Bank of America Merrill Lynch Hires Bryan Weadock as Head of Americas Fixed Income Sales

NEW YORK - Bank of America Merrill Lynch today announced that Bryan Weadock will join the company’s Global Markets group as head of Americas Fixed Income Sales in July 2009. Weadock was most recently head of Investor Client Management at JP Morgan Chase & Co. in New York. He will report to Mike Meyer, global head of Sales for the Global Markets platform.

BioWa Announces License of POTELLIGENT(R) Technology to sanofi-aventis

PRINCETON, New Jersey - BioWa, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a license agreement with sanofi-aventis (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY), providing the global healthcare company with access to BioWa’s POTELLIGENT(R) Technology platform for the research, development and commercialization of their antibody therapies with enhanced antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC).

Bank of America Merrill Lynch Hires Steven Niemczyk as Global Head of Asset Management Investment Banking

NEW YORK - Bank of America Merrill Lynch today announced that Steven J. Niemczyk will join the company’s Global Corporate & Investment Banking business as global head of Asset Management Investment Banking in June 2009. Niemczyk has been global head of Asset Management Investment Banking at UBS Limited in London. He will relocate to New York and report to Michael Rubinoff, head of Global Financial Institutions Corporate & Investment Banking.

Sullivan & Cromwell’s John Hardiman and David Rhodes Contribute Chapter to International Commercial Litigation Guide

NEW YORK - Sullivan & Cromwell LLP is pleased to announce that London-based partner John Hardiman and associate David Rhodes, assisted by associates Andreas Stier and Tia Vasquez, have co-authored a chapter on United States law in the recently released International Commercial Dispute Resolution, edited by Jonathan Warne and published by Tottel Publishing. The chapter focused on United States law is one of 24 chapters, each addressing a different geographic jurisdiction and focusing on the needs of international litigators in understanding these markets.

Liquidnet Announces Trading Statistics for March 2009

NEW YORK - Liquidnet, the global institutional marketplace, today announced monthly and year-to-date trading statistics for U.S. and international equities.

Brazil Well Positioned to Weather Global Financial Crisis and Provides Opportunities for Value Investors, According to BNY Mellon ARX

NEW YORK - Reforms, Demand for Commodities Help Build Financial Cushion

Brazil’s reforms over the past decade have helped position the country to weather the global economic crisis, and several factors suggest that the equity markets are providing opportunities for value investors, according to BNY Mellon ARX, the BNY Mellon Asset Management unit focused on Brazil.

Team of Experts Announces Groundbreaking Energy Efficiency Retrofit Project at Empire State Building

NEW YORK - World’s most famous office building’s more than US$500 million upgrade program to incorporate comprehensive project with goal to reduce energy use by nearly 40 percent

Dow Jones VentureSource Adds New Data on European VC-Backed Companies & Their Investors

NEW YORK and LONDON - Database Extends Global Lead in Venture Capital Research with New Data on More Than 7,700 Financings; Expands European & Early-stage Coverage

Horwath International Changes Its Name to Crowe Horwath International as Part of Global Branding Strategy

NEW YORK - Horwath International, one of the 10 largest global networks of independent accounting and advisory services firms, has changed its name to Crowe Horwath International.

Global Association of Risk Professionals Debuts Risk Professional Magazine

NEW YORK and LONDON - The Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP, www.garp.org) today published the premiere issue of its bi-monthly Risk Professional magazine. Both the print and digital editions of the magazine’s premiere issue will be sent to over 30,000 Association members.

ARCADIS Presents Conceptual Design for Storm Surge Barrier to Protect the New York Metropolitan Area

AMSTERDAM - ARCADIS (EURONEXT: ARCAD), the international design, consulting, engineering and management services company, today announced that it has provided an idea of what a storm surge barrier aimed at protecting the New York and New Jersey Metropolitan Region from severe coastal flooding might look like. The barrier is situated in the Verrazano Narrows, connecting the Upper New York Bay with the Atlantic Ocean. The ideas were disclosed in a presentation as part of a New York conference ‘Against the Deluge: Storm Surge Barriers to Protect New York City.’

