Quarkonium Spectroscopy at Babar

The Babar experiment at the high luminosity storage ring PEP-II offers excellent opportunities in quarkonium spectroscopy. Recent Babar results obtained in this field are reported

Semileptonic B Decays at the B Factories

Recent results on inclusive and exclusive semileptonic B decays from B Factories are presented. The status and perspectives of the determination of the CKM matrix elements V{sub ub} and V{sub cb} with semileptonic B decays is discussed