LONDON, March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- ICIS, the commodity market information business of Reed Business Information UK Ltd, has today announced its acquisition of Heren Energy Ltd.

Heren Energy is Europe's leading gas, power and carbon market information provider and this acquisition provides ICIS with the opportunity for greater geographic coverage of international energy markets and additional sales points for Heren products through the global network of ICIS offices. The acquisition also provides the opportunity to broaden the spread of markets currently covered by Heren, as well as providing support for entry into new vertical energy markets.

My observations:

1. The first task I used to measure my mental function at frequent intervals (e.g., every 30 minutes) resembled an typical cognitive psych task. It wasn’t fun and I had to push myself to do it.

2. I made another test to do the same thing based on the lessons I drew from bilboquet. It consisted of tracking circles around the screen. It was mildly fun.

CHICAGO, March 4 /PRNewswire/ --

- Improved functionality for list trading, options and forex and new market data display top the list

Townsend Analytics (http://www.townsendanalytics.com), a leading provider of global multi-broker, cross-asset electronic trading solutions, will demonstrate the latest round of enhancements to its RealTick Execution Management System (EMS) at TradeTech USA, March 3-5, at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City.

SAN JOSE and MILPITAS, California, March 4 /PRNewswire/ --

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) and Phoenix Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: PTEC), announced today the integration of Atmel's FingerChip(R) biometric security solutions in Phoenix's FailSafe(TM) and SecureCore Pre-boot Authentication (PBA) products.

REHOVOT, Israel, March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- D-Pharm announced today that it has held its Pre-IND (Investigational New Drug) meeting with the FDA to discuss the forthcoming IND submission for DP-b99, a novel drug to aid recovery following acute stroke. The Pre-IND meeting focused on the proposed plans for the Phase III clinical program and the discussion included clinical trials to date, preclinical pharmacology, toxicology data and the FDA requirements and suggestions for the IND submission. DP-b99 is a unique drug protecting brain cells in stroke patients, discovered and developed by D-Pharm.

LONDON, March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Brendon Grunewald has joined Element Six as head of E6 Ventures to set up and run the group's new venture business to identify and invest in new business opportunities. As part of the group's ambitious growth programme, Element Six has made significant funds available to support strategic investment in innovative businesses using synthetic diamond as an important enabling technology. The aim is to provide investments that range from seed funds for research and start-ups, through to spin-outs, spins-offs and joint ventures with the aim of bringing a strong return on investment.

HAMBURG, Germany, March 4 /PRNewswire/ --

- The Most Up-To-Date map Service Currently on the Market. With "NAVIGON FreshMaps", for the First Time From April 2008 Onwards, the Company Will be Offering map Updates for Navigation Devices Every Three Months, for 24 Months

The exchange of genetic material between two closely related strains of the influenza A virus may have caused the 1947 and 1951 human flu epidemics, according to biologists.

The findings could help explain why some strains cause major pandemics and others lead to seasonal epidemics. Until now, it was believed that while reassortment – when human influenza viruses swap genes with influenza viruses that infect birds – causes severe pandemics, such as the ‘Spanish’ flu of 1918, the ‘Asian’ flu of 1957, and the ‘Hong Kong’ flu of 1968, while viral mutation leads to regular influenza epidemics.

But it has been a mystery why there are sometimes very severe epidemics – like the ones in 1947 and 1951 – that look and act like pandemics, even though no human-bird viral reassortment event occurred.

HANNOVER, Germany and GENEVA, March 4 /PRNewswire/ --

- Continental also unveils Microsoft-based infotainment prototype at CeBIT expo.

GENEVA, March 4 /PRNewswire/ --

Pininfarina unveiled its innovative concept car, the Sintesi, featuring Nuvera's Quadrivium(TM) drive, at the Geneva Motor Show today in Geneva, Switzerland.

The Sintesi is powered by Nuvera's Quadrivium drive, which incorporates world-leading hydrogen generation technology with state-of-the-art fuel cells in four distributed wheel power modules. This diversion from traditional drive trains gave Pininfarina the freedom to design the car with the passenger in mind rather than the engine, resulting in a highly stylized car of the future.