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RWE re-starts natural gas deliveries to the Ukraine state-owned company Naftogaz

Reverse flow via Polish border started today Essen, Germany, 16-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — RWE AG – via its trading and gas midstream arm RWE Supply & Trading – is the first European supplier to commence gas deliveries to the Ukraine in 2014. … Read the full press release

Pochin Construction wins contract to build £multi-million complex at Port of Mostyn, North Wales for RWE Innogy UK’s flagship Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm

Pochin Construction Ltd wins £3million design & build contract Over 100 staff based at new build at the Port of Mostyn Base confirms North Wales as home to Gwynt y Môr Port of Mostyn,  North Wales, 16-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Work has started … Read the full press release

Dexia SA to hold Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting on 14 May 2014 at Arsenal, Brussels

Brussels, Paris, 16-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting and the Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting of Dexia SA will be held on Wednesday 14 May 2014 at 14.30 in the Arsenal, chaussée de Wavre 950, 1040 Brussels. Reception will be open … Read the full press release

Wolfgang Dürheimer appointed Chairman and CEO of Bentley Motors Ltd

Crewe, UK, 16-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Wolfgang Dürheimer, General Representative of the Volkswagen Group responsible for motorsport, is to become Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bentley Motors Ltd with effect from June 1, 2014. He is to succeed Dr Wolfgang Schreiber, … Read the full press release

DHL Express expanded partnership with global leader in diagnostics and information technology solutions for animal health IDEXX Laboratories

Bonn, Germany, 16-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — DHL Express has recently expanded its successful partnership with IDEXX Laboratories, a global leader in diagnostics and information technology solutions for animal health. In 2011, IDEXX selected DHL as its primary carrier in Europe, the Middle … Read the full press release

Deutsche Telekom obtained required merger control clearance from European Commission for the acquisition of GTS Central Europe

Deutsche Telekom acquisition of GTS approved Complements DT’s pan-European network in mobile centric countries Strengthens DT’s position in the international B2B and wholesale segments Hannover, Germany, 16-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Deutsche Telekom obtained today the required merger control clearance from the European … Read the full press release

Societe Generale raised its stake in Rosbank to 99.4% with 7% share acquisition from Interros group

PARIS, 16-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Societe Generale announces the acquisition of 7 % of Rosbank’s share capital from Interros group, raising its stake to 99.4 %, in line with its strategy of building up the Group’s stake in Rosbank. This transaction … Read the full press release

BASF and Sinopec opened two new plants for acrylic acid and superabsorbent polymers at BASF-YPC Verbund site in Nanjing, China

New superabsorbent polymers, acrylic acid and butyl acrylate plants serve growing demand in China market Integrated production enables resource efficiency and energy conservation Nanjing , China, 16-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — BASF and Sinopec today inaugurated two new plants for acrylic acid and … Read the full press release

Enel Green Power publishes its 2013 annual financial report

Rome, 15-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Enel Green Power informs that the documents listed below are available to the public at the Company’s registered office and in the relevant section of the Company website: 1) the annual financial report (including Enel Green … Read the full press release

The Audi Group becomes the first premium automobile manufacturer certified according to the international standard ISO 14064

First premium automobile manufacturer with corporate carbon footprint calculated in detail and certified Board of Management Member for Production Dr. Hubert Waltl: “An important element of climate-neutral mobility” Transparency on company-wide greenhouse-gas emissions Ingolstadt, Germany, 15-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Audi … Read the full press release

GDF SUEZ annonce le transbordement d’une cargaison de GNL au terminal méthanier de Montoir-de-Bretagne

PARIS, 15-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — En provenance de l’usine de liquéfaction de Snøhvit en Norvège, le GNL a été acheminé jusqu’à Montoir-de-Bretagne, pour y être transbordé dans un second méthanier qui assurera la livraison jusqu’au client final en Asie. Les deux … Read the full press release

Initiative der EDEKA Stiftung auch 2014 stark gefragt

Ab April: 1.200 Kindergärten und Kindertagesstätten nehmen teil Qualitätsorientiertes Erfolgskonzept: Kinder lernen erlebnisorientiert Mit Langzeitwirkung: Projekt zu Ernährungskompetenz im 7. Jahr erfolgreich Hamburg, 15-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Mit Beginn der Pflanzsaison startet in rund 1.200 Kindergärten und Kindertagesstätten bundesweit das Nachhaltigkeitsprojekt „Aus … Read the full press release

Aviva plc to sell entire 47% stake in its South Korean business Woori Aviva Life Insurance to NongHyup Financial Group

LONDON, 15-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Aviva plc (“Aviva”) today announces that it has reached agreement to sell its entire 47% stake in its South Korean business Woori Aviva Life Insurance (“WALI”) to NongHyup Financial Group (“NHFG”). WALI is majority owned by … Read the full press release

Lloyds Bank Private Banking Investor Sentiment Index: Investor confidence in bonds and non-European equities shows strong growth

Sentiment towards non-European equities excluding emerging markets climbs Relative safety of bonds shows a strong sentiment increase Gold and emerging market equities are the only two asset classes to not have higher sentiment since this time last year LONDON, 15-4-2014 … Read the full press release

Bank of Scotland PMI report for March: Scotland’s private sector economy ended the opening quarter with another strong month of growth

March sees marked growth in manufacturing and service sector output Rate of job creation is solid but slower than in February Cost inflation drops to 54-month low Edinburgh, Scotland, 15-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Scotland’s private sector economy ended the opening quarter with another … Read the full press release

The Covéa group leases “Tivoli” real estate complex from Crédit Agricole Assurances for its new headquarters

Crédit Agricole Assurances, which owns the 22,000 sq.m “Tivoli” real estate complex on Rue Saint Lazare in Paris’ 9th arrondissement, is able to confirm its letting to the Covéa group. Paris, 15-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Covéa group is leasing the “Tivoli” … Read the full press release

Nestlé reports CHF 20.8 billion sales in Q1 2014, organic growth of 4.2%, real internal growth of 2.6%, full year outlook unchanged

Sales of CHF 20.8 billion, organic growth of 4.2%, real internal growth of 2.6% Growth in developed markets 0.6%, emerging markets 8.5% Full-year outlook unchanged: organic growth around 5% and improvements in margins, underlying earnings per share in constant currencies and capital … Read the full press release

ŠKODA AUTO sold 247,200 vehicles in Q1 2014, 12.1% up over the same period last year

Record quarter: ŠKODA delivers 247,200 vehicles to customers in the first three months (January to March 2013: 220,400; up 12.1%) Record March: 96,100 deliveries, up 14.6% Growth with new models; ŠKODA grows by 17% in Europe in the first quarter Western-European … Read the full press release

Volkswagen Group delivered 2.40 million vehicles in Q1 2014, 5.8 percent up YoY

929,500 vehicles delivered in March / +7.6 percent* Group Board Member for Sales Christian Klingler: “All in all, first-quarter deliveries very satisfactory. Prospect of return to modest growth on markets in Western Europe.” Wolfsburg, Germany, The Volkswagen Group delivered 2.40 (January-March 2013: 2.27; … Read the full press release

Repsol incorporó a su plantilla a más de un millar de trabajadores en 2013

Fuerte compromiso de la compañía con la creación de empleo de calidad Repsol incorporó a su plantilla a 1.062 personas durante el pasado año, de los que un 49% fueron mujeres. En los últimos tres años, Repsol ha contratado una … Read the full press release