NEW YORK, March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- What: GoldenSource Corporation, a leading provider of Enterprise Data Management (EDM) solutions, is participating at FIMA 2008 and sponsoring a roundtable as part of the Data Quality & Metrics Day. GoldenSource will host roundtable discussions on the challenges of developing and refining a comprehensive set of data metrics at an enterprise level. Experts will be available at the GoldenSource booth throughout the two day conference to discuss EDM solutions as well as recently announced GoldenSource connections and partnerships.

Where: FIMA 2008, Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street, New York, NY.

When: Data Quality & Metrics Day roundtable: March 11 from 10:40 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

LONDON, March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Unite, Britain's biggest trade union, is using World Book Day tomorrow (Thursday 6th March) to build on the successful work initiated by Union Learning Reps in hundreds of workplaces.

Unite wants it's 2600 Union Learning Reps (ULRs) to set up libraries, book shelves, reading groups and book swaps, to get the union's two million members hooked on books.

Unite the union has secured an extra GBP2.7 million from the Government's learning fund to continue to build a learning culture that supports, encourages and aids it's members in their lifelong learning journey and help them reach goals, both personally and professionally, that many individuals never thought would be possible.

EDMONTON, Alberta, March 5 /PRNewswire/ --

SplitFish AG (SplitFish), a leader in video game hardware innovation, today announced its video game console adapters are now being offered for sale in Canada, Germany, United States, Spain, England, and Russia via direct international distributors. SplitFish has expanded its direct distribution network to include these individual international suppliers to better serve the growing overseas demand with faster fulfillment capability and reduce the FragFX shortages in retail stores globally.

SplitFish is proud to have German distribution via Azoo3D, Jakob, Gross Electronics, Amazon.de or direct from www.Splitfish.de .

KIEL, Germany, March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- In mid-March the German Bundestag (Lower House) is due to vote on an amendment to the German Stem Cell Act. The opposing poles in the debate on embryonic stem cell research could not be further apart: its proponents are calling for the complete liberalisation of stem cell research, while its critics are in favour of a general ban on the use of human stem cells, which are produced from embryos. While the Bundestag debates on a new regulation, Blasticon Biotechnologische Forschung GmbH has made a breakthrough in cell biology:

CALGARY, March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Addax Petroleum Corporation (TSX: AXC and LSE: AXC) ("Addax Petroleum" or the "Corporation") announces that Mr. Patrick Spollen, Corporate Finance Manager, will be presenting at the FirstEnergy/Societe Generale - East Coast Canadian Energy Conference in New York, USA on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at approximately 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time / 5:30 p.m. London U.K. Time.

Investors are invited to listen to the live webcast via the following link: http://remotecontrol.jetstreammedia.com/14555

The presentation slides will be available prior to the presentation on Addax Petroleum's website at http://www.addaxpetroleum.com.

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DENVER, March 5 /PRNewswire/ --

Altira Group LLC -- the pioneer and leader in venture capital and private equity funding for energy technology companies -- announced the closing of its most recent fund, Altira Technology Fund V L.P. The limited partners include institutions that have partnered with Altira since 1996 as well as first time investors.

Fund V will invest US$176 million over the next three years to partner with companies that commercialize technology utilized to increase productivity and efficiency gains throughout the energy value chain. As in previous funds, these companies are focused on the traditional and renewable energy sectors.