PARIS, 09-Mar-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Total announces the closing of the Maersk Oil acquisition signed on 21st of August 2017. It brings to Total around 1 billion barrels of oil equivalent of 2P/2C reserves and resources, mainly in the OECD … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Denmark, Energy, Gas & Oil, France, Industrial
Tagged acquisition, barrels, North Sea, oil, Patrick Pouyanné, Total
SME business climate drops moderately as expectations decline But SMEs still rate their current situation better than ever Large enterprises are clearly less optimistic Growth rate is on the way back to normality Frankfurt am Main, 09-Mar-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — After … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Small Business
Tagged business climate, Dr Jörg Zeuner, economy, GROWTH, KfW, SME, SME Barometer
Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich) announced today that the Board of Directors will propose to shareholders to elect Jasmin Staiblin to the Board for a one year term of office. The election will take place at the Annual General Meeting on … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Insurance, Management, Switzerland
Tagged AGM, Board of Directors, insurance, Jasmin Staiblin, leadership, Tom de Swaan, Zurich Insurance Group
EBIT increases by 7.2% to EUR 3.74 billion Group revenue up by 5.4% to EUR 60.4 billion Dividend increase to EUR 1.15 per share proposed Forecast for 2018: EBIT set to increase to about EUR 4.15 billion, EBIT target for … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Germany, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Deutsche Post DHL Group, dividend, EBIT, eCommerce, Frank Appel, parcel, Post, profit, revenue
Second place in the European Patent Office’s application rankings for 2017 About 19 percent more applications filed in Europe than in the prior year 7,450 inventions worldwide in fiscal 2017 – 34 inventions per day MUNICH, 07-Mar-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Germany, Technology
Tagged Beat Weibel, EPO, INNOVATION, inventions, patent applications, Patents, Siemens
LUXEMBOURG, 06-Mar-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — ArcelorMittal announces that Aditya Mittal, Group CFO and CEO of ArcelorMittal Europe, has been appointed as President, ArcelorMittal, in addition to his current responsibilities. This nomination reflects the increasing global strategic role Aditya has across … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Luxembourg, Management, Metals and Minerals
Tagged Aditya Mittal, ArcelorMittal, Mr. Lakshmi Mittal
A major leap forward in AXA’s strategic journey Creating the leading global P&C Commercial lines player across all lines Strong complementarities expected to fuel future earnings growth and value creation Effective use of proceeds from the planned US IPO and intended subsequent sell-downs, at Ambition 2020 targets reaffirmed … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, France, Insurance, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged acquisition, AXA, Doina Palici-Chehab, Greg Hendrick, insurer, MIKE MCGAVICK, reinsurer, Rob BROWN, THOMAS BUBERL, XL Group Ltd
PARIS, 05-Mar-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Today, Ubisoft announced the acquisition of the video game development studio Blue Mammoth Games. With the acquisition, Ubisoft adds Brawlhalla, currently the most played fighting game on Steam, to its portfolio and bolsters its online expertise. … Read the full press release
MARLOW, UK, 02-Mar-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — SAS is among the top employers on the Great Place to Work® Institute’s prestigious “Best Workplaces Ireland 2018” list of companies with fewer than 100 employees. The analytics leader was listed at #19 after finishing 22nd … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Management, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged "Best Workplaces Ireland 2018", Brendan O'Dwyer, Charles Senabulya, employer, GPTW, SAS, workplace
The Board of Directors of NV Bekaert SA is proud to announce the nomination of Mr Colin Smith for appointment by the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of 9 May 2018. He will replace Mr Alan Begg whose term of … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Management, Metals and Minerals
Tagged Alan Begg, Coating, Colin Smith, director, leadership, Management, NV Bekaert SA, STEEL, wire
BookingPal a annoncé l’ouverture de son premier bureau en France, élargissant ainsi sa présence sur l’un des plus grands marchés de location de vacances en Europe. PARIS, 01-Mar-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — En tant que l’un des plus grands réseaux de … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, France, Internet & Online, Marketing, News, Real Estate, Technology, Travel
