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NOVEL FOOD And PARNUTS Approval Granted For NKO(R) Opens The 2nd Largest Nutraceutical Market For Neptune

NOVEL FOOD And PARNUTS Approval Granted For NKO(R) Opens The 2nd Largest Nutraceutical Market For Neptune

Feb 19 2009 | comment(s)

LAVAL, Canada, February 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Neptune Technologies Bioressources Inc. (Neptune) (NASDAQ.NEPT - TSX.V.NTB) is pleased to announce today that the European Food Safety Association (EFSA) has approved Neptune Krill Oil (NKO(R)) as a NOVEL FOOD and PARNUTS for commercialization in the European Union.

NKO(R) has successfully passed rigorous regulatory review and scrutiny by all member states of the European Union (EU), which approved NKO(R) as a NOVEL FOOD and PARNUTS allowing its immediate commercialization at a clinically proven effective daily dose in all 27 European countries.

Rising Demand And Government Backing Fuel European Document Management Systems Market

Rising Demand And Government Backing Fuel European Document Management Systems Market

Feb 19 2009 | comment(s)

LONDON, February 19 /PRNewswire/ --

Document management systems offer the ability to plan, communicate and evaluate the quality of patient care. While integration, security and privacy pose challenges, the technology reduces medical errors, promotes patient safety and satisfaction and improves the continuity of treatment by saving time, money, space and manpower.

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New analysis from Frost Sullivan (http://www.frost.healthcareIT.com), European Healthcare Document Management Systems Markets, finds that the market earned revenues of US$530.6 million in 2008 and estimates this to reach US$753.7 million in 2014.

Partnering VCs and National Labs (An Energy Moonshot)

Partnering VCs and National Labs (An Energy Moonshot)

Feb 19 2009 | comment(s)

Should the government or private industry shoulder the initiative for meaningful strides in alternative energy breakthroughs?  The level of disruption necessary cannot be achieved on any practial time horizon by private industry without some enormous stroke of luck.  Obama's references to JFK, an energy moonshot and government initiatives in this area is the best hope, but the logistics of propelling this economically and pragmatically are unclear.  An encouraging answer is some combination of private and public effort such as the DOE's initiative to partner national laboratories with VCs.   

Experts Say That Meeting Renewable Energy Targets Will Be 'Extremely Challenging'

Experts Say That Meeting Renewable Energy Targets Will Be 'Extremely Challenging'

Feb 19 2009 | comment(s)

LONDON, February 19 /PRNewswire/ --

The EU target of delivering 20% energy from renewable sources by 2020 will be very difficult to meet, accordingly to experts. The Department for Energy and Climate Change estimates that currently the UK only derives 1.8% of its energy from renewable sources, indicating a staggering differential between where we are now and where we need to be in a short space of time.

On 19th February at the Kingsway Hall Hotel in London, some of the UK's leading practitioners of renewable technologies will gather to discuss how the industry will be able to meet the aggressive targets. The day will cover policy updates, case studies and a forum for discussing the most cost-effective ways to improve energy savings.

ZTE Strengthens Relationship With Germany's T-Mobile

ZTE Strengthens Relationship With Germany's T-Mobile

Feb 19 2009 | comment(s)

SHENZHEN, China, February 19 /PRNewswire/ --

ZTE Corporation (ZTE), the leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions today announced that it has established a cooperation with T-Mobile, one of Europe's largest mobile operators. This cooperation covers handsets and data card devices for mobile applications. T-Mobile and ZTE have declared a new strategic partnership spanning all the European markets of T-Mobile.

Russian ICT Market Growing Despite The Crisis According To Frost Sullivan

Russian ICT Market Growing Despite The Crisis According To Frost Sullivan

Feb 19 2009 | comment(s)

LONDON, February 19 /PRNewswire/ --

For the past decade, the Russian economy has grown at a remarkable pace. While the country may be facing a slow-down because of the global financial crisis, at least three key areas in the ICT market continue to look extremely attractive, spurred by government focus, competitive activity and investor interest: broadband Internet; triple play; and mobile services (3G).

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Frost Sullivan: Can Web 2.0 Be A Panacea For The Recession Headache?

Frost Sullivan: Can Web 2.0 Be A Panacea For The Recession Headache?

