MaggieMoo's International recently joined with the Emmy-winning ABC-TV program "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," donating free ice cream for a year to one very deserving family in Armada Township, Mich., as well as providing a delicious assortment of award-winning super premium ice cream on location for the builders and other volunteers.

David Gilliam, a firefighter and emergency medical technician, passed away unexpectedly on Christmas Eve 2005, leaving his wife Maryann, 32, with six children (currently ages eight months to 12 years) and a tiny two-bedroom, 120-year-old house that David was in the process of renovating. Though it was soon revealed that the basement was contaminated with dangerous levels of toxic spores, possibly contributing to David's death, money was tight, so the family continued living in the 900-square-foot, 1-1/4 bath farmhouse until their doctors recommended they move out and into Maryann's sister's home. All that changed on Aug. 7, when a surprise knock on...

Glisten plc (AIM: GLI), the fast-growing confectionery and snack foods group, today reports its Preliminary Results for the year ended 30 June 2006.

Highlights

- Turnover increased 35% to Pounds Sterling 55.6m (2005: Pounds Sterling 41.2m)

- EBITDA (pre-exceptional) up 52% to Pounds Sterling 7.3m (2005: Pounds Sterling 4.8m)

- Profit before tax, amortisation and exceptional item increased 60% to Pounds Sterling 4.84m (2005: Pounds Sterling 3.01m)

- Diluted adjusted earnings per share up 34% to 27.0 pence (2005: 20.3 pence)

- Strong cash generation from operations -- doubled at Pounds Sterling 7.7m (2004: Pounds Sterling 3.9m)

- Final dividend of 1.0 pence (2005: 0.6 pence) per share proposed, up 67%

Commenting on the results, Paul Simmonds, Chief Executive of Glisten plc, said:

"This record performance is the result of harnessing th...

Emerge Public Relations today announced it is rapidly building momentum in its first year of business, closing out the first half of 2006 with six new retainer clients. Launched on November 1, 2005, Emerge PR has also significantly bolstered its professional staff, including three key management hires.

Information Builders, Inc., an industry leader in enterprise business intelligence and New York City's largest software company, has recently selected Emerge PR as its strategic PR partner. Other new clients in the first half of 2006 include: Michael Corcoran, chief communications officer and vice president at Information Builders, commented, "Emerge PR goes beyond the typical agency that handles straight media relations. PR is a critical component and an integrated part of our marketing program. As a result, my Emerge PR team offers strategic ways to improve our marketing performance and positively impact business results. It's a tremendous partnership."

At its inception, Emer...

The New York Internet Exchange (NYIIX) and The Los Angeles Internet Exchange (LAIIX) continued their steady growth in membership for the second quarter, as more companies opted for public and private peering's economic benefits.

Access IT, Choopa, Dream Tank, Freedom Networks, Interserver, Virgin Radio, MTN and Xand Communications joined the membership ranks of NYIIX, metro New York's largest peering exchange. NYIIX now has ninety-three members.

"Paralleling our growth in peak traffic and membership is the expanded media and entertainment peering opportunities NYIIX and LAIIX offer our members and customers at 25 Broadway ("25B"), 60 Hudson, 111 Eighth, and 626 and One Wilshire. Our new members make this space even more attractive," said Michael Vallone, head of marketing at TELEHOUSE America.

The increase in membership and upgrades for Globix/Neon and Internet Solution, which are at NYIIX's 25B home base, helped the exchange hit a peak traffic volume just under 16Gbps.

...

Project by Project (PbP), a 501(c)3 all-volunteer non-profit organization, is hosting its Fourth Annual Food & Wine Tasting Benefit via its Southern California chapter to benefit Visual Communications, the country's premier Asian Pacific media arts center. The benefit will feature an evening of culinary delights and delicious wine, graciously provided by dozens of master chefs and noted wineries, and will be chaired by Akira Hirose of Maison Akira in Pasadena with Kerry Heffernan of Hudson Park Catering, NY serving as honorary chair and emceed by Susan Hirasuna of Fox 11 News. This unique event will take place at the Wallis Annenberg Building at California Science Center on Saturday, July 22, 2006 from 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm.

In a city that is lauded for its dining experience and variety of cuisines, guests to this event will have an opportunity to sample the best of culinary delights that Los Angeles has to offer. The event will feature unique tasting samples by celebrated chefs,...

