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South West Trains-Network Rail Alliance and Department for Transport unveiled plans to deliver transformational capacity increase on one of Europe’s busiest rail networks

Posted on 19, August 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Proposals targeting 15% capacity increase by 2019 Work starts to procure more than 135 extra carriages for suburban routes Infrastructure investment to help drive reliability improvements 19-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Plans are being developed to deliver a transformational capacity increase on … Read the full press release →

Posted in Automotive, Business, Transportation & Logistics, Travel, United Kingdom

Tagged Department for Transport, London Waterloo, Patrick McLoughlin, rail investment strategy, rail networks, rail travel, South West Trains-Network Rail Alliance, Tim Shoveller, trains, Waterloo International Terminal

Wood Group PSN announced it retained its contract with Dana Petroleum for integrated support services in the North Sea

Posted on 19, August 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

19-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) has retained its contract with Dana Petroleum for integrated support services (ISC) in the North Sea, marking more than 14 years of continuous service as prime contractor on the Triton FPSO. The contract … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Management, United Kingdom

Tagged Bobbie Ireland, Carolyn Smith, Dana Petroleum, Dave Stewart, energy services company, integrated support services, North Sea, Pyeroy Group Limited, Richard Lyon, Triton FPSO, WGPSN, Wood Group Engineering, Wood Group GTS, Wood Group PSN

Innovative smartcard ticketing system StagecoachSmart introduced on Supertram network in Sheffield

Posted on 19, August 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Smarter ticketing scheme to make it easier for passengers to buy and use tram tickets Integrated smart travel now available on Stagecoach bus and tram services New Megarider Xtra ticket offers hassle-free automatic monthly payments 19-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Supertram passengers … Read the full press release →

Posted in Automotive, Business, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, Travel, United Kingdom

Tagged Integrated smart travel, Margaret Kay, Megarider Xtra ticket, Sheffield, smart ticketing scheme, Smarter ticketing scheme, Stagecoach bus services, Stagecoach tram services, StagecoachSmart, Supertram network, Supertram network in Sheffield

Mongolian Export Consulting Week training programme part of EU funded and EBRD implemented Support to SME Development in Mongolia

Posted on 19, August 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

19-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The Mongolian Management Consulting Institute (MMCI) has launched “Export Consulting Week”. The week will focus attention on export promotion activities, and will emphasise consulting as an effective tool to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) increase their … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Business, International Trade, Management, Small Business

Tagged Bat-Amgalan Baatarjav, EBRD, Enkhbat Enkhbayar, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, MMCI, Mongolian Export Consulting Week, Mongolian export promotion, Mongolian export training programme, Mongolian exports, Mongolian SMEs, Said Matthieu Le Blan, The Mongolian Management Consulting Institute

The European Union seeks WTO’s rule over Chinese anti-dumping duties imposed on steel seamless tubes imported from EU

Posted on 19, August 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

19-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Union today requested the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva to rule over a dispute concerning Chinese anti-dumping duties imposed on imports of high-performance stainless steel seamless tubes (“HP-SSST”) from the EU. The EU believes … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, European Union, Government, Industrial, International Trade, Law

Tagged Chinese Anti-dumping Duties, Chinese Anti-dumping Duties on Steel Tubes, Helene Banner, high-performance stainless steel seamless tubes, HP-SSST, incompatible with WTO law, John Clancy, steel seamless tubes anti-dumping duties, supercritical boilers, ultra-supercritical boilers, unjustified Chinese trade defence measures, World Trade Organisation, WTO law

Swiss National Bank’s stabilisation fund repaid the loan granted by the SNB parent company

Posted on 19, August 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Zurich, 19-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — On 15 August 2013, the stabilisation fund (StabFund) of the Swiss National Bank (SNB) repaid the loan granted by the SNB parent company in full. Under the terms of the agreement, UBS may exercise an option … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Government, Investment, Switzerland

Tagged FINMA, SNB, SNB StabFund Limited Partnership, Swiss Federal Banking Commission, Swiss National Bank, Swiss National Bank loan, UBS, Zurich

