PR Hub – Newsletter for August 20, 2010
Friday, August 20, 2010
Bura Snow – The Changing of the Guard in the Ski & Snowboard Catered Chalet Industry
LONDON, August 20, 2010 – Historically the domain of the wealthy family, the catered ski chalet
market has been given a shake up in the past 2 years by the team at Bura Snow
Catered ski & snowboard chalets.
Bura Snow (www.burasnow.com), specialise in ski & snowboard
holidays for groups of friends and young [...]
MoneySolve Debt Management Offers Help by Live Chat
MANCHESTER, England, August 20, 2010 – MoneySolve Debt Management (www.moneysolvedebtmanagement.co.uk/)
has launched an online live chat service, providing struggling consumers with
another means of obtaining assistance.
The live chat adds to MoneySolve's freephone number, email enquiry form
and call back services. Debt experts at the company believe this type of help
is preferred by many, [...]
MoneySolve Condemns Extortionate Missed Payment Charges
MANCHESTER, England, August 20, 2010 – Debt advice experts at MoneySolve have condemned the extortionate missed
payment penalties and excessive rates of interest applied to a number of
unsecured loans and credit cards.
The debt specialists believe that these charges make financially
difficult situations even worse for those most in need of help.
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British Gas Launches Generation Green Programme for Schools
LONDON, August 20, 2010 – British Gas has re-launched its "Generation Green" initiative to promote
sustainability to children in schools.
The energy provider aims to drive the green agenda by targeting children
in the classroom with what it calls a "web based education and loyalty
programme".
British Gas says the new [...]
Gold Made Simple Takes Elitism out of Gold Investment
MANCHESTER, England, August 20, 2010 – Gold Made Simple's online gold exchange has removed the
element of elitism from investing in gold bullion (
www.goldmadesimple.com/), by simplifying the process and making it
more accessible to the majority of people. While the value of currency has
dropped in recent months, the value of gold has not, and this makes [...]
Cyprotex Adds In Vitro Toxicology Services
MACCLESFIELD, England, August 20, 2010 – Cyprotex PLC (LSE:CRX), the preclinical ADME Tox services company, today
announces the launch of its new in vitro toxicology service, branded as
Cyprotox(R). Supporting the new service is an additional 90 square metres of
laboratory space at Cyprotex's Macclesfield, UK facility housing the latest
technology in multi-parametric automated fluorescent imaging and cellular
analysis. [...]
CLOs and Senior HR Executives of Fortune 500 Companies to Come Together at Tata Interactive Learning Forum 2010
MUMBAI, India, August 20, 2010 – The Tata Interactive Learning Forum (TLF), an annual global learning
event conducted by Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), will feature some of the
top speakers in the learning industry, including CLOs, VPs, EVPs in Training,
HR & business functions.
The 7th annual edition of the TLF 2010 is scheduled [...]
Oracle Delivers Industry’s Most Complete and Integrated Desktop-to-Datacenter Virtualization Portfolio
Company Outlines Benefits of Virtualization Integrated from Applications to Disk
Redwood Shores, Calif. ??? August 19, 2010
News Facts
Today at an online event (https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=registration.jsp&eventid=230786&sessionid=1&key=ACD102D5564F47339E77B2101D7099D4&partnerref=email&sourcepage=register) , Oracle’s Edward Screven, Chief Corporate Architect, and John Fowler, Executive Vice President, Systems, outlined Oracle’s virtualization strategy and why Oracle Virtualization (www.oracle.com/us/technologies/virtualization/index.html) delivers more value than VMware.
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/C O R R E C T I O N – Mendeley/
LONDON, August 19, 2010 – In the news release, "Mendeley Hires Spotify's Paul Brown as Chief
Operating Officer" issued on 19 Aug 2010 08:00 GMT, by Mendeley over PR
Newswire, we are advised by a representative of the company that in the sixth
paragraph, the Twitter link was incorrectly transmitted by PR Newswire. The
correct link is: twitter.com/mendeley_com [...]
Phase III Randomised Controlled Trial Confirms Clinical Efficacy and Safety of Radioembolisation Using 90Y-resin Microspheres for Patients With Inoperable Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases That Have Failed Chemotherapy
BRUSSELS, August 19, 2010 – Using the innovative technique of radioembolisation to treat patients
with inoperable colorectal cancer liver metastases who have failed all
standard-of-care chemotherapy options can more than double the time until
their disease progresses, according to the final results of a Phase III
randomised controlled trial published in the prestigious Journal of Clinical
Oncology.(1)
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House of Fraser Launches New Autumn/Winter 2010 Shoes Collection Online
LONDON, August 19, 2010 – House of Fraser, the leading premium department store, has launched its
Autumn/Winter 2010 footwear collection by Dune online.
