plus 2, Jordan's government will not purchase ATV - MENAFN

Jordan's government will not purchase ATV - MENAFN
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Jordan's government will not purchase ATV - MENAFN

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 11:10 PM PST

(MENAFN - Jordan Times) The government announced on Thursday that it no longer plans to purchase the ATV channel due to "differences" with its owner over the value of the deal.

Last month, the government said it was seriously considering the purchase of ATV and added that a connection between Jordan Television and ATV would be announced soon.

"The government will stop its effort to purchase ATV," Minister of State for Media Affairs and Communications and Government Spokesperson Nabil Sharif told The Jordan Times on Thursday.

"We are paying close attention to public funds and how every penny is spent, and we cannot pay more than the amount that we consider logical and that reflects the real value of the channel there was a divergence between the owner and the government in evaluating the price of the channel," Sharif added.

However, Talal Awamleh, CEO of the Arab Telemedia Group (ATG), which owns ATV, told The Jordan Times that no evaluation of the price of the channel took place.

"I think they have just changed their mind. I think the government announced its plan to purchase the channel in a rush and did not know what that entailed," Awamleh said Thursday over the phone.

The Audiovisual Commission halted ATV's initial broadcast in August 2007, citing incomplete paperwork. A week later, the launch faced a new hurdle when Jordan Radio and Television Corporation insisted that an agreement between the two establishments only covered terrestrial transmission.

Later in 2007, the ATV company, which was established by media tycoon Mohammad Elayyan, was sold for more than JD15 million to Al Ajayeb for Investments Company, owned by Mohammad Khalid Asfour and Mohammad Abdul Aati. In 2008, it was sold to the ATG.

By Mohammad Ghazal

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Posted: 04 Mar 2010 03:39 PM PST

NEW YORK, March 4, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ --

MZ Consult NY (http://www.mz-ir.com), a leading global investor relations and financial communications firm, announces its rankings workshop & award ceremonies. The 2010 IRGR, supported by KPMG, Arnold & Porter, The Bank of New York Mellon, Corporate Asia Network, Bloomberg, NEVIR and Sodali is a unique and independent external review of any company's communication process with the capital markets.

IR Global Rankings invites you to the 2010 IRGR Workshop and Award Ceremonies to discuss recent developments regarding institutional investors and review our findings on trends and benchmarks for IR Websites, Corporate Governance and Financial Disclosure Procedures. You can choose which best suits your agenda.




 IR Global Rankings Amsterdam Workshop and Award Ceremony
 Date: March 23, 2010
 ABN AMRO
 Gustav Mahlerllaan 10
 1082 PP
 Amsterdam, Netherlands
 Local time: 3:00pm - 7:30pm

 IR Global Rankings Taipei Workshop and Award Ceremony
 Date: March 25, 2010
 Shangri-La's Far Eastern Plaza Hotel
 201 Tun Hwa South Road, Section 2
 Taipei, Taiwan
 Local time: 8:30am - 4:40pm

The ceremony for Asia/Pacific will be part of Corporate Asia Network's event.

Companies from this region will be contacted by Corporate Asia Network with further event details.

IR Global Rankings Beijing Workshop and Award Ceremony Date: March 30, 2010 Park Hyatt Beijing 2 Jianguomenwai Street, Chaoyang District Beijing Beijing, China Local time: 8:30am - 4:40pm

The ceremony for Asia/Pacific will be part of Corporate Asia Network's event.

Companies from this region will be contacted by Corporate Asia Network with further event details.




 IR Global Rankings New York Workshop and Award Ceremony
 Date: April 6, 2010
 Yale Club
 50 Vanderbilt Avenue (corner of 44th Street near Grand Central Station)
 New York, USA
 Conference Room: Grand Ballroom
 Local time: 8:00am - 5:00pm

 IR Global Rankings Sao Paulo Workshop and Award Ceremony
 Date: April 8, 2010
 Auditorio Livraria Cultura - Shopping Market Place (upper level)
 Av. Dr. Chucri Zaidan, 902
 Sao Paulo, Brazil
 Local time: 3:00pm - 7:00pm

