LONDON, May 16 /PRNewswire/ --

- E3 Academy Enterprise Welcomed by CBI Director-General as Engineering Graduate Numbers hit Crisis Point

The E3 Academy, an engineering industry initiative to encourage more students to choose engineering related degree courses, has been launched today - Friday May 16th at the Institute of Engineering & Technology (IET) in London. The launch was attended by Richard Lambert, Director-General, CBI, who gave a keynote speech supportive of the work and objectives of the E3 Academy.

HAIFA, Israel, May 16 /PRNewswire/ --

- Conference Call Scheduled for May 21, 2008 at 10:00am ET

Oil Refineries Ltd. (TASE: ORL.TA) (the "Company"), Israel's largest oil refiner, announced today that it will be releasing its first quarter 2008 financial results on Wednesday, May 21, 2008.

The Company will be hosting a conference call the same day, Wednesday, May 21, at 10:00 am ET. On the call management will review and discuss the first quarter 2008 results and will be available to answer questions.

PRINGY, France, May 16 /PRNewswire/ --

- The Haute-Savoie Plant Where the Next-Generation Dermal Filler Treatment Juvéderm(TM) ULTRA is Produced, Becomes Allergan's Global Excellence Production Centre for Hyaluronic Acid

Allergan is delighted to inaugurate today the << Pringy 2 >> site which includes new production areas as well as advanced technology facilities dedicated to the Juvéderm(TM) ULTRA product range. Juvéderm(TM) ULTRA is the latest dermal filler product line manufactured by Allergan, the makers of BOTOX(R) and VISTABEL(R) (Botulinum Toxin Type A).

LONDON, May 16 /PRNewswire/ --

- Application Provides Low Cost Fundraising And Money Transfer Service

Moneybookers, one of Europe's largest online payment systems, is today launching a Facebook application that will enable its five million account holders to more cost effectively send and receive money transfers via their Facebook profile. While currently in beta, the application will be available to all Facebook users at the beginning of June - enabling account holders to rapidly and securely raise sponsorship money or charitable donations, collect debts, demand participation fees or make payments to and from anyone on Facebook.

LONDON, May 16 /PRNewswire/ --

- Phase II Data Presented at ASCO Showed Acceptable Tolerability Profile, with Low Incidence of Grade 3 and 4 Neuropathy

LONDON, May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Eisai Europe Ltd announced today that results from 9 clinical data abstracts about compounds in the company's oncology pipeline, product portfolio and preclinical oncology research have been accepted for presentation at the 44th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), taking place in Chicago from May 30 to June 3, 2008.

A wide variety of abstracts on Eisai investigational compounds will showcase research focused on metastatic breast cancer, lung cancer, ovarian cancer, mesothelioma, pancreatic cancer and other types of cancer, as well as supportive care to aid those currently undergoing treatment for cancer.

ABBOTT PARK, Illinois, May 16 /PRNewswire/ --

- New Device Designed to Provide Fast, Safe and Secure Vessel Closure Following Catheterization Procedures

Abbott today announced the launch of the StarClose(R) SE Vascular Closure System, a next-generation vessel closure device engineered to enable fast, safe and secure closure of the femoral artery access site following a catheterization procedure. StarClose SE is available in the United States and Europe.

StarClose SE, which stands for "Safe and Extravascular," builds upon the premium design of its predecessor, StarClose, with more ergonomically-friendly design features. StarClose SE advancements include:

A new study reveals the genetic identity of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the version responsible for sexual transmission, in unprecedented detail.

The finding provides important clues in the ongoing search for an effective HIV/AIDS vaccine, said researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). The UAB team found that among billions of HIV variants only a few lead to sexual transmission.

Earlier studies have shown that a ‘bottleneck’ effect occurs where few versions of the virus lead to infection while many variants are present in the blood. The UAB study is the first to use genetic analysis and mathematical modeling to identify precisely those viruses responsible for HIV transmission.

Sweden's mountains are growing greener. At the border between woods and bare mountain, trees that require warm temperatures, such as oak, elm, maple, and black alder, have become established for the first time in 8,000 years. This is shown in current studies led by Leif Kullman, professor of physical geography at Umeå University in Sweden.

Over the last century, the temperature has risen by more than one degree. The cooling trend over several thousand years is broken, and this has triggered changes in flora, fauna, and landscapes. In important respects, the present state is similar to what occurred directly after the latest ice age.

“Most noticeable, alongside the melting of glaciers, is an elevating of the timberline by 200 meters. Bare alpine areas are shrinking, and typical Nordic mountain birch forests are losing ground to spruce and pine, which are more competitive in a warmer and drier climate,” says Leif Kullman.

PHILADELPHIA, May 16 /PRNewswire/ --

- Addition of English-translated Japanese Utility Models Provides Most Comprehensive Access to Proliferating Asian Patent Data

Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, has further increased coverage of the growing patent activity in the Asia Pacific region with the addition of registered Japanese Utility Models in Derwent World Patents Index(R) (DWPI(SM)). This is the latest addition to the DWPI database, with Chinese Utility Model Registrations added in October 2007. The inclusion of the Japanese Utility Models provides the best access to Asian patents in English, and further enhances the value of DWPI for prior art and patentability searches.