Holding has identified Messrs.Jorn P. MILPITAS, CA, Jul 28 (MARKET WIRE) — Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ: ISIL), a world leader in the design andmanufacture of high performance analog and mixed signal semiconductors,today announced that Jonathan Kennedy, Senior Vice President and ChiefFinancial Officer, will present at the 11th Annual Pacific CrestTechnology Leadership Forum on Monday, August 10th at the SonnenalpResort in Vail, CO.Intersil’s presentation is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m MT. “Mythic is extremely excited about offering Mondain`s Legacy as a freeupgradetoall Ultima Online subscribers, as well as new players who sign up for the 14-dayfree trial,” said Jeff Hickman, Executive Producer for Mythic Entertainment.”Our goal is to continually provide fresh and rewarding experiences for ourthriving UO community.

Jackson was dubbed by Coach Mike McCarthy as a “breakout candidate” this year, and he has done nothing to prove his coach wrong. It wasn’ that Foley didn’t like being anannouncer but Foley didn’t like the fact that VinceMcMahon apparently keeps talking to Mick from his headset and trying to have Mick say everything that he wanted him to. Withmore than 13,500 employees and more than $2 billion in gross revenue, thecompany has an extensive international network that is supported by strong localmarket positions. From the oil-rich Middle East to fast-growing countries like Russia and Brazil, wealthy individuals and corporations are lining up to buy Embraer’s private planes.  Renault’s legal staff should be focusing now on defending the position that the race-fixing plan was something laid out by Briatore-Symonds-Piquet and that no other person at the team knew or participated on it, although is hard for me to believe that Alonso didn’t knew it, no matter if it was before or after the race. First things first.I’m sorry for doubting you Tiger.In my last post, I mentioned that the PGA Championship might be Tiger’s undoing Forgive me, for I have sinned Never again shall I doubt you, Tiger Tiger wins by 8 strokes. Syracuse gave up 112 rushing yards against Minnesota, which tells me that they aren’t too shabby against a running game although Duane Bennett isn’t exactly Beanie Wells.

Quick ‘Cap:The Yankees eclipsed yesterday’s hit total in the second inning on Melky Cabrera’s RBI single. I liked it a year ago, and I like it now.Luis Garcia is a 22-year-old right-handed relief pitcher with five saves and a 2.92 ERA in 34 games in A ball. Founded in 1912, Accident Fund is rated “A” (Excellent) byA.M. Serving on the national selection committee will be John Strangfeld ofPrudential; Larry Bradley, president of NASSP; Michelle Nunn, president and CEOof the Points of Light & Hands On Network; Marguerite Kondracke, president andCEO of the America`s Promise Alliance; Kathy Cloninger, CEO of Girl Scouts ofthe USA; Donald T.

11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – WestJet (TSX:WJA) today announcedfourth quarter and year-end financial results for 2008. ) I’ve already been contacted a number of times this morning by Charlotte and New Orleans’ fans who are wanting to know why their worlds had to be turned upside down overnight. Let’s not forget that many Minnesota and Oklahoma City fans feel the same way after the blockbuster Etan Thomas for Chucky Atkins/Damien Wilkens trade…  Wait… Outside advisers to the Treasury are exploring financingoptions with private lenders, a Treasury official said. The bonds arescheduled to sell as early as the week of March 2. LA Clippers: Hasheem Thabeet, C, ConnecticutThabeet is the best center in this year’s draft, and has plenty of size for the position. If the Tigers are to get anything from this game, Mendy has to exploit the lack of pace in the Liverpool defence. Headquarteredin Pleasanton, CA, EASi continues to lead the industry with second-to-nonesolutions in areas including FAS123R, IFRS 2, Performance Awards andWorkStream process automation.

There have been sporadic attacks by what the military says is a band of about 30 LTTE in the area, the most recent coming in a remote sector of the Yala national park in September that killed one soldier Butalla is about 20 km (12 miles) away. and Canadian futures exchanges.Total volume at ICE Futures U.S. “While physical flows at MRC will be reduced, CIG will fulfill firmnominations,” a website posting said. With the leagues best record, of 66-15, the Cavaliers have captured not only the first seed in the East but home court advantage throughout the playoffs. Scoring in his own goals was just the cherry on thesundae, even before then O’Byrne was struggling badly.This is a year to forget for him. Don’t get me wrong, I am an avid fan and really respect the athletic ability of these guys, I just see this as over-embellishing the obvious. We all know these guys and are up to par with all that involves them.

