TechCrunch50 Begins in San Francisco, Day Two Launch Schedule Released - Zibb.com

Sep 09, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) --

TechCrunch:

WHO:            The TechCrunch50 conference provides a platform for early-stage, and
                frequently unfunded, companies to launch for the first time to the
                technology industry's most influential venture capitalists,
                corporations, angel investors, fellow entrepreneurs and the
                international media. Companies are selected to participate
                exclusively on merit.
WHAT:           TechCrunch50 Finalists presenting on Tuesday, September 9, 2008
                include:
                --                                  Alfabetic (Presented by Oded Broshi and Arik Kopelman)
                --                                  DropBox (Presented by Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi)
                --                                  Emerginvest (Presented by Andrew Waterman and Eugene Kim)
                --                                  ExchangeP (Presented by Saul Kato and Charles Katz)
                --                                  FitBit (Presented by James Park and Eric Friedman)
                --                                  icharts (Presented by Seymour Duncker and Tyron Montgomery)
                --                                  Imindi (Presented by Adam Lindemann and Galen Kaufman)
                --                                  me-trics (Presented by Christian Dodd and Jame Vreelan)
                --                                  MIXTT (Presented by Eve Peters and Diana Agraz)
                --                                  Mobclix (Presented by Sunil Verma and Krishna Subramanian)
                --                                  Mytopia (Presented by Guy Ben-Artzi and Galia Ben-Artzi)
                --                                  Popego (Presented by Santiago Siri and Emiliano Kargieman)
                --                                  PostBox (Presented by Sherman Dickman and Scott MacGregor)
                --                                  Swype (Presented by Mike McSherry and Cliff Kushler)
                --                                  Tingz (Presented by Patrick Hunt and Richard Benson)
                --                                  TonchiDot (Presented by Takahito Iguchi and Peter Anshin)
                --                                  PERSONALRIA (Presented by Guy Hirsch)
WHEN:                                               Tuesday, September 9, 2008, 7:30 a.m. PT to 7:30 p.m. PT
WHERE:                                              San Francisco Design Center Concourse, San Francisco, California
                                                    and on the Web at www.techcrunch.com
                                                    and www.techcrunch50.com
PRESS CONTACT:                                      Sarah Ross, for TechCrunch, 310-924-1404, sarah@techcrunch.com
EDITORS NOTE:                                       Photography available for use at = http://www.flickr.com/photos/techcrunch50-2008/;
                                                    Video available upon request (email tyler@mahalo.com)

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`Million Dollar Baby' in Dubai' - Zibb.com

Sep 17, 2008 (Al-Bawaba via COMTEX) --

`Million Dollar Baby' in Dubai'Select Property & Select Group signs up two-time Academy-award winner Hillary Swank for the launch of their 5.5 billion dirham project Aquitainia. Kelly Rowland to set stage on fire.

This October, on the eve of the realty expo, Cityscape 2008, two-time Academy Winner Hillary Swank, is all set to create a stir in Dubai. The `Million Dollar Baby' will be launching Aquitainia on The World, an out of the world private island development spread over 1 million square feet on Nakheel's archipelago.Swank has been signed up by Select Property and Select Group, joint developers of the AED 5.5 billion Aquitainia, a development which combines the islands of France and Spain. Swank, renowned for her astute business brain, will play host at the Buddha Bar showcasing the deluxe beachfront properties that epitomise glamour and style. "Aquitainia is one of the most exclusive projects launched in Dubai to date, and the presence of an iconic personality like Hillary Swank, accentuates the uniqueness of the project." said Mr. Rahail Aslam, CEO of Select Group. Swank, renowned for her award winning appearances as a transgender man in Boys Don't Cry and a struggling waitress-turned boxer, Maggie Fitzgerald in Million Dollar Baby will also be hosting Select Property's London launch of Aquitainia which is scheduled for the last week of September, before proceeding to Dubai.

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