TOKYO, Japan, August 11 /PRNewswire/ -- HOYA Corporation today announced financial results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2008. Net sales were 130.1 billion yen for the quarter, representing an increase of 33.1% from 97.7 billion yen in the first quarter of 2007.

Operating income for the quarter was 21.8 billion yen, a 3.5% decrease compared with 22.6 billion yen in the first quarter of 2007. Net income for the first quarter was 21.1 billion yen, a 24.0% increase compared with 17.0 billion yen in the first quarter of 2007, primarily due to profits on sale of NH Techno Glass stocks, HOYA's equity method affiliate. Earnings per share for the quarter were 48.97 yen compared with 39.61 yen in the first quarter of 2007.

BERLIN, August 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- Exceptional Performance Makes it the Solution of Choice for Data Centres

Corning Cable Systems LLC, part of Corning Incorporated's (NYSE:GLW) Telecommunications segment, announces that its FutureCom(TM) 10TENe System exceeds international ISO/IEC 11801:2002 Amd1:2008 and American ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B.2-10-CAT6A system standards requirements.

NEW DELHI, August 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- Plans to Develop Eco-Friendly Projects in India

Falcon Realty Services Private Limited (FRSPL), a company actively involved in Land acquisition and Land consolidation in India for over two decades, has enlarged its business scope by entering Real Estate development in a big way.

FRSPL plans to bring the best in class Eco-Friendly Real Estate Projects, create strong infrastructure and support varied developments in and around Industrial hubs. FRSPL and its group companies specializes in conceptualizing , formulating designing and executing various real estate projects including Townships, Group Housings, Corporate Buildings, IT Parks, Bio Tech Parks, Knowledge Parks, Medi City, Sports City, Hotels and Cultural Parks.

SAN FRANCISCO, August 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- Packages deliver automated File Integrity Compliance and Point of Sale configuration auditing

LONDON, August 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- Leading Middle East Institution Extends Longstanding Misys Relationship With Market Leading Functionality for Shari'a Compliant Commercial Retail Operations

Arab Bank, the first private sector financial institution in the Arab World, with offices throughout the Middle East, has gone live with the Misys Equation Islamic solution at its offices in Qatar. The move gives the Amman-based bank unmatched Corporate Islamic banking capabilities, and greatly enhances the bank's offering to the fast-growing Islamic banking community in Qatar. The intention is now to roll out the solution across its operations in the GCC.

DUBLIN, August 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- First Commercial Imaging Lab to Offer Quantitative Coronary Angiographic Analysis With Integrated eCRF

ICON plc (NASDAQ: ICLR; ISIN:IE0005711209), a global provider of outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, today announced that its Medical Imaging division has become the first commercial imaging core laboratory to offer Quantitative Coronary Angiographic (QCA) analysis with an integrated electronic Case Report Form (eCRF).

The victory stance of a gold medalist and the slumped shoulders of a non-finalist are innate and biological rather than learned responses to success and failure, according to a University of British Columbia study using cross-cultural data gathered at the 2004 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

In the first study of its kind, UBC psychology researcher Jessica Tracy investigated how pride and shame are expressed across cultures, and among the congenitally blind. She compared the non-verbal expressions and body language of sighted, blind, and congenitally blind judo competitors representing more than 30 countries, among them Algeria, Taiwan, North Korea, the Ukraine and the United States.

Amphibians, reigning survivors of past mass extinctions, are sending a clear, unequivocal signal that something is wrong, as their extinction rates rise to unprecedented levels, according to a paper published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Humans are exacerbating two key natural threats – climate change and a deadly disease that is jumping from one species to another.

The authors confront the question of whether Earth is experiencing its sixth mass extinction and suggest that amphibians, as a case study for terrestrial life, provide a clear answer. "A general message from amphibians is that we may have little time to stave off a potential mass extinction," write co-authors Vance T. Vredenburg, assistant professor of biology at San Francisco State University, and David B. Wake, curator of herpetology in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at University of California, Berkeley, in the August 12 issue of PNAS.

PRAGUE, August 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- Milestone Release Gives a Glimpse of Things to Come in IntelliJ IDEA 8.0, Makes Available Major New Features

JetBrains(R), creators of intelligent, productivity-enhancing tools for software developers, have announced the availability of IntelliJ(R) IDEA 8 Milestone Release 1, the official preview of the award-winning Java IDE, IntelliJ IDEA 8, due to release by the end of the Fall 2008.

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LONDON, August 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- Men are the new Women

When it comes to being unhappy with body shape - it seems men are the new women.

According to the results of the annual Men's Fitness Magazine Body Survey, 70% of men - an all-time high - are now unhappy with their bodies. This figure exactly matches the 70% of women who feel unsatisfied with their figure.

Another surprising stat reveals that one in three British men feel self-conscious about being naked in from of their girlfriends - which means turning the lights out for sex is no longer a female preserve.