CHICAGO, October 2 /PRNewswire/ --

The following is a letter to Capital Markets Technologies (OTC Bulletin Board: CMKT) shareholders from Chairman Jack Bouroudjian:

Dear Colleagues and Shareholders,

In addition to the quarterly updates, which CMT will issue, we have decided that if there are any other important updates along the way that we should communicate, they will take the form of a Corporate Update such as this. And this particular update is extremely important!

DALLAS, October 1 /PRNewswire/ --

Harding Energy Partners, LLC, (HE Partners) of Dallas, TX, today (Sept. 30, 2008) announced its acquisition of all core Barnett Shale assets, including those of ExxonMobil, that were held by DDJET Limited LLP (DDJET), and its subsequent sale of these holdings to Chesapeake Energy Corporation.

HE Partners made the decision to sell in order to develop more fully its 146,000 net acres in the James-Limestone and 65,000 net acres in the Haynesville Shale, both in East Texas. The team is also exploring the 50,000 acres it controls in Southeast Mississippi as well as its significant lease position in West Texas.

ST. LOUIS, October 1 /PRNewswire/ --

Peabody Energy has entered into an agreement with the government of Inner Mongolia and other Chinese partners to explore development opportunities for a large surface mine and downstream coal gasification facility that would produce methanol, chemicals or fuel products. The majority of coal from the mine would be dedicated for fuel supply to the coal conversion plant.

MERRIMACK, New Hampshire, October 1 /PRNewswire/ --

DxTech LLC ("DxTech"), an innovative company focused on defining a new direction in global diagnostics by putting high-quality diagnostic information in the hands of the physicians in real time, has received development funding from PetroTech Holdings Corp., a majority owned subsidiary of the Laurus Family of Funds.

SAN FRANCISCO, October 1 /PRNewswire/ --

- Keynote Lineup and Demo Pavilion to Feature Thought-Leaders and New Product Initiatives

VoiceCon Amsterdam(R), produced by TechWeb, today announced that momentum is building for its European launch event in Europe. VoiceCon Amsterdam will be held 14-16 October at the Amsterdam RAI (for details go to http://www.voicecon.eu). Over its 18-year history, VoiceCon has become the leading event in North America focusing on enterprise communications -- IP Telephony, Unified Communications and Converged Networks.

PARIS, October 1 /PRNewswire/ --

- Research Shows New Class of Stent Effective in Preventing Thrombosis, Restenosis, and Reocclusion

CeloNova BioSciences, Inc., today announced that Masahiko Ochiai MD, Associate Professor, Division of Cardiology, Yokohama Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan has selected the CATANIA(TM) Coronary Stent System featuring NanoThin Polyzene(R)-F for treating a patient with a chronic total occlusion (CTO) during a live case symposium at the Paris Cardiovascular Interventions (Francophone) Congress. The CATANIA(TM) Coronary Stent System carries a CE Mark and is currently available for sale in Europe.

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LONDON, October 1 /PRNewswire/ -- New research into consumer views about online shopping have been compiled by PriceRunner.co.uk, the UK's most comprehensive and impartial price comparison service. The research has shown that reviews of products and companies on websites are rated more highly (98%) than recommendations from friends (88%), and that the brand name is just as important as the product price.

The company invited 2,100 of its users to give an insight into their purchasing habits and to find out which factors are important to them during the buying process.

WAYNE, Pennsylvania and PARIS, October 1 /PRNewswire/ --

The “birth rate” for stars is certainly not easy to determine. Distances in the universe are far too great for astronomers to be able to count all the newly formed celestial bodies with the aid of a telescope so it is fortunate that emerging stars give themselves away by a characteristic signal known as “H-alpha” emissions.

The larger the number of stars being formed in a particular region of the firmament, the more H-alpha rays are emitted from that region.

More newborn stars are apparently emerging around the universe than previously assumed, say researchers at Bonn University who published a paper in “Nature” explaining that a systematic error in the method of estimation has resulted in a lower number.

Eye color and hair color play a role in human partner choice but visual stimuli can also determine mating preferences in the animal kingdom.

In many species, the male’s fortunes in the mating stakes are decided by a conspicuous breeding dress. A study of brightly coloured fish has now demonstrated that this has less to do with aesthetics than with the sensitivity of female eyes, which varies as a result of adaptation to the environment. Females more attuned to blue will choose a metallic blue mate, while those better able to see red will prefer a bright red male.

These mating preferences can be strong enough to drive the formation of new species – provided that habitat diversity is not reduced by human activities.