CALGARY, Canada, November 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Flint Energy Services Ltd (Flint, the Company) announced today that FT Services, Flint's 50 per cent owned joint venture, was awarded a two-year, C$12 million contract to provide pipeline maintenance services at Canadian Natural Resources Ltd's Horizon Project near Fort McMurray, Alberta. This follows the award of an earlier three-year contract for maintenance work on bitumen production facilities at Canadian Naturals' Horizon Project in late 2007. The new contract adds pipeline maintenance services to the existing mechanical, electrical and instrumentation services performed bringing the value of FT Services' work at Horizon to just over C$60 million.

MADRID, Spain, November 3 /PRNewswire/ --

Telefonica, S.A. (Telefonica), the international telecommunications group, today announced it successfully completed its tender offers for the outstanding Series A and Series B Shares of common stock and American Depositary Shares (ADSs) of Chilean telecommunications provider Compania de Telecomunicaciones de Chile S.A. (the Company) not already owned by Telefonica and its affiliates.

ATLANTA, November 3 /PRNewswire/ --

Paul R. Garcia, Chairman and CEO of Global Payments, announced several organizational changes for the company today.

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James G. Kelly, currently the company's Sr. Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, has been promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer of Global Payments Inc. Mr. Kelly will continue to report to Mr. Garcia. In his new role, Mr. Kelly's responsibilities will be expanded to include all of the company's worldwide businesses, including Operations, Technology, Sales and Business Development.

NEW YORK, November 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Asset Control's AC Plus Streamlines Data Capture and Standardizes Distribution

Asset Control, a world-wide leader in financial data management solutions, today announced that Citadel Solutions LLC, a wholly-owned independent subsidiary of Citadel Investment Group, LLC, has implemented Asset Control's AC Plus data management software.

Citadel Solutions delivers Operational Alpha(R) to hedge funds through its technology-driven hedge fund administration services and uses AC Plus as a primary data management platform for supporting its fast growing fund administration business.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, November 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Largest CPV Deal in EU with Generation Capacity to Power City of 40,000 Residents

BARCELONA, Spain, November 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Microsoft technologies help secure the role of IT through business innovation and cost savings.

The global economic climate presents new challenges and opportunities for information technology organisations, Brad Anderson, general manager of the Management and Services Division at Microsoft Corp, told approximately 5,000 attendees gathered at Tech*Ed EMEA 2008, Microsoft's leading technology show in Europe, the Middle East and Africa for IT professionals.

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NEW YORK, November 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Industry Veteran Brings A Wealth Of Experience And Innovative Thinking To Brand Asset Digital Following The Launch Of P2Pwords(TM)

Brand Asset Digital, the distributed technologies company with a focus on P2P search marketing and efficient LIVE streaming technology, announced today that Jim Caparro, founder and former CEO of EDC, Chairman/CEO of Island DefJam and Warner Music Group's WEA, has joined the company's Board of Advisors. Caparro is renowned as one of the entertainment industry's foremost distribution visionaries with a keen focus on technological evolution and consumer behavior.

LONDON, November 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Lewis Hamilton is now the youngest ever Formula 1 World Champion, and to prepare for his triumph in Brazil, Hamilton spent time last week lapping the Interlagos circuit in a racing simulator 6,000 miles away in Woking. His McLaren team have invested over GBP60million into the software, using technology pioneered by the military, giving him the equivalent of years of Formula 1 experience in just a few weeks. In the similar high-adrenaline high-performance world of financial trading, successful traders are copying this secret weapon using simulator software from Tradernomics, a UK-based trader education company.

SUNNYVALE, California, November 3 /PRNewswire/ --

Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Stretton Scientific Limited, a privately held distributor of scientific diagnostic, measuring and monitoring equipment based in Stretton, England. Stretton Scientific currently distributes Cepheid's SmartCycler(R) System, among other diagnostic and life science products, to a broad group of medical customers including the National Health Service (NHS), medical universities and commercial customers.

PHILADELPHIA, November 3 /PRNewswire/ --

Electronic Ink, the leading design consultancy dedicated to improving the way people interact with technology, their environments, and one another, recently launched a complete redesign of The Philadelphia Orchestra's website http://www.philorch.org.