The Dune (www.houseoffraser.co.uk/Shoes/319,default
,sc.html?prefn1=brand&prefv1=Dune&fix&spcl) Group offers affordable luxury
shoes (www.houseoffraser.co.uk/Shoes/319,default,sc.html) and
accessories, with brands including Dune, Pied a Terre and Bertie. The Dune
Group was formed in March 2009 with the acquisition by [...]
Sky Offers Comparison Table for Sports Packages
ISLEWORTH, England, August 19, 2010 – Sky has created a new comparison table for its sports packages, putting
the price and package deals of Sky and its main competitors side by side.
The comparison tables allow consumers to check prices and features
between Sky and competitors, meaning customers can now compare Sky and [...]
Broad Institute Acquires License to all ChemAxon products and Deploys Across Chemical Biology Platform
Compound Registration, Structure Search and Computed Properties Rolled Out
BUDAPEST, Hungary and CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, August 19, 2010 – ChemAxon, a leading provider of chemistry software for life sciences,
announced today that they have entered into an agreement with the Broad
Institute of Harvard and MIT, which will license ChemAxon's platform,
discovery toolkits and desktop applications for institute-wide use. [...]
Ansell Strengthens Global Management Team With New Appointments
RED BANK, New Jersey and MELBOURNE, Australia, August 19, 2010 – Earlier today global leader in protection solutions, Ansell,
announced two new appointments to its global executive leadership team. These
appointments, both effective immediately and both reporting to the CEO,
Magnus Nicolin, follow an earlier announcement regarding a realignment of its
global organization for accelerated growth and faster [...]
JOC Sailings Launches Redesign of Global Sailing Schedules and Maritime News Website
JOC Sailings released its multi-platform website including customized micro-sites for major ports that extends the breadth and depth of key regional and international news and information for the cargo shipping industry
NEWARK, New Jersey, August 19, 2010 – JOC Sailings (www.jocsailings.com), a division of United Business
Media Global Trade (UBM GT), is a leader in providing [...]
STOIK Imaging Releases All-in-One Video Converter, Editor, and Effect Processor
MOSCOW, August 19, 2010 – STOIK Imaging announces the release of STOIK Video Converter, a dedicated
video conversion, processing and enhancement suite. Available in Free and Pro
editions, STOIK Video Converter Pro can convert between AVI, DV, MKV, MOV,
MPEG 1, 2 and 4, and WMV formats in all possible combinations.
Supporting all possible [...]
Multi-centre Phase II Trial Reports Safety and Clinical Benefits of Radioactive Microspheres in Patients with Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases who have Failed Chemotherapy
ROME, August 19, 2010 – Radioactive yttrium-90 labelled resin microspheres (SIR-Spheres; Sirtex
Medical, Sydney, Australia) appear to be a safe and effective treatment for
patients with colorectal cancer liver metastases who have failed available
chemotherapy options, according to the final results of a prospective
clinical multi-centre phase II trial conducted by the Italian Society of
Locoregional Therapies in Oncology [...]
Gammon Gold Inc Adopts a Shareholder Rights Plan
TORONTO, August 19, 2010 – Gammon Gold Inc. ("Gammon") (TSX:GAM and NYSE:GRS): announced today that
its Board of Directors has approved the adoption of a shareholder rights plan
agreement (the "Plan") effective August 19, 2010 (the "Effective Date"). The
Plan is designed to ensure that Gammon's shareholders are treated fairly in
the event of a take-over bid for [...]
IBC Offers Special Screenings of Major 3D Movies
Avatar (Special Edition) and Toy Story 3 demonstrate the best in contemporary technology and creativity
LONDON, August 19, 2010 – As part of its commitment to illustrating its cutting edge agenda, IBC is
offering special screenings of two major movies in stereoscopic 3D. The
viewings, which are open to all IBC visitors, demonstrate both the state of
the [...]
AEGON Asset Management Wins Asset Allocation Mandate
LONDON, August 19, 2010 – AEGON Asset Management has won a GBP300 million pension scheme mandate
from leading manufacturing company Molins PLC.
The mandate will see AEGON Asset Management play a significant role for
the Molins UK Pension Fund, in enhancing the strategic asset allocation and
funding plan developed by the Trustees and their [...]