Parents Look Online for Back to School BargainsLEEDS, England - The summer is coming to an end, the new school year beckons, and the cost of school uniform and equipment is starting to add up. Whilst many parents are frantically shopping around for the better deals, many people are turning to online deals sites such as VoucherSeeker (www.voucherseeker.co.uk/discount-vouchers) for voucher codes for money off items. vProtect Luminal Shield (TM) from Prescient Medical Receives CE MarkDOYLESTOWN, Pennsylvania - - Novel Self-Expanding Platform for Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease Receives European Regulatory Clearance U.S. Telecom Market to Reach US$406 Billion in 2014 as Mobile Data Surpasses Fixed Voice, Finds Pyramid ResearchCAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts - The U.S. communications market will reach US$406 billion in 2014 as mobile data revenue climbs to US$94 billion, surpassing fixed voice (PSTN + VoIP) during the forecast period, according to the latest report from Pyramid Research (www.pyr.com), the telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network (www.lightreading.com). US Court Grants Finjan a Permanent Injunction for Infringing Technology Found in the WebWasher and TSP Products and Enhances the Jury’s Damage AwardSAN-JOSE, California - - Injunctions and Extended Damages Were Granted on McAfee’s Webwasher and TSP Products Spirent Communications and AT4 Wireless Collaboration Results in Industry First for LTE Device TestingSUNNYVALE, California - - Spirent LTE Network Emulator Delivers the Industry’s Only Solutions to Test All Aspects of LTE Multi-Mode Device Performance Trademark Infringement Case of Nude Skincare and Stella Nude by Stella McCartney Ltd.LONDON - There has been significant public interest and media coverage around this case over the last few days. For legal reasons, Nude has been unable to comment or make any statement until today. Pampered Cows are Healthier and More Productive, new Study RevealsSTOCKHOLM - A new study by Cornell University shows that dairy cows using the DeLaval Swinging Cow Brush (SCB) register higher milk production and lower clinical mastitis cases. ICE Statement on Enhanced Agreement between CFTC and FSALONDON - IntercontinentalExchange(R) (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of regulated global futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets issued the following statement regarding today’s joint U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and U.K. Financial Services Authority (FSA) statement on oil market regulation. The FSA serves as the primary regulator for ICE Futures Europe - ICE’s London-based energy futures market - and the CFTC imposes additional regulatory requirements on certain of ICE Futures Europe’s energy futures contracts linked to U.S. markets, including WTI Crude oil. Unite Supports Strategy for Workers to Access SkillsLONDON - Five sector skills councils supported by trade unions Unite, Prospect, GMB, CSEU and the TUC have launched an initiative to improve access to quality training and development for manufacturing companies in the UK. CDMA Certification Forum Achieves ISO/IEC Guide 65 AccreditationSAN DIEGO - - This accreditation demonstrates the CCF’s technical competence and operation of a quality management system as a Product Certification Body. SGI President Patrinos Co-Authors Proposals on International Policies to Reduce Global Greenhouse Gas EmissionsLA JOLLA, California - To aid in reducing global greenhouse gas emissions and help solve the complex issues of climate change, two researchers have published energy and technology policy recommendations. Co-authors Aristides A.N. Patrinos, Ph.D., President of Synthetic Genomics Inc. (SGI), and Richard A. Bradley, Ph.D., Head of Energy Efficiency and Environment Division at the International Energy Agency published their policy proposals in the August 21st edition of Science. Workers Uniting Union Counters the Lies in U.S. Health Care DebateLONDON - Workers Uniting, the world’s first international union, has launched an attack on the lies and misinformation being spread in the USA by opponents of President Obama’s health insurance reform plan. Response to Dr Steve Boorman’s Interim Report Into the Health and Wellbeing of NHS StaffLONDON - The Work Foundation, RAND Europe and Aston Business School - the partnership trio of research organisations working closely with the review team to undertake the research and analysis of the evidence behind the Boorman Review - today (19 August 2009) welcomed publication of the interim version of the report. Moscow is Getting Ready for Autumn Period in CrisisMOSCOW - On Thursday 27 August experts of Finance & Investment Markets Players Club (KIFIR - www.kifir.info) will be joined by the experts from Russia’s Institute of Contemporary Development (INSOR - www.riocenter.ru/en) to discuss the following: Woodstock Music Event Goes GlobalNEW YORK - - Bliss Beverages to Host Global Music Festival Bliss Beverages C.E.O. Aaron Fraser, says he will be hosting a global music festival to promote cultural, racial, religious and social tolerance in the world. The event is slated for August 14th of 2010, the anniversary of Woodstock, and would take place over seven days. Peter Gabriel’s Human Rights NGO WITNESS Elects Marko Ahtisaari, Andrew Puddephatt and Amy Robbins to Board of DirectorsNEW YORK - WITNESS, the international human rights organization founded by musician and activist Peter Gabriel, has elected Marko Ahtisaari, Andrew Puddephatt, and Amy Robbins to its Board of Directors. Northrop Grumman Selected for Next Stage of Competition to Provide Joint Operations Centre for Royal Brunei Armed ForcesLONDON - Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been selected by Brunei’s Ministry of Defence as one of the two suppliers that will go forward to the next phase of the competition to provide a Joint Operations Centre command and control capability for the Royal Brunei Armed Forces. Smith & Nephew Takes Single Injection PMA to Next StageRALEIGH and DURHAM, North Carolina - Smith & Nephew (NYSE: SNN; LSE: SN) Biologics & Spine is proceeding to the next stage in the approval process for the U.S. launch of DUROLANE(R) Single Injection, Stabilized Hyaluronic Acid. Hult International Business School Celebrates Success After First