Monthly Archives: March 2015

Mediaset Group 2014: Net revenues: EUR3,414.4M; EBIT: EUR248.8M; Net profit: EUR23.7M; EUR22.7M dividend proposal

Highlights: Mediaset Group 2014 Net revenues: EUR3,414.4 million Operating profit (EBIT): EUR248.8 million Net profit: EUR23.7 million Dividend proposal: a total of EUR22.7 million Key points for FY 2014 The return of dividends Increased value of subsidiaries: Ei Towers +21% … Read the full press release

HSBC confirms the head office of its UK ring-fenced bank, serving HSBC UK’s personal and business customers, will be located in Birmingham

LONDON, 26-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — HSBC has confirmed today that the head office of its UK ring-fenced bank, serving HSBC UK’s personal and business customers, will be located in Birmingham. As a result, around 1,000 head office roles will move … Read the full press release

The Bank of England published the results of an independent review by Deloitte of the disruption to the Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system on 20 October 2014

LONDON, 26-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The Bank of England today published the results of an independent review by Deloitte of the disruption to the Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system on 20 October 2014.  The Bank also published its response, … Read the full press release

Three new db x-trackers ETFs tradable in Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment on Xetra since Monday

Xetra/Börse Frankfurt, 26-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Three new db x-trackers ETFs from the product family section of Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management have been tradable in Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment on Xetra since Monday. Name: db x-trackers S&P 500 UCITS … Read the full press release

Eurex Exchange to launch new options contracts on the Euro Bund futures with weekly expiration dates on 20 April 2015

Eschborn, 26-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Eurex: The international derivatives market Eurex Exchange, a subsidiary of Deutsche Börse Group, is launching new options contracts on the Euro Bund futures with weekly expiration dates (weekly options) on 20 April 2015. Contracts with … Read the full press release

Interxion commissioned IDG Connect research finds hybrid IT strategies are the new normal

45% of enterprises already take a hybrid approach to their IT infrastructure strategies Workloads in the cloud could more than double with the introduction of direct connect services to the market LONDON, 26-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Hybrid IT strategies are the … Read the full press release

KAMAZ to invest 5 billion rubles in creating artificial city as a testing ground for unmanned vehicles

The project is estimated to cost 5 billion rubles MOSCOW, 26-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — KAMAZ is proposing to create an artificial city as a testing ground for unmanned vehicles. The project will cost about 5 billion rubles. By May of this … Read the full press release

Technodinamika Holding’s Ufa Scientific and Production Enterprise Molniya passed the first audit for compliance with ISO 9001 and AS/EN 9100 standards

The enterprise of Technodinamika Holding has reaffirmed its international certificate MOSCOW, 26-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Ufa Scientific and Production Enterprise Molniya, part of Technodinamika Holding, has successfully passed the first audit for compliance with ISO 9001 and AS/EN 9100 standards. … Read the full press release

EU IPO Report: Rebuilding IPOs in Europe; Creating jobs and growth in European capital markets

BRUSSELS, 26-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Following the release of the European Commission’s Green Paper on the Capital Markets Union, Philippe de Backer MEP and Chairman of the European IPO Task Force today announces the publication of the EU IPO Report: … Read the full press release

Freiwilliger Sicherheits Rückruf von E-Bike-Akkus des Herstellers REVA

Freiwilliger Sicherheits Rückruf von E-Bike-Akkus des Herstellers REVA

Šiauliai, Litauen & Bielefeld, Deutschland, 25-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Baltik Vairas, Hersteller hochwertiger e-Bikes und Fahrräder, hat beschlossen rund 4.100 E-Bike-Akkus der REVA GmbH zurückzunehmen. Der Hersteller hatte festgestellt, dass sich bei nicht exakter Befolgung des Benutzerhandbuchs in den Akkus … Read the full press release

UK: Loughborough University created new app VoteBee to track the nation’s mood about the General Election through Twitter

A new app created by academics at Loughborough University enables you to track the nation’s mood about the General Election through Twitter. Leicestershire, 25-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — VoteBee uses the ground-breaking Emotive Engine to search for tweets about the key political parties, … Read the full press release

European Broadcasting Union joins delegates from around the world at the Conference Preparatory Meeting in Geneva for World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC-15) in November 2015

With only months to go before the next World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC-15) in November 2015, the EBU joins more than a thousand delegates from around the world at the ITU-R Conference Preparatory Meeting (CPM) in Geneva this week to discuss … Read the full press release

Voluntary safety recall of E-bike batteries REVA

Freiwilliger Sicherheits Rückruf von E-Bike-Akkus des Herstellers REVA

Šiauliai, Lithuania & Bielefeld, Germany, 25-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Baltik Vairas, the manufacturer of quality e-bikes and bicycles, made a decision to recall approximately 4100 units of e-bike batteries, produced by REVA GmbH. The manufacturer discovered that, if the manual … Read the full press release

European Athletics and European Broadcasting Union renewed their commitment following impressive viewing figures for the most recent championship events

The renewed commitment is for the worldwide television and radio rights for European Athletics’ major events, including the Amsterdam 2016 and Berlin 2018 European Athletics Championships, the Belgrade 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships and the yet to be awarded 2019 … Read the full press release

Imerys to hold its Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders’ General Meeting on April 30, 2015

PARIS, 25-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The information and documents relating to the annual Shareholders’ General Meeting of Imerys, provided for by articles R. 225-73-1 and R. 225-83 of the French Code of Commerce, are available at the headquarters of the … Read the full press release

SportAccord president Marius Vizer remains unchallenged for the post in the upcoming elections

SportAccord president, Marius L. Vizer remains unchallenged for the post in the upcoming elections. The election for the post of SportAccord President is due to take place on the 20th of April 2015 at the SportAccord General Assembly in Sochi, … Read the full press release

SportAccord Convention eMagazine The Preview reveals what’s in store for the World Sport & Business Summit, 19-24 April 2015, Sochi, Russia

SPORTACCORD CONVENTION EMAGAZINE REVEALS TASTER FOR THIS YEAR’S WORLD SPORT & BUSINESS SUMMIT LAUSANNE, Switzerland, 25-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — SportAccord Convention eMagazine The Preview is available online today. As the most influential annual event owned by sport, the publication reveals what’s … Read the full press release

TEFAF Maastricht art fair 2015: 75,000 visitors from 65 countries; 400 private jets recorded at Maastricht – Aachen airport

MAASTRICHT, 25-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — ‘Visitor figures and sales this year testify to the strength of TEFAF 2015. Since the inception of the fair over a quarter of a century ago the market has changed and so has the fair. TEFAF will … Read the full press release

The District Court of Vänersborg approved the composition proposal presented by National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB

Trollhättan, Sweden, 25-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The District Court of Vänersborg today approved the composition proposal earlier presented by Nevs, as the stipulated number of creditors’ votes needed for the court to decide in favor of the composition proposal was … Read the full press release

Saab won the Aviation Week Laureate Award for bringing gallium nitride (GaN) electronics to military radar and electronic-warfare systems

Recently Saab won the prestigious Aviation Week Laureate Award for bringing gallium nitride (GaN) electronics to military radar and electronic-warfare systems, introducing the technology into products for delivery in 2016. STOCKHOLM, 25-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — In early March Saab received … Read the full press release