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June 19, 2015 11:30
Bank Saint Petersburg Announces 20% Dividend Payout for 2014
On 18 June 2015 the Annual General Shareholders' Meeting of Bank Saint Petersburg approved RUB 890 million dividend payout, that corresponds to 20% of 2014 net income under Russian Accounting Standard
June 18, 2015 17:45
Japan's Largest Industry Show Live Entertainment & Event Expo Opens on July 8 with 400 Exhibitors
Reed Exhibitions Japan (www.reedexpo.co.jp/en/) will be holding the second edition of Live Entertainment & Event Expo (www.live-event.jp/en/) (Japan’s largest exhibition gathering various products and
June 18, 2015 17:20
ACE Establishes Bespoke Unit to Service Captive Insurers and Complex Multinational Clients’ Unique Needs
ACE Group announced today the creation of a dedicated and centralized unit in Asia Pacific in response to increasing demand from Corporate Customers to deliver bespoke Risk Transfer and Risk Managed s
June 18, 2015 17:00
Tokenization, the New Security Standard for Mobile Payment
CARTES SECURE CONNEXIONS 2015, the show dedicated to secure solutions for payment, identification and mobility, is organising three conference sessions on tokenization. E-payment systems are rapidl
June 18, 2015 14:30
Celebrities and Dignitaries Turn out in Full Force to Watch Anasy Media’s First Screening of the Tainted Veil
Anasy Media’s The Tainted veil screened to over 75 invited guests at a private screening in London on Monday. The documentary is the collaboration of great minds documentary filmmaker veteran Ovidio S
June 18, 2015 13:50
Sierra Wireless next-generation embedded modules offer integrated device-to-cloud architecture for the Internet of Things
Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ:SWIR) (TSX:SW) today introduced the next-generation AirPrime® WP Series of smart wireless modules, designed to reduce system complexity and accelerate the development of connec
June 18, 2015 12:00
Industrial Internet Consortium Releases Reference Architecture
The Industrial Internet Consortium® (IIC) announces the immediate release of the Industrial Internet Reference Architecture. This document provides a common language for the elements of Industrial Int
June 18, 2015 11:35
ZTE Expects Smartphone Sales in Russia to Triple in 2015
ZTE, a leading global mobile device maker, revealed that it expects smartphone sales in Russia to triple this year. This was announced on the same day that China’s largest online direct sales company,
June 18, 2015 11:00
China Mobile Partners ZTE and Qualcomm on 3-Carrier Aggregation Trial
ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, is pleased to support China Mobile in
June 18, 2015 10:40
NTT and Panasonic Tie Up for Innovative Visual Communication
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) and Panasonic Corporation today announced that the two companies have agreed to enter into a business alliance with the aim of achieving “visual servic
June 18, 2015 08:50
PPG Completes First Colorful Communities Charitable-Giving Project in Asia
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) today announced the completion of its first Colorful Communities charitable-giving project in Asia, with the restoration of a mural at a child-care center in Busan, South Kor
June 17, 2015 17:00
Jefferies Reports Fiscal Second Quarter 2015 Financial Results
Jefferies Group LLC today announced financial results for its fiscal second quarter 2015. Highlights for the three months ended May 31, 2015, with adjusted amounts excluding the operating results o
June 17, 2015 14:45
ICE Benchmark Administration Announces Bank of China as a Direct Participant to the Gold Auction
Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, today announced that Bank of China has been approved by ICE Benchmark Administration (IBA) to partic
June 17, 2015 13:50
Smallest Badge Reader Now Available in Two Form Factors
RF IDeas, Inc. (www.rfideas.com), the leading innovator and manufacturer of employee badge readers for in-building applications such as computer access, identification, time and attendance, today anno
