Interview with OSTC, Trading Participant at Eurex Exchange Eschborn, 25-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — We spoke with Ian Firla, Chief Operations Officer at OSTC, about the company’s specific trading philosophy and how it breeds success. OSTC aims to maximize the potential … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, Investment, Management
Tagged Eurex, Ian Firla, OSTC, specific trading philosophy
The cost of buying a home for first-time buyers is £670 a year lower than renting, according to new research by Halifax. EDINBURGH, 25-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The average monthly costs associated with buying1 a three bedroom house in the UK for … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, Real Estate, United Kingdom
Tagged cost of buying a home, Craig McKinlay, Halifax
Fund established to help farmers concerned about a potential delay to crucial 2015 EU payments, normally received in December each year Support will be offered to the Group’s farming customers in the event of Basic Payment Scheme payments being paid … Read the full press release
Attitudes towards the current financial situation fall as perceptions about people’s personal financial situation and Britain’s employment situation both drop However, July saw falls in year on year essential spending, with a continuing decline in water bills Ahead of the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, United Kingdom
Tagged Claire Garrod, Lloyds Bank, Lloyds Bank Spending Power Report, Patrick Foley
NIB and the Swedish passenger train operator SJ AB have agreed on a SEK 770 million (EUR 81 million) loan for the technological upgrade of X2000 trains. HELSINKI, 25-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The 10-year loan will finance the modernisation of 36 train sets of this … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Sweden, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Henrik Normann, NIB, SJ AB, SJ AB's X2000 trains, Swedish passenger train operator
HELSINKI, 25-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — CapMan Nordic Real Estate fund has acquired an office building (“Kabelverket 6”) located in Älvsjö, Southern Stockholm, from NA 2 Älvsjö AB. CapMan Real Estate will convert the 7,930 square-meter building to a school and … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Investment, Real Estate, Sweden
Tagged CapMan Nordic Real Estate, Ed Williams, NA 2 Älvsjö AB
New index compares relevant automotive nations’ competitive positions in automated driving (Germany, France, Italy, UK, Sweden, USA, Japan, China, South Korea) Comparison is based on two key indicators: the industry and the market Germany and the US lead in the … Read the full press release
CANALE 5 LA SOAP “IL SEGRETO” LEADER DELLA PRIMA SERATA SUL PUBBLICO TOTALE PREMIUM SPORT BENE LE PARTITE DELLA PRIMA GIORNATA DI SERIE A: “DIRETTA PREMIUM” SUPERA LA CONCORRENZA PAY TOP CRIME IN PRIME TIME, BENE LA SERIE “THE CLOSER”: … Read the full press release
Posted in Entertainment, Italy, Media
Tagged GIORNATA, Mediaset, Reti Mediaset, Studio Aperto
Turin, Italy, 24-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Many industries are coping with new challenges and finding opportunities in the growing amount of digital content across languages, sectors and domains. Functionality like machine translation, entity recognition, or multilingual linked data sets – based … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, European Union, Food & Beverage, Internet & Online, News, Technology, Travel
Tagged content enrichment, digital, eBook, ICT, language, linked data, localisation, multilingual, semantic, translation
AMSTERDAM, 24-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG, AEX:PHIA) announced today that it has notified the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) that it currently holds 3.01 percent of its own issued shares. This holding of Philips consists of shares that … Read the full press release
COLOGNE, 24-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — It is one of the oldest passenger planes in the world still flying. Its many admirers at home and abroad lovingly call it “Tante Ju” (Auntie Ju) or more respectfully, the “Grande Dame of the … Read the full press release
GENEVA, 24-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — STMicroelectronics NV (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, published today its IFRS 2015 Semi Annual Accounts for the six-month period ended June 27, 2015, on its website … Read the full press release
Leading Swiss operator first to launch three-carrier aggregation combining LTE FDD and TDD modes in a commercial network on commercial chipsets in Europe Solution demonstrated in Swisscom’s commercial network in Zurich using Ericsson hardware and software, and Qualcomm chipsets Swisscom … Read the full press release
Posted in Sweden, Switzerland, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Ericsson, FDD, Heinz Herren, LTE, LTE-Advanced three-carrier aggregation solution, Serge Willenegger, Swisscom, TDD modes, Thomas Norén
Launch of new solutions and services at IBC 2015 that empower customers to put the connected consumer at center stage in the new internet era of television Highlights uniqueness of Ericsson’s capabilities as the transformation partner for its customers, powered … Read the full press release
