LONDON - The current economic climate is not stopping people from having babies, and having a baby is helping modern mothers to cope with the credit crunch says Bounty, the UK's favourite parenting club.

SAN FRANCISCO - Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) announced that Visa International, its wholly-owned subsidiary, sold 136,478,372 shares of Companhia Brasileira de Meios de Pagamento ("VisaNet do Brasil"), in connection with VisaNet do Brasil's June IPO. Visa's proceeds from the sale, net of underwriter discounts and fees, are approximately US$1 billion based on current exchange rates. Of the US$1 billion in proceeds, the Company will retain about half after applicable taxes. Visa will record a GAAP gain from the sale in the quarter ended June 30, 2009, net of tax, of approximately US$235 million. The gain reflects Visa International's recorded book value of US$535 million, which is comprised of a cash investment of US$18 million made in April 2008 and US$517 million recorded through GAAP purchase accounting treatment as part of Visa's reorganization in October 2007.

FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts - A new video that guides viewers through the innermost operations of American Apparel's item-level RFID inventory management system can now be accessed by apparel, retail and RFID professionals at www.ibmd.averydennison.com/american-apparel

NEW YORK - - Bloomberg Hires Daniel Hertzberg in New York; Jonathan Kaufman, Daniel Golden in Boston; Anita Sharpe in Atlanta

WASHINGTON - Symbion Power today announced the appointment of Ambassador Joseph Wilson (ret.) as a member of the Symbion Power Advisory Board. Ambassador Wilson has extensive experience in Africa, the Middle East and Europe. As an American diplomat, he served as Ambassador to Gabon and Sao Tome and Principe in the administrations of Presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton. He also served as Special Assistant to President Clinton in charge of African Affairs at the National Security Council. As acting Ambassador to Iraq in the first Gulf War, he was responsible for the successful evacuation of several thousand Americans, including 150 hostages held by the Iraqi government, from Kuwait and Iraq before the launching of Desert Storm. On his return to Washington, Wilson was lauded by President Bush as a "true American hero."