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WOKING, England, December 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Racing Legends, Jetsetters and Journalists on Hand at pre-BaselWorld Party to Fete Legendary Swiss Watchmaker's 150th Anniversary and 25th Year With McLaren in F1.

Motor-racing great Lewis Hamilton joined Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Team Principal Martin Whitmarsh, McLaren Automotive Chairman Ron Dennis, TAG Heuer Honorary Chairman Jack Heuer, TAG Heuer CEO Jean-Christophe Babin and more than 120 international journalists at the McLaren Technology Centre (MTC) on Wednesday to celebrate TAG Heuer's 150th anniversary and the 25th year of its winning partnership with McLaren in F1.

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Long-time TAG Heuer Ambassador Lewis Hamilton, wearing his 2009 driving suit and helmet, marked the quarter century in style by arriving at the party behind the wheel of a 1986 F1 McLaren race car, once driven by world champion Alain Prost.

Guests at the lavish cocktail and dinner party in the Sir Norman Foster-designed Centre were given a sneak preview of two new TAG Heuer creations and complimentary copies of the just-released TAG Heuer: 150 Years, a beautifully illustrated commemorative book from Editions Assouline.

In over 200 pages, TAG Heuer: 150 Years outlines the brand's unique trajectory from the small, artisanal workshop of Edouard Heuer in the Swiss Jura to world leader in luxury sports watches, chronographs and professional sports timekeeping. The book was presented by Edouard Heuer's great-grandson, Jack Heuer, TAG Heuer's Honorary Chairman and one of the watch industry's most brilliant innovators.

"We are of course proud of our accomplishments but also grateful to have so much to celebrate," said TAG Heuer CEO and President Jean-Christophe Babin, who opened the festivities with 2008 FIA World Champion and long-time TAG Heuer Brand Ambassador Lewis Hamilton. "A century and a half of pioneering innovation at the avant-garde of Swiss engineering and design, and a quarter-century with McLaren - one of the longest-running sponsorship agreements between a brand and a racing team in the history of Formula One."

TAG Heuer's partnership with McLaren, begun in 1985, is one of the most successful in sports, with six FIA Constructors' World Championship titles and nine FIA Drivers' World Championship titles to its name. To date, TAG Heuer and its partners have developed 6 exclusive SLR chronographs, each a stellar work of design and function reflecting the values common to both the brand and the team: passion, performance and sporting prestige.

The true stars of the party were the brand's two latest creations, the SILVERSTONE, a "one off" re-edition of one of TAG Heuer's most iconic timepieces, and the CALIBRE 1887, an avant-garde chronograph movement made entirely in-house.

For more information about the SILVERSTONE and the CALIBRE 1887, please click on the following link: http://presscorner.tagheuer.com/

SOURCE TAG Heuer

LUXEMBOURG--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SES ASTRA, an SES company (Paris: SESG) (LuxX: SESG), announced today that the Austrian public broadcaster ORF will start broadcasting its second HD channel on ASTRA. The launch of ORF2 HD on SES ASTRA's 19.2 degrees East orbital position is scheduled for December 5, and follows the successful roll-out of ORF1 HD in June 2008. ORF will continue to broadcast both ORF1 and ORF2 also in standard definition.

The launch of ORF2 HD marks another milestone in SES ASTRA's strategy to become the most important HD platform for Europe's leading broadcasters. In 2009, the satellite operator succeeded in almost doubling the number of HD channels and now offers close to 100 HD channels via its satellite system.

To receive the HD offer from ORF, TV viewers need an HD ready screen as well as an HD set-top box with a suitable smartcard provided by ORF. Based on figures provided by market research company GfK, about 2.2 million HD ready TV sets are expected to be sold in Austria by the end of 2009, meaning that around two thirds of the Austrian TV homes will be equipped with HD ready screens.

Alexander Oudendijk, Chief Commercial Officer of SES ASTRA, said: "We are very pleased that ORF continues its pioneering role in HDTV and has now launched its second HD channel. The fact that the number of HD channels on ASTRA has almost doubled within one year shows that HDTV is gaining momentum in Europe. We are very confident that this positive development will continue in 2010, and are looking forward to launching additional HD channels on our satellites."

