The Board of Directors of Omnicom Group Inc. declared a quarterly dividend of 15 cents per outstanding share of its common stock. The dividend is payable on October 3, 2008, to Omnicom Group common shareholders of record at the close of business on September 19, 2008.

Scientific Games plans to release financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008 on July 31, 2008 after market close. The conference call is scheduled for August 1, 2008 at 8:30 AM Eastern Time.

Former U.S. Rep. Joe Scarborough (R-Fla.), host of MSNBC's "Morning Joe" and author of "Rome Wasn't Burnt in a Day: The Real Deal on How Politicians, Bureaucrats, and Other Washington Barbarians are Bankrupting America," will be featured this week on the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) radio program "Inside Government." Scarborough will address the impact of rising gas prices, and provide an analysis of the 2008 presidential race. Also hear from Joslyn Williams, president of the Washington Metropolitan Council, AFL-CIO, and Eric Bunn, president of AFGE's D.C. Local 2725. Both Williams and Bunn will discuss issues facing the District including the recent termination of 18 housing code inspectors. Chuck Orzehoskie, president of AFGE's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Council 238, will also address hiring practices within EPA and the fight to prevent EPA library closures throughout the county. The show will air on Friday, July 18 at 10:00 a.m. ET nationwide on http://www.federalnewsradio.com/ and 1050 AM in the Washington, D.C., area.

Lulu.com, the premier online self-publisher, continues to expand it's global reach with the addition of a printer in Australia, serving users in Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand. With this recent acquisition, Lulu is now fully committed to giving customers what they want, when they want it, anywhere in the world.

Federal Signal Corporation's Safety and Security Systems Group, a leader in advancing security and well-being, announced today that the Kentucky State Police have deployed Federal Signal's SmartMSG critical communications system to enhance first responder interoperability.

CoffeeCup Software has announced that it will host the third annual Webmaster Jam Session Oct. 3rd and 4th at the Loudermilk Center in downtown Atlanta, Georgia.

MarketAxess Holdings Inc. , the operator of a leading electronic trading platform for U.S. and European high-grade corporate bonds, emerging markets bonds and other fixed-income securities, will announce its 2008 second quarter results on Wednesday, July 30, 2008. Richard M. McVey, MarketAxess' Chairman and CEO, T. Kelley Millet, President and James N. B. Rucker, Chief Financial Officer will host a conference call to discuss the Company's financial results and outlook on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time.

GFI Group Inc. announced today that J. Randy MacDonald has resigned as a member of GFI's Board of Directors, effective as of July 15, 2008. Mr. MacDonald's resignation follows his appointment in April 2008 as Chief Financial Officer of MF Global Ltd. Randy MacDonald is stepping down from the GFI Board as a result of the time commitments required by his new executive responsibilities at MF Global. Mr. MacDonald has served as a Director of GFI Group since May 2006. GFI has begun a search to identify a replacement to fill the vacancy created by MacDonald's resignation.

Avery Dennison Office Products group announced today that they are offering templates for Avery brand products in the new Google Docs(TM) Template Gallery. The initial set of templates supports designing the most popular Avery brand self-adhesive label and business card products for the United States and in worldwide markets. More Avery brand templates will be added in the coming months.

Microsoft Corp. today announced revenue of $15.84 billion for the fiscal fourth quarter ended June 30, 2008, an 18% increase over the same period of the prior year. Operating income and diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $5.68 billion and $0.46, representing growth of 42% and 48%, respectively, over the same period of the prior year.

GFI Group Inc. , an inter-dealer brokerage, market data, trading platform and analytical software provider specializing in over-the-counter derivatives products and related securities, will release its second quarter 2008 financial results on Thursday, July 31, after the U.S. market close.

After last month's announcement of its new Text Link service, Seattle-based startup Knovolo has signed a deal with Quadrant Homes, the largest home builder in the Pacific Northwest.

Science Applications International Corporation today announced it has been awarded a contract in support of the NASA Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation (PA&E) to provide independent program/project assessment, analysis and evaluation services. This contract has a five year period of performance and a maximum value of $45 million. Work will be performed primarily at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va.

Photon Dynamics, Inc. today announced that it will report its third quarter fiscal 2008 financial results on Thursday, July 31, 2008, at approximately 1:00 p.m. PDT.

Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP, an international law firm, announced today that senior securities lawyer Woon-Wah Siu, formerly with Chicago's Bell Boyd & Lloyd, will be joining the firm's Shanghai office as of counsel in August.

KEMET Corporation will hold its Annual Shareholders' Meeting on July 30, 2008, at 11:00 a.m. ET, at the Westin Poinsett Hotel, 120 South Main Street, Greenville, South Carolina.

Informatica Corporation , the leading independent provider of enterprise data integration software and services, today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008.

The Subaru Forester has been named to Forbes.com 'Ten Toughest Cars on the Road' list. The all-new Forester continues to garner awards from leading publications and in the month of June posted a 41% increase in sales over the same month the previous year.

AtlantaNAP (http://www.atlantanap.com/), a premier Atlanta colocation facility, completed a new expansion of the facility with its latest Enterprise Data Center 2 opening in May, 2008. The new Data Center adds another 12,500 square feet of Tier 3 colocation space to the market. The new Data Center was designed with our enterprise customer in mind with 36 inch raised floors, state-of-the-art high density power capability and hot air containment.

