SAO PAULO, Brazil, September 5 /PRNewswire/ --

- Event will be held September 17-20 at the Transamerica Expo Center

- Those interested in the visits can now register for the Congress and reserve a space

The World Federation of Investors Corporation Congress (WFIC), which will take place September 17-20 at the Transamerica Expo Center in Sao Paulo, will be offering participants the opportunity to tour the installations of two of the country's largest companies: Petrobras and Vale.

PITTSBURGH, September 5 /PRNewswire/ --

Tube City IMS Corporation, a service provider to steel mills and foundries throughout the world, today announced it has completed the acquisition of Hanson Resource Management Limited and its subsidiary Hanson Support Services Limited ("Hanson").

Hanson, headquartered in Scunthorpe, England, operates throughout the UK. Since its founding in the early 1960s, Hanson has grown to its present status as a strategic partner to a diverse industrial client base with a primary focus on providing a broad range of low-cost, high value services and solutions to world-class steelmakers delivering these services through a dedicated and skilled work force of more than 600 employees.

LONDON, September 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The Disciplinary Committee of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons yesterday (4 September 2008) directed that veterinary surgeon William Angus Baird be restored to the RCVS Register after his removal in July 2007 for serious professional misconduct.

Mr Baird, who at the time of the original one-day hearing owned the Happy Pet Veterinary Clinic in Yeovil, but is now based in New Zealand, was convicted of a Charge relating to his refusal to attend a 14-year-old German Shepherd-cross bitch, 'Cassie', at the home of owners Mr and Mrs McConnell, when he knew, or ought to have known, that the visit was necessary.

LONDON, September 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Most government and learning disability organisations are still failing to give the UK's 1.5 million people with learning disabilities (LD) a voice and a say in how their services are 'personalised'.

UK Government's policy is now that people with LD should receive personalised social care. Multimedia provides a proven tool to help people with LD achieve this. But the technology seems too challenging for the majority of social carers, says Andy Minnion, director of the Rix Centre.

EAST SYRACUSE, New York, September 5 /PRNewswire/ --

- Company Climbs Three Spots in Overall Ranking of Technical Strength

PPC, a global manufacturer of connector technology for the cable TV, satellite, wireless and telecommunications industries, rose to the number two spot for industry impact among the top 35 most innovative companies in the United States, according to the Industrial Components and Fixtures Patent Scorecard published August 19, 2008, in the Wall Street Journal.

VIENNA, Austria and FLORENCE, Italy, September 5 /PRNewswire/ --

- Mikhail Gorbachev Will Present the Prize at the WOMEN'S WORLD AWARDS 2008

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The WORLD AWARDS Association, presided by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mikhail Gorbachev, today announced the first WOMEN'S WORLD AWARDS winner for 2008: Ingrid Betancourt, 46, the former Columbian presidential candidate, kidnapped in 2002 by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia (FARC) and held captive in the Columbian jungle for six and a half years, will receive the WOMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD 2008.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, September 5 /PRNewswire/ --

- Update on the Regulatory Strategy for Belinostat in PTCL

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, September 5 /PRNewswire/ --

TopoTarget A/S (OMX: TOPO) announced that a positive reply from the FDA was received on a Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) for a phase III trial for belinostat in PTCL (Peripheral T-Celle Lymphoma). This pivotal trial is to enrol approximately 120 patients and is to begin in Q4 2008. In June Fast Track designation was granted for the development of belinostat in this indication which supports TopoTarget's rapid market entry strategy. There is currently no standard therapy approved for PTCL.

HITCHIN, England, September 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The 'Impact of Flu in the Workplace' conference is bringing together, for the first time, leading experts from occupational health, medicine and the NHS to review the value of flu vaccination undertaken by employers as well as providing an update on related issue such as the overall risk of pandemic flu and its impact to the UK workforce.

ROSEAU, Commonwealth of Dominica, September 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Neuftec Limited, the proprietor of a new, highly successful technology producing greener fuel (the original nano-particulate cerium oxide fuel catalyst previously sold by Oxonica as Envirox(TM)), announced today that the High Court successfully upheld Neuftec's license rights in the face of a claim brought by Oxonica Energy Limited. Oxonica Energy is a wholly owned subsidiary of Oxonica PLC, the Aim-listed Oxford University spin-out, chaired by former Dragon's Den TV star Richard Farleigh. Since 2002 Envirox(TM) has represented approximately 95% of Oxonica PLC's sales.

ROUSSET, France, September 5 /PRNewswire/ --

- Institute of Embedded Systems, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Personalizes CAP for UWB Applications

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) and the Institute of Embedded Systems (InES), Zurich University of Applied Sciences, announced today the availability of an Ultra Wideband (UWB) transceiver that InES has implemented by personalizing Atmel's AT91CAP9S Customizable Microcontroller. The CAP(TM) implements the logic of the UWB Media Access Controller (MAC) in its metal programmable block, driven by software running on the embedded ARM926EJ-S(TM) processor.