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Johnson Controls-Saft Named As Battery Supplier For Ford Test Fleet Of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles

Johnson Controls-Saft Named As Battery Supplier For Ford Test Fleet Of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles

Jun 10 2008 | comment(s)

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- As increasing numbers of consumers look for fuel-efficient, low emission vehicle options, a test fleet of Ford Escape plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) is making its way on the road today. Powered by lithium-ion batteries from Johnson Controls-Saft, the demonstration fleet will examine the future of PHEVs as part of a complete vehicle, home and grid energy system. The fleet is the result of an ongoing collaboration among Ford, Johnson Controls-Saft, Southern California Edison (SCE) and Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI).

Acceptance of evolution in Canada.

Acceptance of evolution in Canada.

Jun 10 2008 | comment(s)

About a year ago an Angus Reid poll provided some information regarding the acceptance of evolution in Canada, which was taken by some as the basis for claiming that the level of acceptance of this unifying principle of biology is roughly the same in Canada as in the United States. Although the results of the AR poll were indeed rather disappointing, they did not indicate an equivalence of views between the two nations.

Here are two relevant press releases from Angus Reid:

U.S. Majority Picks Creationism over Evolution (April 25, 2006)

DCML LLC Files A Letter Opposing The Proposed Liquidation Of Danka Business Services PLC After The Anticipated Sale Of Danka Off

DCML LLC Files A Letter Opposing The Proposed Liquidation Of Danka Business Services PLC After The Anticipated Sale Of Danka Off

Jun 10 2008 | comment(s)

NEW YORK, June 10 /PRNewswire/ --

DCML LLC announced that it has filed a Schedule 13D with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), indicating its acquisition of a more than a 5% interest in the outstanding Ordinary Shares of Danka Business Services PLC (OTC Bulletin Board: DANKY) and including the following letter addressed to the Board of Directors of Danka opposing the proposed liquidation of Danka after the anticipated sale of Danka Office Imaging Company to Konica Minolta:

DCML LLC 595 Madison Avenue, 17th floor New York, NY 10020 +1-212-332-3342 June 09, 2008 The Board of Directors c/o Danka Business Systems PLC Masters House, 107 Hammersmith Road 11101 Roosevelt Blvd London W14 0QH England St. Petersburg, FL 33716

Volante 3.5 Adds Support For Low-Latency, Event Processing And Options Symbology Migration

Volante 3.5 Adds Support For Low-Latency, Event Processing And Options Symbology Migration

Jun 10 2008 | comment(s)

NEW YORK, June 10 /PRNewswire/ --

- New generation of Volante suite for data management delivers more speed and more processing intelligence

Powering finance with high-speed data integration, the next generation of the Volante data management suite was announced today by Volante Technologies, Inc. Version 3.5 delivers new ease in data integration for high-speed financial applications, and enhanced capabilities for specialized data types and integration requirements.

Solutions built on Volante 3.5, including Volante Streamer for low-latency integrations and Volante Payments Bridge for SWIFTNet in corporate treasury, are being demonstrated today through June 12th at Volante's booth #4117 at the SIFMA Technology Management Convention in New York.

Daiichi Sankyo Invitation: An Untold Story In Hypertension...the Challenge For Life

Daiichi Sankyo Invitation: An Untold Story In Hypertension...the Challenge For Life

Jun 10 2008 | comment(s)

MUNICH, Germany, June 10 /PRNewswire/ --

- Media Event Providing Insight Into Hypertension and its Challenges

Currently there is a clear need that is not being met in managing hypertension. Daiichi Sankyo would like to invite you to the media event An untold story in Hypertension...the challenge for life where this unmet need will be discussed and addressed.

Somatic Digital Gains Significant Purchase Order

Somatic Digital Gains Significant Purchase Order

Jun 10 2008 | comment(s)

CINCINNATI, June 10 /PRNewswire/ --

- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center Expands Technology Relationship

Somatic Digital announced today that it gained a significant U.S. Government contract to provide NASA Goddard Flight Center with a Custom Solution Provider Partner Program and an unspecified number of eTouchBooks(TM) embedded with the Touch User Interface (TUI) technology. The TUI is to the printed page what the Graphic User Interface (GUI) is to the computer screen.

