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TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Dyadem today announced that its Stature enterprise risk management platform has been named a finalist in Plant Engineering's 2009 Product of the Year competition representing the best in innovation in products for manufacturing. The winner will be selected by Plant Engineering readers during a one-month voting period that began last week.

The Stature software platform links disconnected business processes to reduce injuries, asset and production loss, and product and process failures. It is a finalist in the Productivity and Training software award category, which recognizes software that improves the efficiency of plant operations. Plant Engineering magazine organizes the Product of the Year competition to honor new products in the plant engineering market.

"Innovation had an outstanding year, as represented by all of the Product of the Year finalists," said Plant Engineering editor Bob Vavra. "The 2009 finalists again show the willingness of manufacturing leaders to find better solutions to meet plant floor needs. Plant managers need to look at these products to find the best solutions to operate their plants smarter, safer and more efficiently."

Stature provides a consolidated global view of risks, trends and ongoing operations and has the ability to drill down in real-time, allowing management to make informed decisions and avoid costly mistakes. Unlike other systems that rely on unstructured data and file-based approaches, Stature manages and aggregates data directly across the organization to create a common language when assessing hazards, modifying existing procedures and developing best practices. Stature allows users to assess risks and choose corresponding mitigation options based on historical performance, leveraging previous lessons learned from other divisions or regions. Stature is available for small teams and departments as well as for global risk management across an enterprise.

"In the information age, consumers have much more visibility into how manufacturers get their products to market. Today's customers want to purchase quality products that were made safely and responsibly, with the least impact to the environment," said Kevin North, President and CEO of Dyadem, "Stature allows organizations to manage risks from cradle to grave in the life of a process or product, preserving reputation and brand along the way."

The finalists were announced in the November 2009 issue of Plant Engineering, and qualified readers will receive email ballots to vote on the winners. For each of the 18 categories there will be a Gold, Silver, and Bronze award, plus a Grand award that is given to the recipient of the highest number of votes. The top three in each category will receive the Product of the Year trophy on Monday, March 28, 2010, at the 2010 Manufacturing/Automation Summit in Chicago.

About Dyadem

Dyadem is the market leader in Operational Risk Management and Quality Risk Management solutions. Dyadem provides software and services that empower companies to discover and manage the risks to people and products in the design and manufacturing processes. Dyadem helps some of the world's largest companies achieve regulatory compliance and business continuity, serving the oil & gas, chemical, mining, pharmaceutical, medical, automotive, electronics and aerospace and defense industries. For more information, visit www.dyadem.com.

    Source: Dyadem

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Philadelphia Bar Association will greet Scott F. Cooper as its 83rd Chancellor at its Annual Meeting and Luncheon on Tuesday, December 8. Cooper, whose term officially begins on January 1, 2010, will deliver his inaugural address at this event.

WHERE:  Grand Ballroom

        Park Hyatt Philadelphia at the Bellevue

        Broad and Walnut streets

DATE:   Tuesday, December 8

TIME:   12 - 1:30 p.m. (Cooper speaks from 1-1:30 p.m.)

At age 44, Scott F. Cooper will become one of the youngest chancellors in the history of the Philadelphia Bar Association. He is also the first person in more than 35 years to serve as Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association while living in New Jersey.

Cooper and his wife Karen, a fellow attorney, live in Moorestown, N.J., with their daughter Amanda, age 9, and son Colin, age 6. Cooper is active in N.J. politics, serving as an elected member of the Moorestown Republican Municipal Committee in Burlington County, N.J. He also serves on his township's Ethics Board and Recreation Advisory Committee and is captain of his adult soccer team, The Red United.

Cooper is accustomed to the fast track. He made partner at Blank Rome LLP within five years at age 33. He has earned an AV designation from Martindale Hubble, and he is recognized as among the best in the 2008 and 2009 editions of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business.

