Economic hard times could force some East Texas EMS services to be cut back in areas where they are desperately needed.

EMS Magazine, the leading monthly publication for the emergency medical services market, recently announced the winners of the EMS EXPO 2008 Top Innovation Awards, which recognize some of the industry's most innovative products of the year.

FlexTrade Systems, a global leader in broker-neutral multi-asset algorithmic trading systems, today announced that its FlexTRADER EMS smart order router is providing full connectivity to Alpha ATS L.P. (Alpha ATS), Canada’s newest high-performance, low-cost alternative trading system, which went live on November 7.