ANTONY, France, October 15 /PRNewswire/ --

(EUR millions) 2007 07/06 2008 08/07 EUR % % EUR % % millions sales change millions sales change Southern Europe (1) 20.6 71 17 23.8 70 16 Other EU countries (2) 7.1 24 17 8.6 25 21 Other markets 1.5 5 24 1.8 5 18 SLIT 22.1 76 22 26.3 77 19 SCIT 6.0 20 6 6.5 19 8 Other products 1.1 4 (4) 1.4 4 27 Total Q3 sales 29.2 100 17 34.2 100 17 Southern Europe (1) 77.2 74 17 88.6 74 15 Other EU countries (2) 22.8 22 15 27.2 22 19 Other markets 4.0 4 12 5.5 4 36 SLIT 81.9 79 21 97.6 81 19 SCIT 17.8 17 3 18.8 15 6 Other products 4.4 4 1 4.8 4 11 Cumulative 9-month sales 104.0 100 17 121.2 100 17 (1) Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Greece; (2) Switzerland included

Sales growth and financial position

LONDON, October 15 /PRNewswire/ --

The latest thinking on nursing's future is biased towards the acute sector, and not enough weight is given to community practitioners, Unite, the largest union in the country, said today (Wednesday, 15 October).

Unite/Community Practitioner's and Health Visitors' Association said that the Department of Health (DH) was 'leaving community nursing and health visiting out of the intellectual loop'.

Unite/CPHVA was commenting on two new DH-commissioned documents Nurses in Society and State of the Art Metrics for Nursing: a rapid appraisal.

MANCHESTER, England, October 15 /PRNewswire/ --

- PasswordCourier Jump Start offers award-winning password management solution with rapid delivery of licenses, services and maintenance in 30 business days

Courion(R) Corporation, leaders in access management and compliance, today announced PasswordCourier Jump Start, a new, cost-effective offering of PasswordCourier(R), Courion's award-winning password management solution, targeted at meeting the password challenges facing small to medium sized business (SMBs).

Companies deploying PasswordCourier Jump Start receive a comprehensive package of software, fixed-price services and maintenance including:

MARANELLO, Italy, October 15 /PRNewswire/ -- In the news release, Ferrari Takes Microsoft's New High-Performance Computing for a Spin, issued earlier today by Microsoft over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the fourth paragraph, first sentence, should read "Piergiorgio Grossi, head of information systems at Ferrari Racing Team." rather than "information systems at Ferrari." as originally issued inadvertently. Complete, corrected release follows:

- Desk-side supercomputing is poised to revolutionise automotive design and engineering.

MUMBAI, India, October 15 /PRNewswire/ --

- The Acquisition Marks Financial Technologies Group's Foray Into African and European Markets

MUMBAI, India, October 15 /PRNewswire/ --

Financial Technologies (India) Ltd has acquired a significant equity stake in UK-based Audit Control & Expertise Global Limited (ACE) Group, a global credit support organisation providing collateral control, field audits, inspection, monitoring and financial structuring services in the commodity trade and finance sector.

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands and NEW YORK, October 15 /PRNewswire/ --

Playlogic Entertainment, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: PLGC.OB) announced that it has been granted the worldwide Licensed Publisher Agreement for the Xbox 360(R) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft(R). The worldwide Licensed Publisher Agreement is effective immediately. Playlogic has been a worldwide Licensed Publisher for the Xbox(R) since 2004.

Playlogic also received the official Games for Windows(R) license for its future PC releases.

NAGOYA, Japan, October 15 /PRNewswire/ --

- The new acquisition expands Menicon's presence in the global GP contact lens market

LOS ANGELES, October 15 /PRNewswire/ --

- Journalists Attending the Los Angeles Auto Show Get an Exclusive Opportunity to Sample More than 25 Vehicles Representing a Broad Array of Alternative Fuel Platforms

The Green Cars/LA Auto Show Ride and Drive, taking place on Nov. 20 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., brings together one of the broadest selections of green and high-mileage vehicles available for side-by-side test drives. During the second LA Auto Show Press Day, more than 25 vehicles will be available from 11 manufacturers representing North American, European and Asian automakers.

BILLERICA, Massachusetts, October 15 /PRNewswire/ --

Australia-based nMetrics has teamed with Vertica Systems to embed the Vertica Analytic Database within a new breed of network monitoring appliance that analyzes huge volumes of network data at blazingly fast speeds to help reveal new insights about network performance, cost and security.