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March 20, 2014 10:15
Forum Highlights the Globalisation of Securities Class Actions Filings, says Goal Group
The Shareholder Protection and Corporate Governance Forum, recently held in Amsterdam, has highlighted the globalisation of securities class actions and the rapid development of collective redress leg
March 20, 2014 10:05
Liberty Global Selects Axiros for Service and Device Management
Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, http://www.marketwired.com/news_room/stock?ticker=LBTYA), the leading international cable operator, has selected Axiros(http://www.axiros.com/), a technology leader in o
March 20, 2014 09:00
Otsuka and The Union Announce Global TB Research & Innovation Award
In recognition of World TB Day 2014, Otsuka SA (Otsuka), in a global partnership with the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), today issued a call for nominations for
Shiseido focuses on Langerhans cells, cross-sectional view of epidermis showing the location of Lang
March 19, 2014 19:25
Shiseido Focuses on Langerhans Cells to Strengthen Skin Immunity
Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:4911) has long focused its research on skin immunity as an important means of maintaining skin’s health, and protecting it from external and internal stressors that can lead
March 19, 2014 17:40
Jefferies Reports Record Quarterly Net Income
Jefferies Group LLC today announced financial results for its fiscal first quarter 2014. Highlights for the three months ended February 28, 2014: · Net revenues of $899 million · Net earnings o
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March 19, 2014 16:40
SES Reaches 291 Million TV Homes Worldwide, 151 Million in Europe
SES (NYSE Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) has announced today that it has increased its reach in 2013 worldwide to 291 million and in Europe to 151 million TV homes. This represents an increase of 5 percent b
March 19, 2014 16:00
Toshiba Corporation to Collaborate with GLOBALFOUNDRIES on Manufacturing of Toshiba's FFSA(TM) Products
Toshiba Corporation (http://goo.gl/p8j1Ek) (TOKYO:6502) today announced that the company will collaborate with GLOBALFOUNDRIES in the manufacture of Toshiba's FFSATM (Fit Fast Structured Array) produc
March 19, 2014 15:40
Reliance Globalcom Rebrands as Global Cloud Xchange
Reliance Globalcom today unveiled the company‘s new brand and announced that it will begin operating as Global Cloud Xchange effective immediately. The launch of its new corporate identity aligns with
March 19, 2014 14:30
ZTE Wins Final Ruling from U.S. ITC in FlashPoint Case
ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment, network solutions and mobile devices, is pleas
March 19, 2014 14:20
Addivant Announces Capacity Expansion at Its Gulf Stabilizer Facility in Al Jubaïl, Saudi Arabia
Addivant today announced the completion of the first phase of capacity expansions at Gulf Stabilizers Industries (GSI), the company’s joint venture in Al Jubaïl, Saudi Arabia. Once completed, the prod
March 19, 2014 14:00
American Express Enters into Agreement to Create Joint Venture for Business Travel
American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) today announced that it has signed an agreement to create a joint venture for its Global Business Travel division (“GBT”). Under the agreement, American Express wil
March 19, 2014 13:30
.CLUB Domains and TLD Registry Team Up to Maximize Exposure in China
.CLUB Domains, LLC(http://nic.club/), the company formed to own and operate the new “.CLUB” top level domain, and TLD Registry, Ltd.(http://internetregistry.info/), which is the market leader for new
March 19, 2014 13:28
Exchange Email Is Mission Critical to Business' Operational Success, SolarWinds Seeks to Simplify the Growing Complexity of Email Management
SolarWinds(NYSE: SWI, http://www.marketwired.com/news_room/stock?ticker=SWI) According to one of the leading research firms in the space, The Radicati Group, the MS Exchange market is estimated to gro
March 19, 2014 11:00
azbil Group to Exhibit at “Gastech 2014” Global Natural Gas International Conference and Exhibition
Azbil Corporation will exhibit at Gastech 2014, held in Goyang city, Korea on March 24, 2014. Exhibiting jointly at the event will be Azbil Kimmon Co., who are responsible for expanding into a wide ra
March 18, 2014 15:15
New PMI Report: Organizations Defined as ‘Change Enablers’ Excel at Implementing Strategic Initiatives
According to the Project Management Institute’s Pulse of the Profession® In-Depth Report: Enabling Organizational Change Through Strategic Initiatives (http://goo.gl/OLPbhn), 48 percent of strategic i
March 18, 2014 14:09
BMO COO Frank Techar to Speak at the National Bank Financial 2014 Canadian Financial Services Conference
Frank Techar, Chief Operating Officer, BMO Financial Group (TSX:BMO)(NYSE:BMO), will speak at the National Bank Financial 2014 Canadian Financial Services Conference in Montreal on March 26, 2014, at
March 18, 2014 14:00
ZTE Retains Top-2 Position in World Intellectual Property Organization Patent Table
ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment, network solutions and mobile devices, retained
March 18, 2014 14:00