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More than 500 companies from over 30 countries registered for the 2010 IR Global Rankings, among them (in alphabetical order): A8 Digital Music Holdings (HKSE: 0800); Abbott (NYSE: ABT); ABNote (BMF&BOVESPA: ABNB3); Acer Inc. (TWSE: 2353); Acorn International (NYSE: ATV); Acucar Guarani (BMF&BOVESPA: ACGU3); Adecco (SIX: ADEN); adidas (FSE: ADS); Aditya Birla Nuvo (NSE: ABIRLANUVO); Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (NYSE: ASX); Advantech Co. (TWSE: 2395); AECOM (NYSE: ACM); Aegon (EURONEXT: AGN.AS); Aerovironment Inc (NASDAQ: AVAV); AES Eletropaulo (BMF&BOVESPA: ELPL6); AES Gener (SCL: GENER); AES Tiete (BMF&BOVESPA: GETI4); Air France-KLM (EURONEXT: AFLYY); Air Products (NYSE: APD); Airmedia Group Inc (NASDAQ: AMCN); Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM); AkzoNobel (EURONEXT: AKZA); Alibaba.com Limited (HKSE: 1688); ALL - America Latina Logistica (BMF&BOVESPA: ALLL1); Alpha Networks Inc. (TWSE: 3380); Aluminum Corporation of China (HKSE: 2600); AmBev (NYSE: ABV); American Water Works Company (NYSE: AWK); Amerigroup Corp. (NYSE: AGP); Amil Participacoes (BMF&BOVESPA: AMIL3); AMP (ASX: AMP.AX); AMR (NYSE: AMR); Anadolu Efes Biracilik ve Malt San (ISE: AEFES); ANZ (ASX: ANZ); Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT); ARC Energy Trust (TSX: AET.UN); Arcadis (EURONEXT: ARCAD); ArcelorMittal (NYSE: MT); Ardentec Corporation (TWSE: 3264); ARM Holdings (LSE: ARM); AsiaInfo Holdings (NASDAQ: ASIA); Assurant (NYSE: AIZ); Asustek Computer (TWSE: 2357); athenahealth (NASDAQ: ATHN); AU Optronics Corp (TWSE: 2409); Aurobindo Pharma (NSE: AUROPHARMA); Austrian Post (VSE: POST); Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK); AVerMedia Technologies Inc. (TWSE: 2417); Ayala Land (PINK: AYAAF); Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU); Banca MPS (FTSE: BMPS.MI); Banco BPI (EURONEXT: BBPI.LS); Banco Cruzeiro do Sul (BMF&BOVESPA: CZRS4); Banco Daycoval (BMF&BOVESPA: DAYC4); Banco Indusval (BMF&BOVESPA: IDVL4); Banco Panamericano (BMF&BOVESPA: BPNM4); Bancolombia (NYSE: CIB); Bank of China (HKSE: 3988); Bank of Communications (HKSE: 03328); Bank of Montreal (NYSE: BMO); BASF (XETRA: BAS.DE); Baxter (NYSE: BAX); Bayer (XETRA: BAYN GY); BBVA (NYSE: BBV); Bekaert (EURONEXT: BEKB); Bematech (BMF&BOVESPA: BEMA3); Bezeq (TASE: BEZQ); BlueScope Steel (ASX: BSL); BP (LSE: BP); Brasil Brokers (BMF&BOVESPA: BBRK3); BrasilAgro (BMF&BOVESPA: AGRO3); Braskem (BMF&BOVESPA: BRKM5); BRF Brasil Foods (BMF&BOVESPA: PRGA3); Brightpoint, Inc (NASDAQ: CELL); Britvic PLC (LSE: BVIC); Brookfield Incorporacoes (BMF&BOVESPA: BISA3); Bursa Malaysia Berhad (MYX: BJURSA MK); Cameco Corporation (NYSE: CCJ); Campari (MIL: CPR); Canadian Natural Resources Limited (NYSE: CNQ); Capcom (FSE: CPK.F); Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT); Cathay Financial Holding (TWSE: 2882); CCR (BMF&BOVESPA: CCRO3); Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE); Celesio AG (FSE: CLS1); Cellcom Israel Ltd (NYSE: CEL); Central China Real Estate Limited (HKG: 0832); Central European Media Enterprises (PSE: CETV); Cephas Holding (OTCBB: CEHC); CETIP - Balcao Organizado de Ativos (BMF&BOVESPA: CTIP3); Chang Hwa Commercial Bank (TWSE: 2801); Changyou.com Limited (NASDAQ: CYOU); Chengdu Putian Telecommunications Cable (HKSE: 1202); Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK); Cheung Kong Holdings (HKSE: 0001.hk); Chi Mei Optoelectronics (TWSE: 3009); China Agri-Industries (HKSE: 0606); China Airlines Ltd. (TWSE: 2610); China Automotive Systems (NASDAQ: CAAS); China BAK Battery (NASDAQ: CBAK); China Communications Services Corporation (HKSE: 0552); China Development Financial Holding (TWSE: 2883); China Foods Limited (HKSE: 0056); China Green Agriculture (NASDAQ: CGA); China GrenTech Corporation Limited (NASDAQ: GRRF); China High Speed Transmission Equipment (HKSE: 0658); China Medical Technologies (NASDAQ: CMED); China Motor Corporation (TWSE: 2204); China Nepstar Chain Drugstore (NYSE: NPD); China Nutrifruit Group Inc. (NYSE: CNGL); China Railway Construction Corporation (HKSE: 1186); China Railway Group Limited (HKSE: 0390); China Shenhua Energy (HKSE: 1088); China Steel Corporation (TWSE: 2002); China Techfaith Wireless Comm. Tech. 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(TWSE: 8105); GigOptix (OTC: GGOX); Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD); Gintech Energy Corporation (TWSE: 3514); Global Bio-chem Technology Group (HKSE: 0809); Global Sources (NASDAQ: GSOL); Global Sweeteners Holdings (HKSE: 03889); Global Unichip Corp (TWSE: 3443); GlobalTrans (LSE: GLTR); GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes (NYSE: GOL); Grontmij (EURONEXT: GRONT); Grupo Aeroportuario Del Centro Norte (NASDAQ: OMAB); Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste (NYSE: ASR); Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana (BVC: GIVSY); Grupo Santander (IBEX 35: SAN); GVT (BMF&BOVESPA: GVTT3); Halliburton (NYSE: HAL); Hansen Transmissions International (LSE: HSN); Hatteras Financial (NYSE: HTS); Hengdeli Holdings (HKEX: 3389); Hercules Technology Growth Capital (NASDAQ: HTGC); Hochtief (FSE: HOT); Homex (OTC: DHMXF.PK); Hospira (NYSE: HSP); Houston Wire & Cable (NASDAQ: HWCC); HSBC Holdings (LSE: HSBA); HTC Corporation (TWSE: 2498); Hua Nan Financial Holdings (TWSE: 2880); Hurray! 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Led by R. Gordon, 25 of ’09 SCORE Season Class Point Champs in 24th ... - Who Won