Morgan Stanley Deploys OpTier’s CoreFirst for Business Transaction Management

NEW YORK - Financial Services Firm Improves Performance and Availability with
End-to-End Visibility of Business Transactions

EDCI Holdings, Inc. Announces EDC to Consolidate Blackburn-Hannover Disc Volumes

NEW YORK - EDCI Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: EDCI) (”the Company”), the holding company
for Entertainment Distribution Company, Inc., the majority shareholder of
Entertainment Distribution Company, LLC (”EDC”), a European provider of
supply chain services to the optical disc market, today announced that, based
on an extensive feasibility analysis, EDC has determined to effect the
closure of EDC’s Blackburn optical disc facility. The closure is expected to
take effect on December 31, 2009, chosen to respect the notice periods of EDC
Blackburn Ltd’s employees and to allow for an orderly wind down of the EDC’s
Blackburn facility. EDC’s Hannover disc manufacturing and distribution
business, however, shall continue as an ongoing operation.

TraderTools Inc. Supplies Natixis with TraderTools’ Liquidity Management Platform(TM)

NEW YORK - Paris-based bank to aggregate and manage liquidity globally

TraderTools Inc. (TraderTools), a provider of business solutions,
software and services to financial institutions trading FX, announced today
that Natixis, one of the largest banks in France, licensed TraderTools’
Liquidity Management Platform (LMP) to facilitate its global FX trading. In
addition to its Paris headquarters, Natixis’ FX trading desks include
international money centers New York and Singapore. The TraderTools LMP will
connect between the trading desks and includes liquidity aggregation,
algorithmic trading and order management.

AKQA Names Jim Rossman President & Chief Operating Officer

NEW YORK - Digital Agency Adds Senior Manager to Executive Team

AKQA, the leading independent digital marketing agency, has announced
that Jim Rossman will join AKQA as its President & Chief Operating Officer.
Rossman is currently the Chief Operating officer at Digitas, the Publicis
Groupe direct and digital marketing unit.

Report: The State of Green Investing 2009

NEW YORK - Now that the stock market is showing signs of life again, green investors, who saw their portfolios sink even lower than the overall market, are benefiting from holding on. Unlike the mass of investors, who sold at the bottom of the market, green investors are taking a long term view.

Strategas Research Partners Launches Geneva Office

NEW YORK and GENEVA - Company Expands European Coverage with Swiss Headquarters

Strategas Research Partners, a pre-eminent independent research firm
specializing in investment strategy, economics and policy research, today
announced the opening of its first European office and the appointment of
Christian Pinchart-Deny as its Managing Director in Geneva.

Bloomberg PMI Signals Euro Retail Sales Fall at Weaker Rate

NEW YORK - Retailers Wind Down Stocks and Staff Levels

- Wholesale Prices Show Smallest Rise for over Three Years

BARC Central Laboratory Joins Alzheimer’s Association Research Roundtable

NEW YORK - Global Laboratory’s Technology Transfer Expertise to Support Biomarker
Translational Research -

Global Association of Risk Professionals Presents European Risk Congress

NEW YORK and LONDON and BEIJING - Risk Management Professionals from Across the Globe to Gather in
London, May 18-20

Report From 1E and the Alliance to Save Energy Finds That German Employers Waste EUR900 Million Each Year Powering Unused PCs

LONDON - 2009 PC Energy Report Quantifies Financial and Carbon Savings for PC
Power Waste in the US, UK and Germany

Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey Finds Growing Optimism in Global Economic Outlook

NEW YORK and LONDON - Fear over Banks Holds Back Equity Recovery

Investors are at their most optimistic about the global economy since
December 2005, according to the Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers for
March. However, the prolonged banking crisis seems to be stopping them from
putting cash into equities.

Baby Meets Fashion: Quinny Collaborates With Danish Multitalent Henrik Vibskov

HELMOND, The Netherlands - ‘Quinny by Henrik Vibskov’: Exclusive Designer Collection With Unique
Signature

Microsoft Search Partner BA-Insight Expands International Operations

WHITE PLAINS, New York - New Offices in Europe Required to Satisfy Demand for Advanced
SharePoint Search Solutions

TheMarkets.com Reports Continued Growth in 2008

NEW YORK - Triples revenues over three-year period; Launches new products; Doubles
headcount in New York and London offices

artnet Launches Prints Sale Featuring Works by Francis Bacon, Marc Chagall, Roy Lichtenstein, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol and Many Other Artists

NEW YORK and BERLIN - 100 prints by 40 Modern & Contemporary masters
- Estimates from US$2,000 to US$60,000
- March 12-26, 2009

Wotif.com to Raid New York in 2009

LONDON - The Raiders of New York State Have Agreed a Shirt Sponsorship Deal With
Last-Minute Online Accommodation Specialist Wotif.com