infoGROUP Announces Date and Location of Its 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and Valassis Data Aids in Rebuilding New Orleans Neighborhoods

City of Industry, CA --(www.USEquityNews.com)-- 08/20/2008 - Marketing Services industry alert provided by U.S. Equity News. infoGROUP (NASDAQ: IUSA), the leading provider of proprietary business and consumer databases, sales leads, direct marketing, email marketing and global information solutions, recently announced that its 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") will be held on October 23, 2008 at 3:00 p.m., local time, at infoGROUP's facility located at 951 Mariners Island Blvd., Suite #130, San Mateo, CA 94404. Stockholders of record as of the close of business on September 19, 2008 are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting. infoGROUP will mail its definitive proxy materials to its stockholders prior to the Annual Meeting. This announcement constitutes public disclosure of the date of the Annual Meeting for purposes of Article II, Section 9 and Article III, Section 4 of infoGROUP's bylaws. A copy of infoGROUP's bylaws may be obtained from the Corporate Secretary of infoGROUP by submitting a request to infoGROUP Inc., 5711 S. 86th Circle, Omaha, NE 68127, Attention: John Longwell; Phone: (402) 593-4500.



Schawk, Inc. (NYSE: SGK), a leading provider of brand point management services, enabling companies of all sizes to connect their brands with consumers to create deeper brand affinity, reported second-quarter and first six-months 2008 results. Net income in the second quarter of 2008 was $0.8 million, or $0.03 per fully diluted share, versus $9.9 million, or $0.36 per fully diluted share, in the second quarter of 2007 as restated. Earnings during the second quarter of 2008 included acquisition integration and restructuring expenses of $3.2 million and an impairment charge of long-lived assets of $2.2 million, while earnings during the second quarter of 2007 included a gain of $1.1 million on the sale of property.

Valassis (NYSE: VCI), one of the nation's leading media and marketing services companies, has entered into a partnership with the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center (GNOCDC), a nonprofit agency, to provide resources to further rebuild New Orleans. Valassis will provide database services that track household population growth at the parish level in pre- and post-Katrina New Orleans. Valassis owns the pre-Katrina household data files and is gifting this to the GNOCDC. This data is an important measurement by which to gauge repopulation progress. Valassis is the single source provider to New Orleans for pre- and post-Katrina address lists. No other organization in the country has access to this data.

Petel Incorporated (OTC: PTEI), the Broadband TV and Digital Media specialists, recently announce continued growth in revenue with an increase of 131% for Quarter 2 2008 over Quarter 1 2008. Further to Quarter 1 2008 closing with an increase in revenue of 82% over Quarter 4 2007, the board is pleased to announce the group has achieved a 131% increase in Quarter 2 revenue compared to the previous quarter. "We are pleased to register continued growth in revenues for the group from albeit a modest start to first quarter revenues of some $30,000. We now report quarter two revenues of $69,045," comments CEO David Morton.

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