In August 2009, Porsche SE and Volkswagen AG reached an agreement that the two companies would merge in 2011, to form an " Integrated Automotive Group ".

During December 2009, Porsche SE lost control of Porsche Zwischenholding GmbH, which as a result is now a joint venture between Porsche SE and Volkswagen AG.

On 13 August 2009, Volkswagen AG's Supervisory Board signed the agreement to create an " integrated automotive group " with Porsche, led by Volkswagen AG.

Volkswagen will initially take a 49. 9 percent stake in Porsche AG by the end of 2009, and it will also see the family shareholders selling the automobile trading business of Porsche Holding Salzburg to Volkswagen AG.

In the late 2009 VW ( which also owns Audi ) bought the controlling rights to Porsche.

In October 2008, Porsche announced its intent to raise its stake in Volkswagen AG to 75 % during 2009, and on 7 January 2009, Porsche's holding in VW AG was raised to 50. 76 %.

Porsche SE owned 50. 8 percent of Volkswagen Group as of 5 January 2009, and has said it plans to lift the stake to 75 percent before the end of 2009, at that level they could bring VW AG's cash onto Porsche's books.

By March 2009, Porsche SE was aiming for its first ever credit ratings from U. S. rating agencies Standard & Poor's and Moody's.

By July 2009, Porsche was faced with debts exceeding 10 billion euros.

As of 2009, Porsche has not yet built another front-engined sports car, although a 4-door sports-touring sedan, called Panamera began production in 2009, and a successor to the 928, based on that sedan's architecture, is predicted to follow.

Porsche has sold a diesel version of the Cayenne powered by Volkswagen's 3. 0 L V6 TDI engine since February 2009.

Journalist David E. Davis, in a 2009 article in Automobile Magazine, criticized Nader for purportedly focusing on the Corvair while ignoring other contemporary vehicles with swing-axle rear suspensions, including cars from Porsche, Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen, notwithstanding the fact that Nader's Center for Auto Safety had published a book critical of the Beetle.

Journalist David E. Davis, in a 2009 article in Automobile Magazine, noted that despite Nader's claim that swing-axle rear suspension were dangerous, Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, and Volkswagen all used similar swing-axle concepts during that era.

Nissan, Infiniti, Mitsubishi, Suzuki, Rolls-Royce, Land Rover, Ferrari, and Porsche did not attend the 2009 auto show, the largest number of non-returning automakers in the show's history.

Benjamin was arrested in Henry County, Georgia in March 2009 after being caught driving his 2007 Porsche Carrera 109 mph in a 65 mph speed zone.

At the 2009 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgard, Petrova was seeded sixth but lost in the second round to Flavia Pennetta 6 – 2, 6 – 2.

During 2009 Porsche made comprehensive changes to the 997 lineup which included small styling changes, increases in engine displacement across the board, the addition of direct injection and the introduction of the company's new " PDK " dual clutch transmission.

2009 Porsche 997 Turbo in Carrera White

He introduced the bill again in 2007 and 2009.

A specific type of three-dimensional fractal, called mandelbulbs, was introduced in 2009.

In June 2009, a company PR stunt announced they had introduced the prototype of the world's smallest, portable microwave, the " Beanzawave ".

After King Abdullah II's accession to the throne in 1999, liberal economic policies were introduced that resulted in a boom lasting for a decade, continuing through 2009.

Before LG Enhanced IPS was introduced in 2009, the additional transistors resulted in blocking more transmission area, thus requiring a brighter backlight and consuming more power, making this type of display less desirable for notebook computers.

In July 2009, Rovi introduced a media guide for televisions and other consumer electronic devices.

Following the reports recommendations the 2009 bill (), was introduced in the United States House of Representatives on May 19, 2009 by Pedro Pierluisi ( D-Puerto Rico ).

A trial winter ( 1 June – 31 August ) sprinkler ban was introduced in 2009 by the State Government, a move which the Government later announced would be made permanent.

Another recent development in revolver technology is the Rhino, a revolver introduced by Italian manufacturer Chiappa in 2009 and first sold in the U. S. in 2010.

For example, in his design for the new CCTV headquarters in Beijing ( 2009 ), Koolhaas did not opt for the stereotypical skyscraper, often used to symbolise and landmark such government enterprises, but instead designed a series of volumes which not only tie together the numerous departments onto the nebulous site, but also introduced routes ( again, the concept of cross-programming ) for the general public through the site, allowing them some degree of access to the production procedure.

This has been introduced in women's tennis for WTA Tour events in 2009 and allows the player to request her coach once per set.

In 2009, the Turkish Government introduced various economic stimulus measures to reduce the impact of the 2007 – 2012 global financial crisis such as temporary tax cuts on automobiles, home appliances and housing.

* During 2009, " state sovereignty resolutions " or " 10th Amendment Resolutions " were introduced in the legislatures of 37 states ; in seven states the resolutions passed ( Alaska, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Tennessee ).

The most recent commercial iterations of the SPARC processor design are the Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd .' s " Venus " 128 GFLOP SPARC64 VIIIfx introduced June 2009, which is used in the 8 petaFLOPS Japanese supercomputer " K computer ", and the SPARC T4 introduced by Oracle Corporation in September 2011 ; both are 8 core devices running at 2. 0GHz and over 2. 5GHz respectively.

In 2007, ACCESS introduced the successor to Garnet OS, called Access Linux Platform and in 2009, the main licensee of Palm OS, Palm, Inc., switched from Palm OS to webOS for their forthcoming devices.

