STAMFORD, Connecticut, March 26 /PRNewswire/ --

- Reuters Shareholders Also Approve Acquisition; Transaction Expected to Close on April 17, 2008

The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC), a leading provider of information solutions to business and professional customers worldwide, today announced that its shareholders overwhelmingly approved the proposed acquisition of Reuters Group PLC at a special meeting held today in Toronto.

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A new study in the April issue of Psychological Science sought to examine whether individuals are motivated to increase their level of anger when they expect to complete a confrontational task, where anger might enhance performance.

Psychologists Maya Tamir and Christopher Mitchell of Boston College, and James Gross of Stanford University told the study participants that they will either play a computer game that is confrontational (“Soldier of Fortune” – a first person shooter game where killing enemies is your primary goal) or one that is not confrontational (“Diner Dash”—a game in which players guide a waitress serving customers). They were then asked to rate the extent to which they would like to engage in different activities before playing the game.

March 19,2008 marked the brightest ever cosmic explosion observed from Earth ( see Georg von Hippel's article here and the news article here). The outburst denoted as GRB 080319B was probably the death of a massive star leading to the creation of a black hole.

For the first time the birth of a black hole has been filmed. Cameras of the "Pi of the Sky" project recorded this remarkable event with a 4 minutes sequence of 10-second images. In under 20 seconds the object became so bright that it was visible with the naked eye. Then it began fading and in 4 minutes was 100 times fainter. At that time the observation was taken over by larger telescopes.

SAN JOSE, California, March 26 /PRNewswire/ --

- Global messaging leader to automate, streamline compensation management process with Xactly Incent Managed Service

Xactly Corporation, the leader in on-demand sales performance management, today announced that Acision, the messaging and charging company of choice for over 300 network operators and service providers worldwide, has selected the Xactly Incent(TM) Managed Service for sales compensation management. Xactly Incent Managed Service will provide Acision -- which enabled the TV show "American Idol" to interact with a record-breaking 60 million voters -- with an outsourced, on-demand service for automating and improving the incentive-compensation process for more than 100 employees.

LONDON, March 26 /PRNewswire/ -- NHS Choices (http://www.nhs.uk), the digital 'front door' to the NHS, launches a new Live well package aimed at men aged 40 to 60.

Based on NHS accredited information, the Men 40-60 bundle (http://www.nhs.uk/LiveWell/Men4060/Pages/Men4060home.aspx) enables users to get health tips in seconds and provides them with clinically approved guidance to help them improve their health and maintain a healthy lifestyle. The Men 40-60 bundle is the latest addition to the NHS Choices' extensive Live well section.

"We hope that the Men's health Live well package will become a hub for quality health and lifestyle advice for men seeking to improve anything from diet and fitness to mental health," said a spokesman.

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White dwarfs are good timekeepers, and as such, hold clues about the age of the cosmos.

“Once a white dwarf forms, all it does is sit and cool, so we can measure the temperature of a white dwarf, and, using some theoretical understandings, figure out how long it took the star to cool to that temperature, and hence determine how old it is,” says Judi Provencal, assistant professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Delaware, director of the Delaware Asteroseismic Research Center (DARC), and resident astronomer at Mt. Cuba Astronomical Observatory in Greenville, Del.. “The coolest white dwarf we know of is about 2,500 degrees,” she notes. “This corresponds to an age for the galaxy of about 10 billion years.”

Gram-negative bacteria, like E. coli and salmonella, destroy pathogenic bacteria by disabling the mechanism that produces their protective coating. Scientists have discovered two key proteins that guide one of the two groups of bacteria to make their hardy outer shells -- their defense against the world.

The team discovered the proteins through an extended process of elimination. The scientists looked at microbes in the guts of carpenter ants. The bacteria, which have lived there for millions of years -- passed on over many generations -- have lost many of the traits necessary for survival in the outer world. As a result, their collection of genes, known as a genome, is far smaller and simpler than the genome of E. coli.

FREMONT, California, March 26 /PRNewswire/ --

Breathe Technologies, Inc., which is developing innovative, patient-friendly medical devices to treat respiratory problems associated with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), cystic fibrosis, and influenza announced today that it has closed on US$15 million in its second round of venture funding. The investment was led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) with participation from existing venture investors, including Synergy Partners International, Delphi Ventures and Life Science Angels.

HONG KONG, March 26 /PRNewswire/ --

- DotAsia Announces 'Hot or Not' Contest, Invites Everyone to Participate

- 'Cyberport.Asia' Launches to exemplify Hong Kong as Asia's World City

DotAsia Organisation announces Go Live of the ".Asia" registry, signifying the start of first-come-first-served registrations, allowing anyone around the world to get their ".Asia" domain instantaneously. "With over 10 million domains registered in China alone and over 150 million worldwide, the potential for ".Asia" is only now starting to be realized. There are millions of great ".Asia" domains still available on a first-come-first-served basis," says Edmon Chung, CEO of DotAsia.

HONG KONG, March 26 /PRNewswire/ --

Multiple presentations by interventional cardiologists at the American College of Cardiology's 57th Annual Scientific Session (ACC.08) will feature OrbusNeich's Genous Bio-engineered R stent.

The presentations at the conference, which will take place March 29 - April 1 in Chicago, include: