REYKJAVIK, Iceland, June 10 /PRNewswire/ --

Nearly 1,000 of the world's leading experts in infectious diseases and vaccines are meeting during the 6th International Symposium on Pneumococci and Pneumococcal Diseases (ISPPD-6) this week to call for renewed and urgent action by governments to protect their citizens against pneumococcal disease, a leading killer of children and adults worldwide.

A bacterial infection that causes pneumonia, meningitis, sepsis and other life-threatening ailments, pneumococcal disease kills 1.6 million people -- including more than 800,000 children under age five -- each year. Estimates indicate that if implemented globally, pneumococcal vaccines could save the lives of 5.5 million by 2030.

PARIS, June 10 /PRNewswire/ --

The International School of Management (ISM), an American organization with headquarters in Paris, France and programs in New York, Tokyo and Shanghai, is proud to announce the 10 year, unconditional reaffirmation of accreditation of its business programs -- the MBA, IEMBA, DBA, and Ph.D. -- by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).

Founded in 1988, ACBSP recognizes best practices in business education, and accredits qualified business programs. As the leading specialized accreditation association for business education, the ACBSP is recognized for its strong contribution to management education by the US government's Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).

LEGAU, Germany, June 10 /PRNewswire/ --

The finalists of the first, international "One World Award" have been announced. The visit of the five selected projects has confirmed that the activities of the prize-winners agreed with the aims of the "One World Award".

The five finalists of the "One World Award" 2008 carry their parts with extraordinary engagement and have all shown commitment to showing that the future of globalization is positive. The finalists are:

Harald Schutzeichel, he started the foundation for solar energy in Ethiopia in 2004 with the aim of supplying the rural population of Africa with energy. He is consistently trying "to help people help themselves" by creating jobs to promote economic development and education.

MUNICH, Germany, June 10 /PRNewswire/ --

- Exclusive Marketing of Display Advertisement: Yahoo!'s First German Network Partner

MUNICH, Germany, June 10 /PRNewswire/ --

LONDON, June 10 /PRNewswire/ --

- Seamlessly Integrated and Scalable Spreadsheet, Document Management and Collaboration Solution Enhanced to Deliver Advanced, Enterprise-Wide Control, Monitoring and Analytic Capabilities

Finsbury Solutions, a leading supplier of spreadsheet management and compliance software to the financial services sector, today announced the launch of the market's first enterprise-wide spreadsheet management solution specifically designed for implementation on Microsoft SharePoint 2007.

PRAGUE, Czech Republic, June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- JetBrains, the creators of intelligent, productivity-enhancing applications, today announced the release of ReSharper version 4.0, the company's award-winning productivity add-in for Microsoft Visual Studio. This release is spearheaded by across-the-board support for C# 3.0 language, including LINQ, and Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 in general. In addition, the upgraded add-in features multiple new usability and productivity-boosting tools, such as standard class library annotations, solution-wide analysis (for C#), versatile code cleanup, new automated refactorings, new and improved code-editing capabilities, and more.

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GENEVA, Switzerland, June 10 /PRNewswire/ --

- A Decade Dedicated to Helping People With Multiple Sclerosis

- Extensive Research and Development Activities Underscore Long-Term Commitment to Improving the Lives of People With Multiple Sclerosis

Merck's Serono's Rebif(R) (interferon beta-1a) is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. Since receiving approval for the treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) 10 years ago in the European Union, as well as in Canada and Switzerland, Rebif(R) has become a foundation therapy for MS.

LONDON, June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Rosetta Translation Limited announced today the official launch of Rosetta Translation Shanghai Limited, its first Asia office in Shanghai, China.

Rosetta Translation Shanghai Limited is the first wholly foreign-owned translation company to be granted a license in Shanghai, a testament to Rosetta's excellent international reputation.

Eric Fixmer, managing director of Rosetta Translation Group, said "the move strategically places Rosetta Translation at the very centre of China's rapidly expanding translation industry, recently valued at USD 3 billion, and introduces international quality standards to the local Chinese market".

TORONTO, Canada, June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, one of Canada's largest law firms with offices across Canada and in Moscow, announced today the opening of its office in London, U.K. Gowlings (U.K.) LLP has been established to serve Gowlings' existing energy, resource and infrastructure clients on a global basis through London.

ST PETERSBURG, Russia, June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Korek Telecom has launched RBT-service on the basis of Bercut X-tones which services over 70 million subscribers all over the world.

The launch of the first value added service in Iraq - RBT based on Bercut X-tones - became possible due to the partnership between the content-provider DoubleU and supplier of IT products for VAS infrastructure of mobile and PSTN operators - Bercut.

The supply and commercial launch of X-tones on the Korek network made a real break-through in the market. During the first month after the launch the service's penetration was estimated to be 6,5%. Such success in many respects arose from the originality of the business model, chosen by DoubleU content-provider for promotion.