Brussels, Belgium, 05-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has fined 8 international financial institutions a total of € 1 712 468 000 for participating in illegal cartels in markets for financial derivatives covering the European Economic Area (EEA). Four of these … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Belgium, Business, European Union, Financial, Government, Investment, Law
Tagged Barclays, cartels, Citigroup, Competition, Deutsche Bank, EURIBOR scandal, European Economic Area, financial derivatives cartels, fines, forward rate agreements, Futures, interest rate derivatives, international banks, Joaquin Almunia, JPMorgan, LIBOR scandal, Options, RBS, RP Martin, SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE, swaps, The European Commission, transparency, UBS, € 1.71 billion
Brussels, Belgium, 05-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of most of Nokia Corporation’s devices & services business (the “D&S business”) by Microsoft Corporation. The D&S business mainly produces and sells smartphones … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, European Union, Government, Law, Technology, Telecom
Tagged acquisition, Antoine Colombani, Competition, competitors, EU Merger Regulation, European Commission, Marisa Gonzalez Iglesias, Microsoft, mobile apps, mobile device business, mobile operating systems, Nokia, smart mobile devices, smartphones, tablets, Windows OSs
Warsaw, Poland, Luxembourg, 05-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending PLN 200 million (EUR 47 million) to PKP Cargo S.A. for the upgrading of the rail fleet in Poland. The Bank has now supported rail investments in Poland for 23 years, promoting the … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Banks, Financial, Investment, Luxembourg, Poland, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Alicja Chytla, EIB, loan, locomotives, PKP Cargo S.A., Poland, rail fleet, rolling stock, The European Investment Bank, wagons
Milano, Italia, 05-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Alba Leasing – primaria società nella locazione finanziaria – e Banca Europea per gli investimenti (BEI) hanno finalizzato un contratto di finanziamento da 95 milioni di euro garantito da SACE destinato a sostenere nuove operazioni di leasing dedicate alle … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Investment, Italy, Small Business
Tagged Alba Leasing, Banca Europea per gli investimenti, BEI, contratto di finanziamento, investimenti, Leasing, locazione finanziaria, PMI, SACE
Milan, Italy, 05-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Alba Leasing – a major financial leasing company – and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have signed a €95 million loan guaranteed by SACE for supporting new leasing schemes targeting SMEs. These new financial resources will be used to develop Alba Leasing’s business … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Investment, Italy, Small Business
Tagged Alba Leasing, Assilea, Banca Popolare dell’Emilia Romagna, Banca Popolare di Milano, Banca Popolare di Sondrio, Banco Popolare, credit insurance, Daniele Pinosa, EIB, export credit services, Leasing, loan, Lorenzo Mazzoni, Maddalena Cavadini, Marco Battaglia, Marco Fraquelli, Marco Santarelli, new leasing schemes, overseas investment protection, SACE, SMEs
Getting people to use mass transit isn’t just a matter of making it convenient and cost-effective. Riders need to feel safe, too. A book by KTH researcher Vania Ceccato could make a significant contribution to improving safety in transit environments. … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Law, Media, Science, Security & Safety, Sweden, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged crime, KTH, RESEARCH, Royal Institute of Technology, safer transit stations, scientist, Vania Ceccato
European Research Council awards astrophysicist nearly 2.5 million euros for top-level research Heidelberg, Germany, 05-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Heidelberg astrophysicist Prof. Dr. Ralf S. Klessen is receiving a highly endowed grant from the European Research Council (ERC), an ERC Advanced Grant for … Read the full press release
Southampton, UK, 05-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The University of Southampton is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Judith Petts as Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research and Enterprise). Professor Petts became Dean of the University’s Faculty of Social and Human Sciences in October 2010 following her role … Read the full press release
Southampton, UK, 05-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — A new study, led by a University of Southampton scientist, highlights the potential for fish communities in marine reserves to resist climate change impacts better than communities on fished coasts. The study, which is published in … Read the full press release
Stockholm, Sweden, 05-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — New cancer treatments require good prior characterization of the tumour. Today, molecular diagnostics is time-consuming work, and important knowledge is still lacking when it comes to how drugs should best be used for individual patients. Scientists … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Sweden
Tagged cancer diagnostics, characterization of the tumour, Johan Botling, Mats Nilsson, mutations in cancer tissues, new analysis method for cancer diagnostics, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab Uppsala, Stockholm, Stockholm University, Uppsala
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