June 17, 2015 13:45
Quintiles Introduces Infosario One Mobile App
Quintiles, the world’s largest biopharmaceutical services company, is extending its award-winning Quintiles Infosario® technology platform with mobile access to critical clinical trial information. Us
June 17, 2015 13:30
ImmerVision Creates World’s First 360-Degree 6K Lens for C360 Broadcast Camera Systems
You may not smell the exhaust of the race cars or feel the stadium rumble as points flash onto the scoreboard, but the unprecedented ability to experience a live broadcast event in 360-degree from any
June 17, 2015 11:55
Cook Group President Kem Hawkins to Retire in July
Cook Group announced today that Kem Hawkins, president of Cook Group Incorporated, will retire on July 1 after 34 years with the Cook organization. Hawkins, who has been transitioning his role in the
June 17, 2015 10:55
21st Century Fox Announces Changes to Senior Executive Team Effective July 1, 2015
The Board of 21st Century Fox (NASDAQ: FOXA, FOX) today announced a series of senior management changes, which will take effect July 1, 2015. Rupert Murdoch, the Company’s founder and Chairman and
June 17, 2015 10:10
SES Launches Ultra HD Demo Channel in North America
SES S.A. (www.ses.com/4232583/en) (NYSE Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG), the world’s leading satellite operator, today announced it has launched its first Ultra HD (UHD) demonstration channel serving the Nort
June 17, 2015 09:30
Andersen Tax & Legal Launch in Latin America
Andersen Global is proud to announce its expansion into Latin America with the addition of well-respected firms NOVINT, Capin, Ibañez & Asociados and Montes, Hernández, López y Del Castillo, accountin
June 16, 2015 22:05
Limelight Networks Simplifies the Delivery of Digital Files for Software and Device Manufacturers
Limelight Networks, Inc. (www.limelight.com) (Nasdaq:LLNW) (“Limelight”), a global leader in digital content delivery, today announced the Limelight Orchestrate (“Orchestrate”) solution for Software a
June 16, 2015 22:00
Limelight Networks State of Digital Downloads Study Shows Rapidly Increasing Content Consumption
Limelight Networks, Inc. (www.limelight.com) (Nasdaq:LLNW) (“Limelight”), a global leader in digital content delivery, today announced the results of its State of Digital Downloads research which reve
June 16, 2015 17:20
New publication in The Lancet describes effective reversal of Pradaxa® in healthy volunteers
Today, The Lancet published results from a healthy volunteer study investigating the reversal of the anticoagulant effect of Pradaxa® (dabigatran etexilate) by its specific reversal agent idarucizumab
June 16, 2015 17:00
O3b Networks Medium Earth Orbit Satellite Solution Selected by Bharti Airtel to provide High Performance International Connectivity to Timor-Leste
O3b Networks today announced a multi-year strategic framework agreement to provide IP trunking services to Bharti Airtel for Timor-Leste. Because of the rapid growth of the mobile economy in Timor-
June 16, 2015 16:10
PSAV to Acquire Staging Connections Group Limited
PSAV announced today that it has signed an agreement to purchase Staging Connections Group Limited (Staging Connections), a leading audiovisual and event specialist company headquartered in Sydney, Au
June 16, 2015 15:50
Coca-Cola Invites the World to Reach up and Support the Special Olympics World Games 2015 Los Angeles
This summer, Los Angeles will welcome 7,000 inspirational athletes from 177 different countries to the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games. Supporting children and adults with intellectual disabi
June 16, 2015 14:10
BitFury and Georgian Co-Investment Fund Start Bitcoin Fundraising to Help Flood Victims in Tbilisi, Georgia
BitFury and the Georgian Co-Investment Fund partnered up to support Tbilisi, Georgia flood victims. This Smart News Release features multimedia. View the full release here: http://www.businesswire.
