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08-13555.(Reporting by Chelsea Emery; Editing by Derek Caney) Crisis in Credit. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Jan. 20 /PRNewswire/ MassMutual's Retirement ServicesDivision has added three new relationship managers to support its growingbusiness with third-party administrators (TPA). The new TPA relationshipmanagers are focused on assisting advisors with plan reviews, investmentchange processing, product and service education and other valuable supportfor TPA-serviced plans on MassMutual's platform. Shebegan her career with MassMutual in 1994 and has held a number of roles withincreasing responsibility, all in the Retirement Services Division. Karen mostrecently served as a team leader and customer service specialist She supportsthe Western region.

Jim Keatingassumed the role of relationship manager for MassMutual's TPAservice organization on November 11, 2008. He joined MassMutual in 1997 andhas held a variety of key service roles, all in the Retirement ServicesDivision, including account manager, quality assurance consultant, businessanalyst and, most recently, project manager. Jim supports the Northeastregion.Eric Sarrazinjoined MassMutual's TPA service organization on December 8, 2008.He joined MassMutual in 1997 and has held a number of sales and service rolesin the company's Retirement Services Division, namely account manager, salesconsultant and, most recently, national accounts communications consultant. Hesupports the Southeast region."The new relationship managers are further evidence of MassMutual's commitmentto delivering service excellence to our valued third-party administrators andtheir advisors," says Michael McKenzie, vice president and head ofMassMutual's Retirement Services operations organization. "Every TPA plan onMassMutual's platform has a dedicated account manager, backed by our team ofexperienced service professionals."MassMutual's TPA service model is compatible with 401(k) as well as 403(b)plans. For more information about MassMutual's TPA Alliance business, pleasecontact your MassMutual representative or call MassMutual at 1-866-444-2601.Contact: Lisa SOURCEMassMutual Retirement ServicesLisa Reilly of MassMutual Retirement Services, 1-413-744-0589,.

GENEVA, Jan 20 (Reuters) - World trade flows in the threemonths to end November fell 3.7 percent at an annual rate fromthe preceding three months the biggest drop since 2001, aDutch research bureau said on Tuesday. The November figures reflect a 32.2 percent fall in U.S.imports, it added. The CPB findings are the latest evidence global trade isshrinking under the impact of a steep recession in manydeveloped countries coupled with difficulties in arranging tradefinancing as a result of the credit crunch. Looking at the long-term trend, CPB said trade volume growthslowed to 3.6 percent in the 12 months ended November comparedwith the previous 12 months, against a high in the current cycleof 9.5 percent in November 2006. "Scattered trade data of Asian countries for December andleading indicators point to a continuing sharp downward trend incoming months," it said.

Volatile monthly data showed trade volume in November was6.0 percent lower than in October, the biggest drop in the sinceCPB started monitoring the series in 1991. (For the complete CPB report click on:here ) (Reporting by Jonathan Lynn; Editing by Michael Roddy) Bonds. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.(Business Wire)Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALNY), a leading RNAi therapeuticscompany, announced today that the European Patent Office (EPO) has ruled infavor of the opposing parties in oral proceedings before the European OppositionBoard related to the 945 (EP 1214945) patent in its Kreutzer-Limmer patentestate. This ruling does not affect other granted claims of the Kreutzer-Limmerpatent series, nor does it affect the ongoing examination of other applicationsin this patent family, which the company expects will result in new grantedpatents.