LONDON, January 24 /PRNewswire/ -- CNBC Europe, has announced the shortlist of nominations for the European Business Leaders Awards (EBLA) 2008.

The Awards programme, which is presented by CNBC Europe and for the first time conducted in partnership with the Financial Times, is now in its fifth year and was created to identify and honour those CEOs who are making a difference through leadership and innovation in their industry sectors. The EBLA 2008 winners will be announced at a special gala dinner and ceremony in London on 13 March 2008.

The shortlist of nominations for the European Business Leaders Awards 2008 are:

TEL AVIV, Israel, January 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- Company Solves Enterprise Level Development Complexities and Security Challenges of AJAX by Providing an Open Source Solution With no Client Dependency and Proven Reductions in Development Time of Over 80%

Visual WebGui, developer of the AJAX enterprise application development and deployment platform, today announces the availability of their enhanced browser-based solution.

SAN JOSE, California, January 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- MIC94064/65 Series Aimed At Battery-Powered Consumer and Industrial Apps Requiring Small Footprint and Enhanced Power Management

HERTEN, Germany, January 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Aqua Society GmbH has concluded a strategic sales agreement with Switzerland's Prescience AG to cover not only the Middle East but also Turkey, Australia and Britain. Prescience is located in Baar in the canton of Zug, and has additional sales offices in Europe and Saudi Arabia. It represents European technology firms aiming at the global marketing of innovative products in the fields of water and energy. Both partners regard the implementation of the AHC (aqua, heat, cold) container developed by Aqua Society as especially promising for the numerous coastal building projects in the Gulf states.

BRUSSELS, January 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Ansell Healthcare, the world leader in barrier protection, will be presenting its wide range of medical gloves at Arab Health in Dubai, from 28 to 31 January next. The Middle East medical exhibition, with ever-staggering participation and attendance figures, is an ideal platform for Ansell to highlight its hand protection expertise amongst some of the most important and influential professionals in the booming Arab healthcare market.

LONDON, January 24 /PRNewswire/ --

Level 3 Communications' European Markets Group today announced that it has been working collaboratively with BT Global Services to expand backbone capacity in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). BT Global Services targets the top 10,000 global multi-site organisations worldwide, providing global reach and a complete range of networked IT solutions and services to its customers. The expanded relationship with Level 3 is part of BT's ongoing commitment to transformation and is in line with BT Global Services' strategy of focusing on the service layer and optimization.