Majestic Expands Middle Eastern Presence

MUMBAI, India - In response to growing client demands and accelerating market potential in the Gulf Region, Majestic MRSS has further invested resources and reinforced it’s team to meet the Client expectations in the region.

Bounty Parenting Club Launches View on Demand ‘How to Breastfeed’ Video

LONDON - Bounty, the UK’s favourite parenting club, today launches a 4 minute ‘How to Breastfeed’ online video clip to help expectant and new mums take a real life, close up peek at how a baby ‘latches on’ to the breast when feeding.

New Aircraft Procurement Offers Sizeable Potential in the European Air ISR Command and Control Market, Says Frost & Sullivan

LONDON -

Spurred by EDA (European Defence Agency) and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) requirements, Europe’s armed forces continue to upgrade and expand their defence systems. Because C2 systems are vital troop components that require regular procurement and consistent upgrades, the highly competitive air intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) command and control (C2) market will continue to grow, both in Europe and globally.

Milestone Outperforms Market Growth and Gains Market Share to Retain Number One Global Position

COPENHAGEN -

- This Latest Surveillance Market Analysis From IMS Research Finds Milestone Systems Continues for the Fifth Year in a row as the World Leader for Open Platform IP Video Management Software

Voucher Codes Attract Silver Surfers!

LEEDS, England - Voucher Codes and Discount Vouchers from online discount code websites such as VoucherSeeker (www.voucherseeker.co.uk/discount-vouchers) are more likely to attract the over 50s age group, a survey has found.

Rambagh Palace Wins Best Hotel in Conde Nast Traveller Reader’s Awards 2009

MUMBAI, India -

- Voted Top Hotel in the World’s Top 100, Across Travel and Industry Categories

British Hunger for Work Spells End of the Hour-Long Lunch Break?

NORWICH, England - This week sees the end of the summer holidays as people across the UK return to work. Yet something that shouldn’t be forgotten in those hectic first days back is the importance of a proper lunch break, following a survey showing that the average break is now just half an hour (32.6 minutes).

ENISA Warns of Alarming Increase in ATM Crime

HERAKLION, Greece and BRUSSELS -

- Annual Cash Machine Losses in Europe Approach EUR 500 Million: ENISA Provides Advice for Consumers

Home-Spun or Hard Fact?

NEWBURY, England -

- Fast-Food Family Planning May Contribute to High Levels of Unintended Pregnancies

The 4th Market Stock Market Lottery Celebrates One Year of Success

LONDON - On Monday 7th September, The 4th Market Stock Market Lottery celebrates one year of success and continues to provide an exciting new way to ‘play’ the stock market each day

Mobile Phones, Eating & Drinking and Saving Money are the Fastest Growing* Sectors Online

LONDON -

- Number of Britons Visiting ‘Cellular/Paging’ Websites From PCs/Laptops up 58 Percent Year-on-Year; ‘Food & Cooking’ Visitors up 56 Percent, ‘Coupons/Rewards’ up 55 Percent

Consumers Worldwire See Advertising as Key to Economic Growth: Nielsen-WFA Report

LONDON - Seven in ten consumers globally agree that advertising contributes to economic growth, while eight in ten agree that advertising helps create jobs, according to a survey of 25,420 consumers in 50 countries conducted by The Nielsen Company for the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) in April 2009.

The Ten Most Heavily Used Web Brands Account for 45 Percent of Total UK Internet Time

LONDON -

- Consequently, the Other 7,625 Brands Currently Tracked by Nielsen Online are Fighting for the Remaining 55 Percent of Time Britons Spend Online

Social Networks & Blogs Now 4th Most Popular Online Activity, Ahead of Personal Email, Nielsen Reports

LONDON -

- Two-Thirds of Global Online Population Visits These Sites Each Month

- “Time Spent” on These Sites Growing Three Times Faster Than Overall Internet Rate, Now Accounting for Almost 10 Percent of all Internet Time

Nielsen Wins “Most Innovative Approach” at the Best of Business Intelligence (BOBI) Awards

LONDON -

- Nielsen’s BuzzMetrics Analysis of Consumer Experience to Influence Marketing Decisions for Pfizer’s Smoking Cessation Product - Champix - Cited by Judges as a Unanimous and Clear Winner

Top Brazilian Organizations Unite in Alliance to Fight Climate Change

SAO PAULO -

Fourteen major Brazilian organizations representing the agribusiness, planted forests and bioenergy sectors announced today the creation of the Brazilian Climate Alliance, with the goal of contributing with solid proposals for the negotiations related to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The main focus is the agenda that the Brazilian government has been defending in global negotiations, culminating with the 15th U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP 15), next December in Copenhagen, Denmark.

