04-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The Commission has today adopted a communication on shadow banking and proposed new rules for money market funds (MMFs). The communication is a follow-up to last year’s Green Paper on Shadow Banking (IP/12/253). It summarises the work undertaken so far by … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, European Union, Financial, Government, Law
Tagged Audrey Augier, Carmel Dunne, Chantal Hughes, credit intermediation, EC, Europe's financial system, European Commission, Green Paper on Shadow Banking, Michel Barnier, money market funds, regular banking system, shadow banking
04-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Bank pledges to offer unbeatable rates on High Street to FTBs On Monday 2nd September HSBC will launch ‘First for First-Time Buyers’, offering unbeatable mortgage rates on the High Street at 90% LTV.1 The ‘Best High Street Mortgage Provider’2 pledges … Read the full press release
Dallas, TX, 04-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Rolls-Royce has won a $13.7 million contract to replace the plant process computers (PPC) for the two generating units at Luminant’s Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant located near Glen Rose, Texas. Comanche Peak has two pressurized water reactors … Read the full press release
04-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Rosneft top managers increased their interests in the Company’s charter capital. Considerable shareholdings in the Company’s charter capital were acquired by Rosneft Vice Presidents Eric Maurice Liron, Zeljko Runje and Igor Maydannik: Eric Maurice Liron, First Vice President … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Investment, Management, Russia
Tagged Alexander Krastilevskiy, Andrey Shishkin, Andrey Votinov, Artem Prigoda, charter capital, Didier Casimiro, Eric Maurice Liron, Igor Maydannik, Igor Pavlov, Larisa Kalanda, management remuneration program, Peter Lazarev, Rosneft, Rosneft's charter capital, Sergey Mikhailov, Svyatoslav Slavinskiy, Thomas Hendel, Yuri Kalinin, Zeljko Runje
04-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — On Friday 23 August first direct, winner of Moneywise Most Trusted Mortgage Provider, reduced the rates on eleven of its Offset and Repayment mortgages by up to 0.2% to provide even better value to customers. Borrowers with 25-35% deposit or equity are … Read the full press release
04-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Rolls-Royce announced today that the largest capacity Syncrolift® shiplift to be built in Vietnam is now officially open for service. The Syncrolift has been installed as a key element of a major new shipbuilding and ship repair development at … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged Andrew Smith, Colonel Ha Son Hai, New Song Thu shipyard, Rolls-Royce, Rolls-Royce Syncrolift, Rolls-Royce Syncrolift shiplift, ship repair, Shipbuilding, shiplift, Syncrolift shiplift, Vietnam
Arnaud Castille joined Orange as Executive Vice President for Mergers and Acquisitions on 26 August 2013. Paris, 03-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — He replaced Vincent Benoît, who has left the Group. Arnaud previously served as a Director in the M&A Department at the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, France, Investment, Management, Telecom
Tagged acquisitions, appointment, Gervais Pellissier, Mergers, Orange, Sébastien Audra, Vincent Benoît
03-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Barclays PLC has announced the appointment of Bob Hoyt as Group General Counsel. He will succeed Mark Harding in this role, whose intention to retire was announced in February 2013. Mr Hoyt is expected to take up … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged Antony Jenkins, appointment, Barclays PLC, Bob Hoyt, Group General Counsel, Mark Harding, PNC Financial Services Group
Construction of 108 additional wind turbines approved Permit for Germany’s largest offshore wind farm cluster (approx. 1,000 MW) Important contribution to enhancing value of project portfolio 03-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — RWE Innogy yesterday received the permits for the Innogy Nordsee offshore wind … Read the full press release
England’s 1966 World Cup goalkeeper star back in the net to get older people online Barclays research finds older people could net savings of £742 a year by getting online “Bank and Banks” create 3,500 “Digital Eagles” to mentor those … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Internet & Online, United Kingdom
