ISTANBUL, Turkey, May 23 /PRNewswire/ --

- New Studies Provide Clinical Support for More Flexible and Convenient Dosing Options for Patients

New data from key clinical trials presented today at the 5th European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) Spring Symposium in Istanbul, demonstrate that Enbrel(R) (etanercept) is a convenient and effective treatment which helps patients achieve sustained and repeatable reprieve from the physically and psychologically debilitating symptoms of psoriasis.

NEW YORK, May 23 /PRNewswire/ --

- Global Identity Experts to Evaluate Established and Emerging Enterprise, Web 2.0 and Multi-Protocol IDDY Award Nominations

BASINGSTOKE, England and PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Shire Limited ("Shire") (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, announces that an application has been made to the UK Listing Authority and to the London Stock Exchange for 559,725,147 ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the capital of Shire to be admitted to the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange. Dealings will commence today at 8.00 a.m. (GMT).

LONDON, May 23 /PRNewswire/ --

- ATTN: Northern Ireland Editors

LONDON, May 23 /PRNewswire/ --

Unite members at the University of Ulster have voted to strike as staff face having their pay cut by up to GBP 5,000.

Unite the union members overwhelmingly voted in favour of industrial action with 71% voting to take strike action in response to the university's failure to address serious flaws in a recently implemented Job Evaluation Scheme.

The outcome of the scheme has been ignored by the university with members of staff either having to undertake increased levels of responsibility or have their pay reduced.

TORONTO, May 22 /PRNewswire/ --

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With long summer days ahead and the delights of a good book to be enjoyed, readers around the world are picking up "Lifeliner: The Judy Taylor Story," the debut book from London-born author Shireen Jeejeebhoy.

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For Judy, summer meant books and barbecues, a time to invite her doctors and fellow patients to her home on the lake, a time for hot dogs and salads, cookies and laughter. Judy was not only the Canadian mother who made medical history as the first person to live decades on intravenous feeding without eating any food; she was also the woman who shared her enthusiasm for life with everyone around her.

NEW YORK, May 22 /PRNewswire/ --

- 'Sense and Sustainability: What Strategies Will Really Work to Create a New Energy Future?'

Platts, a leading global provider of energy and commodities information and a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), today announced that Dr. Madeleine K. Albright, principal of the Albright Group, former U.S. Secretary of State and distinguished American diplomat, will be a featured speaker at its second annual Platts Lecture on December 3, 2008 at Deutsche Bank, 60 Wall Street in New York City.

NEW YORK, May 22 /PRNewswire/ --

- SIRIUS Will Be Exclusive North American Radio Broadcaster of F1

- Races will be available for first time to U.S. radio audience; Grand Prix events to air nationwide exclusively on SIRIUS channel 125

SIRIUS Satellite Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI) and Formula One Management have entered into an agreement that will make SIRIUS the exclusive North American radio broadcaster of all FORMULA 1 (F1) races, marking the U.S. radio premiere of the high-profile sport.

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NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, May 22 /PRNewswire/ --

- Company offers increased opportunities for efficiency and growth through thexchange

Arbinet-thexchange, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARBX), the robust transaction platform for buying and selling voice and IP telecommunications capacity, announced today that it has surpassed the 1,000 Member mark during the first quarter of 2008. The company also indicated that March 2008 was the highest revenue month since its inception.

Some people interested in mathematics have curiosity about how mathematics is used in finance, and perhaps even have an eye toward a career in quantitative finance. Others are already pursuing a career in finance and the capital markets, and have an interest in learning more of the underlying mathematics. All around the world Financial Mathematics and Financial Engineering programs are appearing, filling a growing educational need, and the umbrella organization for these programs is the International Association of Financial Engineers (http://www.iafe.org/home.php). The proliferation of financial mathematics was the subject of a Wall Street Journal article ("Wall Street Warms To Finance Degree With Focus on Math", 14 November 2006), by Ronald Alsop. It was also the cover story of the 23 January 2007 issue of Business Week. The subject matter was a main focus of a one-quarter program entitled "Quantitative Modeling in Finance and Econometrics" held in Spring 2004 at the Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications, see http://www.ima.umn.edu/complex/#spring .

BOSTON, May 22 /PRNewswire/ --

- Membership Participation Grows while Coverage Significantly Expands

RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest products industry, today announced a dramatic increase in the amount of timber transaction data that has been submitted to the Timber Transaction Price Service (Timber TPS) in the 12 months ending March 2008. Timber TPS -- a comprehensive and reliable database of stumpage pricing for actual North American timber sales - also saw a 96% increase in the number of participating organizations. This increase in data has improved the reliability of timber prices reported by Timber TPS.

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