Throughout the past five years ToysRUs Inc

today announced that itsfifth annual in-store and online campaign to benefit the Marine Toys for TotsFoundation raised more than $2.7 million and nearly 200,000 toys to help makethe holidays brighter for America's neediest children.Recognizing a greaterneed this year due to economic concerns, Toys"R"Us, Inc. donated additionaltoys to Toys for Tots to help impoverished children have a happy, memorableholiday season.Toy donations made by Toys"R"Us, Inc in 2008 amounted tomore than $2 million. "Understanding that this year would be especially difficult for families dueto the challenging economic environment, we worked hard to help Toys for Totsmeet the increased demand for toys to support families in need," said JerryStorch, Chairman and CEO, Toys"R"Us, Inc. "We are proud of the efforts of ourcustomers and employees to bring joy to children in communities across thecountry this holiday season. Their commitment to this program ensuredcountless needy children had a gift to open on Christmas morning."As the largest retail partner in the more than 60-year history of Toys forTots, Toys"R"Us, Inc.

has raised over $16.2 million and 1.4 million toysthroughout the five-year partnership between the two organizations.Each yearduring the holiday season, cash and toy donations are collected in allToys"R"Us and Babies"R"Us stores nationwide and monetary donations are alsoaccepted online at toys collected remain in thecommunity where they are donated to benefit local children.In addition tothese efforts and to kickoff the campaign, the Toys"R"Us Children's Fundawarded Toys for Tots a $100,000 grant to help units around the country get ahead start on their holiday gift-giving needs."Throughout the past five years, Toys"R"Us, Inc. has been a valued partner inour goal of bringing joy to the more than 13 million children living inpoverty in the United States," said Lt. General Pete Osman, USMC (Ret),President and CEO, Marine Toys for Tots Foundation. "We are grateful for thecompany's continued generosity, particularly this year when the number of toyrequests multiplied due to economic hardships being faced by many families andorganizations."About Toys"R"Us, Inc Toys"R"Us, Inc. is the world's leading dedicated toy and baby productsretailer. Currently it sells merchandise through more than 1,550 stores,including 847 Toys"R"Us and Babies"R"Us stores in the U.S., more than 700international stores in 33 countries, which includes licensed and franchisestores, and through its Internet site at SOURCEToys"R"Us, Inc.Jennifer Albano, 1-973-617-5632, , or KatieReczek, 1-973-617-4381, , both of Toys"R"Us, Inc.. ROANOKE, Va., Jan.

20 /PRNewswire/ Meridium, the global leader in assetperformance management (APM) software and solutions, announced today thatSaudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) headquartered in Riyadh, SaudiArabia, signed an agreement to license Meridium The agreement was signed on11th November 2006. Saudi Business Machines (SBM), Meridium's partner in SaudiArabia, is assisting Meridium in the implementation for the SABIC project.SABIC comprises one of the largest Meridium corporate implementations and themost comprehensive in the Middle East/Africa (MENA) region.With growing competition, SABIC recognized the need of applying a reliabilityprogram to maximize its profitability, hence, the SABIC Total ReliabilityProgram (STRP4) was initiated. The objectives of this program are to achievemaximum efficiency and effectiveness of assets.As part of the overall project, in addition to training/consulting services,Meridium is providing an array of APM software and services including:Reliability Centered Maintenance / Failure Modes and Effects AnalysisRisk-Based InspectionReliability Instrumented SystemsRoot Cause AnalysisMetrics and Key Performance IndicatorsReliability AnalyticsProduction Incident TrackingBi-Directional Interface to SAPReliability consulting services, facilitations, and workshopsImplementation and training servicesAccording to Bonz Hart, Meridium founder and CEO, "Meridium is pleased to becontinuing our success in the Middle East with a company like SABIC that hasput such emphasis on developing comprehensive asset reliability and overalloperational excellence. We're looking forward to working on this major projectwith SBM, as our strategic implementation partner. SABIC's choice of Meridiumfor this project reinforces that reliability and availability initiatives mustalign with business objectives in order for companies to be successful andprofitable."About MeridiumMeridium Inc. is the global leader in asset performance management solutionsfor process, power, mining and discrete manufacturing industries. WithMeridium software and services, companies will accelerate profitabilitythrough effective asset strategies, thus increasing asset reliability andimproving the performance of their production assets.