NEW YORK, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- MZ Consult NY LLC (
http://www.mz-ir.com ), a leading IR and financial communications
consulting firm, announces that the registration period for the 2007
edition of the Investor Relations Global Rankings and Awards WILL END ON
NOVEMBER 3 (today). Register online now at http://www.irglobalrankings.com

IR Global Rankings is the Oscar of Investor Relations and is the only
ranking system that offers small and big companies the chance to compete
with each other at the same level. Also, the 2007 edition includes many
companies registering for the third year in a row, which proves that
investor relations worldwide has been benefiting from the feedback and
suggestions given by MZ's analysts for several years now.

You can't miss the chance to receive a full and comprehensive
evaluation of your IR program, which presents benchmarks and best practices
both per region and industry. This will include improvement opportunities,
benchmarks, IR trends, scores reviewed by independent legal counsels and
auditors (Linklaters and KPMG).

There are more than 130 companies from 32 countries already confirmed
for the 2007 IR Global Rankings.

    -- Australia: Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (NYSE: ANZ) and
       BlueScope Steel (Australian: BSL)
    -- Austria: EVN (OTC: EVNVY.PK) and Telekom Austria (NYSE: TKA)
    -- Brazil: America Latina Logistica (Bovespa: ALLL11), Banco Bradesco
       (NYSE: BBD), Brasil Telecom (NYSE: BRP), Braskem (NYSE: BAK), CPFL
       (NYSE: CPL), CSN (NYSE: SID), Energias do Brasil, Gerdau (NYSE: GGB),
       GOL (NYSE: GOL), Perdigao (NYSE: PDA), Petrobras (NYSE: PBR), TAM
       (NYSE: TAM), Telemar, TOTVS, Tractebel Energia and Unibanco (NYSE: UBB)
    -- Canada: ARC Energy Trust (Toronto: AET-UN.TO), Bank of Montreal
       (NYSE: BMO), Enerplus Resources Fund (NYSE: ERF), Fording Canadian Coal
       Trust (NYSE: FDG), Maple Leaf Foods (Toronto: MFI.TO), Nexen
       (NYSE:NXY), PotashCorp (NYSE: POT), Talisman Energy (NYSE: TLM) and
       Teck Cominco (NYSE: TCK)
    -- Chile: Endesa Chile (NYSE: EOC), Enersis (NYSE: ENI) and Masisa
       (NYSE: MYS)
    -- China: China Life Insurance Company (NYSE: LFC), CNOOC (NYSE: CEO),
       Ninetowns Internet Technology Group (NASDAQ: NINE), Semiconductor
       Manufacturing International (NYSE: SMI), Xinao Gas Holdings and Xinhua
       Finance (OTC: XHFNY.PK)
    -- Denmark: Danske Bank (OTC: DNSKF) and H. Lundbeck (Copenhagen: LUN)
    -- Germany: adidas (OTC: ADDDY), Altana (NYSE: AAA), BASF (NYSE: BF),
       Bayer (NYSE: BAY), DaimlerChrysler (NYSE: DCX), Deutsche Lufthansa,
       Deutsche Post World Net and Deutsche Telekom (NYSE: DT)
    -- France: BNP Paribas
    -- Hong Kong: China Telecom Corporation (NYSE: CHA), Global Sources
       (Nasdaq: GSOL), Hysan Development (OTC: HYSNY) and MTR Corporation
    -- India: Grasim Industries (NSE: GRASIM.NS), Infosys Technologies
       (NASDAQ: INFY), Kotak Mahindra Bank (NSE: KOTAKBANK.NS) and Satyam
       Computer Services (NYSE: SAY)
    -- Indonesia: PT Antam
    -- Israel: Partner Communications (NYSE: PTNR)
    -- Italy: Buongiorno and Esprinet (Milan: PRT.MI)
    -- Japan: Eisai Co. (Exchange Tokyo: 4523) and OMRON Corporation
       (Exchange Tokyo: 6645)
    -- Malaysia: Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings (Exchange KUL: COMM)
    -- Mexico: ASUR (NYSE: ASR), Homex (NYSE: HXM), FEMSA (NYSE: FMX), Grupo
       Elektra (Mexico: ELEKTRA.MX), Grupo Radio Centro (NYSE: RC), TV Azteca
       and Wal-Mart de Mexico
    -- Netherlands: ASML (NYSE: ASML), Royal Philips Electronics and TNT
       (NYSE: TP)
    -- Norway: Norsk Hydro (NYSE: NHY) and Statoil (NYSE: STO)
    -- Philippines: Philippine Long Distance Telephone (NYSE: PHI)
    -- Poland: BRE Bank
    -- Portugal: Banco BPI (Lisbon: BPI.LS)
    -- Russia: IC RUSS-INVEST and Lukoil (XETRA: LUK.DE)
    -- South Africa: Barloworld, Harmony Gold (NYSE: HMY), Exxaro Resources
       (OTC: KBREY.PK), Naspers (NASDAQ: NPSN), Reunert, Sappi (NYSE: SPP),
       Telkom (NYSE: TKG) and Nedbank
    -- Spain: Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (NYSE: BBV), Corporacion MAPFRE,
       Sacyr Vallehermoso (XETRA: VHM.DE) and Santander (NYSE: STD)
    -- Sweden: SCA (NYSE: SCA)
    -- Switzerland: Novartis (NYSE: NVS), Roche (OTC: RHHVF), ST
       Microelectronics (NYSE: STM) and UBS (NYSE: UBS)
    -- Taiwan: Chi Mei Optoelectronics (Taiwan:3009.TW) and Chunghwa Telecom
       (NYSE: CHT)
    -- Turkey: Turkcell (NYSE: TKC)
    -- U.K.: Anglo American (NASDAQ: AAUK)
    -- U.S.: Avaya (NYSE: AV), Dick's Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS), Edison
       International (NYSE: EIX), ENSCO International (NYSE: ESV), E-TRADE
       Financial (NYSE: ET), General Electric (NYSE: GE), IMS Health
       (NYSE: RX), INVESTools (Nasdaq: IEDU), Kellogg (NYSE: K), Kyphon
       (Nasdaq: KYPH), Life Time Fitness (NYSE: LTM), Ness Technologies
       (NASDAQ: NSTC), Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC), W.W. Grainger (NYSE: GWW),
       Wachovia (NYSE: WB), Wendy's International (NYSE: WEN) and Wind River
       Systems
    -- Venezuela: CANTV (NYSE: VNT)

IR Global Rankings is the only system where you can actually discuss
the results and findings with the evaluation specialists and receive live,
in- depth feedback and consultancy on your company's IR website, Corporate
Governance Practices and Financial Disclosure Procedures.

Countries with five or more companies registered will have their own
awards, in addition to the regional and industry awards. IR Seminar and
Award Ceremonies with Q&A will be hosted in New York, Frankfurt, Sao Paulo,
Johannesburg and Asia -- venue to be defined.

    ANY COMPANY WORLDWIDE CAN REGISTER NOW AT
http://www.irglobalrankings.com until today, November 3, 2006. LAST CHANCE!

SOURCE MZ Consult NY LLC

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