CAMBRIDGE, England, June 25 /PRNewswire/ --

- Acquired Business to Provide Quotient-Amersham Radiochemicals Branded Products and Services - Major Investment in new radiochemicals facility to be Located in Cardiff, Wales

Quotient Bioresearch Limited (Quotient), a leading provider of drug development services, announces that it has reached an agreement to acquire Amersham Radiolabeling Services (Amersham Radiolabeling Services), the radiochemical custom synthesis operations of GE Healthcare. This represents Quotient's seventh acquisition since its formation in early 2007.

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PARIS and REDMOND, Washington, June 25 /PRNewswire/ --

- Companies Pursue More Engaging Digital Content, Increased Marketing Performance and Sharply-Defined Audiences

Microsoft and Publicis Groupe today announced a broad agreement to closely cooperate on three core objectives enabled by the emergence of the digital media world. Focusing on Content, Performance and Audience, respective teams will work to bring better value and more efficacy to their clients across the range of digital media experiences.

The relationship will center on key components of the digital marketing and advertising industry:

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- Over 1000 Members of the Research Community View Webcast to Learn About Findings and New Performance Measurement Method

AMSTERDAM, June 25 /PRNewswire/ --

Elsevier, a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced results of its SciVal Spotlight Alternative Energy Research Leadership study. Analyzing the work of 3,000 research institutions from across the globe, the study identifies the top 25, using a new method for determining leadership.

In a few days italian post-docs working in high-energy physics will be asked to gather for a nasty exam, held by the INFN -the italian institute for nuclear physics- to qualify valiant researchers for future hiring in the institute.

The exam generated a wave of outrage among the very pool of people at which it is aimed: the scores of "precari" (temporary workers) who are spending the best years of their life to try and make a career in particle physics.  Let me explain why that is so.

NEWTON, Massachusetts, June 25 /PRNewswire/ --

- Leading Unified Information Access Provider Powers Europe's Largest Dating Site

Attivio (http://www.attivio.com/) today announced that its Active Intelligence Engine(TM) (AIE) has been selected to power Deutsche Telekom's FriendScout24, the largest online dating site in Europe, with more than 1.5 million visitors each day and 20 million page views per month. FriendScout24 has deployed Attivio's unified information access platform to improve the online experience and find compatible matches for its more than 10 million registered members.

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- European manufacturing company benefits from powerful Web 2.0 security controls and saves MPLS bandwidth

Zscaler, Inc., the market leader in cloud-delivered multi-tenant Security as a Service (SaaS), today announced that API Group -- a manufacturer of specialized packaging materials with businesses located in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, USA and Asia-Pacific -- has selected it for powerful Web 2.0 security protection. Zscaler will enforce Internet business policies, manage employee Web usage, and protect API Group globally against online threats and risk.

DUBLIN, June 25 /PRNewswire/ --

- Draws on Skilled Workforce to Grow Intelligent Software

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced new investments for its Ireland Development Lab to produce intelligent software, which help lower cost of operations; generate intelligence for quick growth; and build closer business relationships with customers, partners and colleagues. New jobs will be created for high value software engineering work at the lab, which addresses real-world issues such as environment protection projects and maritime affairs.

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CAMBRIDGE, England, June 25 /PRNewswire/ -- O2h has initiated a networked approach towards being a full service discovery services company at the forefront of drug discovery research. O2h has established a new biology lab on-site in Ahmedabad, India offering physio-chemical and CYP450 assays.

O2h announces the first of its Biology Affiliate Partnership with Hypoxium Ltd. UK. Hypoxium has specialist capabilities in in vitro, cell-based oncology assays which will now be available in a seamless integration with the existing assays performed on-site by O2h.

LONDON, June 25 /PRNewswire/ --

The market for conferencing services in Europe remains a place of both opportunity and challenge with a complex picture emerging out of regional differences of legacy, new technology and media type adoption across the continent. Challenges such as decreased investment capital, the lack of seamless interoperability and a slowing trend of outsourcing conferencing services will likely be countered by a need to connect with people quickly, efficiently and on-demand, as well as the need to significantly reduce travel expenses.

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