COPENHAGEN, Denmark, November 5 /PRNewswire/ --

- Collaborative forum designed to connect healthcare communities throughout region.

From the World of Health IT Conference and Exhibition in Copenhagen, Microsoft Corp and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) announced the availability of the Microsoft Health Users Group (Microsoft HUG) across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), providing healthcare organisations and partners with an online venue to facilitate the development of healthcare solutions and demonstrate how technology can help solve healthcare challenges.

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HYDERABAD, India, November 5 /PRNewswire/ -- If you are a small or medium-sized business (SMB), you have good news!! Livebiznet.com, a website where SMBs can network, improve business contacts and increase business visibility has been launched by Core Software, a Hyderabad-based product development company.

Livebiznet helps SMBs with marketing their products and services, with post-marketing material and it also integrates Live chat solution to the website to increase sales and reduce support costs.

Companies can also post their job requirements, company press releases and business opportunities to get quick response from thousands of professionals and other companies in the network.

BEACHWOOD, Ohio, November 4 /PRNewswire/ --

Aleris International, Inc. will issue its third quarter 2008 results before the market opens on Wednesday, November 12, 2008. That same day at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time Steven J. Demetriou, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Kevin L. Brown, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will host a conference call to discuss results.

The live conference call can be accessed by dialing +1-866-713-8563 or +1-617-597-5311 and referencing Passcode 10179086 at least 10 minutes prior to the presentation, which will begin promptly at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time.

SAN FRANCISCO and LAGUNA, Philippines, November 4 /PRNewswire/ --

Validus Technologies Corporation and Integrated Microelectronics, Inc. are pleased to announce a strategic manufacturing alliance serving the global powered card industry.

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Validus and IMI today announced that they have entered into a comprehensive manufacturing agreement to serve the powered card industry. The first powered card product version, of many to come, designed by Validus and manufactured by IMI is the VALIDcard(TM). The VALIDcard(TM) is the world's first powered card offering fully self-contained biometric authentication within a card form factor.

HSIN-CHU, Taiwan, November 4 /PRNewswire/ --

- Greener display driver ICs anticipated

TSMC (TSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) has enhanced its 0.13um process technology with immediate availability of a 1.5/6/32V technology, targeted at high resolution mobile handset display drivers.

The high-yield process features an Aluminum Copper (AlCu) backend metal scheme and is designed to meet energy reduction targets, while responding to the market's demand for smaller line width options, reducing die size in next-generation high-resolution display driver ICs.

LONDON, November 4 /PRNewswire/ --

- Pension Corporation Launches Pensions Tomorrow Initiative With London School of Economics and Political Science

Pension Corporation, a leading provider and underwriter of pension solutions, yesterday launched Pensions Tomorrow, a new initiative in association with the Department of Management at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

The Pensions Tomorrow initiative aims to bring together industry leaders, government, regulators and think-tanks to debate the growing issues of pensions and longevity in an independent forum. It will produce high-quality and timely commentary for a broad audience, and independent peer-reviewed research on the major issues facing pensions.