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June 25, 2014 21:30
NASDAQ OMX Launches REIT Benchmark Index Family
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and ETRE Financial, LLC (ETRE) today announced a new partnership in the Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) benchmark index space, with the launch of 12 co-bra
June 25, 2014 18:00
China to Host World’s Largest Integrated Health Industry Event “tHIS” in 2015
Reed Sinopharm Exhibitions, the leading healthcare event organizer in China, announced Wednesday the launch of The Health Industry Summit (tHIS, www.thishealthsummit.com) in Shanghai. This new event,
Sequential Brands Group Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Galaxy Brand Holdings
June 25, 2014 18:00
Sequential Brands Group Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Galaxy Brand Holdings
Sequential Brands Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:SQBG) (“Sequential” or the “Company”) announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Galaxy Brand Holdings, Inc. (“Galaxy”) for $100 million
June 25, 2014 15:40
Micron Technology, Inc., Reports Results for the Third Quarter of Fiscal 2014
Micron Technology, Inc., (Nasdaq:MU) today announced results of operations for its third quarter of fiscal 2014, which ended May 29, 2014. Revenues for the third quarter of fiscal 2014 were $3.98 bill
June 25, 2014 15:25
NTT Communications to Offer 100MB/Day Prepaid SIM
NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the ICT solutions and international communications business within the NTT (NYSE: NTT) Group, announced today a fast, convenient LTE prepaid data service, “OC
June 25, 2014 14:15
DVDO Introduces iScan Mini™ 4K Ultra HD Video Enhancement System
DVDO®, Inc. (www.dvdo.com), an award-winning provider of high-quality, high-definition (HD) video processing, switching and connectivity solutions, today announced the iScan Mini (www.dvdo.com/iscanmi
June 25, 2014 14:14
Ooyala and Basefarm Seal New Partnership; Launch Multi-Screen Video and Analytics for Ziggo
Ooyala, a leading innovator in multi-screen video streaming and analytics, today announced it is providing a comprehensive video solution for the website of Ziggo, the largest cable operator in the Ne
June 25, 2014 13:45
Lucas Museum of Narrative Art to Call Chicago Home
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art (LMNA) today announced its intention to become a member of Chicago’s vibrant cultural arts scene by locating on the city’s Museum Campus. LMNA will be a gathering pla
British American Tobacco plc
June 25, 2014 11:50
One in Ten Cigarettes Consumed in the EU in 2013 Were Illegal; Dramatic Rise in Consumption of ‘Illicit Whites’
One in every ten cigarettes consumed in the European Union in 2013 were illicit, 33% of which were “illicit whites”, an emerging type of illegal, branded cigarettes manufactured for the sole purpose o
June 25, 2014 11:25
ADEA to Host 5th International Women’s Leadership Conference along with International Workshop, Sept. 14-16, 2014
The American Dental Education Association (ADEA, www.adea.org), the premier association serving the dental education community, is hosting two meetings for today’s globally-minded dental education and
June 25, 2014 10:25
Hilton Worldwide Prices Secondary Offering
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. (“Hilton Worldwide” or the “Company”) announced today the pricing of a secondary offering of 90,000,000 shares of Hilton Worldwide common stock by certain selling stockh
June 25, 2014 10:10
OT and V3D Partner to Help Mobile Operators Enhance Customer Experience
Oberthur Technologies (OT) a world leader in digital security solutions for the mobility space and V3D, the independent QoS and QoE software editor for mobile networks, announced today their strategic
June 25, 2014 09:45
Oral-B® SmartSeries™ Electric Toothbrush with Bluetooth® Connectivity Now on Sale
After making headlines worldwide with its groundbreaking debut at Mobile World Congress in February, the wait is over for the Oral-B interactive SmartSeries electric toothbrush with Bluetooth 4.0 conn
June 25, 2014 09:15
Guinness World Records: Nine Titles Awarded to Rare Gemstone Collection, The Ophir Collection
Containing the world's largest gemstones, the Ophir Collection (http://www.OphirCollection.com), owned by Ophir Collection LLC, has been awarded nine GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® titles. A photo accompa
June 24, 2014 18:00
StreamWIDE Launches Enterprise Mobile Messaging App “Team on the Run” Maximizing the Efficiency of Group Communication
StreamWIDE (Paris:ALSTW) (FR0010528059 - ALSTW), the Next-Generation Mobile Value Added Service expert, announced today the launch of Team on the Run (TOTR), a secure and reliable white label instant
June 24, 2014 17:45
Ferring Pharmaceuticals and Roche collaborate to develop personalised infertility treatment
Ferring Pharmaceuticals and Roche have announced a collaboration to combine diagnostic testing technology from Roche with Ferring’s human cell line derived recombinant follicle-stimulating hormone (hu
June 24, 2014 16:00
“Project Last Mile” Expands to Improve Availability of Life-Saving Medicines in Additional Regions of Africa
