PROFNET WIRE: BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY: High Price of Gasoline

June 13, 2006

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High Price of Gasoline (continued, 1 expert)

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1. Business: Should Accused Executives Get Company Legal Support? 2. Marketing: Fusion Marketing -- The Height of 2006 Marketing Trends 3. Real Estate: Renting is Better Than Buying 4. Retail: Trends in Retail Technology 5. Technology: Targeted Malware Threatens Traditional Security Methods 6. Technology: Time-Tracking Software for Small Businesses

ROUND-UP: HIGH PRICE OF GASOLINE (continued)

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**1. SEAN BOLAND, co-chair of the antitrust practice group at HOWREY LLP in Washington, D.C., specializes in representing companies before U.S. and international antitrust enforcement agencies and believes price-gouging legislation is a terrible idea: "I believe the legislation has three problems: 1) There is almost no evidence that 'price-gouging' by gas station owners is a serious or prevalent problem; 2) the legislation, if it passes, is likely to make the perceived 'problem' worse; and 3) neither Congress, nor anyone else, seems to be able to define what constitutes 'price-gouging.' Devoting scarce law enforcement resources to attack a non-existent problem surely is a waste of public funds. Most alarming, however, is the fact that Congress, instead of taking action, which could assist the American consumer, has elected, once again, to play politics with energy issues and avoid tough decisions." News Contact: Kate Casey, kate@katecasey.com Phone: +1-949-723- 0520 (6/12/06)

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**1. BUSINESS: SHOULD ACCUSED EXECUTIVES GET COMPANY LEGAL SUPPORT? BILL MATEJA, attorney at the Dallas office of FISH & RICHARDSON: "Corporations, corporate officers and prosecutors nationwide are closely watching the federal prosecution of 16 former executives from KPMG for allegedly marketing fraudulent tax shelters, for an answer on just how much legal support a company can provide for executives accused of wrongdoing. Even if the court doesn't require KPMG to indemnify its former executives, it will certainly change the way the Department of Justice approaches the indemnification of attorney's fees in corporate investigations." News Contact: Bruce Vincent, bruce@legalpr.com Phone: +1-800-559-4534 (6/12/06)

**2. MARKETING: FUSION MARKETING -- THE HEIGHT OF 2006 MARKETING TRENDS. C.B. WISMAR, vice president of event marketing at CARLSON MARKETING: "Fusion marketing is a movement that links non-competitive brands together in an effort to target their best customers and prospects. Bundling compatible brands together allows struggling brand messages to find wider exposure with the capability to hit a specific demographic directly. Contests, cross-over promotions, joint sponsorship of events, shared real estate at consumer tradeshows and co-op advertising are key to fusion marketing in order to create a link between two strong, identifiable brands." Wismar, an Oscar and Emmy Award nominee, is an expert in fusion marketing with over 25 years of marketing/event planning experience. News Contact: Steve Solmonson, ssolmonson@carlson.com Phone: +1-763-212-3215 (6/12/06)

**3. REAL ESTATE: RENTING IS BETTER THAN BUYING. ED ROSS, founder of MONARCH GROUP LLC and a California-based broker: "While owning real estate in the long run usually provides sound returns, most people do not have the ability to wait for a new upmarket cycle. Using the past as an indicator, owners should not expect a boom until seven years from now. Owners/buyers/sellers need to take the time determining how a downturn will affect property values. Going back to investment basics can make a huge difference. Factors like recent speculative price increases, expected local area future job forecasts and current unemployment all need to be considered when purchasing." Ross: edross@cox.net Phone: +1-727-741-7848 (6/12/06)

**4. RETAIL: TRENDS IN RETAIL TECHNOLOGY. ANDY CHEN, CEO of POWERREVIEWS: "As holidays such as Father's Day approach, shoppers are looking for customer product reviews on items such as barbeques, consumer electronics and small appliances to see which would best work for their dads. Reading reviews helps shoppers make decisions and also helps convert researchers into buyers. Web sites such as Abt Electronics, Allsop, Compact Appliance, Mountain Gear and Performance Bike are finding reviews help customers make the right gift- buying decision and keep those customers coming back." News Contact: Andrea Roesch, aroesch@tieronepr.com Phone: +1-650-868-4654 (6/12/06)

**5. TECHNOLOGY: TARGETED MALWARE THREATENS TRADITIONAL SECURITY METHODS. JACQUES ERASMUS, malware research director at PREVX, a developer of Host Intrusion Prevention software (HIPS): "Antivirus and antispyware vendors are finding it increasingly difficult to keep up with the explosion in highly customized and targeted spyware, Trojans, worms, viruses, bots, adware and other malware focused on the Windows XP/NT, and soon-to-be-released Vista, operating environments. It has become absolutely clear that conventional research and lab-testing methods simply cannot keep pace. Automated research is not only much quicker; it is more comprehensive and reliable." News Contact: Arthur Germain, edcals@gocsg.com Phone: +1-631-239-6335 (6/12/06)

**6. TECHNOLOGY: TIME-TRACKING SOFTWARE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. CURT FINCH, CEO of JOURNYX, a provider of Web-based time and expense tracking solutions, says nonprofits have a critical need to track volunteer time in a simple and efficient way: "Small businesses have a critical need to understand costs, how employees are spending their time and see this info on a per-project basis. A good time-management system that tracks project management, billing and payroll is a window into the real-time costs of the organization, especially if it provides an understanding of costs and complete visibility into these costs for everyone in the organization. To increase profitability, companies must be smarter about how they collect and use critical time data to evaluate project cost and performance, allocate labor, and estimate future project schedules and costs." News Contact: Whitney Otstott, wotstott@pr- ink.com Phone: +1-512-699-7730 (6/12/06)

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