Biotie Therapies Corp. released its H1-2013 interim report

Posted on 19, August 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

19-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Company Highlights April – June 2013 Biotie obtained an exclusive option to acquire Neurelis, Inc., a private specialty pharmaceutical company based in San Diego, CA, focused on developing products for epilepsy and other disorders of the central nervous … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Financial, Finland, Healthcare, Investment, Pharma & Biotech

Tagged Alzheimer's disease, Biotie, Biotie Therapies Corp, BTT-1023, cognitive disorders, drugs for neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders, fibrotic liver disease, Lundbeck A/S, nalmefene, nepicastat, Neurelis, Parkinson's disease, post-traumatic stress disorder, SELINCRO, SYN120, The National Institute on Drug Abuse, Timo Veromaa, Tozadenant, VAP-1 antibody, Virve Nurmi

TDC reports for improved earnings within mobility services in its Q2-2013 Interim Report

Posted on 19, August 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

19-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — TDC’s core business is reflecting positive trends in performance. As presented in the Interim Report TDC’s earnings within mobility services showed improved development in the second quarter of 2013 compared with many past consecutive quarters, and its … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Denmark, Financial, Investment, Technology, Telecom

Tagged cable-TV business, Camilla Sebelius, Carsten Dilling, declining sales of mobile phones, Ib Konrad Jensen, Povl Damstedt Rasmussen, Rasmus Avnskjold, TDC, TDC improved earnings, TDC mobility services, TDC Q2-2013 Interim Report, TV market, YouSee

Saxo Bank strategists expect end of excessively easy money and turning point towards the slow QE withdrawal in their Q3 Outlook

Posted on 19, August 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

19-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Saxo Bank’s strategists expect the third quarter to be good for assets and believe Q3 could actually be a major pivot point, marking the end of excessively easy money and a turning point towards the slow withdrawal … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Business, Denmark, Economy, Financial, Investment

Tagged CFDs, derivatives, end of excessively easy money, ETFs, Futures, FX, Kasper Elbjørn, Options, Saxo Bank, Saxo Bank Q3 Outlook, Saxo Bank strategists, slow withdrawal of QE, Steen Jacobsen, Stocks, trading platforms

Bulgarian First Investment Bank AD to acquire 100% of shares of MKB Unionbank from Hungarian MKB

Posted on 19, August 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

19-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — First Investment Bank AD (Fibank) has signed with the Hungarian MKB a share purchase agreement to acquire 100% of shares of MKB Unionbank. The transaction will be closed after the customary regulatory approval process. Fibank is a … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Bulgaria, Business, Financial, Hungary, Investment

Tagged acquire, acquisition, Bulgarian banking sector, Bulgarian First Investment Bank AD, depositor trust, Fibank, Fibank acquires MKB Unionbank, First Financial Brokerage House, Hungarian MKB, Lazard Ltd, MKB Unionbank, Stephenson Harwood, Tsvetkova Bebov & Partners

EC claims back €180M of EU agricultural policy funds unduly spent by Member States

Posted on 19, August 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

19-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — A total of €180 million of EU agricultural policy funds, unduly spent by Member States, is being claimed back by the European Commission today under the so-called clearance of accounts procedure. However, because some of these amounts … Read the full press release →

Posted in Agriculture, Belgium, Business, European Union, Financial, Government

Tagged Area Aid, CAP expenditure, CAP payments, Common Agricultural Policy, EU agricultural policy funds, EU agricultural policy funds unduly spent by Member States, Export Refunds, Fanny Dabertrand, Intervention Storage, Land Parcel Identification System – Geographical Information System, Livestock Premiums, LPIS-GIS, POSEI, Potato Starch, Roger Waite, rural development

Credit Suisse: commodity market increased in July 2013 supported by positive macroeconomic data

Posted on 19, August 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Commodities were higher in July as fundamentals improved for some commodities, supported by positive macroeconomic data. 19-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Nelson Louie, Global Head of Commodities in Credit Suisse’s Asset Management business, said, “Based on the July Purchasing Managers Index reports, … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Commodities, Economy, Financial, Investment, Metals and Minerals, Switzerland