Bill Gardner, president of Gardner Design (http://www.gardnerdesign.com/) here, has a front-row seat when it comes to branding trends in the US and abroad. Gardner's fourth book in his best selling LogoLounge series has been published. And he recently released his sixth annual report of logo trends in GD USA, a national design magazine (http://www.gdusa.com/issue_2008/04_apr/f eature/index2.php).

Revell, marketer of the VEXplorer robotics system, in partnership with Robot magazine, Innovation First and SolidWorks Corporation, is pleased to announce the winners of the first-ever Grant Imahara VEXplorer challenge offering contestants the opportunity to demonstrate their robotics creativity. Grant Imahara, star of the popular Discovery Channel's Mythbusters television show, and Robot magazine selected Gustavo Gorektin's "chembot" as the first place winner. Gustavo, from Hollywood, FL, received a $5,000 college scholarship and other prizes for his creativity and execution. Gustavo's "chembot" performs science experiments, removing the risk of humans being hurt by potential hazardous results.

The 17th USENIX Security Symposium, http://www.usenix.org/events/sec08/, taking place July 28-Aug. 1 in San Jose, once again delivers a top-notch conference agenda that covers the spectrum of today's most pressing security challenges, including a keynote address delivered by Debra Bowen, California Secretary of State, and talks by security experts from companies including Google and VMware.

Only Natural Pet Store, the largest online retailer of natural pet products, and Colorado Canines, Boulder's first natural pet store, have joined forces in opening the largest natural pet supply store in Boulder. The new store opened July 10th, with Colorado Canines staff welcoming shoppers to Only Natural Pet Store.

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Lockheed Martin will webcast live its Second Quarter 2008 Earnings Conference Call on Tuesday, July 22, 2008, at 11 a.m. EDT. Bruce Tanner, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer and Jerry Kircher, Vice President, Investor Relations, will discuss second quarter 2008 financial results, provide updates on key topics, and answer your questions.

"It's about time!" said John Rowan, National President of Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA), upon reading today's news release from the Department of Veterans Affairs that on-line applications are now being accepted from veterans, survivors, and other claimants filing initially for disability compensation, pension, education, and vocational rehabilitation and employment benefits without the additional requirement to submit a signed paper copy of the application.

COMEDY CENTRAL earned eight nominations in the 2007-2008 Primetime Emmy Awards competition, it was announced today by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS).

Sierra Wireless will release its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2008 after market close on Wednesday, July 23, 2008. Sierra Wireless President and CEO, Jason Cohenour, and CFO, David McLennan, will hold a conference call with analysts and investors to discuss the results at 5:30 PM Eastern time the same day.

SciQuest, Inc., the global leader empowering enterprises to realize the potential of strategic procurement, today announced a partnership with Lawson Software. Lawson serves more than 4,000 customers, including eight of the top 10 integrated health networks and more than 500 healthcare organizations. Lawson also serves more than 120 public services customers, including state and local governments as well as school districts.

CTG , an international information technology (IT) solutions and services company, announced today that it was named by Healthcare Informatics to its annual ranking of the 100 largest healthcare IT providers, the Healthcare Informatics 100 (HCI 100). CTG was named to the HCI 100 list based on its 2007 revenue for the healthcare provider market. In addition to other large healthcare IT consulting firms, the list includes the leading hospital information systems companies and other healthcare-related software firms. The HCI 100 list appears in the June 2008 issue of Healthcare Informatics, a leading CIO-level publication published by the Vendome Group, that specializes in issues of system selection, project management, enterprise integration, change management, and budgeting for healthcare organizations.

Digital Info Security Company (DISC) (Pink Sheets: DGIF) is pleased to announce that it has executed an asset purchase agreement with BeCompliant Corporation (BCC) to purchase its SecurScan email archiving and compliance business.

The Board of Directors of Texas Instruments Incorporated today declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per share of common stock, payable August 18, 2008, to stockholders of record on July 31, 2008.

DigitalBridge(SM), the leader in protected information sharing technologies and solutions for digital ecosystems, today announced that it has been selected by the Utah State Office of Education for award of a state-wide contract for an Electronic Student Achievement and Management Data System. The DigitalBridge team, which includes Chartwell Education Group, IBM/Cognos, Red Cedar Solutions Group, ProActive School, the National Transcript Center and Docufide, will implement a revolutionary new solution to manage student achievement throughout the State of Utah.

Deloitte announced today that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Solbourne Computer Inc., an innovative systems integration firm that provides enterprise services based on Oracle Fusion Middleware technology and Oracle's E-Business Suite and PeopleSoft Enterprise applications. The Solbourne management team and more than 100 professionals are expected to join Deloitte's Enterprise Applications, Technology Integration and Human Capital service areas.

Verizon Wireless announced today that it has expanded the national rollout of its high-speed wireless network to portions of Licking County, including the town of Hanover along portions of SR-16 on the eastern edge of the county.

Telecommunications equipment maker Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. , announced today that it expects to report first quarter fiscal year 2009 financial results after the end of regular trading on Monday, July 28, 2008. At that time, a copy of the earnings release will also be available under the Investor Relations section of the Company's website.

Stewart Enterprises Inc., the second largest provider of funeral services in the world, named Red Square Agency its agency of record following a nationwide search including 11 agencies.