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 05:41 AM PST

Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Led by R. Gordon, 25 of '09 SCORE Season Class Point Champs in 24th MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 Field

by Dominic Clark

LOS ANGELES -- As pre-running over the rugged race course heats up for next week's 24th Annual MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250, NASCAR Cup team owner/driver Robby Gordon leads 25 defending SCORE Desert Series season point champions among a veteran field that includes many of the world's best desert racers who have entered this popular spring race.

Attracting entries from 24 states and eight countries, the lineup includes a race-record 34 entries in SCORE Trophy-Truck, the marquee racing division for high-tech, 800-horsepower unlimited production trucks. Round 2 of the 2010 SCORE Desert Series will be held next weekend in Mexico's picturesque fishing village of San Felipe, located 120 miles south of the U.S. border on the East side of the Baja California peninsula along the azure waters of the tranquil Sea of Cortez.

With nearly 275 entries expected, which would be among the top five totals in race history, competition will be held in 28 Pro and 6 Sportsman classes in the 248-mile race. The green flag will drop at 6 a.m. Pacific time next Saturday, for the motorcycle and ATV classes, followed three hours later by the car and truck classes at approximately 10 a.m. local time. The start and finish line for the race will once again be the landmark San Felipe Arches on Highway 5 on the outskirts of San Felipe. One vehicle will start every 30 seconds in the elapsed-time race, with an 11-hour time limit to become an official finisher.