Posted in Media, Sweden, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Elisabetta Romano, Ericsson, IBC 2015
Nordic Aviation Capital is pleased to confirm that it has purchased one Dash 8-Q400, MSN 4175, from Jetscape on lease to South African Express Airways SOC Limited. South African Express Airways SOC Limited is a new customer for NAC. Billund, … Read the full press release
GLASGOW, 24-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Fear of weight gain is one reason smokers give for not kicking the habit, but new research suggests heavy smokers are more likely to develop pot bellies. Scientists at the University of Glasgow found that … Read the full press release
GLASGOW, 24-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The repeated emergence of the Bluetongue virus (BTV) amongst European livestock in recent decades has been shaped by its ability to re-assort its genes, a study has found. The virus infects ruminant animals such as … Read the full press release
Ingelheim, Germany and Indianapolis, US, 24-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company today announced positive top-line results from EMPA-REG OUTCOME®. This is a long-term clinical trial investigating cardiovascular (CV) outcomes for Jardiance® (empagliflozin) in more than 7,000 … Read the full press release
Novartis strengthens multiple sclerosis focus with the addition of Ofatumumab to leading MS portfolio which includes Gilenya and investigational treatments BAF312 and CJM112 Ofatumumab is a fully human monoclonal antibody for relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) which targets CD20 and … Read the full press release
Posted in Healthcare, Investment, Pharma & Biotech, Switzerland
Tagged Gilenya®, GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK), multiple sclerosis, Novartis, Ofatumumab
ZUG, SWITZERLAND, 21-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) (SIX: RIGN) today issued a monthly Fleet Update Summary, which includes new contracts, changes to existing contracts, and changes in estimated planned out-of-service time of 15 or more days since the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Switzerland, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Fleet Update Summary, Transocean Ltd
Loughborough MSc student Aditi Chauhan has this week added to India’s sporting history by signing for East London side West Ham United Ladies. The significance of this sees the Indian goalkeeper, coming from a country that doesn’t have a domestic … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Sports, United Kingdom
Tagged Aditi Chauhan, East London, Loughborough MSc, West Ham United Ladies
VIENNA, 21-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Schlechtester Bahnhof Brenner liegt auf italienischem Staatsgebiet (kein ÖBB Bahnhof) – Hall in Tirol und Völs sowie Innsbrucker Westbahnhof sollen in den nächsten Jahren verbessert und umgebaut werden – Freude über den sehr gut bewerteten … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged ÖBB, VCO, Verkehrsclub Österreic
The only annual event to solely showcase public service media (PSM) programme formats, the EUROVISION Creative Forum, celebrates its 10th edition in September. BERLIN, 21-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Programme-makers from world leading public service broadcasters will meet in Berlin between September … Read the full press release
Berezniki, Russia, 21-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Uralkali (LSE: URKA; the Company), one of the world’s largest potash producers, noting media reports that it is considering a buyback of its securities, which may lead to de-listing of its global depositary receipts (“GDRs”) representing its common shares on the London … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, Investment, Metals and Minerals, Russia, United Kingdom
Tagged GDRs, London Stock Exchange, Uralkali
AMSTERDAM, 21-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — A new XENON100 analysis, published in Science this week, refutes a long-standing claim of dark matter detection. Dark matter is an abundant but unseen matter in the universe considered largely responsible for the gravitational force … Read the full press release
Posted in Netherlands, Science
Tagged dark matter detection, Nikhef, XENON, XENON100
OSLO, 21-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — With recent investments exceeding NOK 20 million, Hydro Karmøy is positioning itself to be a major supplier of aluminium to the European automotive industry. A decision was made this week to install new equipment for … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Metals and Minerals, Norway
Tagged aluminium alloys, automotive industry, Hydro Karmøy, Trond Olaf Christophersen
OSLO, 21-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Today the Telemark region of Norway is celebrating the addition of Notodden and Rjukan to the UNESCO World Heritage List. Hydro’s contribution includes the new website industriarven.no, a popularized account of what this world heritage … Read the full press release
