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Built on the Hexagrid cloud computing platform, Cobalt Solutions launches the first cloud disaster recovery solution that provides true business continuity. Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) March 27, 2012 Hexagrid, a leading developer of Infrastructure as a Service(IaaS) cloud computing solutions, announced today that Cobalt Solutions, a Las Vegas-based IT solutions provider, has utilized Hexagrid’s cloud computing platform to launch the first ever cloud-based Disaster Recovery (DR) solution that...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD), China Lake announced a contract award to Albemarle Corporation, a leading specialty chemicals company, to complete its first biojet fuel production run based on bio n-butanol provided by Cobalt Technologies, a leading developer of next generation bio n-butanol. For this production run, Albemarle will use NAWCWD technologies to process Cobalt's bio n-butanol...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Cobalt Technologies, a leading developer of next generation technology for the production of n-butanol, announced the successful demonstration of one of its advanced biocatalyst. Partnering with the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Cobalt completed multiple fermentation campaigns in a 9,000 liter fermenter, exceeding the target yield and other performance metrics for a commercial...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Cobalt Technologies, a leading developer of next generation n-butanol, announced the achievement of major progress toward commercial scale by successfully demonstrating its biomass pretreatment process. Cobalt in cooperation with ANDRITZ, a globally leading supplier of technologies, equipment and plants for the pulp and paper industry, tested its dilute acid hydrolysis pretreatment process, the first step of Cobalt's...

TORONTO, March 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Horizonte Minerals plc, (TSX:HZM, AIM:HZM) ('Horizonte' or 'the Company') the exploration and development company focused in Brazil, is pleased to announce positive results from the preliminary metallurgical testwork, from both pyrometallurgical and hydrometallurgical testing, for its flagship 100% owned Araguaia Nickel Project ('Araguaia') located south of the Carajás Mineral District of Northern Brazil. Highlights: Pyrometallurgy...

The Rottenstein Law Group, which represents clients with claims stemming from the surgical implantation of hip replacement devices manufactured and sold by DePuy Orthopaedics and other companies, is disheartened by a report from Britain exposing concerted efforts to keep the public ignorant of the dangers of metal hip devices. New York, NY (PRWEB) March 05, 2012 In a feature article published on February 28, the British peer-reviewed medical journal BMJ asserted that “[h]undreds of...

Ennis & Ennis, P.A. outlines the findings of a recent metal hip investigation performed by the British Medical Journal and BBC Newsnight. (PRWEB) March 05, 2012 Poorly regulated and potentially dangerous metal hip implants may have exposed hundreds of thousands of patients to toxic substances, reveals a British Medical Journal (BMJ)/ BBC Newsnight investigation. According to this investigation, the failure rates of resurfacing in women and of metal-on-metal total hip replacements in...

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Merriman Capital, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Merriman Holdings, Inc. (OTCQX: MERR), today announced that it will serve as the Principal American Liaison (PAL) for Formation Metals Inc. (OTCQX: FMETF | TSX: FCO) as it begins trading on OTCQX®. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100914/SF64919LOGO) Formation Metals is a well-established mineral exploration, development and refining company that, through its 100%...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Pennystocksinsiders.com (PSI) has issued insider trading reports and Equity Research for the following companies: Cobalt (NYSE:CIE), Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:CHK), ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111214/HK22486LOGO ) (Read full report by clicking the link below, you may need to copy and paste the full link to your browser.) Report Highlights: Cobalt International Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CIE):...

OTTAWA, Jan. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Nordion Inc. (TSX: NDN) (NYSE: NDZ), a leading provider of products and services to the global health science market, announced today it has signed a six-year contract to supply cobalt-60 to Synergy Health, a leading international contract sterilization service company headquartered in the United Kingdom. Under the terms of the agreement, the contract extends until October 31, 2017. "Thanks to Nordion's reliable supply of cobalt, outstanding...