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IEEE, the world's largest technical professional association, today announced that all IEEE-owned peer-reviewed journals now offer open-access (OA) publishing options - the latest sign of OA's growth as it continues to transform the scholarly research publishing industry. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130522/CG18741LOGO) Open access allows all technologists and the general public to access research articles online for free, as opposed to the traditional scholarly publishing model that requires paid subscriptions. By removing these access barriers, OA publishing can help gain more exposure ... read more

Enterprise mobility specialist, Antenna Software, today announced that Fortum Corporation, a company that generates, distributes, and sells electricity and heat, has selected AMPchroma, Antenna's award-winning mobile app platform as the basis for its mobile applications. Fortum will use AMPchroma to build, run, and manage a series of apps, the first of which is a plant asset management and maintenance app. The new app will provide additional mobility on the company's back-end - specifically an IBM Maximo Asset Management system. Fortum ... read more

Just in time for the un-official start of summer, AT&T* announced a series of community initiatives and network enhancements for the Shore region as Sandy re-build continues into the summer season. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120612/DA23287LOGO) In the weeks following Sandy, AT&T announced a million dollar contribution to Governor Christie's Sandy Relief Organization and this summer will continue to support a variety of local organizations including the Lakewood Blue-Claws "Score for the Shore" campaign in which AT&T will make a $30 donation for every run ... read more

IEEE, the world's largest professional organization advancing technology for humanity, today celebrates Ethernet’s 40th anniversary. IEEE 802.3™ “Standard for Ethernet” and the varied technologies, applications and networks that the family of standards helps enable have changed the world as we knew it, and multi-dimensional innovation never ... read more

NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: NPSP) today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 6,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $14.53 per share to the public. All of the shares are being sold by NPS. The gross proceeds to NPS from this offering are ... read more

Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that it has entered into an accelerated share repurchase agreement (ASR) with Goldman, Sachs & Co. to repurchase $5 billion of Merck’s common stock. Proceeds from the company’s recently concluded debt offering ... read more

Terumo Medical Corporation (Terumo), today announced that it was pleased with the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey's Order approving an agreement of the parties under which Vascular Solutions Inc. will cease further manufacture, sales, and distribution of its R-Band(TM) Radial Hemostasis Device, pending litigation of Terumo's claims. In February, Terumo filed a patent infringement lawsuit alleging that the R Band(TM) Radial Hemostasis Device infringes on U.S. patent and trademark rights held by Terumo Medical Corporation for ... read more

CHARGE Anywhere® LLC, a leading provider of award-winning, secure mobile payment software and payment gateway solutions, announced today that three CHARGE Anywhere Mobile Payment Solutions have successfully completed the registration and certification process achieving multiple MPOS product listings on the MasterCard Mobile Point of Sale (MPOS) ... read more

Comrise, a global consulting firm specializing in Managed IT, Big Data, and Workforce Solutions, is excited to announce its newly-formed partnership with Beijing Institute of Technology. The partnership between the two organizations will help further facilitate the establishment of Comrise's "Big Data" solutions within the Greater China and Asia-Pacific market, while providing hands-on experience and research and development opportunities to students and faculty of Beijing Institute of Technology, within "Big Data." "We are thrilled about the opportunity to partner with a reputable ... read more

Inrad Optics, Inc. (OTCBB: INRD) has reported its consolidated financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2013. Revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2013 was $3.1 million, up 8.3% from $2.8 million in the first quarter last year. Bookings totaled $2.1 million in the first quarter of 2013, down from $3.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2012 and $3 million in the same period last year. Despite indications of improving strength in the overall economy ... read more

Kepner-Tregoe (KT), the global capability development and consulting company, today announced that 13-year veteran Chris Geraghty has been appointed Chief Executive Officer. Geraghty's experience includes more than 20 years serving the industrial sector, holding numerous senior management positions with manufacturing organizations. He succeeds Ray Baxter, who is retiring after serving as Kepner-Tregoe's Chairman of the Board and CEO. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121114/MM13944LOGO) Geraghty joined Kepner-Tregoe in 1999 as a management consultant and was named a Principal for the firm's international business ... read more

