UTMOST CONFIDENCE FOR THE 2015 OUTLOOK – GOOD REVENUE MOMENTUM: €23,880M (+4.9% AT CONSTANT EXCHANGE RATES AND +1.6% AT CONSTANT SCOPE AND EXCHANGE RATES) – ONGOING REBALANCING BETWEEN THE GROUP’S CLIENT BASE: 61% MUNICIPAL AND 39% INDUSTRIAL – AJUSTED OPERATING … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, France, Industrial, Management
Tagged Antoine Frérot, Veolia, waste and energy management solutions, WATER
OPORTO, 3-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Altri, SGPS, S.A. hereby informs that its subsidiary Celulose Beira Industrial (Celbi), S.A. has issued, today, six-year bonds, in the amount of Euro 35,000,000 (thirty five million euros), by private placement, named “CELBI 2015/2021”. This … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Portugal
Tallinn, Estonia, 27-02-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Data from Statistics Estonia show that the average gross monthly wage increased by 5.3% over the year in the fourth quarter of 2014, and the gross hourly wage by 6%. This growth was faster than … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Estonia, Financial
Tagged Eesti Pank, gross monthly wage, Hanna Jürgenson, Orsolya Soosaar, Statistics Estonia
La entidad ha concedido un volumen superior a los 140 millones de euros del que se han beneficiado más de 15.600 familias MADRID, 27-02-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — El Grupo Liberbank ha concedido en 2014 un 50,42 por ciento más de … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Management, Spain
Tagged créditos personales, Liberbank
SCC is the Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) new secure Hosting Partner for delivering Universal Credit after signing a two-year partnership. Birmingham, UK, 26-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — It is the first secure hosting contract of this nature that SCC, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Internet & Online, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged DWP, Martin Parker, SCC, secure hosting, UK's Department for Work and Pensions, Universal Credit
Report from the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Geo-economics identifies seven geo-economic trends that could decelerate or even reverse globalization Trends include the rise in economic warfare, new-generation state capitalism and a rise in infrastructure-driven alliances Five lessons … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Economy, Financial, Switzerland
Tagged economic, geo-economics, Global Agenda Council, Mark Leonard, World Economic Forum
The world’s huge infrastructure demand cannot be met by the public sector alone; private investors and operators are needed, but they worry about political and regulatory risk. Today, political and regulatory risk takes many forms – from community protests to … Read the full press release
Croke Park, Ireland, 25-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The GAA and AIB today announced a unique new partnership agreement that will unite club and county for the first time under one sponsor. AIB, partner of the AIB GAA Club Championships for the last … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Ireland, Society, Sports
Tagged Allied Irish Banks, Bernard Byrne, Gaelic Athletic Association, Liam O’Neill, Uachtarán Cumann Luthchleas Gael
BREMEN, 25-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — wpd AG has closed all the supply contracts for the Nordergründe project. In addition, the Bremen wind farm developer and operator commissions the KfW IPEX Bank with the financing of the project using borrowed funds, … Read the full press release
After three years of recession, Italy may see a light at the end of the tunnel: higher GDP (+0.3%) in 2015 and in 2016 (+0.8%) Trading trends continued to worsen through 2014, despite some favorable signs. Both the frequency and … Read the full press release
DUBLIN, 25-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c, (AIB) today announced an agreement with global trade credit insurance leader Euler Hermes to support the exporting ambitions of Irish Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Euler Hermes has launched a new … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, France, Insurance, Ireland, Small Business
Tagged Allied Irish Banks, Bernard Byrne, Euler Hermes, Gerard van Kaathoven, global trade credit insurance, Irish SMEs, Ken Burke, p.l.c.
Holcim Leadership Journey contributes CHF 748 million to operating profit in 2014; significantly exceeds overall target with total benefits of CHF 1.85 billion Improvement in like-for-like net sales and operating profit and in net income Cement volumes increase thanks to … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Industrial, Management, Switzerland
Tagged Bernard Fontana, holcim, Ready-mix concrete
PARIS, 24-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Lafarge Board of Directors today decided to fix the proposed 2015 ordinary dividend at €1.27 per share. This adjustment aims at equalizing dividends to be paid by Lafarge and Holcim based on the dividend announced today … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Financial, France, Management
Tagged holcim, Lafarge, ordinary dividend
SGSS to benefit from streamlining default fund contributions and margin payments, as well as reduced clearing fees and settlement costs Reflects growing trend for clearing members to consolidate cash equity flow through one CCP LCH.Clearnet interoperable volumes up 50% over … Read the full press release
Levallois-Perret, France, 23-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Oberthur Technologies (OT), a world leader in digital security solutions for the mobility space today announced its selection by Getin Bank to introduce mobile proximity payments relying on HCE (Host Card Emulation), a cloud-based … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, France, Internet & Online, Poland, Technology
Tagged cloud-based protocol, Digital Identity and Transport & Access Control fields, Getin Bank, HCE, Host Card Emulation, machine-to-machine, Mobile Financial Services, mobile proximity payments, Oberthur Technologies, OT offers end-to-end solutions in the Smart Transactions, Payment, Telecommunications and Identity markets
PRAGUE, 20-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Komerční banka has cut the rates for all of its mortgage loans. Depending on the type of loan and the duration of the fixed-rate period, interest rates have been cut by 0.1 to 0.5 pp. … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Czech Republic, Financial, Real Estate
Tagged Komerční banka, mortgage loans, Patrice Begue, “Flexibilní hypotéka”
FRANKFURT, 20-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — For the first time ever, Helaba Invest managed to increase its Spezialfonds assets under management to over EUR 100 billion at the end of 2014. Since 2012, Helaba Invest has been pursuing a business strategy … Read the full press release
pbb schließt das Jahr 2014 mit mehr als 10 Mrd. € Neugeschäft und starkem Vorsteuerergebnis ab Möglicher Börsengang wird als Alternative zum Bieterverfahren vorbereitet München, 20-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Die Hypo Real Estate Holding AG (HRE) hat am Dienstag mit der … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Germany, Management, Real Estate
Tagged Andreas Arndt, Citigroup, Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG, Dr. Günther Bräunig, HRE, Hypo Real Estate Holding AG, pbb
HAMBURG, 19-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — In the coming financial year 2015/2016, the Otto Group plans a high double-digit million investment in the venture capital business. With this move, the international retail and services group will build on its position as … Read the full press release
Preliminary sales increase by 9.3% year on year to the record level of EUR 694.7 million in 2014 Preliminary adjusted EBITA improves by 7.9% to EUR 121.5 million Preliminary adjusted EBITA margin remains at a high level of 17.5% Maintal, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Germany, Management, Technology
Tagged engineered joining technology, Norma Group, Werner Deggim
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