Barnes Group Inc. Names Scott A. Mayo Senior Vice President, Barnes Group Inc. and President, Barnes Industrial
Barnes Group Inc. (NYSE:B), an international industrial and aerospace manufacturer and service provider, today announced the appointment of Scott A. Mayo to the position of Senior Vice President, Barn
March 18, 2014 13:45
Linde showcases electronic gases portfolio at SEMICON China
This week Linde LienHwa (LLH) China, a joint venture between The Linde Group and Taiwan MiTac Group, will be exhibiting at SEMICON China 2014 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC). Exh
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March 18, 2014 11:35
Toshiba Introduces the Industry's First Bridge ICs That Convert 4K HDMI(R) to MIPI(R) CSI-2
Toshiba Corporation (http://goo.gl/p8j1Ek) (TOKYO:6502) today announced the launch of “TC358840XBG”, the industry’s first1 interface bridge IC that converts 4K ultra HD video stream from HDMI® to MIPI
March 18, 2014 10:20
Singapore Becomes Regus' First Third Place Location in Asia
Regus, the global flexible workspace provider, is to open drop-in smart work centres at 3 public libraries in Singapore: Jurong Regional Library, Toa Payoh Public Library, and Geylang East Public Libr
March 18, 2014 09:00
Isola Announces New Global Leader of Quality and Operational Excellence
Isola Group S.à r.l.(http://www.isola-group.com/), a market leader in engineered dielectric materials used to fabricate advanced multilayer printed circuit boards (PCBs), announced the promotion of Ms
March 18, 2014 08:55
NDP Media Corp Has Just Raised $15 Million Capital
NDP Media Corp, the biggest mobile affiliate networks in the world and the biggest App Agency in China, has just secured $15 million from Venture Capitals (VCs). According to an insider, the capital w
March 17, 2014 17:25
ProSiebenSat.1 Group: Major Investment Into Mobile Games Business
The ProSiebenSat.1 Group is strengthening its games business by acquiring the online and mobile games publisher Aeria Games Europe via its subsidiary ProSiebenSat.1 Games. The agreement covers all
March 17, 2014 16:20
ZTE Helps BASE Company to Develop Their 3G Network in Belgium
ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment, network solutions and mobile devices, has anno
March 17, 2014 15:40
CyberOptics® Celebrates 10 Year Milestone for WaferSense® and ReticleSense™ Measurement Portfolio at Semicon China
CyberOptics Corporation (www.cyberoptics.com/index.php) (NASDAQ: CYBE), a world leader in intelligent inspection and sensing solutions for electronics assembly and semiconductor process equipment, mar
March 17, 2014 15:10
Philip Morris International Comments on the Tobacco Products Directive Adoption by the Council of the European Union
Philip Morris International Inc.’s (PMI) (NYSE/ Paris Euronext: PM) EU Region President Drago Azinovic made the following comment regarding the adoption by the Council of the European Union of the Tob
March 17, 2014 14:15
Tencent Co-Founder Vic Lee, Joins Mobli’s Board Of Advisors
mobli (www.mobli.com), the leading social-mobile photo and video-sharing multi-platform, announced today that Vic Lee, Co-Founder of Chinese Internet giant Tencent, is joining its board of advisors. A
March 17, 2014 14:10
J.M. Huber Corporation Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2013 Conference Call
J.M. Huber Corporation (“Huber”) announced that it will hold a conference call to discuss fourth quarter and full year 2013 financial results on Thursday March 20th, at 11:00 AM ET. Pursuant to the
ZMD AG announces the launch of their new 2014 theme, which further reinforces ZMDI's continued comm
March 17, 2014 13:40
ZMDI, a Global Semiconductor Company, Reinforces Their Commitment to Energy Efficiency With the Launch of Their 2014 Marketing Theme “A Greener Future Under A Pink Umbrella”
ZMD AG (ZMDI), a Dresden-based semiconductor company that specializes in enabling energy-efficient solutions, announces the launch of their new 2014 theme, which further reinforces ZMDI's continued co
March 17, 2014 13:30
Business Schools Open Door to Entrepreneurship Years After Graduation
More than 1 in 10 business school alumni are self-employed, and the longer they've been out of business school the more likely they are to have taken an entrepreneurial career path, says a worldwide s
March 17, 2014 13:19
Environmental Solutions Worldwide Commences Rights Offering Mailing
Earlier this week, Environmental Solutions Worldwide, Inc. (“ESW”) (OTCQB: ESWW,http://www.marketwired.com/news_room/stock?ticker=ESWW) commenced the mailing of the final prospectus relating to its pr
March 17, 2014 13:14
BMO COO Frank Techar to Speak at the National Bank Financial 2014 Canadian Financial Services Conference
Frank Techar, Chief Operating Officer, BMO Financial Group (TSX: BMO)(NYSE: BMO), will speak at the National Bank Financial 2014 Canadian Financial Services Conference in Montreal on March 26, 2014, a
March 17, 2014 12:00
Fitch Group Acquires Business Monitor International
Fitch Group today announced it has acquired Business Monitor International (BMI), an independent provider of country risk and industry analysis specializing in emerging and frontier markets. Financial
March 17, 2014 12:00
Norwegian NOC: Olympic Games in Norway Shall Be Based on Human Rights.