Year in DubaiDUBAI, UAE - - New Academic Year Offers Additional Educational Courses Hult International Business School, the world’s first global business school, and the first academic institution from the United States to be licensed in the UAE, is celebrating the graduation of its inaugural class. On August 20th, 97 students from 29 countries will graduate from the School’s top-ranked MBA program. Summer Sea Ice Good News for Hudson Bay Polar BearsCHURCHILL, Canada - Scientists have confirmed what a Tundra Buggy(R) business in Churchill is witnessing: that due to colder-than-usual subarctic weather this year, healthier polar bears are being spotted along the west Hudson Bay coast. Boulder Digital Works (BDW) at CU Boulder Announces its Board of Directors, Faculty, and First WorkshopsBOULDER, Colorado - - Executive workshop series begins in September, followed by October 5th launch of the full-time 60-week program. Epix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces the PRX-08066 Therapeutics Program in Phase 2 for Respiratory Indication Will Be Part of The Intellectual Property Offered for Sale at the September 30, 2009 AuctionWELLESLEY HILLS, Massachusetts - Joseph F. Finn, Jr., C.P.A. (”Finn”), announced today that the PRX-08066 Therapeutics Program in Phase 2 for respiratory indication will be part of the intellectual property offered for sale at the September 30, 2009 auction. RISI’s Latin American Conference Assesses the Impact of the Economic Crisis on the Region’s Pulp and Paper SectorSAO PAULO - - High-level industry players join the list of speakers for the Sao Paulo event IBM Faces Pensions Backlash, Warns UniteLONDON - LONDON, August 17 /PRNewswire/ – Unite, the UK’s largest union, is warning IBM to brace itself for a backlash from thousands of employees against the company’s plans to close the final salary pension schemes to future accrual and to alter the terms of its early retirement scheme. Crown Worldwide Group Aids HIV Positive ChildrenPHNOM PENH, Cambodia - - Crown’s Corporate Social Responsibility Group Sponsors a Second School in Cambodia ‘Young, Gifted and ….. Broke!’OXFORD, England - This is the immediate future awaiting some of the country’s brightest graduates who left university this year with spiralling debt(1) and lacking the skills employers value(2) in a competitive labour market. RAYSPAN Corporation Announces Grant of Fundamental Metamaterial Air Interface PatentSAN DIEGO - RAYSPAN Corporation, the world’s leading innovator of metamaterial air interface solutions, is proud to announce it has been granted a fundamental patent, ANTENNAS BASED ON METAMATERIAL STRUCTURES. The sweeping claims of this patent encompass a broad range of metamaterial inventions that make possible RAYSPAN’s breakthrough ultra-miniature antennas and related air interface components and systems. With an intellectual property portfolio that now includes over sixty-five awarded and pending domestic and international patents covering the world’s most advanced metamaterial wireless technology, RAYSPAN has established an extremely strong foundation for licensing and protecting its metamaterial solutions in the global cellular handset and wireless LAN markets. This unmatched patent portfolio protects the full span of RAYSPAN’s fundamental enabling structures, antennas and essential radio frequency (RF) components based on those structures, use of those structures in key RF subsystems and systems, and complete end-to-end communication networks. National Air Cargo Teams Up With Admiral Jeremiah Denton Foundation to Send School Supplies to IraqORCHARD PARK, New York - - National Air Cargo set to deliver more than 2,200 pounds of school supplies to Iraqi children in Diyala Province A&F’s Comment on the Resolution of Riam Dean’s ClaimNEW ALBANY, Ohio - As to the Judgment of the Employment Tribunal, released 11 August, 2009, David Cupps, General Counsel of Abercrombie & Fitch said, “We are pleased that the Tribunal found that A&F did not discriminate against Ms. Dean on grounds of her disability and also found that A&F provided Ms. Dean with the accommodation she requested. While the Tribunal did make a finding of failure to accommodate and harassment, that finding was based on the events of a single day - - events which were not at all representative of Ms. Dean’s overall employment with A&F. We continue to believe that these events resulted from a misunderstanding that could have been avoided by better communication on the part of both parties. Celebrity Equinox Officially Named - Celebrity CruisesLONDON - Nina Barough CBE, founder of the UK-based charity, “Walk the Walk,” served as Godmother of Celebrity Equinox, the second in Celebrity Cruises’ (www.celebritycruises.co.uk) lauded Solstice Class fleet. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Appoints Joe Cerrell to Lead New European OfficeSEATTLE - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced that Joe Cerrell has been appointed to head its new European office in London, effective January 1, 2010. Cerrell is currently the foundation’s director of global health policy and advocacy. UK National Record Attempt With Pentagon Clearance Acquired for a Charity Flight for Fly2HelpOXFORD, England - - Something Good at Last With Aviation - Fly2Help! A high-flying duo is entering the prestigious Dawn to Dusk competition and is about to set out on a 1,000-mile endurance flight, visiting 24 airfields around the UK in a single day. First Service Managers Bring ISO Potential to the WorldUTRECHT, The Netherlands - The first groups of ITIL Service Managers from across the globe have earned their ISO/IEC 20000 Consultants/Managers certificate. This certificate is part of the new Qualification Program in IT Service Management according to ISO/IEC 20000. The candidates took part in a two-day training held in countries including the Netherlands, England, Japan and the U.S. and concluded with several key examinations. New Report: Sustainable Climate Strategies Must Create Not Destroy WealthBONN, Germany - - Responsible development of forest lands reduces emissions, offers economic returns up to 8-times greater than CO2 farming Fraport Traffic Figures - July 2009: Positive Trend for Passenger and Airfreight TrafficFRANKFURT - - Only About 3 Percent Fewer Passengers Year-on-year - Airfreight Decline Drops Below 10-Percent Mark |
