Patients have on average a 70 percent lower chance of dying at the nation's top-rated hospitals compared with the lowest-rated hospitals across 17 procedures and conditions analyzed in the eleventh annual HealthGrades Hospital Quality in America Study, issued today by HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings organization.

While overall death rates declined from 2005 to 2007, the nation's best-performing hospitals were able to reduce their death rates at a much faster rate than poorly performing hospitals, resulting in large state, regional and hospital-to-hospital variations in the quality of patient care, the study found.

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, October 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- Platform Addresses New Reality of Pervasive Video on the Web

Brightcove Inc. today announced the general availability of the Brightcove 3 online video platform, which transforms the way video is published and consumed on the Web. Built from the ground up, the new platform empowers website producers to be successful in the era of pervasive video.

HAMBURG, Germany, October 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- New Office Opened in Hamburg, Germany; VP of EMEA Appointed to Manage Region

Brightcove Inc., the leading online video platform, today announced the expansion of its operations in Europe with the appointment of Vanessa Wade as vice president of EMEA and a new office in Hamburg, Germany. The German operation is backed by a full complement of staff in Germany that includes sales, engineering and technical consultants.

BEACHWOOD, Ohio, October 13 /PRNewswire/ --

- Sean Stack to Head Up Corporate Development and Strategy;

- Kevin Brown Joins Company as Chief Financial Officer

Aleris International, Inc. announced today that Sean M. Stack, currently Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has been elected Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy, and Kevin L. Brown has been elected Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, both effective October 16, 2008.

In just 3 years of community activism that rivals Sarah Palin's political climb, Teens for Safe Cosmetics (TFSC) from Marin County, California has waged a national campaign to educate and inspire elimination and disuse of chemical toxins and environmental pollutants for healthier living. The passionate crusade recently earned two representatives from TFSC a meeting with Nobel Laureate, Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the Peace Jam Global Call to Action Conference in Los Angeles. Campaign members, Kate Smith and Emily Rose, were among 3,000 youths from around the world assembled to hear wisdom offered by six Nobel Peace Prize winners and to present their project for making of a better world.

SAN FRANCISCO, October 13 /PRNewswire/ --

- Kenshoo Inc. Team Grows as Geoffrey Shenk Becomes Managing Director and Chad Baldwin Joins as Director of Strategic Accounts

With a rapidly growing customer base, Kenshoo Inc. continues to boost its US presence and expand their San Francisco office. Significant wins and big plans for the US Market have helped Kenshoo Inc. attract a top team to lead their efforts to dominate the local market. Geoffrey Shenk joins as Managing Director of North American operations and Chad Baldwin will be the Director of Strategic Accounts. Both have years of experience in the search engine industry and bring a wealth of knowledge and energy to the company.

We are advised by Kenshoo that journalists and other readers should disregard the news release "Google/DoubleClick's Team Lead DART Search of North America and Former Head of Coremetrics Join Kenshoo Inc. as They Ramp up US Presence", issued earlier today over PR Newswire, as it contained some erroneous information.

Contact: Alon Sheafer, VP Products & Marketing, marketing@kenshoo.com, +1-415-287-4101

CARPINTERIA, California, October 13 /PRNewswire/ --

A deployable reflector system made by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) successfully deployed on-orbit Aug. 28 aboard the Inmarsat 4 F3 satellite.

An image accompanying this release is available at: http://media.primezone.com/noc

The third in the Inmarsat 4 series, the telecommunications satellite completes the constellation, providing worldwide coverage for Inmarsat's Broadband Global Area Network, with the exception of polar regions.

WASHINGTON, October 13 /PRNewswire/ --

- 'New Class' of Stent with Polyzene(R)-F Surface Treatment Maximizes Endothelialization; Reduces Restenosis, Thrombogenicity, Need for Long-Term Dual Antiplatelet Therapy

Clinical investigators at today's "Innovative Devices and Futuristic Therapies" session during the 20th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium, sponsored by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, presented 12-month follow-up data from the ATLANTA Trial. The results include zero percent thrombosis in patients discontinuing dual anti-platelet therapy after only 30 days.

REDMOND, Washington, October 13 /PRNewswire/ --

- Microsoft announces new rich Internet applications development and streaming media features; company outlines plans for supporting Windows, Mac and Linux tools for developing Silverlight applications.

Microsoft Corp. today announced the availability of Silverlight 2, one of the industry's most comprehensive and powerful solutions for the creation and delivery of applications and media experiences through a Web browser. Silverlight 2 delivers a wide range of new features and tools that enable designers and developers to better collaborate while creating more accessible, more discoverable and more secure user experiences.

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