Tagged Airbnb, Airbnb channel manager, Alex Aydin, booking channel manager, Booking.com, BookingPal, channel manager, channel manager vacation rental, de réservation centralisée pour les locations de vacances, Expedia, gestionnaires immobiliers, gestionnaires immobiliers français, Google, HomeAway, les locations à court terme, Les propriétés de location de vacances, location de vacances, marché de la location de vacances en France, Paris, revenue management, revenue management software, société de technologie de voyage, temps partagé, vacation, vacation rental advertising, vacation rental distribution, vacation rental marketing, vacation rentals
Oil and Energy BEIJING, China, 01-Mar-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Crude oil prices will average $60/b in 2018 and $61/b in 2019. That’s an increase from last month’s Short-Term Energy Outlook by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. In January 2018, oil prices briefly hit $70/b. In … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Commodities, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, International Trade, Investment, News
Tagged Brent North Sea oil, Brent North Sea oil prices, Commodities traders, crude oil, Crude oil prices, economy, ENERGY, energy exporter, Energy Outlook, forecast, future oil predictions, futures contracts, global economy, investments, oil, oil industry, oil prices, oil prices forecast, oil prices prediction, oil production, oil supply, OPEC, prices, Schuster Manfred Hubert, shale oil, shale oil production, traders, U.S. Energy Information Administration, West Texas Intermediate oil, WTI oil
Kista, Sweden, 28-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Enea AB (publ) (“Enea”) has signed an agreement to acquire Openwave Mobility, a company offering the industry’s most scalable NFV platform with solutions to mobile operators. Openwave Mobility has a leading position in traffic management … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Sweden, Technology
Tagged acquisition, Anders Lidbeck, Enea AB, John Giere, Mobile, NFV, Openwave Mobility, traffic, traffic management, video
LONDON, 27-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Ricoh Europe is announcing another step in its journey to be the most innovative inkjet printing company in the world. Knowing that production printing businesses are continuing to ask more from digital print vendors, especially for inkjet … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Eef de Ridder, ink, ink technology, inkjet, inkjet printing, printing, Ricoh, Ricoh Pro VC60000
Unium expertise and IPR will bring field-proven mesh Wi-Fi technology to enhance Nokia’s end-to-end solution for whole-home Wi-Fi Unium’s intelligent mesh technology delivers industry-leading, carrier-grade Wi-Fi performance, coverage and resilience, resulting in an unsurpassed gigabit home experience Planned purchase of … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, Internet & Online, Technology, Telecom
Tagged acquisition, Federico Guillén, Martha Bejar, mesh, Networking, Nokia, software, Unium, WiFi, wireless networking problems
PARIS, 26-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Sanofi announced today that the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the “HSR Act”), applicable to Sanofi’s proposed acquisition of Bioverativ Inc. (“Bioverativ”, NASDAQ: BIVV) has expired. On February 7, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, France, Pharma & Biotech
Tagged acquisition, ANTITRUST, Bioverativ, Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act, Healthcare, HSRAct, Sanofi
LONDON, 23-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Equistone Partners Europe (“Equistone”), one of Europe’s leading mid-market private equity investors, has agreed to sell a shareholding in the Plettenberg-based automobile supplier E. WINKEMANN (“the company”). Cathay Capital MidCap Fund, advised by Cathay Capital … Read the full press release
PARIS, 23-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Groupe BPCE announces the signature of an agreement providing for the divestment of 100% of Banque des Mascareignes to Groupe Banque Centrale Populaire and Groupe Sipromad. The agreement concerns the divestment by BPCE International of Banque … Read the full press release
MUNICH, 23-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — At the 18th Annual General Meeting, the shareholders of Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) accepted the proposal for the appropriation of net profit made by the Management Board and Supervisory Board: they … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Germany, Industrial, Management, Technology
Tagged AGM, dividend, Dr. Eckart Sünner, Dr. Wolfgang Eder, Infineon Technologies AG, shareholders, Wolfgang Mayrhuber
BERLIN, 22-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Zalando Lounge, der erfolgreiche Shopping-Club von Zalando, plant gemeinsam mit Projektentwickler Hillwood den Bau eines 130.000 Quadratmeter großen Logistikzentrums. Mit dem neuen Standort wird die Zalando Lounge ihre Logistikkapazitäten erhöhen und operative Prozesse noch flexibler gestalten. … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Germany, Internet & Online, Poland, Real Estate, Retail, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Logistikzentrum, Martin Rost, Olsztynek, Shopping Club, Zalando Lounge plant
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