Following January's season-opening SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge, the World's Foremost Desert Racing Series will visit Mexico for the first of three races in 2010.

An added attraction this year during the pre-running window is this weekend's San Felipe Tequila Festival.

Gordon, 41, Charlotte, N.C., who won the 2009 SCORE Trophy-Truck and SCORE Overall season point title in his No. 1 Team Gordon Chevy CK1500, is one of eight 2009 SCORE class season crown winners who did not win their respective classes in this race. Gordon finished second in his class and overall in San Felipe last year. Originally from Orange, Calif., Gordon had two firsts, one second, one fifth and one seventh to earn his second career SCORE Trophy-Truck point championship in 2009. He has nine career SCORE Trophy-Truck race wins in the 16-plus year history of the marquee racing division.

The seven other 2009 SCORE season champs entered who didn't win their respective classes in last year's Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 are Randy Wilson, Lakewood, Calif. (Class 1, Jimco-Chevy), Eric Duran, Tecate, Calif. (Class 1-2/1600, Neth-VW), Brent Parkhouse, Long Beach, Calif. (SCORE Lite, Moulton-VW), Heidi Steele, San Clemente, Calif. (Class 6 Ford Ranger), Dan Chamlee, Carpenteria, Calif. (Class 7, Ford Ranger), Clyde Stacy, Bristol, Va. (Class 8, Chevy Silverado) and his RPM Off-Road teammate Justin Matney, Bristol, Tenn. (Stock Full, Dodge Ram2500).

The defending SCORE season point titlists entered this year who did win their respective classes include four in SCORE Pro four-wheel vehicle classes and eight more in Pro motorcycle and ATV classes.

Returning four-wheel class drivers of record are: Mike Lawrence, Sunset Beach, Calif. (Class 10, Lothringer-VW), Kevin Carr, San Diego (Class 5, unlimited VW Baja Bug), Eric Solorzano, Tijuana, Mexico (Class 11, VW Sedan) and Gavin Skilton, Anaheim, Calif. (England) (Stock Mini, Honda Ridgeline).

At the top of the defending 2009 SCORE Pro motorcycle and ATV class point champions entered this year in San Felipe who also won their classes in this race last year are the Overall motorcycle and Overall ATV race winners. Last year's overall motorcycle champion was the Johnny Campbell Racing Honda team of Kendall Norman, Santa Barbara, Calif./Tim Weigand, Santa Clarita, Calif. on the No. 1x Honda CRF450X and the Overall ATV winners were the team of Wayne Matlock, El Cajon, Calif./Harold Goodman Jr., Brownstown, Mich./Josh Caster, El Cajon, Calif., on the No. 1a Honda TRX700X.

The four other defending 2009 SCORE motorcycle season point champions entered this year are: Mike Johnson, El Paso, Texas/Rex Cameron, Albuquerque, N.M., last year's SCORE Overall motorcycle point champions (Class 30, Honda CRF450X), Carlos Casas, Chula Vista, Calif. (Class 21, KTM 450XCF), Brian Campbell, Bakersfield, Calif. (Class 40, KTM 450XCF) and Jim O'Neal, Simi Valley, Calif. (Class 50, Honda CRF450X).

Casas and Campbell are both listed as second riders this year while O'Neal is the only racer who has competed in all 23 previous SCORE San Felipe races and has the most all-time class wins in this race with 10 entering this year, all consecutive class wins since 2001 with two wins in 2005 (Classes 30 and 40 for riders over 30 and 40 years old).

Craig Christy, Burbank, Calif., is the defending SCORE Overall ATV and Class 24 season point champion including a San Felipe win on a Honda TRX450R. Reid Rutherford, Montrose, Calif., won the Class 26 season crown last year and the San Felipe race on an Arctic Cat but has switched to a trucks this year and is entered in Class 7-2 in a BajaLite-Chevy.