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Merck Serono Strengthens Its Prescription Medicines Portfolio In Latin America

Merck Serono Strengthens Its Prescription Medicines Portfolio In Latin America

Jun 10 2008 | comment(s)

GENEVA, Switzerland, June 10 /PRNewswire/ --

- Merck Serono to Commercialize Portfolio of Established Pharmaceutical Medicines From Bristol-Myers Squibb in Latin America

Spam-Free Email Inboxes From O2

Spam-Free Email Inboxes From O2

Jun 10 2008 | comment(s)

BERLIN and HEIDELBERG, Germany, June 10 /PRNewswire/ --

- MAAWG General Meeting: Leading German Telecom Service Provider O2 Protects its Customers' E-mail Accounts With eXpurgate From Eleven

Health Experts Call On Global Leaders To Ensure Access To Life-Saving Pneumococcal Vaccines

Health Experts Call On Global Leaders To Ensure Access To Life-Saving Pneumococcal Vaccines

Jun 10 2008 | comment(s)

REYKJAVIK, Iceland, June 10 /PRNewswire/ --

Nearly 1,000 of the world's leading experts in infectious diseases and vaccines are meeting during the 6th International Symposium on Pneumococci and Pneumococcal Diseases (ISPPD-6) this week to call for renewed and urgent action by governments to protect their citizens against pneumococcal disease, a leading killer of children and adults worldwide.

A bacterial infection that causes pneumonia, meningitis, sepsis and other life-threatening ailments, pneumococcal disease kills 1.6 million people -- including more than 800,000 children under age five -- each year. Estimates indicate that if implemented globally, pneumococcal vaccines could save the lives of 5.5 million by 2030.

International School Of Management Sets The Standard In Management Education

International School Of Management Sets The Standard In Management Education

Jun 10 2008 | comment(s)

PARIS, June 10 /PRNewswire/ --

The International School of Management (ISM), an American organization with headquarters in Paris, France and programs in New York, Tokyo and Shanghai, is proud to announce the 10 year, unconditional reaffirmation of accreditation of its business programs -- the MBA, IEMBA, DBA, and Ph.D. -- by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).

Founded in 1988, ACBSP recognizes best practices in business education, and accredits qualified business programs. As the leading specialized accreditation association for business education, the ACBSP is recognized for its strong contribution to management education by the US government's Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).

"One World Award" - Design Globalization Positive - The Finalists

Jun 10 2008 | comment(s)

LEGAU, Germany, June 10 /PRNewswire/ --

The finalists of the first, international "One World Award" have been announced. The visit of the five selected projects has confirmed that the activities of the prize-winners agreed with the aims of the "One World Award".

The five finalists of the "One World Award" 2008 carry their parts with extraordinary engagement and have all shown commitment to showing that the future of globalization is positive. The finalists are:

Harald Schutzeichel, he started the foundation for solar energy in Ethiopia in 2004 with the aim of supplying the rural population of Africa with energy. He is consistently trying "to help people help themselves" by creating jobs to promote economic development and education.

Yahoo! To Immediately Market Netlog, One Of Europe's Leading Social Networks

Yahoo! To Immediately Market Netlog, One Of Europe's Leading Social Networks

Jun 10 2008 | comment(s)

MUNICH, Germany, June 10 /PRNewswire/ --

- Exclusive Marketing of Display Advertisement: Yahoo!'s First German Network Partner

MUNICH, Germany, June 10 /PRNewswire/ --

Finsbury Solutions Launches Market First Spreadsheet Management Solution Designed For Microsoft Sharepoint 2007

Finsbury Solutions Launches Market First Spreadsheet Management Solution Designed For Microsoft Sharepoint 2007

Jun 10 2008 | comment(s)

LONDON, June 10 /PRNewswire/ --

- Seamlessly Integrated and Scalable Spreadsheet, Document Management and Collaboration Solution Enhanced to Deliver Advanced, Enterprise-Wide Control, Monitoring and Analytic Capabilities

Finsbury Solutions, a leading supplier of spreadsheet management and compliance software to the financial services sector, today announced the launch of the market's first enterprise-wide spreadsheet management solution specifically designed for implementation on Microsoft SharePoint 2007.