Tagged Barclays, Barclays Blackburn, Barclays Croydon, Barclays Darlington, Barclays Digital Eagle, Barclays Leeds, Barclays Mobile Banking, Barclays Online Banking, Barclays Pingit, Barclays South Shields, Gordon Banks, Steven Roberts, technophobe, “Bank and Banks”
03-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission, together with a consortium of ten European companies led by Shell, launches today the PETROBOT project, which will develop robots which can replace humans in inspections of pressure vessels and storage tanks widely used in … Read the full press release
03-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has approved a plan to orderly wind down the Austrian bank Hypo Group Alpe Adria (HGAA). The Commission found that the plan presented by the Austrian authorities is compatible with EU state aid rules. Together … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Banks, Business, European Union, Financial, Government, Investment
Tagged Antoine Colombani, Carinthia, debt issuance programme, EU state aid rules, HGAA, Hypo Alpe Adria Bank-International, Joaquin Almunia, Klagenfurt, Maria Madrid Pina, Partizipationskapital, risk weighted assets, Tier-1 instrument capital injection
Gwynt y Môr begins generating electricity Joint venture project of RWE Innogy, Stadtwerke München and Siemens making good progress Complete commissioning planned for 2014 Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm has officially generated and exported its first electricity, on track … Read the full press release
Zurich, 03-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich) announces that the Chairman, Josef Ackermann, has informed the Board of Directors that he is resigning from all his functions as a Board member with immediate effect. The Board of Directors respects and … Read the full press release
NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION (IN WHOLE OR IN PART) IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION US$84 BILLION EXPECTED RETURN TO SHAREHOLDERS £6 BILLION … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Investment, Technology, Telecom, United Kingdom
Tagged 13.2x EV / LTM OpFCF, 9.4x EV / LTM EBITDA, Cellco Partnership, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, CRET Depositary Interests, Goldman Sachs International, Kabel Deutschland Holding AG, US GAAP, Verizon, Verizon Business International Holdings B.V., Verizon Communications, Verizon Wireless, vodafone, Vodafone ADR, Vodafone Omnitel N.V., VZW Transaction
Luxembourg, 02-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) will launch its inaugural long-term bond issue in October, subject to market conditions. Investor marketing activities are currently being held in preparation for this inaugural bond. The ESM successfully started its bill … Read the full press release
02-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — In 2012/13, Pernod Ricard delivered asolid performance within, as anticipated, a less favourable environment than in 2011/12: Organic growth in profit from recurring operations was 6%(1), in line with the stated guidance. Emerging markets(2) maintained double-digit growth(1) (+10%) despite a slowdown in the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Food & Beverage, France, Investment, Management
Tagged Absolut, Absolut Vodka, Ballantine’s, Beefeater, Chivas, Chivas Regal, Danièle Ricard, Havana Club, Indian whiskies, Jameson, Martell, Pernod Ricard, Pernod Ricard 2012/13 results, Pernod Ricard financial income, Pernod Ricard net debt decreased, Perrier-Jouët, Pierre Pringuet, Ricard pastis, Royal Salute, Scotch whiskies, The Glenlivet
02-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Disclosure of transaction on GBL shares from 26 August till 30 August 2013 (included) Implementation of the authorization of the General Shareholders’ Meeting of April 12, 2011 GBL, directly and through its subsidiaries, acquired during the period from … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management
Tagged Brussels, GBL, GBL share buyback disclosure, Groupe Bruxelles Lambert, share buyback
Turin, Italy, 02-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The EXOR board of directors’ meeting, chaired by John Elkann, met today in Turin and approved the consolidated results for first half of 2013. At June 30, 2013 EXOR’s Net Asset Value (NAV) is €8,533 million. This … Read the full press release
02-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Vodafone confirms that it is in advanced discussions with Verizon Communications Inc. regarding the disposal of Vodafone’s US group whose principal asset is its 45% interest in Verizon Wireless for US$130 billion. The consideration would substantially comprise a … Read the full press release
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