BIRMINGHAM, England, May 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Environment and Energy Award for Sustainable Clean Up

Semplice Energy Limited, a leading provider of CleanTech energy solutions to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions, have been shortlisted for the Environment and Energy Consultancy award for sustainable clean up. The award nomination focuses on Semplice Eco|Solutions, a unique offering based on operational energy flows and clean technology research to address organisations energy usage.

LONDON, May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Refuse Collectors employed by Copeland Council in Whitehaven are to take all out strike action from 27th May in a dispute concerning their working hours.

A National Agreement for Local Government Workers reached in 1997 ensured that all workers would have a 37 hour working week. Ten years later Copeland Council have offered to reduce the Refuse Collectors Standard week to an average of 37 hours from their present 40-45, but have demanded that workers would not have a proper finish time and that they could be scheduled for up to 9 hours or more a day.

The workers have voted overwhelmingly to reject this and as the Council would not back down they have voted to take strike action from 0700 on the 27th May.

LONDON, May 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- First EMEA Licensed Treatment Specifically for LGS Offers New Hope for Patients With Epilepsy

Eisai Europe Limited, (Headquarters: London, Chairman and CEO Yutaka Tsuchiya) today announced publication of the results of a major study of its new anti-epileptic agent Inovelon (rufinamide) indicated for adjunctive therapy in Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS), a severe form of generalised epilepsy that develops in early childhood.

AMSTERDAM, May 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- LaDress and the Perfect Dress

Although LaDress has a relatively short history, many women have already fallen in love with the vision of its founder Simone van Trojen and her years of pursuit for the perfect dress. LaDress, the label that stands for fabulous dresses that you can wear every day, anytime, has by now acquired many loyal fans around the globe. Based on a seemingly simple button-through dress, available in gorgeous colours and materials, the philosophy of LaDress is a fashion lover's dream come true. Not only for Simone, but in fact for all women searching for that one perfect dress for any occasion.

LaDress... the continuation of a successful story

HILDEN, Germany, May 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Research Supports Replacement of Pap with HPV Test as Front-line Screen

Long-term data from a study published in the International Journal of Cancer show that women screened only with a human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA test are half as likely to develop moderate to severe cervical disease over the next six years as those who get only conventional cytology (the Pap "smear"). The research followed nearly 3,000 women age 35 years and older, and assessed their HPV status using QIAGEN's digene(R) HPV Test - the only such test that is both CE-marked in Europe and approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

BEIJING, May 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- The Italian Based Software Company, With Operations in Europe, USA, India and Japan and the Chinese Company Have Sealed a Strategic Deal to Become the Leading Supplier of Software Solutions for Manufacturers in China

OR AKIVA, Israel, May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- ITGI Medical, Ltd. (TASE: ITGI) a company engaged with research, development, manufacturing and marketing of heterologous tissue covered stents, announced today the launch of the CE certified Over and Under(R) Pericardium Covered Stent (PCS), in the UK, Switzerland and Ireland.

Over and Under(R) is a stent 100% covered with a heterologous tissue, designed to set a barrier between the coronary blood vessel wall and its lumen. It is intended for situations such as degenerated Saphenous Vein Graft (SVG), aneurysms and perforations.

CAPELLE A/D IJSSEL, Netherlands, May 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Recent Study: 90 Percent of All CIO's Lack Real-Time Business Information

SAN FRANCISCO and MANILA, Philippines, May 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Now 70 Million Friendster Users Worldwide Can Stay in Touch Anytime, Anywhere

Friendster, Inc. (http://www.friendster.com), the 8th largest website in the world and the #1 social network in Asia, today announced that its 70 million users and the over 1 billion Internet-ready mobile phone users globally can now stay in touch anywhere via Friendster's new mobile site, accessible at m.friendster.com from any web-enabled mobile device. The new mobile site is the first in a suite of forthcoming mobile offerings referred to as Friendster Mobile.