Michael Wagenhofer, Managing Director of ORS, a subsidiary of ORF, said: "With the extension of the ORF HD programme, TV viewers will benefit from the highest technical quality. By broadcasting top-class events in HD, we demonstrate the advantages of HDTV - impressive images and crystal-clear sound - to a wide audience. By providing its technical know-how to national and international radio and TV-broadcasters, the ORS plays an important role for the distribution of HDTV signals to TV viewers."

Reception details:

Satellite: ASTRA 1

Position: 19.2 East

Transponder: 7

Downlink Frequency: 11303

Symbol rate: 22000

FEC: 2/3

Polarisation: horizontal

About SES ASTRA www.ses-astra.com

SES ASTRA is the leading Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite system in Europe. The satellite fleet currently comprises 13 ASTRA and two SIRIUS satellites. The combined satellite system delivers services to more than 122 million DTH and cable households and transmits more than 2,500 analogue and digital television and radio channels. SES ASTRA also provides satellite-based multimedia, internet and telecommunication services to enterprises, governments and their agencies. With nearly 100 High Definition (HD) channels on its main orbital positions, ASTRA and SIRIUS represent the most important HDTV platform for Europe's leading broadcasters. The prime orbital positions for ASTRA and SIRIUS are 19.2 East, 28.2 East, 23.5 East, 5 East and 31.5 East.

SES ASTRA is an SES company (Paris: SESG) (LuxX: SESG). SES wholly owns SES ASTRA and SES WORLD SKIES, 90% of SES SIRIUS in Europe, and participations in Ciel in Canada and QuetzSat in Mexico. SES provides outstanding satellite communications solutions via a global fleet of 40 satellites in 26 orbital locations. For further information: www.ses.com.

    Source: SES ASTRA

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 12/03/09 -- Habanero Resources Inc. ("Habanero") (TSX VENTURE: HAO)(PINK SHEETS: HBNRF)(FRANKFURT: HRJ) wishes to announce that it has entered into an option agreement with Misty Creek Ventures Ltd. ("Misty Creek") to acquire 100% of the Haldane Silver Prospect located in Yukon Canada. The Haldane Silver Property consists of 99 contiguous quartz mineral claims comprising approximately 1,950 ha. (4,818 ac.)

The Haldane Property is a structurally controlled, silver vein prospect located within the Keno Hill silver district in the central Yukon. Between 1921 and 1988, the Keno Hill silver district produced more than 217 million ounces of silver with average grades of 40.5 ounces per ton silver, 5.6 per cent lead and 3.1 per cent zinc (Yukon government's Minfile database). The historical production grades would rank Keno Hill in the top 3 per cent by grade of today's global silver producers. The Keno Hill district is the second-largest historical silver producer in Canada. The Haldane property is well situated about 25 kilometres west of the main Keno Hill deposits. Mineralization is controlled by northerly trending structures, and consists of galena, sphalerite and tetrahedrite-tennantite in quart-siderite gangue. The best mineralization found to date occurs where the mineralized structures cut the Keno Hill quartzite unit, below the Robert Service Thrust. This is almost identical to the setting for mineralization at the main Keno Hill deposits. Any historical data presented here is not necessarily representative of this prospect itself. Habanero plans to file a 43-101 report once completed.

Jason Gigliotti, President of Habanero stated, "This project offers Habanero an opportunity to enter into one of the most prolific silver producing regions in Canada. Silver prices are currently near historic highs and management is optimistic regarding what this prospect may mean for Habanero in the future."

In order to exercise the option, Habanero shall make the cash payments to Misty Creek, issue common shares to Misty Creek and complete the required exploration expenditures:

Cash Payments:

$10,000 on the Closing Date

$250,000 on the 4th Anniversary of the Closing Date ("Closing Date" means the date of final acceptance from the Exchange with respect to the Transaction);

Share Payments:

100,000 Habanero shares on the Closing Date

100,000 Habanero shares on 1st Anniversary of the Closing Date

200,000 Habanero shares on 2nd Anniversary of the Closing Date

200,000 Habanero shares on 3rd Anniversary of the Closing Date

1,000,000 Habanero shares on 4th Anniversary of the Closing Date

Exploration Expenditures:

Habanero shall complete a cumulative total of $4,000,000 in exploration expenditures over the Option period, according to the following schedule:

$150,000 in exploration expenditures prior to the date that is the 1st Anniversary of Closing;

a further $350,000 in cumulative exploration expenditures prior to the date that is the 2nd Anniversary of Closing;

a further $1,500,000 in cumulative exploration expenditures prior to the date that is the 3rd Anniversary of Closing; and

a further $2,000,000 in cumulative exploration expenditures prior to the date that is the 4th Anniversary of Closing.

