CAMPIA TURZII, Romania, November 25 /PRNewswire/ --

Mechel OAO (NYSE: MTL), one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, announces that the President of Romania, Traian Basescu, made a working visit to Mechel's Romanian steel subsidiary, Mechel Campia Turzii.

The visit of the Romanian President took place on November 21, 2008, as part of his program of visiting Romania's major enterprises to get a firsthand acquaintance with their operations in the current economic situation. President Basescu was interested in the affairs at the plant and the possible support required to the plant from the government.

FREMONT, California, November 25 /PRNewswire/ --

AlertEnterprise has won the prestigious 2008 SAP Demo Jam competition with its AlertAction software which monitors physical and IT access events, detects potential security threats and enables real-time response. Demo Jam, held this year in India at SAP(R) TechEd 2008 Bangalore, is an annual competition that showcases new and exciting technologies. Of the thousands of SAP client and partner organizations invited to submit demos, six finalists were selected to deliver live presentations to an audience of over 1,000 technologists. The AlertAction demo won by audience acclaim.

MERIGNAC, France, November 25 /PRNewswire/ --

- Cortix has Confirmed its Position as a Competitive and Innovative Company!

- Grand Ouest Awards on 18 November 2008 in Nantes/National Awards on 1 December in Paris

WILMINGTON, Delaware, November 25 /PRNewswire/ --

- As Writing Becomes a More Critical Workplace Skill, Tools Like WhiteSmoke Lend a Competitive Advantage

WILMINGTON, Delaware, November 25 /PRNewswire/ --

LONGMONT, Colorado, November 25 /PRNewswire/ --

- Proven Storage Leader to Distribute Rebit Backup Appliance in Europe

Rebit Inc., the company dedicated to relieving the burden of backup for PC users, today announced a strategic partnership with Hammer, the leading European distributor dedicated solely to storage. Hammer is now offering the Rebit appliance and software to its extensive alliance of Channel partners in Europe.

KUALA LUMPUR, November 25 /PRNewswire/ -- AVEVA (LSE:AVV), the leading supplier of engineering IT systems for the plant and marine industries, announced that key Japanese shipbuilders - Namura Shipbuilding, Universal Shipbuilding Corporation, Shin Kurushima Dockyard, Sumitomo Heavy Industries Marine Engineering and Imabari Shipbuilding Group - have signed contracts worth over USD2.5 million to extend their use of AVEVA marine solutions. The contracts were made in the first half of AVEVA's financial year ending 30 September 2008.

AMSTERDAM, November 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Elsevier announced today that its flagship product Scopus, the world's largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, will be nearly doubling its Arts Humanities (AH) titles. Access to the new journals will be available to Scopus users in April 2009. Currently the Scopus database contains 1,600 titles in AH and related fields.

Many countries will be better represented as a result of these added titles and researchers will have enhanced access to international AH content. Journal subjects include literature and literary theory (30% of new titles), general arts and humanities (22%), history (17%), visual/performing arts (16%), among others.

LONDON, November 25 /PRNewswire/ --

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The new 3V Visa Internet Shopping Gift Card means that present givers everywhere can get it right this Christmas. It's the first gift card in the UK that lets the lucky recipient shop on the internet and choose the present that they really want, because the 3V Visa Internet Shopping Gift Card lets you buy anything anywhere online that accepts Visa.

And in these times of economic recession it gives everyone the opportunity to make the most of the great deals that can be had online, so 'present money' goes that little bit further. And because you can pool the money on these gift cards together, recipients can get that dream present they really wanted.

LONDON, November 25 /PRNewswire/ --

- Raiffeisen International to Maximise on Misys/HCL's Flexible Resourcing Model for Increased Speed to Market and Accelerated International Branch Expansion

Misys plc (LSE: MSY), the global application software and services company, today announces that its partnership with HCL will provide Raiffeisen International Bank-Holding AG with an outsourced flexible resource to support its development needs as it grows its global business.

PHILADELPHIA, November 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Elsevier, the leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today released Imaging Consult (http://www.imaging.consult.com), an online imaging resource that helps physicians make quicker, more accurate diagnostic decisions and improve interventional skills. By providing easy access to high-quality images and referential content, Imaging Consult helps radiologists and other physicians confirm diagnoses and solve difficult cases in less time.