WARSAW, Poland, July 9 --

The current economic slowdown has affected many industry sectors but not all
investments have been put on hold. EU compliance deadlines, growing energy
consumption, an ageing infrastructure and EU funding are the major factors
stimulating the Energy and Water and Wastewater sectors in Poland in the Central
Eastern European (CEE) region.

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To highlight the significant investment growth opportunities in the Energy and
Water industries and to examine major market drivers and restraints, Frost
Sullivan recently hosted a well-attended breakfast briefing at the Warsaw
office.

LONDON, July 9 -- The Road Haulage Association has reacted strongly to the news
that supermarket giant ASDA is to slash the cost of a litre of unleaded and
diesel to less than GBP1.

Michael White recently blogged about Rock Stars of Science (July 8), which is an educational effort to attract kids to careers in science.  (Michael characterized this as “another hopeless attempt to make nerds look cool.”) 

PARIS, July 9 -- Ben Verwaayen, CEO of Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE:
ALU) and Paul Tufano, Chief Financial Officer will present the second quarter
2009 results on July 30, at 1:00 pm CET (12:00 pm GMT, 7:00 am EST). The press
and analyst conference will be held in the company’s headquarters, 54 rue
La Boétie, Paris. If you are a journalist, please confirm your attendance at
press@alcatel-lucent.com. If you are an analyst, please confirm your attendance
at investor.relations@alcatel-lucent.com.

This conference will be available live at the following address:
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/2q2009

PARIS, July 9 -- Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext and NYSE: ALU) will hold a live web
press conference on Thursday July 16, 2009 to announce groundbreaking technology
which addresses the explosive growth in video traffic. Alcatel-Lucent will also
discuss its IP strategy and how it fits into the overall company direction.

The web conference will take place on July 16, 2009 8AM PST/ 11AM EST / 5PM CET
and will be hosted by Basil Alwan, President of Alcatel-Lucent’s IP
Division and head of Carrier Group Portfolio Strategy.

DUBLIN, July 9 -- For this new branch, 100 beta testers who own a Kimsufi L
dedicated server will provide OVH with a better understanding of
country-specific details. The aim is to refine the line of products and services
of the Irish branch and to guarantee the same service quality as in the ten
other countries where OVH is already present.

OVH continues to gain ground across Europe

Already well established in its native French market as the country’s
leading web hosting company, OVH quickly wanted to expand onto the global
market.

Several branches have already begun operating. Today, OVH is breaking into
Ireland with the presence of a local team based in Dublin.

Even though you're already the mathematical Wizard of Oz, you can still benefit from the Wow factor of hoisting a new curtain of number tricks to impress your friends and intimidate your enemies.

Here, dear geek, are three nifty mind widgets to make mates want you and peers want to be you.

Multiply up to 20x20
1. For example, take 17x13
2. Place the larger number on top, in your head
3. Imagine a box, encompassing the 17 and the 3
4. Add these to make 20
5. Add a zero to this, to make it 200
6. Multiply the 7 and the 3 to get 21
7. Add this to 200 to get the answer: 221

Multiply any two-digit number by 11
1. For example, take 79

EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands and HSINCHU, Taiwan, R.O.C., July 9 --

- Accelerates TV set development; dramatically reduces cost of production

NXP Semiconductors and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. (NYSE:
TSM) (TWSE: 2330) today announced their cooperation to deliver the
industry’s first single-chip 45nm global LCD TV platform, TV550. With NXP
already delivering the engineering samples to its lead customers, NXP and TSMC
have reached a major milestone in enabling the next generation of mainstream
digital TV sets for TV manufacturers.

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, July 9 --

CSC (NYSE: CSC) today announced that it has signed a seven-year information
technology (IT) services outsourcing contract with dental implant manufacturer
Nobel Biocare headquartered in Switzerland. Financial terms of the agreement
were not disclosed.

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LONDON, July 9 --

The mobile communications markets in Eastern Europe are growing strongly from
usage and revenues points of view. Defining these markets as emerging may no
longer be accurate as they are demonstrating high growth and looking for new
opportunities.

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New analysis from Frost Sullivan (http://www.wireless.frost.com), Mobile
Communications in Eastern Europe: A View on Key Markets, assesses the market
situation in Eastern Europe through the analysis of six key markets: Bulgaria,
the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Russia and Turkey.