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Rabobank’s Dutch Housing Market Quarterly: existing homes market slowly picks up after over five years of crisis

Utrecht, Netherlands, 14-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — After over five years of crisis, the market for existing homes is slowly but surely picking up again in the current year and this trend is set to continue next year. The number of owner-occupied houses … Read the full press release

Barco NV updates on its share buy-back program

Kortrijk, Belgium, 14-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — In accordance with the regulations Barco NV hereby discloses information regarding the acquisition of own shares. Under the framework of the share buy-back program, as announced per 7th May 2014, the company reports today that during the … Read the full press release

Ericsson acquires media services company Red Bee Media

Ericsson welcomes 1,500 new employees to its growing broadcast services business Expands list of high-profile broadcast services customers The UK becomes a major global media hub for Ericsson Stockholm, Sweden, 13-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) has completed its acquisition of … Read the full press release

Belgacom reports commercially strong 2014 first quarter

Financial performance in line with company expectations, full-year guidance reiterated Mobile service revenue trend further improving Solid operational performance: Mobile Postpaid, TV & Fixed Internet customer base further growing Brussels, Belgium, 13-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Solid operational results: Mobile Postpaid, TV & … Read the full press release

ArcelorMittal Europe announces €58 million operating profit for the first three months of 2014

ArcelorMittal Europe today announced results for the first quarter of 2014. Luxembourg,  9-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The segment recorded an operating profit of €58 million for the first three months of 2014. This compares with an operating loss of €396 million in … Read the full press release

Banco de España director Linette Field appointed deputy director-general of Single Supervisory Mechanism at European Central Bank

Madrid, 9-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Linette Field, the current Head of Division of the Directorate General Micro-Prudential Supervision II of the European Central Bank, has been appointed to head one of the six Deputy Directorates General of the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM), which … Read the full press release

Abertis reports 4% increase in revenues in Q1 2014

Revenues: €1,095Mn (+4%). EBITDA: €686Mn (+8.2%). Net profit: €125Mn (+6% recurrent). Traffic January-April 2014: +3.8% across whole Abertis network, +2.7% in Spain Barcelona, 9-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Abertis outperformed market profit forecasts in the first quarter of 2014, with its main performance indicators … Read the full press release

Nokia launches Connected Car fund to invest in promising auto tech and local services companies

The fund will invest in promising auto tech and local services companies in collaboration with HERE, a Nokia company, to grow the ecosystem around HERE’s mapping and location products and services. Espoo, Finland, 8-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Nokia today announced the launch … Read the full press release

Accenture chief executive for United States Jorge Benitez to retire on June 1

NEW YORK, 8-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) announced today that Jorge Benitez will step down on June 1 as chief executive – United States and senior managing director – North America and retire from the company on Aug. 31, 2014. … Read the full press release

Accenture named Leader in Oracle Application Services Providers by analyst firm Forrester Research, Inc

NEW YORK, 8-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has been named a Leader in Oracle Application Services Providers by Forrester Research, Inc., a leading industry analyst firm. Accenture received the highest scores in numerous criteria, including Cloud deployment for Oracle, Experience … Read the full press release

Accenture appoints new Group Chief Executives; Stephen J. Rohleder for North America and Daniel T. London for Health & Public Service

NEW YORK, 8-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has appointed Stephen J. Rohleder to the newly created position of group chief executive – North America, to support the company’s continued focus on building a strong leadership position in key geographic markets. … Read the full press release

Ghent University PhD students won ‘Excellence in Law’ award at the International Academic Conference on Law and Politics

Ghent, Belgium, 8-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Angie Clocheret and Sibylle Van Belle, 2 assistant academic staff and PhD students in tax law at Ghent University, have won the ‘Excellence in Law’ award at the International Academic Conference on Law and Politics (IACLP) … Read the full press release

Symrise reports sales up by 8 % at local currency in Q1 2014

• Group sales up by 8 % at local currency • Increase in sales by 12 % in Emerging Markets • EBITDA up 9 % to € 101 million – EBITDA margin of 21.5 % • Earnings per share rise … Read the full press release

Eric Haller appointed as EVP of Experian DataLabs

Experian DataLabs use breakthrough data experimentation, analytical science and technology to solve business problems Costa Mesa, Calif., 6-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Experian®, the leading global information services company, today announced that Eric Haller will be the executive vice president of Experian … Read the full press release

Central Bank of Ireland reports findings of its assessment of governance and risk management standards and practices across the credit union sector

Dublin, Ireland, 5-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Central Bank of Ireland has today published a paper, circulated this week to credit unions and their trade bodies, on the findings of its assessment of governance and risk management standards and practices across … Read the full press release

DZ BANK Group reports all-time high profit before taxes of € 2.2 billion

The DZ BANK Group’s profit before taxes increased 68.5 per cent to an all-time high of € 2.2 billion Good operating performance throughout the entire DZ BANK Group Positive earnings effect due to reversals of impairment losses in DG HYP’s … Read the full press release

Gemalto to support BankID of Norway’s electronic authentication and legally-binding digital signatures with its Valimo mobile ID solution

Amsterdam, 5-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces that it will support BankID of Norway in creating a nationwide system for robust electronic authentication and legally-binding digital signatures using the Valimo mobile ID … Read the full press release

STRABAG PFS schliesst Geschäftsjahr 2013 stabil ab

Die STRABAG PFS sowie ihre Töchter und Auslandsgesellschaften haben das Geschäftsjahr 2013 mit einer Gesamtleistung von 955 Mio. Euro abgeschlossen. 871 Mio. Euro wurden davon in Deutschland erwirtschaftet (Vorjahr: 872 Mio. Euro). Leistung mit 871 Mio. Euro in Deutschland annähernd … Read the full press release

Rigby Group divested the Dutch division of its technology business SCC to North American based Systemax

Warwickshire, UK, 2-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Rigby Group (RG) plc has agreed to the sale of the Dutch division of its technology business SCC to North American based Systemax (NYSE: SYX). The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is due to … Read the full press release

EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG’s Annual General Meeting approved payout of € 0.69 dividend per entitled share

Karlsruhe, Germany, 1-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Annual General Meeting of EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG has discharged the Board of Management and Supervisory Board. The shareholders of EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG have also approved the payout of a € 0.69 dividend per … Read the full press release