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November 2009

• Restructuring landscape changes for distressed companies
  New York, 19 November 2009
  Nearly two years of constrained economic and credit conditions have significantly impacted how struggling companies restructure their operations and finances, according to Ernst & Young LLP’s Transaction Advisory Services (TAS). Across industries, many companies are now exploring options to restructure their balance sheets.
  
• Ernst & Young LLP’s future leaders support Entrepreneurs in emerging markets through professional and development service projects
  New York, 19 November 2009
  Corporate Responsibility Fellows are on a three-month assignment to help high-impact entrepreneurs in Chile, Uruguay and Argentina strengthen their businesses.
  
• AEG’s Timothy Leiweke named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2009 Winner in the Media, Entertainment & Communication category   
  Palm Springs, 15 November 2009
  Timothy J. Leiweke, president and CEO of AEG, was named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2009 national winner in the Media,  Entertainment & Communications category.
  
• Ernst & Young’s Venture Capital Award of Excellence honors three venture-backed entrepreneurs in technology, healthcare and retail
  Palm Springs, 16 November 2009
  Three entrepreneurial leaders from Akamai Technologies, IPC: The Hospitalist Company and Titan Machinery, received the Ernst & Young Venture Capital Award of Excellence Strategic  Growth Forum.
  
• Insight Technology’s Ken Solinsky named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2009 Winner in the Distribution and Manufacturing category
  Palm Springs, 15 November 2009
  Ken Solinsky, president of Insight Technology Incorporated, was named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2009 national winner in the Distribution and Manufacturing catagoery.
  
• MonaVie’s Dallin Larsen named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2009 Winner in the Emerging category
  Palm Springs, 15 November 2009
  Dallin Larsen, founder, chairman and president of MonaVie, was named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2009 national winner in the Emerging category.
  
• Comstock Resources-Jay Allison named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2009 Winner in the Energy, Chemicals & Mining category
  Palm Springs, 15 November 2009
  M. Jay Allison, president and CEO of Comstock Resources, Inc. (NYSE:CRK)  in Frisco, Texas was named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2009 national winner in the Energy, Chemicals and Mining category.
  
• Insurance Company of the West’s Ernest Rady named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2009 Winner in the Financial Services category
  Palm Springs, 15 November 2009
  Ernest Rady,chairman of Insurance Company of the West,was named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2009 national winner in the Financial Services category.
  
• Bruce Downey, formerly of Barr Pharmaceuticals, named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2009 Winner in the Health Sciences category  
  Palm Springs, 15 November 2009
  Bruce L. Downey, the former chairman and CEO of Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in Montvale, New Jersey, was named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2009 national winner in the Health Sciences category.
  
• Akamai Technologies’ Paul Sagan named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2009 Winner in the Technology category
  Palm Springs, 15 November 2009
  Paul Sagan, president and CEO of Akamai Technologies, Inc., (NASDAQ: AKAM) was named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2009 national winner in the Technology category.
  
• Robert Klein, the founder and CEO of Safeguard Properties, was named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2009 national winner in the Services category
  Palm Springs, 15 November 2009 
  Robert Klein, the founder and CEO of Safeguard Properties, was named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2009 national winner in the Services category.
  
• APi Group, Inc.’s Lee R. Anderson named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2009 Winner in the Real Estate, Hospitality & Construction category
  Palm Springs, 15 November 2009
  Lee R. Anderson, Sr., chairman of APi Group, Inc. based in New Brighton, Minnesota, was named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2009 national winner in the Real Estate, Hospitality & Construction category.
  
• Rosetta Stone Inc.’s Tom Adams named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2009 overall national winner
  Palm Springs,  15 November 2009
  Tom Adams, president and CEO of Rosetta Stone Inc. (NYSE: RST) was today named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2009 overall national winner. He was also named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2009 national winner in the Retail and Consumer Products category.
  
• Leading CEOs and high-performing entrepreneurs convene at 2009 Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum
  Palm Springs, 11 November 2009
  More than 1,600 industry icons and business leaders will gather at the 2009 Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum® in Palm Springs, CA, from November 11–15 to discuss how to successfully emerge from the downturn through innovation and strategic partnerships.
  
• Ernst & Young report focuses on driving economic growth through the expansion of women-owned businesses
  Palm Springs, 11 November 2009
  Ernst & Young released the second report in its “Groundbreakers” series today during the annual Strategic Growth Forum in Palm Springs, California. The report, titled Scaling up: why women-owned businesses can recharge the global economy, details how women entrepreneurs are critical drivers of economic growth and provides resources and insights for private sector, government and NGO leaders who are seeking to close the gender gap.
  
• Former employees a growing IT security threat
  New York, 10 November 2009
  Reprisals from recently departed employees and a lack of adequate security budgets and resources are becoming major concerns for senior IT professionals, according to the 12th annual Ernst & Young Global Information Security Survey.  
  
• Global corporates looking to invest heavily in cleantech-Ernst & Young
  San Francisco and London, 5 November 2009
  Despite ongoing uncertainty about the global economic situation, spending by the world’s biggest companies of developing or acquiring cleantech solutions is robust and primed to accelerate. This is according to a new survey of more than 300 executives worldwide from corporations with revenues in excess of US$1bn (two-thirds of the respondents were from corporations with turnover in excess of US$5bn), conducted by leading professional services organization Ernst & Young.
  
• Ernst & Young acquires Capital City Technologies
  McLean, Virginia, 2 November 2009
  Ernst & Young today announced that it has acquired Capital City Technologies, a management and technology consulting firm dedicated to serving the government sector. The transaction closed on October 30, 2009 and involves a total of 69 employees.