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EQT Infrastructure Limited to sell Nordgroup A/S to one of the leading waste and environmental management service providers in Finland and Sweden Ekokem Oyj

EQT Infrastructure has agreed to sell NORD to Ekokem, a leading waste and environmental service provider Operational efficiency increased by a broad range of operational excellence initiatives, geographic expansion and innovative treatment methods NORD’s sales and EBITDA increased by approximately … Read the full press release

BG Group enhances its capacity to deliver commercially attractive oil and gas projects around the world with KBR partnership

BG Group has signed a global alliance with KBR enhancing the company’s capacity to deliver commercially attractive oil and gas projects around the world. READING, UK, 30-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The single-partner alliance, which has been signed for six years … Read the full press release

Fincantieri forms new company to strengthen its presence in the field of electric and electronic systems – Fincantieri SI

The new company will strengthen the presence of Fincantieri worldwide in the field of electric and electronic systems Trieste, 30-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Fincantieri has set up Fincantieri SI, a company based in Trieste, to design, manufacture and supply “INTEGRATED INNOVATIVE … Read the full press release

Visa Europe reported its strongest annual financial performance to date with revenue 9% up YoY

Revenue rises 9% and profits increase 30% year-on-year 2015 will be a defining year for digital payments Visa calls on retailers to use savings from regulation on improving consumer payments experience LONDON, 30-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Visa Europe has reported its … Read the full press release

Alcatel-Lucent and Vodafone Spain successfully transported data at speeds of up to 400G between Madrid and Zaragoza using existing optical infrastructure

Test using Alcatel-Lucent 400G technology over existing network between Madrid and Zaragoza demonstrates significant increase in ultra-broadband access capacity Paris, 30-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) and Vodafone Spain have successfully carried out a trial of transporting … Read the full press release

Hiab to supply five models of folding loader crane plus service and maintenance package to Travis Perkins plc.

HELSINKI, 30-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Hiab, part of Cargotec, has won an extensive order to supply loader cranes to Travis Perkins plc. Hiab will supply five models of folding loader crane, ranging from versatile 4-ton cranes to powerful 14-ton cranes, … Read the full press release

Snam, GIC, and EDF Invest entered into an agreement with Crédit Agricole Assurances for its 10% stake entry into TIGF’s share capital

Paris/San Donato Milanese, 29-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Today, Snam, GIC, and EDF Invest entered into an agreement with Crédit Agricole Assurances for its entry into the share capital of TIGF with a 10% stake. Upon completion of the transaction, Snam, … Read the full press release

Société Foncière Lyonnaise appointed Nicolas Reynaud as CEO and Dimitri Boulte as Managing Director

PARIS, 29-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The Board of Directors of the Société Foncière Lyonnaise met today and appointed Nicolas Reynaud as Chief Executive Officer of the company. He will exercise his functions alongside Juan-José Brugera, who retains his position as … Read the full press release

BBVA’s executive director José Manuel González-Páramo becomes the new Europe chair of the TransAtlantic Business Dialogue

BBVA’s executive director José Manuel González-Páramo is the new Europe chair of the TransAtlantic Business Dialogue (TABD). The TABD, of which BBVA is a longstanding member, gathers more than 60 major U.S. and European companies. The organization’s goal is to … Read the full press release

Bharti Airtel commissioned Nokia Networks to expand its 4G presence to six new circles of India’s telecom market using Nokia Networks’ radio network

Deal marks India’s first FDD-LTE deployment across 6 circles World’s smallest, high-capacity Nokia Flexi Zone LTE Small Cells and professional services will improve capacity and coverage in dense areas New Delhi / Gurgaon, India, 29-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Bharti Airtel, a leading … Read the full press release

New exchange-listed equity index fund issued by Amundi launched on Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment

Frankfurt am Main, 29-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Xetra/Börse Frankfurt: A new exchange-listed equity index fund issued by Amundi has been tradable in Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment since Tuesday. Name: Amundi ETF JPX-Nikkei 400 UCITS ETF (EUR) Asset class: equity ETF ISIN: … Read the full press release

Groupe BPCE’s Natixis Becomes First French bank to join Eurex Clearing’s Securities Lending CCP

Frankfurt am Main, 29-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Eurex Clearing: Eurex Clearing, Europe’s leading clearing house and part of Deutsche Börse Group, has announced that Natixis, the corporate, investment management and financial arm of Groupe BPCE, the second-largest bank in France, has … Read the full press release

Maintpartner’s new MP IN concept designed to improve customers’ profitability

Espoo, Finland, 28-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Maintpartner has successfully developed services and tools, like the MP Value Elements and the MP Flow, that form a unique concept in our industry. Presently we are developing a maintenance concept that is designed to … Read the full press release

Servier and Hybrigenics extend partnership to discover new drugs which inhibit Ubiquitin-Specific Proteases (USPs)

PARIS, 28-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Hybrigenics (ALHYG), a bio-pharmaceutical company listed on the Alternext market of Euronext Paris, with a focus on research and development of new treatments for proliferative diseases, today announces the extension of its partnership with Servier to … Read the full press release

Carrefour expands its cultural platform Nolim.fr to include virtual video library Nolim Films

MASSY, France, 28-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Starting on 27 January, Carrefour will be expanding Nolim.fr – its cultural platform – to include Nolim Films, a virtual video library. This will make it the first retailer to break into this market. … Read the full press release

Destatis: The index of import prices fell by 2.2% on an annual average in 2014 compared with 2013

WIESBADEN, 28-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The index of import prices fell by 2.2% on an annual average in 2014 compared with 2013, as reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). In December it decreased by 3.7% compared with the corresponding month … Read the full press release

La Fondation d’entreprise Banque Populaire sera présente sur le salon Musicora du 6 au 8 février 2015

PARIS, 28-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — La Fondation d’entreprise Banque Populaire sera présente sur le salon Musicora du 6 au 8 février 2015 et vous donne rendez-vous autour de ses lauréats qui seront représentés dans les trois domaines dans lesquels, elle … Read the full press release

DOCOMO PACIFIC becomes Vodafone’s preferred partner in Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands CNMI

Berkshire, UK, 27-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Vodafone and DOCOMO PACIFIC today jointly announced a new Partner Market agreement for Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), building on Vodafone’s strategic partnership with NTT DOCOMO. Under the non-equity … Read the full press release

Scania Financial Services’ operating income increased to more than SEK 1 billion during 2014

Operating income in Scania Financial Services increased to more thanSEK 1 billion during 2014. Customers are increasingly choosing Scania as their long-term partner in vehicle financing, which has meant a growing portfolio. Lower bad debt expenses and better margins also … Read the full press release

BNP Paribas and Natixis renew their agreement on Partecis

By signing this partnership agreement on Partecis* 10 years ago, BNP Paribas and Natixis made a decisive choice: the choice of having a common IT platform to manage all e-payment transactions, with no country or format limitation. Building on the … Read the full press release