MUMBAI, India, March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Egged on by factors such as strong consumer demand for enhanced safety features, the need for compliance with emission regulations, and original equipment manufacturers' (OEMs) commitment to introduce novel products, the automotive electronic control units (ECUs) market in India is witnessing steady growth. Comfort and convenience top the agenda for customers, triggering growth especially in the body control and steering systems segment. Emission norms and safety regulations will further drive the uptake of ECUs.

SKIEN, Norway, March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Ibsen Scholarships were initiated in 2007 by the Norwegian government.

In total, scholarship funds amount to 1,000,000 NOK (approx. 125.000 Euro/150.000 US Dollars) in 2009, and will be awarded to Ibsen-related projects worldwide.

The scholarships are meant to act as incentives for critical discourse in regards to existential and society-related subject matters concerning Henrik Ibsen.

Scholarships are applicable to individuals, organizations or institutions within the artistic and cultural communities.

We wish for as many relevant applications as possible, from projects throughout the world. The applications will be subject to scrutiny by a review panel consisting of three people.

TAIPEI, Taiwan, March 18 /PRNewswire/ --

esobi Inc., an innovative Internet information navigator, announced a new partnership with Acer Inc. that will preload eSobi News Center on Acer Aspire One netbooks starting in 2009. This worldwide cooperation will allow users to always stay up-to-date with the latest news online that can be easily organized in a handy personal folder to carry on the go.

LONDON, March 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- http://www.SurvivingTheCreditCrunch.org.uk Launches New Stress-Busting Page

We have all heard how confidence has been lost in the financial markets as a result of recent events in the global banking sector, but how is that affecting the confidence of the individuals who are having to live with the consequences? As the recession deepens we are finding many people are suffering from stress and loss of self-confidence.

Common themes and feelings include: - A sense of failure - Loss of control - Feelings of insecurity and foreboding - Defensive behaviour - Anxiety and stress levels increased - Loss of sleep - Weight gain (comfort eating) men and women - Increased alcohol consumption

DALLAS, March 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- Global transactional content management platform delivers greater value to users

BancTec, a global provider of advanced, high-volume document and payment processing services and solutions, has released version 2.0 of CenterVision, its global platform for processing and managing multiple streams of in-bound information. The new release of CenterVision improves the platform's ability to provide end-to-end mail processing and control, with stronger Service Level Agreement (SLA) management, enhanced document tracking and resource utilization capabilities. Optimal customer access to information, expanded reporting and overall usability enhancements are also provided.

LONDON, March 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- Pan-European Trading Platform Partners With AboveNet for Fast, Secure Connectivity in the UK

AboveNet Communications UK Ltd., a leading provider of fibre optic connectivity solutions for business and carriers, has completed a private managed Ethernet network for BATS Europe, the highly efficient, low latency multilateral trading facility based in London.

LONDON, March 18 /PRNewswire/ --

Martin Oxley, Managing Director Europe of BuzzBack Market Research, will participate in an Ideas Rush panel at Research 2009: The Annual Conference, March 24 and 25 at the Riverbank Park Plaza in London.

Oxley will be joining a panel of research experts for an Ideas Rush, a session focused on Big Ideas in a short-time format. The Ideas Rush is a series of high-energy sessions where each speaker presents one original idea, in five minutes, with the aid of only one slide. Oxley will speak on the subject Do You Think in Black and White? He will expand on why so much current research does not engage with people in an emotive and relevant way.

Half-biological and half-synthetic, an army of thousands of wrecking balls are contained within Dr. Metin Sitti's Carnegie Mellon laboratory.  Once incited, they keep moving to the death.  They run on sugar.  And they can all be taken down by penicillin. 

Sitti’s army is a cadre of Serratia marcensens bacteria-coated polystyrene microbeads, propelled by the bacteria’s innate restlessness.  To Sitti, recruiting bacteria to form the propulsion side of a microprojectile is more than a fun day in the lab.  These tiny living robots are the foundation for the future of biointegrated micromachines.

Professor Lynn Margulis is the biologist who had the incredible insight that the cells of modern organisms were originally formed by the symbiotic combination of prokaryotic cells and colonies of bacteria, and then had to battle for years to have this recognised by the science community.

The idea is so outlandish, but so significant, that it puts her right up there as one of the greats of biology.

LONDON, March 18 /PRNewswire/ --

Uncertainty around today's economy has left some workers feeling uneasy about their jobs. Career experts from CareerBuilder are offering tips to help workers make themselves indispensable at the office and to help them find a job if they have experienced a layoff.

The important thing is to be prepared and stay productive within your organization, said Tony Roy, Managing Director of CareerBuilder.co.uk. If you've experienced a layoff, don't get discouraged. It may take longer to find a job, but there are still organizations out there hiring.