NEW YORK, February 1 /PRNewswire/ --

- Acquisition Complements GFI's Hybrid Brokerage Model by Accelerating Electronic Trading Capability

GFI Group Inc. (Nasdaq: GFIG) announced today that it has acquired Trayport, a leading provider of real-time electronic trading software for brokers, exchanges and traders in the commodities, fixed income, currencies and equities markets. Trayport's software is installed on more than 10,000 trading screens worldwide, dealing in over 2,000 different trading instruments and supporting over 50 marketplaces across 15 countries. Trayport, a privately-held company founded in London in 1993, had estimated revenues of 14 million pounds (approximately US$28 million) for their fiscal year ending January 31, 2008.

VIENNA, Austria, February 1 /PRNewswire/ --

- Success drives the rollout of Microsoft's innovative RoundTable 360-degree videoconferencing system.

Microsoft Corp today announced increased Western European availability of its unique Microsoft RoundTable videoconferencing system. Enterprises in Austria, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland can now enjoy the next generation of videoconferencing, maximising effective communication, reducing costs and giving businesses the opportunity to turn meetings into corporate assets.

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BADEN, Austria, February 1 /PRNewswire/ -- A workshop organized by the International Scientific Working Group on Tick-borne Encephalitis (ISW-TBE), held in Baden/Vienna, aims at raising public awareness of TBE and informs on the effectiveness of vaccination. Tick-borne encephalitis, a viral disease transmitted by infected ticks, can leave infected persons with permanent sequelae. The case fatality rate is 1-2%.

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LONDON, February 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Manpower Software plc, a leading provider of workforce optimisation and electronic rostering solutions, is pleased to announce that Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust has selected Manpower Software's MAPS Healthroster solution after a comprehensive competitive OGC tender process.

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, February 1 /PRNewswire/ --

- ENDORSE Global Findings Highlight the Need to Urgently Implement Hospital-Wide Strategies to Optimize VTE Management: Systematically Assess Patient Risk for VTE and Provide Appropriate Prophylaxis to Prevent VTE

ENDORSE multinational study (Epidemiologic International Day for the Evaluation of Patients at Risk for Venous Thromboembolism in the Acute Hospital Care Setting) published today in the LANCET(1) demonstrates the high prevalence of patients at risk for VTE (according to the ACCP guidelines) in the world: 52% of hospitalized patients surveyed were at risk for VTE, corresponding to 64% of surgical patients and 42% of medical patients.

LONDON, February 1 /PRNewswire/ --

- With Over 1,500 Google Searches on Gastric Band Surgery Performed Each Month in UK, This new Online Resource Plugs the 'Information gap'

Today saw the launch of an innovative new website http://www.loseweightgainlife.co.uk which provides clear information and support to people considering obesity surgery. To coincide with the launch of the website, findings from a new survey reveal widespread confusion over the causes of obesity in the UK with nearly 8 in 10 people (79%) believing obesity is caused purely by 'lifestyle choices', rather than being a serious medical condition, and 50% also associating the condition with 'greediness'.