Usiminas and Cosipa Reduces Operating Costs with Network Upgrade from Nortel (SYS-CON Media)
Usiminas and Cosipa, one of the largest steel processing groups in Brazil, has improved the security and high-bandwidth capabilities of its communications while reducing costs through a network upgrade from Nortel(x) (NYSE/TSX: NT). The upgraded network helps Usiminas and Cosipa to support bandwidth-hungry production and office processes with new wireless mobility features for 6,000 employees

Life Partners Announces Appointment as Investment Advisor to Second European Life Settlement Fund and Voting Results at (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
WACO, Texas----Aug. 4, 2006--Life Partners Holdings, Inc. held its 2006 Annual Meeting of Shareholders at its headquarters yesterday at the company headquarters in Waco, Texas marking almost 15 years as the world's oldest and only publicly held company operating exclusively in the secondary life insurance industry.

Zimbabwe: Quelea Birds - Effective Control Vital (AllAfrica.com)
DESPITE the fact that the farmers' arsenal against quelea birds looks impressive -- covering aerial spraying of chemicals, special traps and other methods being experimented on -- policy makers and animal rights groups say efforts at the moment should be directed towards effective, sensitive and collective approaches to control the troublesome birds.

Institutional Investor Journals and the Life Insurance Settlement Association Announce the Publication of a Special (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Institutional Investor Journals and the Life Insurance Settlement Association today announced the publication and release of a special section on the growing life settlement industry which appears in the Summer 2006 edition of The Journal of Structured Finance. The special section was a joint initiative between the publisher of Institutional Investor Journals and LISA in response to the growing