The Board of Directors of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE:BDX) has declared a quarterly dividend of 49.5 cents per common share, payable on June 28, 2013 to holders of record on June 7, 2013. The indicated annual dividend rate is $1.98 per share. About BDBD is a leading global medical technology company that develops, manufactures and sells medical devices, instrument systems and reagents. The Company is dedicated to improving people's health throughout the world. BD is focused on ... read more

Armada Health Care (Armada) is pleased to announce the launch of the new Armada corporate website (www.armadahealthcare.com). This new website was designed to clearly communicate Armada's unique and first-to-market services and its position as the leading health care service company focused on the specialty pharmacy industry. The updated website visibly demonstrates the continued expansion of the Armada business model in delivering an extensive portfolio of services and solutions designed to meet the growing needs of specialty pharmacy providers and pharmaceutical/biotech ... read more

As part of the national Get Schooled in Anaphylaxis(TM) initiative, Emmy(®)-award winning actress Julie Bowen today kicked off Raise Your Hand for Anaphylaxis Awareness(TM), a community-driven competition designed to bring attention to the issue of life-threatening allergic reactions, or anaphylaxis. Sponsored by Mylan Specialty L.P., Raise Your Hand for Anaphylaxis Awareness is a unique competition created to raise awareness of and preparedness for severe or life-threatening allergies, by rallying people to virtually "raise their hand" for their school district to ... read more

The Parkinson Alliance proudly announced today that the 19th Parkinson's Unity Walk held on Saturday, April 27, 2013 in New York City's Central Park, has thus far raised more than $1.6 million and united more than 10,000 walkers in raising awareness for Parkinson's disease and to support research for better treatments, and hopefully one day a cure. Contributions will continue to be accepted through May 28, 2013. The Parkinson's Unity Walk is the largest awareness and fundraising event for ... read more

Hurel Corporation ("Hurel"), a world-leading provider of advanced artificial tissue constructs and microfluidic cell-based assay platforms, today announced the appointment of James S. MacDonald, PhD, DABT to the Company's Board of Directors. Dr. MacDonald is the former Executive Vice President of Preclinical Development of the Schering-Plough Research Institute ("SPRI"), which was the pharmaceutical development arm of Schering Corporation prior to its acquisition by Merck & Co. in 2009. Over a career that has spanned more than three decades, Dr. MacDonald has ... read more

Skinder-Strauss Associates, publisher of the Lawyers Diary and Manual(®) (LDM), is celebrating the second anniversary of the launch of its enormously popular online version of Lawyers Diary and Manual, LDMonline(TM), this month. Since its introduction in May 2011, LDMonline registrations have soared, and subscriber usage continues to increase with each product upgrade and new feature release. LDMonline is a comprehensive database of the legal community, including lawyers, firms, courts, agencies, support services, and more - all of the frequently referenced directory ... read more

Cancer Genetics, Inc. (OTCQB: CGIX) ("CGI" or the "Company"), a leader in oncology-focused personalized medicine, has entered into an agreement with MultiPlan, Inc. (“MultiPlan”), the industry’s most comprehensive provider of healthcare cost management solutions. As a participating provider in ... read more

Panaya, a provider of cloud-based solutions that accelerates the way SAP ERP systems are upgraded, enhanced, maintained, tested, and rolled-out, today announced Panaya Rollout Acceleration, a new product that fast-tracks business innovation by reducing the risks and costs of deploying SAP ERP functionality from headquarters to ... read more

IMM, a provider of innovative eSignature, workflow and document solutions for financial institutions, is now a member of the Microsoft Partner Network. “By establishing a relationship with Microsoft, we are entering into a strong technology community with which we ... read more