NEW YORK, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- MZ Consult NY LLC ( http://www.mz-ir.com ), a leading investor relations and financial communications firm, jointly with JP Morgan, KPMG Independent Auditors and Linklaters, announces the dates for the 2007 IR Global Rankings Workshops and Award Ceremonies ( http://www.irglobalrankings.com ); to discuss and review the best practices and benchmarks for IR websites, Corporate Governance and Earnings Release & Financial Disclosure Procedures. (Venues to be announced.)

             Latin America Seminar and Award Ceremony -Sao Paulo
                               February 9, 2007

                  Asia Seminar and Award Ceremony - Beijing
                              February 14, 2007

             North America Seminar and Award Ceremony - New York
                              February 20, 2007

                Europe Seminar and Award Ceremony - Frankfurt
                              February 23, 2007

               Africa Seminar and Award Ceremony - Johannesburg
                              February 27, 2007

The 9th annual edition of IR Global Rankings evaluated 145 companies from 33 countries, including:

    * 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
      Energia (NYSE:CPL), CSN (NYSE:SID), Energias do Brasil
      (OTC:EGDBF.PK), Gerdau (NYSE:GGB), GOL (NYSE:GOL), Perdigao
      (NYSE:PDA), Petrobras (NYSE:PBR), TAM (NYSE:TAM), TOTVS, Tractebel
      Energia, and Unibanco (NYSE:UBB)
    * Canada: ARC Energy Trust (Toronto:AET) (Toronto: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), Xinao Gas Holdings
      and Xinhua Finance (OTC:XHFNY.PK)
    * Denmark: Danske Bank (OTC:DNSKF) and H. Lundbeck
      (Copenhagen: LUN.co)
    * 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: CLP Holdings (HKSE: 0002.HK), 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), Satyam Computer
      Services (NYSE:SAY) and Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT)
    * Iceland: Lansbanki
    * Indonesia: PT Antam
    * Israel: Partner Communications (NYSE:PTNR)
    * Italy: Buongiorno and Esprinet (Milan: PRT.MI)
    * Japan: Eisai Co. (Tokyo:4523), Matsushita Electric and OMRON
      Corporation (Tokyo:6645)
    * Malaysia: Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings (Exchange KUL: COMM), IJM
      Corporation Berhad
    * Mexico: ASUR (NYSE:ASR), Homex (NYSE:HXM), FEMSA (NYSE:FMX), Grupo
      Elektra (Mexico: ELEKTRA.MX), Grupo Radio Centro (NYSE:RC), Vitro S.A.,
      PEMEX, TV Azteca and Wal-Mart de Mexico
    * Netherlands: ASML (NYSE:ASML), Royal Philips Electronics, Shell
      (NYSE:RDS) (NYSE:A) 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
      (OTC:EXXAY.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: ABB Ltd. (NYSE:ABB); Novartis (NYSE:NVS),
      Roche (OTC:RHHVF), STMicroelectronics (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), PetSmart, Symantec (NASDAQ:SYMC), W.W. Grainger
      (NYSE:GWW), Wachovia (NYSE:WB), Wendy's International (NYSE:WEN) and
      Wind River Systems
    * Venezuela: CANTV (NYSE:VNT)

Contact: Amanda Munhoz, MZ Consult, 1 (646) 217-0908, e-mail: irgr@mz-ir.com

Source: MZ Consult NY LLC