Zumtobel Group purchased remaining shares in Thorn Lighting Tianjin Thorn Lighting Tianjin intends to expand its business scope to all outdoor lighting applications Dornbirn, Austria / Tianjin, China, 30-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — In the course of growing its presence in the … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Electronics & Machinery, Financial, Industrial
Tagged ASIA, CHINA, Dornbirn, energy savings, LED products, outdoor lighting, outdoor lighting applications, Road lighting, shares, Thorn, Thorn Lighting Tianjin, Tianjin, Tianjin Yanyu Investment Company Limited, Tunnel lighting, Zumtobel Group
30-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Europe’s rural areas are home to 60% of the entire EU population and provide 56% of all jobs across the Union. Yet shortly after the agreement on the new Common Agricultural Policy, its future seems uncertain unless … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Business, European Union, Financial, Government, Investment, Lithuania, Politics
Tagged Andrius Kupčinskas, Committee of the Region's Commission for Natural Resources, Common Agricultural Policy, EU budget cuts, European Union rural areas, Kaunas, Lithuania, Mindaugas Kuklierius
30-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Central Bank (ECB) is publishing its report on the results of the July 2013 euro area bank lending survey today. The bank lending survey, which is conducted four times a year, usually at the beginning … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, European Union, Financial, Government
Tagged bank lending, ECB, euro area, July 2013 euro area bank lending survey, The European Central Bank
Luxembourg, 30-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The Schindler group is one of the largest groups in the world supplying elevators and escalators. Its parent company is Schindler Holding, established in Switzerland. The Schindler group operates through national subsidiaries, which include Schindler Management AG … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, European Union, Government, Industrial, Law, Luxembourg, Management
Tagged cartel, case C-501/11 P, Competition, elevator, escalator, EU Court of Justice, Judgment, Schindler Holding
30-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has today proposed to complete the legal framework for Europe-wide patent protection by updating EU rules on the jurisdiction of courts and recognition of judgements (the so-called “Brussels I Regulation”). The changes will prepare … Read the full press release
30-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — On a proposal from the President, the Board of Directors decided to appoint by written procedure on 19 July 2013 the following EIB Board Members as Expert Members and Alternate Expert Members of the Board of Directors: … Read the full press release
29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Ukraine’s Donbass mining region, which started developing in the late 19th century and became the industrial heart of the Soviet Union, is famous for its ruthless managers running gigantic plants and more recently the entire country. So it … Read the full press release
29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The world’s largest and most sophisticated commercial satellite was launched successfully from the European Space port in Kourou, French Guiana on 25 July. Called Alphasat, it will provide advanced voice and data communications for customers across Europe, … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Banks, Business, European Union, Financial, Science, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Alphasat, Centre national d'études spatiales, CNES, commercial satellite, EADS Astrium Satellites, EIB, ESA, European Space Agency, in-orbit validation, Inmarsat, Thales Alenia, voice and data communications
29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — HM Treasury has today announced that Her Majesty The Queen has agreed, on the recommendation of the Chancellor and Prime Minister, to appoint Sir Jon Cunliffe as Deputy Governor of the Bank of England with responsibility for … Read the full press release
29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The Harvard Kennedy School, the Harvard Business School and the Bank of England are today announcing that Paul Tucker, currently Deputy Governor for Financial Stability and member of the Monetary Policy Committee at the Bank of England, … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Education, Financial, Government, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged appointment, Bank of England, Bank of England Deputy Governor, Boston, Cambridge, Harvard Business School, Harvard Kennedy School, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Paul Tucker, Senior Fellow
29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Eurobank Ergasias S.A. (“Eurobank”) signed today two binding agreements with the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (“HFSF”) to acquire 100% of the shares and voting rights of New TT Hellenic Postbank S.A. (“HPB”) and New Proton Bank S.A. (“Proton”). … Read the full press release
Princeton, New Jersey, 29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Sandoz announced today that the US Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has invalidated several patents asserted against the company by Teva Pharmaceuticals in litigation concerning a generic version of Copaxone® – one of the leading … Read the full press release
Net profit increased 5% like for like compared to the first half of 2012 Madrid, 29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Enagás reported net profit of €202Mn in the first half of 2013. This is figure is 5% higher than the profit reported in the … Read the full press release
El Presidente de la Compañía, Antonio Llardén, ha explicado al Ministro cómo desde esta instalación se coordina en tiempo real el funcionamiento del Sistema Gasista español Madrid, 29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — El Ministro de Industria, Energía y Turismo, José Manuel Soria, … Read the full press release
29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Six Month Report, January-June 2013 Highlights: Revenue increased by 4 percent; adjusted for currency effects, revenue increased by 8 percent and amounted to SEK 62.7 billion (60.6). Order bookings in Construction operations amounted to SEK 60.3 billion … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Financial, Investment, Management, Sweden
Tagged divestments, financial assets, income, Johan Karlström, order backlog, revenue, Skanska, Skanska AB
29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — In order to make the Skanska share more readily available to American investors Skanska has launched a Level I American Depositary Receipt (ADR) program for Skanska series B shares in the US. J.P. Morgan is appointed as … Read the full press release
The popular Monster High universe comes alive in a new app from Egmont Kids Media where the reader makes the stories unfold with sound effects and lively animations. 29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — In Monster High, the new app from Egmont Kids … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Denmark, Education, Entertainment, Media, Technology
Tagged app, Christina Gustafson, comics, Egmont Kids Media, iPad app, Monster High, Monster High comics
Paris (France), 29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The Board of Directors of Technicolor (Euronext Paris: TCH) met yesterday to review the Group’s results for the first half of 2013 (unaudited). H1 2013 highlights Revenue growth at constant scope and currency: up 3.1% at €1.6 billion, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Entertainment, France, Internet & Online, Investment, Media, Technology
Tagged cash flow, EBITDA, H1 2013 unaudited results, Net profit, Q2 2013 unaudited results, revenue, Technicolor
Paris (France), 29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Technicolor (Euronext Paris: TCH) today announced the signature of an intellectual property collaboration agreement with Sony Corporation (NYSE:SNE), which strengthens its strategic patent licensing initiative in the field of smartphones. Technicolor has acquired select patents … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Entertainment, France, Internet & Online, Law, Media, Technology
Tagged AMOLED, haptics, intellectual property, intellectual property collaboration agreement, LCD, LTE, patent applications, patent licensing, Patents, smartphones, software, Sony Corporation, tablets, Technicolor, UMTS, user interface, video compression, WCDMA, Wi-Fi
29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The annual growth rate of total credit extended to the domestic private sector stood at -4.1% in June 2013, from -3.7% in the previous month. The net flow of total credit to the domestic private sector was … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Government, Greece
Tagged bank credit, domestic private sector lending, lending, National Bank of Greece
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