Associate partners include Ball ParkNike 6

The complete 2008/09 Winter Dew Tour schedule is as follows: EventDateLocationStop 1 Dec. 8-11, 2009 West Dover, Vt. Mount Snow ResortToyota ChampionshipFeb. 19-22, 2009Lake Tahoe, Calif. Northstar-at-Tahoe ResortWinter Dew Tour The Winter Dew Tour consists of three major, multi-sport events spanningacross the country, with a cumulative points system, and a $1.5 millioncompetitive purse.Each event features men and women's snowboard (superpipeand slopestyle), and men's freeskiing (superpipe and slopestyle).At season'send, the overall point's leaders in the six disciplines are crowned year-endchampions and awarded the prestigious Dew Cup. As part of an Alli property,key lifestyle elements compliment the competitions at each Tour eventincluding the Festival village, specialty competitions, and live cutting edgemusic. The Winter Dew Tour is broadcast live on NBC Sports with additionalcompetition and lifestyle broadcasts on MTV, MTV2 and USA.The Winter DewTour is also distributed on Fuel TV, Universal HD, Rush HD, andinternationally on Eurosport, Fox Australia, Extreme Channel and Allarcosuperchannel.Winter Dew Tour partners include Mountain Dew (tour titlesponsor); Toyota (event title sponsor).Associate partners include Ball Park,Nike 6.0, PlayStation(R), Wendy's, and Verizon Wireless.

More information canbe found at UniversalNBC Universal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companiesin the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, andinformation to a global audience. 1 television network, the fastest-growing Spanish-language network, avaluable portfolio of news and entertainment networks, a premier motionpicture company, significant television production operations, a leadingtelevision stations group, and world-renowned theme parks. NBC Universal is80-owned by General Electric, with 20 controlled by Vivendi Universal.MTV NetworksMTV Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), is one of the world'sleading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. MTVNetworks, with more than 150 channels worldwide, owns and operates thefollowing television programming services - MTV: MUSIC TELEVISION, MTV2, VH1,mtvU, NICKELODEON, NICK at NITE, LOGO, COMEDY CENTRAL, TV LAND, SPIKE TV, CMT,NOGGIN, THE N, VH1 CLASSIC, MTVN INTERNATIONAL and THE DIGITAL SUITE FROM MTVNETWORKS, a package of 13 digital services, all of these networks trademarksof MTV Networks. MTV Networks connects with its audiences through its robustconsumer products businesses and its more than 300 interactive propertiesworldwide, including online, broadband, wireless and interactive televisionservices and also has licensing agreements, joint ventures, and syndicationdeals whereby all of its programming services can be seen worldwide.SOURCEWinter Dew TourNicole Mancuso of Alli, the Alliance of Action Sports, 1-630-908-6308,; or Michelle Esposito, 1-858-353-1055,, or Matt Donovan, 1-818-462-5613, , orElizabeth Benz, , 1-212-708-3329, all of Brener Zwikel &Associates, all for Winter Dew Tour.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dow Chemical Co (DOW.N) refused to close its $15.3 billion takeover of rival Rohm and Haas Co ROH.N by Tuesday, breaking a key condition of the merger and sparking speculation that the deal might collapse. DealsRohm and Haas sued Dow on Monday, arguing that the chemical company has no legal basis to walk away from the deal and asking a Delaware court to order it to complete the transaction. Rohm and Haas shares fell 13 percent in afternoon trading.Dow said it remains interested in discussions to find a way to complete the deal but that the recent economic downturn has made closing untenable at this time."Dow Chemical has a long history of resiliency in responding to changing market conditions, and that resiliency continues, but the world has changed significantly and we still do not see the bottom of this unprecedented demand destruction," Dow Chief Executive Andrew Liveris said in a statement.Dow's planned takeover of Rohm and Haas, a specialty chemicals company, has been clouded with uncertainty since Kuwait scrapped plans for a $17.4 billion joint venture with Dow in December. Dow intended to use proceeds from that venture to help fund the Rohm and Haas buy.Last summer Dow agreed to buy Rohm and Haas for $78 a share a 74 percent premium to broaden product offerings in higher-margin markets such as paints, coatings and electronic materials.But chemicals companies have been hurt by the weakening economy as demand from industries they supply, such as autos, housing and electronics, has fallen drastically. They have also seen a slowdown in many emerging regions areas that had been driving growth for chemicals in recent quarters.Dow and Rohm and Haas have both announced job cuts and other cost-cutting measures since their deal was announced.Nevertheless, if the merger is not completed on a timely basis, Dow faces a "ticking fee" that requires it to pay Rohm and Haas about $100 million for every month it does not close the transaction.VERY TIGHT AGREEMENTLawyers have said the merger agreement is very tight and Dow, the largest U.S.