29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Esta iniciativa consiste en la instalación de una carpa-laboratorio en la que se da a conocer el medio marino para ayudar a su conservación a través de divertidas experiencias, dirigidas a todos los públicos, y especialmente a … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Environment, Non Profit, Society, Spain
Tagged Almuñécar, Aula del Mar, carpa-laboratorio, conservación, medio marino, Obra Social, Playa de Burriana, Unicaja
29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — La Reserva Natural de Fuente de Piedra (Málaga), reconocida recientemente por el Consejo de Gobierno como Zona de Especial Conservación (ZEC), acogerá el próximo 10 de Agosto la jornada anual de anillamiento de flamencos que organiza la … Read the full press release
29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Eurobank Ergasias S.A. (“Eurobank”) signed today two binding agreements with the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (“HFSF”) to acquire 100% of the shares and voting rights of New TT Hellenic Postbank S.A. (“HPB”) and New Proton Bank S.A. (“Proton”). … Read the full press release
Princeton, New Jersey, 29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Sandoz announced today that the US Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has invalidated several patents asserted against the company by Teva Pharmaceuticals in litigation concerning a generic version of Copaxone® – one of the leading … Read the full press release
Net profit increased 5% like for like compared to the first half of 2012 Madrid, 29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Enagás reported net profit of €202Mn in the first half of 2013. This is figure is 5% higher than the profit reported in the … Read the full press release
El Presidente de la Compañía, Antonio Llardén, ha explicado al Ministro cómo desde esta instalación se coordina en tiempo real el funcionamiento del Sistema Gasista español Madrid, 29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — El Ministro de Industria, Energía y Turismo, José Manuel Soria, … Read the full press release
Method could lead to inexpensive production of hydrogen, the future clean energy source 29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Researchers at CRANN, Ireland’s leading Science Foundation Ireland funded nanoscience institute based at Trinity College Dublin (TCD), have developed a new method of splitting … Read the full press release
29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Six Month Report, January-June 2013 Highlights: Revenue increased by 4 percent; adjusted for currency effects, revenue increased by 8 percent and amounted to SEK 62.7 billion (60.6). Order bookings in Construction operations amounted to SEK 60.3 billion … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Financial, Investment, Management, Sweden
Tagged divestments, financial assets, income, Johan Karlström, order backlog, revenue, Skanska, Skanska AB
29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — In order to make the Skanska share more readily available to American investors Skanska has launched a Level I American Depositary Receipt (ADR) program for Skanska series B shares in the US. J.P. Morgan is appointed as … Read the full press release
The popular Monster High universe comes alive in a new app from Egmont Kids Media where the reader makes the stories unfold with sound effects and lively animations. 29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — In Monster High, the new app from Egmont Kids … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Denmark, Education, Entertainment, Media, Technology
Tagged app, Christina Gustafson, comics, Egmont Kids Media, iPad app, Monster High, Monster High comics
Paris (France), 29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The Board of Directors of Technicolor (Euronext Paris: TCH) met yesterday to review the Group’s results for the first half of 2013 (unaudited). H1 2013 highlights Revenue growth at constant scope and currency: up 3.1% at €1.6 billion, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Entertainment, France, Internet & Online, Investment, Media, Technology
Tagged cash flow, EBITDA, H1 2013 unaudited results, Net profit, Q2 2013 unaudited results, revenue, Technicolor
Paris (France), 29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Technicolor (Euronext Paris: TCH) today announced the signature of an intellectual property collaboration agreement with Sony Corporation (NYSE:SNE), which strengthens its strategic patent licensing initiative in the field of smartphones. Technicolor has acquired select patents … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Entertainment, France, Internet & Online, Law, Media, Technology
Tagged AMOLED, haptics, intellectual property, intellectual property collaboration agreement, LCD, LTE, patent applications, patent licensing, Patents, smartphones, software, Sony Corporation, tablets, Technicolor, UMTS, user interface, video compression, WCDMA, Wi-Fi
29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The annual growth rate of total credit extended to the domestic private sector stood at -4.1% in June 2013, from -3.7% in the previous month. The net flow of total credit to the domestic private sector was … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Government, Greece
Tagged bank credit, domestic private sector lending, lending, National Bank of Greece
