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According to members of the CanadaInternational Work Group, Canada's largest cities represent more than 50of Canada's economic activity. The focus for the Ottawa meeting thethird by Canada's large cities in the past 20 months will beinternational trade and investment.Economic development agencies participating in today's meeting include theGreater Halifax Partnership, Quebec City Region (PQCA), MontrealInternational, OCRI (Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation), theGreater Toronto Marketing Alliance, Canada's Technology Triangle Inc.(Waterloo Region), Destination Winnipeg Inc., Saskatoon Regional EconomicDevelopment Authority, Edmonton Economic Development Corp., CalgaryEconomic Development, and the Vancouver Economic Development Commission."When it comes to attracting investment from Sovereign Wealth Funds inAsia or the Arab world, or multi-national companies, Canada's cities havemuch more to gain from banding together than competing against each otherfor growth opportunities," said Michael Darch, Executive Director, OCRIGlobal Marketing (Ottawa). "The economic development agencies of Canada'slarge cities are also ideally positioned to identify high-return projectsfor new Federal stimulus programs.""Large cities play an increasingly important role in today's globaleconomy," added Andre Gamache, President and CEO of MontrealInternational. "I have been encouraged by the commitment of my peers towork together to tackle Canada's challenges in sustainable economicdevelopment. 2008 report from CIBC WorldMarkets showed the economic momentum of Canada's cities has been softeningfor more than two years.

Half of the decline since 2006 occurred in thelast year, according to the CIBC World Markets Metro Monitor Report.Note to media: Economic development representatives from the CanadaInternational Work Group will be available for interviews between 1:00 -1:30PM at the Sheraton Hotel, 150 Albert Street, Ottawa.Contacts:Michael DarchExecutive DirectorOCRI Global Marketing (Ottawa)Cellular: 1 613-286-2318Email ContactJennifer JamesCommunications Strategistmarket2world communications inc.Office: 1 613-256-3939Email ContactCopyright 2009, Market Wire, All rights reserved.-0-. Rio Ferdinand joined Manchester United in 2002 for a staggering 29.1 million.Ferdinand, a product of West Ham United's academy joined the Red Devils from a financially crippled Leeds United and made his presence felt in his very first season at the club.Manchester United went on to win the Premier League in his debut season at the club with Ferdinand eventually becoming an integral part of their success.However, Roman Abramovich's arrival in West London and Chelsea's domestic dominance meant the Premier League eluded the Red Devils for two consecutive seasons.Ferdinand, who has been part of the PFA Team of the Year, a stunning four times, has been consistently troubled by serious injuries throughout his career.Over the past three years, Rio Ferdinand and his Serbian counterpart, Nemanja Vidic have formed a deadly partnership in the heart of Manchester United's defense which has played a massive role in the Red Devils completing a hatrick of Premier League titles.Ferdinand and Vidic, who have the ability to intimidate any strike force also helped United to become European Champions by defeating Chelsea in Moscow only to surrender their crown to FC Barcelona in Rome last season.The remarkable partnership has drawn comparisons to United's legendary defensive partnership of Gary Pallister and Steve Bruce.However, despite winning the Premier League for the last three seasons, this season has been a completely different story for both Rio Ferdinand and Manchester United.The Red Devils who lost the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez over the summer have been troubled by injuries particularly in defense.Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Edwin Van der Sar, Wes Brown, Rafael Da Silva, Darren Fletcher, Ji Sung Park, Ryan Giggs, Dimitar Berbatov and Wayne Rooney have all seen the inside of United's treatment room this season.United skipper Gary Neville rightly suggests that United's inconsistency is largely because of the continuous changes being made at the back.Sir Alex Ferguson has backed Rio Ferdinand to rediscover the form and fitness which once made him known as one of England's best ever center-backs.Ferdinand has been struggling for both form and fitness with Manchester United and England this season which means both Sir Alex Ferguson and Fabio Capello are being pressurized