SALT LAKE CITY, December 20 /PRNewswire/ --

Equis International, a wholly owned subsidiary of Reuters (LSE: RTR), announced an exclusive partnership with WIN Investing -- winner of the 2006-2007 Investment Training Solutions Provider of the Year award given by Britain Business Magazine.

Beginning in early 2008, WIN Investing will begin training students using MetaStock software in their stock market training courses. MetaStock employs technical analysis to help traders chart and analyze a variety of instruments and make more informed trading decisions.

DUBLIN, Ireland, December 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- PopCap.com Helps Reduce Holiday Stress

As if offering up family-friendly, stress-busting games wasn't enough, PopCap Games are going further to help beat Christmas stress by giving customers 50% off all games at http://www.popcap.com until January 3rd 2008. (i)

PopCap joined forces with the Stress Management Society (UK) in 2007 to prove their games' stress relieving properties. Neil Shah, Director, The Stress Management Society (http://www.stress.org.uk) says: "A study conducted by The Stress Management Society showed that playing puzzle games like a PopCap Game for as little as 5 minutes a day has stress relieving benefits."

By working in synergy with a ground-based telescope array, the joint Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)/NASA Suzaku X-ray observatory is shedding new light on some of the most energetic objects in our galaxy, but objects that remain shrouded in mystery.

These cosmic powerhouses pour out vast amounts of energy, and they accelerate particles to almost the speed of light. But very little is known about these sources because they were discovered only recently. "Understanding these objects is one of the most intriguing problems in astrophysics," says Takayasu Anada of the Institute for Space and Astronautical Science in Kanagawa, Japan.

Scientists have found an explanation for runners who struggle to increase their pace, cyclists who can’t pedal any faster and swimmers who can’t speed up their strokes. Researchers from the University of Exeter and Kansas State University have discovered the dramatic changes that occur in our muscles when we push ourselves during exercise.

We all have a sustainable level of exercise intensity, known as the ‘critical power’. This level can increase as we get fitter, but will always involve us working at around 75-80% of our maximal capacity.

Published in the American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, this research shows why, when we go beyond this level, we have to slow down or stop altogether.

Scientists since Darwin have known that whales are mammals whose ancestors walked on land. In the past 15 years, researchers led by Hans Thewissen of the Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy (NEOUCOM) have identified a series of intermediate fossils documenting whale's dramatic evolutionary transition from land to sea.

But one step was missing: The identity of the land ancestors of whales.

The African Mousedeer (also called Chevrotain), for example, is known to jump in water when in danger and move around at the bottom, but it is not closely related to whales.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, December 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Summary: Genmab's Partner, Roche has Initiated a Phase II study of R1507 for the Treatment of Sarcoma

Genmab A/S (OMX: GEN) announced today that its partner, Roche has initiated a Phase II clinical study of R1507 for the treatment of recurrent or refractory sarcoma. The R1507 antibody was created by Genmab under the company's agreement with Roche and initiation of the trial will trigger a milestone payment to Genmab of USD 500,000.

"R1507 will be the first antibody created by Genmab under our agreement with Roche to enter Phase II development," said Lisa N. Drakeman, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Genmab. "We believe that R1507 may offer an additional treatment option to sarcoma patients."

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland, December 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Company also Establishes New Site Leadership Team at Cambridge Facility

Continuing the solidification of its role as the global biologics unit for AstraZeneca plc (AZ), MedImmune today announced that Andrew D. Skibo has joined the company as senior vice president, engineering and JoAnn Suzich, Ph.D., a 19-year veteran of the company, has been promoted to vice president, research and development, infectious disease. In addition, MedImmune announced that it has established a new site leadership team at its Cambridge facilities as a part of the plan to integrate the former Cambridge Antibody Technology (CAT) organization into AZ's new global biologics unit, functioning under the name MedImmune.

SAN MATEO, California, December 20 /PRNewswire/ --

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- NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson Rings Opening Bell at New York Stock Exchange

NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N), today announced the initial public offering of 6,200,000 shares of its common stock at a price of US$26.00 per share. Its CEO Zach Nelson rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange.

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Global warming and other human-caused ecological changes are outpacing the ability of species to adapt, resulting in greater threats of disease, reduced diversity in plant and animal communities, and an overall loss of natural heritage, according to research presented in the Jan. 3, 2008, edition of Molecular Ecology.

The Special Issue includes 38 peer-reviewed articles and is dedicated to research presented at the conference – “Evolutionary Change in Human-altered Environments” – sponsored by the UCLA Institute of the Environment.

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, December 20 /PRNewswire/ --