PITTSBURGH, May 29 /PRNewswire/ --

- Partnership Begins Pilot Program in Ghana

BPL Global(TM), Ltd. (BPLG), a smart grid technology company dedicated to leading the transformation of energy and information delivery, has entered into a partnership with BPL Africa. Through this partnership, BPLG and BPL Africa plan to create joint ventures within a number of African countries to support development of smart grid projects and related operations. BPLG brings an integrated set of smart grid solutions allowing utilities to better manage supply and demand, integrate distributed energy resources and improve grid reliability to the venture. BPL Africa provides a capable local presence to accelerate regional business development and implementation.

TURNHOUT, Belgium, May 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Movetis today announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMeA) has accepted the Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) submission for RESOLOR(R) (prucalopride) as a treatment for chronic constipation in adults in whom laxatives fail to provide adequate relief.

RESOLOR is a new selective, high affinity 5-HT4 receptor agonist, which has the potential to improve the symptoms of people with abnormalities in gastrointestinal (GI) motility by restoring the smooth functioning of the lower GI tract.

LONDON, May 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthy eating is being embraced by an increasing number of people who are turning away from a diet of high fat junk food. With this change of dietary direction being one of the most important decisions anyone will ever make, a new bestselling book from nutritionist Gillian McKeith has hit the spot with a host of healthy eating converts.

While a ban on junk food advertising during children's TV programmes failed its way through parliament recently, an ever-increasing number of people are getting the message that healthy eating and exercise are vital if you want to stay fit and well.

TURNHOUT, Belgium, May 29 /PRNewswire/ --

- New Generation Compound Provides Significant Benefit in Patients who do not Adequately Respond to Laxatives

New phase III data for RESOLOR(R) (prucalopride) published today in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) shows statistically and clinically significant improvement of bowel function and reduced severity of symptoms in patients with chronic constipation(1). Prucalopride is the most advanced in a new generation of selective, high-affinity 5-HT4 receptor agonists, specifically designed to help patients for whom laxatives do not provide adequate relief.

LONDON, May 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Unite, Scotland's largest trade union, has welcomed this afternoon's announcement that an inquiry will take place into the management of the Scottish Ambulance Service.

Over the last few weeks, Unite has expressed its concerns about the deterioration of its relations with Scottish Ambulance Service management. The Union believe that management practices have resulted in a culture of bullying and harassment that is to the detriment of staff morale and patient care.

Unite Senior Industrial Officer, Jimmy Farrelly said, "We welcome the moves taken today by the board of the Scottish Ambulance Service which we believe are a direct response to the concerns we have raised.

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 29 /PRNewswire/ --

A report commissioned by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and prepared by economists at The Brattle Group and Energy Ventures Analysis has assessed the outlook for electric generation capacity in the largest electricity and fuel markets around the world and found that there is little uniformity in preferred new generation choices and in the reasons behind these observed preferences.

LONDON, May 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Drivers contracted to one of the UK's major oil companies, Shell, have voted by an overwhelming majority to take strike action in a dispute over pay and amid mounting frustrations that industry profiteering is undermining job security.

The 500 drivers, all members of Unite, the UK's biggest union, are employed by Hoyer on Shell contracts, working out of terminals across mainland Britain to supply fuel the length and breadth of the country.

LONDON, May 29 /PRNewswire/ --

Northern Trust has launched PassportLink, an advanced system integration tool that offers a plug-and-play technology solution, enabling asset servicing clients to seamlessly communicate trade messages and reporting data between their internal front-office systems and Northern Trust's custody systems, thus increasing operational efficiencies.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, May 29 /PRNewswire/ --

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It's a dream come true for Buzz Lightyear as Disney Parks and NASA send the 12-inch-tall action figure "to infinity and beyond!". Buzz Lightyear will blast off aboard Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-124. Lift-off from Kennedy Space Center is scheduled for 5:02 p.m. ET on May 31.

Buzz's dream of going "to infinity and beyond" will finally come true during the mission when - with the help of the crew - he will fly in zero gravity inside the International Space Station as part of NASA's "Toys in Space" initiative. Through this program, Buzz will help introduce fun elements from space into science and math classrooms across the country.

COLLEGEVILLE, Pennsylvania, May 29 /PRNewswire/ --

Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (NYSE: WYE), today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation to the Company's investigational 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for infants and toddlers. Wyeth is seeking a pediatric indication for active immunization against invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and otitis media caused by serotypes included in the vaccine. The vaccine includes six new serotypes (1, 3, 5, 6A, 7F and 19A) in addition to the seven serotypes (4, 6B, 9V, 14, 18C, 19F and 23F) included in PREVNAR(R), Pneumococcal 7-valent Conjugate Vaccine (Diphtheria CRM197 Protein), also known as PCV7.