NEW YORK, February 11 /PRNewswire/ --

Touradji Capital Management, LP ("Touradji Capital"), a leading commodities investment firm, today announced that Mark Lyons has joined the firm as a Shipping and Oil specialist. He will be based in the firm's newly established office in Singapore with the aim of further growing the company's business in Asia. His appointment is effective immediately.

Mr. Lyons will examine shipping opportunities in the futures market, public and private equities as well as trading energy products. Mr. Lyons' unique experience in oil and shipping, both physical and paper, will enable the firm to further develop its edge in these areas.

MINNEAPOLIS, February 11 /PRNewswire/ --

AGA Medical Corporation ("AGA") announced today it received European CE Mark approval for the AMPLATZER(R) Duct Occluder II ("ADO II"). AGA also announced the immediate availability and launch of the device in Europe. The ADO II expands the AGA family of occlusion devices designed to occlude or close a patent ductus arteriosus ("PDA"), a type of congenital heart defect that occurs when a blood vessel called the ductus arteriosus fails to close after birth, as it normally should.

BARCELONA, Spain, February 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- Regional agreement to provide Windows Live Messenger, Hotmail and more to Telefonica movistar customers in 12 countries.

BARCELONA, Spain, February 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- Company announces key industry partnerships to bring more connected entertainment and information to mobile customers.

Taking companywide steps to place its technologies in the hands of an expanding mobile consumer audience, Microsoft Corp today announced that several cutting-edge mobility companies will adopt and deploy its software and services worldwide.

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BARCELONA, Spain, February 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- Accenture to Work With Affinity Mobile to Drive Market Strategy

Affinity Mobile, LLC, a provider of mobile financial services, announced today the global commercial availability of their MADE platform. MADE enables secure mobile wallet, mobile money transfers and mobile payment capabilities to all sectors that engage in secure financial transactions such as mobile network operators, retail merchants and financial institutions. With MADE, mobile operators have the ability to deploy mobile financial services and offer these services to their customers.

BARCELONA, Spain, February 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- Orange, L'Equipe, Boursier.com and Autonews are among new mobile publishers and operators to choose Microsoft's mobile ad platform.

Today at Mobile World Congress 2008, Microsoft Corp announced that several major European mobile publishers, including L'Equipe, Boursier.com and Autonews in France, are choosing Microsoft's mobile ad platform. In addition, Orange, a leading mobile operator in Spain, has chosen Microsoft as its ad serving partner for mobile display advertising in Spain.

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