Innovation Nations: Thomson Reuters Analysis of 2008 World Patent Activity Finds U.S. Market Infused with Asian Innovations

PHILADELPHIA - Global Intellectual Property Analysis Finds Foreign Companies Dominate
List of Top Ten U.S. Innovators While Chinese, European, Japanese and Korean
Rankings Showcase Homegrown Technologies

Stonebranch Launches Infitran and Indesca Solutions

ATLANTA - Two new solutions, a new Web site and the company’s 10th anniversary
culminate in a new strategic market direction.

Endeavors Technologies Showcases Application Jukebox Support for Oracle(R) Beehive

IRVINE, California and LONDON - Endeavors’ application virtualization and streaming functionality
offered in connection with Oracle Beehive 30-day trial offer

Mellon Transition Management Expands Global Capabilities

SAN FRANCISCO and LONDON - Business Volume Continues to Grow Rapidly for Award Winning Group

Mellon Transition Management (MTM), the transition management specialist
for BNY Mellon Asset Management, has announced the appointment of Tim
Wilkinson and his team of transition management professionals to its
award-winning global business.

Abbott Advances Its Revolutionary Fully Bioabsorbable Drug Eluting Stent With Initiation of Next Phase of Clinical Trial

ABBOTT PARK, Illinois - Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced the initiation of the next phase of
the ABSORB clinical trial to evaluate the safety and performance of the
company’s fully bioabsorbable drug eluting coronary stent. This second phase
of the ABSORB clinical trial will enroll approximately 80 patients at 10
centers in Europe, Australia and New Zealand, and will incorporate device
enhancements designed to improve deliverability and vessel support. The first
patient was enrolled into the second stage of the ABSORB clinical trial at
Onze Lieve Vrouw Ziekenhuis Hospital in Aalst, Belgium, by Bernard De Bruyne,
M.D., Ph.D.

Fisker Automotive Recruits First North American Retailers to Represent Premium Green Brand

IRVINE, California - Premium green automaker Fisker Automotive has appointed its first group
of North American retailers to market and service its luxury plug-in hybrid
vehicles, beginning with the US$87,900, 100mpg Karma sedan later this year.
Thirty-two award-winning retailers have confirmed their intent to carry the
Fisker marquee. The number puts the carmaker close to its goal of having 40
locations across the country by the end of June 2009.

Owens Corning Introduces AdVeil(TM) Non-Woven Glass Veil with Breakthrough Technology that Enhances the Performance of Cushion Vinyl Flooring

TOLEDO, Ohio - Pre-Filled Non-Woven Glass Veil Reduces Plastisol Use by up to 30
percent, Improves Production Efficiencies and Provides Smoother Surfaces

China Yurun Food Group Limited Announces Its Annual Results for the Year Ended 31 December 2008

HONG KONG - Healthy Business Growth Amid Economic Downturn

- Strengthen Market Leadership with Emphases on Quality Control

Buddhist Leader Receives 250th Academic Honor for Contributions to Education

TOKYO - On March 21, 2009, at a graduation ceremony at Soka University in
Hachioji, Tokyo, University College South of Denmark conferred an honorary
doctorate upon Daisaku Ikeda, founder of Soka University and president of the
Soka Gakkai International (SGI), bringing to 250 the number of academic
honors he has received.

Thomson Reuters Launches IDRAC(R) Notes

PHILADELPHIA and LONDON - New Commenting Feature Facilitates Increased Collaboration With
Colleagues

China Development Bank Provides ZTE US$15 Billion Credit Line

SHENZHEN, China - Credit Facility Allows ZTE to Expand Global Reach and Introduce New
Technologies

Atmel Targets Mobile Devices with Low Cost 4-Channel QTouch Capacitive Touch Button Controller

SAN JOSE, California - Atmel(c) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today a convenient, easy to
implement, low cost touch sensor IC, which brings capacitive user interfaces
to price-sensitive consumer and mobile devices. This AT42QT1040 device is
available in a 3mm x 3mm VQFN 20 pin package, making it ideal for use in
mobile phones and other handheld devices where PCB space is at a premium. In
low power mode the AT42QT1040 draws only 31uA from a 1.8 VDC supply, allowing
capacitive sensing to be added with minimal impact on battery lifetime. The
AT42QT1040 is the latest solution from Atmel’s touch sensor division, which
develops capacitive touch button, slider, wheel and touchscreen controllers.
The AT42QT1040 includes 4 digital output channels, enabling per-channel
indication on touch detection. The IC can also be configured using one
channel as a proximity sensor, enabling ‘hidden-until-lit’ user interfaces
where the device detects the presence of a finger some distance away from the
keypad.