June 16, 2015 13:50
Velcro Companies to Acquire Belgium-Based Specialty Weaving Manufacturers Alfatex and Gevaert
Velcro Companies, a global leader in fastening solutions, today announced that it has acquired Alfatex, a leading manufacturer of hook and loop fasteners in the medical, automotive and industrial sect
June 16, 2015 13:40
CARTES SECURE CONNEXIONS is Changing Its Name to TRUSTECH in 2015
The CARTES SECURE CONNEXIONS trade show has taken place in Paris every year for the last 30 years. Today, it is recognized as the leading international event in the secure payment, identification and
June 16, 2015 13:35
Quintiles Unveils New Predictive and Advanced Analytics Capabilities to Enhance its Risk-Based Monitoring Solution
Quintiles, the world’s largest biopharmaceutical services company, today announced the addition of advanced statistical monitoring and predictive analytics capabilities to its risk-based monitoring (R
June 16, 2015 13:15
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) Announces Order for 60 Airbus A320neo Aircraft
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), the aviation leasing and financing arm of GE (NYSE: GE), today announced a firm order for 60 Airbus A320neo family aircraft. All of the aircraft will be powered b
June 16, 2015 11:25
Panasonic Introduces Full Reproduction of Neymar Jr.'s Amazing Skills with 3D CG Video “NEYMAR JR. CRAZY SKILLS”
Panasonic Corporation introduced today the full reproduction of Neymar Jr.'s amazing skills, which enthralls people around the world, with super-real 3D computer graphic video. These incredible images
June 15, 2015 19:30
Parker Aerospace Introduces a New Global Customer Response Center
Parker Aerospace’s Customer Support Operations announces the introduction of its global customer response center. With an official launch planned for the third quarter of 2015, Parker Aerospace is ple
June 15, 2015 14:00
O3b to Provide Additional High Speed Connectivity to Palau National Communications Corporation Following Successful Launch of PalauCel 3G Mobile Data Service
O3b Networks today announced a multi-year agreement to provide additional trunking services to the Palau National Communications Corporation (PNCC). PNCC’s decision to upgrade their O3b service comes
June 15, 2015 12:00
Visa Inc. Elects Lloyd A. Carney to Its Board of Directors
Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) announced today that its Board of Directors has elected Lloyd A. Carney as a new independent director, effective June 11, 2015. Mr. Carney will also serve as a member of the Board’
June 15, 2015 11:25
NTT Com Named as a Leader in IDC ITMarketScape: Asia/Pacific Managed Security Services 2015 Vendor Assessment
NTT Communications (www.ntt.com/index-e.htm, lNTT Com) (NYSE: NTT) announced today that it has been positioned as a Leader in International Data Corporation’s (IDC) first ever “IDC ITMarketScape: Asia
June 15, 2015 10:55
From Farm to Table: Panasonic Offers Comprehensive Cold Chain Solutions
Panasonic released a video featuring comprehensive, eco-conscious cold chain solutions that covers from farm to table. This video highlights comprehensive cold chain solutions for food retail and tran
June 15, 2015 09:40
SES: The Big Beam Boom - The Growth in Aeronautical and Maritime Services
SES S.A. (NYSE Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) sees significant growth for satellite services in the mobility sector, in particular in aeronautical and maritime connectivity. In the new White Paper “The Bi
June 15, 2015 09:35
TriOptima completes first cross currency swap compression in USD/Korean Won
TriOptima, a leading provider of OTC derivative post trade risk management services, announces today that 11 financial institutions eliminated $8.8 billion notional principal outstanding in the first
June 12, 2015 17:45
Murex MX.3 Innovation: Turning Collateral Management into a Revenue Opportunity
MUREX SAS (“Murex”, www.murex.com), the leading provider of cross-asset trading, risk, and back-office solutions, announces the release of its fully overhauled MX.3™ for Collateral Management solution
June 12, 2015 13:10
Pluribus Networks Announces Partnership and Distribution Agreement With Dell to Accelerate the Adoption of SDN in the Cloud
Pluribus Networks, the company that advances software-defined networking (SDN) through the industry’s most programmable, open source-based operating system, Netvisor®, announced today an agreement to
June 12, 2015 10:10
Pershing Square Holdings, Ltd. Releases Regular Weekly Net Asset Value as of June 9 2015
Regulatory News: Pershing Square Holdings, Ltd. (ticker: PSH:NA) today released its regular weekly Net Asset Value (NAV) on its website, www.pershingsquareholdings.com. The NAV was computed as of t
June 11, 2015 18:00
Neymar Jr. Challenges Football Kids, Loses. Seven Kids Teach Neymar Jr. How to Shoot for Goal!