Tagged Commodities, Commodity Market, Credit Suisse AG, Credit Suisse Total Commodity Return Strategy, Credit Suisse’s Asset Management business, Improved Economic Indicators, Katherine Herring, Nelson Louie, Precious Metals, qualitative commodity research process, quantitative commodity research process, The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return

The European Commission to invest €13.7M for further development of cross-border digital public services

Posted on 16, August 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

16-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Following the successful collaboration between EU Member States, industry, national administrations, academia, the private sector and local communities on a series of projects to make living, working, travelling, studying and doing business across borders easier, the European Commission … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, European Union, Financial, Internet & Online, Investment, Law, Technology

Tagged cross-border digital public services, e-CODEX, e-SENS, efficiency of cross-border digital public services, eID, Electronic Simple European Networked Services, epSOS ePrescription system, EU Digital Agenda, fulfilling legal requirements, ICT-PSP, LSPs, Neelie Kroes, online SPOCS point, OpenPEPPOL, PEPPOL, setting up a company, STORK module, taking part in public tenders

Leading secure outsourcing group G4S signed with Global Choice to improve and speed up the check-in process for airport and airline passengers

Posted on 16, August 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

G4S has signed a new partnership with Global Choice, which will improve and speed up the check-in process for passengers 16-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The agreement will also introduce passenger handling backup systems for airlines and enable G4S to take on … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Security & Safety, Transportation & Logistics, Travel, United Kingdom

Tagged airport document verification, airport facial recognition systems, David Stockton, G4S, G4S and Global Choice partnership, G4S Global Aviation Solutions, Global Choice, John Kiss, Leading secure outsourcing group G4S, mobile check-in, Piers Zangana, secure outsourcing group G4S, speed up check-in process for airport passengers, US Transport Security Administration

Switzerland, Germany, and France scientists developed EU funded miniature “insect” eyes with high industrial potential in mobile robotics, smart clothing and medical applications

Posted on 16, August 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Digital Agenda: Swiss, French & German scientists develop miniature artificial insect eyes which could help prevent accidents 16-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Scientists in Switzerland, Germany, and France explored how the insect eye works and designed and built the first fully-functional miniature curved … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, European Union, Financial, France, Germany, Investment, Science, Switzerland, Technology

Tagged CURVACE project, developed EU funded miniature "insect" eyes, Drosophila fruit fly, EPFL Switzerland, France scientists, Frauenhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering, Germany scientists, medical applications, miniature "insect" eyes, miniature artificial insect eyes, mobile robotics, Neelie Kroes, ommatidia, PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, smart clothing, Switzerland scientists, University of Aix-Marseille and CNRS, University of Tübingen

EBRD lends US$25M to Kazakh beverage and food producer RG Brands

Posted on 16, August 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Leading beverage and consumer goods producer plans to enhance its capital structure to drive its expansion 16-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a US$ 25 million loan to RG Brands in Kazakhstan. The … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Food & Beverage, Investment

Tagged EBRD lends US$25M, FMCG producer in Kazakhstan, juice, Kazakh beverage and food producer, Kazakh beverage and food producer RG Brands, Kazakhstan, RG Brands iced tea, RG Brands nectars, RG Brands packaged tea, RG Brands snacks, RG Brands soft drinks, RG Brands UHT milk, RG Brands water, Svitlana Pyrkalo

G4S head of HR Colin Minto discusses global recruiting challenges for one of the world’s largest private employers with HR Review magazine

Posted on 16, August 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

With 620,000 employees who work in over 125 countries,in sometimes challenging environments, making sure we have the right people for the job is crucial 16-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — G4S’ Global Head of Resourcing recently talked to HR Review magazine about the challenges of … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Management, Media, Security & Safety, United Kingdom

Tagged Colin Minto, G4S, G4S Colin Minto, G4S Global Careers Centre, G4S head of resourcing Colin Minto, G4S HR expertise, G4S recruitment, global recruiting challenges, HR expertise, HR Review magazine, human resources, one of the world's largest private employers, Piers Zangana, secure outsourcing group

