SEOUL, South Korea, July 28 /PRNewswire/ --

The one-stop marketplace for the fine and specialty chemical and pharmaceutical industries, XpoChem and XpoPharm, will take place at SETEC in Seoul, South Korea, on 5 and 6 November 2008, exhibiting a wide range of items in these fields, from ingredients and intermediates to finished products, equipment and machinery.

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BEND, Oregon and BOSTON, July 28 /PRNewswire/ --

Vulcan Power Company ("Vulcan") and Denham Capital ("Denham") announced today that Denham will invest US$145 million in newly issued preferred equity securities of Vulcan. In addition, Merrill Lynch Commodity Partners ("MLCP"), a principal investment fund of Merrill Lynch, will convert its outstanding notes into Vulcan preferred equity.

SAN DIEGO, July 28 /PRNewswire/ --

- Company Provides Update to Phase 2 Development Plan -

GLASGOW, July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Cogentium Corporation Ltd, leading provider of contact centre strategic planning solutions, has released the White Paper: 'Transforming Contact Centre Planning using Simulation'.

Now more than ever, organisations need to streamline their processes and deliver a high standard of customer service. Contact centres are recognising the power and accuracy of simulation solutions to support them in meeting these objectives, particularly over more traditional call centre planning techniques.

BELLEVUE, Washington, July 28 /PRNewswire/ --

- Xeround Intelligent Data Grid(TM) enhances access to subscriber data and helps bring personalized services to market faster

Xeround, Inc., the developers of the industry's first distributed data grid with virtualization capabilities, announced today that Pelephone, one of Israel's leading mobile operators, selected the Xeround Intelligent Data Grid(TM). Pelephone is leveraging Xeround DIG(TM) to consolidate its subscriber data, dramatically improving the profitability and time to market for existing and new value-added services.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, July 28 /PRNewswire/ --

Concentric Medical, Inc., the global leader in devices for clot removal in ischemic stroke patients, today announced the U.S. launch of its "V" series of Merci Retrievers. These new Retrievers, available in multiple configurations and sizes to match patient anatomy, join Concentric Medical's existing Merci Retrievers already on the market, and provide physicians with additional options for restoring blood flow in patients who have suffered ischemic strokes.