A unique agreement was signed on Thursday 13th of March by The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO), The Confederation of Unions for Professionals (Unio), The Confederation of Vocational Union
March 16, 2014 14:00
GT Advanced Technologies Announces Merlin(TM), an Innovative Solar Module Metallization and Interconnect Technology
GT Advanced Technologies Inc., (Nasdaq:GTAT), today announced an innovative cell metallization and interconnect technology that is expected to provide substantial savings in both the manufacture and i
March 14, 2014 18:40
CARTES Asia Secure Connexions Opens Next Week with over 60 Seminars, 100 Exhibitors, 10 Workshops & 3 Awards for Innovation
The fifth edition of CARTES Asia Secure Connexions takes place next week, 19-20 March 2014, at a new venue, the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, in the heart of Hong Kong, bringing greater
March 14, 2014 18:05
IntegenX Announces Approval to Upload DNA Profiles From the RapidHIT(TM) System to the National Database
IntegenX Inc., the market leader in Rapid Human DNA identification, has met the FBI guidelines to upload directly to the NDIS system, known arrestee and convicted offender DNA profiles, as well as cas
March 14, 2014 17:35
Clinical study in international headache journal finds electroCore’s non invasive vagus nerve stimulation effective in treating migraine
A study reported (13TH March 2014) in the International Headache Society’s official journal Cephalalgia found that the use of electroCore’s non invasive vagus nerve stimulation therapy (nVNS) may be a
March 14, 2014 17:35
Quintiles Announces Pricing of Secondary Public Offering
Quintiles today announced the pricing of a secondary public offering of 15 million shares of its common stock by certain of its shareholders at a price to the public of $52.00 per share. In addition,
March 14, 2014 17:30
Toshiba Brings Lawsuit Against SK Hynix Inc.
Toshiba Corporation (http://goo.gl/p8j1Ek) (TOKYO:6502) today announced that it has brought a civil suit against Korea’s SK Hynix Inc. at the Tokyo District Court, under Japan’s Unfair Competition Pre
Encounter with the American officer's wife at the optical shop.
March 14, 2014 17:10
Menicon Chairman's Lifetime Achievements Recognized
Kyoichi Tanaka, chairman and founder of contact lens manufacturer Menicon Co., Ltd., last year received two prestigious awards. On June 28, 2013, at its annual meeting in San Diego, the American Optom
© Always UNESCO literacy program in Senegal
March 14, 2014 16:35
Puberty is Not a Problem to Be Solved: Empowering Girls to Succeed at School
UNESCO and Procter & Gamble Always® Brand are launching the first good policy and practice publication on puberty education and menstrual hygiene management at the United Nations in New York on 13 Mar
March 14, 2014 15:55
Wipro Helps Westfield Achieve Future Readiness with a Scalable People Platform
Wipro Ltd. (NYSE:WIT), a leading global Information Technology, Consulting and Outsourcing company today announced that it has helped Westfield, one of the world’s largest shopping centre portfolios w
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March 14, 2014 14:30
CREDIT BANK OF MOSCOW 2013 IFRS net income grows 53.7% to RUB 8.9 bln, return on equity up to 20.1%
CREDIT BANK OF MOSCOW: Key results · CREDIT BANK OF MOSCOW’s 2013 IFRS net income increased by 53.7% on 2012 to RUB 8,880 mln (USD 278.3 mln) · Assets grew 47.1% year-on-year reaching RUB 454
March 14, 2014 13:40
Rimini Street Congratulates 2014 CIO Impact Award Winner Eric Robinson, CIO Color Spot
Rimini Street, Inc., the leading independent provider of enterprise software maintenance services for SAP AG’s (NYSE:SAP) Business Suite and BusinessObjects software and Oracle Corporation’s (NYSE:ORC
March 14, 2014 13:35
IMD and CKGSB Partner to Offer World Class Dual Executive MBA
The International Institute for Management Development (IMD) and the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) have today partnered to offer fast-rising executives - who want to differentiate th
March 14, 2014 11:30
Digia Announces Qt Developer Days Asia