Bang & Olufsen unveils new innovative technology in its 65-inch plasma solution with the launch of BeoVision 12-65 New Generation

Posted on 16, August 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Bang & Olufsen launches new innovative technology in its 65-inch plasma solution that will take both sound and vision into a new era. The all-digital video platform and refined aesthetics create a market-leading package of great features and beautiful looks. To … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Denmark, Electronics & Machinery, Entertainment, Technology

Tagged Bang & Olufsen, Bang & Olufsen a/s, BeoLab 12 series, BeoVision 12-65, BeoVision 12-65 New Generation, David Lewis Designers, enhance the overall TV experience, innovative TrueImage(tm) technology, Struer

RWE Česká republika now offers transition to gas condensation boilers under the New Green Savings programme subsidies

Posted on 16, August 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

RWE and Viessmann have prepared a special follow-up package of benefits for the participants of this programme People can save almost half of the purchase and installation costs of a new gas condensation boiler Prague, 16-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The subsidies … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Czech Republic, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment

Tagged efficient gas boilers, gas boilers, gas condensation boilers, Martin Chalupský, New Green Savings programme subsidies, non-ecological solid-fuel boilers, Pavel Toman, RWE Česká republika, switch to natural gas, Tomáš Varcop

voestalpine AG’s workforce reached new record figure of 47,154 employees, Q1-2013/14 performance stable despite lower raw materials prices and weaker economy

Posted on 16, August 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

High capacity utilization remains unchanged in all divisions Headcount reaches new record level with 47,154 employees Revenue of EUR 2.94 billion in the first quarter of 2013/14 3.8% below previous year’s figure (EUR 3.05 billion) due to lower raw materials … Read the full press release →

Posted in Austria, Business, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Metals and Minerals

Tagged 154, lower raw materials prices, Peter Felsbach, voestalpine AG HBI project, voestalpine AG Headcount reached 47, voestalpine AG High capacity utilization, voestalpine EBIT results, voestalpine EBITDA in Q1-2013/14, voestalpine Revenue, weaker economy, Wolfgang Eder

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South West Trains-Network Rail Alliance and Department for Transport unveiled plans to deliver transformational capacity increase on one of Europe’s busiest rail networks

Wood Group PSN announced it retained its contract with Dana Petroleum for integrated support services in the North Sea

Innovative smartcard ticketing system StagecoachSmart introduced on Supertram network in Sheffield

Mongolian Export Consulting Week training programme part of EU funded and EBRD implemented Support to SME Development in Mongolia

The European Union seeks WTO’s rule over Chinese anti-dumping duties imposed on steel seamless tubes imported from EU

Swiss National Bank’s stabilisation fund repaid the loan granted by the SNB parent company

Biotie Therapies Corp. released its H1-2013 interim report

TDC reports for improved earnings within mobility services in its Q2-2013 Interim Report

Saxo Bank strategists expect end of excessively easy money and turning point towards the slow QE withdrawal in their Q3 Outlook

Bulgarian First Investment Bank AD to acquire 100% of shares of MKB Unionbank from Hungarian MKB

EC claims back €180M of EU agricultural policy funds unduly spent by Member States

Credit Suisse: commodity market increased in July 2013 supported by positive macroeconomic data

The European Commission to invest €13.7M for further development of cross-border digital public services

Leading secure outsourcing group G4S signed with Global Choice to improve and speed up the check-in process for airport and airline passengers

Switzerland, Germany, and France scientists developed EU funded miniature “insect” eyes with high industrial potential in mobile robotics, smart clothing and medical applications

EBRD lends US$25M to Kazakh beverage and food producer RG Brands

G4S head of HR Colin Minto discusses global recruiting challenges for one of the world’s largest private employers with HR Review magazine

Bang & Olufsen unveils new innovative technology in its 65-inch plasma solution with the launch of BeoVision 12-65 New Generation

RWE Česká republika now offers transition to gas condensation boilers under the New Green Savings programme subsidies

voestalpine AG’s workforce reached new record figure of 47,154 employees, Q1-2013/14 performance stable despite lower raw materials prices and weaker economy

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