Atari and Playlogic Entertainment, Inc. (OTCBB: PLGC) today announced the signing of a deal for Atari to distribute the eagerly awaited new PC role-playing title "Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales" throughout Europe, the US and Asia. The game is scheduled for release across Europe in September 2006.

Developed by Russian developer Akella, the team responsible for the successful pirate titles "Sea Dogs," "Age of Sail 2," "Pirates of the Caribbean," and "Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales" invites players to experience all the swashbuckling excitement and reckless adventuring of a pirate's life on the Caribbean seas of the 17th century.

"With pieces of eight, wooden legs and parrots so very much in vogue at the moment, we're very pleased to be working with Playlogic to put this great title into the hands of piracy advocates across the globe," said Cyril Voiron, Mar...

In honor of National Ice Cream Month and spokescow Maggie's birthday, MaggieMoo's International and The Hershey Company are celebrating with the launch of Twizzlers™ strawberry licorice ice cream, now available at MaggieMoo's Treateries. Kids of all ages will receive complimentary two-ounce scoops of the new flavor on Saturday, July 22, Maggie's official birthday, at the more than 190 Treateries nationwide.

"MaggieMoo's nailed the Twizzlers™ flavor," said Howard Sherr, Director, Refreshment Brands, The Hershey Company, maker of Twizzlers™ candy. "We are impressed with the exact flavor match, and think Twizzlers™ fans will enjoy the ice cream version."

Along with National Ice Cream Month and the launch of Twizzlers™ ice cream, MaggieMoo's also is celebrating the birthday of its beloved spokescow Maggie. Maggie, a seven-foot-tall cow with long curly eyelashes, pearls and a bright pink dress, is the face of the super-premium ice cream brand. She ha...

The first quarter of 2006 marked another period of growth in peak traffic volume and membership for The New York Internet Exchange (NYIIX) and The Los Angeles Internet Exchange (LAIIX). This continues 2005's steady gains in these key categories.

At the first quarter's conclusion peak traffic volume at NYIIX scaled the 14 Gbps mark, while LAIIX exceeded 2 Gbps.

Samsung Networks, Zen Internet, Telenor, Altecom, BroadbandONE, Inc. (Host.net), Cable Vision and RNK Telecom became members of metro New York's largest peering exchange, NYIIX.

Additionally, member upgrades were Freenet, Google, Hurricane Electric, Impsat, nLayer and Telewest, located at NYIIX's 25 Broadway ("25B") home base, plus Interoute, which connects to NYIIX's 60 Hudson Street remote switch.

On the west coast EP.net, Hanaro and Samsung Networks became new LAIIX members.

NYIIX and LAIIX are in the process of delivering NeuStar SIP-IX services to facilitate VoIP peering between members using ENUM servers...

PrimEdge, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: PEDG) announces today that its subsidiary, Orangebox Entertainment has finished post production for the upcoming theatrical release, "Return to the House on Haunted Hill," from Dark Castle Entertainment. The film is due to be released in September 2007 and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures (www.warnerbros.com).

Dark Castle Entertainment was formed in 1999 by Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis as a division of Silver Pictures, a production house affiliated with Warner Bros. Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis are two of the most successful producers and preeminent filmmakers in the motion picture industry today. Their credits include: "Lethal Weapon," "Lethal Weapon 2," "Lethal Weapon 3," and "Lethal Weapon 4," "Die Hard," "Die Hard 2: Die Harder," "Conspiracy Theory," "Forrest Gump," "Contac...

After months of secrecy, New Jersey's My Chemical Romance have finally revealed the title and track listing of their forthcoming album: The Black Parade, which will be released by Reprise Records on October 24th.

The title is the name of the quintet's alter ego on their new record, explains lead singer Gerard Way. "This was a really difficult album for us to make," he says. "And there was a certain point where it was so dark for us that it felt like we really needed to become much more than brothers -- we needed to become a new band." The phrase also refers to the basic premise of the record -- an epic, theatrical concept album about mortality. "I'd like to think that when you die, death comes for you however you want," Gerard says. "It's your strongest memory from childhood or adulthood. For the main character on this record, The Patient, his strongest memory is his father taking him to a parade when he was a child. So when death comes for him as he's dying tragically in a hospita...