A Fifth of People With MDS (Blood Cancer) Die Prematurely Because the NHS Won’t Fund New Life-extending Drugs

LONDON -

- More Than Half of Blood Cancer Experts (56 Percent) say Less Priority is Given to Rarer Cancers Compared to Other Common Cancers

Frost & Sullivan: Map-based Driver Assistance Systems Lead the Way to Automotive Safety

LONDON -

In line with the much lauded advantages of driver assistance systems (DAS), some vehicle manufacturers (VMs) are beginning to see navigation-based DAS as the future of enhanced social mobility and as a prelude to the much bandied Vehicle to Vehicle (V-V) and Vehicle to Infrastructure (V-X) systems.

Landlords Most at Risk in a Rising Rental Market - Warning

LONDON - The rental market is on the move again. However, this is the time when landlords are most at risk from defaulting tenants as, although performance indicators, including housing, show upswings, unemployment is still expected to rise for the foreseeable future. This is the indicator that forecasts the moment of most risk of defaulting tenants.

How Companies Twitter in Germany: August 2009 Trend Report

BERLIN, Germany -

- Blätterwald and Zucker. Investigate Twitter Content From More Than 50 International Companies: About Half of all Tweets are in Dialogue. Though, Report Reveals a Lack of Clarity Over Responsibilities for Twitter at Companies

Automation Services — The Formula for Sustaining Business During Recession, According to Frost & Sullivan

LONDON -

- Frost & Sullivan to Host Analyst Briefing on Automation Services Market during Recession, on Wednesday, 9 September 2009, at 16.00 BST

New Cables Will Kick-Start Africa’s New Broadband Era, Pyramid Research Finds

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts -

Total broadband adoption in Africa will increase at a CAGR of 28 percent through 2013 as new undersea cables boost Africa’s international bandwidth, reducing the number of coastal countries without any cable access from 19 to one, according to a new report from Pyramid Research (www.pyr.com), the telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network (www.lightreading.com).

ICE CDS Clearing Reaches US$2.2 Trillion and 24,000 Transactions Cleared to Date; ICE Trust Announces Addition of Newest Clearing Member; Global Buy-Side Solution on Track for October

NEW YORK -

IntercontinentalExchange(R) (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of regulated global futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, today announced that BNP Paribas was approved as a clearing member of ICE Trust U.S. (ICE Trust(TM)) and is actively clearing beginning this week. BNP Paribas is the thirteenth clearing member of ICE Trust.

Health Workers Face Postcode Lottery for Swine Flu Vaccine, Chemist+Druggist Reveals

TONBRIDGE, England -

Thousands of frontline health workers in England are trapped in a postcode lottery after Department of Health (DH) guidance on swine flu vaccination has left local health chiefs confused over who is eligible for the jab.

Ultra-Luxury Takes a Hit

STOCKHOLM -

- Prices on Ultra High-end Cars, Watches, Yachts Down 12% Since May, Mid-end Luxury Showing Strength, up 6%

Added Investment Into Healthcare By the Government Drives Growth in the European Hospital Information Systems Market, Notes Frost & Sullivan

LONDON -

Although most hospitals in Europe have some kind of information system in place, very few have a fully integrated and functional hospital information systems (HIS) solutions installed. The adoption rate of HIS solutions in 2008 in Europe varied from about 73.0 per cent in Italy and Spain to 95.0 per cent in Scandinavia. Increasing accountability pressures on the government and regulatory authorities to garner more investments into healthcare IT adoption is boosting the HIS market potential.

