LONDON, September 3 /PRNewswire/ --

RTS Realtime Systems Group (RTS), a leading trading solutions provider, announced that the Kyte Group Limited (Kyte), a major UK-based clearing firm for derivatives and equities, has deployed RTS technology to offer direct market access (DMA) to European equities via the Merrill Lynch X-Direct trading platform.

Commented Peter Green, Kyte Group Chief Executive: "We are pleased to further build our relationship with RTS. By deploying its equities connectivity and trading tools, our clients can enjoy increased market reach for both outright trading and hedging."

Kyte's clients include proprietary trading firms, banks, hedge fund managers and market makers. The firm also offers institutional brokerage services.

CALGARY, Canada, September 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Provides Shareholders With an Update on Strategic Review Activities

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SANTA FE, New Mexico, September 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- David Campbell Appointed as Director of European Sales

Strategic Analytics Inc., the leading provider of analytical and forecasting solutions for retail lenders, today announced that it has established Strategic Analytics Europe Ltd. The company also announced the appointment of David W. Campbell as Director of European Sales.

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SAN DIEGO, September 3 /PRNewswire/ --

Nventa Biopharmaceuticals Corporation (TSX: NVN) today announced that the company will present corporate updates at a number of upcoming industry and financial conferences. Nventa's presentations will focus on HspE7, the company's lead product candidate for the treatment of human papillomavirus (HPV)-related diseases, as well as the company's proprietary Toll-like Receptor 3 (TLR3) agonist vaccine adjuvant program and additional corporate developments.

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MANCHESTER, England, September 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- British Company Aims to Hypnotise Millions of Smokers

The battle against tobacco goes high tech this week, with the launch of an exciting and innovative new virtual quit-smoking clinic.

http://www.NoSmokingAgain.com, the world's first online hypnotherapy clinic is the brainchild of Clinical hypnotherapist and dot com entrepreneur John Wesdorp. His service will allow smokers to log onto an online hypnotherapy clinic where instant hypnotherapy is available 24 hours a day. The therapy session takes less than one hour, is offered on a no-cure-no-pay basis, and costs just GBP25 - which is less than the average smoker spends on cigarettes in a week.

GENEVA, Switzerland, September 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Merck Serono Now Has Exclusive Worldwide Development and Commercialisation Rights to atacicept, Including in North America

Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and ZymoGenetics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZGEN), Seattle, United States, today announced a restructuring of their partnership.

LONDON, September 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Ticketmaster, the world's leading live entertainment ticketing and marketing company, will be using their latest ticketing innovation, the Paperless Ticket, for the first time in Europe when Metallica launch their new album Death Magnetic live at The O2 in London on September 15.

Ticketmaster is constantly looking at the use of new technology in order to offer a more secure and safe ticketing experience for fans, clients and artists. Paperless ticketing allows quick and secure access to venues, while reducing the amount of paper used to print tickets, saving both time for fans and reducing the impact on the environment.

COPENHAGEN, September 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Seven of Sennheiser Communications' headsets have been certified and approved under the ergonomic and environmental label TCO'07. Sennheiser Communications' range of call centre and office headsets - the BW 900, SH 300, SH 330, SH 350, CC 510, CC 520 - and the Bluetooth headset VMX 100, have now earned the right to bear the Swedish quality label based on their usability, performance and low environmental impact. TCO specifically recognised Sennheiser's patented ActiveGard(TM), technology that protects the user's hearing from high-pitched sounds and sudden surges in sound level.

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