LONDON, May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Chevron Europe, Eurasia and Middle East, an affiliate of Chevron Corporation, today announced that it has successfully bid for the exploration rights in nine blocks awarded in the 20th Norwegian Licensing Round.

The blocks are located in the Outer Voring Basin in the Norwegian Sea, approximately 155 miles (250 kilometers) west of the coast of Kristiansund, in 3000 feet (1000 meters) of water. Chevron has been appointed as the operator with a 40% percent equity interest in the blocks 6703/7, 8, 9, 10, 11 12 and 6704/7, 8 10. The other participants in the blocks are StatoilHydro with 20 percent equity interest, Shell with 20 percent equity interest and SD0E with 20 percent equity interest.

RUSHDEN, England, May 1 /PRNewswire/ --

- Two of the UK's leading providers of quality early years programming join forces

Bright Horizons Family Solutions LLC, the world's leading provider of employer-sponsored child care and early education, back-up care, and work/life solutions, today announced that it has acquired Teddies Nurseries from Bupa, bringing together two nursery providers committed to offering high-quality child care and early years education for children and working families in the UK. This combination creates the largest network of nurseries in the UK.

DENVER, May 1 /PRNewswire/ --

- Tata Technologies' knowledge management application provides single, easy-to-navigate access point

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 1 /PRNewswire/ --

- Minister reviews facility upgrades in support of new F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft

Goodrich Corporation's (NYSE: GR) Actuation Systems facility in Wolverhampton, UK hosted a visit by Ian Austin MP, West Midlands Regional Minister. Austin came to review the status of Goodrich's investment in a new plant to support the production ramp-up for the F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft.

LEEDS, England, May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- thebigwordGroup has announced a major contract win, to manage technical translation for global household appliance company, Electrolux.

The contract, valued at Euro 1.5 million per annum, will involve the translation into 35 languages of instruction manuals for household appliances produced by Electrolux in Europe.

The contract, valid as of April 1st 2009, was won by thebigword following a long tendering process. It was awarded on the basis of:

- translation quality

- competitive pricing

- team approach

LONDON, May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Award-winning ethnic communications agency, Rich Visions has announced it's first dates in a series of educational/informative seminars and workshops helping businesses, central and local government, third sector, health and educational institutions as well as corporate companies across the UK to effectively reach, engage and build relationships with the UK's ethnic communities.

The Reaching the Unreachable Road show will tour key cities across the UK starting with London (12th 21st May) and Birmingham (10th June). Further dates and locations will be announced in June.

HOUSTON, May 1 /PRNewswire/ --

Endeavour International Corporation (NYSE-Amex: END) (LSE: ENDV) today reported discretionary cash flow for first quarter 2009 of US$23.4 million and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (adjusted EBITDA) of US$17.9 million. For the period, net loss to common stockholders, excluding the impairment charge caused by falling natural gas prices of US$29.4 million, unrealized gains on derivatives and currency impacts on deferred taxes (net loss, as adjusted), was US$2.2 million as compared to a loss of US$4.7 million in the same quarter in 2008.

A new study by University of Maryland researchers suggests that the potential for an avian influenza virus to cause a human flu pandemic is greater than previously thought and the results also illustrate how the current H1N1 swine flu outbreak likely came about. 

TORRANCE, California, May 1 /PRNewswire/ --

Trident Space Defense has opened a European Office in Fareham, UK, to provide program management, engineering and customer support for its European customers, as well as increasing its ability to source European manufactured components.

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