Feb 19 2009 | comment(s)

LONDON, February 19 /PRNewswire/ --

- Frost Sullivan to Host Analyst Briefing on Web 2.0 solutions on Thursday, 26 February 2009 at 14.00 GMT

Starting in 2008 and followed by the economic downturn, the way companies are thinking about their daily business has changed. In response to the current recession in Europe, businesses are seeking new ways to maintain their productivity while significantly cutting costs. Therefore, they have started looking at Web 2.0 solutions to help do that job. The business owners are taking advantage of what Web 2.0 has to offer by utilizing lower-cost versions of enterprise applications, cloud computing, as well as benefit from 'crowdsourcing'.

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Vertica And StreamBase Host Conversation With Leading European Hedge Fund BlueCrest Capital Management

Vertica And StreamBase Host Conversation With Leading European Hedge Fund BlueCrest Capital Management

Feb 19 2009 | comment(s)

BILLERICA, Massachusetts, February 19 /PRNewswire/ --

- Webinar to focus on best tools for enabling real-time market data management

WHO:

Justo Ruiz-Ferrer, head of Trading Strategy Systems at BlueCrest Capital Management and Bob Giffords, independent banking and technology analyst

WHAT:

Bob Giffords sits down with BlueCrest's Justo Ruiz-Ferrer to discuss the challenges faced and the obstacles overcome by BlueCrest in developing a solution to meet the needs of low-latency trading and the demanding innovation of their quantitative analysis.

DETAILS:

Equens To Process SEPA Direct Debit (SDD) For SEB

Equens To Process SEPA Direct Debit (SDD) For SEB

Feb 19 2009 | comment(s)

UTRECHT, The Netherlands, February 19 /PRNewswire/ --

- SEB Ready for the Next Phase of SEPA

Tropical Towers Named Best Casual Game At International Mobile Gaming Awards

Tropical Towers Named Best Casual Game At International Mobile Gaming Awards

Feb 19 2009 | comment(s)

BARCELONA, Spain, February 19 /PRNewswire/ --

WHAT

RealGames(TM), the casual games business unit for digital entertainment services company RealNetworks(R), Inc. (NASDAQ: RNWK), today announced that Tropical Towers, also known as Tiki Towers(TM) in North America, has been named Best Casual Game at the 5th Annual International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGA). Held during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, IMGA is an annual contest for the best mobile games in the world.

DOCDATA N.V. Announces Its 2008 Year-end Results

DOCDATA N.V. Announces Its 2008 Year-end Results

Feb 19 2009 | comment(s)

WAALWIJK, The Netherlands, February 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Positive developments enforce foundation of strategy 'Vision 2010: Gear to Growth':

- Revenue increases 12% to EUR 78.6 million - Operating profit (EBIT) increases 45% to EUR 5.4 million

Proposal to increase the dividend to EUR 0.30 per share from basic earnings per share of EUR 0.55 for 2008

Industrial Automation Integrators (IAI) changes name into IAI industrial systems and presents new logo

Saft Groupe SA Reports Full Year 2008 Earnings

Saft Groupe SA Reports Full Year 2008 Earnings

Feb 19 2009 | comment(s)

PARIS, February 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Saft, leader in the design, development and manufacture of high-end batteries for industry and defence, announces its certified results for the full year ended 31 December 2008.

Astadia To Perform Saleforce.com Implementation Services For British Telecom

Astadia To Perform Saleforce.com Implementation Services For British Telecom

Feb 19 2009 | comment(s)

LONDON, February 19 /PRNewswire/ --

- Partnership to serve BT's Small and Medium Business (SMB) Customers

Astadia, the leader in SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) consulting, and one of salesforce.com's largest system integrators, announced it has been selected by BT to implement salesforce.com solutions for BT's small and medium business customers in the United Kingdom.

GRB 080916C - The Most Extreme Gamma-Ray Blast Ever (That We Know About)

GRB 080916C - The Most Extreme Gamma-Ray Blast Ever (That We Know About)

Feb 19 2009 | comment(s)

Gamma-ray bursts are the universe's most luminous explosions. Astronomers believe most occur when exotic massive stars run out of nuclear fuel. As a star's core collapses into a black hole, jets of material -- powered by processes not yet fully understood -- blast outward at nearly the speed of light. The jets bore all the way through the collapsing star and continue into space, where they interact with gas previously shed by the star and generate bright afterglows that fade with time.

