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January 27, 2014 18:30

Sojitz GMC Acquires Trademark Rights to Admiral Brand for Five Regions in East Asia

Sojitz General Merchandise Corporation (Sojitz GMC http://goo.gl/D7HCP3), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sojitz Corporation (TOKYO:2768), acquired trademark rights to England’s Admiral casual fashion br

January 27, 2014 17:00

The UAE Ministry of Interior Discusses Cooperation with NFPA

The Ministry of Interior, represented by the Federal Civil Defense Sector Development Council, discussed with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), the means to enhance cooperation, mutual

January 27, 2014 16:15

Catalent Files Registration Statement for Initial Public Offering

Catalent Pharma Solutions announced today that Catalent, Inc. has publicly filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to a proposed initial public o

January 27, 2014 15:45

ACE Appoints Anthony O’Brien as Regional Head of Marine Insurance

ACE Group announced today that it has appointed Anthony O’Brien as its Head of Marine Insurance in Asia Pacific. Anthony will be based in Hong Kong and will report to Paul McNamee, Deputy Regional Pre

January 27, 2014 15:25

Comau Joins Ford Motor Company to Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Moving Assembly Line

Comau is demonstrating the latest body assembly technology in automotive manufacturing production within the Ford Motor Company display during the 2014 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) i

January 27, 2014 13:51

Saudi Arabian Medical Centers Select Vital as Its Enterprise Advanced Visualization Solution

Vital Images, Inc., a Toshiba Medical Systems Group Company and leading provider of advanced visualization and analysis solutions for healthcare providers, was selected by two leading university hospi

January 27, 2014 13:50

K2M Submits S-1 Draft Registration Statement for Proposed IPO

K2M Group Holdings, Inc. today announced that it has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to the p

January 27, 2014 12:00

Gigaphoton Taiwan Receives a Letter of Appreciation from TSMC

Gigaphoton Taiwan Inc., local subsidiary of Gigaphoton Inc.(http://www.gigaphoton.com/?lang=en Head office: Oyama-shi, Tochigi-ken, President & CEO: Hitoshi Tomaru) was commended and received a letter

January 27, 2014 12:00

Arthur D. Little and the UITP identify 25 imperatives to enable cities to cope with future mobility challenges

Global consultancy Arthur D. Little, together with its partner the UITP - The International Association of Public Transport - identifies three strategic directions and 25 imperatives for cities to con

January 27, 2014 11:30

NASDAQ OMX Opens New Office in Bangalore, India

NASDAQ OMX (Nasdaq:NDAQ) has opened a new office in Bangalore which will focus on developing new technologies and innovating current solutions, including the next generation Investor Relations platfor

January 27, 2014 11:16

Bank of Montreal to Redeem $150,000,000 Non-cumulative 5-Year Rate Reset Class B Preferred Shares Series 18

Bank of Montreal today announced its intention to redeem all of its $150,000,000 Non-cumulative 5-Year Rate Reset Class B Preferred Shares Series 18 (“Preferred Shares Series 18”) on February 25, 2014

January 27, 2014 11:12

dmexco 2014 Registers Constant Growth

The dmexco is counting on a further increase in exhibitors from home and abroad in 2014. The reason for this forecast: Shortly before the end of the early bird phase, the demand for exhibition space a

January 24, 2014 16:10

SecondOpinions.com, Featuring a State-of-the-Art Teleradiology and Telemedicine Platform, Introduces a New Global Feature Second Opinions Express TM

USARAD Holdings Inc, a leading US Joint Commission Accredited teleradiology and telemedicine solutions provider recently launched SecondOpinions.com which offers a state of the art, proprietary, web-b

January 24, 2014 15:40

Levi Strauss & Co. Names Craig Nomura Head of Global Retail

Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.) today announced that Craig Nomura, a 25-year industry leader, will join the company as executive vice president and president of global retail, effective Feb. 3, 2014.