A Sign That Web Development is Being Redefined in 2009

PITTSBURGH - The Release of ComponentOne Studio Enterprise 2009 Sets the Pace

The leader in the Microsoft Visual Studio component industry,
ComponentOne, has expanded its offering of custom controls in the most
complete suite in the market, ComponentOne Studio Enterprise 2009. This
release includes new controls and updates that bring enhanced performance and
presentation to Windows, Web, and Mobile application development.

Fannie Mae Redemption

WASHINGTON -

Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) will redeem the principal amounts indicated for the following securities issues on the redemption dates indicated below at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption:

3G Will Dominate Hungary’s Mobile Services Market by 2012, Pyramid Research Finds

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts - Revenue from 3G-based mobile services will grow rapidly over the next
four years in Hungary and will overtake 2.5G service revenue by 2012 as more
subscribers migrate to broadband mobile data services, according to a new
report from Pyramid Research (www.pyr.com), the telecom research arm of the
Light Reading Communications Network (www.lightreading.com).

Hughes Announces Next Generation HX Routers

GERMANTOWN, Maryland - New HX260 Mesh and HX200 Broadband Satellite Routers, Ideal for Private
Networks and Cellular Backhaul, with Advanced DVB-S2/ACM Bandwidth Management

K-Swiss Inks Official Partnership With Ironman

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, California - On the cusp of its sophomore season at retail in the performance running
category, iconic performance footwear and sportswear brand K-Swiss is proud
to announce that it has inked a long-term, official partnership with World
Triathlon Corporation, owners of the brand Ironman.

dotMobi to Release DeviceAtlas for Microsoft ASP.NET

DUBLIN and WASHINGTON - dotMobi now accepting beta applicants to trial award-winning
DeviceAtlas mobile device database for the ASP.NET programming framework

Spring 2009 UNIQLO Parka Campaign, ‘TOKYO FASHION MAP-1000 Parka Styles of Real Tokyo’ on Special Website & in Magazines

TOKYO - In conjunction with our Spring 2009 Parka Campaign, UNIQLO is offering an
amazing 1000 styles of colorful parkas for customers to choose from. The new
campaign called “TOKYO FASHION MAP” features 1000 styles of real Tokyo
fashion wearing our parkas.

Hansoft Launches Version 5.3 at GDC

UPPSALA, Sweden - Hansoft, the leading vendor of tools for project management and QA in the
game development industry, will officially launch Hansoft 5.3 during GDC in
San Francisco next week.

German Automotive Supplier to Establish Operations in Saltillo, Mexico

TUCSON, Arizona - AKT altmarker Kunststoff-Technik GmbH of Gardelegen, Germany has signed a
contract with The Offshore Group of Tucson, Arizona for the provision of
outsourced manufacturing support, or “shelter” services in Saltillo, Mexico.
The company has signed a lease agreement for the rental of 34,822 square feet
of industrial space at The Offshore Group’s La Angostura Industrial Park. AKT
will join other German manufacturers OKE GmbH and Turck, Inc. at the site.

eSobi News Center Keeps Acer Aspire One Users Always Up-to-date with World Headlines

TAIPEI, Taiwan - esobi Inc., an innovative Internet information navigator, announced a new
partnership with Acer Inc. that will preload “eSobi News Center” on Acer
Aspire One netbooks starting in 2009. This worldwide cooperation will allow
users to always stay up-to-date with the latest news online that can be
easily organized in a handy personal folder to carry on the go.

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.

Live Webinar - From Promise to Practice: Proven Strategies to Accelerate Your Campus-Wide Online Learning Initiative

MADISON, Wisconsin - The Dutch higher education market is one of the world’s most advanced in
lecture capture and Technical University of Delft leads the pack, recording
80 class hours that attract 10,000 views - each and every week. But the
widespread success of this ambitious campus program did not come without the
usual challenges.