The Legal Intelligencer has recognized him as a "Lawyer on the Fast Track" and the Philadelphia Business Journal named him one of the city's "Top 40 under 40" in 2004.

As a law student at Temple University's Beasley School of Law, he was a triple threat: managing editor of the law review, a member of the National Trial Team and on the Moot Court Honor Society. He was also a judicial intern for the Hon. Dolores K. Sloviter, Hon. Clarence Newcomer and Hon. Marvin Halbert.

After graduating cum laude from Temple University Beasley School of Law, Cooper spent a year clerking for the late-Honorable Herbert J. Hutton of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania before joining Blank Rome LLP.

Now a partner in the firm's Labor, Employment and Benefits Practice Group, Cooper has a national employment practice in all areas of employment relations, appearing in courts across the country. He also has served as the firm's Philadelphia-based hiring partner and as co-chair of its Recruiting and Retention Committee.

Cooper also has a distinguished history of community service. He is serving his second term on Temple University's Alumni Association Board of Directors and is on the board of the Volunteers for the Indigent Program (VIP).

He has been an active member of the Philadelphia Bar Association's leadership since 1995. He won election in 2007 as Vice Chancellor, running unopposed on a platform to strengthen the Bar's relevance and promote regional economic growth.

Cooper has also served on the Board of Governors of the Pyramid Club and was a member of the 2004 Leadership, Inc. CORE Class.

Born in Hawaii and raised in Denver, Colorado, Cooper moved East to attend Vassar College, receiving his B.A. with a dual major in economic and political science. He spent time working on Capitol Hill before attending law school at Temple University Beasley School of Law.

Founded in 1802, the nearly 13,000-member Philadelphia Bar Association is America's first chartered metropolitan bar association and the largest local bar association in Pennsylvania.

Attorneys look to the Philadelphia Bar Association for guidance on controversial legal issues and as an organized meeting ground for professional support and information sharing. The Philadelphia Bar Association also provides help and general information on legal issues to members of the public.

    Source: Philadelphia Bar Association

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Fitch Ratings has published its U.S. CMBS Focus Performance Report on CSMC, series 2006-C1. The report provides a detailed and up-to-date perspective on key credit characteristics of the CSMC 2006-C1 transaction and property-level performance of the related trust loans.

The report is available at 'www.fitchratings.com' under 'Latest Research', as well as under the following headers:

Sectors >> Structured Finance >> CMBS >> Research

Additional information is available at 'www.fitchratings.com'.

ALL FITCH CREDIT RATINGS ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMERS. PLEASE READ THESE LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMERS BY FOLLOWING THIS LINK: HTTP://FITCHRATINGS.COM/UNDERSTANDINGCREDITRATINGS. IN ADDITION, RATING DEFINITIONS AND THE TERMS OF USE OF SUCH RATINGS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE AGENCY'S PUBLIC WEBSITE 'WWW.FITCHRATINGS.COM'. PUBLISHED RATINGS, CRITERIA AND METHODOLOGIES ARE AVAILABLE FROM THIS SITE AT ALL TIMES. FITCH'S CODE OF CONDUCT, CONFIDENTIALITY, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, AFFILIATE FIREWALL, COMPLIANCE AND OTHER RELEVANT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FROM THE 'CODE OF CONDUCT' SECTION OF THIS SITE.

    Source: Fitch Ratings

VIENNA, VA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 12/04/09 -- Eloqua, the category-defining leader in marketing automation, applauds its co-founder and CTO, Steve Woods, for two recent honors. Woods was given top honors in the Sales Lead Management Association's (SLMA) first annual list of the Most Influential Sales Lead Management Professionals, while his recent book "Digital Body Language: Deciphering Customer Intentions in an Online World," ranked on Amazon.com's Bestseller pages in the prestigious international business and finance categories.

James W. Obermayer, executive director of the SLMA, said of the Most Influential winners, "These men and women are creators of wealth and we recognize their contributions to this important field of managing sales leads." Others named "most influential" by SLMA include Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce.com and Ellis Booker, Editor of BtoB Magazine.