In 2009, Taco Bell introduced a music video style commercial entitled, " It's all about the Roosevelts " composed and produced by Danny de Matos at his studio for Amber Music on behalf of DraftFCB Agency.

A fourth, the mass start, was introduced at the 2009 championships at Liberec, Czech Republic.

Neuronox, a BTX-A product, was introduced by Medy-Tox Inc. of South Korea, in 2009.

The ATAR was only introduced in 2009 ( in NSW ), and previously each state calculated its own final high school rank, such as the Universities Admission Index ( UAI ) in NSW and Equivalent National Tertiary Entrance Rank ( ENTER ) in Victoria.

In 2009, her bust was introduced to the Walhalla temple near Regensburg.

Another juvenile female was captured near Malibu on August 12, 2009, introduced to the Outer Bay exhibit on August 26, 2009, and was successfully released into the wild on November 4, 2009.

In Torkel Klingberg's 2009 book The Overflowing Brain, he proposes that working memory is enhanced through exposure to excess neural activation.

In 2009, a genetically enhanced, 9-year-old female super-soldier who calls herself Max Guevara ( Jessica Alba ), escapes along with eleven others like herself from a secret government institution, codenamed Manticore, where they were born, raised and trained to be soldiers and assassins.

The project commenced in January 2009 and aims to restore, recreate and reconnect habitat, ensuring that wildlife is enhanced and capable of sustaining itself in the face of climate change, while guaranteeing farmers and other landowners can continue to use their land profitably.

FrameMaker 9 ( 2009 ) introduced a redesigned user interface and several enhancements, including: full support for DITA, support for more media types, better PDF output, and enhanced WebDAV-based CMS integration.

It was released as an open beta in July 2009 and the changes included enhanced macro abilities, a more configurable interface, changes to the mapping system, and graphical improvements.

On May 12, 2009, New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine and the Delaware River Port Authority, the agency which manages the PATCO Speedline, announced plans for a Camden-Philadelphia BRT ( bus rapid transit system ) along the Route 42 freeway and the adjacent Route 55 freeway as part of a comprehensive transportation plan for South Jersey that would include a diesel light rail line between Camden and Glassboro, improvements to the Atlantic City Line, and enhanced connections to the Atlantic City International Airport.

In an April 2009 press conference, Pelosi stated, " In that or any other briefing … we were not, and I repeat, were not told that waterboarding or any of these other enhanced interrogation techniques were used.

The new aluminium bodyshell from 2004 to 2009 and increased power to and enhanced computer systems decreased the time to to a little over 5 seconds.

The most recent enhanced Proton, the Phase III Proton-M / Briz-M launch vehicle, was flight proven on the Russian Federal dual mission of Express AM-44 and Express MD-1 in February 2009 and performed its first commercial launch in March 2010 with the Echostar XIV satellite.

The administration of President Obama in 2009 prohibited so-called enhanced interrogation, and as of this writing ( March 2012 ) there is no longer a nation which openly admits to deliberate abuse of prisoners for purposes of interrogation.

The grant of a geographical indication ( GI ) tag to Tirupati laddu by Indian Patent Office in 2009 raised many eyebrows, as it paves the way for enhanced commercialization of faith.

In response to the printer bomb attempt and the " underwear " bomb attempt of 2009, Napolitano has instituted " enhanced pat downs ".

An enhanced, newer model was released in 2009 to coincide with the Toy Story 3-D Double Feature.

In 2009, an enhanced version was released for Wii as a standalone game in Japan and as part of Metroid Prime: Trilogy internationally.

On January 27, 2009, the Government of Canada announced in its 2009 Economic Action Plan that it would increase funding to Via by $ 407 million to support improvements to passenger rail services, including higher train frequencies and enhanced on-time performance and speed, particularly in the Montreal-Ottawa-Toronto corridor.

However as of 2009 most of the kernels include address space layout randomization ( ASLR ), enhanced memory protection and other extensions making such attacks much more difficult to arrange.

In Q2 of 2009, the company announced its support for Lean IT through an announcement of 13 new and enhanced EITM products.

In 2009, an enhanced version was released for Wii as a standalone game in Japan and as part of Metroid Prime: Trilogy internationally.

The expansion master plan projects also include a second 4, 100 m parallel runway, 2 km from the existing runway ( already operational as of 2009 ), a new 110 metre tower between the two runways with the new Air Traffic Control centre, enhanced cargo and maintenance facilities, and other commercial developments on the land immediately adjacent to and north of the existing airport.

Work on an environmental-impact assessment started in spring 2009 and will encompass both the streetcar option and the alternative of " enhanced bus " service, or bus rapid transit ( BRT ).

The college launched an enhanced membership scheme in September 2009, with every school leader having the opportunity to register as a member.

In 2009, the RX BLAK Series debuted with a new Acoustic Resonant Solid Spruce soundboard and the addition of Phenolic Stabilizers on the hammers that further enhanced the precision of the hammer strike for improved tone and consistency.

( 2009 ) put it, ‘ the harnessing of creativity brings with it the potential of new wealth creation, the cultivation of local talent and the generation of creative capital, the development of new export markets, significant multiplier effects throughout the broader economy, the utilisation of information communication technologies and enhanced competitiveness in an increasingly global economy ’.

In the later Final Crisis miniseries ( 2008 – 2009 ), Mary's body was further enhanced with genetic technology stolen by the Atomic Knights.