JetBrains Releases ReSharper 4.0

JetBrains Releases ReSharper 4.0

Jun 10 2008 | comment(s)

PRAGUE, Czech Republic, June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- JetBrains, the creators of intelligent, productivity-enhancing applications, today announced the release of ReSharper version 4.0, the company's award-winning productivity add-in for Microsoft Visual Studio. This release is spearheaded by across-the-board support for C# 3.0 language, including LINQ, and Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 in general. In addition, the upgraded add-in features multiple new usability and productivity-boosting tools, such as standard class library annotations, solution-wide analysis (for C#), versatile code cleanup, new automated refactorings, new and improved code-editing capabilities, and more.

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Merck Serono's Rebif(R) Celebrates 10th Anniversary

Merck Serono's Rebif(R) Celebrates 10th Anniversary

Jun 10 2008 | comment(s)

GENEVA, Switzerland, June 10 /PRNewswire/ --

- A Decade Dedicated to Helping People With Multiple Sclerosis

- Extensive Research and Development Activities Underscore Long-Term Commitment to Improving the Lives of People With Multiple Sclerosis

Merck's Serono's Rebif(R) (interferon beta-1a) is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. Since receiving approval for the treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) 10 years ago in the European Union, as well as in Canada and Switzerland, Rebif(R) has become a foundation therapy for MS.

Rosetta Translation Limited Launches The First Wholly-Foreign Owned Translation Company In Shanghai

Rosetta Translation Limited Launches The First Wholly-Foreign Owned Translation Company In Shanghai

Jun 10 2008 | comment(s)

LONDON, June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Rosetta Translation Limited announced today the official launch of Rosetta Translation Shanghai Limited, its first Asia office in Shanghai, China.

Rosetta Translation Shanghai Limited is the first wholly foreign-owned translation company to be granted a license in Shanghai, a testament to Rosetta's excellent international reputation.

Eric Fixmer, managing director of Rosetta Translation Group, said "the move strategically places Rosetta Translation at the very centre of China's rapidly expanding translation industry, recently valued at USD 3 billion, and introduces international quality standards to the local Chinese market".

Gowlings Opens New Office In London, U.K.

Gowlings Opens New Office In London, U.K.

Jun 10 2008 | comment(s)

TORONTO, Canada, June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, one of Canada's largest law firms with offices across Canada and in Moscow, announced today the opening of its office in London, U.K. Gowlings (U.K.) LLP has been established to serve Gowlings' existing energy, resource and infrastructure clients on a global basis through London.

Bercut Launches The First VAS In Iraq

Bercut Launches The First VAS In Iraq

Jun 10 2008 | comment(s)

ST PETERSBURG, Russia, June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Korek Telecom has launched RBT-service on the basis of Bercut X-tones which services over 70 million subscribers all over the world.

The launch of the first value added service in Iraq - RBT based on Bercut X-tones - became possible due to the partnership between the content-provider DoubleU and supplier of IT products for VAS infrastructure of mobile and PSTN operators - Bercut.

The supply and commercial launch of X-tones on the Korek network made a real break-through in the market. During the first month after the launch the service's penetration was estimated to be 6,5%. Such success in many respects arose from the originality of the business model, chosen by DoubleU content-provider for promotion.

Oculus Works With DediPower To Deliver Interactive Website For English Education Initiative

Oculus Works With DediPower To Deliver Interactive Website For English Education Initiative

Jun 10 2008 | comment(s)

READING, England, June 10 /PRNewswire/ --

- DediPower to Provide Managed Hosting Services for New Secondary School Curriculum

DediPower, one of the UK's fastest growing managed hosting providers, is working with Oculus, a leading integrated design and communications agency to deliver newsecondarycurriculum.org, a website that underpins a major government education initiative in England. DediPower is providing all the managed hosting requirements.

Hallmark Insights Expands Into Global Markets, Offering Clients Unprecedented Access To Incentive Programs

Hallmark Insights Expands Into Global Markets, Offering Clients Unprecedented Access To Incentive Programs

Jun 10 2008 | comment(s)

MINNEAPOLIS, June 10 /PRNewswire/ --

- COMPANY EXPANDS INCENTIVE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM INTO EUROPE; WILL ADD ASIAN PACIFIC COUNTRIES IN Q4 2008

Minneapolis-based Hallmark Insights enhanced integration of its incentive processes through expanded partnerships in Western Europe, making the company one of the first to offer access to integrated incentive solutions, including merchant gift cards, vouchers, pre-paid cards and merchandise worldwide. As a result, multi-national companies are now able to provide equity in reward initiatives regardless of where the recipient lives, and easily manage the currencies and merchant offerings that vary from country to country.

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