Global Association of Risk Professionals Announces Sharp Rise in Worldwide Registrations for FRM Exam; Number of Candidates Applying for 2009 Exam Increases 70% Over Same Time Last Year

NEW YORK and LONDON -

The Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP, www.garp.org) today announced that its Financial Risk Manager (FRM(R)) program registered 22,854 certification candidates as of the close of its standard registration period ended August 31, 2009. This represents a 70% increase from the number of FRM candidates registered to take the exam at this time a year ago. Registration closes on October 15th.

MarketsandMarkets: Global Agrochemical Market Worth $196 Billion by 2014

WILMINGTON, Delaware - According to a new market research report, ‘Global Agrochemical Market (2009 - 2014)’, published by MarketsandMarkets ( www.marketsandmarkets.com), the total global Agrochemical market is expected to be worth $196 billion by 2014, and the Asia market will account for nearly 43.1% of the total revenues. The global Agrochemical market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 10.4% from 2009 to 2014.

MarketsandMarkets: Global Anti Counterfeit Market for Food and Pharmaceuticals Worth US$79.3 Billion by 2014

WILMINGTON, Delaware - According to a new market research report, ‘Global Anti Counterfeit market for Food and Pharmaceuticals (2009-2014)’, published by MarketsandMarkets (www.marketsandmarkets.com), the global anti counterfeit market for food and pharmaceuticals market is expected to be worth US$79.3 billion by 2014, with an estimated CAGR of 8.6% from 2009 to 2014. The North American market is expected to account for nearly 62% of the total revenues.

MarketsandMarkets: Global Emerging Lighting Technologies Market Worth US$112.2 Billion by 2014

WILMINGTON, Delaware - According to a new market research report, ‘Global Emerging Lighting Technologies Market (2009-2014)’, published by MarketsandMarkets (www.marketsandmarkets.com), the global emerging lighting technologies market is expected to be worth US$112.2 billion by 2014, recording an estimated CAGR of 7.9% from 2009 to 2014. The North American market is expected to account for nearly 39% of the total revenues.

MarketsandMarkets: Global Biosimilars Product Market Worth $19.4 Billion by 2014

WILMINGTON, Delaware - According to a new market research report, ‘Global biosimilars Market (2009 - 2014)’, published by MarketsandMarkets (www.marketsandmarkets.com), the global biosimilars market is expected to be worth US$19.4 billion by 2014, recording a CAGR of 89.1% from 2009 to 2014. The increasing demand from patients, insurers, and government agencies to reduce the costs of blockbuster biopharmaceuticals has created numerous opportunities in the global biosimilars market.

Marketsandmarkets: Global Minimally Invasive/ Non Invasive Market Worth $24.4 Billion by 2014

WILMINGTON, Delaware - According to a new healthcare market research report ‘Global Top Minimally Invasive/Non Invasive Market (2009 - 2014)’, published by MarketsandMarkets (www.marketsandmarkets.com), in 2009, the global minimally invasive/ non invasive market is estimated to be approximately $16.4 billion and is expected to reach $24.4 billion by 2014 at a CAGR of 8.3%.

CA Helps Debenhams Slash Service Desk Costs by 25 Per Cent, Thanks to Increased Automation and ITIL Best Practice

DITTON PARK, England -

- CA’s Service Desk Manager, an Axios Assyst replacement, frees up staff time to concentrate on serving customers and reduces human intervention in IT incidents by 15% at leading retailer

Mining Outlook: MolyExp Releases Report: Unusual Stock Accumulation in China Will Be Key to Molybdenum Market Evolution

SANTIAGO, Chile -

- According to Pablo Bascur, MolyExp managing partner, the incipient recovery of moly prices is not a response to an increase in consumption, and that China will play a key role in upcoming quarters

Frost & Sullivan: European Femtocells Markets - Will the Hype Lead to Mass-Market Adoption?

LONDON -

Apart from a few mobile operators, most European operators will continue to trial femtocells in 2009 with commercial deployments of standard-based femtocells projected to occur in 2010. Commitment to wide-scale deployment of femtocells are subject to trials but also dependent on equipment certification based on industry-accepted standards.

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