March 8

NOKIA, Finland, March 8, 2011 - The new world record for fastest car on ice was set by Nokian Tyres' test driver Janne Laitinen who drove 331,610 km/h (206,05 mph) on the Gulf of Bothnia in Oulu, Finland. The record was broken on March 6th on a 14-kilometre ice track in freezing conditions. The world's leading winter tyre manufacturer equipped the record-breaking car with Nokian Hakkapeliitta 7 studded tyres (255/35R20 97 T XL).

LONDON, MANCHESTER and BIRMINGHAM, England, March 8, 2011 - TRY. BELIEVE. LOVE.(R) EXPERIENCE the foundation that started the makeup revolution on International Women's Day, 8th March and pick up a Bare Escentuals Friendship Bracelet.

GRAZ, Austria, March 8, 2011 - This is a great success for CNSystems. The well-established Austrian high tech company will be presenting its CNAP (Continuous Non-invasive Arterial Pressure) blood pressure measuring device, as well as, for the first time, evaluation data at the International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine in Brussels.

Celebrating International Women's Day Centennial WASHINGTON, March 8, 2011 - Imagine a master class for social change: an academy of action where concrete advice, guidance, and direction for every level of changemaking - from the first spark of an idea to the scaling of an innovation across the globe - are shared by some of the world's most accomplished innovators and activists.

Rina Dechter of the University of California succeeds Raymond Perrault AMSTERDAM, March 8, 2011 - Elsevier, a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, is pleased to announce that Professor Rina Dechter of the University of California, Irvine, has accepted to join Professor Tony Cohn of the University of Leeds as Co-Editor-in-Chief of Artificial Intelligence (www.elsevier.com/locate/artint). She succeeds Dr. Raymond Perrault of SRI International in that position.