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October 20, 2014 14:00
The Indian Ambassador Praises the Level of Prisons in the UAE
His Excellency T. P. Seetharam, Ambassador of the Republic of India to the UAE praised the advanced levels of services provided to the inmates of the Punitive and Correctional Establishments in the UA
October 20, 2014 13:50
UAE MoI Wins 14 Stevie Awards
The United Arab Emirates Ministry of Interior (http://moi.gov.ae/en) earned a lion’s share of the honors by winning 14 Stevie awards at the 2014 11th Annual International Business Awards held in Paris
October 20, 2014 13:45
Rushmoor Borough Council Modernises Its Local Election with Smartmatic’s ePen Vote Counting Technology
Smartmatic, the world’s number one voting technology and services company, was involved in a local election in the UK last week. The ‘ePen’ is a digital pen, which streamlines the various phases of th
October 20, 2014 13:30
COMPUTEX d&i awards make appearance at GITEX
GITEX 2014 opened to great fanfare on 12 October for a five-day run ending on 16 Oct. The COMPUTEX d&i awards, hosted by COMPUTEX organizer Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) and iF, m
October 20, 2014 13:15
Monster Announces Pricing of $125 Million Offering of Convertible Senior Notes Due 2019
Monster (NYSE:MWW) today announced the pricing of an offering of $125 million aggregate principal amount of its convertible senior notes due 2019 (the “notes”) in a private placement to qualified inst
October 20, 2014 13:10
Blackwell Global Chooses FlexTrade for White Label FX, Precious Metals Trading & TCA
FlexTrade Systems, Inc., a global leader in multi-asset execution and order management systems, has announced today that Blackwell Global has deployed MaxxTrader (http://goo.gl/HEOuOH) as its full STP
October 20, 2014 11:25
Hanna Instruments, Inc. Introduces the World’s First Professional pH Electrode with Bluetooth® Smart Technology
Hanna Instruments is pleased to announce the release of HALO™, the world’s first professional pH probe with Bluetooth® Smart (Bluetooth® 4.0) technology. With its wireless design and unique rhythmi
October 20, 2014 11:05
Clinical Trial at Kyoto Medical Center Proves Efficacy of Curcumin in Knee Osteoarthritis
The Orthopedics Division at National Hospital Organization, Kyoto Medical Center, announced that it has confirmed the efficacy of Theracrumin®, absorption enhanced curcumin*1 on knee osteoarthritis, b
October 20, 2014 10:00
World Design Capital: Passing the Baton to Taipei City
The Taipei City Government launched the warm-up period for World Design Capital (WDC) 2016 today following the WDC Convocation Ceremony. The completely redesigned WDC Taipei 2016 official website will
October 17, 2014 17:45
Boehringer Ingelheim’s OFEV™ (nintedanib*) approved by the FDA for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
For media outside UK, US and Canada Boehringer Ingelheim announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved OFEV™ (nintedanib*) for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fi
October 17, 2014 17:40
ZTE PON Product Shipments Surge 35 Percent in Q2 2014
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, ranks sec
October 17, 2014 17:25
ACE Creates New Distribution and Client Management Unit in Asia Pacific
ACE Group announced today the creation of a new unit to focus solely on the execution of distribution strategies across the Asia Pacific region. Enabling a high-level and efficient conduit between ACE
October 17, 2014 16:00
Schlumberger Declares Quarterly Dividend
The Board of Directors of Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB) today declared a quarterly dividend of $0.40 per share of outstanding common stock. The dividend is payable on January 9, 2015 to stockholders
October 17, 2014 15:35
Xagenic Appoints Timothy I. Still as President & Chief Executive Officer
Xagenic, a molecular diagnostics company developing the first lab-free molecular diagnostic platform with a 20 minute time-to-result, today announced the appointment of Timothy I. Still as President a
October 17, 2014 15:15
Official Launch of Ant Financial Services Group Brings New Financial Ecosystem to China
Small and Micro Financial Services Company today announced its official name change to Ant Financial Services Group (“Ant Financial”). Formerly known as Small and Micro Financial Services Company, Ant
October 17, 2014 14:45
Limelight Delivers NonLinear Educating’s Vast Virtual Training Library
Limelight Networks, Inc. (www.limelight.com) (“Limelight”) (Nasdaq:LLNW), a global leader in digital content delivery, today announced that NonLinear Educating Inc. (http://nonlineareducating.com), a
October 17, 2014 13:45
Rimini Street Announces Preliminary Third Quarter 2014 Financial Results
Rimini Street, Inc., the leading independent provider of enterprise software support for SAP AG’s (NYSE: SAP) Business Suite (http://goo.gl/krPs3J) and BusinessObjects (http://goo.gl/uzC6nz) software
October 17, 2014 13:20
Monster Announces Proposed $125 Million Offering of Convertible Senior Notes Due 2019
Monster (NYSE:MWW) today announced its intention to offer, subject to market and other conditions, $125 million aggregate principal amount of its convertible senior notes due 2019 (the “notes”) in a p
October 17, 2014 13:05
GSMA Announces Device and Application Connectivity Efficiency Guidelines to Accelerate the Internet of Things
The GSMA today announced the publication of guidelines for the Internet of Things (IoT) market that outline how devices and applications should communicate via mobile networks in the most intelligent
October 17, 2014 11:55
Mobile Industry Embraces GSMA Embedded SIM Specification to Accelerate Growth of Internet of Things
At the Mobile 360 Series-Middle East conference in Dubai, the GSMA announced that leading mobile operators AT&T (http://goo.gl/Y68s5R), Etisalat, NTT DOCOMO (http://goo.gl/cs9xlS), Telefónica and Voda
October 17, 2014 11:15
Delegates Turn to Qlik to Visualize Their Worlds
Qlik® (www.qlik.com), (NASDAQ: QLIK), a leader in data discovery, opened the doors on its worldwide Visualize Your World (http://goo.gl/opdDQ1) roadshow events, which will be taking place in 20 cities
October 17, 2014 09:30
Northern Trust Establishes Office in South Korea
Northern Trust (Nasdaq:NTRS) today announces its continued expansion across Asia-Pacific with the establishment of a Representative Office in Seoul, South Korea, following regulatory approval from the
October 16, 2014 20:25
REMINDER: 22nd Century Group to Ring the New York Stock Exchange Closing Bell - Today at 4pm EDT
22nd Century Group, Inc. (NYSE MKT:XXII) announced today that Joseph Pandolfino, Founder and CEO of 22nd Century Group, together with other members of senior management, will ring The Closing Bell® at
October 16, 2014 19:00
CEA Announces International CES Unveiled Coming to Tokyo on February 18
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® today announced that it will kick off its first CES Unveiled international event for 2015 in Tokyo. This new products and technology news showcase will occu
October 16, 2014 15:40
POS on Cloud Certified Epson’s OmniLink-i and Two Tablet POS Printers for Its Cloud-Based POS Applications
Epson America, Inc. (http://goo.gl/F5k8Yv), a leading supplier of value-added Point of Sale (POS) solutions, today announced that POS on Cloud, a provider of cloud-based POS software-as-a-service (Saa
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