The Coca-Cola Company and its Foundations, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today
June 24, 2014 15:00
ZTE Wins Wind Telecom Contract to Build First 4G TD-LTE Network in Dominican Republic
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, announce
June 24, 2014 14:00
Kwong Yew Weng Realty Selects Yardi Voyager 7S in Malaysia
Yardi announced today that Malaysian property company Kwong Yew Weng Realty has selected Yardi Voyager 7S as its new property and financial management platform. Voyager 7S (http://goo.gl/y57u8t) is
June 24, 2014 12:00
Hilton Worldwide Announces Secondary Offering of 90,000,000 Shares of Common Stock
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. (“Hilton Worldwide” or the “Company”) announced today that certain selling stockholders affiliated with The Blackstone Group L.P. have commenced a secondary offering of
June 24, 2014 11:40
Mavenir™ adds mobility to Voice over Wi-Fi
Mavenir Systems (http://goo.gl/T1JsFL) (NYSE: MVNR), a leading provider of software-based network solutions for mobile services, today announced the availability of its Evolved Packet Data Gateway (eP
June 24, 2014 10:30
Quintiles Named a Best IT Workplace by Computerworld
Quintiles, the world’s largest biopharmaceutical services provider and a Fortune 500 company, has been named one of IDG Computerworld's 100 Best Places to Work in IT 2014 (www.computerworld.com), the
June 24, 2014 09:05
Micron Collaborates With Intel to Enhance Knights Landing With a High Performance, On-Package Memory Solution
Micron Technology, Inc.(http://www.micron.com/) (Nasdaq:MU), one of the world‘s leading providers of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced an ongoing collaboration with Intel to deliver an
June 24, 2014 08:58
Vital Introduces VitreaExtend™ to Vitrea® Enterprise Suite
Vital Images, Inc. (“Vital”), a Toshiba Medical Systems Group Company, is pleased to announce the global release of VitreaExtend™, an advanced visualization solution that supports up to three simulta
June 23, 2014 17:30
Growth: Stronger Than You Think
Global economic performance has been weaker than expected; nevertheless, financial markets were relatively unfazed by these developments, as central banks’ policies remain highly accommodative. “After
June 23, 2014 11:55
Schlumberger Hosts 2014 Investor Conference
Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB) announced today that it is hosting its 2014 Investor Conference on June 24 and 25, 2014. Executive management presentations will be available on the company’s websit
June 23, 2014 10:35
Global Invacom: New tvLINK™ HD Coax and WiFi Products Cost-Effectively Upgrade SD Sports Bars and Digital Signage Networks to HD
Global Invacom (Singapore STX.ST), a leading innovator and manufacturer of technology to the global satellite industry, has launched tvLINK™ HD which uses unique patent pending technology enabling fas
June 22, 2014 11:38
Social@Ogilvy Taps Sysomos as Global Partner to Enhance Effectiveness of Digital Creative Campaigns
Sysomos, a premier provider of social intelligence and social monitoring solutions, today announced a global partnership with Social@Ogilvy, a digital consultancy from Ogilvy & Mather. The agreement e
June 20, 2014 17:30
New Pradaxa® clinical study to explore practical management of patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing ablation
For media outside of the U.S., the UK & Canada only Boehringer Ingelheim today announces a new study of Pradaxa® (dabigatran etexilate) in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). The RE-CIRCUIT™ st
June 20, 2014 11:35
Quintiles and Modern Marketing Concepts Collaborate to Launch Innovative Marketing Analytics Platform
Quintiles (www.quintiles.com) and Modern Marketing Concepts (MMC, Inc., www.mmcweb.com) today announced the launch of a new marketing analytics platform that enables Quintiles to optimize sales and ma
June 20, 2014 10:40
Moody’s Secures Majority Equity Ownership Stake in ICRA
Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO) announced today that it has secured a majority equity ownership stake in ICRA Ltd., a leading provider of credit ratings and research in India, increasing its stake from
June 20, 2014 10:20
KIRARITO, a MIRAISHONEN Company, Starts a Crowdsourcing Web Site “graphicker”, Specialized in Graphic Design Jobs in 4 Languages in August, Which Enables Global Job Matching Between Graphic Designers and Game Developers
KIRARITO, a MIRAISHONEN company, one of Japan’s biggest game graphic solutions provider, headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo, announced that it would start graphicker (http://graphicker.me), a crowdsourci
June 20, 2014 10:05
First-of-a-Kind Global Centre of Excellence to Advance Internet Voting
Smartmatic, world leader in the automation of elections, and Cybernetica, the Estonian R&D lab that built the original Internet voting system used in Estonia, have created a first-of-a-kind Centre for
June 20, 2014 09:00
Micron‘s Daniel Skinner Receives JEDEC’s Most Prestigious Honor - The Award of Excellence
