PARIS, May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Transport Forum has launched its second online debate on "The Transport Sector and Climate Change" in preparation for its upcoming Forum, to be held in Leipzig on 28-30 May.

BRADFORD, England, May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Yorkshire Water has won many awards for customer service and holds the British government's Charter Mark for Service Excellence. In 2006 they were voted utility company of the year for an unprecedented third consecutive year, finishing ahead of all other water, gas, electricity, and telecoms companies.

Pursuing further efficiencies, Yorkshire Water looked for a way to retain their proven voice switches and reduce leased line costs. The first steps in 2003 involved the elimination of a number of costly 2 Mbps lines by carrying voice traffic over their own packet-switched core network.

CAMBRIDGE, England, May 6 /PRNewswire/ --

- Support for the Microsoft Extended Debugging Interface (eXDI) in ARM RealView ICE Significantly Improves Visibility and Control of any ARM Processor-Based Platform Being Used for Windows Embedded CE Operating System Development

LONDON, May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Misys plc (FTSE: MSY.L), the global application software and services company, today announces that its core banking and trade services solutions have been selected by Masraf Al Rayan to build a true Islamic solution for its consumer and commercial customers.

Misys was chosen as the best partner for Masraf Al Rayan over other solutions from five vendors because of its proven expertise in Islamic finance and credibility in the region.

SOUTHAMPTON, England, May 6 /PRNewswire/ --

- Leading Asthma Expert Calls for Action

On the occasion of World Asthma Day on 6 May, leading asthma expert Professor Stephen Holgate from the University of Southampton (UK) says: "I am delighted that the theme of this year's World Asthma Day 'You Can Control Your Asthma' sends out such a positive message. Indeed, with personalised disease management asthma can be controlled in the great majority of asthma patients."

A gut hormone that causes people to eat more does so by making food appear more desirable, suggests a new report in the May issue of Cell Metabolism. In a brain imaging study of individuals, the researchers found that reward centers respond more strongly to pictures of food in subjects who had received an infusion of the hormone known as ghrelin.

The findings suggest that the two drives for feeding — metabolic signals and pleasure signals — are actually intertwined.

LONDON, May 6 /PRNewswire/ --

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) announced that it has been selected by the NATO C3 Agency (NC3A) to provide hardware and software support services for the roll-out of the Maritime Command and Control Information System (MCCIS) across NATO countries.

The MCCIS merges information gathered from satellites, wide area networks, computerized tactical data processors and machine-readable messages to create a common operating environment for maritime and other assets. It is integrated by NATO support staff and includes commercial-off-the-shelf products together with NATO-developed applications. The MCCIS is installed in every NATO maritime headquarters, which includes more than 300 workstations.

LONDON, May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- In their first year of entering, SRG were winners in two categories of the 2008 Recruiter Awards for Excellence. These awards are the biggest, most comprehensive and most prestigious covering the whole of the UK recruitment industry. The winning entries were for Best Candidate Care and Best Health Care/Medical Recruitment Firm

The judges' summary for Best Candidate Care Award stated that SRG had demonstrated that caring for its candidates is an important - if not the most important - business model that makes a recruiter stand out above its competitors. The judges found that SRG's processes supported candidates from start to finish of the recruitment experience.

ATLANTA and AUCKLAND, New Zealand, May 6 /PRNewswire/ --

- Advanced corporate online booking tools align to provide Corporations and Travel Management Companies a unified global service experience to customers with international travel programs

TRX, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRXI), a global technology company that develops and hosts software applications to process data records and automate manual processes and SERKO, the supplier of SERKO Online, today announced the launch of a global sales and marketing alliance for on-line booking.

LONDON, May 6 /PRNewswire/ --

- Landmark Global Market Research Reveals

Over 2,700 consumers and businesses from 35 countries participated in the new three-dimensional research study - Understanding Gluten and Allergen-Free Experiences of Guests & Hospitality Worldwide. The international findings deliver an innovative 360 degree view of market trends and expectations based on quantitative & qualitative insights from customers living with food allergies, coeliac / celiac and/or gluten-free diets, as well as food service providers.