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As KT will absorb the unit, KTF shareholders will receive0.7192335 of a KT share for every KTF share they own. KT also said it would sell $253 million bonds exchangeableinto its stocks to NTT DoCoMo as part of the merger plan, as theJapanese firm is set to transfer 60 percent of its holding in KTFto KT (Reporting by Rhee So-eui; Editing by Keiron Henderson). Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy's tell-all book Blowing the Whistle: The Culture of Fraud in the NBA has been pulled by its publisher Triumph, a division of Random House. Triumph has not stated why this has happened.Rumors circulating at the moment, courtesy of the website Deadspin, claim Random House pulled the plug because the NBA threatened to sue over the book's contents in which Donaghy details how referees manipulated NBA games, sometimes at the league's request. Representatives of the NBA, however, claim no one within the league has read the book and that they are not responsible for the book's demise.Clearly, the book will not be released within the next few weeks as scheduled The amazon web page for the book has been removed. That interview was cancelled as well.As of right now, the book has no home Deadspin does have excerpts from the book, however. The details, for anyone following this story, are far from surprising.Perhaps the biggest revelation is just how much of a "company man" long standing referee Dick Bavetta was for the league. According to Donaghy, Bavetta didn't even need direction from the league's home office to know which team should be assisted in winning certain key games. Bavetta was aware which teams were the league's bread and butter, and knew that the further those teams went into the playoffs, the more money the league made.Donaghy also detailed in-fighting between referees and players, the love some officials openly showed for certain star players, and even how referees would gamble among themselves to see which of the crew could last the longest without calling a foul during a game.With the book, Donaghy is sticking to his initial argument that the NBA is rigged from front to back. This isexactly what he told the FBI when he was cooperating with them, and this same information is what helped reduce his prison sentence.While it makes sense that Triumph or its parent company Random House would worry about the book being potentially libelous, if Donaghy's story was good enough for federal agents, what's really stopping it from publicationHas the NBA flexed its legal muscles to stop the book's publication as it was to coincide with the start of their season Will it matter as bits of the book have already leaked Will this affect, either negatively or positively, the sale and ultimate popularity the book may have when it is finally released to the general publicMost importantly, is Donaghy telling the complete truth If he is, what does that mean for the NBA and its fans Is the NBA just the WWE with a pair of hoops and a ball instead of a ring. The bank, which has recovered from two straight years ofheavy losses caused by debt provisions, aimed for loan growthof 3-4 percent this year after lending shrank by 8.7 percentlast year, TMB Chief Executive Boontuck Wangcharoen toldreporters.

We aim to build up the quality ofour portfolio," Boontuck said. The finance minister has said government measures tostimulate the economy should ensure growth of 2 percent in2009. TMB's loan growth target is below the industry average of4-5 percent forecast by brokerage houses. The bank, 30 percent owned by Dutch financial group ING(ING.AS), is expected to report a net profit of 5.53 billionbaht in 2009, according to 11 analysts polled by ReutersEstimates. TMB, which has 602 billion baht in assets and 424 billionbaht in loans, expects to reduce its gross non-performing loans(NPLs) to below 9 percent of total lending from 14 percent atthe end of 2008 by selling bad debt. At the midday break, TMB shares were down 1.8 percent at0.55 baht, while the overall Thai index .SETI was 1.05percent lower. ($134.87 Baht) (Reporting by Manunphattr Dhanananphorn; Writing by AradaTherdthammakun; Editing by Alan Raybould).

Sees solid performance in 2009 Contracted recurring revenue up 40 pct at 28.4 mln stg Renewal rates currently above 94 pct (Adds details) Jan 20 (Reuters) - Analytics software provider StatProGroup Plc (SOG.L) said on Tuesday it expected full-year resultsto meet market estimates and that it was confident of a "solidperformance" in 2009 with renewal rates currently above 94percent. StatPro, which provides software for the asset managementindustry, said contracted recurring revenue for the year endingDec. Over 70 percent of contracts by value are committed beyond2009 and the average contract length is 16 months, it said. StatPro said its rental business model provided for a"significant level of resilience" in difficult markets and veryclear revenue visibility, and expected growth in the segment tocontinue Shares of the company closed at 39.5 pence on Monday.

As I sat down watching Around The Horn today the winning columnist for the day stated that parity wasn’t alive in the National Football League. His claim seemed backed by the fact that there were six blowouts during week seven contests and as a result Las Vegas saw their worst weekend in terms of revenue from football betting in years In fact, they took a loss. To this I honestly ask… “Who cares!”I’m not a betting man but the National Football League should be concerned about themselves and themselves only. If Las Vegas takes a hit every once in a while than I simply retort with “Big deal!”I mean this is the same place that makes a living out of swindling people out of their money every weekend and I am supposed to care that they took a significant loss for once I wonder if they felt bad for taking people’s money in this downtrodden economy.So there you have it; one of two arguments – both of which are very weak – as to why parity doesn’t exist in the NFL this season according to national columnists, Vegas odd makers and pundits alike.The second reason that these individuals believe that parity is lackadaisical or non-existent this season is because there are seven teams that are dead in the water in comparison to three that are undefeated.Again, this is a very weak argument and if anything it supports the fact that there is parity in the NFL. In fact there is a high level of parity in the league this year. The seven aforementioned teams that are dead in the water are the Cleveland Browns, Tennessee Titans, Kansas City Chiefs, Washington Redskins, Detroit Lions, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and St Louis Rams. Additionally the Washington Redskins and Tampa Bay Buccaneers are one year removed from an 8-8 and 9-7 record respectively.