A study by a group of prominent seismologists suggests that a pattern of subtle but active faults makes the risk of earthquakes to the New York City area substantially greater than formerly believed. Among other things, they say that the controversial Indian Point nuclear power plants, 24 miles north of the city, sit astride the previously unidentified intersection of two active seismic zones.

NEW DELHI, August 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Omaxe Infrastructure & Construction Private Ltd(OICPL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Omaxe Ltd has received a Letter of Intent for the construction of Allopathic Medical College and Associated Hospital at Saharanpur, UP from UP Government through UP RNNL. The construction value of the project is Rs250 crores approx.

The project is spread over an area of 62 acres with total built up area of 15.66 lac sq ft. It will comprise of an Allopathic Medical College and a 500-bedded hospital.

COPENHAGEN, August 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- Summary: Genmab Will Receive a Milestone Payment of Approximately DKK 232.7 Million From GSK for Achievement of Positive Results in the Phase III CLL Study.

COPENHAGEN, August 21 /PRNewswire/ --

MANHASSET, New York, August 21 /PRNewswire/ --

The Oncology Group is pleased to announce the publication of the 11th edition of Cancer Management: A Multidisciplinary Approach, scheduled for release in the Fall of 2008. A popular resource for the oncology and hematology community, this guide aims to keep pace with these rapidly changing fields by providing clinicians with up-to-date, practical, and authoritative information on patient management.

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BASINGSTOKE, England, August 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- Customers Benefit From High-Speed Stable Broadband

LONDON, August 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Integer, a leading business consultancy in the area of global emissions regulations, today announced its latest conference targeted at Europe's energy intensive Industries and EU Policy makers. 'Energy Intensive Industries and Climate Change' will be held in Brussels on 25-27 November. The aim of this independent conference is to provide energy intensive industries with exclusive insight into how other sectors are demonstrating their exposure to external competition at this time of regulatory uncertainty. As energy intensive industries express concern about how the new EU climate change and energy proposals will impact on their competitiveness, the conference will host high level discussions on minimizing carbon leakage of European industry.

TOKYO and INDIANAPOLIS, August 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- New analysis of landmark study showed patients taking prasugrel had lower risk of combined endpoint of recurrent heart attack, stroke or cardiovascular death after first event than those taking clopidogrel

LONDON, August 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The medicated pain relief plaster, (Versatis) is now approved by the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) for restricted use within NHS Scotland for patients suffering pain following shingles(1) http://www.scottishmedicines.org.uk/smc/5850.html. This reversal of the previous SMC decision (issued in February 2007) for Versatis (5% lidocaine medicated plaster) is based on significant new clinical and cost-effectiveness comparative data and brings prescribing availability of the treatment in line with England and Wales. These new data on Versatis will be presented for the first time at the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) Congress in Glasgow (17-22 August 2008).

UITHOORN, the Netherlands, August 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Hoya Corporation's Vision Care Division, a key player in the global market for ophthalmic lenses, announced today that it acquired Dioptra CZ a.s., one of the leading distributors of ophthalmic lenses in the Czech Republic.

Dioptra has a long and rich tradition in the optical field, with origins dating back to 1896. Hoya and Dioptra have worked together under an exclusive arrangement since the year 2000. Dioptra CZ employs 32 people in Turnov, near Prague, and generated over EUR 4 million sales in 2007.

WADDINXVEEN, the Netherlands, August 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The climate-neutral, organic vine tomatoes of the Dutch "Nature & More" farmers will get extra promotional attention in the coming weeks through various advertising materials for (organic food) retailers. Vine tomatoes get a promotional card with the farmer's photo printed on it and the TÜV (German certification agency) Nature & More "Climate Neutral" symbol. This symbol is also visible on small quantity flow packs which are - of course - compostable.

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