Breastfeeding May Inhibit Multiple Sclerosis Relapses?

Breastfeeding May Inhibit Multiple Sclerosis Relapses?

Feb 19 2009 | comment(s)

Make of it what you will but a study released today says that breastfeeding may reduce multiple sclerosis(MS) relapses.   Sorry guys, this only helps women MS sufferers and only after pregnancy.

For the study, researchers followed 32 pregnant women with MS and 29 pregnant women without MS during each trimester and up to a year after they gave birth. The women were interviewed about their breastfeeding and menstrual period history. 

A total of 52 percent of the women with MS did not breastfeed or began supplemental formula feedings within two months of giving birth. Of those, 87 percent had a relapse after pregnancy compared to 36 percent of women with MS who breastfed exclusively for at least two months after pregnancy. 
Bill Melinda Gates Foundation, Partners Pledge US$90 Million To Boost Incomes Of Small Farmers In Africa

Bill Melinda Gates Foundation, Partners Pledge US$90 Million To Boost Incomes Of Small Farmers In Africa

Feb 19 2009 | comment(s)

SEATTLE, February 19 /PRNewswire/ --

- Private industry joins efforts to support hundreds of thousands of cocoa, cashew farmers through improved training, access to markets

The Bill Melinda Gates Foundation today announced two significant partnerships and US$48 million in grants to help hundreds of thousands of small cocoa and cashew farmers in sub-Saharan Africa significantly increase their incomes so they can lift themselves out of hunger and poverty. The two grants -- US$23 million to the World Cocoa Foundation and US$25 million to the German development organization Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH -- were awarded in conjunction with US$42 million in cash and in-kind contributions from private industry.

Ribosome - 'Universal' Molecular Machine May Hold Clues To Origin Of Life

Ribosome - 'Universal' Molecular Machine May Hold Clues To Origin Of Life

Feb 19 2009 | comment(s)

A major mystery about the origins of life may be resolved if a new hypothesis holds up, says  a study published in Nature.   Two Université de Montréal scientists have proposed a new idea for how a 'universal molecular machine', the ribosome, might have managed to self-assemble as a critical step in the genesis of all life on Earth.
You Can Literally Get Sick Of Sex, Says Study

You Can Literally Get Sick Of Sex, Says Study

Feb 19 2009 | comment(s)

Want to get a lot of money thrown at immunology?   Show that sex can not only be exhausting, if you do it right, it can also cause drops in the immune system.

According to a study in Journal of Evolutionary Biology, when fruit flies mate the females' genes are activated to roughly the same extent as when an immune reaction starts.   Using a combination of behavioral studies and genomic technology, so-called microarrays, researchers at Uppsala University can show how fruit fly females are affected by mating.

"We monitor how genetic expression is impacted by mating and show that the most common process that is affected is the immune defense system," says Ted Morrow at the Department of Ecology and Evolution, Uppsala University.
Shark Attacks Impacted By Economic Recession Too

Shark Attacks Impacted By Economic Recession Too

Feb 19 2009 | comment(s)

The world economy is an elaborate, complex system so a recession can have unforeseen effects all along the food chain - even among sharks, though that is a good thing for people.

Shark attacks worldwide in 2008 dipped to their lowest level in five years, a sign that Americans may be forgoing vacation trips to the beach, said George Burgess, ichthyologist and director of the International Shark Attack File, which is housed at the University of Florida.

According to the latest statistics released today, the total number of shark attacks declined from 71 in 2007 to 59 in 2008, the fewest since 2003, when there were 57, said Burgess, who works at the Florida Museum of Natural History on the UF campus.
Microbe Evolution 2.5 Billion Years Ago Began The Aerobic Nitrogen Cycle

Microbe Evolution 2.5 Billion Years Ago Began The Aerobic Nitrogen Cycle

Feb 19 2009 | comment(s)

As we mark the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, there is much focus on evolution in animals and plants. But new research shows that for the countless billions of tiniest creatures – microbes – large-scale evolution was completed 2.5 billion years ago.

All living organisms need nitrogen, a basic component of amino acids and proteins. But for atmospheric nitrogen to be usable, it must be "fixed," or converted to a biologically useful form. Some microbes turn atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia, a form in which the nitrogen can be easily absorbed by other organisms.