DOVE CANYON, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- MobiClear, Inc. (OTCBB: MBIR - Deutsche Bourse: B3CA) has announced a five-year collaboration with Transpacific Broadband Group (Philippine Bourse: TBGI), a Philippine-based telecommunications company, and Bastion Payment Systems, a Philippine-based third party processor and fraud management service and software company.

Under the agreement, which becomes effective immediately, the parties have established a strategic business cooperation for the promotion and sales of MobiClear's electronic Personal Identification Verification (PIV) solution in connection with credit and debit card transactions. The products and services will be offered throughout Asia and will be made possible using MobiClear's multi-Click for the lowest price on dmnobieblankGateway');" onMouseOut="setTimeout('hideLayer()',500);" class=hotlink2>gateway solutions in all forms of electronic business environments.

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Film and television studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc unveiled plans on Tuesday to launch a high-definition television channel this fall on the DirecTV satellite service with a mix of movies and original programs. The channel is MGM's first stand-alone HD service in the United States and it marks a major expansion for the studio. Chief Executive Harry Sloan called the launch a "milestone event" for MGM, the home of the James Bond film franchise. "To grow significantly, we need to build assets. Over the last few years, we've launched channels all over Europe and now an HD channel in the U.S. gives us that growth opportunity" here, Slone told Reuters. He declined to discuss financial details. For DirecTV, the deal helps bolster content for its plans to roll out 100 new HD channels by the end of this year.

MasterCard Spent $880,000 Lobbying

MasterCard Inc., the world's No. 2 credit card franchise, spent $880,000 in the first six months of 2007 to lobby the federal government, according to a disclosure form.

The company lobbied on legislation related to the regulation and enforcement of Internet gambling, which is mostly illegal in the United States, and online purchases of prescription drugs, according to the form posted online Monday by the Senate's public records office.

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