The Brits are always thinking ahead and we could learn a thing or two from them on this side of the pond.   Those cheeky blokes are ditching pricey baubles in favor of if-we-keep-printing-money-we-will-be-Zimbabwe type ways of romancing loved ones this Valentine's Day - that is to say, without throwing out a lot of dough.    

Research from a voice-to-text company over there called SpinVox claims almost two thirds of men (65%) have made huge cuts in spending this Valentines day.   1.6 million even claim they are following in the footsteps of Byron, Keats, and Shakespeare; not just by being poor, struggling lotharios getting by on charm but also by penning their own love poems this February 14th.

LONDON, February 13 /PRNewswire/ -- The Government today (Friday) took a decision which benefits hundreds of sufferers of the fatal asbestos cancer, mesothelioma. The people affected were exposed to asbestos by Turner Newall (TN) the UK's largest asbestos company which went into Administration in 2001.

It was also understood that TN claimants were entitled to the state payment under the Pneumoconiosis 1979 Act. It was further understood that the sum of both payments fell well short of the total amount claimants should have received.

MALMO, Sweden, February 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Teleca, a world-leading supplier of software services to the mobile industry (Nordic Exchange, Small cap: TELC B) and TAT, a Swedish user interface software technology company offering attractive UI differentiation and user experiences on mobile devices, today announced a cooperation whereby Teleca will become a partner of TAT for integration and customization services worldwide.

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Teleca will integrate and customize TAT Cascades products for device manufacturers, using its offshore capabilities in Russia. This speeds up integration work and decreases costs, enabling the mobile OEM/ODM a faster and more cost-efficient global solution.

LONDON, February 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Fears have been expressed that the government has jettisoned a five-year old policy that every secondary school in England should have a specialist school nurse in place by 2010.

Unite, the largest union in the country, will be asking ministers what they mean by 'a school nurse team' in every local area, as outlined in the government's new Vision for a 21st century children's health service.

In the government's Choosing Health White Paper, produced in 2004, it was stated that every one of the 3,300 secondary schools in England and its cluster of primary schools would have a specialist school nurse in post by 2010 - just ten months away.

PLANO, Texas, February 13 /PRNewswire/ --

Telmar Network Technology has announced it has been awarded a multi-vendor spare parts management contract by Telefonica O2 Germany, which is part of Telefonica group.

The managed services contract covers multiple service level agreements in which Telmar offers in-country warehousing and logistics services and on-site delivery of network replacement units. In the agreement, Telmar will also provide multi-vendor hardware repair, 24/7 call desk support, and end-to-end vendor, warranty and contract management services to Telefonica O2 Germany.

I am a firm believer in the possibility and promise of embryonic stem cells. In a politically, religiously and even scientifically charged climate, this is a risky thing to announce. But as a journalist, I must divorce myself from my own personal opinions and biases and present the facts.  That being said, it is still satisfying writing upon a topic that you believe in. This was the case when I wrote an article about Geron Pharmaceuticals recently launched human clinical trials using embryonic stem cell research to repair spinal cord damage.

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, February 13 /PRNewswire/ --

Growth in Slovakia's telecommunications market over the next five years will be driven by a more rapid uptake of mobile data, fixed broadband Internet, and voice over IP (VoIP) services, while revenues from mobile voice services will begin to decline, according to the latest report from Pyramid Research (http://www.pyr.com), the telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network (http://www.lightreading.com).

CALGARY, Canada, February 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Addax Petroleum Corporation (Addax Petroleum or the Corporation) (TSX: AXC and LSE: AXC), announces that Mr. Michael Ebsary, Chief Financial Officer, will be presenting at the 12th Annual CIBC Whistler Institutional Investor Conference, in Whistler, Canada on Thursday, February 19th, 2009 at approximately 1:35 p.m. Eastern Time (6:35 p.m. London Time).

Investors are invited to listen to the live audio webcast of the presentation via the following link:

http://events.startcast.com/events6/118/whistler2009/

The presentation slides will be available on Addax Petroleum's website at http://www.addaxpetroleum.com.

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BARCELONA, Spain, February 13 /PRNewswire/ --

- Two Market Leaders With Combined Shipments of Some 650 Million Units Enter Into a Reseller Agreement

BARCELONA, Spain, February 13 /PRNewswire/ --

IKIVO, the No. 1 European supplier of rich media client applications, and Aplix Corporation, the leader in Java technology for mobile phones, today announced a global partnership where IKIVO's Enrich SVG technology has become an integral part of Aplix' Java offerings.

The partnership means that Sweden-based IKIVO continues to expand its business in Asia and worldwide. IKIVO is growing rapidly in the Asian market, with already established offices in Korea and Hong Kong.

NEWBURY, England, February 13 /PRNewswire/ -- The Econsultancy http://econsultancy.com and Speed-Trap CRM 2.0 Report http://www.speed-trap.com is launched today and presents new insight into the reality of multi-channel strategies. Speed-Trap, the customer insight software provider, reveals that while only 16% of organisations today are able to combine online and offline marketing activity to maximise sales, the vast majority of organisations are now actively looking to capture and integrate the information required into an effective cross-channel marketing integration strategy.