LONDON, April 29 /PRNewswire/ --

- ATT'N: Energy, industrial and political newsdesks and all Scottish media

"A meeting was held in London today between Jim Ratcliffe and Tom Crotty of Ineos and the Joint General Secretaries of Unite, Derek Simpson and Tony Woodley.

"It was a constructive and meaningful discussion and ended in a proposal that will be considered by the company and the union in the coming days with a view to finding a resolution to the pensions dispute."

Contact: Catherine Bithell on +44-7958-473-224, Catherine.Bithell@unitetheunion.com

PHILADELPHIA and LONDON, April 29 /PRNewswire/ --

- Biomarkers to Open the Door to Personalized Medicine and Represents a Seismic Shift for the Pharma Industry

The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters today announced the launch of a new biomarkers report, "Establishing the Standards in Biomarker Research" which gives a detailed introduction to the world of biomarkers, an overview of the regulatory context surrounding them, and highlights ongoing biomarker research in some of the world's leading Pharma companies.

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LONDON, April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Symphony Environmental Technologies Plc, the degradable plastics and waste-to-energy group, has signed a Distribution and Manufacturing Agreement with the Fujairah Plastics Group of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, which is the largest degradable polymer supply agreement the group has ever made.

The agreement runs for 15 years and it will cover the territories of UAE. Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Egypt, Libya, Syria and Jordan. It is exclusive for specific grades of Symphony's newly-developed d2w(TM) degradable polymers.

It will be implemented by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Symphony Environmental Ltd, the degradable plastics specialist, whose d2w(TM) technology can make plastics and polymers degrade completely in as little as six months.

SAO PAULO, Brazil, April 29 /PRNewswire/ --

- Business schools launch executive program focused on emerging economies

Emerging economies represent important growth areas for multinational companies. Among other factors, growth, economic reforms and deeper integration of those countries into the world economy have provided development opportunities for established multinationals, as well as for a new generation of global players. Yet, emerging economies pose distinctive challenges that require considerable changes for companies worldwide.

BASINGSTOKE, England and PHILADELPHIA, April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Shire plc ("Shire") (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, announces that following the publication of the Prospectus by Shire Limited on 16 April 2008 in relation to the introduction of up to 700,000,000 Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each to the Official List, a Supplementary Prospectus is to be made available through publication on Shire's website: http://www.shire.com for the purpose of disclosing Shire's:

- US Food and Drug Administration approval of VYVANSE's (lisdexamfetamine dimesylate) supplementary New Drug Application for use in the treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in adults, which was announced by Shire on 23 April 2008;

LOS ANGELES, April 29 /PRNewswire/ --

Today's news coming from The Coachella Music Festival in Indio, California held over the weekend, is Pink Floyd founder Roger Water's support of Barack Obama. According to Digital Spy, "Waters released an inflatable blow-up pig from the stage with the words 'Don't be led to the slaughter' written on its side. It also featured a cartoon of Uncle Sam holding two meat cleavers. According to the Associated Press, underneath the pig was a ballot paper with Obama's name ticked."

DENVER, April 29 /PRNewswire/ --

Gunther von Hagens' BODY WORLDS, the traveling anatomical exhibitions of donor bodies welcomes its 25th million visitor this week. Though it will not be known if the distinction will go to a visitor entering the turnstile at BODY WORLDS in Los Angeles, or if the honor will go instead to a visitor at BODY WORLDS in Milwaukee, or Baltimore, or Manchester, England, the number is a stellar achievement in museum exhibition history.

WASHINGTON, April 29 /PRNewswire/ --

- Public Webcast Features Byron Acohido and Jon Swartz, Technology Reporters with USA Today and Authors of the Book, Zero Day Threat

Liberty Alliance, the global identity community working to build a more trust-worthy internet for consumers, governments and businesses worldwide, today announced highlights of the Wednesday, May 7 Privacy in Perspective webcast. Taking place at 8:00am US PT (3:00 UTC), the event is hosted by Byron Acohido and Jon Swartz, technology reporters with USA Today, reviewing highlights from their new book Zero Day Threat. Registration for the public event is available at http://www.projectliberty.org/liberty/news_events/webcasts

SAN JOSE, California, April 29 /PRNewswire/ --

- Sharing video, audio, pictures and text on leading social networks is now truly mobile

CellSpin, an exciting new mobile application, now lets anyone share any digitized experience -- audio, video, pictures or text -- from their mobile phone to their favorite social networking sites very easily and for FREE. Users no longer have to wait to get on their computers to post on their Facebook and MySpace pages. With CellSpin, users can now document their life on-the-go in just one click. CellSpin was selected as one of the Top 10 Companies to launch at the DEMO Conference in January 2008.

PALO ALTO, California, April 29 /PRNewswire/ --

- Highlights differences vs. legacy solutions

Nexenta Systems, Inc., developer of NexentaStor(TM), the leading enterprise class storage management software taking an open source approach to market, is pleased to announce the commercial release of NexentaStor Enterprise v. 1.0.

Current customers of NexentaStor include the University of Michigan School of Medicine, Motek Entertainment (Netherlands), Ozmo Devices, Stanford University and many other enterprises and Universities worldwide.

NexentaStor Enterprise Edition is superior to alternatives in at least five ways: