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LONDON, August 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- First Treatment Licensed for Chorea Associated With Huntington's Disease

Cambridge Laboratories Group Limited ("Cambridge"), the privately owned specialty pharmaceutical company, announces today that XENAZINE(R) (tetrabenazine), the first and only product for the treatment of chorea associated with Huntington's disease, has received approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the US. XENAZINE(R) will be distributed in the US by Cambridge's partner Prestwick Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Prestwick").

HAIFA, Israel, August 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- Substantial Sequential Improvement Over the First Quarter 2008

Oil Refineries Ltd. (TASE: ORL.TA) ("Oil Refineries" or the "Company") announced today its financial results for three and six month periods ending June 30, 2008.

Second Quarter Highlights (Compared to first quarter 2008) - Substantial increase in consolidated operating profit to $95 million and in consolidated EBITDA to $114 million - Refining margin USD/bbl 9.2, compared to USD/bbl 3.7 in first quarter 2008 - Average Reuter's quoted Mediterranean Ural Cracking Margin for the quarter totaled USD/bbl 6.3 - On August 13, 2008 General Meeting approved acquisition of 50% balance of Carmel Olefins

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GOTEBORG, Sweden, August 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- Saves Both Time and Administration

Ascom Wireless Solutions continues the technical development of its new Centralized Management for wireless handsets. The concept is already implemented for Ascom's VoWiFi handsets, and will be released in Q4 also in Ascom nextGen IP-DECT handsets.

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SAN FRANCISCO, August 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- Manufacturers of Portable Digital Audio Devices Now Have Access to the Lowest Power, Smallest Form Factor Wireless Design

INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM -- Ozmo Devices, the leading provider of low-power Wi-Fi Personal Area Network (Wi-Fi PAN) solutions, announced today that the company and Wolfson Microelectronics are collaborating to deliver an audio reference design to manufacturers of audio peripherals leveraging Ozmo's Wi-Fi PAN technology. Ozmo Devices' Wi-Fi PAN solution enables connectivity between peripherals such as mice and headsets and Wi-Fi-enabled platforms. The OZMO1000 Audio Reference Design utilizes the Ozmo Devices' OZMO1000 IC and Wolfson Microelectronics' WM8987L low-power CODEC.

OXFORD, England, August 18 /PRNewswire/ --

This summer, Wytham Woods near Oxford in the UK will become the European hub of an ambitious global research programme into the impacts of climate change on forests.

Earthwatch, the international environmental charity, is pleased to announce the opening of its Europe Regional Climate Centre* as part of the HSBC Climate Partnership. Formed in 2007, the partnership brings together HSBC, the Climate Group, Earthwatch, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and WWF to tackle the urgent threat of climate change on people, water, forests and cities.

SAN FRANCISCO, August 15 /PRNewswire/ --

- IBM's Jerry Cuomo to Kick-Off Keynote at the 'Unconference'

Interop(R), the leading business technology event, produced by TechWeb, today announced a keynote speaker for its Energy Camp unconference at Interop New York 2008. IBM's Gennaro (Jerry) Cuomo will launch this one-day, all-day program. The positive response from attendees at Interop Las Vegas 2008 led to bringing Energy Camp to the 2008 New York event. Energy Camp at Interop takes place at the Javits Convention Center in New York, September 16, 2008.