Neverblue Goes Global

VICTORIA, British Columbia - Neverblue, a premier lead generation network, today announced its
international expansion into Western Europe with a special focus on Germany,
France and the United Kingdom.

Relsys International Announces the Release of the Argus Safety(TM) Suite 5.0

IRVINE, California - Relsys International today announced the release of the Argus Safety
Suite 5.0, the new standard in global Drug Safety & Risk Management systems.
The Argus Safety Suite 5.0 is a full stack release.

BancTec Releases CenterVision(TM) 2.0

DALLAS - Global transactional content management platform delivers greater value
to users

BancTec, a global provider of advanced, high-volume document and payment
processing services and solutions, has released version 2.0 of CenterVision,
its global platform for processing and managing multiple streams of in-bound
information. The new release of CenterVision improves the platform’s ability
to provide end-to-end mail processing and control, with stronger Service
Level Agreement (SLA) management, enhanced document tracking and resource
utilization capabilities. Optimal customer access to information, expanded
reporting and overall usability enhancements are also provided.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Clears Way for Multi-Center Clinical Trial of IDEV Technologies’ SUPERA Peripheral Stent

HOUSTON - Novel Stent Platform Designed for Radial Strength, Flexibility

IDEV Technologies Incorporated, (IDEV) an emerging leader in the
development and marketing of minimally invasive technologies, announced today
that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an
investigational device exemption (IDE) for a multi-center clinical trial of
its SUPERA stent, a novel stent platform designed for the treatment of
peripheral artery disease (PAD) in the superficial femoral artery (SFA). PAD
affects more than 8 million people in the U.S. alone and, by the age of 65,
12-20 percent of the population will develop PAD, according to the American
Heart Association.

NTT Com to Launch Premium Data Center in Vietnam

TOKYO - NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) announced on March 16 that
Global Data Services JSC (GDS), its joint venture with Vietnam Posts &
Telecommunications Group (VNPT), the largest telecom in Vietnam, will open a
Tier 3-equivalent premium data center in Hanoi on April 12, 2009.

The Bank of New York Mellon Creates New Sovereign Advisory Board

HONG KONG and DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The Bank of New York Mellon, a global leader in asset
management and securities servicing, has announced the creation of a new
Sovereign Advisory Board in order to best serve sovereign organizations,
which include sovereign wealth funds, sovereign pension plans, central
banks/monetary authorities and sovereign owned entities.

Learn Mandarin, the Emerging Language, with Ease on the iPhone — Knowledge Factories Releases the Mandarin FastTrack 1.0

HONG KONG - Knowledge Factories Limited today announced the first public release of
Mandarin FastTrack 1.0 that works with the iPhone. The program is an
effective and flexible conversation Chinese learning tool as well an
easy-to-use English-to-Chinese dictionary and translator.

2009 Game Developers Conference(R) Europe Opens Call For Submissions

BERLIN and SAN FRANCISCO - Premier Developer Event to Unite the European Community for Three-Days
of Learning and Networking

Thomson Reuters Names ‘Hottest’ Researchers and Papers of 2007-2008

PHILADELPHIA and LONDON - The Healthcare and Science business of Thomson Reuters today announced
the results of its annual roundup of the “hottest” researchers and research
papers. In its March/April issue of Science Watch, Thomson Reuters identified
the top 13 authors who fielded the highest numbers of Hot Papers in 2007-2008
as well as the most-cited research papers of 2008.

Kenya Poised for Huge Growth in Mobile Services, Pyramid Research Projects

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts - Mobile penetration in Kenya’s telecom market will grow by 95 percent over
the next five years, a market growth that will reflect intense competition
among network operators and lead to a rapid uptake of mobile data services,
according to a new report from Pyramid Research (www.pyr.com), the telecom
research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network
(www.lightreading.com).

Atmel Collaborates With IAR Systems to Accelerate Application Development for AT91SAM ARM Micros

SAN JOSE, California and UPPSALA, Sweden - Newly-released IAR Embedded Workbench Version 5.0 for ARM Provides
Enhanced Support for AT91SAM Application Developers