BASINGSTOKE, England and PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Shire Limited (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company announces that non-executive director Robin Buchanan, due to his other commitments, will step down from the Board of Directors on 29 July 2008 on the completion of his term of office.

The Board thanks Mr. Buchanan for his many contributions during his five years with the Company.

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Shire Limited

BREGENZ, Austria, July 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- Opera "Tosca", Opening Ceremony and James Bond in Two Short Versions for TV channels

Satellite broadcast directly after the opening of the festival on 23 July 2008, from 1:30 - 1:50 p.m. (British Summer Time BST (= London Time) / 8:30 - 8:50 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time EDT (= New York City Time)

Pre-Cut TV Material By Satellite Downlink

The Bregenz Festival will make footage available to television stations for the purpose of media coverage of the festival. The pre-cut material - not overvoiced - will be available for downlink by satellite in Europe and North America on the opening day of the 63rd Bregenz Festival, 23 July, starting at 2:30 p.m. CEST (see below for international time zones).

LONDON and SAN MATEO, California, July 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- Avistar's C3 Technology's User-Friendliness and Cost-Effectiveness Essential to Addressing Client Needs in Challenging Global Markets

- Expansion of Reseller Channel Key Component of Company's Strategy

Avistar Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: AVSR), a leading provider of unified visual communications solutions, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with City Information Services Limited (CityIS Ltd.), a global visual communications company. The agreement offers CityIS' clients a cost-effective, user-friendly and proven desktop videoconferencing solution that is built to easily interoperate with room solutions and extend video to the desktop, office, home or on the road.

WASHINGTON, July 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- July 25th Marks 40th Anniversary of Vatican's Devastating Decision

Forty years ago, a decision was announced that has had a catastrophic impact on the poor and powerless around the world. On July 25, 1968, Pope Paul VI slammed the door on the hopes of the vast majority of Catholics and confirmed a complete prohibition on modern methods of contraception. The papal encyclical Humanae Vitae was a defining moment in modern church history and continues to be a source of great conflict and division in the church.

WELWYN GARDEN CITY, England, July 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- Log on to our Summer Holidays Web TV Show to Find Out How to Avoid Spending Beyond Your Means Keeping the Kids Entertained

- Chat date: Thursday 24th July - Chat time: 12.30pm

As the school summer holidays kick off this week, the average British family of four can look forward to a massive dent in their pockets simply from keeping the kids entertained for 6 weeks.

Entertaining the kids with trips to swimming pools, theme parks and bowling alleys all add up, with numbers reaching worrying heights, according to new research by Bounty, the UK's favourite parenting club. These are the sorts of costs that many families struggle to afford, particularly at the moment.

LONDON, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- New research from PowWowNow finds that businesses waste GBP55m of the GBP210m spent each year on conferences-by-'phone, according to a new study.

There's no doubt that 'phone conferencing is an important aspect of mobile working. Workers at all levels need to be able to reliably stay in touch with co-workers and clients. And it's a powerful indication of how important it has become, particularly to people running small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs - typically up to 100 staff), that British business now spends a staggering GBP210m on conference call charges every year!