YONKERS, New York, January 28 /PRNewswire/ --

Starting today, professionals who need to know who and what will move markets can identify expert opinion holders and track their views over time. Through Jodange's breakthrough sentiment analysis technology, custom filters allow users to understand the impact opinion holders have on products, markets and companies.

Jodange will launch its first product - Top of Mind - at the Demo '08 conference in Palm Desert, CA on January 28th.

LONDON, January 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Dean Flanders, CIO of the Novartis Research Foundation, Graham Watson, CTO at Cancer Research Technology and Martin Blueggel, COO at Protagen are among the thirty plus industry leaders presenting at the Smart Lab Exchange this February.

They join representatives from organisations such as The Hershey Company, Dow Chemical, Pfizer, L'Oreal, Cargill and Johnson & Johnson will gather to share best practice in senior level data strategy in a non-competitive cross industry forum.

TOKYO, Japan, January 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Hoya Corporation today announced its consolidated results for the Third Quarter and Nine Months ended December 31, 2007.

Third Quarter 2007 Highlights

- Net sales increased 48.6% to 147.0 billion yen compared to 98.9 billion yen for the third quarter of 2006.

- Operating income increased 1.1% to 27.5 billion yen compared to 27.2 billion yen for the third quarter of 2006.

- Ordinary income increased 12.0% to 28.1 billion yen compared to 25.1 billion yen for the third quarter of 2006.

- Net income increased 13.2 % to 22.6 billion yen compared to 19.9 billion yen for the third quarter of 2006.

- Net sales and ordinary income posted historical records on quarterly basis.

Nine Months 2007 Highlights

PALM DESERT, California and LONDON, January 28 /PRNewswire/ --

- Huddle.net Extends Power of Social Networks for Work and Play with Embedded Web Office Tools and Desktop Document Access

ABBOTT PARK, Illinois, January 28 /PRNewswire/ --

- Lopinavir/ritonavir tablet is the first and only co-formulated protease inhibitor tablet approved for use in children with HIV

Abbott (NYSE: ABT) announced today that the European Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), the scientific committee of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA), has issued a positive opinion recommending approval of a new, lower-strength tablet formulation of the company's leading HIV protease inhibitor, Kaletra(R) (lopinavir/ritonavir). In addition, the CHMP has adopted a positive opinion, in coordination with the World Health Organization (WHO), for Aluvia(R) (lopinavir/ritonavir), the tradename of the same lower-strength tablet formulation in developing countries.

SURREY, England, January 28 /PRNewswire/ --

- GlobalEyes Offers Unparalleled Capabilities for Tracking, Management and Control of Assets, People and Vehicles

Wavetrend Technologies Ltd., a world leader in the deployment of active RFID application solutions, announced today that it is expanding its portfolio of innovative products with the release of GlobalEyes, a revolutionary global tracking solution, incorporating multiple communications and tracking technologies with a software management suite. GlobalEyes is set to revolutionize the way in which assets, people and vehicles are monitored and tracked across the globe. Wavetrend is currently working on several pilot projects within the container logistics and vehicle tracking sectors.

JERUSALEM, Israel, January 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Minicom Advanced Systems Ltd., (http://www.minicom.com) a leading manufacturer of KVM solutions for remote server management (http://www.minicom.com/kvm-remote-support.htm), will be showcasing its unique business model at the IT Partners show in Paris, February 5-6. The show, one of Europe's leading events in IT Distribution is a great opportunity for resellers interested in partnering with Minicom to make it happen.

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona and BRIGHTON, England, January 28 /PRNewswire/ --

- Move Reflects iCrossing's Global Digital Marketing Offering

- Arjo Ghosh Named CEO of iCrossing U.K.

iCrossing (http://www.icrossing.com/), a global digital marketing company, today announced that it has fully integrated Spannerworks, a leading U.K. search and social media agency, into the iCrossing brand.

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DÜSSELDORF, Germany, January 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Gerresheimer AG has quickly completed the takeover of the Spanish PET specialist EDP. The Düsseldorf manufacturer of glass and plastic products for the pharmaceutics and life-science industry announced the purchase, through which it continues its global expansion, on 21 December 2007. EDP with production plants in Spain (Zaragoza and Valencia) and Argentina (Buenos Aires) specialises in pharma containers based on PET, and currently achieves annual sales of around EUR32 million.

LONDON, January 28 /PRNewswire/ -- On Valentine's Day 1852 Great Ormond Street Hospital opened its doors for the first time. In honour of the hospital's birthday Clinique and Harrods have joined forces to raise funds for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity, the KISS IT BETTER appeal.

On Valentine's Day Clinique at Harrods will be DONATING ALL TAKINGS to the KISS IT BETTER appeal- raising money to fund research into the causes and treatment of childhood cancer.

As well as this fantastic donation to the appeal, Clinique at Harrods will also be selling the LIMITED EDITION KISS IT BETTER PIN for a suggested donation of GBP1.