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Stocks  |  Mergers deduces baseball almanac & Acquisitions  |  Russia  |  Japan details GM's negotiating team would then gather "feedback" from theGerman state and federal governments, the European countrieswith Opel plants and the European Union starting next Wednesdaythrough Friday, the person familiar with the details said The week after next both the U.S. China's Exim Bank is one of the financiers for the project,with ABSA (ASAJ.J), South Africa's biggest retail bank, andStandard Bank (SBKJ.J), Africa's biggest bank by assets, actingas joint financial advisers. Eskom told CIC it could take until the end of its financialyear in March 2010 to conclude discussions with the SouthAfrican government on the best funding model for the utility,which it sees as a prerequisite for any agreement with CIC. But CIC said it was confident that Eskom, meant to receive75 percent of the 1,320 MW gross capacity to be initiallyproduced at the plant, would be the off-taker The balance ismeant to go to the Botswana Power Company. CIC Chief Executive Officer Warren Newfield said the companywas close to signing an agreement with an independent powerproducer (IPP) to partner in the project. "We are hoping to conclude documents (on commercial terms)that would give lenders comfort of the support of our IPPpartner imminently," he said. CIC has said that the Mmamabula coalfield on which the powerplant is to be built could supply enough coal to produce up to6,000 megawatts for more than 30 years.

* First commercial power delayed until 2014 Stocks  |  China * Needs Eskom to finalise funding model * Still believes Eskom the preferred customer(Recasts with conference call) JOHANNESBURG, July 17 (Reuters) - CIC Energy (ELC.TO) saidon Friday the first power from its Mmamabula project could bedelayed until early 2014 after it failed to conclude a purchaseagreement with South African utility Eskom [ESCJ.UL] baseball game tickets . The Toronto-listed company had initially planned forcommercial operation at the coal-fired power plant in Botswanato start in early 2013 and ease power shortages in the region . "Financial close cannot happen this year as previouslyanticipated .. . assuming that financial close would happen inearly 2010, that would mean that (commercial operation date) CODwould happen in early 2014," CIC President Greg Kinross saidduring a conference call . Securities and ExchangeCommission (the "SEC") including, but not limited to, the Company's Form 10-Kfor the year ended December 31, 2008 and any subsequently filed reports. Alldocuments are also available through the SEC's Electronic Data GatheringAnalysis and Retrieval system at or from the Company's website at Communications, Inc.Bob Butter, Communications, of Tollgrade Communications, Inc.,+1-412-820-1347, . The Company cautions readers that such "forward-looking statements"are, in fact, predictions that are subject to risks and uncertainties and thatactual events or results may differ materially from those anticipated eventsor results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.

TheCompany disclaims any current intention to update its "forward-lookingstatements," and the estimates and assumptions within them, at any time or forany reason baseball tickets . Any number of factors that could cause actual events or results todiffer materially from those contained in the "forward-looking statements" isincluded in the Company's filings with the U.S . is a leading provider of network serviceassurance products and services for centralized test systems around the world . Shareholders will be able to obtain, free of charge, copies ofthe definitive proxy statement, the supplement thereto and any other documentsfiled by Tollgrade with the SEC in connection with the proxy solicitation atthe SEC's website at http:// and Tollgrade's website at http:// TollgradeTollgrade Communications, Inc . WEURGE INVESTORS TO READ THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT (INCLUDING ANYSUPPLEMENTS THERETO) AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS THAT TOLLGRADE WILL FILEWITH THE SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANTINFORMATION. Tollgrade, its directors,nominees for director and certain officers, employees and other persons aredeemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from shareholders inconnection with the 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

Information regardingthe interests of such participants is included in the definitive proxystatement, the supplement thereto and other relevant documents filed and to befiled by Tollgrade with the SEC in connection with the proxy solicitation division series playoff . A supplement to this proxy statement was filed with the SEC andmailed to shareholders on or about July 7, 2009 and it amends, supplementsand, to the extent inconsistent, supersedes the corresponding informationpreviously sent to the shareholders of Tollgrade . Other results from refocusing efforts to dateinclude:bolstering cash reserves, streamlining operations and reducingcorporate overhead, winning a new major multiyear managed services contract,and making key management changes to strengthen the leadership and functionalexpertise needed to execute Tollgrade's growth strategy.Important InformationIn connection with the solicitation of proxies, Tollgrade Communications, Inc.has filed with the SEC and mailed to shareholders on or about June 22, 2009 adefinitive proxy statement in connection with its 2009 Annual Meeting ofShareholders . Hoffman and Kennedy are thefirst candidates selected through this process to join the Board.Also from this process, the Tollgrade Board developed a comprehensivestrategic plan to refocus Tollgrade's business by emphasizing its serviceassurance offerings to the telecom market and has already executed on a numberof fronts to enhance shareholder value, including selling off non-core assetssuch as Tollgrade's cable product line in May 2009 as it did not support therefocused growth strategy . TheTollgrade Board retained CT Partners, a nationally-recognized executive searchfirm, to assist in identifying candidates Messrs. As part of this process, the Board was alsounanimous in its view that Tollgrade would benefit from the addition ofindependent directors with deep experience in the telecom sector.