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AMPUSH MEDIA ACQUIRES ACADEMIC EARTH

Ampush Media, a technology-driven online marketing start-up, has announced the acquisition of Academic Earth, the online education site TechCrunch hailed as the Hulu for Education and Bill Gates believes could revolutionize the education industry. Ampush media, creators of a technology platform that helps students identify higher

education options that fit their interests, will expand Academic Earths mission to help learners find and explore premium educational content online. The San Francisco-based company plans to invest heavily in building out social and interactive user features and adding new lecture material to the site. With these additions, Ampush media expects to provide an even more robust resource to a diverse student population on the web, from casual learners to those seeking formal degree and certification programs. Academic Earth serves as a curated repository of premium OpenCourseWare

content, currently serving over 350 free online video courses, encompassing over 5,000 lectures, from leading universities such as Harvard, Stanford, Yale, and mIT. Since being founded in 2008, the site has grown to attract over 400,000 unique visitors per month, primarily through word of mouth. LM

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GOLDEN AGRI-RESOURCES LTD LAUNCHES AGRI RENEWABLE FUND

NautaDutilh has advised Golden Agri-Resources Ltd (GAR) on the successful set-up of Agri Renewable Fund, a Luxembourg Sicar (the Sicar). GAR, a Singapore-listed company, is the world's second largest producer of crude palm oil (CPO) with a market capitalisation of USD 5.8 billion. This Sicar is GAR's first initiative to invest in Europe and to attract European

investors. The Sicar's aim is to invest in the European renewable energy sector, in particular,

together with Fri-El Green Power, a key Italian player in the renewable energy sector. The NautaDutilh Avocats Luxembourg team was comprised of manuèle Biancarelli and Pierre Reuter. LM

CPO-fuelled power plants. Its activities will also enable it to benefit from green certificates that can be traded on specialised markets. The Sicar has already acquired one 75 megawatt CPO-fuelled power plant in Italy,

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