Micron Technology, Inc.(http://us.micron.com/), (Nasdaq:MU) today congratulates Daniel Skinner, Director, Mobile DRAM Architecture, on receiving the prestigious JEDEC Award of Excellence(http://www.je
June 20, 2014 08:55
Video Interview: Santiago Seage, Chief Executive Officer and Director, Abengoa Yield [ABY]
Veteran business journalist Kelsey Hubbard joins Santiago Seage, Chief Executive Officer and Director, Abengoa Yield [ABY] to discuss the company's industry, strategy, financials and positioning. C
June 19, 2014 17:15
Angola Cables and DE-CIX Announce Long-Term Strategic Partnership for African Continent
Angola Cables(http://angolacables.co.ao/en/home/), a leading Angolan operator of fiber-optic submarine cables, announces a strategic partnership with DE-CIX(http://www.de-cix.net/), the world's leadin
June 19, 2014 15:50
Markit Upsizes and Prices Initial Public Offering
Markit, a leading global diversified provider of financial information services, today announced the upsizing and pricing of its initial public offering (IPO) of 53,472,353 common shares at a price of
June 19, 2014 14:00
Strategic Partnership Between Genscape and The Petrochemical Standard (TPS) Leads to Fundamental Shift in Petrochemical Pricing
Faced with dramatic shifts in supply and demand, an uncertain regulatory environment, and increasingly complex global petrochemical markets, participants are exposed to increasing benchmark risk witho
June 19, 2014 13:25
Kemppi releases the Kemppi ARC System 3 solution and announces the acquisition of Weldindustry AS
Management of welding procedures, welder qualifications and welding equipment fleet results in high welding production performance, EBIT growth, cost competitiveness and a reduction in lead time. Kemp
June 19, 2014 12:00
ZTE Files Antitrust Complaint With European Commission Against Vringo
ZTE Corporation has filed an antitrust complaint with the European Commission, requesting it to investigate the licensing practices of Vringo Inc. and its subsidiaries in light of concerns that these
June 19, 2014 11:50
Ace Appoints Cassie Chen as Asia’s Regional Property & Terrorism Underwriting Manager
(EON: Enhanced Online News, http://goo.gl/mQAKT0)-- ACE Group announced today the appointment of Cassie Chen as Regional Property & Terrorism (http://goo.gl/KqEFnk) Underwriting Manager for Asia. She
June 19, 2014 11:25
HKNet Delivers New Point of Presence (PoP) to Accelerate Business Networking in Taiwan
HKNet Company Limited (www.hknet.com/en/), a subsidiary of NTT Communications (http://goo.gl/tM6FjT), has strengthened its Asia network with the launch of a new Point of Presence (PoP) in Taiwan. The
June 19, 2014 10:50
Visa Everywhere Travel Report: International Travelers to Brazil Spent $27M on Visa Accounts During Opening Weekend of 2014 FIFA World Cup BrazilTM
Visa Inc. (NYSE:V), the leader in global payments, today released the Visa Everywhere Travel Report for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil, which analyzes travel data and cross border spend on all Visa pr
June 19, 2014 10:35
Gustavo Eiben Joins The Rohatyn Group as Managing Director
The Rohatyn Group (“TRG”), an independent investment firm focused on emerging markets, today announced that Gustavo Eiben has joined TRG as a Managing Director. Based in the firm’s New York office, Mr
June 19, 2014 10:00
Regus Provides Investment Boost to Bangladesh Economy
Regus, the global flexible workplace provider, has expanded its network to an unparalleled 103 countries, adding Bangladesh to its network. To maximise the convenience for businesses, it has entered t
June 19, 2014 00:05
ViewSonic Enters into MPEG LA’s MPEG-2 and ATSC Licenses
MPEG LA announced today that ViewSonic Corporation (alternatively named ViewSonic Display Co.) (“ViewSonic”) has become a Licensee to MPEG LA’s MPEG-2 Patent Portfolio License (“MPEG-2 License”) and A
June 18, 2014 22:00
SR Labs Acquires Wombat, Developer of SuperFeed™, Forming a Comprehensive Market Data Solution for Global Financial Institutions
SR Labs, a leading provider of low latency market data and market access solutions for the financial industry, today announced it has agreed to acquire Wombat from Intercontinental Exchange. “We ar
June 18, 2014 19:00
Jupiter Systems Introduces Canvas 2.1, Its New Generation of Its Award-Winning, Multipoint Visualization, & Collaboration Solution
InfoComm 2014 - Jupiter Systems, the leading worldwide supplier of collaborative visualization solutions for video walls, PCs, and mobile devices, today announced the introduction of Jupiter’s Canvas
June 18, 2014 19:00
Jupiter Systems Introduces the Fusion Catalyst™ 4500 Display Wall Processor, Newest Member of Jupiter’s Award-Winning Family of Display Wall Processors
InfoComm 2014 -- Jupiter Systems, the leading worldwide supplier of collaborative visualization solutions for video walls, PCs, and mobile devices, today announced the introduction of Fusion Catalyst™
June 18, 2014 17:10
Artesyn Embedded Technologies Announces Industry's Most Powerful ATCA System
Artesyn Embedded Technologies(http://www.artesyn.com/), formerly Emerson Network Power‘s Embedded Computing & Power business, today announced the industry’s most powerful AdvancedTCA® (ATCA®) system,
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