April 27

NEW YORK, April 27, 2011 - The world's most awarded ultra premium vodka, Purity Vodka, announced today that it has recruited Andy Glaser from Moët Hennessy as its new Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Glaser will be based in New York and has extensive experience in successful brand development in the U.S. market having led marketing for Heineken and most recently business operations at Hennessy Cognac. Glaser will be responsible for developing the Purity brand and increasing its distribution, initially in the US, and is expected to take control over the brand's global operations within 12 months.

LONDON, April 27, 2011 - New and established traders with spread betting ( www.worldspreads.com) company WorldSpreads, who hold a minimum of GBP5,000 in their accounts, have each saved an average of GBP6,600 in trading costs since September, thanks to WorldSpreads' unique Zero Spreads (www.worldspreads.com/en/Spread-Betting-with-Us/zero-spreads.aspx).

Data Provided by Trimega Laboratories LONDON, April 27, 2011 - Society of Hair Testing (SoHT) research, based on data provided by Trimega Laboratories, has confirmed that dual testing on hair for alcohol misuse provides accuracy rates of over 94%. In support of advancing hair alcohol testing usage in child protection, Trimega's data set of approximately 2,000 samples, the largest of its kind in the world, was used for interpretation for both types of test.

LONDON, April 27, 2011 - MINDS International, the global association of digital news agencies, has expanded its reach with the addition of four news agencies to its network. At a recent General Meeting in London, MINDS announced its newest members as Australian Associated Press (AAP), Danish Ritzaus Bureau, Swedish Tidningarnas Telegrambyra (TT) and the South Korean Yonhap News Agency.

MOSCOW, April 27, 2011 - National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia's only settlement depository servicing the full range of debt and equity securities of Russian issuers, reports that on 26 April it held an Annual General Meeting of its shareholders (AGM).