Daily Archives: 11, October 2017

Medtronic to open Innovation Center at the Singapore-Sichuan Hi-Tech Innovation Park

Facilitating Clinical Training for Physicians and Advancing Local Healthcare Efficiency in Central and Western China DUBLIN, Ireland and CHENGDU, Sichuan, 11-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT) today announced the groundbreaking of its Chengdu Innovation Center at the Singapore-Sichuan Hi-Tech Innovation … Read the full press release

Medtronic: U.S. FDA approval for the Endurant(TM) II/IIs stent graft system

New Indication Expands Treatment Options for AAA Patients with Hostile Neck Anatomy DUBLIN, 11-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Medtronic plc (NYSE: MDT) today announced that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the Endurant(TM) II/IIs stent graft … Read the full press release

Ageas reports the purchase of 40,000 Ageas shares on NYSE Euronext Brussels, 02-10-2017 – 06-10-2017

BRUSSELS, 11-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Further to the initiation of the share buy-back programme announced on 9 August 2017, Ageas reports the purchase of 40,000 Ageas shares on NYSE Euronext Brussels in the period from 02-10-2017 until 06-10-2017. Date Number ofShares Total amount(EUR) Average price(EUR) … Read the full press release

CVC Capital Partners: Anish Mehta appointed CEO of the international women’s health assets portfolio acquired from Teva

LUXEMBOURG, 11-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — CVC Capital Partners (“CVC”) today announced that former Allergan executive Anish Mehta will be appointed as CEO of the international women’s health assets portfolio which CVC Fund VI agreed to acquire from Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd … Read the full press release

KPN and Huawei commit to a stringent new code of sustainability

AMSTERDAM, 11-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — KPN and Huawei have committed to a stringent new code of sustainability, which will ensure all new KPN network and consumer hardware designed to last longer, be produced using less virgin raw materials and built in … Read the full press release

Bonduelle unveils mini cans of vegetables to give a new twist to everyday recipes

illeneuve-d’Ascq, France, 11-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Even if the French population is keen to eat better and more healthily, only a quarter of French people eat their ‘five a day’. This is due to lifestyle changes and a lack of time … Read the full press release

EBRD to help Croatia update and strengthen its corporate governance code

EBRD supports efforts to develop and implement new code LONDON, 11-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The EBRD is lending its support to efforts by the Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency (HANFA) and the Zagreb Stock Exchange (ZSE) to update and strengthen the … Read the full press release

EBRD, EU and the UN FAO to help wool and cashmere production in Mongolia

From goat to cashmere coat LONDON, 11-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Mongolia’s grasslands are an ideal playground for several million cashmere goats, sheep and yaks. Their world-renown wool means big business: it provides an income for around 400,000 herders, so it should … Read the full press release

EBRD President Sir Suma Chakrabarti to outline bank’s climate finance goals at the World Bank and International Monetary Fund meetings

Climate funding takes 45 per cent share of total investment so far in 2017 LONDON, 11-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Sir Suma Chakrabarti, will outline the Bank’s rapid progress towards meeting ambitious … Read the full press release

Croatian Ministry of Justice and the EBRD organised roundtable discussion on bankruptcy legislation in Croatia

Roundtable discussion in Zagreb about improvement of current bankruptcy legislation LONDON, 11-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — While there has been substantial progress in identifying potential impediments within the bankruptcy legal framework and improving practical implementation of the law, Croatia is committed to making further … Read the full press release