ISSY- LES-MOULINEAUX, France, June 25 (ots/PRNewswire) - Following on the enormous success of Meet the Media events in London, PR Newswire France will host its first Meet the Media event in Paris on the 26th of June. Meet the Media is a series of seminars hosted by PR Newswire, the leading global news distribution service, in association with PR Week, the ...
London (ots/PRNewswire) - - Few Countries Have Prioritised This Potentially Preventable and Curable Cancer The first cross-country report on the management and funding of colorectal cancer (CRC) reveals an urgent need for action to improve the survival of patients diagnosed with this common cancer in ...
World Health Organization (WHO)
Geneva and Washington Dc (ots/PRNewswire) - With major surgery now occurring at a rate of 234 million procedures per year - one for every 25 people - and studies indicating that a significant percentage result in preventable complications and deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched a new safety checklist for surgical teams to use in operating theatres, as part of a major drive to make surgery safer around ...
Montevideo (ots/PRNewswire) - The Republic of Uruguay announced today an offer to qualified holders outside the United States of 14 series of outstanding foreign currency external bonds denominated in U.S. Dollars and Euros maturing on or prior to 2015 (the "Eligible Bonds") to exchange those instruments for either Uruguayan Pesos UI Bonds due 2030 (the "2030 UI Bonds") or U.S. Dollar 7.625% Bonds due 2036 (the "2036 ...
Rousset, France (ots/PRNewswire) - - Extends Atmel's Market-leading AT91SAM Microcontrollers to Next-generation ARM Technology Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today that it has licensed the ARM(R) Cortex(TM)-M3 32-bit RISC processor for the next generation of its market-leading AT91SAM ARM technology-based microcontrollers. This reinforces ...
Rousset, France (ots/PRNewswire) - - AT73C237 Integrates 4 Linear Regulators in a 3mm x 3mm QFN Package Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today the release of its AT73C237 Power Management Unit (PMU) compatible with a 5V input supply and generating four regulated output voltages, with programmable output voltage selection and output current up to 70mA. The AT73C237 has a similar architecture to ...
Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - Valeo's Annual General Shareholders' Meeting (AGM) was held today under the chairmanship of Thierry Morin, the Group's Chairman & CEO. 2007 results and outlook The AGM approved Valeo's 2007 accounts which were published on February 12, 2008. In 2007, Valeo recorded a strong rise in sales volumes (+6.2%) related to growth in emerging countries where the Group has reinforced its presence. ...
Zeist, The Netherlands (ots/PRNewswire) - Eureko B.V. today announced that Huub Hannen (60), Vice-Chairman of the Eureko Executive Board, will retire as of 1 October 2008. Gerard van Olphen (46) and Willem van Duin (48), currently members of the Board, will be appointed as Vice-Chairmen of the Executive Board as per the same date. Gerard van Olphen will also take over the responsibilities as Chief Financial Officer as ...
London (ots/PRNewswire) - Mapesbury Communications Ltd, a UK GSM licence holder, today announces an agreement with Spectrum Interactive (UK) Ltd for the rights to broadcast its UK01 GSM service from hundreds of payphone kiosks; these sites will accelerate the rollout of its new mobile phone service branded as UK01. UK01 aims to establish itself as a major mobile operator in the UK catering for specific targeted ...
Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - Valeo today announced the signing of a contract with OSEO, the French state financing group dedicated to supporting innovation, for 61 million euros in funding for its research program LOwCO2MOTION(R), which aims to improve vehicle engine efficiency and contribute to reducing CO2 emissions. This funding, granted by the French Industrial ...
San Diego, California and Calgary, Canada (ots/PRNewswire) - - Findings Demonstrate Clear Trends of Proof of Principle of Reverse Cholesterol Transport in Human Volunteers SAN DIEGO, California and CALGARY, Canada, June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Resverlogix Corp. ("Resverlogix" or the "Company") (TSX: RVX) announced today that it has completed the planned exploratory efficacy analysis of the data from the Phase I, 7 ...
Berlin (ots/PRNewswire) - - For non-US Healthcare Media and non-UK Healthcare Media - New Studies Show Benefits of MICARDIS(R) (Telmisartan) in Combination With Amlodipine and Hydrochlorothiazide The results of two new studies of MICARDIS(R) (telmisartan) in free combination with amlodipine or fixed combination with hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) 25 mg ...
Las Vegas (ots/PRNewswire) - - Company Pioneers First Multi-Touch Surface Collaboration Environment for Telepresence InfoComm 2008 -- Teliris (www.teliris.com), the leading provider of immersive telepresence solutions, announced today the first-ever multi-touch surface computing based collaboration solution and interactive virtual flip chart and whiteboard ...
San Jose, California (ots/PRNewswire) - - Offers seamless migration to CAP7 customizable MCUs for ARM7-plus-FPGA designs Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) today announced the AT91CAP7E, the industry's first ARM7(TM)-based MCU with a direct FPGA interface. The AT91CAP7E is a standard microcontroller with an FPGA interface that makes the FPGA look and work like it is on the internal bus of the MCU. It provides ...
