TOKYO, January 16 /PRNewswire/ --

DM Holdings Inc. today announced the appointments of Eric C. Evans as Chairman of the Board and Victor J. Pacor as Chief Executive Officer of the company. Both appointments are effective immediately.

The Board has made an excellent move in electing Vic Pacor to be the new CEO, said Evans who continues with the Company as an executive Chairman. Vic is a talented executive who knows DM's competitive strengths intimately. His deep understanding of the industry gives him an unmatched perspective on the road ahead. The Company has benefited and will continue to benefit from his judgment and experience.

BOSTON, January 16 /PRNewswire/ --

SiEnergy Systems, LLC has developed a breakthrough solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) by placing a micro fuel cell directly on a silicon chip, an advance that will revolutionize the way people use power. These Silicon Energy fuel cells address the problems that limit standard SOFCs: Leveraging the power of silicon, they operate at lower temperatures and use normal industrial materials. This key breakthrough brings real-world applications within reach. SiEnergy's radical new approach promises to deliver SOFCs with small carbon footprints and unprecedented efficiency.

NEW YORK, January 16 /PRNewswire/ --

- 2008 Total U.S. equities trading volume up 28 percent

- Average execution size up 8 percent

Liquidnet, the global institutional marketplace, today announced monthly and yearly trading statistics for U.S. and international equities.

LEEDS, England, January 16 /PRNewswire/ --

- Nobody Buys Anything at Full Price any More, Says Ed Hall, Director of Voucher Code Website, http://www.voucherseeker.co.uk

Bargain hunters looking to take advantage of the January sales can now find all of the best discounts online at new voucher code website, VoucherSeeker - http://tinyurl.com/7syzku

What's more, the discounts don't stop at the end of January. Shoppers can use VoucherSeeker all year round in order to find great money saving voucher codes that will help them beat the credit crunch.

LONDON, January 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Following today's formal announcement by the Department of Health of the Health Bill and specifically the extension of personal budgets to healthcare for people with long term conditions, please find below a statement from the MS Society.

Simon Gillespie, Chief Executive of the MS Society, said extending direct payments into health was a welcome step.

He added: MS is a fluctuating and complex condition and people's needs can change from week to week, which is why it's so important to give people with MS as much choice and control as possible in how they access the healthcare they need.

Climate prediction is difficult stuff.   As you know, it's impossible to predict the weather 10 days from now much less six months and aside from "it will get a lot worse" no one can say with any degree of certainty what Earth's climate could look like in the future given changing kinds of pollution conditions and nature itself.

LONDON, January 16 /PRNewswire/ --

Thomson Reuters today announced it has expanded its machine-readable news offering to include unique real-time analysis on key news events, which has the capacity to help predict market volatility and returns. NewsScope Event Indices (NEI) has been developed in conjunction with AlphaSimplex Group and will enable clients to more easily incorporate news into their trading and risk management strategies.

HYDERABAD, India, January 16 /PRNewswire/ -- To increase access to healthcare services and improve health outcomes for rural populations, IKP Centre for Technologies in Public Health (ICTPH) has partnered with the University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing, USA to pilot the functionality and viability of nurse-managed Rural Micro Health Centres (RMHC) in Tamil Nadu, India.

Through the first stage of the partnership, which was signed in January and remains in effect until the end of the year, Penn Nursing faculty will collaborate with the ICTPH team to develop Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) education in India, enhance census survey data analysis, and work on other areas of research. The full impact of the partnership is expected to last years.

PARIS, January 16 /PRNewswire/ -- In order to achieve enhanced reactivity and increased financial flexibility, Maurel Prom will soon invite its shareholders to attend an ordinary and extraordinary general meeting. They will be called to vote on the renewal of existing authorisations and to grant new financial delegations to the Board of Directors.

These delegations of competence and financial authorizations will allow the board of directors to seize market opportunities in terms of investment and refinancing which could appear from this beginning of year, without having to wait for the annual general meeting planned for June.

Further information: http://www.maureletprom.com