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November 3, 2009 8:15 AM ET

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On The Wires EMCOR Group (EME) announces that as previously noted during its 10/29/09 Third Quarter Earnings Call, its Welsbach Electric subsidiary has received a contract for the installation of fire detection and alarm systems at Amtrak's New York Pennsylvania Station... Sigma-Aldrich (SIAL) announces a worldwide licensing agreement with Polyplus-transfection to manufacture and commercialize Zip Nucleic Acid oligonucleotides, a new technology that provides solutions for increased affinity for nucleic acids. Under the terms of the license, Sigma-Aldrich has rights to manufacture and commercialize ZNA oligonucleotides for all research applications... CACI International (CACI) announces that it has been awarded a new $23 mln task order to provide engineering, technical, logistics and business management support to the U.S. Army Command, Control, Communications Technology Special Projects Office... Celanese Corporation (CE) announces a long-term agreement with Jiangxi Jiangwei High-Tech Stock, to supply Vinyl Acetate Monomer. Jiangwei will cease production of its calcium carbide-based alternative for economic and environmental reasons and instead source Celanese's Vinyl Acetate Monomer. This agreement reaffirms Celanese's commitment as a key industry partner in China delivering excellence in product quality, production technology and environmental sustainability... Brocade (BRCD) unveiled a broad set of technology solutions developed specifically for use with Oracle (ORCL) database and application suites to enable the efficient and reliable delivery of mission-critical business systems functions. Brocade and Oracle have jointly defined and tested vendor-agnostic, multiprotocol technology solution sets designed to address the needs of small to medium businesses and midsize to large enterprises... Tata Communications (TCL) announces that Tata Communications' On-Demand CRM service is available immediately to organizations of all sizes in India... Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL) announces that its subsidiary, Comtech EF Data, received a $1.0 mln order for satellite communications equipment from a government contractor... Idenix Pharmaceuticals (IDIX) announces that it has initiated a Phase II clinical trial evaluating IDX184, a liver-targeted nucleotide prodrug candidate for the treatment of HCV, in combination with pegylated interferon and ribavirin, in treatment-naive hepatitis C genotype 1-infected patients... Science Applications International (SAI) announces that it has been awarded a prime contract by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration to provide security equipment integration services to the Office of Security Technology. The multiple award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract has a five year period of performance and a ceiling value of $500 million for all awardees... Lightyear Capital announced that an affiliate has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the ING Advisor Network and three of ING Advisor Network's five broker-dealers... Fluor Corporation (FLR) announces that it was awarded a contract by TAQA Energy B.V., a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC, for engineering, procurement and construction management services for its Bergermeer Gas Storage project in the North Holland province of The Netherlands. The contract was booked in Fluor's third quarter 2009... Granite Construction Incorporated (GVA) announces that Granite Construction Company has been awarded a $22.0 mln contract by the Gila River Indian Community to construct the final phase of the new 8.5-mile Santan Canal located approximately 40 miles southeast of Phoenix... Best Buy (BBY) and Sonic Solutions (SNIC) announce a strategic relationship that will result in a new Best Buy customer offering in its growing line-up of digital entertainment products. The new on-demand movie and entertainment service will be powered by Sonic's Roxio CinemaNow and will allow consumers to have access to buy or rent a vast library of premium content... Bitstream (BITS) announces that Cox Communications has licensed Bitstream's FontFusion technology, Bitstream typefaces and the Tiresias screenfont for use in its interactive program guide. This is the first agreement between the two companies... Harris Corporation (HRS) has successfully completed system qualification testing of a satellite terminal that will provide U.S. Navy personnel onboard frigates, cruisers and destroyers with access to the Internet, video and other broadband services... Winner Medical Group (WWIN) announces that on October 28, 2009, it retained HC International as its strategic investor relations advisor to assist Winner Medical in broadening its presence in the financial markets while helping investors gain a better understanding of Winner Medical's core business and financial attributes. Matthew Hayden, and the HCI team, will be advising the Company in all facets of public financial communications.

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