MUNICH, Germany, January 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Europe's leading digital innovation conference, DLD (Digital Life Design), is taking place from 25 to 27 January 2009 in Munich for the fifth year. Around 800 selected entrepreneurs, thinkers and creative leaders from a variety of sectors will gather at this synergy exchange at the invitation of Hubert Burda Media. All panels at the English speaking conference will also be broadcast on the DLD video portal (http://www.dld-conference.com).

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, January 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- High-Quality USB 2.0 nanoPHY IP Delivers Exceptionally High Yield, Small Area, and Low Power Consumption for Advanced WiMAX Mobile Station

NOTTINGHAM, England, January 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- National Study Finds That 6 in 10 (and Two-Thirds of Men) Have Spent Nothing on Eye Health in the Last Year

- Vision Express to Offer a Comprehensive Programme of National Eye Health Initiatives in 2009, Including:

- Partnership With UCL Institute of Ophthalmology to Improve Effectiveness of Front Line Identification of Eye-Related Conditions - Major Education Programme Targeted at Schools to Promote Better Eye Care and More Regular Testing - Completion of GBPMulti-Million Investment in New High-Tech Digital Retinal Scanning Equipment Throughout 300-Strong Vision Express Network

- Proper Eye Care is Essential for the High Definition Age Says Vision Express Ceo

LONDON, January 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Unite, the UK's biggest union, has today repeated its call to the Government to be bold and give the go-ahead for the third runway, stating that expansion in the best interest of the UK and its transport system.

Unite members who work in airports across the UK will today take the case for the modernisation of Heathrow to Parliament. The union is becoming increasingly concerned that further delay on Heathrow's third runway sends a signal to EU competitors that the UK is not committed to improving its transport infrastructure.

SINGAPORE and HAMBURG, Germany, January 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Singapore-based International Refinery Services Pte Ltd (IRS) is the latest addition to Germanischer Lloyd (GL). With the acquisition of the asset management expert company, the GL Group expands its service portfolio for the petroleum, oil and gas industry yet again.

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LONDON, January 14 /PRNewswire/ --

The vaccines market, which was earlier associated with low profit margins and slow growth rates, has gained momentum in recent years through innovation. The introduction of novel vaccines for diseases with high burden and continuous investments aimed at boosting production capacity is driving the growth of this previously unattractive market.

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New analysis from Frost Sullivan (http://www.pharma.frost.com), European Vaccines Market, finds that the market earned revenues of $4.50 billion in 2007 and estimates this to reach $9.85 billion in 2014.

Pain clinics and physiotherapists have been using large, complex pieces of equipment with cables to relieve back or joint pain but a company says they have developed a breakthrough in anti-pain treatments. They claim people suffering from headaches will soon be able to use this technique to treat them at home rather than depend on drugs with numerous side-effects.

The technique is called CEFALY(R) and was demonstrated for the first time at the international medical fair MEDICA in Düsseldorf last November. A polish company (Medic-Mar http://www.medicmar.com.pl) has made Poland the first country where Cefaly is available for patients suffering from headaches.

They say their technological breakthrough is two-fold, involving miniaturization and perfect precision.

The pharmaceutical industry is currently facing some key challenges, like an increase in drug development costs, a decrease in the number of drugs being approved and scrutiny from regulatory authorities. Patients themselves are also demanding more effective and safer drugs.

Pharmacogenomics says they can help to guide drug development and therapy by correlating gene expression with a drug's efficacy.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, January 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Mr. Abdul Rahman Al Saleh, the senior Executive Director of Corporate Affairs at Dubai Customs has revealed that he foiled a number of attempts last year to smuggle banned rare animals into the country.

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This was announced at the press conference held on Wednesday 14th January 2009 at Dubai Customs main building. Mr. Yousif Al Sahlawi, Executive Director of Customs Policies and Legislations and Mr. Mohammed Al Marri, Executive Director of Customs Cargo Operations took part, in the presence of a number of media representatives and Arab and International news agencies' correspondents.

EAST GREENBUSH, New York, January 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- Leading Professional Services Software in US now available for Small and Start-up IT Resellers in the United Kingdom

Following a successful test market of its software in the United Kingdom during the Summer and Fall months of 2008, Autotask Corporation today announced that its popular and affordable IT services management tool, Autotask Go!(R), is now broadly available to IT resellers doing business in the United Kingdom through a self-service, e-commerce web site.