LONDON, January 10 /PRNewswire/ --

Google U.K. and comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), today announced the results of a study into online consumer behaviour in the travel sector, finding that consumers are using search engines in more sophisticated ways to research and purchase travel in the UK.

The Internet is rapidly becoming the number one resource for the travel consumer. The study revealed that 20 million people in the U.K. utilized search engines for travel information in the first quarter of 2007. Key findings include:

-- On average, consumers take nearly a month to go from their first search to a purchase

BAAR, Switzerland, January 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Manas Petroleum Corporation (MNAP.OB) is pleased to announce the results of a Resource Evaluation prepared by Gustavson Associates LLC regarding Manas Petroleum's blocks A, B,D and E in Albania.

The Report considers the licenses 8 primary and recognized prospects identified from approximately 4,000 kilometers of seismic shot by AlbPetrol, Shell, and Coparex on the concession position.

BRUSSELS, January 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Ansell Healthcare, the global leader in barrier protection, will be showcasing its large portfolio of hand protection solutions at Intersec Middle East in Dubai from 13 to 15 January next. For Ansell, its first-ever participation in the Middle East's largest safety exhibition is a perfect opportunity to raise awareness about hand protection needs and underline its protection expertise in the booming Middle East market.

READING, England, January 10 /PRNewswire/ --

- Assessment Based on Completeness of Vision, Ability to Execute

Leading industry analyst firm Gartner Inc. has positioned Verizon Business in the Leaders quadrant among European network services providers in its new report, "Magic Quadrant for Pan-European Network Service Providers, 2007."(1)

The latest Gartner Magic Quadrant examines network service providers that "generate at least 100 million euro in enterprise network services revenue contracted in Europe (not merely revenue for delivery in Europe under contract from non-European sources)." To qualify, providers had to "offer voice, data, managed network and value-added services to enterprise customers across multiple geographies in Europe."

'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, The Netherlands, January 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The worldwide express delivery services provider TNT Express has signed an agreement with Quintiq to take further steps in its effort to reduce its carbon footprint. Through the use of the advanced planning software of Quintiq in the collection and delivery of parcels TNT Express hopes to further give shape to its program called "Planet Me" with the aim to reduce the emission of CO2. The Quintiq system will replace a large number of discrete planning systems that are now used throughout TNT Express's 900 depots in the world.

NAPLES, Italy, January 10 /PRNewswire/ --

Patients who received OrbusNeich's pro-healing stent, the Genous Bio-engineered R stent, had significantly fewer major cardiac adverse events (MACE) than patients who received Boston Scientific's TAXUS or Johnson & Johnson's CYPHER drug-eluting stents in a study conducted at Federico II University of Naples in Naples, Italy. The results of the study were presented recently at the XXVIII National Congress of the Italian Society of Invasive Cardiology by Federico Piscione, M.D., the study's principal investigator and a professor with the university's Division of Cardiology, Department of Clinical Medicine and Cardiovascular Sciences.