January 24, 2014 14:00

Algae.Tec Says Deal with Reliance Industrial Investments and Holdings Limited (RIIHL) to Launch Global Biofuels Division

Algae.Tec Limited (ASX:AEB)(OTCQX:ALGXY)(FWB:GZA:GR) said the signing of agreements with Reliance Industrial Investments and Holdings (RIIHL) was the backing the Company needed to fund and launch its

January 24, 2014 12:10

HootSuite Acquires uberVU To Bolster Analytics Offering

Today, HootSuite, the world‘s most widely adopted social relationship platform, announced it has acquired uberVU, an innovative social analytics solution. HootSuite and uberVU combine the next generat

January 24, 2014 11:10

Education Above All Calls for New Investment to Accelerate Support for Primary Education

During a private event at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, leadership of Education Above All (EAA), a global initiative of Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, made a call for th

January 23, 2014 20:25

Coca-Cola Installs 1 Millionth HFC-Free Cooler Globally, Preventing 5.25MM Metrics Tons of CO2

The Coca-Cola Company today announced that it has installed its 1 millionth hydrofluorocarbon (HFC)-free cooler using natural refrigerant in the marketplace, preventing the emission of 5.25 million me

January 23, 2014 19:30

Schlumberger Announces First-Quarter 2014 Results Conference Call

Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB) will hold a conference call on April 17, 2014 to discuss the results for the first quarter ending March 31, 2014. The conference call is scheduled to begin at 8:00

January 23, 2014 19:05

Menicon Realizes Bold Vision in the Netherlands

A new multipurpose hub for the European business of contact lens manufacturer Menicon Co., Ltd. (head office: Nagoya, Japan; CEO Hidenari Tanaka) has begun its first full year of operations at Emmen,

January 23, 2014 18:30

Hilton Worldwide Pledges to ‘Open Doors’ for One Million Young People by 2019

Today at the 2014 World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting, Hilton Worldwide announced a global commitment that aims to impact at least one million young people by 2019 by helping them to reach their ful

January 23, 2014 17:30

Johns Manville Announces Redesigned Corporate Website

Johns Manville (JM), a Berkshire Hathaway company and global building and specialty products manufacturer, today announced that it has launched a redesigned corporate website that consolidates the mul

January 23, 2014 16:15

Federal Jury Finds Google Infringed SimpleAir Patent

SimpleAir announced today that a federal jury returned a verdict that SimpleAir’s U.S. Patent No. 7,035,914 is infringed by Google. The verdict was reached on Saturday, January 18, 2014, following a w

January 23, 2014 15:40

Rockwell Automation Wins $15M Process Order from Vadxx Energy

Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK) has won a $15 million engineering, procurement, construction and management contract from Vadxx Energy LLC for its first commercial-scale, plastic waste-to-synthetic cr

January 23, 2014 14:55

Oliver Wyman Launches 17th Annual State of the Financial Services Industry Report at WEF 2014 Annual Meeting

Today Oliver Wyman, the leading international management consulting firm, launches its 17th annual State of the Financial Services industry report at the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual meeting in

January 23, 2014 10:08

Kensho Rings the Closing Bell to Celebrate Relationship With NASDAQ OMX FinQloud and Securing $10 Million in Seed Financing to Build ‘Warren,’ an Intelligent Market Research Assistant That Can Answer Complex Financial Questions Posed in Natural Language

Kensho(http://www.kensho.com/home/), a pioneer in cloud-based intelligent computer systems capable of answering complex financial and market research questions posed in natural language, today announc

January 22, 2014 18:00

EVault Introduces Backup and Recovery for Windows Azure

EVault, Inc., a Seagate company (NASDAQ:STX), today announced EVault® Backup Services for Windows Azure. Building on the successful relationship between Microsoft Corp. and EVault, the new service ext

January 22, 2014 17:40

Preliminary Results 2013: MANN+HUMMEL Sales Grow to 2.77 Billion Euros

MANN+HUMMEL (www.mann-hummel.com) performed strongly in 2013 despite the varying economic conditions. According to preliminary financial results, sales for 2013 rose by around 6% from 2.62 (2012)

January 22, 2014 17:25

OptiComm Deploys New Brocade Network Core to Provide Service-Class Guarantees and Unlimited Bandwidth Capability

Faced with the prospect of increased competition with the rollout of the country's National Broadband Network (NBN), Australian fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) and wholesale service provider, OptiComm Co

January 22, 2014 16:35

The Coca-Cola Company Announces World Economic Forum’s “Global Shapers” Grant Challenge Winners

The Coca-Cola Company today announced the winners of Coca-Cola’s Shaping A Better Future Grant Challenge - a grant challenge exclusively for members of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Commun

