WEST CHESTER, Pa., Sept. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- QVC announced today the promotion of John Thomas to the role of Chairman and CEO of QVC Japan, effective immediately.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., April 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Refueling outages at nuclear plants and a devastating storm combined with lower electricity demand to impact third-quarter financial results, the Tennessee Valley Authority said Thursday. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100304/TVALOGO ) TVA's third-quarter report to the Securities and Exchange Commission said expenses from a series of deadly tornadoes on April 27-28 and outages at three of TVA's six reactors contributed to lower net income for the three-month period ended June 30. "It was a matter of timing and duration for the refueling outages, along with maintenance projects to increase our plant reliability," Chief Financial Officer John Thomas said. One unit was refueled each at the Browns Ferry, Sequoyah and Watts Bar nuclear plants during the period.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., May 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Milder winter weather led to lower electricity demand across the Tennessee Valley Authority's seven-state service territory in the second quarter of the fiscal year, compared with the same period a year ago, the federal utility reported Tuesday. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100304/TVALOGO) In its quarterly financial filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, TVA noted that power demand, which was mainly affected by sales to residential customers of local power companies that distribute TVA-produced electricity, declined 6 percent to 42.9 billion kilowatt-hours for the three-month period ending March 31, compared with the second quarter of 2010.

Using lasers to contain some ultra-chilled atoms, a team of scientists has measured the viscosity or stickiness of a gas often considered to be the sixth state of matter.

DENVER, July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- XELR8 Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: XELR), dba BAZI®, announced today that it has closed a $500,000 financing. The closing caps a $2.0 million capital raise that began in March 2010. Additionally, the Board of Directors has appointed Kevin C.