Upon completion of the Option, Misty Creek will retain a three percent (3%) NSR on the Property. Habanero can purchase up to two-thirds (2%) of the NSR at any time prior to commercial production by paying Misty Creek $1.5 million for each one-third (1%) of the NSR it purchases.

This option is subject to regulatory approval.

Qualified Person Statement

This news release has been reviewed and approved for technical content by Murray Jones, P. Geo. Mr. Jones is a Qualified Person as defined under the terms of National Instrument 43-101.

Habanero is a diversified junior company with the following prospects: acreage in the Alberta Oilsands; land in the Yukon, bordering Underworld; a sizable land holder within the land prospective for lithium in Alberta; two prospects in the Stewart Mining Region of BC, one bordering Canasia's Clone Prospect and the other in the vicinity of the recent discovery made by Decade Resources Ltd.; land in the Barkerville Gold Camp of BC bordering International Wayside Gold Mines Ltd, and now the Haldane Silver Prospect in the Yukon.

If you would like to be added to Habanero's email updates list, please send an email to ir@habaneroresources.com requesting to be added.

Habanero Resources Inc.

Jason Gigliotti, President

The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Contacts:
Habanero Resources Inc.
Jason Gigliotti
President
604 646 6900

ISSAQUAH, WA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 12/03/09 -- Costco Wholesale Corporation ("Costco") (NASDAQ: COST) today reported net sales of $6.04 billion for the month of November, the four weeks ended November 29, 2009, an increase of nine percent from $5.55 billion in the same four-week period last year.

For the thirteen weeks ended November 29, 2009, the Company reported net sales of $18.57 billion, an increase of six percent from $17.52 billion during the similar period last year.

Comparable sales for the periods ended November 29, 2009, were as follows:

                4 Weeks      13 Weeks
                -------      --------
U.S.               2%            1%
International     21%           14%

Total Company      6%            4%
                =======      ========

Inflation in gasoline prices relative to the prior year had a positive impact on November's comparable sales, in contrast to the previous twelve months, when the impact was negative. Strengthening foreign currencies relative to the U.S. dollar also had a positive impact on comparable sales. Comparable sales excluding these effects were as follows:

                4 Weeks      13 Weeks
                -------      --------
U.S.               0%            2%
International      7%            7%

Total Company      2%            3%
                =======      ========

Additional discussion of these sales results is available on a pre-recorded telephone message. You can access the recording by dialing 1-800-642-1687 (conference ID 75875264). This recorded message will be available today through 5:00 p.m. (PT) on Friday, December 4, 2009.

The Company plans to release its operating results for the first quarter (12 weeks) of its 2010 fiscal year ended November 22, 2009, on December 10, 2009. A conference call to discuss these results is scheduled for 8:00 a.m. (PT) that day and will be available via webcast on www.costco.com and at www.costco.ca in Canada.

Costco currently operates 566 warehouses, including 413 in the United States and Puerto Rico, 77 in Canada, 21 in the United Kingdom, seven in Korea, six in Taiwan, nine in Japan, 32 in Mexico and one in Australia. The Company also operates Costco Online, an electronic commerce web site, at www.costco.com and at www.costco.ca in Canada.

Certain statements contained in this document and the pre-recorded telephone message constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For these purposes, forward-looking statements are statements that address activities, events, conditions or developments that the Company expects or anticipates may occur in the future. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual events, results or performance to differ materially from those indicated by such statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, domestic and international economic conditions, including exchange rates, the effects of competition and regulation, uncertainties in the financial markets, consumer and small business spending patterns and debt levels, conditions affecting the acquisition, development, ownership or use of real estate, actions of vendors, rising costs associated with employees (including health care costs), geopolitical conditions and other risks identified from time to time in the Company's public statements and reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

CONTACT:
Costco Wholesale Corporation
Richard Galanti
425/313-8203

Bob Nelson
425/313-8255

Jeff Elliott
425/313-8264

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Dec. 3, 2009) - Habanero Resources Inc. ("Habanero") (TSX VENTURE: HAO)(PINK SHEETS: HBNRF)(FRANKFURT: HRJ) wishes to announce that it has entered into an option agreement with Misty Creek Ventures Ltd. ("Misty Creek") to acquire 100% of the Haldane Silver Prospect located in Yukon Canada. The Haldane Silver Property consists of 99 contiguous quartz mineral claims comprising approximately 1,950 ha. (4,818 ac.)

