ARNHEM, The Netherlands, March 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- Favorable Market for Energy Consulting, Testing and Certification Activities

KEMA has realized continued growth in sales and results over 2008. Global developments in energy, like the transition to sustainable energy and a stronger international position, pushed net sales by 13.3% to EUR 226.7 million (2007: EUR 200.1 million). Autonomous sales growth increased to 15.2%, while net profit rose by 48.1% to EUR 16.6 million (2007: EUR 11.2 million) as a result of higher sales and continued improvement of operating processes. As in 2007, all business units contributed to this growth, which occurred in both the Dutch and the international offices.

Major developments in 2008

CALGARY, Canada, March 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- Deepwater Exploration Campaign Expected to Commence in the Fourth Quarter of 2009

Addax Petroleum Corporation (Addax Petroleum or the Corporation) (TSX:AXC and LSE:AXC), today announces that it has signed an agreement with a subsidiary of Transocean (Transocean) for the provision and operation of the Deepwater Pathfinder drillship to commence its deepwater exploration drilling campaign. Addax Petroleum expects to receive delivery of the Deepwater Pathfinder at the end of the third quarter 2009 and intends, subject to Joint Development Authority approval, to commence the drilling of the Kina prospect in Block 4 of the Joint Development Zone shortly thereafter.

CLEVELAND and ZURICH, Switzerland, March 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- Simbionix and VirtaMed Have Joined Forces to Provide OB/GYN Surgeons the Most Advanced Training System for Endoscopic Surgery

- The New VirtaMed HystSim(TM) Simulator Adds Hysteroscopy to Simbionix' Impressive Line of Medical Simulation and eLearning Products

Simbionix, the world's leading developer of medical simulation systems, and VirtaMed, a Swiss medical engineering company, announced today a global collaboration agreement. Simbionix will exclusively distribute, market, and provide service for the VirtaMed HystSim, an advanced virtual reality hysteroscopy simulator.

LONDON, March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- ThirdForce PLC, a provider of technology-enabled learning solutions and services has announced today that after a highly successful pilot project they have won the contract to become the exclusive supplier of Skills for Life provision to Whitbread PLC, the UK's largest hotel and restaurant group. Whitbread brands include: Premier Inn, Beefeater, Table Table, Brewers Fayre, Taybarns and Costa Coffee.

The successful contract win follows on from the astonishing results that were achieved in the pilot scheme at 16 sites. The pilot delivered unprecedented numbers of learners completing literacy and numeracy diagnostics and significant numbers completing the final National Skills for Life exam in a short period of time.

The immune response can protect us from basically any invader but it can also create disease - like it happens in autoimmunity where it attacks the own body - so to understand its regulation is an important tool to assure its proper functioning. In a Nature Immunology article, scientists in Portugal study one of the least understood white blood cells subsets – the gamma delta T cells – and reveal that it is composed by two distinct functional groups that can be identified according to the expression of a molecule called CD27, which is also determinant deciding which subset dominates the immune response.

TEL AVIV, Israel, March 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- The Value of the First Phase of the Project is More Than 150 Million Dollars

- Ofer Bloch, President CEO: This agreement, implemented during a global financial crisis, indicates that there is still an incentive to invest in mega agricultural projects using advanced technology

LONDON, March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Misys plc (LSE: MSY), the global application software and services company, today announces it has successfully helped four banks complete Euro conversion projects in Slovakia.

Tatra Banka, Dexia, Istrobanka and Volksbank all have converted their core banking business to be able to adopt the Euro at the start of January 2009, supported by the dedicated team of professional services experts from Misys.

Slovakia is the sixteenth country to join the single currency since its launch in 1999. Its entry into the Eurozone means that 328 million out of the EU's 499m population use the Euro as their currency.

PLANO, Texas, March 11 /PRNewswire/ --

ViewCast Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: VCST), a developer of industry-leading hardware and software for the transformation and delivery of professional-quality video over IP and mobile networks, today announced that Andover, Hampshire-based New Media AV, a distributor focused exclusively on audio-visual technology and solutions, will serve as a distributor of the ViewCast Osprey(R) video capture card line to the company's 300 resellers across the U.K. and Ireland. As a local source for ViewCast's award-winning capture card, New Media AV will provide next-day delivery of products, 24-hour online ordering, expert AV solutions, and reseller support after the purchase.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, March 11 /PRNewswire/ --

The demand for electricity in Africa is growing rapidly. At the same time, political and social stability is increasingly making the continent an attractive investment destination.

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New analysis from Frost Sullivan (http://www.energy.frost.com), 360 Degree Perspective of the African Power Energy Industry, finds that there will be healthy growth in electricity demand of between 4 and 6 per cent between 2008 and 2020.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, March 11 /PRNewswire/ --

The medical insurance industry in key Sub-Saharan African countries such as Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Zambia, and Malawi is currently in an introductory-to-medium growth stage. There is, however, an increasing level of awareness of the benefits of medical insurance cover among members of the public.

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