Saturday, October 02, 2010

PR Hub – Newsletter for October 2, 2010

Saturday, October 2, 2010


Orlando Breaks Guinness World Record

PEOPLE TRAVEL FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO CREATE WORLD'S LARGEST SMILEY FACE

ORLANDO, Florida, October 1, 2010 – Five hundred smiling people from around the world gathered today in the
world's theme park capital to set the Guinness World Record for the biggest
smiley face. Coinciding with and celebrating today's official World Smile
Day(R), they formed the smiley [...]

Visteon Completes Reorganization and Emerges from Chapter 11 with Significantly Improved Capital Structure

Global automotive supplier positioned for growth with strong product lines and global footprint

VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Michigan, October 1, 2010 – Visteon Corporation announced today it has completed its reorganization
and emerged from the U.S. Chapter 11 process. With its significantly improved
capital structure, the company is well-positioned for profitable and
sustainable growth.

(Logo: www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20001201/DEF008LOGO [...]

A Good Policy for the Protection of Patents, the Key to a Successful Transfer of Technology

PAMPLONA, Spain, October 1, 2010 – "It is increasingly difficult to receive financing and the
financial crisis is weakening investment in R&D+i," said Conny Bogentoft,
Chief Scientific Officer at Karolinska Development AB, during the third and
last plenary session of the 5th International Meeting on Biotechnology,
BioSpain 2010, organised by the Spanish Association of Biocompanies (ASEBIO)
and the Government [...]

Northern Rock Launches New Fixed Rate E-Bond

GOSFORTH, England, October 1, 2010 – Northern Rock has launched a new e-bond account, providing a
competitive interest rate for those savers who wish to operate their account
online.

With a minimum deposit of just GBP1, customers can benefit
from a fixed rate of interest for one year. e-bond (Issue 1) pays 3.00%
gross*/AER** pa [...]

Promethean Launch ‘Give Every Child a Voice’ Recycling Campaign

BLACKBURN, England, October 1, 2010 – Promethean, the interactive learning technology business, is launching
'Give Every Child a Voice', a recycling campaign among Scottish schools to
support the NSPCC's ChildLine, the 24 hours-a-day helpline for children and
young people.

Promethean is bringing together schools across Scotland to help raise
funds for ChildLine by recycling old [...]

Northrop Grumman to Supply Radio Communications System for UK MoD’s Camp Bastion Airfield, Afghanistan

LONDON, October 1, 2010 – Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE: NOC) Europe-based air traffic
management systems subsidiary, Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems, has been
awarded a contract by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to provide a
ground-to-air voice radio system for air traffic control operations at the
MoD's Camp Bastion airfield in Helmand Province, the main handling airfield
for [...]

Gammon Gold and Capital Gold Sign Definitive Merger Agreement

TORONTO and NEW YORK, October 1, 2010 – Gammon Gold Inc. ("Gammon Gold") (NYSE: GRS, TSX: GAM) and Capital Gold
Corporation ("Capital Gold") (TSX and NYSE AMEX: CGC) have entered into a
definitive merger agreement pursuant to which Gammon Gold will offer to
acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Capital Gold in a
cash [...]

Ukraine Reestablishes A Presidential-Parliamentary Republic

KYIV, October 1, 2010 – The Constitutional Court of Ukraine has canceled 2004
constitutional reform today. The final and unchallengeable decision was
announced today by the Head of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine Anatoliy
Holovin. With the decision coming into force Ukraine reestablishes the
presidential-parliamentary republic according to the initial version of the
Constitution adopted in 1996.

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Equality Now Hails Historic Creation of a New UN Mechanism That Will Focus on Eliminating Discrimination Against Women in Law and Practice

GENEVA, October 1, 2010 – On 1 October 2010 at the 15th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC),
member states adopted by consensus a resolution to create a new mechanism to
accelerate the elimination of discrimination against women in law and
practice. "This is the culmination of the hard work of so many in government
and civil [...]

The National Trust and the Art Fund Launch Appeal to Save Brueghel

SWINDON, England, October 1, 2010 – The National Trust and the Art Fund have launched a GBP2.7 million
fundraising campaign to save an iconic Old Master painting for the nation.

