Gaming Innovation Celebrated at Record Breaking Golden Joystick Awards

October 21st, 2009 LONDON - The global authority on record-breaking achievement, Guinness World Records, today launched an exact replica of the very first "Guinness Book of Records" in a limited and individually-numbered facsimile edition available exclusively for purchase at the company's website ( www.guinnessworldrecords.com). The phenomenon of Guinness World Records began in September 1955 when the Chairman of the Guinness Brewery, Sir Hugh Beaver, decided to publish a volume of definite facts, in hopes that such a book would put an end to pub arguments.

October 19th, 2009 TOKYO - - The Moet Muse Returns to Tokyo in Another Starring Role Further reinforcing its long-standing love affair with cinema, Moet & Chandon last night hosted a fabulous "Tribute to Cinema" celebration in Tokyo, with special guest of honor Scarlett Johansson, the Moet Muse. The champagne of cinema has been the talk of this year's Tokyo International Film Festival for its decision to celebrate its Muse in the "Lost in Translation" city that skyrocketed her to international renown.

September 9th, 2009 NEWCASTLE, England - Beanbagbazaar, the leading designers and manufacturers of beanbag furniture in the UK, today announced the launch of their new range of high-spec gaming chairs, the i-eX. The new i-eX gaming chair has been designed to offer man-sized gaming comfort with mammoth proportions and edgy style.

August 11th, 2009 HONG KONG and LAKE ZURICH, Illinois - Fenwal, Inc. of Lake Zurich, Illinois, and Golden Meditech (stock code: 801.HK) of Hong Kong, announced today they have agreed to form a joint venture in China to focus on blood collection and transfusion products for the fast-growing Chinese medical market.

July 30th, 2009 GLASGOW, Scotland - Kwik Fit Insurance (KFI) reported record breaking sales this week which saw the leading insurance intermediary boast its strongest figures for a single day of trading since the company was established in 1995. The Lanarkshire-based firm's landmark day saw more than 1,500 new policy holders signing up to the Kwik Fit Insurance brand in just 24 hours.

July 29th, 2009 LONDON - Ideaworks3D Ltd, developer of the cross-platform Airplay SDK for advanced native mobile games and applications, today announced support for the ZiiLABS Plaszma platform and recently announced 'Zii EGG' handheld computer. Airplay will be made available to ZiiLABS customers, enabling device manufacturers to run state-of-the-art native handheld games, and leverage the rapidly growing catalogue of premium games already based on the Airplay platform.

July 26th, 2009 DUBLIN - - EUR10,000 Golden Ticket Giveaway to Celebrate 10th Anniversary Hostelworld.com, the leading provider of online reservations to the budget, independent and youth travel market, today announced their biggest ever promotion - the Hostelworld.com EUR10,000 Golden Ticket Giveaway. To celebrate the company's milestone 10th anniversary, Hostelworld.com will distribute 10 golden tickets in 10 days to 10 lucky winners.

June 14th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Placido Domingo will give his first-ever concert in Central Asia in Kazakhstan's capital, Astana, on July 5 at the Palace of Independence, kicking off festivities for Astana's 11th anniversary. "Domingo's visit to Kazakhstan confirms my country's rich musical heritage and high appreciation of arts and culture," said Erlan Idrissov, Kazakhstan's ambassador to the U.S.

May 28th, 2009 LONDON - Frost & Sullivan celebrated the success of outstanding business achievement at the "2009 Growth Excellence Awards Banquet" on Wednesday 20 May. (Logo: www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081117/FSLOGO) Movers and shakers from around the world were honoured during this event which was held at the Sofitel St.

March 15th, 2009 LONDON - Ideaworks3D Ltd, developer of the cross-platform Airplay(TM) SDK for advanced native mobile games and applications, today announced that CRI Middleware have ported their Sofdec advanced video streaming technology to Airplay, and thus to a wide range of smartphone platforms. Airplay is a unique cross-platform technology for creating best-in-class native applications on mobile and handheld devices, enabling developers to build a single application binary and deploy it unmodified to all supported operating systems and devices.

February 6th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - MobMe and Light Logics, two incubated companies based in Kerala's Technopark, have won national innovation awards, it was announced here Saturday. MobMe won the Nasscom Innovation Awards 2008 for the 'Most Innovative Start-up' and the Indian Science and Technology Entrepreneurs Parks and Business Incubators Association (ISBA) award for the 'Best Start-up ICT Company of 2008'.

February 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - In a spin-off from Hollywood's Golden Raspbery Awards (also known as the Razzies) which recognises the worst in cinema, India will have its own version of the same, Golden Kela Awards, to be held March 7. Launched by Random magazine, the ceremony will take place here on the same day as the 54th Filmfare Awards 2009 are held in Mumbai.

January 11th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actress Megan Fox publicly blasted her actor fiance Brian Austin Green for not escorting her to the Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills Sunday night. Contactmusic.com reports, Fox arrived at the glitzy prize giving, where she was among the presenters, without longtime love Green, which led to questions about the whereabouts of her beau.

August 14th, 2009 Penn National Gaming satisfies financing conditionWYOMISSING, Pa. — Casino operator Penn National Gaming Inc.

August 20th, 2009 Penn National Gaming extends tender offer deadlineWYOMISSING, Pa. — Casino operator Penn National Gaming Inc.

September 30th, 2009 Budget Travel Extra Mile Awards for innovationNEW YORK — New services and features from Kayak.com, American Airlines, JetBlue, Google and TripAdvisor honored with Extra Mile Awards from Budget Travel magazine. The magazine gives the awards for developments that make travel "easier, more enjoyable and more affordable." The top 10 winners for 2009, listed in the magazine's October issue, are: —Kayak.com, for new features like search sharing, a real-time map of available airfare and an iPhone application.

April 28th, 2009 '9 to 5' snags a record 15 Drama Desk nominationsNEW YORK — "9 to 5" has set a Drama Desk record and it hasn't even won any awards yet. The Broadway musical based on the 1980 hit movie received 15 Drama Desk nominations Monday, breaking the old record of 14 nominations, held by five other shows including "The Producers" and "Hairspray." "9 to 5" features a score by Dolly Parton, who received two nominations — one for her music and one for the lyrics of the show.

October 18th, 2009 AMRITSAR - Thousands of devotees gathered at the Golden Temple in Amritsar to witness amazing fireworks on the occasion of Diwali, on Saturday. The Golden Temple, the most important Sikh shrine in the world, was brilliantly lit up on the occasion.

April 2nd, 2009 MUMBAI - GourmetCITY, the luxury, food and grocery shopping format from HyperCITY Retail (India) Ltd, has been awarded the Coca Cola Golden Spoon "Most admired food retailer of the year - Innovative retail concept" award at the Food Forum of India, 2009 held in Mumbai. Golden Spoon Awards is one of the most eagerly anticipated awards of the food industry.

February 15th, 2009 NEW YORK - After winning top honours at the Golden Globes and BAFTA, Oscar favourite 'Slumdog Millionaire' has won an award at the Art Directors Guild Awards. Danny Boyle's movie was named the Best Contemporary Film at the black-tie ceremony held at Beverly Hills Saturday.