David Meerman Scott, the BusinessWeek bestselling author of "The New Rules of Marketing & PR" and "World Wide Rave" commented, "If you have a complex sale, stop making excuses! 'Digital Body Language' is your toolkit for marketing success."

Woods blogs, tweets and speaks about Digital Body Language, the evolution of marketing, and the future of marketing and sales. "It is an honor to be recognized by my peers throughout the international business community," said Woods. "The marketing landscape is changing rapidly, and our work at Eloqua is about giving marketers a new set of tools that are in line with the way people make buying decisions in an online world."

About Eloqua

Eloqua is the category-defining marketing automation leader and provider of best practices expertise for marketers around the world. The company's mission is to make its customers the best marketers on earth. Thousands of customers from leading companies such as American Express, AON, Apple, Cognos, Dow Jones, Fidelity, Seagate and Sybase rely on the power of Eloqua to execute, automate and measure programs that generate revenue. Eloqua helps companies read and decode their buyers' "Digital Body Language," thereby improving the quality and quantity of sales leads, increasing marketing effectiveness, and accelerating the selling process. Eloqua is headquartered in Vienna, Virginia, with offices in Toronto, London, Singapore and throughout North America. For more information, please call 866-327-8764 or email demand@eloqua.com.

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Says Private Interests of One Company Should Not Trump U.S. Policy

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Los Angeles Times editorial page has blasted Chevron by urging Congress to ignore the company's multi-million dollar lobbying campaign to deny trade preferences for Ecuador in retaliation for the $27 billion oil contamination lawsuit brought by Amazon communities.

"If ... Chevron has its way, Congress will instead punish Ecuador because its government refuses to halt a private lawsuit against the oil giant.... to force a favorable outcome in a private claim would justly generate international outrage," wrote the Los Angeles Times, the largest newspaper in Chevron's home state of California, in Thursday's editions.

"Halting the trade agreement at Chevron's behest would harm broader U.S. interests," the paper opined. "....Ecuador has demonstrated a willingness to work with the U.S. That should be the test for an extension of trade benefits, not the private interests of one corporation."

Chevron has hired numerous high-level lobbyists in Washington to try to persuade the Congress to cancel the preferences, which Ecuador's government says produce 350,000 jobs. The lawsuit, which in 2002 was moved to Ecuador from U.S. federal court at Chevron's request, includes a damages assessment of $27.3 billion.

The suit accuses Chevron of poisoning an area of the Amazon the size of Rhode Island, decimating indigenous groups and leading to an outbreak of cancers and other diseases that have cost thousands of lives. Texaco, bought by Chevron in 2001, operated a large oil concession in the area from 1964 to 1990.

The editorial argued that ending the trade preferences for Ecuador would "throw farmers out of legitimate business ventures and into the arms of cocaine traffickers" and would create "needless ill will in a region where President Obama has promised to end North American bullying and begin a new era of rapprochement."

Previous attempts by Chevron to lobby the U.S. government over the lawsuit have been rebuffed by officials in both the Bush and Obama Administrations. Just last year, four Senators signed a letter to the United States Trade Representative urging the government to reject Chevron's arguments and extend the preferences, which happened.

The trade agreement allows reduced-duty or duty-free exports to the U.S. of goods such as clothing, tuna and cut flowers. It has created more than 130,000 jobs in Ecuador and an estimated 37,400 in the U.S., according to the editorial.

A final judgment in the legal case is expected in 2010.

The editorial can be read in its entirety at http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-chevron3-2009dec03,0,12813.story

About the Amazon Defense Coalition

The Amazon Defense Coalition represents the indigenous and farmer communities located in the Amazon where Texaco operated. Two of its leaders, Luis Yanza and Pablo Fajardo, are the 2008 winners of the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize.

    Source: Amazon Defense Coalition