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MOVERS (Mediaweek)
Cable TV Former Oxygen Media executive Gretchen Beidl has been tapped as executive vp, affiliate sales and marketing of the Sundance Channel, where she'll oversee all distribution and affiliate marketing activities for the network and will supervise its four regional sales vps.
Publ.Date : Sat, 30 Dec 2006 23:01:27 GMT

Flames Re-Assign Boyd To Knights (OurSports Central)
The Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights announced today that the Calgary Flames, their National Hockey League affiliate, have re-assigned center Dustin Boyd. The announcement was made by Flames' General Manager Darryl Sutter.
Publ.Date : Sun, 31 Dec 2006 04:10:52 GMT

Real Estate: Huge land buy (China Daily)
A venture between an affiliate of GIC Real Estate Pte and Yanlord Land Group Ltd bought a parcel of land in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu Province, for 2.4 billion yuan (US$307.5 million), the companies said in a joint statement yesterday.
Publ.Date : Sat, 30 Dec 2006 09:21:13 GMT

Think Partnership's KowaBunga Affiliate Marketing Platform Selected by Leader in Business and Financial Management … (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
CLEARWATER, Fla.—-Think Partnership Inc. , an international leader in interactive performance-based marketing and related Internet technologies, announced today that Think Partnership's KowaBunga!® MyAffiliateProgram affiliate tracking and management solution has been selected by Intuit Inc. for its Quicken and QuickBooks affiliate programs.
Publ.Date : Wed, 27 Dec 2006 13:30:00 GMT

(AFX UK Focus) 2006-12-29 10:30 GMT: Aricom affiliate wins Russia iron ore licence; co to buy controlling stake (Interactive Investor)
LONDON (AFX) – Aricom PLC said its affiliate 000 Amur Mining's winning tender for an iron ore licence in Russian has been formally approved and Aricom expects to be in a position to buy a controlling interest in Amur subject to regulatory approval.
Publ.Date : Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:53:12 GMT

Minor leaguer successful in fall play (The Indianapolis Star)
Drew Anderson figures he has made another step in his progression as a minor league baseball player. The 2001 Brownsburg High School graduate was promoted in mid-July to the Chattanooga (Tenn.) Lookouts, the Cincinnati Reds' Double-A affiliate.
Publ.Date : Thu, 28 Dec 2006 07:57:04 GMT

Ataboon affiliate plans B1bn condo (Bangkok Post)
The four-year-old housing development subsidiary of the auto-parts company Ataboon Co Ltd is planning a budget condominium on Sathu Pradit Road worth one billion baht early next year.
Publ.Date : Wed, 27 Dec 2006 18:59:35 GMT

NHL Notes (The Ottawa Sun)
Wed, December 27, 2006 NHL Notes By SUN WIRE SERVICES – The Blue Jackets placed G Pascal Leclaire on injured reserve yesterday and recalled G Ty Conklin and F Joakim Lindstrom from the club's AHL affiliate in Syracuse. The club also said RW Anson Carter will miss up to two weeks with a sprained shoulder. – Rangers F Jed Ortmeyer, out all season due to a pulmonary embolism, took another step …
Publ.Date : Wed, 27 Dec 2006 08:07:43 GMT

'Yule Log' broadcast (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
For the fourth consecutive Christmas, WUPV, Richmond's CW network affiliate, will broadcast its "Yule Log" today from 6 to 10 a.m. A full-screen image of a hearth fire accompanied by holiday music will air without commercial interruption.
Publ.Date : Mon, 25 Dec 2006 04:14:29 GMT

Cal-Comp to set up office in India to market handsets (Digi Times)
Cal-Comp Electronics, an EMS (electronics manufacturing service) affiliate of the Kinpo-Compal Group, on December 25 announced it will invest up to US$500,000 through its subsidiary Logistar International Holding to establish an office in India next quarter to market handsets and provide after-sale services.
Publ.Date : Tue, 26 Dec 2006 09:19:45 GMT

Purchase-hungry Total Safety bought by Credit Suisse affiliate (BizJournals)
After spending several years on an acquisition tear, Houston-based Total Safety U.S. Inc. has found itself at the other end of the spectrum.
Publ.Date : Mon, 25 Dec 2006 05:25:44 GMT

Partner CEO Cohen steps down; COO Avner is successor (Market Watch)
TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) — Partner Communications Co., the Israeli affiliate of the Orange cellular network, named its chief operating officer and deputy chief executive, David Avner, to the post of CEO.
Publ.Date : Mon, 25 Dec 2006 07:38:49 GMT

Children's Hospital unit online with substance abuse ed (BizJournals)
Children's Health Education Center, an affiliate of Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, has launched an online learning program to help prepare children to make better decisions on eating, drugs, alcohol and tobacco. The center, 1533 N. RiverCenter Drive, Milwaukee, has added online learning programs to help elementary and middle school students learn the science behind food and …
Publ.Date : Mon, 25 Dec 2006 05:38:44 GMT

CHARLOTTE CBS AFFILIATE: Pre-emptions upset WBTV viewers (The Charlotte Observer)
Some viewers are frosted by WBTV pre-empting CBS programs to air reruns this month of the canceled series "Becker." Sorry, says the station, but there's local Christmas advertising it wants to run and not enough local ad time in the network shows.
Publ.Date : Sat, 23 Dec 2006 08:05:33 GMT

Conklin recalled to replace Leclaire (Covers.com)
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Blue Jackets added goaltender Ty Conklin to the roster on Saturday on an emergency recall from the club`s American Hockey League affiliate in Syracuse. Conklin will fill in for goaltender Pascal Lec…
Publ.Date : Sun, 24 Dec 2006 00:23:47 GMT

Pittsburgh's Fox Sports station part of News Corp.-Liberty swap (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Pittsburgh's Fox Sports television affiliate is one of the poker chips in a stock swap that will give Liberty Media a 38.5 percent stake in, and control of, satellite television provider DirectTV.
Publ.Date : Fri, 22 Dec 2006 15:42:53 GMT

El Paso Sells Assets to TransCanada for $3.4 Billion (Update4) (Bloomberg.com)
Dec. 22 (Bloomberg) — El Paso Corp., the largest North American natural gas pipeline owner, agreed to sell pipelines and storage facilities to TransCanada Corp. and its U.S. affiliate for about $3.39 billion in cash to cut debt.
Publ.Date : Fri, 22 Dec 2006 17:39:28 GMT

El Paso Sells Assets to TransCanada for $3.4 Billion (Update7) (Bloomberg.com)
Dec. 22 (Bloomberg) — El Paso Corp., the largest natural gas pipeline owner in North America, agreed to sell pipelines and storage facilities to TransCanada Corp. and its U.S. affiliate for about $3.39 billion in cash to cut debt.
Publ.Date : Fri, 22 Dec 2006 22:35:58 GMT

People on the move (Detroit News)
Michael Smith , president and CEO of the Associated General Contractors of America, Greater Detroit chapter, was recently named as an honorary affiliate member of the American Institute of Architects Detroit.
Publ.Date : Fri, 22 Dec 2006 06:50:59 GMT