In a press release on November 04, IBM to Power LHS's Customer Care and Billing Solution

ARMONK, N.Y., Nov 04, 2009 IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that LHS, part of the Ericsson group and a leading independent software vendor (ISV) for the telecom industry, has released its BSCS iX Release 3 customer care and billing solution on IBM Power Systems running the AIX operating system. This will allow LHS customers to deploy their BSCS workload on IBM's server platform which will deliver superior performance, scale and efficiency.

BSCS iX enables real-time rating and billing of telecommunications services together with customer care. The main focus is on the customer, starting from sales, personalized service packages through to real-time billing. The modular design of the solution allows for low-risk, step-by-step migration and simple integration into existing systems.

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-- November 04, 2009 NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) trading at $10.03 on a volume of 603,737 shares

In a press release on November 04, NCR Makes Ground-Breaking Printing Technology Standard on NCR SelfServ ATMs in North America

Two-sided thermal printing certifications scheduled with major networks, most set to be complete by the end of 2009, giving financial institutions opportunity to deploy efficient intelligent deposit solution

DULUTH, Ga., Nov 04, 2009 NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), the U.S. market leader in intelligent (no envelope) deposit automation, is making its patented two-sided thermal (2ST) printing technology standard on all NCR SelfServ(TM) 20- and 30-series ATMs for North America, further establishing NCR SelfServ as the most complete intelligent deposit solution on the market.

About NCR Corporation

NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) is a global technology company leading how the world connects, interacts and transacts with business. NCR's assisted- and self-service solutions and comprehensive support services address the needs of retail, financial, travel, healthcare, hospitality, entertainment, gaming and public sector organizations in more than 100 countries. NCR (www.ncr.com) is headquartered in Duluth, Georgia.

-- November 04, 2009 General Mills (NYSE: GIS) trading at $64.66 on a volume of 651,304 shares.

In a press release out on November 04, General Mills Invites Inventor Community to Join Its Enhanced Worldwide Innovation Network

General Mills advances connected innovation efforts through increased focus and transparency with launch of new innovation portal, powered by inno360

MINNEAPOLIS, Nov 04, 2009 Today General Mills (NYSE: GIS) extends an invitation to scientists, researchers, engineers, inventors and entrepreneurs around the globe to visit the company's new General Mills Worldwide Innovation Network (G-WIN) innovation portal, online at GeneralMills.com/Win. Visitors to the site can find opportunities to partner with General Mills on initiatives across the company's extensive portfolio of leading consumer brands.

About General Mills

One of the world's leading food companies, General Mills operates in more than 100 countries and markets more than 100 consumer brands, including Cheerios, Haagen-Dazs, Nature Valley, Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Green Giant, Old El Paso, Progresso, Cascadian Farm, Muir Glen and more. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, General Mills had fiscal 2009 global net sales of US$15.9 billion, including the company's $1.2 billion proportionate share of joint venture net sales. Visit GeneralMills.com.

-- November 04, 2009 Hewitt Associates (NYSE: HEW) last at $36.05 a volume of 71,698 shares

In a press release out on November 04, Hewitt Survey Shows Automation, Low-Cost Investment Options, and Investment Advice Becoming Standard Features in 401(k) Plans

More Employers Taking Aggressive Steps to Help Workers Save Enough for Retirement

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill., Nov 04, 2009 A new survey by Hewitt Associates, a global human resources consulting and outsourcing services company, shows employers continue to design their 401(k) plans in a way that encourages positive saving and investing behaviors and helps employees meet their increasing retirement income needs. These efforts include significant increases in the adoption of automated features and target date funds, better investment education tools and an increased focus on lowering plan expenses. According to Hewitt, an increasing number of companies measure the success of their 401(k) plans by gauging the quality--not quantity--of participation. Employee participation rates--once the most dominant success measure--have become less important over the past decade, while employee retirement income adequacy and fund performance have emerged as more critical components of success. This shift in priorities has prompted many employers to adopt tools and features that enable employees to save more, without added effort.

About Hewitt Associates

Hewitt Associates (NYSE: HEW) provides leading organizations around the world with expert human resources consulting and outsourcing solutions to help them anticipate and solve their most complex benefits, talent, and related financial challenges. Hewitt works with companies to design, implement, communicate, and administer a wide range of human resources, retirement, investment management, health care, compensation, and talent management strategies. With a history of exceptional client service since 1940, Hewitt has offices in more than 30 countries and employs approximately 23,000 associates who are helping make the world a better place to work. For more information, please visit www.hewitt.com.

-- November 04, 2009 HP (NYSE:HPQ) last at $48.45 on a volume of 3.94M shares

In a press release out on November 04, HP Helps Organizations Thrive in Unpredictability

PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov 04, 2009 HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced new products, solutions and services that help organizations drive innovation and rapidly scale up and down to meet changing business needs. New research conducted on behalf of HP shows that more than 90 percent of senior business decision makers believe business cycles will continue to be unpredictable in the next few years. As a result, 80 percent recognize a need to be far more flexible in their approaches to business and technology.In addition to flexibility, 84 percent of senior business leaders believe innovation will be critical to their organization's success and 71 percent would sanction more technology investments if they could see how those investments met their organization's time-to-market and business opportunity needs.