January 22, 2014 15:35

Toshiba Corporation Completes Acquisition of OCZ Technology Group's Assets and Launches New Subsidiary, OCZ Storage Solutions

Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502), a global technology leader and manufacturer of NAND flash memory, today announced that the Company has finalized the purchase of substantially all assets of OCZ Techn

January 22, 2014 15:00

Gemalto UpTeq Multi-tenant SIM powers first NFC payment in Ukraine

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, has supplied its UpTeq Multi-tenant SIM embedded software and product to Kyivstar, the leading Ukranian mobile operator, supp

January 22, 2014 15:00

Bombardier Aerospace Delivers 238 Aircraft and Receives Orders for 388 Aircraft in 2013

Bombardier Aerospace announced today that it delivered 238 aircraft during 2013, compared to 233 aircraft deliveries in the previous calendar year ended December 31, 2012. The company also received or

January 22, 2014 13:15

Badan SAR Nasional Selects Thuraya Services to Provide Vital Satellite Communications for Search and Rescue Efforts in Indonesia

Solutions from Thuraya Telecommunications Company, a leading Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) operator, have been selected by Badan SAR Nasional which is the National Search and Rescue Agency for the R

January 22, 2014 11:40

Certifiable Switch for High Availability and Safety Requirements from TTTech

TTTech, the leading supplier of dependable networking solutions based on time-triggered technology and modular safety platforms, has developed a certifiable 24 port switch for real-time Ethernet commu

January 22, 2014 11:40

Cortina Systems and Buffalo Technology Team Up to Deliver Next Generation High-Performance VPN Router

Cortina Systems, Inc. (Cortina®, https://www.cortina-systems.com/index.php), delivering innovative technologies that link people and networks worldwide, today announced that the Cortina CS75xx, an ul

January 22, 2014 10:54

CEOs' Confidence Rises for 2014

Twice as many CEOs around the world as last year believe the global economy will improve in the next 12 months, and 39% say they are ‘very confident’ their company‘s revenues will grow in 2014, accord

January 22, 2014 10:45

Emerging Leadership Contract Will Redefine CEO Role, Create New Challenge: Finding and Developing Tomorrow's Transformational Leaders

Increasingly complex and often-contradictory global operating environments marked by higher expectations from a growing network of stakeholder groups are redefining the Chief Executive Officer role, c

January 21, 2014 23:00

Nikkei BP Website Reports on Latest Global Updates on Mega-scale Solar Business

Nikkei Business Publications (President & CEO: Kohei Osada; Tokyo) reports on up-to-the minute news on the megawatt-scale solar power generation business growing across the globe, in its specialized w

January 21, 2014 22:30

The Estée Lauder Companies Promotes Two Key Executives

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (NYSE:EL) announced today that Chris Good has been promoted to President, United Kingdom and Ireland, and Sandra Main has been promoted to Global Brand President, La Me

January 21, 2014 21:05

AFRICA - Accelerating Investments for an Agricultural Revolution

AGCO, Your Agriculture Company (NYSE: AGCO), a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment, today held its third annual AGCO Africa Summit in Berlin, Germany. The Summit is a join

January 21, 2014 21:00

Xaxis and 24/7 Media Finalize Merger, Forming World’s Largest Programmatic Media and Technology Platform

Xaxis, the world's largest programmatic media and technology platform, announced today the finalization of its merger with 24/7 Media. The combined company will continue under the Xaxis name and will

January 21, 2014 20:30

ZTE to Post 2013 Annual Profit of RMB 1.2 Billion to RMB 1.5 Billion

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, today is

January 21, 2014 19:40

Deutsche Telekom Opens New IP PoP in Hong Kong

International Carrier Sales & Solutions (ICSS), the international wholesale division of Deutsche Telekom AG, is announcing the launch of a new point of presence (PoP) in Hong Kong. Based on ICSS’s Nex

January 21, 2014 19:00

Schlumberger Announces Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2013 Results

Full-Year Results Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB) today reported full-year 2013 revenue from continuing operations of $45.27 billion versus $41.73 billion in 2012. (To view the tables, please r

January 21, 2014 17:21

Brocade Names Adam Judd as Vice President for Asia Pacific

Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD) today announced the appointment of Adam Judd to the role of vice president for Asia Pacific (APAC). Judd will be responsible for the strategic direction and management of all sa

