Connect by Hertz Announces Pilot With Xerox

LONDON - Connect by Hertz, Hertz’s global car sharing club, has entered into a 6 month pilot with Xerox, a long term corporate car rental customer of Hertz. For the program, Connect by Hertz will place MINI Cooper Ds in Welwyn Garden City and Uxbridge for the benefit of its 1500 employees. Members of staff will have the opportunity to become members and book cars by the hour at any time of day from the www.connectbyhertz.com website.

Merck Serono Launches RebiSmart(TM), First Electronic Injection Device for Delivery of Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Rebif(R)

GENEVA -

- RebiSmart(TM) is Designed to Improve Ease of Handling and Usage and Introduces the Potential for Improved Treatment Adherence for Multiple Sclerosis Patients

Avantium to Deliver Flowrence System to Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), USA

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands - The U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has signed an agreement with Avantium to enable the sale and delivery of an Avantium Flowrence(TM) parallel fixed bed reactor system. The Flowrence(TM) will allow PNNL to accelerate its catalyst research for infrastructure compatible biofuels and bioproducts.

Tauern Gas Pipeline Applies for Exemption for Long-Term Investment Security

VIENNA, Austria -

- Application for Exemption Submitted to Austrian Regulatory Authority

BASF Podcast: Option for Climate Protection - Gas Scrubbing Captures CO2 From Flue Gases

LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany - In this podcast you will learn how BASF is developing technologies with which CO2 can be separated out from flue gases.

Business Opportunities in the Spanish Aerospace Sector up for Debate

MADRID -

- Invest in Spain is Organizing an Online Seminar to Analyze Business Opportunities in the Spanish Aerospace Sector. - To Participate in the Seminar (to be Held in English), You First Have to Register for Free Using the Following Link: www.xtalks.com/events/xto340spain2/index.html - It Will be Held on Tuesday the 30th of June From 9:00am to 10:30am (Eastern Day Time) and From 3:00pm to 4:30pm (Central European Time).

Stonebranch Presents World-Class Speakers at Innovation Europe 2009

HANNOVER, Germany -

- Featured analyst Frank Kenney to give keynote presentation in tandem with a new Managed File Transfer product launch.

MetraTech Wins 2009 Best Overall at the World BSS Awards

BOSTON, Massachusetts and LONDON - MetraTech Corp. (www.metratech.com/), the innovative charging, billing, settlement and customer care product provider has won the Best Overall prize at the prestigious World BSS Awards. The award was presented to two companies, MetraTech and Oracle Corporation at a ceremony during IIR’s BSS Summit 2009 in Amsterdam from June 8-11, 2009.

Whitfield Fine Art Opens Exceptional Old Master Exhibition

LONDON -

- GBP7.5 Million Renaissance Panel and GBP1.1 Million Anthony Van Dyck, That Belonged to King Charles I, go on Display in London

European AutoID Award 2009 Honors Object Security Surveillance Solution

ZURICH - Silverstroke AG, an Ettlingen/Germany-based communications solution provider, won this year’s European AutoID Award in the category “RFID”. In doing so, the awarding committee acknowledged a groundbreaking object surveillance solution which uses RFID to protect an art collection. The winning project was realized by Silverstroke in collaboration with the GU and systems integrator, Siemens Building Technologies, as well as Albis Technologies. The application is based on active RFID transponders by Albis. Thereby reading devices in the exhibition rooms interconnect the RFID transponders with the application-software. This design ensures continuous surveillance of the exhibits.

Hertz Ensures its Customers Are NeverLost(R)

LONDON - Hertz Upgrades Signature Satellite Navigation System Through New Partnership With Garmin

New Educational Initiative Urges People With Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) to Dedicate One Day so That They May Make a Lasting Difference to How They Live With Their Condition

MAIDENHEAD, England - My Day for RA Launches Across Europe Today: A Novel ‘Goal-Centred’ Patient Programme

toptable, Europe’s No 1 Restaurant Reservation Service, Goes Global… http://www.toptable.com

LONDON - toptable.com, Europe’s No 1 online restaurant reservation service, announces the launch of its French-language version, the newest phase of an ambitious global growth strategy. Major enhancements to the website mean its best-of-breed service will now be available in multiple languages. More translations will follow shortly.