The fact is that it does not have to make such a move.With the June date in everyone’s diary, the IRA now has the luxury of being able to wait and see. London and Dublin have specified that Sinn Fein will not be allowed to enter the all-party talks without a ceasefire, but the IRA can pick its moment for such an announcement.Technically, it could do so at midnight on 9 June It could also set off another bomb or bombs. A date, 10 June, may have been set for talks, but republicans are looking for proof that a new ceasefire would produce a more imaginative and flexible British response.Republican suspicions so high that, even if it wished to, the army council would probably feel inhibited from declaring another ceasefire at this point. It is a notoriously difficult community to read, but the signs are it has collectively reached the key conclusion that it does not want a return to full-scale violence.The observer in London or Dublin, noting this and also noting that the British government has now met the primary republican demand of a date for all-party talks, might be forgiven for concluding a second IRA ceasefire is now on the cards. In Belfast, however, things look different, due to a factor which is no less formidable for being intangible: lack of trust.The unanimous opinion of the republican community is that the British government, when presented with the first IRA ceasefire, regarded it not as an opportunity to bring Sinn Fein into politics, but as a chance to push for an IRA surrender.Republicans all now say the same thing: that the British were not serious about the peace process, did not engage properly with it, did not respond in any imaginative way and instead followed a British and Unionist agenda.The universality of this opinion means that fresh new layers of suspicion have been laid over ancient accretions of mistrust. But that tight band of militarists has to pay attention to the wider republican community, broadly meaning the 80,000 people who regularly vote for Sinn Fein.
The Docklands bomb in London forced that community to face fundamental and challenging questions on the future. The IRA army council, literally, calls the shots in terms of acts of violence.

Incidents such yesterday’s piece of theatre at Stormont are being watched closely by the Irish republican community, which at the moment effectively regards the British government as being on probation. It’s no big deal and costs him nothing.”The only member of the public permitted to ask Mr Major a question during his visit, rose at the businessman’s lunch to ask the Prime Minister whether he could “sleep comfortably at night” after handing over 6 million people to a government they did not want.This question produced Mr Major’s only flash of anger during the day, causing him to confuse the lease which Britain holds for possession of the New Territories, with a lease for Hong Kong as a whole. It is the New Territories lease which expires next year, whereas the central part of the colony was ceded to Britain in perpetuity.It may be a pedantic point because the colony would find it difficult to operate without its New Territories hinterland, but it is indicative of the lack of attention that British politicians pay to the details of Hong Kong problems. Such things are noticed, and even when the Prime Minister comes bearing small gifts, they are received with little more than a shrug.. “He’s just trying to look good by offering us visas for Britain.

They sense the presence of a dying regime and see no need to revive it.But what of the bulk of the population who have no foreign passport in their back pocket and no access to the leaders of the new regime? What will they make of Mr Major’s visit? One young journalist seemed to sum up thegeneral mood of cynicism. Yesterday, Mr Lee gave Mr Major a cheque to pass on to Mr Rifkind and wondered aloud whether he had finally hit on a way to make Britain honour vaguely made pledges.Others are not gambling, they are simply shunning all things British. On Sunday night, a dinner in Mr Major’s honour was notable for the number of seats occupied by civil servants which, in past years would have been filled by business leaders and other prominent personalities who never turned down an invitation to Government House.Mr Major told his audience that businessmen with access to Chinese officials had a “special responsibility” in the run-up to the handover. “If you don’t appear to care about the survival of Hong Kong’s system – its rule of law, clean government and a free society – then others may draw the conclusion that they don’t really matter.” The businessmen showed no sign of responding, however.

