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Cognos Wins ''Best Midmarket Strategy'' at the 2007 Midsize Enterprise Summit Europe Event
Cognos (Nasdaq: COGN; TSX: CSN), the world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, today announced it has won the award for "Best Midmarket Strategy" at the Midsize Enterprise Summit Europe Event, which was held June 26-28 in Paris, France. 2007-07-11

Adults Discover High-Tech Braces Are the Latest Weapon in Their Anti-Aging Arsenal: Breakthrough Damon(R) System Creates Healthy, Full Smiles That Give Adult Faces A Youthful Lift
With the graying of the "baby boom" generation, the quest to look younger has become more urgent and widespread than ever before. Faced with a wide range of cosmetic choices - including invasive procedures like facelifts and lip augmentations - a growing number of adults are investing in high-tech braces as their new anti-aging weapon. In particular, the breakthrough Damon System can provide adults with dramatic facial results and a more comfortable experience than with braces that existed when they were kids. 2007-07-11

SimpleTuition Adds Student Loans from KeyBank: Now Families Have Even More Federal and Private Loan Options to Choose From at SimpleTuition.com
SimpleTuition, Inc. (www.simpletuition.com), a company dedicated to helping students and parents make sense of education financing choices, today announced a partnership with KeyBank, (NYSE: KEY) one of the nation's largest bank-based financial services companies. As a result, KeyBank federal and private student loans for undergraduates, graduate students and parents are now available through SimpleTuition.com. 2007-07-11

Banco Espirito Santo Deploying Lombardi Business Process Management (BPM) Suite: Portuguese Financial Institution to Drive Front- and Back-Office Processes With Teamworks BPM Software
Lombardi(R) (www.lombardi.com), the leader in business process management (BPM) suite software for Global 2000 companies, today announced that Banco Espirito Santo SA, the 3rd largest financial institution in Portugal, is deploying its award-winning Teamworks(R) BPM software suite to support numerous front- and back-office business processes throughout the organisation. 2007-07-11

Children of America Targets New Jersey as Part of National Expansion
World Wide Child Care Corp. (Pink Sheets:WWCC) announces that its subsidiary Children of America, a leading provider of childcare and after-school programs throughout the northeast and mid-Atlantic states, has signed a lease for a new center in Voorhees, New Jersey. 2007-07-11

Marketing Steps into the Spotlight to Drive Growth and Innovation, Reveals New Book from Booz Allen Hamilton and the ANA: Interviews with Top Marketing Chiefs Reveal that Marketing is Gaining Increased Importance within Companies that Aspire to Robust Growth
Corporate marketing organizations are undergoing major transformations and are increasingly fulfilling a significant role in driving business performance. Leading Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs) are tightly integrating marketing with other corporate functions as they get closer to customers, capture the benefits of new media, and demand more from their agency partners. A new book commissioned by management consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton and the ANA (Association of National Advertisers) and published by strategy+business Books, uncovers why, as the firms' ongoing joint research shows, revenue growth and profitability are strongest among companies that elevate the role of marketing to the highest possible level. 2007-07-11

Freedom Interactive Brings Social Media Technologies to Its Network of Over 40 Web Sites: Teams Up with Pluck to Expand Opportunities for Reader Engagement and Advertising
Freedom Interactive today announced a strategic arrangement with Pluck, a social media technology pioneer, to empower its audience to share content and create communities of interest among Freedom's network of over 40 news and information web sites. This relationship is one of many strategic initiatives Freedom is actively pursuing to strengthen audience engagement and loyalty by offering its audience the ability to create, share and exchange content through an integrated social media platform. 2007-07-11

Debut of Supersonic 3 Jet Demonstration Team Offers Companies Unprecedented Brand Visibility: New Opportunity for Team Sponsorship, Cause Marketing, & Support of Starfighters Nonprofit Foundation Enhanced by NASA Affiliation
VMAX Marketing is proud to announce that Starfighters, the only civilian-owned flight demonstration team of its kind worldwide, is now offering companies the opportunity to have their sponsorship and marketing programs soar to new heights. Starfighters will debut their headlining performance of three F-104s in formation during the second half of 2007. The team will add to the excitement by introducing additional aircraft throughout the upcoming years. There are no aircraft comparable to Starfighters available for sponsorship. The Navy's Blue Angels and Air Force Thunderbirds cannot allow sponsorships due to their military status. 2007-07-11

DocuLex Provides 'Instant Document Access' with Archive Studio 4: Web 2.0 Based Document Management Software Business Embracing the Web as a Platform and Utilizing Its Strengths
DocuLex (www.doculex-usa.com), creators of electronic document management software, announces the release of Archive Studio 4. Comprised of Goby Capture, Office Capture and WebSearch. Archive Studio provides users with easy to use, automated, networked and web enabled document management capabilities. Archive Studio was created specifically for use by businesses seeking affordable, thorough organization and management of must keep information. Archive Studio features secure Web 2.0 based 'Instant Document Access' from any location via the Internet including permission assigning and Active Directory integration. 2007-07-11

FranklinCovey Relocates Retail Store from ZCMI Center to Gateway Mall: Exclusive Product Preview and Sample Sale at Grand Opening Event on July 26
FranklinCovey (NYSE:FC), a Utah-based global leader in effectiveness training, productivity tools and assessment services for organizations and individuals, announced today it has relocated its retail store in the ZCMI Center to the Gateway mall. A grand opening event for the new store will be held on July 26, 2007 from 12:00 noon -- 2:00 PM MST. 2007-07-11

Sage Credit Company Announces New Senior Vice President of Branch-Operations: Dori Kay Joins Sage Credit Company as Senior Vice President of Branch-Operations
Sage Credit Company announced today that Dori Kay has joined Sage Credit as Senior Vice President of Branch Operations. This is a new position within the rapidly expanding Sage Credit Company which achieved $1 Billion in closed loan volume in its first year of operation in 2006. 2007-07-11

Regal Entertainment Group Announces Grand Opening Details for Ithaca Mall Stadium 14
Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE:RGC), a leading motion picture exhibitor owning and operating the largest theatre circuit in the United States, today announced grand opening details for the new Regal Cinemas Ithaca Mall Stadium 14. The new theatre will host promotional activities beginning Monday, July 16 with three full days of films and special events to benefit local charities. The official grand opening day will be Friday, July 20 with first run features including I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry and Hairspray. 2007-07-11

L.A. Jury Adds $11 Million Punitive Damages to Compensatory Verdict Against Paychex, Inc. and Chairman Golisano: Total Damages Award Increased to over $26 Million
On July 6, 2007, a Los Angeles Superior Court jury awarded punitive damages of $11,010,000 against Paychex, Inc. (NASDAQ:PAYX), its Chairman, and one of its Senior Vice Presidents. The punitive damage award is in addition to $15 million in compensatory damages awarded by the jury on June 27, 2007, for a total verdict of over $26 million in the case. The jury found that Rapid Payroll, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Paychex, Inc., breached a software licensing agreement it had with Computer Payroll Company, a payroll service company located in Palm Desert, California. The jury also found that Paychex, B. Thomas Golisano, and Walter Turek are liable for the compensatory damages. Mr. Golisano is the founder of Paychex, served as its President, and currently is its Chairman. Mr. Turek serves as Paychex Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. 2007-07-11

AOL Names Ted Cahall as Head of AOL Technologies
AOL announced today that Ted Cahall will lead AOL Technologies, working to improve the performance of key AOL technologies and the AOL network, including its infrastructure and data center operations, and align AOL's technology efforts with the company's business strategy. He succeeds Balan Nair in this position. 2007-07-11