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Abacus acquired

Financial Time (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008

Abacus has agreed a £42.2m takeover offer from fellow electronic components distributor Avnet of the US following talks with several suitors, writes...

Abacus acquired by Avnet

Financial Time (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008

Abacus has agreed a £42.2m takeover offer from fellow electronic components distributor Avnet of the US following talks with several suitors.

Cash-rich Avnet likely to continue buying

Tech Confidential Blog (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008

For companies that manage to complete deals these days, it's no longer seen as business as usual but rather a sign of a healthy balance sheet. Tech products distributor Avnet...

Avnet announces plans to buy Abacus Group

The Business Journal of Phoenix (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008

Avnet Inc. announced Friday morning it planned to buy British company Abacus Group PLC for $182 million. (AVT)

Avnet Announces Offer to Acquire ABACUS GROUP PLC

Business Wire (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT) announced today that it plans to acquire Abacus Group PLC (Abacus), through one of its wholly owned subsidiaries, in an all cash offer for

Morning Wood: Asaf Avnet

kenneth in the (212) (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008

From Israel, with love. Three more pics after the jump HERE .

PresiNET Systems Corp.: PresiNET Selects AVNET to Distribute Network Security Appliance

Market Wire (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008

VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MARKET WIRE) PresiNET, a leader in network management tools, today announced a distribution agreement with Avnet Technology Solutions (Avnet), an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), which will be implemented in the U.S. and Canada. Under the agreement, Avnet will distribute PresiNET's TOTAL VIEW ONE(TM), a premium network intelligence appliance.

Avnet General Counsel David Birk Recognized as One of Arizona's "Most Influential" by Arizona Business Magazine

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008

PHOENIX - Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT) General Counsel and Senior Vice President David Birk has been recognized as one of Arizona’s “most influential” attorneys by Arizona Business Magazine. Bir

• Avnet General Counsel David Birk Recognized as One of Arizona's "Most Influential" by Arizona Business Magazine - Business Wire

Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas Launches the STM32 Cortex-M3 SpeedWay Design Workshop Series

Business Wire (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008

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A Market Overview of the Competitive Environments of Energy Harvesting, Micro Batteries and Power Management ICs with Detailed Company Profiles

Business Wire (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008

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88 Minutes

PXDCO Reviews (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008

Click Here to download 88 Minutes Jon Avnet directs Al Pacino in the thriller 88 Minutes. Pacino plays university professor Jack Gramm, who occasionally assists the FBI in matters of forensic psychiatry. His recent testimony against a freshly convicted criminal seems to be the reason he has gotten a scary phone call informing him he will [...]

In cinemas this weekend: October 4

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008

The Fall | Brideshead Revisited | Import/Export | 88 Minutes | Fear(s) Of The Dark | Good Dick | Heavy Load | Fly Me To The Moon 3D | Drona | Kidnap | How To Lose Friends And Alienate People

88 MINUTES

The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008

IF YOU were unlucky enough to endure last week's useless Righteous Kill , you may have consoled yourself with the knowledge that it would, at least, be the worst Jon Avnet film starring Al Pacino to be released this fortnight. Amazingly, that does not prove to be the case. This is rather like surviving the sinking of the Titanic , only to have your lifeboat struck by an even bigger iceberg.

Film reviews: Bleak exchange programme

Scotsman.com Living - Books (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008

IMPORT/EXPORT (18) **** DIRECTED BY: ULRICH SEIDL STARRING: EKATERYNA RAK, PAUL HOFMANN, MARIA HOFSTÄTTER

DeNiro and Scorsese Reunite for New Mob Flick I Heard You Paint Houses

Film Junk (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008

Well, I think it’s safe to say that the much-anticipated Robert DeNiro / Al Pacino reunion didn’t really pan out. By all accounts, Righteous Kill was about as far from a return to form as you can get, and everyone blamed director Jon Avnet for mishandling these two great stars. If only Martin Scorsese had [...]

Al Pacino Loves To Work With Robert De Niro Again

icelebz | 09/15/2008

Al Pacino said he would love to work with Robert De Niro again. The 68-year-old actor, who stars alongside De Niro in "Righteous Kill," insists it is a "comforting" experience working with his friend. Speaking at the U.K. premiere of 'Righteous Kill' in London's Leicester Square Sunday, told BANG Showbiz: "Working with Bob was a real comfort factor. He understands the way it works. We've known each

• De Niro and Pacino want to team up again - News Scotsman
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