29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Probank, a small bank with a market share in the range of 1 per cent in terms of assets, has informed the Bank of Greece that it has not managed to raise the funds required for its … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Greece, Law
Tagged assets, deposits, Law 3601/2007, liabilities, National Bank of Greece, Probank, Probank license, recapitalization
29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The BKW Group (BKW) drove forward its commitment to sustainability in the 2012 financial year.The company consistently honours its responsibility in the three areas of ecology, economy and society.Further developments in the interests of sustainability generate business … Read the full press release
29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Members of the Kuwait Air Force have just completed a six month training course at the Electronic Warfare Operational Support (EWOS) facility of Selex ES, a Finmeccanica company. The course transferred the essential knowledge and skills that … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Defence, Education, Electronics & Machinery, Italy, Technology
Tagged AH64-D Apache helicopters, Apache helicopters, Electronic Warfare Operational Support, EWOS, Finmeccanica, HIDAS, Kuwait Air Force, Kuwait Air Force students, Ramie Smith, Selex ES, students, training course
29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Scientists at the University of St Andrews have shown that bottlenose dolphins can use copying of signature whistles as a way of addressing or labelling animals on an individual basis. The research was carried out by marine … Read the full press release
With these three new chicks, 14 Osprey (Sea Hawk) specimens have been born in Andalusia this year. This consolidates the success of the Osprey reintroduction programme, began in 2003, with a stable population that now exceeds twenty specimens. The nest … Read the full press release
The project that will culminate in 2015, will define household and small consumer demand patterns through hourly electricity metering. The data collected by the smart meters in this Perfila Project will allow greater precision for the purchase of electricity in … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Infrastructure & Utilities, Spain, Technology
Tagged ASEME Association, E.ON, EDP HC Energía, electricity, electricity demand behaviour patterns, electricity distribution, Endesa, hourly electricity metering, Iberdrola, Perfila, Red Electrica de España, Unión Fenosa Distribución
REPORTED SALES IN THE SECOND QUARTER BROADLY STABLE YEAR-ON-YEAR RESILIENT PROFITABILITY AND SOLID CASH FLOW FULL-YEAR OUTLOOK UPDATED DUE TO CHALLENGING MARKET CONDITIONS IN EUROPE AND IN THE PACIFIC Paris, 29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ —REPORTED SALES OF €3.3BN IN THE SECOND QUARTER … Read the full press release
Din aceasta luna, clientii RCS & RDS pot plati facturile pentru serviciile Digi si prin sistemele de plata PayPoint, in peste 7.300 magazine din tara in care PayPoint Romania are instalate terminale. 29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Din aceasta luna, clientii … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Internet & Online, Romania, Technology
Tagged facturile, PayPoint, RCS & RDS, Romania, sistemele de plata, terminalele
29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — A major new technology has been developed by The University of Nottingham, which enables all of the world’s crops to take nitrogen from the air rather than expensive and environmentally damaging fertilisers. Nitrogen fixation, the process by which … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Chemicals, Education, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged ammonia, beans, breakthrough technology, crops, environmentally damaging fertilisers, fertilisers, legumes, lentils, nitrogen, Nitrogen fixation, nitrogen from the air, peas, plants, Professor Edward Cocking, synthetic nitrogen fertiliser, University of Nottingham, world’s crops
29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Icelandair Group will publish its results for the second quarter of 2013 on Wednesday 31 July 2013. An open presentation will be held Thursday 1 August 2013 at Icelandair Hotel Reykjavik Natura. The presentation will start at … Read the full press release
Investment reflects company’s ongoing commitment to innovation in fertility research Globally, seven projects receive funding from this grant cycle Darmstadt, Germany / London, 29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Merck Serono, the biopharmaceutical division of Merck, announced its strong support of the Grant for … Read the full press release
Saint-Cloud, France, 26-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Dassault Falcon is upgrading its Falcon Perf takeoff and landing performance tool and extending availability of the software package for Falcons equipped with the advanced EASy cockpit. Introduced in May 2012, in partnership with Jeppesen, Falcon … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, France, Technology
Tagged airport landing, airport takeoff, Dassault Falcon, Falcon Perf, Frederic Leboeuf, Jeppesen
Smartphones have become a preferred tool to make a purchasing decision. A new Experian whitepaper reveals that 36 per cent of marketers have already tested or successfully used mobile tactics in their programs to reach target audiences. Shanghai, China, 26-7-2013 … Read the full press release