Martin Lee, the leader of the Democratic Party, the colony’s largest party, was so confident that Mr Rifkind would do nothing about a vague promise to grant visa-access to Britain for holders of Hong Kong’s new Special Administrative Region passports that he bet him pounds 50 that the pledge would not be fulfilled. The message was not well received but was accepted as reflecting new realities. Yesterday, however, the Prime Minister delivered a seemingly entirely different message. His main theme, stated not once but several times, was, as he put it, that “Hong Kong will never have to walk alone”.
He said Britain would be “vigilant” in making sure that agreements made with China over the transfer of sovereignty were kept and stressed the high level of business, trading and other connections.After so many disappointments about British policy Hong Kong people are naturally sceptical about the motives of the Government in London. Just over a month ago, the Foreign Secretary, Malcolm Rifkind, was in Hong Kong delivering the blunt message that the people of the colony should not expect too much from the outgoing sovereign power, whose hands were largely tied, in the remaining year and a half of colonial rule. There is little or no evidence of Hong Kong citizens using visitors’ rights as a backdoor route to illegal immigration, but there was angry reaction from some backbench Tory MPs, who fear that many may now do so.Home Office sources insisted, that if there was any evidence the concession was being abused, it would be withdrawn “at 24 hours’ notice if necessary”..

I am just saying Favre going back and forth, telling different people different things is really hurting the team. Now to the quarterback battle It is pretty clear it will be between Rodgers and Brohm. Matt Flynn is a good ballplayer and a winner, but for the NFL, it is clear he is not ready and is a little undersized. I am happy to have him in camp and ecstatic to have him as the third-string back. It is pretty obvious who will be under center the first snap of the year and for the last game of the year. Let’s talk about Aaron Rodgers and why he has earned this spot.  He started his college career in Chico, Calif at a small school named Butte College. He was a pure leader there, leading them to a 10-1 record and a No. 2 national ranking. Realizing the pros would not be calling him at a school named Butte, he transferred to play with the big boys at Cal.

He played sparingly in the first four games, but took over the starting position his fifth game of his sophomore season and never gave it back. Overall, he had great numbers and won some big games, including a couple bowl games. Going into the draft, he had marks and a lot of people thought he would be taken in the Top Five Rodgers was hit by bad luck and slid all the way to No 24. Having carried Favre’s notebook since 2005, Rodgers has learned a lot. He has never started and has really only played in two regular season games. The first was against New England in the 2006 season after Favre got hurt and New England was giving the Pack a beatdown The second was against Dallas last year. He came in for Favre, who again got hurt and was struggling, and he had an impressive game.

He threw for 201 yards and a TD and got us back in the game. Aaron has decent size at 6-foot-2, and he is solid at 223 pounds. He has improved greatly on his arm strength and can move well around the pocket. Also, when the pocket collapses, he can run for a first down. The biggest plus is his teammates have confidence in him. Driver and Jennings support this kid with everything in them. Players have been quoted as saying Rodgers knew defenses better this year then anyone.

He could predict what they were going to do and be right a lot. Rodgers has also been around Green Bay most of the summer and was a participant in McCarthy’s QB school. He fits perfect in the West Coast offense and if he can keep himself healthy he is easily the best QB in the NFC North. Brohm was brought to Green Bay to compete for a starting job. He is a solid quarterback and may get his chance in the next couple years, or he may sit the bench get better while learning under Rodgers. Then, he could go on to another team and become their franchise quarterback for a former coach. That’s weird; I think that’s happened before. Here’s to a good training camp battle and no injuries.. BIRMINGHAM, Ala.–(Business Wire)–Alabama Aircraft Industries, Inc.

(“Company”), a leading provider of aircraftmaintenance and modification services for the U.S. Government, today announcedthat a jury in the Circuit Court of Dale County, Alabama found in favor of theCompany in its complaint against GE Capital Aviation Services, Inc. (“GECAS”).The jury awarded the Company $2.1 million in compensatory damages and $6.5million in punitive damages. The Company performed cargo conversion work forGECAS in 2003 at a former subsidiary located in Dothan, Alabama. Ronald Aramini,Alabama Aircraft`s President and CEO, stated, “We are extremely pleased with thejury`s verdict and their finding that we should be properly compensated for thequality work performed by the workers at our former subsidiary located inDothan, Alabama.” About Alabama Aircraft IndustriesAlabama Aircraft Industries, Inc., with executive offices and facilities inBirmingham, Alabama, performs maintenance and modification of aircraft for theU.S Government and military customers. The Company also provides aircraft partsand support and engineering services.

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