to prepare for life after the ex-Leeds United man.The recent unavailability of both Vidic and Ferdinand has forced Ferguson to pair Jonny Evans with Wes Brown in the heart of United's backline and Capello might not even take Ferdinand to South Africa if the likes of Gary Cahill, Matthew Upson or Joleon Lescott prove to be of better value than the Manchester United man.Ferdinand has played some games for United this season including the thrilling win over Manchester City and the defeat to Liverpool but his form remains a huge concern for the Old Trafford faithful.A massive blunder in United's derby game against Manchester City, where Ferdinand cheekily chipped the ball towards John O'Shea only to be expertly intercepted by Craig Bellamy, who convincingly outran Ferdinand and guided the ball into the back of the net behind Ben Foster, almost cost the Red Devils, a crucial two points before Micheal Owen scored a stunning winner in stoppage time.Ferdinand also erred in the defeat at Anfield, failing to hold off Fernando Torres as the Spaniard smashed the ball past Van der Sar into the back of the net. Well, thats football, you win some, and you lose some.All of this means football pundits have been debating whether Ferdinand, who has also captained Manchester United should be axed or not, especially from the England side.Ferdinands contract with the Red Devils run through till 2013 but some believe it might be best for United to play Jonny Evans ahead of the Englishman, keeping the future in mind.Personally, I feel somebody of Rio Ferdinands quality deserve another chance with both club and country but as they say, in football, you simply never know.That wraps up this edition of The Bottom Corner, until next time, this is B/Rs very own Salaar Shamsi saying, good bye. . 12, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) AudioCodes(Nasdaq:AUDC), a leading provider of Voice over IP (VoIP) technologies and VoiceNetwork products, and Broadvox, a worldwide leader in providing integratedmanaged VoIP services to SMB, Enterprise and Carrier customers, today announcedthat Broadvox will be offering SIP Trunking into the large installed base ofbusinesses that operate TDM PBXs, leveraging the AudioCodes Mediant(tm) 1000Media Gateway. As part of this effort, Broadvox has certified the Mediant 1000Media Gateway as interoperable with Broadvox GO! SIP Trunking products whichprovide unlimited local and long distance calling with discounted toll-free andinternational calls.The AudioCodes Mediant 1000 is a highly scalable and modular media gateway thatin this application, converts the Broadvox SIP Trunking services to a wide rangeof traditional TDM telephone line interfaces including T1/E1, CAS, PRI-ISDN,BRI-ISDN, analog FXS and FXO. Supporting up to 120 ports, the Mediant 1000 fitsmany SMB and enterprise communications needs. "WithBroadvox SIP Trunking and the AudioCodes Mediant 1000, businesses can startsaving today without having to replace their PBX dramatically improving theirROI.""We see the combination of AudioCodes Mediant 1000 media gateway with BroadvoxSIP Trunking solutions, as an excellent opportunity for businesses to quicklyreduce their telecommunications costs and increase their profit margins," saidAlan Percy, Director of Market Development at AudioCodes.

"The combination ofBroadvox SIP Trunking and the Mediant 1000 postpones or avoids thetime-consuming and complex process of replacing the TDM PBX."Broadvox GO! SIP Trunking delivers an uncompromising level of quality andservice. The Broadvox Network Operations Center monitors IP communicationstraffic 24x7 over a network that exceeds customers' expectations forreliability, security and quality of service. Broadvox SIP Trunking featuresinclude, but are not limited to enhanced 911 services, local number portability,blocks of DIDs, disaster recovery and dynamic load balancing. To register for the event,visit: BroadvoxFounded in 2001, Broadvox is a worldwide leader in providing integrated managedVoIP services to SMB, Enterprise and Carrier customers. It has deployed one ofthe largest, full-featured global VoIP networks and is trusted by more than 160telecommunications carriers, CLECs, ISPs and over a thousand enterprises toterminate and originate over six billion minutes annually. The Broadvox networkoperations center provides the reliability, security and quality of servicerequired by the world's most discriminating customers. Broadvox offers SIPTrunking, SIP origination and termination services and hosted communicationssolutions Broadvox is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.