TORONTO BCE Inc, Canada's largest telecommunications company, said Friday it has agreed on terms of a $35 billion sale to a group led by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan in the biggest leveraged buyout ever. The deal is expected to be completed by mid-December.

DOVER, N.Y. Two teenagers who drove to Oniontown after a series of YouTube videos portrayed the hamlet as a run-down, backwoods dump were pelted with rocks by an angry group of young residents, authorities said.

NEW YORK Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which video clips and when.

KUNGSBACKA, Sweden Regulatory News:

NEW YORK Moment of Thanks, a national initiative to provide an easy way to say thank you to the men and women of the Armed Forces, today announced it will send at least 100,000 messages of support to US troops via the new Website MomentOfThanks.com. To kick off the Independence Day launch, Abigail Breslin, Peyton Manning, Tommy Lasorda, New York Governor David Paterson, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, NBA stars Paul Pierce and Kobe Bryant, among others, have recorded special thank you messages that can be seen at www.momentofthanks.com.

LONDON Polar Instruments announce the launch of an automatic coupon generator which dramatically reduces the time required to generate impedance test coupons compared to manual or scripted systems.

DUBLIN, Ireland Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/4c8e31/optimising_erp_val) has announced the addition of the "Optimising ERP Value & Spending: Large Nordic companies 2008-2009" report to their offering.

DUBLIN, Ireland Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/d99dba/telecommunications) has announced the addition of the "Telecommunications Consultants (UK) - Portfolio Analysis" report to their offering.

PORTLAND, Ore. The WiMAX Forum congratulates the European Commission on the completion and publication of an important new regulation relating to the 2.6 GHz (2500-2690MHz) frequency band. The 2.3, 2.6 and 3.5 GHz frequencies are key bands for Mobile WiMAX technology and will contribute to providing suitable spectrum for WiMAX(TM) consumer and business services around the world.

DUBLIN, Ireland Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/3f980a/it_resources_spend) has announced the addition of the "IT Resources Spending - Allocation & Trends: Large Nordic companies 2008-2009" report to their offering.

DUBLIN, Ireland Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e1e69c/nordic_erp_market) has announced the addition of the "Nordic ERP Market 2008-2009" report to their offering.

MINNEAPOLIS A college student claimed it was all a joke when he put his vote in this fall's presidential election up for sale on the Web auction site eBay. But prosecutors didn't see the humor.

DUBLIN, Ireland Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/c8b87a/the_taiwanese_cdt) has announced the addition of the "The Taiwanese CDT Monitor Industry, 2Q 2008" report to their offering.

SAN MATEO, Calif. Jigsaw (www.jigsaw.com), a leading provider of business information and data services that uniquely leverages user-generated content contributed by its global membership, today announced that Jim Fowler, CEO and co-founder of Jigsaw, will participate on the panel discussion "Business Social Networking and the Changing Nature of Data" at Social Networking Conference 2008 (SNC2008) in San Francisco on Friday, July 11 at 2:15 pm PDT.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. California Chief Information Officer Teri Takai today announced the members of the Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) Task Force. Governor Schwarzenegger recently called for the creation of a task force to develop a statewide strategy to enhance the technology for environmental protection, natural resource management, traffic flow, emergency preparedness and response, land use planning and health and human services.

ALBANY, N.Y. Mechanical Technology, Incorporated (MTI, NASDAQ: MKTY), a company primarily engaged in the development and commercialization of Mobion(R) off-the-grid portable power solutions through its subsidiary MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc. (MTI Micro), and in the design, manufacture, and sale of test and measurement instruments and systems through its subsidiary MTI Instruments, Inc., today announced that due to current market conditions, it has filed an amendment to its registration statement on Form S-1 previously filed on May 22, 2008 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission converting its proposed public offering to units consisting of convertible senior notes and warrants to purchase shares of MTI common stock from units consisting of shares of common stock and warrants to purchase shares of common stock.

CLEVELAND Ferro Corporation (NYSE: FOE) ("the Company"), today announced the tender offer consideration and the total consideration to be paid in connection with the offer to purchase all of its outstanding 9 1/8% Senior Notes due in January 2009 (the "Notes") being conducted pursuant to the terms of and subject to the conditions in the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement and the related Letter of Transmittal, each dated June 20, 2008 (the "Offer to Purchase").

AUSTIN, Texas Introgen Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:INGN) today announced a re-allocation of employees to focus on regulatory review and commercial activities. After years of product development, Introgen is directing corporate spending toward regulatory review programs, commercialization and the future marketing of ADVEXIN therapy. Recently the Company achieved the major corporate milestone of filing for regulatory approval of ADVEXIN cancer therapy in the U.S. and Europe. From its current total of approximately 70 employees, Introgen will eliminate approximately 20 positions primarily associated with ADVEXIN development and regulatory submission programs that have now been completed. Some of the approximately 50 remaining Introgen employees and some new employees are expected to join Introgen's manufacturing subsidiary, Introgen Technical Services, Inc. The Company anticipated reductions in ADVEXIN program expenses contained in previous financial guidance.

PLANO, Texas Cistera Networks(R) (OTCBB: CNWT) a leading provider of enterprise application platforms and engines for Internet Protocol (IP) Communications, announced today that its Short Term Investment Incentive Program (Program) succeeded in generating approximately $880,000 in proceeds from new investment through warrant exercises; and approximately $3,100,000 of its outstanding convertible notes and associated accrued interest were converted to common equity. All amounts reported herein are approximate as they are subject to final clearing through financial institutions.