REDMOND, Washington, July 13 --

- Industry technology leaders help banks evolve to a standard information
technology infrastructure for greater organizational flexibility,
interoperability, cost control and risk mitigation in today’s turbulent
marketplace.

Microsoft Corp. today announced that the Banking Industry Architecture Network
(BIAN) alliance has published the first major banking industry information
technology (IT) services standards to its members and the banking community at
large.

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VANCOUVER, Canada, July 13 -- Sirius Genomics, a developer of pharmacogenomic
diagnostics, announced today that it has signed a collaborative agreement with
the Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris (AP-HP) to study genomic correlations
in severe sepsis patients. The agreement focuses on the continued development of
Sirius’ pharmacogenomic diagnostic intended to assess responsiveness to
recombinant human activated Protein C (sold by Eli Lilly and Company under the
trademark Xigris (R)) in patients with severe sepsis at high risk of death.

CHENNAI, India, July 16 -- Polaris Software Lab Limited (POLS.BO), a leading
Financial Technology company, today announced the first quarter results for FY
2009-10.

For the quarter ended 30 June 2009, Profit after tax grew by 18% to Rs. 31.84
crore from Rs. 27.01 crore compared to the same quarter last year. Income grew
by 3% to Rs. 325.53 crore from Rs. 316.98 crore. Operating profit margins
(EBITDA) grew by 42% to Rs. 55.23 crore from Rs. 38.82 crore.

BEDFORD, Massachusetts, July 14 --

LONDON, July 14 -- Pfizer welcomes today’s launch of the Life Sciences
Blueprint by the Office for Life Sciences, and believes that the proposals, if
implemented in full measure, will materially improve the UK environment for the
life sciences sector, support the NHS in its drive for innovation, and deliver a
higher standard of care for UK patients.

Pfizer is also encouraged by the productive nature of the conversations with
Government and in the way in which all parts of the sector - pharmaceutical,
medical biotech and medical devices - have come together to work towards shared
goals.

SentForever are letting people transmit free messages into deep space through their Web site to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.

So you can send a message to extraterrestrials at the speed of light, some 670 million miles per hour.   Mapping its progress is cooler than anything you will write in the message.

After 8 minutes the messages pass by the sun and 5 1/2 hours later pass Pluto. In 14 hours the messages overtake the Voyager 1 probe, the most distant man-made object from Earth, launched by NASA in September 1977.

NEW YORK, July 14 --

- New TNS Healthcare Study Reveals Both Differences and Similarities in Health
Views across Europe

More than 90% of consumers across the five major European markets -- the UK,
France, Italy, Germany and Spain -- share an interest in health, according to a
new study by TNS Healthcare, a Kantar Health Company. European woman are
significantly more concerned with health than men, with 95% of females
expressing interest in health issues vs. 89% of males. Age also makes a
difference, with 55% of those older than 55 expressing an interest in health vs.
just 44% of those between 18 and 24.

LOS ALTOS, California, July 13 --

- IronKey AES-256 USB Drives Pass Stringent Testing to Meet Physical Security
Standards for Government Certification

IronKey, maker of the world’s most secure flash drive, today announced
that its new IronKey S200 productsare the first portable USB storage devices to
gain full approval from the National Institute of Standards and Technology
(NIST) for Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2, Security Level
3 validation.

PARIS, July 16 --

Following the successful launch of Para’Kito(TM), a natural, extremely
long lasting and stylish mosquito repellent wristband in France last year,
Evergreen Land Ltd. today announced the launch of a new online store (
http://boutique.parakito.com/ ), making Para’Kito(TM) available worldwide
for the first time. In 2008, Para’Kito(TM) was recognized by IPSOS, an
independent French consumer research company, as the country’s preferred
natural mosquito repellent.

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LONDON, July 14 --

Perenco Ecuador Limited (Perenco Ecuador) and its consortium partner,
Burlington Resources Oriente Ltd. (Burlington), today announced that suspension
of their participation contracts with Ecuador is imminent unless the Government
of Ecuador complies with orders of two international arbitration tribunals that
prohibit the Government from seizing oil produced by the consortium.