26-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Manchester-based cloud and colocation firm UKFast has been named as a finalist in four categories at the UK’s most prestigious business awards. The £20m turnover firm has been shortlisted in the Blackberry Business Enabler of the Year, … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Internet & Online, Marketing, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged cloud firm, finalist, Lawrence Jones, Manchester, prestigious business awards, UKFast
Antioxidants in older men, a natural antioxidant compound found in red grapes and other plants – called resveratrol – blocks many of the cardiovascular benefits of exercise. This is the surprising result from a research project from the University of … Read the full press release
Posted in Denmark, Education, Healthcare, Science
Tagged antioxidants, diet, exercise, health benefits, red grapes, RESEARCH, Resveratrol, University of Copenhagen
26-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Jérôme Lacaille was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Natixis Factor and member of the Executive Committee of Natixis. He will be taking over from Philippe Petiot who was appointed deputy Chief Executive Officer of Crédit Foncier. Jérôme … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, France, Management
Tagged Chief Executive Officer, Executive Committee, Jérôme Lacaille, Natixis Factor
Talks with strategic partners and investors ongoing Extension to the restructuring concept – radical review of value addition and positioning strategy Strategic expansion of product range Kronach, 26-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Loewe AG and its subsidiary Loewe Opta GmbH are to restructure … Read the full press release
26-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The board of directors of Natixis has convened a general meeting of the shareholders to take place on 31 July 2013 at 9.00 a.m. with a view to considering an exceptional cash distribution of €0.65 per share, … Read the full press release
In a context of lower activity, group margins outstripped 2013 guidance as a result of optimising variable costs and reducing fixed expenses Operating and maintenance services contributed 16% of revenues and enhanced profitability Net financial debt amounted to 620 million … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Spain
Tagged 5.9% EBIT margin, Gamesa, H1-2013 results, improved profitability, key financial figures, profit
Gamesa’s G128-5.0 MW offshore prototype, installed in Arinaga (Canary Islands), will generate enough energy to power 7,500 households every year 26-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The first offshore wind turbine installed in Spain has been commissioned this morning. It is also … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Spain
Tagged Arinaga Quay, G128-5.0 MW offshore prototype, Gamesa, Gran Canaria, Offshore wind, offshore wind turbine, Spain
Consolidated net sales € 671.5 million (€ 764.1 mln in H1 2012) Ebitda € 100.6 million (€ 114.4 mln in H1 2012) Ebitda margin 15.0% (identical to H1 2012) Gross industrial margin € 207.3 mln (€ 236.3 mln in H1 … Read the full press release
London/Rotterdam, 26-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Unilever today announced that it has signed an agreement, subject to regulatory approval, to sell its Unipro bakery & industrial oils business to AAK, one of the world’s leading producers of high value-added speciality vegetable fats, … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Denmark, Financial, Food & Beverage, Investment, Netherlands, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom
Tagged AAK, acquisition, Çorlu, Izzet Karaca, Swedish-Danish AAK, Turkey, Unilever, Unilever Turkey, Unipro bakery & industrial oils
London/ Rotterdam, 26-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Unilever today announced that its Audit Committee will invite leading accountancy firms to tender for its statutory audit contract. PricewaterhouseCoopers’ appointment will expire upon completion of their audit of the accounts for the year ending … Read the full press release
Schindellegi / CH, 26-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — After a positive trend in the first three months of the year, the result development gained momentum in the second quarter of 2013. Compared to the previous year’s second quarter, the Kuehne + Nagel … Read the full press release
26-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — New special editions add appeal to the ŠKODA Fabia model series. ŠKODA Fabia Combi Monte Carlo pays tribute to ŠKODA’s motorsport successes. ŠKODA Fabia Reaction in black-grey features sporty design elements. ŠKODA model campaign with eight new or re-engineered models … Read the full press release
Property rentals: €74.6m, up 5.7% on a comparable portfolio basis Property portfolio value: €3,745m, up 4.3% on a comparable portfolio basis Attributable net profit: €82.2m 26-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The interim consolidated financial statements for the six months ended 30 June 2013 were … Read the full press release
26-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The Central Bank today announced that Wexford Town has been chosen to host its 1c and 2c Rounding Trial. The Trial will run in Wexford town over a number of weeks later in the Autumn. It will … Read the full press release
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