August 3

HOUSTON, August 3, 2011 - Endeavour International Corporation (NYSE: END) (LSE: ENDV) today reported adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter of 2011 was $7.6 million compared to $13.1 million in the second quarter of 2010 and $4.1 million in the first quarter of 2011.

LONDON, August 3, 2011 - Standard Chartered, the Asia-focussed bank, reported a rise in half-year profits of 17% and said that it was investing money in hiring new staff to continue to drive growth.

LEICESTER, England, August 3, 2011 - Best At Cruises chooses to work with specialist online marketing agency Absolute Internet Marketing.

BALTIMORE and CAMBRIDGE, England, August 3, 2011 - - Agreement Marks Significant Planned Addition to System's Content-Rich Test Menu BD Diagnostics, a segment of global medical technology company BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), and Lab21, a global leader in personalised healthcare, announced today a collaboration to develop a state-of-the-art molecular diagnostic assay to detect the life-threatening Aspergillus fungus using the new fully automated BD MAX™ Molecular Testing System.

LONDON, August 3, 2011 - Polaroid, the international consumer electronics company, has approached Venture Giant, an established angel investors network, to assist them to raise an eight figure investment amount to further develop and launch Polaroid products onto the global arena and take Polaroid to the next level, competing with other mass market products that include HP, Canon and Sony.