Digia (http://qt.digia.com) has announced that the Qt Developer Days Asia will take place in Tokyo, Japan on May 20th and Beijing, China on May 22nd. The full-day events will feature keynote addresses
March 13, 2014 17:30
Reckitt Benckiser Selects Cegedim Relationship Management as Global Preferred Supplier of Sales Force Automation (SFA) Solutions for Its OTC Healthcare Business
Reckitt Benckiser (RB) has selected Cegedim Relationship Management as its Global Preferred Supplier of Sales Force Automation (SFA) solutions. The decision was based largely on previous successful de
March 13, 2014 16:30
Election Authorities Discuss the Future of Election Automation
“Technology is revolutionising how elections are run,” said Matt Gokhool, Chief Executive of the International Centre for Parliamentary Studies (ICPS) and Chairman of the International Centre for Elec
Advertising Agency of the Year
March 13, 2014 15:15
Dentsu Named Advertising Agency of the Year, Network of the Year, and Interactive Agency of the Year at ADFEST 2014
Dentsu Inc. (TOKYO:4324)(ISIN:JP3551520004)(President & CEO: Tadashi Ishii; Head Office: Tokyo; Capital: 74,609.81 million yen) was named Advertising Agency of the Year1, Network of the Year, and Inte
March 13, 2014 14:25
Food&HotelAsia and Wine&SpiritsAsia to Serve the Growing F&B Market in Korea
According to the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) South Korea’s food and beverage (F&B) per capita consumption is expected to grow by a CAGR of 5.1 percent to 2016. Additionally, South
March 13, 2014 12:30
ZTE Ranked One of Top Three Vendors for Videoconferencing
ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment, network solutions and mobile devices, has been
March 13, 2014 12:00
Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts Announces Entry into Indonesia
Hilton Worldwide (www.hiltonworldwide.com) today announced the signing of a new management agreement with PT. Bali Ragawisata for the first Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts (http://goo.gl/PbHxb) prope
March 13, 2014 12:00
Hytera Facilitates Award-Winning TETRA Project for Hong Kong Metro
MTR Corporation Limited, a Hytera client, won “Best Use of TETRA for Transport” in recently announced 2014 International TETRA Awards. The awarding was organized by TETRA Today in association with TET
March 12, 2014 17:20
Quintiles Honored as ‘Best CRO in Asia’ for 3rd Time in Four Years
Quintiles last night was named the “Best CRO in Asia” at the 2014 BioPharma Asia Industry Awards dinner, the third time in the event’s four-year history that Quintiles has received the honor. The awar
March 12, 2014 17:00
Mentor Capital Acquires 60% of Bhang Chocolate for $39 Million
Mentor Capital, Inc. (OTC Markets: MNTR) announced today that it has been selected by Bhang Chocolate Company, Inc. to provide $39 Million in equity funding for Bhang’s national and international expa
March 12, 2014 15:10
Acacia Communications Announces Industry's First Single-Chip Silicon Photonics 100G Coherent Transceiver
Acacia Communications(http://acacia-inc.com/), the leader in delivering intelligent transceivers for ultra-high speed fiber optic transmission to the telecommunications and data communications industr
March 12, 2014 14:00
Azbil Corporation: New Valve Positioner to Contribute to Safe and Stable Plant Operation
Azbil Corporation (TOKYO:6845) has announced that it will launch sale of the sophisticated Smart Valve Positioner 700 Series on March 13. Compared with the company’s previous positioners, the 700 S
March 12, 2014 12:00
ZTE Releases LTE Broadband Multimedia Trunking Solution at CeBIT
ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment, network solutions and mobile devices, has laun
March 12, 2014 11:40
GT AdvanceTechnologies Signs Agreement to Supply $336 Million of Equipment and Technology for a 25,000 MTA Polysilicon Production Facility in Sarawak, Malaysia
GT Advanced Technologies Inc., (Nasdaq:GTAT), today announced the signing of a $336 million supply agreement with Cosmos Chemicals Berhad to provide equipment and technology for a 25,000 metric ton an
March 12, 2014 11:20
First International Road Traffic Accident Conference Inaugurated in Abu Dhabi