About Hewlett-Packard Company

Hewlett-Packard Company is a provider of products, technologies, software, solutions and services to individual consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and large enterprises, including the public and education sectors. Its offerings span personal computing and other access devices; imaging and printing-related products and services; enterprise information technology infrastructure, including enterprise storage and server technology and software that optimizes business technology investments, and multi-vendor customer services, including technology support and maintenance, consulting and integration and outsourcing services, as well as application services and business process outsourcing. During the fiscal year ended October 31, 2008, its operations were organized into seven business segments: Enterprise Storage and Servers, HP Services, HP Software, the Personal Systems Group, the Imaging and Printing Group, HP Financial Services and Corporate Investments.

-- November 04, 2009 Journal Communications, Inc. (NYSE:JRN) trading at $3.70 on a volume of 57,778 shares

In a press release out on November 04, Journal Broadcast Group CFO to Retire

MILWAUKEE, Nov 04, 2009 Ron Kurtis, senior vice president and chief financial officer for the Journal Broadcast Group, today announced he will retire effective December 27, 2009. Journal Broadcast Group is a division of Journal Communications, Inc. (NYSE:JRN).

About Journal Communications, Inc.

Journal Communications, Inc. is a news paper publisher. The Company has four business segments: publishing, broadcasting, printing services and other. The publishing segment consists of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, which serves as a daily newspaper for the Milwaukee metropolitan area, and more than 50 community newspapers and shoppers in Wisconsin and Florida through its subsidiary, Journal Community Publishing Group, Inc. The broadcasting segment consists of 35 radio stations and 12 television stations in 12 states and the operation of a television station under a local marketing agreement. The Company's interactive media assets include approximately 120 online enterprises that are associated with its publishing and broadcasting segments. On January 9, 2008, Journal Community Publishing Group, Inc., the Company's community newspapers and shoppers business, acquired the Iola Herald and Manawa Advocate in Waupaca County in Wisconsin.

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"We are absolutely committed to changing the way we invent through connected innovation," said Peter Erickson, senior vice president of Innovation, Technology and Quality at General Mills. "Connected innovation is very much a part of our culture. The new innovation portal, powered by inno360's software, provides us with a wonderful tool to make the process more efficient."

General Mills has partnered with innovation software firm inno360 to co-create the Web-based platform as part of the firm's Alpha partner program.

"General Mills has been a pioneer and leader in the food industry in embracing new methods that will create value for consumers," said Larry Huston, chief innovation officer of inno360 parent company STCI.

"We consider them to be a leader in applying the latest open innovation practices and in applying next generation thinking of how to create value through innovation. At inno360 we are so pleased to count General Mills as a partner in helping to change the innovation game."

This technology will enable General Mills to enhance and accelerate significant innovation efforts already taking place inside the company by matching outside technical expertise and resources with a broader array of businesses and brands.

The G-WIN innovation portal allows visitors to submit novel ideas and respond to the company's list of innovation opportunities. General Mills is interested in product, package and processing technologies that are applicable to the company's categories or brands, uniquely meet an unmet consumer need, have been proven technically feasible and can be applied quickly, or are potentially game-changing for the food industry. The company will evaluate proposals and will respond to all submissions within three weeks.

The added capabilities on the G-WIN portal are representative of the company's continued investment in connected innovation, which has proven to be a successful strategy for General Mills. In 2005, General Mills identified open innovation as a key strategic priority and formed a team charged with creating programs and processes to identify and engage external partners. In the spring of 2007, the company formalized its open innovation efforts and officially launched G-WIN to let the world know that it was actively seeking ideas from the outside. The original G-WIN Web site, also launched in 2007, shared information about the program and invited outside partners to submit their patent or patent-pending ideas for consideration.

Today, the G-WIN team has expanded to include 15 Innovation Entrepreneurs who work inside the company with each General Mills business division to identify connected innovation opportunities.

"G-WIN is our call to outside partners to let them know that we're serious about open innovation," said Jeff Bellairs, director of G-WIN. "It's about reaching outside of our company, working with other inventors and incorporating their eureka moments with our unique capabilities to create bigger innovation in the marketplace."

General Mills is dedicated to building meaningful and sustainable relationships that will not only benefit the company and its brands, but also its external partners. Partners who help the company achieve its innovation goals can benefit from General Mills' resources, scale and credibility in the marketplace to advance their own business.

"In the past, we relied heavily on serendipity," Bellairs said. "Inno360 is the connection engine that will give us the ability to find partners in a more proactive, thoughtful fashion."

Since the launch of G-WIN, more than 40 new General Mills products have incorporated a significant portion of external innovation, including Fiber One Bars, Pillsbury(R) Savorings, Progresso(R) Light soups, Yoplait(R) Smoothie, and Wanchai Ferry frozen dinner kits.

About General Mills

One of the world's leading food companies, General Mills operates in more than 100 countries and markets more than 100 consumer brands, including Cheerios, Haagen-Dazs, Nature Valley, Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Green Giant, Old El Paso, Progresso, Cascadian Farm, Muir Glen and more. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, General Mills had fiscal 2009 global net sales of US$15.9 billion, including the company's $1.2 billion proportionate share of joint venture net sales. Visit GeneralMills.com.

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The CPW Innovation Center will bring together expertise from Nestle and General Mills in the field of breakfast cereals. The Center will further build on General Mills' technical strengths and Nestle's 50 years of R&D experience in Orbe, as well as on both partners' know-how in food processing technologies. Part of Nestle's global R&D network, the CPW Innovation Center will work on breakfast cereal solutions to ensure consumer benefits, such as nutritional content, as well as freshness, taste and texture.

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