BERTRANGE, Luxembourg, September 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The new generation professional online network and information portal devoted to the financial sector.

Farvest, a financial marketing company based in Luxembourg, announced today, 15 September 2008, the launch of Vesteo.com, an open professional network dedicated entirely to the financial sector.

As opposed to the existing general networks, Vesteo is exclusively devoted to professionals working in careers linked to the disciplines of investment and financial products and services distribution. "Institutions" (banks, life insurance firms, wealth managers and the investment fund industry) therefore constitute Vesteo's major target.

LONDON, September 15 /PRNewswire/ --

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of regulated global derivatives exchanges and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, announced today that the launch of ICE Clear Europe has been postponed, pursuant to the terms of the transition plan with LCH.Clearnet.

Atmel(C) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today the AT42QT1060, a touch control chip that integrates 6 channels of touch sensing with the ability to drive up to 7 low current LEDs directly through a pulse width modulated (PWM) output function. The device operates from 5.5VDC down to 1.8VDC and consumes less than 1uA in standby mode to give long battery life; it comes in a tiny 4mm x 4mm MLF28 package, making it ideal for use in mobile phones and other handheld devices. The AT42QT1060 is the latest addition to Atmel's comprehensive range of capacitive touch controllers based on Quantum Research Group's charge-transfer technology.

ATLANTA, September 15 /PRNewswire/ --

- StandardAero, a Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) company with US$1.4 billion in annual revenue, seeks to optimize service parts management in order to reduce costs while improving service levels

Servigistics, the leading strategic service management solution provider, announced today that StandardAero, a leading provider of engine maintenance, repair and overhaul, and nose-to-tail services that include airframe, interior refurbishments and paint for business and general aviation, air transport, and military aircraft, has selected the Servigistics Service Parts Management solution to improve customer service levels while also reducing operating costs and risk.

NEW YORK and LONDON, September 15 /PRNewswire/ -- ICIS Chemical Business magazine has unveiled the ICIS Top 100 Chemical Companies, featuring the world's top chemical players ranked by annual sales.

According to the ICIS Top 100 listing of chemical company financial performance, published in the September 15 issue of ICIS Chemical Business, sector sales rose by 11% in 2007 in local currency terms and 18% when converted to US dollars.

Operating profits across the sector climbed by more than 12%. The average operating margin increase was 6%.

"Riding the rollercoaster of soaring energy and commodity prices, global chemical industry players performed remarkably well in 2007," said Nigel Davis, Insight Editor at ICIS.

LONDON, September 15 /PRNewswire/ --

- Transaction to Result in On-going 11% Increase in Profit Contribution From the Nelspruit Project

Cascal N.V. (NYSE: HOO), a leading provider of water and wastewater services in seven countries, today announced that its wholly owned South African subsidiary Cascal Operations (Pty) Limited has purchased the remaining 10 percent of its Greater Nelspruit Utility Company (Pty) ("Nelspruit") water/wastewater concession project from Sivukile Investments (Pty) Limited. Combined, the Nelspruit and Siza Water projects in South Africa accounted for approximately 14 percent of the Company's fiscal 2008 annual revenue.

SAN JOSE, California, September 15 /PRNewswire/ --

- Company Addresses Designers Thirst For Smaller Footprint, Higher Operating/Transient Voltage For Popular 5V BUS

MONTREAL, September 15 /PRNewswire/ --

- Study of More Than 60,000 Women Underscores Need for Better Understanding of Implications and Risks Associated with Osteoporosis

Results from the Global Longitudinal study of Osteoporosis in Women (GLOW) showed that 55 percent of women diagnosed with osteoporosis do not believe they are at a higher risk of fractures than their peers. This latest study from GLOW included more than 60,000 women over age 55 and was presented today at the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) 30th Annual Meeting.

SEATTLE, September 15 /PRNewswire/ --

Christian Aid, the largest grant giving organization in the UK, has awarded leading interactive marketing and technology consultancy, Ascentium Corporation, with a contract to manage its business process re-engineering project. Using Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0, MOSS 2007 and Office 2003, Ascentium will create "The Promise Solution," an innovative new program that will enable Christian Aid to compete for funding and demonstrate returns on donations, rather than merely save cost.

AUSTIN, Texas—A new species of blind, subterranean, predatory ant discovered in the Amazon rainforest by University of Texas at Austin evolutionary biologist Christian Rabeling is likely a descendant of the very first ants to evolve.

The new ant is named Martialis heureka, which translates roughly to "ant from Mars," because the ant has a combination of characteristics never before recorded. It is adapted for dwelling in the soil, is two to three millimeters long, pale, and has no eyes and large mandibles, which Rabeling and colleagues suspect it uses to capture prey.