London (ots/PRNewswire) - MrTed Limited, the leading solution provider of Talent Acquisition Solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Pieter Philipsen to the position of Chief Financial Officer of MrTed Limited. Philipsen will form part of MrTed's executive committee. "Pieter has a strong international background in finance, operations and sales and has played a key role in the successful turnaround of ...
Singapore (ots/PRNewswire) - - Joikusoft Wins Grand Prize in Annual Location-Based Developers' Program NAVTEQ (NYSE: NVT), a leading global provider of digital map data for location-based solutions and vehicle navigation, announced yesterday during an awards ceremony at CommunicAsia 2008 that Joikusoft is the Grand Prize Winner of this year's NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge -- Asia-Pacific (APAC). As the ...
Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - Valeo announced today that it has signed an agreement for the creation of a joint venture for the production of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) systems with Itelma, a Russian supplier of automotive systems to Russian automakers. The new company, Valeo Climate Control ...
The Schulich School of Business
Toronto, Ontario (ots/PRNewswire) - - Latest Evidence for Businesses to Justify Investing in Pandemic Preparedness Plans TORONTO, Ontario, June 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The Schulich School of Business today released the first study to assess the impact of an influenza pandemic on individual companies. Presented today at the World Conference on Disaster ...
Berlin (ots/PRNewswire) - - univadis(R) Users Gain Access to BMJ Learning Content for CME and CPD The pharmaceutical company MSD (known as Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited in the UK and Merck & Co., Inc. in the US) and BMJ (British Medical Journal) Group today announced a partnership in medical education through which BMJ Learning will be made available to physicians through MSD's medical portal univadis(R). This ...
Berlin (ots/PRNewswire) - New results of the ADVANCE (Action in Diabetes and Vascular disease: PreterAx and DiamicroN-MR Controlled Evaluation) trial have been presented today at the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and show that the antihypertensive Preterax - a fixed combination of the ACE-inhibitor perindopril and the diuretic indapamide - reduces the likelihood of new or worsening nephropathy (kidney damage) ...
San Jose, California (ots/PRNewswire) - Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today two new low power 32-pin tinyAVR(R) microcontrollers, the ATtiny48 and ATtiny88 devices which have 4- and 8-Kbytes of Flash memory, respectively. These AVR(R) microcontrollers consume less than 240 uA at 1.8V and 1 MHz, and below 100 nA in power-down mode and are ...
Lyon, France and Swiftwater, Pennsylvania (ots/PRNewswire) - Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of sanofi-aventis Group, announced today its commitment to donate 60 million doses of H5N1 vaccine to the World Health Organization (WHO) over 3 years for the establishment of an H5N1 vaccine global stockpile. ...
European Wind Energy Association (EWEA)
Brussels (ots/PRNewswire) - All across Europe, a wide range of events have taken place this week in the run-up to the European Wind Day 2008. Thousands of members of the public have already taken part in activities from exhibitions in Belgian train stations to photo contests in Sweden. The events all focus on how wind energy works and the benefits it brings as a ...
Abbotsford, Canada (ots/PRNewswire) - ICS Copper Systems Ltd. (ICX:TSX.V) reports that it has completed its non-brokered private placement as previously announced on May 26th, 2008. The private placement consisted of 2,750,000 units at a price of CDN$0.40 per unit for gross proceeds of CDN$ 1,100,000. Each Unit is comprised of one common share (a "Share") and one ...
St. Louis, Missouri (ots/PRNewswire) - Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) announced today that it has completed its proposed acquisition of De Ruiter Seeds Group B.V., a Dutch-holding company that owns and operates De Ruiter Seeds, for EUR546 million in cash, or approximately $850 million at current exchange rates, less net debt. Monsanto will start to transition the De Ruiter Seeds business into its vegetable seeds ...
London (ots/PRNewswire) - New research published BNY Mellon Asset Servicing, the global leader in securities servicing, has found that many institutions are ill-prepared for the increase in complexity and transactional volumes that can be expected in the next few years. The research -- published today as ...
Paris, France / Aachen, Germany (ots) - Results from two phase III clinical studies of tapentadol immediate release tablets (IR) suggest a significantly improved gastrointestinal tolerability(1) as well as safety(2) profile compared to oxycodone HCl IR. The data were presented by the German pharmaceutical ...
London (ots/PRNewswire) - Statistics released today by BNY Mellon Asset Servicing show that Currency Overlay funds had mixed results in the first quarter of 2008. During the quarter, excess returns ranged from 4.48% to -2.38%, and the overall median return was -0.01%. However, BNY Mellon Asset Servicing's ...
European Network of Fibromyalgia Associations (ENFA)
Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - - Lack of Physician Education May Contribute to Problem A new global survey of fibromyalgia patients and physicians shows that fibromyalgia, a chronic widespread pain condition, results in poor quality of life and poses a financial burden on patients often resulting in an ...
Maidenhead, England (ots/PRNewswire) - - Study Results Provide Further Evidence That Early Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis With Enbrel(R) Plus Methotrexate in Moderate to Severe Patients can Stop the Disease From Progressing, and Helps Patients Return to More Normal and Productive Lives Data presented ...