Panasonic challenged the Brazilian superstar, Neymar Jr., to take on an elite cadre of footballing kids from Barcelona to see who would come out on top. In footage taken from the participants‘ own vie
June 11, 2015 14:00
Sprinklr Hires Tom Butta as Chief Marketing Officer
Sprinklr, Inc. (https://goo.gl/QqNKSx), the world’s most complete enterprise social technology company, today announced that Thomas Butta has joined the company as Chief Marketing Officer. Based in Ne
June 11, 2015 11:45
Bioventus Leaders Promoted to Manage International Business and Expansion
Bioventus® (www.bioventusglobal.com), a leader in orthobiologic solutions, today announced promotions to its executive leadership team. Effective immediately Andrew Hosmer is promoted to Managing Dire
June 11, 2015 10:55
Great American Insurance Group Singapore Operation Open for Business and Accepting Submissions
Great American Insurance Group is pleased to announce that the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has granted a formal license approval for its flagship insurance company, Great American Insurance
June 11, 2015 10:15
IDTechEx Reveals Power Electronics for Electric Vehicles is a Booming Market
The recently updated IDTechEx (www.idtechex.com) report “Power Electronics for Electric Vehicles 2015-2025” www.idtechex.com/power reveals a booming market in power electronics (http://goo.gl/X2B4gt)
June 11, 2015 08:00
Playphone Announces Distribution Partnership With Cyanogen
Playphone®, Inc. (www.playphone.com), a global leader in mobile social gaming, today announced a distribution partnership with Cyanogen Inc. to offer the Playphone Game Store on the commercial Cyanoge
June 10, 2015 11:50
Paul Ceurvorst to Retire and Pietro Toffanello to Be Named CEO of Faraday
Gen Re announced today that Paul Ceurvorst will retire as CEO of Faraday in March 2016. Pietro Toffanello will become CEO of Faraday upon Paul’s retirement, subject to UK regulatory approval. Mark Ray
June 10, 2015 11:25
Hytera Achieves Milestone in Macau
Hytera, a world leading solution provider of Professional Mobile Radio communications, secured successful communication for the grand opening of the two highly-anticipated new properties of Galaxy Ent
June 10, 2015 10:15
The Government of Indonesia, UNESCO, Panasonic Conduct Environmental Conservation and Education for the Next Generation
The Ministry of Culture and Elementary and Secondary Education of the Republic of Indonesia, PT. Taman Wisata Candi Borobudur, Prambanan and Ratu Boko (Persero)*1, the United Nations Educational, Scie
June 10, 2015 09:40
Oral Presentation Evaluating Pooled Data on OTEZLA® (apremilast) for Long-Term Improvements in Enthesitis and Dactylitis to Be Presented at EULAR
Celgene International Sàrl, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ:CELG), today announced that the findings from a long-term (104-week) post-hoc analysis of pooled data from the PALA
June 09, 2015 17:40
PosPal Launches Fully Integrated Tablet POS Solution, Powered by Powa Technologies’ Next Generation Tablet-Based POS Hardware
Powa Technologies today announced the integration of its PowaPOS (www.powa.com/powapos) tablet-based POS hardware with PosPal (www.pospal.cn), a product of China-based technology service company Zhund
June 09, 2015 17:20
ChinaJoy 2015 B To B & Conferences Passes on Sale!
Howell International Trade Fair Ltd., the organizer of ChinaJoy, recently announced that it has launched a ChinaJoy’s passes selling system for mobile users to buy Trade Visitor Passes of ChinaJoy 201
June 09, 2015 17:00
General Cable Announces New Chief Executive Officer
General Cable Corporation (NYSE: BGC) today announced that its Board of Directors has named Michael T. McDonnell as President and Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors, effectiv
June 09, 2015 16:45
Christos Dimitriadis, Greece, Elected International President of ISACA
ISACA, a global association serving 140,000 information systems professionals in 180 countries, announced its 2015-2016 Board of Directors in Brussels, Belgium. Christos Dimitriadis, Ph.D., CISA, CISM
June 09, 2015 15:50
Global ICT Comes Together in Taipei for COMPUTEX
For 35 years, COMPUTEX has followed Taiwan’s ICT industry in its role as the center of the changing global market. There are over 2000 individual ICT companies in Taiwan, and they team up with your fa
June 09, 2015 14:30
XPRIZE And Barbara Bush Foundation Set Sights on Empowering 36 Million U.S. Adults Through Literacy
XPRIZE (www.xprize.org), the global leader in incentivized prize competitions, in partnership with the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy (http://barbarabush.org) and the Dollar General Liter
June 09, 2015 13:50
EMAS AMC’s Flagship Construction Vessel, Lewek Constellation Sets Industry Record During Sea Trials in the Gulf of Mexico
EMAS AMC, the subsea division of EMAS, a leading global offshore contractor and provider of integrated offshore solutions to the oil and gas (O&G) industry, today announced that its flagship subsea co
