MONTREAL and MUNICH, Germany, November 18 /PRNewswire/ --

Matrox Graphics Inc., the leading manufacturer of specialized graphics solutions, is pleased to announce that NEC Display Solutions Europe GmbH has chosen and will be shipping Matrox Xenia(TM) Series display controller boards for use with a variety of color and grayscale medical LCD displays.

Matrox Xenia is the first native PCI Express single-slot board with all-digital, triple-monitor output and the flexibility to drive practically any known display configuration. Xenia Series supports resolutions from under 1MP up to 8MP, with up to 1GB of on-board memory, and features new technology to ensure optimum display calibration (via Matrox DLC(TM) and 8/10/13-bit gamma LUTs).

LONDON, November 18 /PRNewswire/ --

The 2008 European Weight Management Ingredients Brand Leadership of the Year Award is presented to Cosucra Groupe Warcoing (Cosucra) in recognition of the company's unique ability to distinguish itself from the competition through the execution of its 'Satiety Ingredients' concept campaign.

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HELSINKI, November 18 /PRNewswire/ -- 4TS Finland Oy, a positioning solutions provider, is today launching new mobile positioning technology, GlobalMPS, Global Mobile Positioning System. This new technology enables operator-independent positioning for mobile devices anywhere a GSM network is available, e.g. also inside the buildings. With GlobalMPS, the limitations of GPS are eliminated and true real-time positioning is made possible.

LONDON and COPENHAGEN, November 18 /PRNewswire/ -- For the third year in a row, Saxo Bank has been awarded FX Week's Best Bank for FX for Investors. The Copenhagen-based online trading and investment specialist was again voted into the top spot by FX market professionals and readers of the industry's flagship publication.

The FX Week Best Bank Awards are considered a benchmark for performance in the global FX industry. The results of FX Week's Best Bank are voted for by FX market professionals and illustrate Saxo Bank's continued sophistication in serving the evolving needs of investors in FX trading.

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, November 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Avantium Technologies announced today that Bernard Mulder, MD, MBA, has joined Avantium to lead the business development team for its pharmaceutical business.

Bernard Mulder, Global Vice President Business Development Pharma, will be responsible for Avantium's pharmaceutical service business world-wide. The previous 12 years of his career, Bernard held several international positions at Organon. Before joining Avantium, he was commercially responsible for the Asenapine Global Venture Team. Bernard's experience, commercial skills and drive will help Avantium to take Avantium's pharmaceutical business to the next level.

ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands, November 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- Brings Social Networking and Presence Information to Carriers

Nimbuzz (http://www.nimbuzz.com), the most comprehensive mobile instant messaging, presence and VoIP provider announces the addition 17 SIP partners to its global Operator Affiliate Program. The program brings mobile social networking, presence and instant messaging capabilities to carriers whilst maintaining control of their own customer relationships.

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LONDON, November 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- New Director Global Transfer Will Advance P2P Business

LONDON, November 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- Online Payment Provider Enables Simple and Secure Money Transfers Worldwide

LONDON, November 18 /PRNewswire/ --

As Moneybookers' Director Global Money Transfer, Felix Leuschner will be responsible for advancing the growth of its peer-to-peer (P2P) money transfer business. While over half of Moneybookers' five million account holders already use its payment system for email-based remittances, the company is looking to aggressively expand growth in the volume of annual transactions.

LONDON, November 18 /PRNewswire/ --

The potential of renewable energy in Russia may become the answer to experts' warnings about future depletion of country's energy resources. Currently, Russia is the world's largest gas producer with rich oil and coal reserves as well as subsidised domestic gas and electricity prices. However, the traditional oil and gas resource bases of Volga-Urals and West Siberian regions approach depletion and could face a rapid production decline. While initial steps have been taken for developing the renewable energy sector, reaching its full potential will require a large amount of investment, as well as government support.

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In a study I dub “Are you powerful or not?” I’d be in a third category. Why? Because I felt insulted when instructed to do what researchers asked of students. At Northwestern and Stanford, no less. Here’s what happened. Two professors, Adam Galinsky, Professor of Ethics&Decision Management, Northwestern University and Joe Magee, Joe Magee of the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at NYU,  divided undergrads into two groups.

LONDON and BALTIMORE, November 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- Ralph Silva, TowerGroup Research Director and Broadcast Contributor, Joins as Guest Speaker

Metastorm, a leading provider of Business Process Management (BPM), Business Process Analysis (BPA), and Enterprise Architecture (EA) software for aligning strategy with execution, today announced it will be hosting a complimentary Financial Services Executive Breakfast Briefing with guest speaker Ralph Silva of TowerGroup. The event is being held at the Devonshire Terrace in London on Thursday, 4th December 2008 from 08:00 - 10:45.