January 21, 2014 14:00

Palau Telecoms Selects Xtera for the Turnkey Supply of the Submarine Cable System Linking Palau to Guam

Palau Telecoms, a supplier of wireless broadband internet services, has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Xtera Communications, Inc. for the turnkey supply and installation of the submarine cable s

January 21, 2014 13:50

Sea Fibre Networks Announces Strategic Collaboration and Investment

Sea Fibre Networks (SFN), owner and operator of Europe's most advanced sub-sea telecoms network, CeltixConnect(http://www.seafibrenetworks.com/our-networks/celtixconnect.htm), today confirmed that Aqu

January 21, 2014 13:40

Kateeva Expands Operation in Korea

Kateeva(http://kateeva.com/) today announced an expansion of its Korea operation, marking a substantial investment in the world‘s leading display manufacturing region. The company will absorb the asse

January 21, 2014 11:45

Teledyne DALSA Expands CMOS Line Scan Camera Family for Machine Vision Applications

Teledyne DALSA(http://www.teledynedalsa.com/corp/), a Teledyne Technologies (NYSE:TDY) company and global leader in machine vision technology(http://www.teledynedalsa.com/imaging/), released two new P

January 21, 2014 11:38

InMobi Sees CPG Mobile Ad Spends Grow 175% in 2013

InMobi, the world‘s largest independent mobile advertising network, today announced that mobile ad spends by consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies on its network grew 175% in 2013. InMobi’s growth c

January 21, 2014 11:05

Bombardier Aerospace Confirms Change to its CSeries Aircraft's Entry-into-Service

Bombardier Aerospace confirmed today that the CSeries aircraft program is making solid progress and initial performance results are in line with the company‘s expectations. However, based on the thoro

January 21, 2014 08:30

EDWARDS LAUNCHES A RARE GAS RECOVERY AND RECIRCULATION VARIANT TO ITS nXDS RANGE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE DRY VACUUM PUMPS

Edwards Group Limited (NASDAQ: EVAC), a leading manufacturer of sophisticated vacuum products and abatement systems and a global provider of related value-added services, has launched a special varian

January 20, 2014 20:10

Bank of America Reports Fourth-quarter 2013 Net Income of $3.4 Billion, or $0.29 per Diluted Share, on Revenue of $21.7 Billion(A)

Bank of America Corporation today reported net income of $3.4 billion, or $0.29 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2013, compared to $732 million, or $0.03 per diluted share in the year-ago

January 20, 2014 14:00

Bahrain International Airshow: Al Qahtani Aviation Company Orders up to 26 Bombardier CSeries Aircraft

Bombardier Aerospace announced today that Dammam-based Al Qahtani Aviation Company has signed a firm purchase agreement for 16 CS300 aircraft with options for an additional 10 CS300 jetliners. The air

January 20, 2014 13:55

DragonWave and Xi'an Potevio Communications Establish Strategic Sales Agreement for Chinese Mobile Market

DragonWave Inc. (TSX: DWI)(NASDAQ: DRWI), a leading global supplier of packet microwave radio systems for mobile and access networks, and Xi‘an Potevio Communications, an ICT subsidiary company of Chi

January 20, 2014 13:45

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts to Welcome First Hotel in Malaysia

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, a luxury brand in the FRHI Hotels & Resorts (FRHI) portfolio, today announced an agreement with CITITOWER SDN BHD, a joint venture between Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment

January 20, 2014 11:00

MPEG LA Announces License Terms for High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC/H.265)

MPEG LA, LLC announced today that a group of 25 companies have agreed on HEVC license terms expected to issue as part of an HEVC Patent Portfolio License in early 2014. A summary is attached. Final ag

January 19, 2014 12:36

Coastal Completes Merger With CEPSA

Coastal Energy Company (“Coastal”) (TSX:CEN) (AIM:CEO) announces the successful completion of the previously announced merger (the “Merger”) with Condor Acquisition (Cayman) Limited (the “Purchaser”),

January 17, 2014 22:30

The Estée Lauder Companies Names Jane Lauder Global Brand President, Clinique

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (NYSE:EL) announced today that Jane Lauder has been named Global Brand President, Clinique. Succeeding Ms. Lauder will be Stephane de la Faverie who has been named

January 17, 2014 22:00

CITYTECH Names Jeff Brown Director of Global Service Delivery, Hires Ben Eames as Commercial Director

