TANGIERS, Morocco, January 6 /PRNewswire/ --

Horizon Tangiers Terminal S.A. (HTTSA), announced today that it has selected Aegean Marine Petroleum (Aegean) (NYSE: ANW) as its sole bunkering company for its state-of-the-art terminal in the port of Tangiers. The agreement, which is subject to final documentation, is scheduled to become effective in January 2009.

SAN DIEGO, January 6 /PRNewswire/ --

- Lead candidate on track for IND submission first half of 2009.

Amira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced AM211, Amira's internally discovered oral drug candidate for the treatment and control of inflammatory and allergic diseases linked to the arachidonic acid pathway, is on target for submission of an IND to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by mid-2009 following the successful completion of Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) toxicity studies.

BILLERICA, Massachusetts, January 6 /PRNewswire/ --

Vertica Systems was named to Gartner's Data Warehouse Database Management Systems Magic Quadrant 2008.(1)

The high-performance column-oriented Vertica Analytic Database is the only analytic database built from scratch to handle today's heavy business intelligence workloads. Customers using the Vertica Analytic Database have the freedom to analyze more data in more ways, faster, so they can out-innovate the competition. In customer benchmarks, Vertica has answered queries against terabytes of data 50 to 200 times faster than competing databases and specialized analytic hardware.

TORONTO, January 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Comprehensive Care International (CCI), a leading healthcare project management firm, is pleased to announce its selection as the vendor of choice for the new B.C. Cancer Agency's Centre for the North.

CCI Equipment Plus(R) specialists will support this P3 project by ensuring that the furniture and equipment is congruent with the clinical needs and nuances of the new Centre. The completed project will comply with the requirements of the approved clinical specification, and ensure that detailed output specifications and procurement strategies for furniture and equipment represent current and future standards in evidence-based design.

NEW YORK and LONDON, January 6 /PRNewswire/ --

Operative, a global advertising revenue management (ARM) technology and services provider, announced today that it has reached a new strategic partnership with ADTECH, a leading provider of ad-serving technology as an independently operated unit within AOL's Platform-A advertising business. Together, both companies will integrate their technologies to provide streamlined online advertising management capabilities for digital publishers worldwide.

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LONGMONT, Colorado, January 6 /PRNewswire/ --

Rebit Inc., the company dedicated to relieving the burden of backup for PC users, today announced a new, multiple-PC version of its fully automatic backup and recovery software, available on CD January 30.

NEW YORK and LONDON, January 6 /PRNewswire/ -- GoldenSource Corporation, a global software provider of enterprise data management (EDM) solutions for financial and securities institutions worldwide, today announced the appointment of Shashank Mishra as national sales manager for India. Mishra will be based in GoldenSource's Mumbai office. He reports to Hugh Stewart, vice president of sales, EMEA and Asia.

The addition of Mishra to the Mumbai office comes at a time, when, despite ongoing turmoil in the financial services sector, banks in the Asia Pac region are still projecting growth in targeted IT investments in 2009.

CHENNAI, India, January 6 /PRNewswire/ --

- Introduces Exclusive Rewards Program That Earns Gamers Attractive Prizes

Sify Technologies Limited (Nasdaq: SIFY), a leader in Consumer Internet and Enterprise Services in India, announced the launch of 'ANTZILL' - an interactive gaming site with a vast array of community features. Designed especially for young gaming enthusiasts, the site provides them with a platform to challenge, play and interact with other gamers. Antzill was developed and designed after taking research inputs from consumers across the country.

CRANBURY, New Jersey, January 6 /PRNewswire/ --

Non-Exclusive License to produce up to 250 MW of continuous power

BlackLight Power (BLP) Inc. today announced its second commercial license agreement with Farmers' Electric Cooperative, Inc. of New Mexico, (Farmers' Electric). In a non-exclusive agreement, BLP has licensed Farmers' Electric to use the BlackLight Process and certain BLP energy technology for the production of thermal or electric power. Farmers' Electric may produce gross thermal power up to a maximum continuous capacity of 250 MW or convert this thermal power to corresponding electricity.

BlackLight Power is committed to announcing all future progress as it occurs.

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REHOVOT, Israel, January 6 /PRNewswire/ --

- The World's First Multi Material System From 3-D Printing Leader Recognized by Leading Consulting Firm for Superior Performance in Rapid Prototyping Industry

Objet Geometries Ltd (http://www.objet.com/), the innovation leader in 3-D printing, today announced that its revolutionary Connex500(TM) has been honored by international business research and consulting firm Frost Sullivan with the prestigious 2008 European 3-D Printing Product Innovation of the Year Award. The Connex500(TM) is the first-ever system to allow printing of several materials with different mechanical and physical properties simultaneously, affording new levels of time and price efficiencies in product development and manufacturing.