June 09, 2015 13:40
J-Power Systems Wins Contract with NEMO LINK for HVDC Subsea Interconnector Cable System Between UK and Belgium
J-Power Systems Corporation (JPS), a subsidiary of Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., has been awarded a contract, for a subsea high-voltage direct current (HVDC) interconnector cable system between
June 09, 2015 11:55
Panasonic's LED Large Screen Displays Provide an All-New Fan Experience at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City
Panasonic Mexico (www.panasonic.com/mx) announced today that its LED large screen displays were chosen as the new video display system for the Estadio Azteca (www.estadioazteca.com.mx) located in the
June 09, 2015 11:15
Oshkosh Displays All-New Oshkosh XP Fire Apparatus at Interschutz 2015
Oshkosh Fire & Emergency Group is unveiling the new Oshkosh® XP fire apparatus at Interschutz 2015 on June 8-13 at Messegelände, D-Hannover in Hannover, Germany. The new vehicle will be displayed at t
June 09, 2015 10:15
SES Presents FLUIDMedia
SES S.A. (NYSE Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) announced today that its subsidiary SES Platform Services, a leading technical service provider for the digital editing and broadcasting of audiovisual content,
June 09, 2015 10:10
Regus Backs Business Success in Iraq, with 105th Country Launch
Regus, the global workplace provider, has just announced the expansion of its global network to include Iraq, its 105th country. Its new centre in Erbil, Kurdistan, will support the activities of comp
June 08, 2015 17:50
Type 2 diabetes: Patients reporting better quality of communication by their physician show improved self-care
New research shows that the quality of patient-physician communication, at the moment when additional oral type 2 diabetes (T2D) medication is prescribed (‘add-on’), is linked to future patient self-c
June 08, 2015 17:45
Type 2 diabetes: Empagliflozin/metformin demonstrates reductions in blood glucose in data presented at ADA
A Phase III clinical trial has found that empagliflozin in combination with metformin reduces blood glucose levels in adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company
June 08, 2015 16:50
Industry Heavyweights Project Changes and Opportunities in IoT at COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2015
With IoT and smart applications on the rise, mobile communication, combined with Big Data and cloud computing, has become an emerging business model. To explore the next critical step in software/hard
June 08, 2015 13:20
Patton’s New PRI/E1/PRI VoIP Gateways and SBCs are Smaller, Better AND Cheaper
Patton Electronics (www.patton.com)—US-manufacturer of award-winning SmartNode™ (www.patton.com/voip-gateway) VoIP solutions, CopperLink™ (http://goo.gl/GtPoRX) Ethernet Extenders, and BODI (www.patto
June 08, 2015 11:35
HOYA Group PENTAX Medical Launches Splash M-Knife, the New Multi-Functional ESD Device Contributing in Early Treatment of Gastric Cancer
HOYA Group PENTAX Medical launches Splash M-Knife, the new multi-functional ESD Device to achieve complete Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD herein after) with a single device. The new device will
June 08, 2015 11:10
Quintiles Officially Opens Greater China Regional Headquarters in Shanghai
More than 30 leaders from China’s government and healthcare communities joined Quintiles executives here today in officially opening the Quintiles Greater China Regional Headquarters, further expandin
June 08, 2015 10:30
Giving Back to Nature - Panasonic Has Now Planted over 3.3 Million Trees Around the World
The Kii Mountain Range is a UNESCO World Heritage site. In order to regenerate its forest, Panasonic is undertaking a large-scale tree planting project at “Nagaki No Mori - Eternal Forest” in Tanabe C
June 06, 2015 14:15
Pershing Square Holdings, Ltd. Considers Unsecured Investment Grade Senior Notes
Regulatory News: Pershing Square Holdings, Ltd. (ticker: PSH:NA), announced today that it is considering launching a possible offering of investment grade, benchmark, U.S. dollar-denominated, unse
June 05, 2015 17:30
IBC2015 Announce Innovation Awards Shortlist
The IBC2015 Innovation Awards shortlist reflects some of the key issues affecting everyone in broadcasting and electronic media today. Among the shortlisted projects are new ways to regionalise conten
June 05, 2015 17:20
A Cure for Global Warming plus Drought Relief
In Patent # 8,673,619, TheOxygenFactory.net outlines the renewable energy process which transforms CO2 to carbon and oxygen and purifies water. Using this process, the carbon becomes biomass in the me
June 05, 2015 16:50
Registration Opens for IBC2015: the World’s Leading Electronic Media and Entertainment Event is Bigger and Better Than Ever
Recognised as the leading global event for the electronic media and entertainment industry, IBC will again be taking place in Amsterdam in September this year. Bigger and better than ever, with new in
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