Skill Gaming an Internet Hit for Millions of People - Qeep Introduces the Concept to the Mobile World

COLOGNE, Germany - Simple Online Games With Real Cash Prizes Continue to Gain Popularity

- Qeep Becomes the First to Offer Worldwide Skill Gaming for Mobile Phones

Agendia’s Breast Cancer Recurrence Test MammaPrint Included in International St. Gallen Expert Consensus Recommendations

HUNTINGTON BEACH, California and AMSTERDAM - International Expert Panel Recommends Use of Multigene Profiling Assays and Finds Intermediate Scores Lack Clinical Utility

Ketchum and Häagen-Dazs(R) Brand Win One of the First PR Lions Awards at the Cannes International Advertising Festival

NEW YORK and CANNES, France - Honey Bee Campaign Among the Industry’s Most Honoured

The Cannes Lions (www.canneslions.com) International Advertising Festival, the largest and highly respected global awards program, honoured Ketchum and the Häagen-Dazs brand with a Cannes PR Lions award for their Häagen-Dazs loves Honey Bees(R) (www.helpthehoneybees.com/) campaign in the Corporate Responsibility and Environmental Issues category. It was one of only 18 PR Lions given from a field of 431 international entries in the very first year that public relations was featured at the festival.

World Finance ESG Awards 2009

LONDON - The World Finance 2009 ESG Awards have been announced.

The winners were: Best ESG Research House, Germany WestLB AG Best ESG Institutional Asset Manager, Netherlands Syntrus Achmea Asset Management Best ESG Asset Manager, France Groupama Asset Management Best ESG Wealth Manager, Netherlands ABN AMRO Best ESG Asset Manager, Italy Eurizon Capital SGR Best ESG Asset Manager, Sweden SEB Wealth Management Best ESG Asset Manager, Brazil Itaú Unibanco Banco Múltiplo SA Best ESG Research House, France Novethic Best ESG Microfinance Consultant, International Perfect Point Partners Best ESG Asset Manager, USA ClearBridge Advisors Best ESG Asset Manager, UK Threadneedle Investment Best ESG Institutional Asset Manager, Switzerland SAM Sustainable Asset Management Best ESG Institutional Asset Manager, Norway DnB NOR Asset Management Best ESG Research House, UK EIRIS Best ESG Research House, USA IW Financial Best ESG Asset Manager, Belgium Dexia Asset Management Best ESG Wealth Manager, Switzerland Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch Group Best ESG Asset Manager, Spain BBVA Asset Management Best ESG Asset Manager, Denmark Nykredit Asset Management A/S

Tauw is Training Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to Clean up Pesticides

DEVENTER, The Netherlands - Tauw has been commissioned by the World Bank to be a consultant in how to approach old pesticides and organic contaminations that are difficult to decompose (POPs) in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The consultants at Tauw will take care of the transfer of knowledge about drawing up an inventory and how to deal with the old storage places of these toxic substances. The contract was signed on June 3.

CFOs are Ignoring Supply Chain Risks as Cost Cutting Tightens

GUILDFORD, England - Global Study Highlights Increased Risk of Missing Links Between Finance and Procurement

Destination Reached First: The NAVIGON MobileNavigator for the iPhone is Available Immediately From the App Store

HAMBURG - The iPhone is extremely multitalented - and is now becoming even more versatile. Because now iPhone users can also equip their device in Apple’s App Store with the MobileNavigator from NAVIGON. The navigation software transforms any iPhone 3G equipped with the new Apple OS 3.0 operating system and any iPhone 3G S into a complete navigation device with pathbreaking functions.

Jolife AB Announces Launch of LUCAS(TM)2, the New Generation of LUCAS Chest Compression System, in Europe and Canada

LUND, Sweden - Now Electrically Powered, the Life-Saving Medical Device Offers the Most Lightweight and Compact Solution to Maintain Circulation in Cardiac Arrest Patients

New Data From CLARITY Study Presented at 19th ENS Meeting Show Rapid and Sustained MS Relapse Reduction for Cladribine Tablets

MILAN, Italy and GENEVA, Switzerland - The Effect of Short-course Oral Treatment With Cladribine Tablets on Annualized Relapse Rate was Significant as Early as 12 Weeks After Initiation of Treatment and Sustained Through to the 96 Weeks of the Study

IGLOO Software Extends Its Online Community and Social Software Solutions to the Desktop

KITCHENER, Ontario - New Desktop Client allows users to share local files as easily as they share links on the internet

PopCap’s Bejeweled(R) Blitz Makes 5 Million Facebook Friends During Beta

DUBLIN - Casual Games Leader’s First Foray into “Social Gaming,” Attracts 5 Million Monthly Users After 6 Months as Public Beta

Rita Wilson Drops Beatles Poster Lawsuit Against Melissa Pearl

NEW YORK - Contention over a rare vintage 1962 Beatles poster has been amicably resolved. Melissa Pearl has sold the poster to Rita Wilson, who sought the piece for her husband Tom Hanks. The poster had been the subject of a lawsuit filed by Wilson against Pearl, but Wilson’s complaint and all allegations against Pearl have been completely withdrawn.

