BERLIN, October 14, 2010 - Germany's economy continues to rebound at unexpected rates,
confirmed by new data on industrial orders that exceeds expectations. The
rapid recovery of Germany's export-driven economy and logistics industry are
a credit to Germany's infrastructure, ranked No. 1 worldwide by the 2010
Logistics Performance Index published by the World Bank. Germany Trade &
Invest will be presenting opportunities in Germany's logistics industry at
this year's annual China International Logistics and Trade Fair (CILF) in
Shenzhen, China, from October 15 - 17.

SHANGHAI and GRAZ, Austria, October 14, 2010 - At the Austria Tec Week within the scope of Expo Shanghai 2010, AVL
presents an electric vehicle with a fuel cell range extender. The substantial
advantage of the AVL Fuel Cell Commuter (AVL FCC) is its continuous
availability due to the significantly reduced charging time: refueling with
hydrogen only takes a few minutes, while compared to that, charging a battery
takes a few hours. These time savings become possible with a small fuel cell
in the range extender. This future-oriented technology in the AVL FCC is the
result of a research project conducted in conjunction with Tongji University,
which is supported with financial means from the climate fund.

Poster presentation scheduled at AASLD November 2nd

SAN DIEGO, October 14, 2010 - Vital Therapies, Inc., (VTI) today announced that a poster is being
presented at the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD)
meeting in Boston on Tuesday, November 2nd. It confirms that previously
reported findings of improved transplant free survival (TFS) in Chinese
subjects with acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) treated with the ELAD(R)
bioartificial liver support system are maintained for up to three years.

LAGOS, Nigeria, October 14, 2010 - ContourGlobal announced today that it will receive US$37.8 million in
political risk insurance from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation
(OPIC), to support the company's construction and operations of three
Combined Heat and Power (CHP) generation plants for Nigeria Bottling Company
(NBC), an affiliate of Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company, S.A (CCH). The
construction, which is being carried out by ContourGlobal Solutions, Nigeria,
a subsidiary of ContourGlobal, will enable NBC to significantly reduce its
energy consumption, carbon dioxide emissions all while reducing production
costs in the West African country.

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