COPENHAGEN, August 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- Summary: Genmab Reports Results for the Six Month Period Ended June 30, 2008

Genmab A/S (OMX: GEN) announced today results for the six month period ended June 30, 2008. During this period, Genmab reported the following results:

Genmab's revenues were DKK 277 million (USD 59 million) for the first half of 2008. In the same period of 2007, Genmab recognized revenues of DKK 280 million (USD 59 million).

ANTONY, France, August 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors, meeting today under the chairmanship of Albert Saporta, approved STALLERGENES' half year consolidated financial statements:

(EUR millions) 2007 HY1 2008 HY1 08/07 % of % of % sales sales change Sales 74.8 100.0 87.0 100.0 16 Cost of sales (16.9) (22.5) (19.9) (22.8) 18 Gross profit 57.9 77.5 67.1 77.2 16 General, administrative and selling (31.3) (41.9) (35.1) (40.3) 12 expenses Gross operating profit before R&D 26.6 35.6 32.1 36.8 21 R&D (11.2) (15.0) (13.7) (15.7) 22 EBIT 15.4 20.6 18.4 13.8 19 Net profit (Group share) 10.1 13.6 12.0 13.8 19 Net borrowings 9.3 4.2 (54)

Sales growth and financial position

TEL AVIV, Israel, August 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- STOP(TM) Clinical Skin Renewal Device Starts a Home Skin Care Revolution

TEL AVIV, Israel, August 27 /PRNewswire/ --

The creators of TriPollar(TM) technology are launching into the home beauty market with an innovative clinical skin renewal device, named STOP(TM) which offers the latest professional aesthetic technology to consumers and is set to start a skin care revolution across Europe.

MUMBAI, August 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Financial Technologies (India) Ltd. (NSE: FINANTECH, BSE: FlNTECH) has unveiled a special micro website http://ar2008.ftindia.com for Annual Report 2008. The microsite has been specially designed and created to serve Financial Technologies community in a more transparent and user friendly access to its Annual Report content.

"Our vision with the micro site is to offer most dynamic web experience to our users with seamless and ubiquitous access to our financial and strategic content of Annual Report and our quarterly earnings on an ongoing basis. "The theme 'Value' is the raison d'etre of the company and reinforces our continued commitment to deliver unmatched consistently to all our stakeholders across the Board.

BIELEFELD, Germany, August 27 /PRNewswire/ --

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Schuco International KG will soon be sponsoring German golf pro Martin Kaymer. The motto of the sponsorship agreement is "Martin Kaymer and Schuco - teeing off for a successful future with Energy2".

OAK PARK, Michigan, August 27 /PRNewswire/ --

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Azure Dynamics Corporation (TSX: AZD, LSE: ADC & OTCQX: AZDDF) - ("Azure" or the "Company"), a leading developer of hybrid electric and electric powertrains for commercial vehicles, is pleased to announce that it has closed a private placement offering of 100,000,000 common shares at a price of CDN$0.25 per common share (the "Issue Price") for gross proceeds of CDN$25,000,000 (the "Offering").

BEIJING, August 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- For Each of the 51 Chinese Gold Medals, Haier Builds a Primary School in China

Haier, the world's fourth largest white goods manufacturer and the official white goods sponsor of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, will build 51 Olympic Hope primary schools in 25 provinces around China as part of the "One Gold Medal, One Olympic Hope School" program. 15 schools are to be built in Beichuan, the Sichuan county that was devastated by the May 12, 2008 earthquake.

GREENWICH, Connecticut, HOUSTON and LONDON, August 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- Partnership to Vertically Integrate Businesses across Nuclear Fuel Production Cycle

First Reserve Corporation, the world's leading private equity firm in the energy industry, has joined forces with two experienced nuclear industry participants, Charles Scorer and David Sloan, to form Accord Nuclear Resources, an integrated nuclear fuel supply company.

BOCHUM, Germany, August 27 /PRNewswire/ -- GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft has further strengthened its Refrigeration Division through the acquisition of the International Cooling Group (ICG), headquartered at Fareham near Southampton, UK. ICG manufactures evaporators and condensers for the industrial refrigeration markets under the brand names Searle, Raffel and Dawmec. In 2007 ICG generated sales of approximately 70 Mio. EUR with 500 employees. The transaction will take effect after approval from the German Federal Cartel Office.

BURSCHEID, Germany, August 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- Qualitative Consumer Study Investigates how Women View Cars

Women feel quite at home in their cars, they have fun driving and especially enjoy the feeling of freedom they get when out driving alone. In addition, they attach great importance to the attractive design of their cars - both in terms of the vehicle's exterior and interior. These are the findings of an international study that Johnson Controls recently conducted. Intensive consumer research has played an important role in the development of innovative products for many years at the world's leading supplier of automotive interiors, electronics and batteries.