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Travelocity, one of the largest travel companies inthe world with annual gross bookings of more than $10 billion, has launched aneco-friendly directory, which highlights properties and destinations alreadyoffering meaningful sustainability initiatives.Green Globe certified hotelsand resorts are featured on the Travelocity directory. AIRMILES, a programowned by British Airways, implemented a new product category of "GreenerHotels" on its website and reservation system, which identifies for itscustomers the hotels that have achieved Green Globe Certification in order toallow travelers to choose environmentally responsible hotels within theAIRMILES program. Another newsletter article highlights the company's strategic partnershipagreement with Ship & Shore Environmental, Inc., which provides customizedenvironmental solutions to green businesses in a variety of industries, tocollaborate on projects involving the Green Globe brand and its sustainabilityprograms. Included in the CEO Greeting feature in the newsletter are comments by StevenR. Peacock regarding large projects in which the company is expecting toparticipate, including a major metropolitan green business initiative andinvolvement with a major U.S public transit system.Mr.

Callers to the new numbers willbe directed to several menu options, so their call can be routed to the properdepartment. The change was made as a result of growing interest in the Green Globe brandand its affiliated programs and an increasing number of incoming calls frombusinesses, organizations and individuals around the world. The Green Globe brand and program, which traces its roots back to the UnitedNations Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit in 1992, where 182 Heads of State endorsedthe Agenda 21 principles of Sustainable Development, has primarily been usedin the travel and tourism industry but is now being expanded to include agrowing number of environmentally responsible businesses in a variety ofmarket sectors. The Green Globe brand is an ideal symbol for the world'sincreasing awareness of environmental responsibility and response to globalclimate change.Current Green Globe programs managed by the company and its affiliates includethe world leading certification program () andthe Green Globe Index tool, which allows clients to calculate their CO2efootprint, the financial cost of that CO2e, and to track their performance ofenergy and water consumption and non-recyclable waste production.

Green Globe International encourages all shareholders and others interested infollowing the progress of the company to subscribe to receive email alertswhenever new information is made public.To subscribe, please visit http:// About Green Globe International, Inc.Green Globe International, Inc. The Company's actual future results could materiallydiffer from those discussed. The Company intends that such statements aboutthe Company's future expectations, including future revenues and earnings, andall other forward-looking statements be subject to the "Safe Harbors"provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.SOURCEGreen Globe International, Inc.A. Beyer of Green Globe International, Inc., +1-951-677-8073,. TORONTO, ONTARIO, May 01 (MARKET WIRE) -- Pinetree Capital Ltd. (TSX: PNP), announces that, through a series oftransactions ending on April 30, 2009, it acquired ownership of 288,000common shares ("Common Shares") of Aldershot Resources Ltd. ("Aldershot")through the facilities of the TSX Venture Exchange representingapproximately 0.4% of the total issued and outstanding common shares ofAldershot as of April 30, 2009.

As a result of this transaction, Pinetreeheld, as at April 30, 2009, an aggregate of 5,538,000 common shares ofAldershot and rights to acquire an additional 3,000,000 common shares ofAldershot upon the exercise of convertible securities (collectively, the"Convertible Securities"). In the event that the Convertible Securitiesare fully exercised, the holdings of Pinetree represent a total of8,538,000 common shares of Aldershot, or approximately 12.5% of allissued and outstanding common shares as at April 30, 2009, calculated ona partially diluted basis assuming the exercise of the ConvertibleSecurities only.These transactions were made for investment purposes and Pinetree couldincrease or decrease its investments in Aldershot depending on marketconditions or any other relevant factor.About PinetreePinetree Capital Ltd. ("Pinetree") was incorporated under the laws of theProvince of Ontario and its shares are publicly-traded on the TorontoStock Exchange ("TSX") under the symbol "PNP". Pinetree is a diversifiedinvestment and merchant banking firm focused on the small cap market.Pinetree's investments are primarily in the resources sector: Uranium,Oil & Gas, Molybdenum, Precious Metals, Potash and Rare Earths, and BaseMetals. Pinetree's investment approach is to develop a macro view of asector, build a position consistent with the view by identifyingmicro-cap opportunities within that sector, and devise an exit strategydesigned to maximize our relative return in light of changingfundamentals and opportunities.For more details about Pinetree and its investments, please visit ourwebsite at Relations: Pinetree Capital Ltd.Larry Goldberg, C.A.Executive Vice President and Chief Financial 2009, Market Wire, All rights reserved.-0-. Janitors and supporters demand that profitable hi-tech company stop layoffs oflow-wage service workersSAN JOSE, Calif., May 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Thursday, April 30,one hundred janitors and supporters marched and set up a permanent encampmenton the sidewalk in front of Cisco Systems' corporate headquarters in San Jose,California, to protest the firing of more than 75 low-wage janitors.

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