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/CNW/ - Port Metro Vancouver has released the 2010 mid-year results of overall throughputs in the Cargo Statistics Report. The report shows that 2010 is building momentum, with an overall tonnage increase of 20 per cent totalling 58.4 million tonnes to date.

/CNW/ - Mr. Frank J. Basa reports:

/CNW/ - Paris Energy Inc. (TSX-V PI) announces its financial and operating results for the six months ended May 31, 2010.

/CNW/ - Diversinet Corp. (TSX Venture: DIV, OTCBB: DVNTF), a leading innovator of secure mobile applications, reported its second quarter 2010 results for the period ended June 30, 2010. All dollar amounts are in U.S. dollars.

The Green Key is an international and worldwide available eco-label awarded to leisure organisations and facilities. It demands the fulfilment of a list of environmental requirements containing a number of criteria.

Despite the sad loss of a crowd favourite, excitement has been building about its replacement, last week it was announced that the smash Broadway hit Shrek is now coming to the West End after months of speculation. Superbreak will have show and hotel packages on sale from October with the Academy Award-winning Dreamworks favourite opening in May 2011.

Hoover have been producing washing machines for decades and these new models that were reviewed by the expert panel were some of the biggest washing machines ever produced by Hoover.

27 million Brits are about to take their summer breaks and for many the next few months will be a pivotal time in their lives as holidays are one of the most powerful ways to help couples decide if they are in the right relationship.

The British singer-songwriter is famous for such haunting melodies as Mellow Yellow, Catch the Wind, The Hurdy Gurdy Man and Universal Soldier.

Bringing Saxo Bank fans together to support the team during this year’s Tour de France was an important goal for Saxo Bank in its third season as sponsor of the team. The online bank organised on-site events that let fans and clients experience the race closer than ever before. In Rotterdam, Bruxelles, Avoriaz and Paris, hundreds of guests were given a chance to watch the race as VIPs, meet the riders for autographs and photos and see the mechanics working on the bikes.

"The world is awash in troubles. It is easy to rail at a government and say ... give us more money. But we also have to change the way we do what we do" Clinton told the conference. “If we’re going to make this case, they (donor governments) have to believe that we are doing our job faster, better and cheaper. Then we have the moral standing to go ask people to give us more money"

ARMONK, N.Y. - IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Storwize, a privately held company based in Marlborough, MA. Storwize provides real-time data compression technology to help clients reduce physical storage requirements by up to 80% (1), which improves efficiency and lowers the cost of making data available for analytics and other applications. The acquisition is anticipated to close in the third quarter of 2010, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Munich, Fujitsu today announces DeskView Advanced Migration, a new solution providing an easier and more cost-efficient way for enterprises to migrate to new hardware and the latest desktop operating systems such as Microsoft Windows 7.

The publication proposes fundamental changes to the financial reporting of insurance companies applying IFRS, with a goal of making it more consistent and transparent than it has been so far.

Research by the Lloyd’s Emerging Risks team and the Climate Change Risk Management consultancy found rainy days of 25mm have become more frequent, increasing 33% since 1960. However, the change is most significant for days of extreme rainfall over 40mm, which recorded a 900% increase.