'The Procession to Calvary' by Pieter Brueghel the Younger is the star
attraction at Nostell Priory in Yorkshire, owned by the National Trust [...]

npower Launches Competition to Find the Football Stars of Tomorrow

LONDON, October 1, 2010 – npower is encouraging kids who fancy themselves as the next Rio
Ferdinand, or Faye White, to pull on their boots and enter the Football
League Kids Cup and Girls Cup.

Faye White, the women's England captain was joined by sports presenter
and amateur player Ben Shephard at Football League [...]

Jet Fuel Operator Q8Aviation Secures Major New Contract at Leeds Bradford

LONDON, October 1, 2010 – Q8Aviation, the largest importer of jet fuel into North-West
Europe, has added Leeds Bradford International Airport to its portfolio of UK
airports and has already secured a key share of the refuelling business of
Jet2.com, the airport's leading airline.

Q8Aviation has also recently begun marketing at Cologne-Bonn,
one of Germany's [...]

Guggenheim Foundation and BMW Group Announce a Major New Global Initiative

BMW GUGGENHEIM LAB
NEW YORK, October 1, 2010 – Richard Armstrong, Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and
Museum, and Frank-Peter Arndt, Member of the Board of Management, BMW AG,
today announced a long-term collaboration that will span six years of program
activities, engage people in major cities around the globe, and inspire the
creation of forward-looking concepts [...]

IndiaMART.com Widens its National Network

Increases Offices Across the Country to 55
NEW DELHI, October 1, 2010 – IndiaMART.com, India's largest online B2B marketplace, is
spreading its wings across the country with the number of its offices
increasing to 55 from 31 in March this year. Further, the company's team of
Internet Consultants (feet-on-the-street) has crossed a mammoth figure of
1000. The total workforce [...]

CityIS Announces Exceptional Growth, Continued Expansion and Significant New Client Acquisition Across All CityIS Group Companies

LONDON, October 1, 2010 – City Information Services Limited (CityIS Ltd.), the global video
communications company, is continuing to experience high growth and will
further capitalise on the unified communications opportunities within the
marketplace as they enter their fourth quarter, in the financial year ending
31 December 2010.

Since CityIS was acquired by Viju Group [...]

Barclaycard Launches Next Generation Online Payments With SmartPay

NORTHAMPTON, England, October 1, 2010 – Barclaycard has announced the launch of Barclaycard SmartPay. This new
secure online payment processing system is designed to help European
retailers compete with domestic retailers in foreign markets and reduce the
number of transactions where customers do not complete their purchase.
Developed in partnership with global internet payment and e-commerce
solutions provider Adyen, [...]

Owlient Celebrates its 5th Birthday

PARIS, October 1, 2010 – Owlient reached an important milestone in its history as it celebrated
its 5th birthday on September 8 2010. The European internet browser game
company celebrated this occasion with its 15 million registered users from
all over the World. Owlient is also planning a new international roll-out to
keep the numbers growing.

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The ICMA Centre Ranked 2nd for Employability by The Times Good University Guide

WHITEKNIGHTS, England, October 1, 2010 – The ICMA Centre has been ranked 2nd for employability by The Times Good
University Guide 2011*. This ranking demonstrates the emphasis the Centre
places on producing graduates with skills and knowledge of real value to
institutions in the financial markets.

Dr Adrian Bell, School Director of Teacher and [...]

JASH Accepted for Coverage in MEDLINE

Indexing Will Help Researchers Locate Articles Published in JASH
PHILADELPHIA, October 1, 2010 – Elsevier announces that the Journal of the American Society of
Hypertension (JASH) has been selected for inclusion in MEDLINE. MEDLINE is
the premier bibliographic database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
(NLM), containing over 15 million journal article citations, with a
concentration on biomedicine.

[...]

npower Announces Cashback Towards Winter Gas Bill With All Boiler Installations

WORCESTER, England, October 1, 2010 – npower hometeam has launched a new winter cashback scheme, which will see
customers installing a new boiler receive a one off cash payment towards
their winter gas bill.

The npower (www.npower.com/) winter gas cashback deal means that
any homeowners installing a new A-rated boiler through the company will
receive [...]

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