MOSCOW, Russia, 21-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Trading in American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) representing Gazprom’s shares started today at the Moscow Exchange. Listing of Gazprom’s ADRs at a Russian stock exchange assures higher demand for these securities and, consequently, the Company’s shares. It is another milestone of Gazprom’s consistent efforts aimed … Read the full press release
Net profit for the six months doubled to €305m Equity investments worth €500m sold, yielding €150m gains CT1 ratio 11.9% Milan, Italy, 20-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Interim financial statements as at 31/12/13 approved In the six months under review, with the economic … Read the full press release
Milan, Italy, 20-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — At a general meeting held on 19 February 2014, with Angelo Casò in the chair, the parties to the Mediobanca shareholders’ agreement: approved a resolution to reduce the minimum percentage of the Bank’s share capital syndicated … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Investment, Italy, Management
Tagged Angelo Casò, Bolloré group, Dieter Rampl, Ennio Doris, Federico Ghizzoni, Financière du Perguet, Giampiero Pesenti, Gilberto Benetton, Marco Tronchetti Provera, Mediobanca, Mediobanca shareholders’ agreement, shareholders’ agreement, Tarak Ben Ammar, Vincent Bolloré
Helsinki, Finland, 19-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Mikael Laine has been appointed Senior Vice President, Strategy as of 7 April 2014. He will be a member of the Executive Board and reports to President and CEO Mika Vehviläinen. Mikael Laine, M.Sc. Econ, (b. … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Industrial, Management, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged appointed, Cargotec, member of the Executive Board, Mikael Laine, Senior VP
Helsinki, Finland, 19-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Hiab, part of Cargotec, introduces the new HIAB S-HiPro 130 crane. Designed for mounting on top of the vehicle, it frees up maximum space for stowing refuse. This makes collecting household waste in congested cities faster, … Read the full press release
Copenhagen, Denmark, 19-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Strong operational performance and underlying earnings growth while investing for the coming years Unless otherwise stated, comments in this announcement refer to full-year performance. Financial highlights Organic net revenue growth of 1% to DKK 66.6bn (Q4: … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Denmark, Financial, Food & Beverage, Investment
Tagged Ben Morton, BSP1, Carlsberg Group, Carlsberg Group financial statement, financial statement, Iben Steiness, Jens Bekke, Jørgen Buhl Rasmussen, negative market impact in Russia, outlet restrictions, Peter Kondrup, strong operational performance, underlying earnings growth
Leidschendam, Netherlands, 18-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Fugro Subsea Services has been awarded a long term contract by Sarawak Shell Berhad / Sabah Shell Petroleum Company Limited (Shell) for the provision of underwater inspection, maintenance and repair services at their subsea infrastructure across … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Netherlands
Tagged Fugro Subsea Services, Fugro's QHSE system, Malaysia, Sabah Shell Petroleum Company Limited, Sarawak Shell Berhad, Shell, subsea infrastructure, underwater inspection, underwater maintenance, underwater repair services, USD 250 million 5-year contract
Revenue declines slightly by 3.1% from EUR 8.7 to EUR 8.4 billion At EUR 1.01 billion, operating result (EBITDA) just slightly below last year’s figure (EUR 1.04 billion) At EUR 573 million, profit from operations (EBIT) is 5.6% or EUR … Read the full press release
VÉLIZY-VILLACOUBLAY, France, 14-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, world leader in 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions announces that it commenced a cash tender offer for all … Read the full press release
Paris, France, 14-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Danone today (February 12, 2014) announced an agreement, together with COFCO Dairy Investments, to subscribe a reserved rights issue by China’s leading dairy company Mengniu, raising its interest in this company from 4.0% to 9.9% for an investment … Read the full press release
Helsinki, Finland, 14-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Sampo Group’s profit before taxes for 2013 rose to EUR 1,668 million compared to EUR 1,622 million in 2012. Total comprehensive income for the period, taking changes in the market value of assets into account, amounted … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Finland, Insurance, Investment, Management
Tagged increased dividend, Kari Stadigh, Maria Silander, profit before taxes, Sampo Group, Sampo's dividend
Among all of the German universities, the Technische Universität München (TUM) has won the largest amount of research funding from the just-expired Seventh Framework Program (FP7) of the EU, with a total of more than 130 million euros. The latest … Read the full press release
Paris, France, 12-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Altran has announced the acquisition of 100% of Foliage, a Burlington, Massachusetts-based company founded in 1991. This strategic acquisition will reinforce the Group’s offer in innovative product development, a segment where Altran is already active through its subsidiary … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, France, Industrial, Investment, Management, Technology
Tagged acquire, acquisition, Altran, Cambridge Consultants, Choate Hall & Stewart LLP, Deloitte, Foliage Inc, Goodwin Procter LLP, JM Financial, Massachusetts, Nishith Desai Associates, Philippe Salle, Timothy Bowe
London, UK, 11-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Standard Chartered has appointed Michael Benz as the Bank’s new Group Head of Private Banking. This appointment is effective 17 February 2014. Michael joins Standard Chartered with a wealth of experience spanning more than 20 years in … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Investment, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged Anna Marrs, appointed, Group Head of Private Banking, Jonathan Wong, Michael Benz, Standard Chartered
London, UK, 11-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Standard Chartered Private Equity (“SCPE”), the investment division of Standard Chartered Bank, announced that it has committed a further USD15 million (ZAR150 million) to existing portfolio company and Bank client, Afrifresh Group (Proprietary) Limited (“Afrifresh”) – … Read the full press release
Paris, France, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, world leader in 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today reports IFRS unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and year … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, France, Investment, Management, Technology
Tagged 19500 new customers, 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up, 3DEXPERIENCE Release 2014x, Apriso, Dassault Systèmes, IFRS unaudited financial results, molecular chemistry capabilities, Product Lifecycle Management, proposed Accelrys acquisition, SOLIDWORKS
Draft Framework Regulation sets out how ECB will cooperate with national competent authorities (NCAs) Final version to be published by 4 May 2014 ECB to fully assume its supervisory tasks on 4 November 2014 Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ … Read the full press release
Riga, Latvia, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — ABLV Private Equity Fund 2010, KS which is a part of ABLV Group, has increased its shareholding in the leading Latvian pharmaceutical company AS Grindeks to 22.66%. In addition to AS Grindeks shares previously owned, ABLV … Read the full press release
Riga, Latvia, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — January in global stock market can be divided into two parts. During the first half of the month, trends of the previous year were continued – decoupling in stock markets of developed and emerging countries. Most … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Investment, Latvia
Tagged ABLV, ABLV open-end mutual funds, Global stock market, mutual funds
Brussels, Belgium, 7-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Pursuant to the Belgian Law of May 2, 2007 relating to the publication of major shareholdings in listed companies, Delhaize Group (Euronext Brussels: DELB – NYSE: DEG), the Belgian international food retailer, has received a notification of … Read the full press release
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