PITTSBURGH, March 12 /PRNewswire/ --

The University of Bath's Integrated Environmental Management Programme has selected Panopto to help extend the reach of conferences and courses on carbon footprints.

Beginning this month, The University of Bath will deliver new training to bridge business knowledge gaps in the fast-developing area of product and service carbon footprinting and carbon labeling. As explained in the University's guide to training options (www.learnaboutcarbon.net/guide.pdf), this new range of training is designed to help organizations from small to very large understand how world-leading businesses are using new carbon footprint skills to achieve both economic and environmental benefits.

LEUVEN, Belgium, March 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- ThromboGenics Reports Pre-Tax Profit of EUR12.2 Million For 2008

ThromboGenics NV (Euronext Brussels: THR), a biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of innovative treatments that will make a real difference to patient care in a number of important therapeutic areas, is today issuing a business update and its financial results for the full year ending December 31, 2008.

LONDON, March 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- That's the Message from Lord Laming's Review, Says Unite

The best way to implement Lord Laming's report into child protection is to employ more frontline professionals, such as social workers and health visitors, Unite, the largest union in the country, said today (Thursday, 12 March).

Unite said it was 'an immense sadness' that nine years after the death of eight-year old Victoria Climbie - prompting the first Laming report containing 108 recommendations - there was still so much more room for improvement in child protection services.

NEU-ISENBURG, Germany, March 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- UL offers complimentary product assessments on April 22-23 at Hannover's Messe Convention Center

LONDON, March 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- Bounty Launches Back to Work Help for Mums

Research from Bounty (http://www.bounty.com/), the UK's favourite parenting club has highlighted that mums returning to work require more information and support in negotiating the challenges of childcare and flexible working (http://www.bounty.com/back-to-work/work-rights/flexible-working.asp).

A study of 3,000 working mums showed that a third felt that their employers 'turned against them' on returning to work from maternity leave and almost one in five said they were demoted without warning. Half of the women polled said having a baby has had a negative effect on their career.

TURKU, Finland, March 12 /PRNewswire/ -- BioCis Pharma Ltd., a privately-held drug development company with its headquarters in Turku, Finland, announced that it has begun a new Phase IIa clinical testing of ProtoCure(TM) emulsion cream, the company's novel topical drug for dermatology. The double-blind, vehicle-controlled study is designed to evaluate the tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and efficacy of the topical product in a total of 18 subjects with mild to moderate plaque psoriasis. The subjects will apply ProtoCure(TM) emulsion cream up to four weeks to the skin areas affected by the disease.

LONDON, March 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- Permanent IT Roles in Higher Demand According to Research From The IT Job Board

Permanent IT jobs are in more demand than contract positions, according to research(1) carried out by The IT Job Board, http://www.theitjobboard.co.uk.

When surveyed, 56 percent of respondents believed that there was currently more calling for permanent roles, as opposed to 44 percent for IT contract jobs.

61 percent of those surveyed were in contract work, and when asked why they chose this type of role 40 percent advised that it was down to the higher salaries. 39 percent were in permanent IT jobs, and 44 percent of them stated that it was because of the security this work offers.

BEIJING, March 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- Acquisitions Strengthen iSoftStone's Greater China Offering to Benefit Clients Worldwide

Today iSoftStone Information Service Corporation (iSoftStone), a leading provider of consulting, IT outsourcing and business process outsourcing (BPO), announced that it has entered into agreements to acquire Shenzhen Sidaronghe Co. Ltd. (Sidaronghe) and the Services Outsourcing unit of MDCL-Frontline (MDCL) in separate transactions. The two additions will help iSoftStone to continue expanding its client coverage team in the Greater China region including Hong Kong and Taiwan, and further strengthen delivery capabilities for global MNC clients.

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GREENBELT, Maryland, March 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- Release accelerates workflow, productivity, and establishes new standard for quality

Scaleform(R) Corporation (Scaleform), the groundbreaking force in interactive entertainment middleware and user interface (UI) engines for video games, today announced Scaleform GFx(TM) 3.0, with powerful new features, optimizations and a new premium video module that enables game developers to cut costs and minimize development risk while advancing game quality. Scaleform GFx 3.0 alpha is available for qualified developers and will be featured at the GDC 2009 Expo from March 25-27 in San Francisco, CA. Special introductory pricing is available through March 31, 2009.

LONDON, March 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- Bank Goes Live on Misys Opics Plus to Manage Increased Number of Trades and Strengthen Risk Practices

Bank of Ningbo Co. Ltd (Bank of Ningbo), one of China's leading publicly-listed city commercial banks, has successfully implemented a powerful trade processing solution at its Ningbo head office from Misys, the global application software and services company.

Officials at Ningbo chose to strengthen its operations in late February 2008 as a result of higher volumes of transactions in its capital markets business in recent months, and invested in new technology to reduce the need for traders to manually monitor transactions, develop derivative products and grow its market share.