Five of the 2009 SCORE Sportsman class season point champions are also entered in this year's San Felipe race as well although Manuel Jimenez of San Felipe, who won last season's SPT ATV point title, has moved up this year to the Pro Class 24. Returning to race in Sportsman classes are 2009 season point champions Peter Lang, Santa Rosa, Calif. (SPT Car, Homebuilt-Chevy), Joe Aguayo, San Jacinto, Calif. (SPT Truck, Ford F-150), Thomas Graves, El Cajon, Calif. (SPT UTV, Yamaha Rhino) and Jeff Leonard, Bakersfield, Calif. (SPT M/C>250cc, Honda CRF450X).

Lang and Leonard both won their classes in last year's San Felipe race.

SCORE Trophy-Trucks have won 14 overalls in San Felipe in their 16-plus-year history.

In the first 23 years of this race, Honda has earned 14 overall motorcycle victories (including the last four years), Kawasaki has six, KTM has two and Husqvarna has one.

This year's race will use a 248-mile race course that is very similar to the past two years with a few modifications beyond those caused by normal weather conditions. Running in a counter clockwise direction out of San Felipe up to and then parallel to Highway 3 (south side). It then south back down through three of the most picturesque, challenging washes and magnificent canyons in all of Baja.

As of today, SCORE Trophy-Truck had the most entries with 34, followed by the unlimited Class 1

with 19 and Class 1-2/1600 with 14. While 231 entries have been received to date, late registration will be accepted up until race morning.

Among the motorcycle classes, the open Class 22 has the most vehicles entered to date with 12.

Class 24 has the most ATVs entered so far with 16.

The pre-race Manufacturer's Midway and tech inspection of the vehicles in the race will be held on Friday, March 12 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the picturesque Malecon, flanked by the Sea of Cortez on one side and the popular restaurants and night clubs of San Felipe on the other.

At 10 a.m. on Sunday (March 14), the awards celebration will be held in front of The Beachcomber Night Club on the Malecon.

At the 24th MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250, MasterCraft Racing has entered not only company owner Robbie Pierce's No. 30 Chevy Silverado SCORE Trophy-Truck, but also the No. 20 Chevy Silverado SCORE Trophy-Truck to be driven by eight-time SCORE season class point champion Rob MacCachren of Las Vegas and the No. 42 Chevy Silverado driven by Will Staats, Valencia, Calif. All three trucks were built by prominent chassis builder Mike Julson's Jimco Racing Products of Santee, Calif. Julson is listed as a co-driver for both Pierce and MacCachren for this race, if needed.

The MasterCraft racers will not be eligible to win any part of the special $10,000 MasterCraft Safety cash contingency bonus purse MasterCraft Safety has offered for this year's San Felipe race.

In San Felipe, Pierce will start fourth, MacCachren 21st and Staats 25th in the massive SCORE Trophy-Truck field.

In addition to season class point championships, drivers in the Pro car and truck classes are also racing for part of the nearly $400,000 in cash purse and contingency postings as well as earn prestigious SCORE Toyota Milestone Awards given to all car and truck class drivers who complete every required mile of the five-race season. Being presented by Toyota Motorsports for the 25th consecutive year, a total of 59 drivers remain eligible after Round 1 of the 2010 SCORE Desert Series. Racers are also competing for the annual SCORE Off-Roadsman of the Year awards, including the MasterCraft Safety SCORE Rookie of the Year award.

Current SCORE official annual sponsors are: BFGoodrich Tires-official tire, Volkswagen of America-official vehicle, Sunoco Race Fuels-official fuel supplier, Bilstein-official shock, Instant Mexico Auto Insurance-official Mexican auto insurance, Slime-official tire sealant and Red Bull-official energy drink. Associate sponsors are: Tecate Beer, Coca-Cola of Mexico, Las Vegas Events, MasterCraft Safety, Blue C Advertising, Off-Road, SignPros, P.C.I. Race Radios, McKenzie's Performance Products and Advanced Color Graphics.

Associate sponsors for the MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 are the Tourism and Convention Bureau of Mexicali/San Felipe and Cotuco. Additional sponsors in Baja are the Office of the Secretary of Tourism of Baja California and ProTurismo de Ensenada.

The race annually provides a greater economic impact to San Felipe than the popular month-long 'Spring Break'.

For more information regarding the series, contact SCORE at its Los Angeles headquarters 818.225.8402 or visit the official website of the 2010 SCORE Desert Series at www.score-international.com.