OUTSTANDING RATING OF A+ WITH STABLE OUTLOOK CONFIRMED Profit increased by 41.4% to EUR 290.9 million – strong profit contribution from the CEE region Premiums stable at around EUR 5.0 billion – 1.0% increase, adjusted for exchange rate effects Combined … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Financial, Insurance, Management
Tagged Peter Hagen, Vienna Insurance Group
ASBANC, Peru’s National Bank Association, has chosen Ericsson as partner to design and implement its Mobile Money project, the country’s largest private initiative for financial inclusion The solution is explicitly tailored to provide a new channel enabling financial inclusion, providing … Read the full press release
Riga, Latvia, 22-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — During the first half of 2014, the bank and other companies of ABLV Group continued to grow, due to consistent implementation of the group’s development strategy. Although the situation in several our target markets was … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Investment, Latvia, Management
Tagged ABLV Bank AS, Ernests Bernis
MOSCOW, 22-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Open Joint Stock Company “MegaFon” (LSE: MFON), a leading Russian telecommunications operator (“MegaFon” or “the Company”), announces that Standard and Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”) has affirmed the Company’s foreign and local currency corporate rating at the “BBB-” level and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Investment, Management, Russia, Telecom
Tagged foreign and local currency corporate, Gevork Vermishyan, MegaFon, S&P, “BBB-” level
Herbstkampagne mit Marcel Hirscher setzt auf junge Erwachsene Motto „Geh deinen eigenen Weg. Dann kannst du jedes Ziel erreichen.“ „Around-the-World“-Flugtickets zu gewinnen Raiffeisen-Zielsparen im Fokus VIENNA, 21-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Ein Raiffeisen-Beratungsschwerpunkt im diesjährigen Herbst widmet sich ganz den jungen Erwachsenen. Die … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Banks, Business, Financial, Management, Marketing
Tagged Ingrid Krenn-Ditz, Raiffeisen
MOSCOW, 21-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — By virtue of the decision made at the Annual General Meeting of OAO LUKOIL of June 26, 2014, the company has fulfilled its dividend-payment obligations based on the 2013 financial performance. In view of the new dividend payment … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Management, Russia
Tagged dividend payment, LUKOIL’s shareholder, OAO LUKOIL, RF legislation
Riga, Latvia, 20-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The SAF Tehnika’s non-audited consolidated net sales for the fourth quarter of financial year 2013/14 were 3.46 million EUR, increasing by 4% or 0.12 million EUR compared to the fourth quarter of the previous financial year and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Electronics & Machinery, Financial, Latvia, Management, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Aira Loite, SAF Tehnika
STOCKHOLM, 20-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Registrations are now open for Electrolux annual Capital Markets Day, which will take place in Charlotte, North Carolina on November 20, 2014. The seminar will be hosted by Keith McLoughlin, President and CEO, and Tomas Eliasson, CFO, together … Read the full press release
Leading global information services company makes donation to nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering children in South Africa Costa Mesa, Calif., 19-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Experian®, the leading global information services company, has started a new partnership with Ubuntu Education Fund, a … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Financial, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged Erin Haselkorn, Experian, Ubuntu Education Fund
Nottingham, UK, 19-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Nottingham Business School’s first fully sponsored in-company degree students have all graduated with top degrees and permanent employment at Experian, the global information services company. The business school, part of Nottingham Trent University, has been working with Experian … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Financial, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged Chris Clark, Experian, Helen Breese, Nottingham Business School, Polly Pick, Rebecca Warrington
Tallinn, Estonia, 15-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Data from Statistics Estonia show that the number of employed fell by 1.2% year on year in the second quarter of 2014. A low rate of participation in the labour force meant that the unemployment rate … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Estonia, Financial, Society
Tagged Eesti Pank, Labour market statistics, Orsolya Soosaar
Sabadell, Spain, 15-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — As part of its balance sheet transformation strategy, as defined in its strategic plan 2014-2016, the Plan Triple, Banco Sabadell has sold a fully provisioned loan portfolio with a total volume of 554 million euros, to the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Management, Spain
Tagged Aiqon Capital, Banco Sabadell, Miguel Montes
Bilateral loan of EUR 51 million SMEs deliver special equipment for environmentally friendly production Recycling: wood chips processed into various particle board materials FRANKFURT, 12-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — KfW IPEX-Bank is using a loan worth EUR 51m to finance the export of … Read the full press release
Paris, 12-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Safran (NYSE Euronext Paris: SAF) has filed the French version of its 2014 Half- Year Financial Report (Rapport Financier Semestriel) with the French financial markets authority (Autorité des marchés financiers – AMF). The 2014 Half-Year Financial Report … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, Defence, Financial, France, Management, Technology
Tagged AMF, Catherine Malek, Frédéric Lucand, Peter Campbell, Safran
LONDON, 11-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — LCH.Clearnet Limited (LCH.Clearnet) has been granted clearing house recognition by the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF). Following recognition, LCH.Clearnet will offer SwapClear, RepoClear, ForexClear and Nodal clearing services to LCH.Clearnet’s clearing members based in Quebec. Michael … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Investment, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged AMF, LCH.Clearnet Limited, Michael Davie, the Autorité des marchés financiers
Shipping companies predict increased turnover and profits in 2014 Strong dynamic growth and increasing rates are expected in the bulk carrier market Shipping companies also see market opportunities for smaller and very large container vessels A wave of new construction … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Christian Nieswandt, HSH Nordbank AG, shipping companies
Stockholm, Sweden, 11-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Hexagon reports EUR 635.6 million net sales in January – June 2014 Second quarter 2014 Net sales amounted to 635.6 MEUR (635.1) Using fixed exchange rates and a comparable group structure, net sales increased by 6 … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Management, Sweden
Tagged Hexagon, Kristin Christensen
Prague, 8-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Komerční banka reported today consolidated net profit attributable to shareholders of CZK 6.4 billion for the first six months of 2014, up 1.2% year on year. The number of the Bank’s clients rose by 22,000 to 1,609,000, while … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Czech Republic, Financial, Management
Tagged Albert Le Dirac’h, Komerční banka
WARSAW, Poland, 8-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Management Board of Netia S.A. (hereinafter referred to as “Netia”, the “Issuer”) informs that on 6th August 2014 its subsidiary company Telefonia Dialog Spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością with its seat in Wrocław (hereinafter referred to … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Management, Poland, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Netia S.A., Telefonia Dialog
London, 8-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The use of contactless cards to make payments has continued to gain monthly momentum in the UK, according to figures released by Visa Europe today. Consumers made almost 20 million (19.7 million) contactless transactions across the UK in … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Society, Technology, United Kingdom
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