SAN FRANCISCO, California, October 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Red Herring Magazine announced today that Manthan Systems has been short listed forerunners of the Red Herring 100 Asia 2008 awards. The 100 winners will be announced at the Red Herring 100 Asia event in Hong Kong, on December 2-3, 2008.

The 200 finalists are based in 16 countries/regions including China, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Australia and Vietnam. The 200 finalists we selected from across 16 countries and regions are all excellent contenders, said Joel Dreyfuss, Editor-in-Chief of Red Herring. They are exceptional companies who thrive on innovation and strongly define the important role of technology in Asia's economy and throughout the world.

LONDON, October 29 /PRNewswire/ --

LONDON, October 29 /PRNewswire/ --

Unite the union is to ballot 176 members today (Wednesday) at French IT company Steria in Manchester and Skelmersdale, in a bid to prevent compulsory redundancies and the transfer of their work to India.

The workers, most of whom were outsourced from the Co-op's financial services arm to Steria in 2007, were told in the summer that a third of their IT support work for the Co-op was being off shored, with a loss of 90 jobs.

As too few workers volunteered for redundancy, Steria is now proposing to make over 30 workers from Arndale House in central Manchester compulsorily redundant.

LONDON, October 29 /PRNewswire/ --

- Report Reveals the Positive Influence of Online and Offline Social Networking on Business

Business can become more resilient to the effects of economic downturn by introducing more networked working practices, according to a report published today by the think tank Demos.

The report, which was produced together with Orange, says that encouraging employees to build more relationships with colleagues across the company and utilising networking technology tools to build closer links with potential customers and partners, can help businesses become more adaptable to dealing with today's challenging economic climate.

MÄNNEDORF, Switzerland, October 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Tecan has opened its new Asia Pacific region headquarters, based in the heart of Shanghai's pharmaceutical and life science centre. The launch of the regional headquarters reflects the Company's significant growth and strong commitment to the market in China, as well as the whole Asia Pacific region, and will improve service and support for customers and distribution partners alike.

People who view pictures of someone they hate display activity in distinct areas of the brain that, together, may be thought of as a ‘hate circuit’, according to new research by scientists at University College London.

BRITISH COLUMBIA, Canada, October 28 /PRNewswire/ --

InNexus Biotechnology Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: IXSBF; TSX VENTURE: IXS; http://www.ixsbio.com), a drug development company commercializing the next generation of monoclonal antibodies based on its Dynamic Cross Linking (DXL(TM)) technology, announces that Jeff Morhet, CEO and Chairman, will present at the 7th Annual BIO Investor Forum on October 30, 2008.

MOSCOW, October 28 /PRNewswire/ --

Mechel OAO (NYSE: MTL), one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, announces that it has signed a Memorandum of Intent with Minmetals, one of China's largest state industrial corporations.

On October 28, 2008, at the Third Russian-Chinese Economic Forum in Moscow, with Vice-Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Zhukov in attendance, a number of commercial bilateral agreements were signed. One of the aforementioned agreements was the Memorandum of Intent between Mechel OAO and Minmetals, a Chinese-based state mining, metallurgical, construction, and investment corporation. The Memorandum was signed by Igor Zyuzin, Chief Executive Officer of Mechel OAO, and Zhang Yuanrong, Vice President of Minmetals.

BROOMFIELD, Colorado, October 28 /PRNewswire/ --

- New Capabilities Added in China to Support Growing Global Demand

- Expanded CDN Footprint Enables Premium End-User Experience Across the Region

Level 3 Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: LVLT) today announced that the company has expanded its Content Delivery Network (CDN) capacity in Asia. This expansion significantly increases Level 3's delivery capabilities in the region and adds new capabilities to deliver content in China.

HELSINKI, October 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Northern Antibiotics Ltd., the developer of novel polymyxin derivatives for the treatment of infections caused by multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria, revealed today animal efficacy and pharmacokinetic data from their NAB compounds at the 48th Annual ICAAC/IDSA 46th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.

REDMOND, Washington, October 28 /PRNewswire/ --

- 25 percent discount offered on pre-orders of the Share Point workflow software

K2(R) today announced the free availability of K2 blackpoint(TM) beta 2 software, featuring a tech preview of the Silverlight-based K2 Web Designer for workflows. Customers will enjoy a 25 percent license fee discount on K2 blackpoint orders placed between now and its official release to market.

K2 blackpoint software eliminates complexity and allows users to quickly build workflow solutions and process-driven applications within Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.