PRINCETON, New Jersey, November 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Laureate recognized for its business growth, leadership team and service innovation by the Eastern Technology Council

Laureate Pharma, Inc., a full-service biopharmaceutical development and protein production company, today announced that it has been named the Emerging Life Science Company of the Year by The Eastern Technology Council, the largest technology and life sciences trade association in the greater Philadelphia, PA region. The company was honored for its innovation in services, achievement of milestones and strength of its management team, at the ETC's annual Enterprise Awards Gala at Philadelphia's Kimmel Center on November 18th.

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ELMSHORN, Germany, November 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Sales Launch of the Shuttle Barebone D10

Shuttle Inc., market leader in the mini-PC segment and manufacturer of Multi-Form-Factor solutions, today announces the availability of the Shuttle Barebone D10 which was presented at IFA. As the first mini-PC of its kind, the D10 comes with a 7 touchscreen display integrated into its front panel.

LONDON and AMSTERDAM, November 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Concateno plc, Europe's largest provider of drug and alcohol testing programmes, and Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE:PHG, AEX:PHI) have today announced an innovative handheld drugs-of-abuse detection device.

Concateno-Philips pioneering system will make testing for drugs such as cocaine and heroin quicker, simpler and easier enabling immediate point-of-care drug test results, similar to current alcohol tests. Concateno and Philips will deliver the new solution to selected customers in the second half of 2009.

BRUSSELS, Belgium, November 20 /PRNewswire/ --

The Intellectual Property Institute (IPI) and the Center for European Law and Economics (CELEC) today jointly launched an open dialogue about the health of the standards system. Today's forum brought together a group of academics, industry experts and government officials to discuss the standards-setting process and the important role standards can play in the information, communication and technology sector with implications for that sector's broader group of stakeholders. This forum is one of several taking place in Brussels this week on the standards-setting system.

WORCESTER, Massachusetts and HAMBURG, Germany, November 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- N.serve Sells 300,000 CERs from Basket of Global Projects in Single Auction Event

World Energy Solutions, Inc. (TSX: XWE), an operator of online exchanges for energy and green commodities, today announced N.serve Environmental Services GmbH sold 300,000 primary CERs to Electrabel GDF Suez via the World Green Exchange.

SAN DIEGO, November 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- In situ processing by LEAP system to enable novel experiments with high-purity rare cells

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, November 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- New Online Skills and Procedures, Aided by Multimedia Features, are Designed to Help Healthcare Institutions Improve the Quality of Nursing Care

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, November 20 /PRNewswire/ --

Mosby's Nursing Skills(TM) (MNS), the online nursing skills and procedures reference and competency management system from Elsevier, today announced the launch of its Maternal-Newborn Collection for healthcare institutions seeking to improve the quality of their nurses who work with adult, pediatric, and maternal-newborn populations.

SANTA ANA, California, November 20 /PRNewswire/ --

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SANTA ANA, California, November 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- BMR Solutions, Inc. is Re-Named Balqon Corporation and is Eligible for Trading on the OTC Bulletin Board Under the Symbol 'BLQN'

CAMBRIDGE, England, November 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Stem Cell Sciences plc (AIM:STEM, ASX:STC), a company focused on the commercialisation of stem cells and stem cell technologies, has signed a Master Service Agreement of up to five years with Pfizer Limited, the UK operating unit of the global research-based pharmaceutical company Pfizer, Inc. (NYSE: PFE). Under the terms of the agreement, SCS will provide research services, cell lines, media and reagents to support Pfizer's RD efforts in this important field.

CAMBRIDGE, England, November 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Socle Technology Corp, One of the World's Leading-Edge Providers of SoC Design, is First Member of ARM's IP Portfolio Program Which Enables Fabless Design Houses to Exploit the Widest Range of ARM Technology as Part of a Full Turnkey Service

CAMBRIDGE, England, November 20 /PRNewswire/ --