The Haldane Property is a structurally controlled, silver vein prospect located within the Keno Hill silver district in the central Yukon. Between 1921 and 1988, the Keno Hill silver district produced more than 217 million ounces of silver with average grades of 40.5 ounces per ton silver, 5.6 per cent lead and 3.1 per cent zinc (Yukon government's Minfile database). The historical production grades would rank Keno Hill in the top 3 per cent by grade of today's global silver producers. The Keno Hill district is the second-largest historical silver producer in Canada. The Haldane property is well situated about 25 kilometres west of the main Keno Hill deposits. Mineralization is controlled by northerly trending structures, and consists of galena, sphalerite and tetrahedrite-tennantite in quart-siderite gangue. The best mineralization found to date occurs where the mineralized structures cut the Keno Hill quartzite unit, below the Robert Service Thrust. This is almost identical to the setting for mineralization at the main Keno Hill deposits. Any historical data presented here is not necessarily representative of this prospect itself. Habanero plans to file a 43-101 report once completed.

Jason Gigliotti, President of Habanero stated, "This project offers Habanero an opportunity to enter into one of the most prolific silver producing regions in Canada. Silver prices are currently near historic highs and management is optimistic regarding what this prospect may mean for Habanero in the future."

In order to exercise the option, Habanero shall make the cash payments to Misty Creek, issue common shares to Misty Creek and complete the required exploration expenditures:

Cash Payments:

$10,000 on the Closing Date

$250,000 on the 4th Anniversary of the Closing Date ("Closing Date" means the date of final acceptance from the Exchange with respect to the Transaction);

Share Payments:

100,000 Habanero shares on the Closing Date

100,000 Habanero shares on 1st Anniversary of the Closing Date

200,000 Habanero shares on 2nd Anniversary of the Closing Date

200,000 Habanero shares on 3rd Anniversary of the Closing Date

1,000,000 Habanero shares on 4th Anniversary of the Closing Date

Exploration Expenditures:

Habanero shall complete a cumulative total of $4,000,000 in exploration expenditures over the Option period, according to the following schedule:

$150,000 in exploration expenditures prior to the date that is the 1st Anniversary of Closing;

a further $350,000 in cumulative exploration expenditures prior to the date that is the 2nd Anniversary of Closing;

a further $1,500,000 in cumulative exploration expenditures prior to the date that is the 3rd Anniversary of Closing; and

a further $2,000,000 in cumulative exploration expenditures prior to the date that is the 4th Anniversary of Closing.

Upon completion of the Option, Misty Creek will retain a three percent (3%) NSR on the Property. Habanero can purchase up to two-thirds (2%) of the NSR at any time prior to commercial production by paying Misty Creek $1.5 million for each one-third (1%) of the NSR it purchases.

This option is subject to regulatory approval.

Qualified Person Statement

This news release has been reviewed and approved for technical content by Murray Jones, P. Geo. Mr. Jones is a Qualified Person as defined under the terms of National Instrument 43-101.

Habanero is a diversified junior company with the following prospects: acreage in the Alberta Oilsands; land in the Yukon, bordering Underworld; a sizable land holder within the land prospective for lithium in Alberta; two prospects in the Stewart Mining Region of BC, one bordering Canasia's Clone Prospect and the other in the vicinity of the recent discovery made by Decade Resources Ltd.; land in the Barkerville Gold Camp of BC bordering International Wayside Gold Mines Ltd, and now the Haldane Silver Prospect in the Yukon.

If you would like to be added to Habanero's email updates list, please send an email to ir@habaneroresources.com requesting to be added.

Habanero Resources Inc.

Jason Gigliotti, President

The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
        Habanero Resources Inc.
        Jason Gigliotti
        President
        604 646 6900

Source: Habanero Resources Inc.