NAPERVILLE, Illinois, November 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- Tellabs introduces first in a new line of flexible Metro Ethernet products

Tellabs unveiled a new line-up of Metro Ethernet products that extend its Carrier Ethernet solutions even closer to end users. The new Tellabs(R) 7300 Metro Ethernet Switching series provides true flexibility to deliver Ethernet to even the most demanding users.

LONDON, November 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Patients looking for information about the choices available for their healthcare will now be able to find it all on one NHS website.

NHS Choices and NHS Direct, two of the country's leading health websites, are joining forces to provide the public with all the health information they need in one place.

The public are now able to access all of the NHS's health content from one easy to navigate website, NHS Choices at http://www.nhs.uk. The site will offer trusted advice and information so the public can understand and exercise their choice about health and healthcare.

LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany, November 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Although the way glow sticks work at first seems almost magical, it's actually pretty simple. They provide a purely chemical source of light. A glow stick is a sealed, see-through plastic pipe containing a fluorescent dye and two different liquids. In entertaining episodes our Chemical Reporter answers questions of our Podcast listeners on Chemistry in our everyday life.

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LONDON, November 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- Development Begins on Real-Time Strategy Game Supreme Commander 2

Square Enix Ltd., the publisher of Square Enix(R) interactive entertainment products in Europe and other PAL territories (Square Enix), today announces that Square Enix, Inc., a U.S. sister company headquartered in Los Angeles, California, and development house Gas Powered Games Corp., a U.S. company headquartered in Redmond, Washington (Gas Powered Games) have formed a strategic partnership. With the commencement of this strategic partnership, development has begun on Supreme Commander(R) 2, a sequel to the award-winning real-time strategy series.

LONDON, November 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Workers employed by French IT service provider Steria in Manchester and Skelmersdale have voted to strike over compulsory redundancies and the offshoring of their jobs to India.

The workers, who provide IT support to Co-operative Financial Services, are members of the Unite trade union and 31 of them are facing compulsory redundancy because of Steria's offshoring policies. They also fear that more jobs will be lost to India once those currently under threat have gone.

93 workers participated in the Union ballot, with 71% voting for strike action and 89% voting for action short of a strike.

LONDON, November 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Emailvision, a global leader in on demand software for email marketing, have launched a new version of their flagship product, Campaign Commander(TM).

The new version 7 of Campaign Commander(TM) includes three new software services to help on-line marketers capitalise on the profitability of retention e-mail marketing.

New advanced features of Campaign Commander(TM) version 7 include:

PARIS, November 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Novexel, a speciality pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel antibiotics designed to overcome the significant global problem of microbial resistance, announces today that its most advanced injectable antibacterial, which combines Novexel's broad spectrum beta-lactamase inhibitor, NXL104, with the well established cephalosporin antibiotic, ceftazidime, has entered Phase II clinical trials.

NEW YORK and LONDON, November 12 /PRNewswire/ --

This week, as Europe's leading economies issue their 3rd quarter growth reports, BLOOMBERG TELEVISION(R) viewers will get an in-depth look at the continent's economic realities, the chances for recession and the outlook for recovery.

Starting Thursday, live dispatches and interviews from Bloomberg bureaus across Europe will reveal how the credit crisis is affecting manufacturing in Germany, real estate in Spain and retail in Italy. Bloomberg will also feature a special report on French President Nicholas Sarkozy's plans to repair the economic damage to France.

DUBLIN, November 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- Expands Global Laboratory Network to Meet Market Demands for Global Trials

ICON plc (NASDAQ: ICLR; ISIN:IE0005711209), a global provider of outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, today announced the opening of a full service central laboratory in Bangalore, India. The purpose-built, 15,000 sq ft facility expands ICON Central Laboratories' existing network of laboratories located in Farmingdale, New York; Dublin, Ireland and Singapore. The new laboratory is in the process of receiving CAP (College of American Pathologists) and NABL (National Accreditation Board for Laboratory Testing) accreditation.