NEW YORK, December 22 /PRNewswire/ --

ContourGlobal today announced that ContourGlobal Togo, its wholly owned subsidiary, has signed a US$146 million non-recourse financing agreement with the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) for the construction of ContourGlobal's 100 MW power plant in Lome, Togo.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, December 22 /PRNewswire/ --

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been awarded a contract to upgrade weather and navigation radar systems on Iraqi Air Force C-130 cargo aircraft.

The Foreign Military Sales contract, valued at $5.1 million (USD), was awarded to Northrop Grumman's Sperry Marine business unit by Lear Siegler Services, Inc. Sperry Marine will deliver AN/APN-242 weather and navigation radars to replace obsolete AN/APN-59 systems on the aircraft. The contract also includes funding to develop a new high-resolution flat-panel cockpit display processor for the radars. Deliveries are to be completed by July 2009.

BIELEFELD, Germany, December 22 /PRNewswire/ --

- Getting Into the Swing With Germany's New Golf Legend

- Cross Reference: Picture is Distributed via EPA (European Pressphoto Agency) and can be Downloaded Free of Charge Under: http://www.presseportal.de/pm/16299/schueco_international_kg/

SAN DIEGO, December 22 /PRNewswire/ --

- Former BP executive to advance commercialization of green crude

With 'green energy' a priority topic in homes around the globe, and on President-elect Obama's agenda, Sapphire Energy continues to grow its top-flight professional team with the appointment of Cynthia J. (C.J.) Warner, a top British Petroleum (BP) executive and an expert in refining, transportation and operations, as President, starting February 1, 2009. Warner leaves her post as Group Vice President of Global Refining for BP and will join an already impressive team of experts in transportation fuels, cell biology, plant genomics and algal production to create a commercial- scale crude oil operation using only sunlight, carbon dioxide and non-potable water.

ATLANTA, December 22 /PRNewswire/ --

**Further Enhances Protection for Clearing Members and Ability to Clear Additional Asset Classes**

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of regulated global futures exchanges and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, announced today that ICE Clear Europe(TM) has received settlement finality designation (SFD) by the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) under the Financial Markets and Insolvency (Settlement Finality) Regulations 1999.

LONDON, December 22 /PRNewswire/ --

The 2008 Frost Sullivan Zambian Hospital Medical Equipment Customer Service Leadership Award is presented to the CK Scientific Group Zambia Ltd. in recognition of its outstanding customer-focused strategies.

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An end-user analysis conducted recently by Frost Sullivan, 'First World or Third World? End-user Perceptions of Hospital Medical Equipment in Key sub-Saharan African Countries' revealed that end-users ranked CK Scientific above its competitors in terms of customer service. CK Scientific received the highest customer service ranking of 9 out of 10.

LONDON, December 22 /PRNewswire/ -- You are invited to the launch of 'ECO Drive', a national campaign by Ford Retail Group in partnership with the Energy Saving Trust to encourage eco driving amongst the British public. Either before or after the media briefing, journalists can take part in a 45 minute ECO Drive lesson. You will experience firsthand the effectiveness and ease in adopting 'green' driving techniques which will save you fuel and money as well as cut CO2 emissions.

REHOVOT, Israel; JERSEY CITY, New Jersey; PHILADELPHIA, December 22 /PRNewswire/ --

- miRview(TM) mets can Accurately Identify the Primary Tumor Site in Patients Presenting With Metastatic Cancer, as Well in Patients Whose Tumor has Been Labeled Cancer of Unknown Primary (CUP)

- In the US Alone Hundreds of Thousands of Patients are Diagnosed Each Year With Metastatic Cancer, and Approximately 70,000 Patients are Diagnosed With CUP Each Year

- Rosetta Genomics Will Hold a Conference Call Today, Monday, December 22nd, at 08:30 am EST, to Discuss the Launch of its microRNA-based Tests

MUMBAI, December 22 /PRNewswire/ --

- Potential First-in-Class Anti-Secretory Anti-Diarrheal Agent for Multiple Indications Including HIV-Associated Diarrhea

- Glenmark has Crofelemer Rights for diarrhea Indications in 140 Countries; Molecule Currently in Phase 3 trials. ROW Sales Market Opportunity of US $ 80 Million for HIV-Associated Diarrhea

- Crofelemer has Been Granted Fast Track Designation by US-FDA

MUMBAI, December 22 /PRNewswire/ --

PARIS, December 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that it remains the worldwide leader in the fixed broadband access market, supporting the largest mass deployments of video, voice and data services. Today, one out of three fixed broadband subscribers around the world is served through an access network provided by Alcatel-Lucent.This market leadership is driven by a strategy of continuous innovation and quality assurance.