LONDON, June 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- Revenue increased to US$160.6 million, EBITDA increased to US$62.3 million, net profit increased to US$11.6 million - Year-over-year revenue from continuing operations up 33% to US$157.8 million - Year-over-year EBITDA from continuing operations up 17% to US$61.8 million - Year-over-year net profit from continuing operations up 29% to US$9.9 million

Cascal N.V. (NYSE: HOO) (the "Company"), a leading provider of water and wastewater services in seven countries, today announced unaudited financial results for fiscal year ended March 31, 2008 and the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2008. Cascal N.V. results are presented in U.S. dollars.

Results for Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2008

Female chimps think sleeping around is more important than finding the strongest mate, according to University of St Andrews scientists. They even go so far as to keep quiet during sex so that other females don't find out about it, thus preventing any unwanted competition.

The research, by psychologists Simon Townsend and Klaus Zuberbühler, sheds new light on the sophisticated mental capacities and social intelligence of our closest living relatives.

The researchers observed the behavior of chimps in the Budongo Forest, Uganda, in collaboration with Tobias Deschner of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig.

We like to think that newer ideas are always better and indoor plumbing may be one newer idea that should be reconsidered in the developing world, according to Michigan researchers.

Clean water scarcity is not as critical an issue as often thought say Michigan Technological University Associate Professor David Watkins, Professor James Mihelcic and PhD student Lauren Fry of the University's Sustainable Futures Institute. But installing water-guzzling appliances such as toilets can actually promote unsanitary conditions when the effluent is discharged untreated into once-clean rivers and streams.

Instead, a properly built latrine keeps sewage safely separate from drinking water. Diseases such as dysentery attack millions of people every year, often fatally, largely as a result of poor sanitation.

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If anyone would be interested I have a survey I’d like you to take which would really help me out. It shouldn't take more than an hour and some people finish it in around 30 minutes.

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PHILADELPHIA and LONDON, June 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- BIOMARKERcenter is First Comprehensive and Quality Assured Biomarker Solution Available to the Pharmaceutical Industry

Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, announced today the launch of BIOMARKERcenter, a unique comprehensive resource for biomarker intelligence. This new solution will be the first to provide the pharmaceutical industry with a framework for assessing the potential of a biomarker and to be alerted of any changes in their status.

TORONTO, Ontario, June 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- Latest Evidence for Businesses to Justify Investing in Pandemic Preparedness Plans

TORONTO, Ontario, June 17 /PRNewswire/ --

The Schulich School of Business today released the first study to assess the impact of an influenza pandemic on individual companies. Presented today at the World Conference on Disaster Management, the study - Making a case for investing in pandemic preparedness - focuses on how companies can justify investing in pandemic planning using standard business performance metrics. The study highlights that an investment now far outweighs the potential impact that a pandemic could have on individual businesses.

LONDON, June 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- Building Virtual Careers Provides Fully Interactive Experience That Eliminates Hassles of Traditional Career Fairs

A 'virtual' careers fair being held June 18-19 can lead to real jobs for those working in the construction industry.

Building Virtual Careers is a fully interactive online experience, from Building, the market-leading construction publication.

The event will include exhibitor booths and allow registrants to chat with leading companies in the construction industry, as well as other attendees, in real time.

BASINGSTOKE, UK and PHILADELPHIA, US, June 17 /PRNewswire/ --

Shire Limited (LSE: SHP, Nasdaq: SHPGY), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, today announced the publication of data from a randomized, long-term safety and tolerability study (study 303) of ulcerative colitis (UC) drug Lialda(TM) (mesalamine). The primary endpoints of this study were to assess the safety and tolerability of Lialda in mild-to-moderate UC patients over 12 months. Data were published in the July issue of Gut, the official journal of the British Society of Gastroenterology , a leading international journal in gastroenterology.

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, June 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- First World Allergy Report Calls for Urgent Worldwide Collaboration to Tackle Global Increase in Allergies and Allergic Diseases

ATLANTA and LONDON, June 17 /PRNewswire/ --

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global derivatives exchanges and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, today announced that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) staff has proposed conditions amending the "no-action relief letter" granted to its U.K. subsidiary, ICE Futures Europe(TM).