Welcome Real-time Wins Cards & Payments Award for ‘Best Innovation in a Loyalty Program’

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France - Welcome Real-time today announced that the company has been awarded the ‘Best Innovation in a Loyalty Program’ award in VRL’s annual awards dinner at Cards & Payments Europe 2009. This award is recognized based on its partnership with Venture Infotek, India’s leading transaction processing company.

Rugby European Championship in Hannover

HANNOVER, Germany - On 11 and 12 July 2009, Hannover Will be the Venue for the Sevens European Championship for the Second Time

International Awards for Tenuta Villa Trasqua

CASTELLINA, Italy - With its Supertuscan Trasgaia 2006, the Tuscan winery Villa Trasqua has once again scooped the Gold title. At the International Wine and Spirit Competition (ISWC) 2009 in London, Villa Trasqua won the prestigious ‘Gold Best in Class’ title for the second time in a row, a first in the world of wine. ‘Tenuta’ Villa Trasqua can be recognised by the large ‘T’ on the label.

Not so Neighbourly Britain

GLASGOW, Scotland - Leading insurance intermediary Kwik Fit Insurance is calling on British households to spend more time getting to know their neighbours this European Neighbours Day.

Murata: Robot Unicyclist’s First Visit to Europe

HOOFDDORP, Netherlands - Unicycling robot MURATA GIRL will visit Europe for the very first time from her home in Japan to perform at the ARS Electronica Centre in Linz, Austria from June 20. She will perform alongside her cousin, cycling robot MURATA BOY, at demonstrations at the ARS Electronica Centre and in Linz’s main square. MURATA BOY will also accompany young cyclists around an obstacle course on the ARS Electronica Centre’s main deck.

The State of Qatar Launches “Qatar Exchange” as it Signs Today Formal Terms of Strategic Partnership With NYSE Euronext

DOHA, Qatar and NEW YORK and PARIS - Qatar Holding and NYSE Euronext Sign Formal Terms to set up Strategic Partnership

World Finance Islamic Finance Awards

LONDON - The World Finance 2009 Islamic Finance Awards have been announced.

The winners were: Best Islamic Financial IT Provider International Turnkey Systems Group - ITS Best Brokerage Services Provider United Securities LLC Best Islamic Forex Bank Standard Chartered Best Islamic Services from an International Bank Standard Chartered Best Islamic Investment Bank Al Sanabel International (Holding) Best Islamic Retail Bank Jordan Islamic Bank for Finance & Investment Best Islamic Online Bank Dubai Islamic Bank Best Islamic Private Equity Bank Sarajah Islamic Bank Best Islamic Asset Management Unicorn Investment Bank Best Sukuk Issuer HSBC Amanah Best ReTakaful Issuer Hannover ReTakaful BSC Best Islamic Finance House Gulf Finance House Best Takaful Issuer Takaful International Best Business Leader, North America Omar Farooq Kalair, UM Financial Best Business Leader, Europe Sohail Jaffer, FWU Group Best Business Leader, Middle East Mohammad Abdullah, Sharjah Islamic Bank Best Business Leader, Asia Yvonne Chia, Hong Leong Bank Berhad

RTX and SiTel Create New and Innovative Ultra Low Power (ULP) Technology

NOERRESUNDBY, Denmark - By combining considerable chip knowledge with excellent system domain knowledge, RTX and SiTel have created a new innovative Ultra Low Power (ULP) technology based on CAT-iq; this is the first step into completely new application areas for DECT/CAT-iq.

SEP Signs REGURIN(R) Deal

LONDON - Speciality Urology Company Gains Exclusive UK Distribution Rights

Speciality European Pharma Limited (SEP), the UK based, urology focused, specialty pharmaceutical company, is pleased to announce that it will obtain the exclusive distribution rights to Regurin(R) (trospium chloride) for the UK and Ireland, as of the 1st July 2009. Regurin, owned by Rottapharm-Madaus, is currently marketed under different brand names in European countries including Germany, Italy, Austria, Spain and Switzerland.

Schweighofer Prize 2009 Presented in Vienna

VIENNA, Austria - Innovative Contributions for a Prosperous European Forest-Based Sector

On June 18, 2009, the Schweighofer Prize, the European innovation award for the forest-based sector, is presented for the 4th time at the Vienna City Hall. Almost 500 guests from over 30 different countries will honour 7 winning teams, who will share euro 300,000 in prize money.