NEW YORK, May 8 /PRNewswire/ --

- Supports trading and real-time analytics, high-speed message platforms and CEP, as well as real-time feed normalization

Volante Technologies, Inc., provider of accelerated data integration solutions to the financial industry, today introduced its Streamer series of data integration modules for low-latency environments. Volante Streamer combines handlers for market data feeds with microsecond integration into internal applications and market data platforms. Streamer is being demonstrated today at the Accelerating Wall Street Conference in New York.

Volante offers Streamer modules for Reuters RMDS 6.0, OPRA, and Bloomberg B-Pipe feeds. Additional modules will be released in the future.

HONG KONG, May 8 /PRNewswire/ --

- Other Data Presentations to Focus on Use of Pro-Healing Stent with AMI Patients and Those Who Cannot Tolerate Dual-Antiplatelet Therapy

Twelve-month follow-up data from both a randomized pilot study and the real-world registry use of OrbusNeich's Genous Bio-engineered R stent, the world's first pro-healing stent, will be presented next week in a symposium at EuroPCR 2008 in Barcelona, Spain.

SAN DIEGO and BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 8 /PRNewswire/ --

- New imaging modality highlights Volcano commitment to intravascular imaging and opens up new clinical and research applications

NEW YORK, May 8 /PRNewswire/ --

FXDD, a global leader in online foreign exchange trading, today announced its applications for becoming a National Futures Association (NFA) member and for registration as a Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) with the CFTC are pending approval. Clients may follow FXDD progress through the registration process by logging on to the NFA's website (www.nfa.futures.org) and searching the BASIC system under its NFA ID number 0397435.

BAAR, Switzerland, May 8 /PRNewswire/ --

Manas Petroleum Corp. (MNAP.OB)

Manas Petroleum Corporation today announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, Manas Energia Chile Limitada farmed-out interest in the Tranquilo block in the Magallanes Basin, Chile to a local group exploring and producing in the basin.

Erik Herlyn, Chief Operating Officer of Manas Petroleum Corp.: "This farm-out is consistent with our core strategy of acquiring major oil and gas licenses for highly prospective under thrust structures and then limiting the financial burdens and risks associated with their exploration and development. Similar to our Kyrgyz and Tajik projects we have reduced our costs while enjoying the benefit of having a highly capable partner."

DOYLESTOWN, Pennsylvania, May 8 /PRNewswire/ --

- Company Pursues Strategy of Reducing Heart Attack Deaths by Shielding High-Risk Plaques in Coronary Arteries

Prescient Medical, Inc., a privately held medical device company dedicated to reducing deaths from heart attacks, will present new experimental results on the chemical characterization and treatment of rupture-prone or "vulnerable" plaques, with a focus on the vPredict(TM) Optical Catheter System and the vProtect(TM) Luminal Shield, at the upcoming EuroPCR 2008 conference to be held in Barcelona, Spain from May 13 to 16.

COALVILLE, England, May 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Aerial survey specialist Bluesky has launched a new range of highly accurate and detailed 3D city models. The new product range will be available off the shelf and will help improve the management of urban centres providing a new understanding of the built environment. Applications including planning and development control, security and emergency response planning, environmental modelling and even potential to revolutionise the gaming and simulator markets.

Bluesky city models are created from the most up-to-date vertical aerial photography using the latest 3D software and provide a real world, interactive, geographically accurate representation of the built environment from the desktop.

Investigations continue into the cause of a mysterious illness that has resulted in the deaths of thousands of bats since March 2008. At more than 25 caves and mines in the northeastern U.S, bats exhibiting a condition now referred to as “white-nosed syndrome” have been dying.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently issued a Wildlife Health Bulletin, advising wildlife and conservation officials throughout the U.S. to be on the lookout for the condition known as “white-nose syndrome” and to report suspected cases of the disease.

USGS wildlife disease specialist Dr. Kimberli Miller advises that "anyone finding sick or dead bats should avoid handling them and should contact their state wildlife conservation agency or the nearest U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service field office to report their observation.”

LOS ANGELES, May 8 /PRNewswire/ --

- Half of Executives Say the Situation Has Not Improved in the Last Five Years -

Despite great strides made in the global workplace, more than three-quarters of executives (76 percent) indicate that it is difficult for mothers re-entering the workforce today, according to the latest Executive Quiz from Korn/Ferry International (NYSE: KFY), a premier global provider of talent management solutions. Almost half (49 percent) believe it is as difficult, if not more, for female executives intending to return to work than five years ago.

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, May 8 /PRNewswire/ --

- Seven-year Agreement Extends CSC's Relationship with Denmark's Leading Telecommunications Provider

Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE: CSC) announced today that it has signed a new, seven-year information technology (IT) applications outsourcing agreement with TDC, the largest telecommunications company in Denmark. The contract is valued at approximately US$413 million.