CITYTECH is pleased to announce that Jeff Brown, CITYTECH developer, enterprise architect, and engagement manager of ten years, has been promoted to Director of Global Service Delivery. This new role

January 17, 2014 15:00

Schlumberger Declares 28% Increase in Quarterly Dividend

The Board of Directors of Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB) today approved a 28% increase of the quarterly dividend. The increased dividend of $0.40 per share of outstanding common stock is payable on A

January 17, 2014 12:00

Thuraya Launches SatSleeve for Android

Thuraya Telecommunications Company, a leading Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) operator, today launched the latest edition of the Thuraya SatSleeve designed for Android-based smartphones. Compatible

January 17, 2014 12:00

Hamad International Airport Unveils New Details of World-Class Aviation Hub

H.E. Mr Abdul Aziz Mohammad Al-Noaimi, Chairman of The Steering Committee of the New Doha International Airport (NDIA) announced today new details of Hamad International Airport (HIA) at a press confe

January 17, 2014 12:00

Eversheds: New Breed of Young Lawyers is Seeking to Reform the Legal Sector

New research from global law firm Eversheds has revealed that a new breed of young lawyer is seeking to reform the legal sector. With global ambition and a desire to modernise the more traditional asp

January 17, 2014 11:50

Ocean Networks Selects Xtera for the Turnkey Supply of the South America Pacific Link Submarine Cable System

Ocean Networks, Inc., the owner and developer of the South America Pacific Link (SAPL) submarine cable system, has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Xtera Communications, Inc. for the turnkey suppl

January 16, 2014 17:55

GA Telesis Launches GA Telesis Aviation Investments (“GAIN”); Capital Raise plus Existing Credit Facilities will allow up to $1 Billion in Asset Acquisitions in this First Vehicle

GA Telesis LLC (“GA Telesis”) and Wafra Capital Partners Inc. (“Wafra Capital Partners”) jointly announced today that GA Telesis has raised $500 million from institutional and private clients advised

January 16, 2014 16:40

New AXE® Peace Unites Guys and Girls to Create a Peaceful Change in the World, One Kiss at a Time

Today AXE introduces AXE Peace, both a new line of products and a ground-breaking campaign to bring young people together to affect change with a simple, yet powerful, act: a kiss. The showpiece of

January 16, 2014 16:05

ZMDI and Murata Power Solutions Launch Their True-Digital Point-of-Load 35A Solutions Portfolio

ZMD AG (ZMDI, http://www.zmdi.com/), a Dresden-based semiconductor company that specializes in enabling energy-efficient solutions, and Murata Power Solutions, the world's leading supplier of board mo

January 16, 2014 15:40

Korean Researchers Gain Access to Digital Archives of Science through KISTI

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) partners with the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI) to provide sitewide access to Science Classic, the digita

January 16, 2014 15:10

Rockwell Collins and Bluesky Sign Final Agreement to Form ACCEL (Tianjin) Flight Simulation Co. LTD.

Rockwell Collins and Beijing Bluesky Aviation Technology, an AVIC subsidiary, today signed a final agreement to establish ACCEL (Tianjin) Flight Simulation Co. LTD. Joint Venture (JV). The JV, wit

January 16, 2014 14:30

Iconic Swiss herb specialist Ricola choose BOARD as their Business Intelligence Provider

Ricola AG have chosen BOARD International as their provider for Business Intelligence (BI) and Corporate Performance Management (CPM). Rolf Kohler, Ricola’s CIO, explains: “We were looking for a solut

January 16, 2014 14:25

Skout Unveils Update to Global Networking Application

Skout(http://www.skout.com/), the world's largest global, mobile network for meeting new people, has released Skout 4.0 in the Google Play store for Android users. The new release encompasses a comple

January 16, 2014 08:40

Stallion Oilfield Services Ltd. Resolves Fine with Williams County, ND

Stallion Oilfield Services Ltd. announced today that the Williams County Commission formally approved a settlement agreement, reducing the previously announced fine of $2.6 million to $26,000 in conne

January 16, 2014 08:25

KCI Negative Pressure Wound Therapy with Instillation Supplement Published in International Wound Journal

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. announced today the publication of a supplement, recently released in the International Wound Journal (IWJ), which outlines current wound care challenges and practices and prese

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