LONDON, 21-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — International law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has today (20 August 2015) announced the appointment of Geraldine Quirk as a Partner in its Insurance practice to enhance its non-contentious insurance and financial services regulatory expertise. … Read the full press release
Posted in Insurance, Law, United Kingdom
Tagged Berwin Leighton Paisner, BLP, Geraldine Quirk, International law firm
LONDON, 21-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The design of all-weather lifeboats is being reviewed as part of a study led by Newcastle University and the UK’s Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) with support from Lloyds’ Register. The four-year project will help … Read the full press release
Die beiden Repräsentantinnen der deGUT 2015 haben mit OUTFITTERY eine ECommerce-Lösung für shoppingmüde Männer entwickelt Berlin / Potsdam, 21-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Den Modehandel grundlegend zu verändern und konsequent an die Bedürfnisse von Männern anzupassen, das ist die Vision von … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Marketing, Small Business, Technology
Tagged Anna Alex machen, deGUT, Julia Bösch, Männer glücklich
New career for the creators of the vehicles and mobility of tomorrow 28 training slots planned for 2015 Hanover, 21-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Technology company Continental will be offering a new career training program from September 2015, which will enable … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Education, Germany, Technology
Tagged Ariane Reinhart, automotive software developers, career training program, Continental
St. Gallen, Switzerland, 21-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Die Universität St.Gallen lädt die Bevölkerung im Herbstsemester 2015 zu 40 öffentlichen Vorlesungen ein. In diesem Semester orientieren sich Vorlesungsreihen am aktuellen Geschehen: die eidgenössischen Wahlen sowie die nationale und internationale Geldpolitik werden … Read the full press release
Posted in Economy, Education, Government, Switzerland
Tagged Prof. Dr. Caspar Hirschi, Schweizer Nationalbank, SNB, Universität St. Gallen
Fortsatt god tillväxt och nöjda kunder STOCKHOLM, 21-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Folksam växer och vi är gillade av kunderna. Under perioden har vi vidtagit flera åtgärder för att fortsätta bygga vår ekonomiska styrka och fokusera på vår kärnaffär pensionssparande och … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, Insurance, Sweden
Tagged Folksam, Jens Henriksson
BRUSSELS, 21-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — EBN, is delighted to announce the presence of European Commissioner Corina Cretu at its 2015 Annual Congress. Commissioner Cretu, in charge of Europe’s Regional Policy, will join 400+ delegates from over 40 countries to discuss the … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, European Union, Small Business, Technology
Tagged Corina Creţu, EBN, EBN's 2015 Annual Congress, European Commissioner
Distance Runners from Six Continents Benefitting from Medical Technology to Run Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon Events this October MINNEAPOLIS, 21-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Twenty-five long-distance runners who benefit from medical technology will be honored as the 2015 “Medtronic Global Heroes” when they … Read the full press release
DUBLIN, 21-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Medtronic plc (NYSE: MDT) announced today it will report financial results for the first quarter of its fiscal year 2016 on Thursday, September 3, 2015. A news release will be issued at approximately 6:15 a.m. Central Daylight … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, Investment, Ireland, Pharma & Biotech
Tagged medical technology, Medtronic plc
Stavanger, Norway, 21-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — In a meeting in the Corporate Assembly of Statoil ASA (OSE:STL, NYSE:STO) on 20 August 2015 Wenche Agerup was elected as a new member of Statoil’s board of directors. Wenche Agerup was the Executive … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Management, Norway
Tagged Norsk Hydro ASA, Statoil, Wenche Agerup
Total commitment volume of EUR 41.5 billion (+31%) Domestic promotional business volume rises to EUR 25.7 billion (+21 %) Strong demand for SME financing after hesitant start of the year (+10%) Demand in international business increases more than 50 % … Read the full press release
WIESBADEN, 21-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — In 2014, the number of live births in Germany was 715,000. Based on provisional figures, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was an increase of 33,000 newborn children, or 4.8%, compared with … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Government, Society
Tagged Destatis, Federal Statistical Office, newborn children in Germany
MOSCOW, 21-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — A company of the Rosneft Group and a subsidiary of Trican Well Service Ltd. closed the transaction, pursuant to which a Rosneft subsidiary acquires a 100% participation interest in Trican Well Service LLC, which provides … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Investment, Russia
Tagged Rosneft Group, Trican Well Service LLC
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