Daily Archives: 7, November 2014

Burberry launches festive campaign with premiere of its film starring Romeo Beckham ‘From London with Love’ at its 121 Regent Street flagship store

LONDON, 7-11-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Burberry launches its festive campaign with a premiere of ‘From London with Love’, a film starring Romeo Beckham at its 121 Regent Street flagship From London with Love British luxury brand Burberry celebrated the launch … Read the full press release

EY plans to grow its strategy consulting practice to over 2,500 professionals by 2020, both organically and through continued acquisitions

LONDON, 7-11-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — EY is executing ambitious plans to grow its strategy consulting practice to over 2,500 professionals by 2020, both organically and through continued acquisitions. Its fast-growing consultancy business has made 11 acquisitions across the globe in … Read the full press release

BBVA Research: Spanish economy continues to perform as expected and maintains its growth forecast for 2014 at 1.3%

BBVA Research points out that the Spanish economy continues to perform as expected and maintains its growth forecast for 2014 at 1.3%, although the deteriorating GDP in some European countries could result in GDP growth reaching 2% in 2015 BBVA’s … Read the full press release

BBVA’s Data Processing Center in Tres Cantos (Madrid) awarded the Tier IV Gold Certification of Operational Sustainability from the Uptime Institute

BBVA’s Data Processing Center in Tres Cantos (Madrid) has received the “Tier IV Gold” Certification of Operational Sustainability from the Uptime Institute. Only five organizations in the world have this Certification BILBAO, 7-11-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — BBVA’s Data Processing Center … Read the full press release

Transocean Ltd. announces the schedule for the payment of the third installment of its U.S. dollar-denominated dividend

ZUG, SWITZERLAND, 7-11-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) (SIX: RIGN) today announced the schedule for the payment of the third installment of its U.S. dollar-denominated dividend. The installment is $0.75 per share, totaling approximately $272 million based upon the … Read the full press release

Liquidity Alliance to provide worldwide collateral access to ECB’s pan-European settlement platform TARGET2-Securities (T2S) as it goes live between 2015 and 2017

PRESS RELEASE OF THE LIQUIDITY ALLIANCE. MEMBERS: CLEARSTREAM (GERMANY / LUXEMBOURG), CETIP (BRAZIL), ASX (AUSTRALIA), STRATE (SOUTH AFRICA), IBERCLEAR (SPAIN). Liquidity Alliance members will have streamlined access to T2S via their Eurozone peers in Spain and Germany / Just like … Read the full press release

Chinese producer of shoe soles Fenghua SoleTech AG goes public on Frankfurt Stock Exchange with over 10 million shares offered for trade

FRANKFURT, 7-11-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Fenghua SoleTech AG (ISIN: DE000A13SX89) has been listed in the General Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 6 November, offering over 10 million shares for trade. The initial listing price was €10.40; the issue price … Read the full press release

Private equity funds managed by Blackstone and PAI Partners announce the sale of United Biscuits to the Turkish manufacturer of food products Yildiz Holding

Private equity funds managed by Blackstone (“Blackstone”) and PAI Partners (“PAI”) announce the sale of United Biscuits (“UB” or “the Company”), a leading international manufacturer of biscuits, to Yildiz Holding (“Yildiz”). LONDON, 7-11-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — UB is a leading manufacturer … Read the full press release

Inmarsat plc to sell its 19% holding in SkyWave Mobile Communications, Inc. to ORBCOMM Inc. for total expected proceeds at closing of $32.2m

New ORBCOMM agreement supports Inmarsat’s M2M business growth strategy LONDON, 7-11-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Inmarsat plc (LSE: ISAT.L) confirmed that it has entered into binding agreements to sell its 19% holding in SkyWave Mobile Communications, Inc. (SkyWave) to ORBCOMM Inc. (Nasdaq: ORBC) … Read the full press release

Inmarsat unveiled the new Low Profile BGAN at Global MilSatCom in London

Field operatives can now benefit from the latest in covert surveillance technologies LONDON, 7-11-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Government departments and police forces around the world can now benefit from the latest in discreet communications with the launch of Low Profile Broadband Global … Read the full press release