Under the patronage of Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Major General Dr. Ahmed Nasser Al Raisi, Director General of Central Operations a
March 12, 2014 11:17
Suttle Releases State-of-the-Art FutureLink(TM) G.hn Gigabit Ethernet Connectivity
Suttle, a wholly owned subsidiary of Communications Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JCS,http://www.marketwired.com/news_room/stock?ticker=JCS), announces the release of a revolutionary broad set of application
March 11, 2014 17:20
Perennial (Singapore) Retail Management Pte. Ltd. Selects Yardi Voyager
Yardi announced today that Perennial (Singapore) Retail Management Pte. Ltd. has selected Yardi Voyager® (http://goo.gl/Q70YpM) as its new core technology platform. Initial deployment of Yardi Voyager
March 11, 2014 17:00
Big Performance, Small Package: Akustica’s Newest MEMS Microphones Target Smartphones and Wearables
Akustica, Inc. (www.akustica.com), a Bosch Group company and leading provider of MEMS microphones, has added four new high-performance analog microphones to its high definition (HD) voice product line
March 11, 2014 15:55
Quintiles Announces Launch of Secondary Public Offering of Common Stock
Quintiles Transnational Holdings Inc. (“Quintiles”) (NYSE:Q) announced today the launch of a secondary public offering of its common stock. Certain shareholders of Quintiles (the “Selling Shareholders
March 11, 2014 15:30
투라야, 탈리아와 위성통신사업 제휴
모바일 위성통신 분야의 선두업체인 투라야 텔레커뮤니케이션즈 컴퍼니(Thuraya Telecommunications Company, www.thuraya.com)는 데이터 통신과 음성 서비스 분야를 선도하는 탈리아(Talia)와 제휴하기로 했다고 오늘 발표했다. 탈리아는 영국에 본사를 두고 독일에서 지상 송수신센터를 소유 및 운영하며 위성통신 솔루션을
March 11, 2014 15:30
Thuraya Brings Talia Onboard as a New Service Partner
Thuraya Telecommunications Company (www.thuraya.com), a leading Mobile Satellite Services operator, today announced its partnership with Talia, a top-tier provider of data communications and voice ser
March 11, 2014 15:20
Emerging Australian Healthcare and Aged Care Service Provider Replaces Open Source Solution With ScienceLogic
Microsolve(http://microsolve.com.au/), an IT infrastructure solutions company with a focus on Health Care and Aged Care, has chosen ScienceLogic's next generation IT monitoring software(http://www.sci
March 11, 2014 13:00
ResearchDx, the Leading Contract Diagnostics Organization, Sponsors the Asia BioPharma Convention 2014
ResearchDx, LLC of Irvine, California, USA today announced its sponsorship and attendance at the Asia BioPharm 2014 Convention in Singapore as part of its focus on the important Asian biopharmaceutica
Spider Conference Phone
March 11, 2014 11:50
Phoenix Audio Technologies to Unveil The Spider - a New, Innovative IP Conference Phone
Phoenix Audio Technologies a world leader in real-time audio solutions, announced today that its new, innovative IP conference phone, the Spider, will be unveiled during the Enterprise Connect convent
March 11, 2014 11:30
FLEXcon Opens Hong Kong Facility to Support Business Growth in Asia
FLEXcon, an innovator in adhesive coating and laminating, today announced the opening of FLEXcon Asia Limited in Hong Kong to support growing client demand for FLEXcon’s products throughout the Asia P
March 11, 2014 11:20
22nd Century Group Subsidiary Goodrich Tobacco Company Granted Federal Permit to Manufacture Tobacco Products
22nd Century Group, Inc. (OTCQB: XXII) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Goodrich Tobacco Company, has been granted a federal permit to produce tobacco products by the Alcohol and Toba
March 11, 2014 11:20
Ooyala Video Streaming and Analytics Technology Gains Mainstream Momentum With Presto, Foxtel's New Subscription Movie Service
Ooyala, the leading innovator in video streaming, analytics and monetization, today announced that its technology has been deployed in support of Pay-TV service provider Foxtel‘s new Presto subscripti
March 11, 2014 11:10
PostgreSQL User Group Launches in South Korea to Support Growing Community
EnterpriseDB (EDB,http://www.enterprisedb.com/), the leading worldwide provider of enterprise-class Postgres products and Oracle database compatibility(http://www.enterprisedb.com/solutions/oracle-com
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