LONDON, May 7 /PRNewswire/ --

- David Sayers Named Finance Director of Bournemouth and West Hampshire Water

Cascal N.V. (NYSE: HOO), a leading provider of water and wastewater services in seven countries, today announced the appointment of Jonathan Lamb as General Counsel and Company Secretary (subject to formal Board approval). Mr. Lamb replaces David Sayers, who has been named Finance Director of Cascal's UK subsidiary, Bournemouth and West Hampshire Water.

STAINES, England, May 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has announced the marketing authorisation of Mycamine(R), Astellas Pharma Europe's treatment for invasive candidiasis, oesophageal candidiasis and prophylaxis of Candida infection in patients undergoing allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Mycamine(R) will initially be available in the U.K and across the European market shortly after this.

ORSK, Russia, May 7 /PRNewswire/ --

Mechel OAO (NYSE: MTL), one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, announces that its subsidiary, Southern Urals Nickel Plant OAO, and Bateman Engineering have signed a contract on the construction of a new melting complex for Mechel's nickel plant.

The contract, which is signed in accordance with the investment program of Southern Urals Nickel Plant, provides fundamental re-equipment of the plant and includes the design and supply of a 12 MW DC furnace. The furnace will be erected at Southern Urals Nickel's existing facility. The total project value is US$31 million.

EDINBURGH, Scotland and LEBANON, New Hampshire, May 7 /PRNewswire/ --

- Shorter Run Times, Faster Data Analysis, Rapid Visualization

DEM Solutions today announce the latest release of EDEM that will set a new benchmark in particle simulation modeling software. Already offering the most advanced graphic user interface, EDEM 2.0 is now the fastest and most highly parallelized Discrete Element Modeling software on the market, providing users with increased scope and scale of particle simulation applications.

A group of researchers writing in Geophysical Research Letters have a new theory about Mercury’s mysterious magnetic field - iron “snow” inside the planet that forms and falls toward the center, much like snowflakes form in Earth’s atmosphere and fall to the ground.

Mercury is the closest planet to the sun and the only other terrestrial planet that possesses a global magnetic field. Discovered in the 1970s by NASA’s Mariner 10 spacecraft, Mercury’s magnetic field is about 100 times weaker than Earth’s. Most models cannot account for such a weak magnetic field.

Made mostly of iron, Mercury’s core is also thought to contain sulfur, which lowers the melting point of iron and plays an important role in producing the planet’s magnetic field.

REDWOOD CITY, California, May 7 /PRNewswire/ --

- New facility doubles space

Nominum, the leading provider of network naming and addressing technologies, announced today a move to a new headquarters site. Nominum's corporate staff, including the R&D team will be situated in a new facility at 2000 Seaport Blvd., in Redwood City, CA, the heart of Silicon Valley.

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TEL AVIV, Israel, May 7 /PRNewswire/ --

- Visual WebGui, Developed and Marketed by Gizmox, is a Revolutionary Approach to Creating DHTML or Microsoft Silverlight Applications

Visual WebGui, helping bring AJAX & Microsoft Silverlight applications to enterprises, today announced that they have joined the Microsoft Visual Studio Industry Partner (VSIP) program, to closer align Visual WebGui's line of products with Microsoft Visual Studio.

LONDON, May 7 /PRNewswire/ --

- 8 In 10 European Searches Occur On Google Sites

- Russian Search Engine Yandex Outpaces Yahoo! and Microsoft

comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its ranking of the top search properties in Europe based on data from its comScore qSearch 2.0 service, which showed that Google Sites holds the leading position with more than 19 billion searches conducted in March, representing 79 percent of the European search market.

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ISLE OF WIGHT, England, May 7 /PRNewswire/ --

- Invaluable.com Database Now Surpasses 45 Billion pounds Sterling in Value

Invaluable.com has the largest and most comprehensive database of fine art antiques and collectables auction information in the world, and has recently surpassed 30 million auction price results representing more than 45 billion pounds Sterling in value.

LONDON, May 7 /PRNewswire/ --

- Partnership With Azur Helicoptere Gives Customers Premium Hotspot Access During the Cannes Film Festival and Monaco Grand Prix

Trustive, the leading provider of premium WiFi hotspots in Europe, today announced that it has signed a partnership with Azur Helicoptere, the leading French helicopter airline on the Riviera. The partnership will allow Azur Helicoptere to provide its customers with WiFi access at premium locations across the French Riviera.