Thursday, August 26, 2010

PR Hub – Newsletter for August 26, 2010

Thursday, August 26, 2010


Continental Airlines-UK Selects Silverpop to Help Engage Travellers with Targeted Email Marketing Programme

World's fifth largest airline to strengthen relationships with customers in the United Kingdom and Ireland

LONDON, August 26, 2010 – With travellers researching trips and fares more carefully than ever,
travel providers must maintain a constant and highly relevant dialogue with
potential customers in order to influence purchasing decisions and increase
customer loyalty within this highly competitive space. [...]

Date to Note: Conference “Beyond the Vienna Initiative: Towards a New Banking Model in a New Growth Model for CESEE” to be Held in Vienna on 17 September

International Conference on the Role of Banks as Part of the Future Growth Model for Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe

VIENNA, August 26, 2010 – The Federal Ministry of Finance is organising the international
conference "Beyond the Vienna Initiative: Towards a New Banking Model in a
New Growth Model for CESEE", to be held on 17 September [...]

LOVEFiLM Strikes Major Digital Deal With MGM

LOVEFiLM Player Adds Movie Giant to Catalogue
LONDON, August 26, 2010 – LOVEFiLM has agreed a major UK distribution deal with
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) to enable its members to watch MGM
titles online and on internet-enabled devices through the LOVEFiLM Player.

MGM boasts one of the largest film libraries of any Hollywood
studio and [...]

Joyent Launches New Smart Solution for Digital Agencies

Customized Offering Empowers Digital Developers with Affordable, High- Performance, Instantly Scalable Dev/Build Resources to Meet Client Demands

NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO, August 26, 2010 – Joyent, the premiere provider of smart computing solutions
(www.joyent.com), today announced the launch of its Smart Solution
for Digital Agencies, a new one-stop-shop program designed to meet the unique
needs of digital [...]

Joyent Partners With Codesion to Deliver End-to-End App Development and Deployment Solutions

Partnership Leverages Joyent's Smart Cloud Solutions with Codesion's Subversion Hosting for Secure, Reliable, OnDemand Control Management

SAN FRANCISCO, August 26, 2010 – Joyent, the premier provider of smart computing solutions
(www.joyent.com), announced today that it has partnered with Redwood
City-based Codesion, the leading provider of enterprise-grade Subversion, Git
and CVS hosting (codesion.com), to provide seamless, secure,
end-to-end automation of [...]

New Features Expand Capabilities of the FrontlineSMS Mobile Communications Platform

LONDON, August 26, 2010 – The open-source SMS communications platform FrontlineSMS has delivered
two major features as part of a new software release today. With this
upgrade, FrontlineSMS allows organisations to receive multimedia messages via
a standard email account. More complex than SMS messages, MMS can include
text, images, video and audio. This is a huge step forward [...]

‘Game On’ for Scotland’s First Venison Festival

ABERDEEN, Scotland, August 26, 2010 – This autumn lovers of game are in for the ultimate gastro treat at the
Royal Deeside Larder Venison Festival. This new six-day celebration of
venison takes place from 26th to 31st October 2010 across Royal Deeside
including Balmoral Estate, Banchory, Ballater and Aboyne. A Venison Pie
[pictured] complete with antlers in the [...]

Visteon and Avtopribor Announce Joint Venture in Russia to Supply Vehicle Cockpit Electronics

New joint venture – OOO Visteon Avtopribor Electronics – is set to become one of the largest automotive electronics suppliers in Russia, with full manufacturing and engineering capability

VLADIMIR, Russia, August 26, 2010 – OOO Visteon Avtopribor Electronics, a new joint venture between Visteon
Corporation, a leading global supplier of automotive systems, and Avtopribor,
one of Russia's [...]

Hult International Business School to Award Master Degree Scholarships to Industry Leaders and Academic Elites in Asia: Experts in Fields Such as Consulting and Information Technology and Top University Students With Business Majors are Invited to Apply for the 2011-2012 Academic Year

LONDON, August 26, 2010 – With a goal to attract a new generation of global Asian business leaders,
the Hult International Business School is offering scholarships for the
2011-2012 academic year to industry experts in a variety of fields as well as
to top university students or graduates majoring in business.

The MBA Industry [...]

