Bournemouth, UK, 02-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society (LV=) announces that it has completed the planned sale of a 49 percent stake in its UK General Insurance businesses (LV=GI) to Allianz Group. Total consideration at this first stage of … Read the full press release
STOCKHOLM, 02-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Sweden’s new Climate Act enters into force today. For the first time, Sweden will have an act stating that each government has an obligation to pursue a climate policy based on the climate goals adopted … Read the full press release
Posted in Environment, Government, Law, Politics, Sweden
Tagged Climate Act, Isabella Lövin, Sweden, Sweden’s new Climate Act
THE HAGUE, 02-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The three development banks signed a USD 67.5 million loan to Lebanon and Gulf Bank (LGB BANK). In addition to the USD 32.5 million provided by FMO, OFID (the OPEC Fund for International Development) … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Banks, Financial, Investment, Netherlands, Small Business
Tagged FMO, Lebanon and Gulf Bank, LGB BANK, OeEB, OFID, SMEs, syndicated loan
DUBLIN, 02-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPG), the global biotechnology leader in rare diseases, today announced that it has filed its first submission to the United States Food and Drug Administration for the company’s new plasma manufacturing … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Healthcare, Ireland, Pharma & Biotech
LJUBLJANA, 02-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Telekom Slovenije has successfully completed testing the Narrowband-IoT standardized technology. This is a low-power network technology that utilizes the existing infrastructure. It designed for effective communication of mass-distributed devices (up to 50,000 devices per network … Read the full press release
Posted in Internet & Online, Slovenia, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Narrowband-IoT standardized technology, Telekom Slovenije
Press release on behalf of Burlington Loan Management DAC, Lavaredo S.p.A., Pirelli & C. S.p.A., Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A., UniCredit S.p.A., and Fenice S.r.l. MILAN, 02-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — With reference to the press releases dated 26 July 2017 and 3 … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Investment, Italy
Tagged Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A., Lavaredo S.p.A., Prelios S.p.A.
MILAN, 02-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Engineering and Intesa Sanpaolo have executed the agreement for the sale of 100% of the share capital of Infogroup held by the banking group. The transaction, announced on 27 July 2017, was subject only to … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Italy, Technology
Tagged digital transformation, engineering, Infogroup, Intesa Sanpaolo
GOTHENBURG, 02-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The number of votes in AB Volvo has changed due to the conversion of a total of 2 595 454 Series A shares to a total of 2 594 454 Series B shares. The conversions were implemented with the … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Financial, Investment, Sweden
Tagged AB Volvo, shares conversion
PARIS, 02-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — As announced in its press release of 24 October 2017, Bouygues today carried out a capital increase of €150 million, inclusive of share premium, as part of the Bouygues Confiance n°9 employee share ownership plan. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, France, Industrial, Investment
Tagged Bouygues, capital increase, employee share ownership plan
PARIS, 02-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Following the signing of definitive binding agreements setting the terms of the sale to EDF of 75.5% of New NP capital, and as announced on 22 December, the transaction has been completed on 31 December 2017. … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, France, Investment
Tagged acquisition, EDF, New NP capital, nuclear
Aviation Heaven Demo Video MUNICH, 02-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Today, Aviation Heaven GmbH, an online network platform for Business Aviation Operators and Maintenance Facilities (MRO´s) announced the launch of the first Aircraft Type specified MRO network for EASA, Isle of … Read the full press release
Amsterdam, 02-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — As announced on 25 April 2017, ING has participated in the private placement by Bank of Beijing (BoB) which has closed today (29 December 2017). BoB has issued 2.9 billion ordinary shares with a value of … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Investment, Netherlands
Tagged Bank of Beijing (BoB), ING, share offering
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