TORONTO, August 28 /PRNewswire/ --

- Company Sought Solution to Facilitate Flexible, Changing Incentive Compensation Plans

Varicent Software, an innovator and provider of sales performance management (SPM) solutions, today announced its solution, Varicent SPM, has been selected by medical devices company Smith & Nephew (LSE: SN; NYSE: SNN), to manage, model, analyze and report on incentive compensation plans and sales performance. Varicent SPM was selected after a comprehensive competitive evaluation.

LONDON, August 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Vagisil(R) are delighted to invite you to The WoW Show - a one-day event, run by Wellbeing of Women, focusing on women's gynaecological health issues at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

Bringing together the college's well-respected consultants and leading doctors in the field of gynaecology, The WoW Show gives you the chance to meet the experts and ask the questions you've always wanted to know the answers to.

When: Saturday 20th September 2008, 10.00 am to 4.00 pm Where: The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 27 Sussex Place, London, NW1 4SP.

NUREMBERG, Germany, August 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The GfK Group recorded a successful second quarter in 2008. The Group achieved excellent sales growth in organic terms of 11.4%. Adjusted operating income rose by 13.4% to EUR 43.8 million compared with the second quarter of 2007. With a figure of 13.6%, the margin, which represents the ratio of adjusted operating income to sales, was above the same quarter in the prior year when it stood at 13.2%.

CHARENTON-LE-PONT, France, August 28 /PRNewswire/ --

- A Solid First-Half Performance

- Net Profit Up 16.8% at Constant Exchange Rates

- Essilor Launches a Share Buyback Program

The Board of Directors of Essilor International, the world leader in ophthalmic optics, has approved the financial statements for the six months ended June 30, 2008.

EUR millions First-half 2008 First-half 2007 % change % change at constant exchange rates Revenue 1,520.2 1,476.9 +2.9% +9.6% Contribution margin 18.2% 18.1% - - Profit attributable 198.3 181.9 +9.0% +16.8% to equity holders of Essilor International Basic earnings per 0.96 0.88(1) +8.1% +15.8% share (in EUR)

(1) Adjusted for the two-for-one stock split on July 16, 2007

CHARENTON-LE-PONT, France, August 28 /PRNewswire/ --

- Hubert Sagnieres Appointed Chief Operating Officer of Essilor

The Board of Directors of Essilor International today appointed Hubert Sagnieres as Chief Operating Officer, to serve alongside Xavier Fontanet, Chief Executive Officer, and Philippe Alfroid, Chief Operating Officer.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, August 28 /PRNewswire/ --

- Radisson Hotel, Dhaka, October 17, 2008 9:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.

The inauguration of a new university chartered to grant degrees to underserved women in Asia will be celebrated at a Symposium in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 17-18,2008. The Asian University for Women (AUW), based in Chittagong, will offer a five-year program of combined bachelor's and graduate-level professional training across the liberal arts, communications technology, management, public policy, and environmental science.

The initiative is funded by leading global corporations and foundations plus individual donors dedicated to educational opportunities for future women leaders and entrepreneurs from rural, impoverished areas in Asia.