HOUSTON, Nov. 11, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Landry's Restaurants (NYSE:LNY) Chairman and CEO Tilman Fertitta will appear live on "Corporate Strategies with Tim Connolly" Sunday, November 13, 2005. Tilman and Tim will discuss the recent 28% increase in second quarter earnings on record revenues of $319.5 million announced by the Company and prospects for this year. Listeners may call in questions live and toll free to Tilman Fertitta or Tim Connolly at 1-866-606-TALK (8255). The Business Talk Radio Show may be heard on KSEV AM 700 in Houston, Texas, WGCH AM 1490 in Greenwich, Connecticut, WSBR AM 740 in Boca Raton, Florida, and on over 400 affiliate stations nationwide listed at CRN1 www.cableradionetwork.com, or on the Internet at www.businesstalkradio.net. This hour of "Corporate Strategies with Tim Connolly" is hosted by Tim Connolly of Corporate Strategies Merchant Bankers (www.corporate-strategies.net). Noted Economist Mike King of Princeton Research provides live technical analysis for the show.
About Landry's Restaurants, Inc. -- Today the Company owns and operates 300 full-service, mid-priced restaurants in 36 states, including Landry's Seafood House, Joes' Crab Shack, The Crab House, Willie G's, Cadillac Bar, Charley's Crab, Chart House seafood restaurants, the Rainforest Cafe, Saltgrass Steak House and Vic & Anthony's Steakhouse. Landry's Restaurants, Inc. is the second-largest operation of casual dining seafood restaurants in the United States. Since taking the company public, Landry's has been one of the best performing restaurant stocks on Wall Street. Forbes magazine named Landry's "one of the best small companies in America" for three consecutive years. Landry's and Fertitta have been featured in nearly every financial and industry publication, from The Wall Street Journal to U.S. News and World Report. Ernst & Young honored him with the 1997 Houston Entrepreneur of the Year Award as well as the Legacy Award in 1998, for his creativity and design of Kemah Boardwalk. He has been a featured speaker at many hospitality conferences and seminars, and is one of the foremost authorities in the restaurant and hospitality fields.
About Emerge Capital Corp and Corporate Strategies, Inc. -- Emerge Capital Corp. (OTCBB:NUWV) recently acquired Corporate Strategies Merchant Bankers in a reverse-merger transaction. Corporate Strategies, Inc. (www.corporate-strategies.net) is a Merchant Banker in the traditional European sense of the word. As the term has evolved from the 18th century to today, merchant banking describes an enterprise that not only finances a company's product or service, but also assists in developing a comprehensive business strategy. Corporate Strategies is comprised of seasoned executives with extensive experience in merchant banking, including business development and strategy, public and private company corporate finance, capital markets research, human resources, due diligence and transaction negotiation and execution. Emerge Capital Corp. is an assumed name of NuWave Technologies, Inc.
About "Corporate Strategies with Tim Connolly" -- "Corporate Strategies with Tim Connolly" is live talk radio, with the Titans of Business who move financial markets! The show is hosted by Tim Connolly, CEO of Merchant Banker Corporate Strategies, Inc. The executive producer of the show is broadcast news veteran Jan Carson, an award winning journalist with more than 20 years experience as a top-rated television news anchor and reporter for NBC, ABC and CBS network affiliates. "Corporate Strategies with Tim Connolly" features financial experts from across the nation providing the latest intelligence on equities, income investments, and a variety of risk, equity and option strategies.