Daily Archives: 12, September 2017

DEG – Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH inaugurated its extension building on Agrippastraße in Cologne’s city centre

Construction seen as investment in the future COLOGNE, 12-Sep-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The “DEG-Campus” in Cologne’s city centre is taking shape: On Monday, 11 September 2017, DEG – Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, inaugurated its extension building on Agrippastraße. “Our decision … Read the full press release

EDP Renováveis, ENGIE joint venture awarded 15-year Contract for Difference for delivery of 950 MW of offshore wind generation at £57.50/MWh

The contract was awarded by the UK’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (“BEIS”) following its latest CfD auction. LISBON, 12-Sep-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — EDP Renováveis, S.A. (“EDPR”) and ENGIE are pleased to announce that Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Limited, a … Read the full press release

UC RUSAL completes modernization of Befesa-2 line for standard alloyed ingots production at Irkutsk Aluminium Smelter

MOSCOW, 12-Sep-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — UC RUSAL (SEHK: 486, Euronext: RUSAL/RUAL, Moscow Exchange: RUAL), a leading global aluminium producer, is pleased to announce the completion of the modernization of Befesa-2 line for standard alloyed ingots production at the Irkutsk Aluminium Smelter … Read the full press release

EE expand UK-wide 4G+ leadership

EE converting airwaves from 2G to superfast 4G 600 EE sites being upgraded to support next generation ‘CAT 12’ smartphones set to hit the UK market in 2017 EE expanding UK-wide 4G+ leadership with more than 1,000 sites supporting ‘Cat 9’ … Read the full press release

Diageo pleased to see continued progress on the key initiatives to reduce harmful drinking

LONDON, 12-Sep-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Global efforts by alcohol industry to tackle harmful drinking are building momentum Diageo welcomes today’s release of the latest Producers’ Commitments Report by the International Alliance for Responsible Drinking (IARD), which shows signatory companies are building momentum in … Read the full press release

UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson: I welcome the unanimous adoption of the UNSC resolution on North Korea

LONDON, 12-Sep-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The Foreign Secretary welcomed the unanimous adoption of the resolution. Speaking after the UN Security Council (UNSC) unanimously adopted UNSCR 2375, the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said: I welcome the unanimous adoption of the UNSC resolution today. … Read the full press release

UK Gov: National Health Service (NHS) and Public Health England (PHE) announce new plan to save thousands of people from heart attacks and strokes

NHS and PHE launch new drive to save thousands of people from heart attacks and strokes. LONDON, 12-Sep-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The NHS and Public Health England (PHE) will today (Tuesday, 12 September 2017) announce a new drive to save thousands of … Read the full press release

thyssenkrupp completes the sale of CSA Siderúrgica do Atlântico (CSA) steel mill in Brazil to Latin American steelmaker Ternium for EUR 1.5 billion

ESSEN, 12-Sep-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The sale of the CSA Siderúrgica do Atlântico (CSA) steel mill in Brazil to the Latin American steelmaker Ternium is complete. With the closing of the transaction thyssenkrupp has received the purchase price (enterprise value) of … Read the full press release

AstraZeneca Phase III PACIFIC trial: Imfinzi demonstrated statistically-significant and clinically-meaningful improvement in PFS

Imfinzi improves progression-free survival (PFS) by more than 11 months compared to standard of care and is the first medicine to show superior PFS in this setting Data presented at the ESMO 2017 Congress follows FDA’s recent Breakthrough Therapy Designation … Read the full press release

AstraZeneca Phase III FLAURA trial supports Tagrisso’s potential as a new standard of care in 1st-line EGFR-mutated lung cancer

Phase III FLAURA trial results show Tagrisso reduced the risk of progression or death by more than half, with consistent benefit across all subgroups, including patients with and without brain metastases Unprecedented median progression-free survival (PFS) of 18.9 months compared … Read the full press release