Ganeden Biotech and ICAM Announce Private Label Probiotic Chocolates

Innovative private label chocolate program gives store brand managers functional snack offer that hits on two hot consumer categories: probiotics and premium chocolate

CLEVELAND, August 26, 2010 – Ganeden Biotech, Inc. (www.ganedenlabs.com), maker of the patented
probiotic strain GanedenBC30(R) (www.ganedenbc30.com), and ICAM
S.p.A., an Italian farm-to-bar producer of all natural premium chocolates,
today announced Chocolate Plus Private Label, [...]

Hikma – Half Year Results Interviews With CEO and CFO

LONDON, August 26, 2010 – Hikma Pharmaceuticals reports half year profit growth and raises gross
margin guidance.

In a video interview on www.cantos.com, Hikma CEO Said Darwazah says a
good performance at the company's three divisions supported the results. "All
three engines have been performing quite well, to give us these fantastic
results."
[...]

AMEC Announces “Record” Results – Interview With CEO

LONDON, August 26, 2010 – AMEC today announces "record" half year results despite challenging
markets and say they will beat their 8.5 per cent margin on earnings target
this year.

Samir Brikho, CEO, highlighted revenues up 13 per cent, organic growth up
6 percent and that the order book has hit a record GBP3.5b.
[...]

WHO and International Epilepsy Organisations Expose Unacceptable State of Epilepsy Care Across Europe

New Report Provides Recommendations to Improve the Quality of Care and Understanding of Epilepsy, and Reduce Stigmatisation to Help Bring Epilepsy 'Out of the Shadows'

PORTO, Portugal, August 26, 2010 – The World Health Organization (WHO) and the two international epilepsy
organisations, the International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE) and the
International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE), have today [...]

Research Reveals Consumers’ Product Safety Ignorance

FAREHAM, England, August 26, 2010 – New research from product testing expert T??V Product Service suggests
that UK consumers are putting their safety at risk as they do not understand
the meaning of marks stamped on the products they buy.

Three-quarters (73 per cent) of survey respondents said that they
believed a CE marking [...]

International Leaders Stress the Importance of Spatial Data Strategies for Improved Government Delivery

JOHANNESBURG, August 26, 2010 – Carlos Zeferino Torreblanca Galindo, Governor of the State of Guerrero,
Mexico and the former mayor of Acapulco spoke of the poverty within his
state. Demographic data he showed put his state near the bottom of most
statistics in basic services. Most support comes from the federal government
but by the time the state [...]

DLA Leaders Visit New Subsistence Prime Vendor in Kuwait

WASHINGTON, August 25, 2010 – The following statement is in response to the Defense Logistics Agency's
recent visit to ANHAM facilities in Kuwait:

"We appreciate the positive visit by the DLA to our facilities and remain
on track and on schedule to serve as "Prime Vendor" to the U.S. Government,
providing food and support [...]

/C O R R E C T I O N – SwissINSO Holding Inc/

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, August 25, 2010 – PR Newswire incorrectly published the release, "SwissINSO is on the Move" on
25 Aug 2010 19:04 GMT, by SwissINSO Holding Inc. We are advised by a
representative of the company that in the second paragraph, SwissINSO SA
should read "SwissINSO Holding Inc. (SWHN.OB)".
Complete, corrected release follows:

– SwissINSO, [...]

SwissINSO is on the Move

SwissINSO, a major innovator in the application of solar-power to water purification/desalination and heating/cooling of buildings, announces its move to Switzerland's prestigious EPFL Science Park, joining an exclusive club of world-class players.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, August 25, 2010 – SwissINSO SA is proud to announce its move to the prestigious R&D
Science Park at EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique [...]

When a Condom is Not Enough

LONDON, August 25, 2010 – After today's news that the frequency of sexually transmitted disease is
increasing in the UK, particularly in adolescents and young adults, we asked
Dr Malcolm VandenBurg (www.malcolmvandenburg.co.uk/), a Harley Street
Private Specialist in Medicine including Sexual Health and General Medicine,
for his comments.

He is particularly well placed to give [...]

The ICMA Centre Announces Promotion for Dr Adrian Bell

READING, England, August 25, 2010 – The ICMA Centre has announced the promotion of Dr Adrian Bell.

Dr Bell will be promoted to Professor on 1 October this year. Dr Bell,
who has been with the ICMA Centre since 1994, has been instrumental in the
development of both the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes [...]

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