LONDON, November 19 - Organisations which have demonstrated best practice in terms of the disclosure in their annual reports had their efforts rewarded at last night's inaugural ICSA Hermes Transparency in Governance Awards held at the Brewery in the City. Separate awards were made for FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 companies following a rigorous judging process which involved an analysis of the most up to date annual reports and accounts of the companies in the FTSE 350. The Awards identify and acknowledge companies providing excellent disclosure, with the aim of encouraging improvements in the disclosure process for listed companies.

Declaration of 10 Core Education Priorities for the 21st century DOHA, Qatar, November 18 - Please click on the following link to access the full version of the Digital Press Release: www.digitalnewsroom.co.uk/wise09/closing-statement/

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LONDON, November 18 - Over 700 university academics and administrators from around 45 countries will gather at the fifth QS Asia Pacific Professional Leaders in Education Conference (www.qsapple.org) in Kuala Lumpur next week to hear international experts from 25 countries speak on globalisation and the role of rankings in higher education.

Network of 53 Hospitals Gain Access to Masimo SET Pulse Oximeters IRVINE, California, November 18 - Masimo (Nasdaq: MASI), the inventor of Pulse CO-Oximetry(TM) and Measure-Through Motion and Low-Perfusion pulse oximetry, announced today that Lyon, France-based Uni.H.A., one of the largest healthcare Group Purchasing Organizations (GPO) in France, has signed a multi-year purchasing agreement for "gold standard" Masimo SET(R) pulse oximeters. The agreement offers preferred contract pricing to Uni.H.A.'s 53 member hospitals and provides for more than 1,000 Masimo SET bedside pulse oximeters and 650 handheld pulse oximeters to be purchased within four-years.