LONDON, March 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- Employees Point to Reducing Energy use as an Easy win

Employees are increasingly accepting responsibility for helping save money around the workplace according to new research released today by the Carbon Trust, with the majority (87%) saying it's important for them to help their employer cut costs in the current climate, and 78% willing to be more energy efficient to save money.

Almost half (46%) of UK employees say they are now more likely to try to help their employer save money than before the credit crunch kicked in.

BRUSSELS, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Gianni Ciserani, President for Procter Gamble, Western Europe, told an audience of European business leaders that in a world of uncertainty, European consumers could continue to rely on PG to provide products that delivered great value, performance and sustainability. He said that PG was investing in products offering reduced environmental footprint and stated that the company will significantly increase targets for its 2012 sustainability goals. He also shared details of the company's latest initiative to reduce road transportation in Europe by increasing its use of rail.

MUNICH, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Edoxaban (DU-176b) is a direct Factor Xa inhibitor and is developed to prevent thromboembolic events such as stroke and pulmonary embolism. The Phase II Edoxaban programme has been successfully completed for orthopaedic and cardiological indications.

For the time being it is evident that Edoxaban is currently the only Factor Xa inhibitor with a dose-ranging study conducted with patients with atrial fibrillation and is, thus, starting with optimal dosing in clinical Phase III.

LONDON, March 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- Roskill Information Services

- The Economics of Fluorspar (10th Edition)

- New Report From Roskill Analyses Worldwide Fluorspar Supply and Demand

MAUI, Hawaii, March 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- The World's First Conference on Marine Protected Areas for Marine Mammals Begins

The conservation of the world's most iconic ocean species, whales and dolphins, has taken a step forward today with the launch of the first conference on protected areas for marine mammals.

Over 150 marine experts from 30 countries around the world have gathered in Maui, Hawaii, this week to build plans for networks of protected areas, which will conserve vulnerable species and the places on which they depend. Just offshore, humpback whales court and sing in the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, which hopes to become part of a network of Marine Protected Areas across the Pacific.

I'm putting the finishing touches to a GUI when the red light starts flashing. The voice comes over the PA from ops, "Warning, Jupiter hoving to view". We quickly drop our work and run across the metal crosswalk that separates us from the STEREO operations bunker. Inside, against the din of the klaxon, we see the massive bulk of Jupiter crowding the leftmost of the main displays. STEREO B was in danger!

And here is the result from our STEREO website. Okay, I made up the bit about the red light and the klaxons. And after this brief science break, I'll even bring in some irony.

COPENHAGEN, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- In one of the most renowned and hardest international design competitions, the red dot design award, the JX20 Pura by Jabra has just received an honourable mention from the top-class expert jury. With 3,231 products submitted to the competition, the product clearly stands out from the masses, because the design experts awarded 194 honourable mentions to those products which distinguished themselves with particularly successful design details. The festive awards presentation with more than 1,000 guests will take place in the Essen Opera House, the Aalto-Theatre, Germany on 29 June 2009.

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LONDON, March 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- April 1st 2009 is Energy Wasting Day - http://www.energywastingday.com

Wannabe celeb Dan Power is releasing the World's first ever 'anti-eco' single -'Energy Wasting Day' (Wednesday 1st April 2009). In his debut music video, Dan Power (a self-confessed carbon junkie and Jeremy Clarkson fan) is seen cavorting with a group of girls pole dancing around patio heaters, riding a gas guzzling motorbike and advocating all kinds of ways to needlessly waste energy.

Dan's 'Energy Wasting Day' music viral will be seeded on the internet in the run up to April 1st encouraging viewers to visit http://www.energywastingday.com to download the track, buy collectible T-shirts, and become friends via his Facebook, MySpace and Twitter pages.

KVISTGAARD, Denmark, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Bavarian Nordic published the company's Annual Report 2008. The report is available on the company's website: http://www.bavarian-nordid.com.

TOKYO, March 27 /PRNewswire/ --

BB Softservice Corp., a Tokyo-based planner and developer of application service in the SoftBank Group, announces that it will release English version of 'Brain Training Unotan' application software for iPhone(TM) 3G/iPod touch offered by 'SoftBank SELECTION,' in 18 countries in the world on March 27, 2009 at the AppStore.

'Brain Training Unotan' offers full-scale brain training for adults to enhance their memory, concentration and intuition by answering simple questions asked speedily in games of memorizing graphic forms/numbers or finding similitude.

BB Softservice will further strive to provide convenient and amusing application software that will be available on iPhone 3G and iPod touch from 'Softbank SELECTION.'