RAS AL KHAIMAH, United Arab Emirates, February 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone (RAK FTZ) continues to prove its leading edge in innovation and technology as it tops the list of fDi Magazine's best free zones list in the Middle East. With its state-of-the art facilities, friendly service, competitive rates and continuing development, RAK FTZ earned the 17th position of fDi magazine's Top 100 Special Economic Free Zone of the Future 2008/2009 over stiff competition.

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LONDON, February 10 /PRNewswire/ --

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Date: Wednesday, 11th February 2009 Time: 6.30am - 10.00am (see notes to editors) Address: Staythorpe power station, Staythorpe Road Newark on Trent Nottinghamshire NG23 5PS and Grain Power Station Isle of Grain Rochester Kent ME3 0AF

Hundreds of skilled but unemployed construction workers, being refused work at the Staythorpe and Isle of Grain power stations, will hold co-ordinated demonstrations outside the sites to call on Alstom to give UK-based labour fair access to work.

Alstom, the main contractor at both power stations, is using two subcontractors at each of the sites, both of whom are refusing to consider local labour.

LONDON, February 10 /PRNewswire/ --

Microdosing or Phase 0 clinical testing has been gaining acceptance and might become an imperative phase of the drug development process in the years to come. The emergence of niche capability providers in preclinical testing and technology dependence is also expected to result in numerous partnerships and alliances, fuelling growth opportunities in this sector.

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BALTIMORE, February 10 /PRNewswire/ --

BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), announced today the CE marking of the BD ProbeTec(TM) Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) Qx Amplified DNA Assay and the BD ProbeTec(TM) Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC) Qx Amplified DNA Assay for use on the BD Viper(TM) System with XTR(TM) Technology.

LONDON, February 10 /PRNewswire/ --

- Latest Rapid Implementation Solution, Misys Summit Quick Start, Provides Complete Out-of-the Box Cross-Asset Trading Solution With Reduced Implementation Risk and Rapid Delivery

Misys (LSE: MSY), the global application software and services company, today announced the launch of Misys Summit Quick Start - a new rapid delivery solution for banks and investment managers, which provides pre-packaged applications and services to support trading operations across all asset classes and enable firms to achieve higher returns on assets.

SHENZHEN, China, February 10 /PRNewswire/ --

- Designs on Display Include Custom-Made Handsets for Vodafone and China Mobile

ZTE Corporation (ZTE), a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, is to unveil a full portfolio of smartphones at the Mobile World Congress 2009. Ten different designs will be on display, including customised handsets for Vodafone and China Mobile.

The VF 1231 model will be the highlight of ZTE's showcase which has been developed especially for Vodafone. The smartphone is based on Windows Mobile platform and has a single chip for GSM and EDGE.

NERVIANO, Italy, February 10 /PRNewswire/ --

- Nerviano Medical Sciences (NMS): Green Light From the FDA for the CDC7 Inhibitor

Nerviano Medical Sciences (NMS) has secured Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to conduct for the first time clinical trials of a novel antitumoral agent. The drug blocks Cdc7, a protein that is responsible for the uncontrolled proliferation of cancer cells. The preclinical data, recently published on the prestigious journal Nature Chemical Biology ( http://www.nature.com/nchembio/journal/v4/n6/full/nchembio.90.html), demonstrate that inhibition of Cdc7 induces tumor cell death and blocks the growth of various types of cancer in experimental animal models.

UTRECHT, The Netherlands, February 10 /PRNewswire/ --

- Industry's Most Powerful and Secure Attended Remote Control and IT Support Offering Helps Channel Partners and IT Professionals Reduce Costs and Improve Customer Service

N-able Technologies(R)(http://www.n-able.com/), the global leader in network and systems management software and services for managed service providers (MSPs) and IT professionals, today announced the immediate availability of N-supportPro(TM)( http://www.n-able.com/products/nsupportpro.php) to channel partners in the U.K. and Europe. Introduced last month in North America( http://www.n-able.com/press-room/jan22-09.php), N-supportPro is the IT industry's fastest and most secure end-to-end attended remote control and IT support software.