Genoa, Italy, 15-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Genoa, 3 October 2013 – In relation to the 3,952,361 bonds currently outstanding of the Banca CARIGE 1.50% 2003-2013 hybrid subordinated issue with premium for redemption, convertible into ordinary shares (denominated: “Banca Carige 1,50%, 2003 – … Read the full press release
Boulogne-Billancourt, France, 15-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — On December 3, 2003, Compagnie Générale des Etablissements Michelin (“CGEM”) issued €500 million worth of 6.375% lowest ranking subordinated notes due December 3, 2033 (“TSRs”). The notes are redeemable in cash and are traded on NYSE … Read the full press release
Washington D.C., United States, 15-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Yesterday (2013-10-13), on the occasion of the 2nd annual meeting of the International Development Finance Club (IDFC) the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon met with IDFC CEOs. During their meeting IDFC members discussed … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Germany, Investment, Management, Politics
Tagged 2014 Climate Summit, Ban Ki-moon, climate financing, Dr Charis Pöthig, Dr. Ulrich Schröder, green finance commitments, IDFC, KfW, KfW Group, Secretary-General of the United Nations, The International Development Finance Club, UN Secretary-General, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Washington
Provision of a loan of 10m US-dollars Renewed partnership with Cravings Group Cologne, Germany, 15-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — DEG – Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, extends its cooperation with the Philippine Cravings Group: it provides the Group with a long-term loan … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Education, Financial, Food & Beverage, Germany, Investment, Small Business
Tagged DEG, Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, diploma courses in the culinary, expansion investments, long-term loan, Philippine Cravings Group, Philippine peso, PHILIPPINES, training
Taïwan, 15-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Morpho (Safran), a leading supplier of Near Field Communication (NFC) services, products and platforms, has been selected to provide an innovative NFC service to Bank SinoPac in Taïwan on August 19, 2013. VIP customers of Bank SinoPac … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, France, Security & Safety, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Bank SinoPac, chip-based payment cards, contactless terminal, credit card embedded in a Micro SD card, EMVCo standard, Jamie Cheng, Mareike NEUMAYER, mobile payment, mobile payment lifestyle, Morpho, Near Field Communication (NFC), NFC-enabled Micro SD card, prepaid gift card, Safran, Taiwan, Thian Yee Chua
Income Fund of America notified EDP that, in accordance with article 20 of the Portuguese Securities Code, it holds a qualifying shareholding of 73,654,630 ordinary shares of EDP, which corresponds to 2.01% of EDP’s share capital and 2.01% of the respective … Read the full press release
Luxembourg, 11-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — On the occasion of the United Nations International Day for Disaster Reduction, the European Court of Auditors announced today that new guidelines for audit institutions to improve the state of disaster risk reduction around the world … Read the full press release
Gosselies, Belgium, 11-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The Sonaca Group recorded very good results during the first semester of 2013, compared with the same period in 2012. More specifically, the results are the following: – A delivery of 557 shipsets to our customers, against … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Belgium, Business, Financial
Tagged aircraft wings, Bernard Delvaux, Gosselies, operating income, Sonaca Group, Sonaca operating income
Sandefjord, Norway, 11-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — In the first eight months of 2013, the Jotun Group reported sales of paint and powder coatings of NOK 8 174 million. This is an increase from NOK 7 686 million in the same period last … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Financial, Industrial, Norway, Technology
Tagged Jotun Group, Jotun Group sales, Jotun sales growth, Morten Fon, paint, powder coatings, Sverre Knudsen
Helsinki, Finland, 11-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Wärtsilä Corporation will publish its Interim Report for the period January-September on Thursday 24 October 2013 at 8.30 a.m. Finnish time. The report will be available in pdf-format and in a web-based report system at www.wartsilareports.com as well … Read the full press release
London, UK, 10-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Farmers will be able to obtain funding to set up small anaerobic digestion (AD) plants under a government-funded loan scheme which opens today. The technology turns waste into energy, reduces greenhouse gas emissions and produces … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Food & Beverage, Government, Investment, United Kingdom
Tagged AD Loan Fund, AD technology, anaerobic digestion plants, bio-fertiliser, Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs, ENERGY, farm waste, farmers, funding, government-funded loan scheme, greenhouse gas emissions, Liz Goodwin, On Farm Anaerobic Digestion Fund, Owen Paterson, renewable energy, The Rt Hon Owen Paterson MP, waste, WRAP
London, UK, 10-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — A package of investment in the 8 great technologies of the future will accelerate high-tech progress from the lab to the marketplace and help drive UK economic growth, Science and Universities Minister David Willetts announced. In … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Environment, Financial, Government, Investment, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Agri-Tech Catalyst, agricultural technologies, climate change, Department for Business Innovation & Skills, Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs, energy storage, food production, gene sequencing, Guy’s Hospital, HEFCE, Iain Gray, Lord de Mauley, meteorologists, NERC, NOAA, OSNAP, population growth, Professor Douglas Kell, South Glasgow Hospitals Campus, Technology Strategy Board, The Rt Hon David Willetts MP, UK synthetic biology industry, UKRPIF
London, United Kingdom, 10-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — AstraZeneca today announced that on 4 October MedImmune, its global biologics research and development arm, completed its acquisition of Amplimmune, a privately-held, US-based biologics company focused on developing novel therapeutics in cancer immunology. As previously announced, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Healthcare, Investment, Pharma & Biotech, United Kingdom
Tagged acquisition, Amplimmune, Anthony Brown, anti-PD-L1 mAb, AstraZeneca, autoimmune disease, Ayesha Bharmal, biologics, Cancer, cancer cells, cancer immunology, co-inhibitory molecules, co-stimulatory molecules, Colleen Proctor, Ed Seage, Esra Erkal-Paler, Gaithersburg, immune system, immune-mediated cancer therapy, IMT-C, infectious disease, Jacob Lund, Jens Lindberg, Karl Hård, MEDI-4736, MedImmune, mOX40 mAb, therapeutics, Tracy Rossin, transplantation, tremelimumab
Hamburg, Kiel Frankfurt, Munich, Germany, 09-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The Munich-based Railpool GmbH is expanding its management team. The two shareholders of the company, HSH Nordbank and KfW IPEX-Bank, have appointed Torsten Lehnert and Thorsten Priebe to the management team as at … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Banks, Business, Financial, Germany, Management, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged diesel multiple units, Dr Walter Breinl, Electrical Multiple Units, Ellen Stoessinger, Hamburg, HSH Nordbank AG, KfW IPEX-Bank, Kiel Frankfurt, locomotives, Mirko Wollrab, Munich, rail vehicles, Railpool GmbH, railway operators, Rune Hoffmann, Thorsten Priebeappointed, Torsten Lehnert, Wilhelm Wellner
Whitley, Coventry, UK, 09-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Whitley 4th October 2013. Jaguar Land Rover UK is celebrating record September sales with retail figures up 13 per cent year-to-date over the same period last year. Land Rover had its best ever September month of … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Financial, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged Alexina Jackson, Dan Connell, Freelander, Jaguar, Jaguar Land Rover UK, Jeremy Hicks, Kim Palmer, Land Rover, Land Rover Defender, Land Rover Discovery, Lucy Reynolds, Rachel Murray, Range Rover, Range Rover Evoque, Range Rover Sport, record September 2013 sales, retail figures, the all new Range Rover
Stockholm, Sweden, 09-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Hexagon AB, leading global provider of design, measurement and visualization solutions, has entered into an agreement to acquire Airborne Hydrography AB (AHAB), a provider of airborne laser survey systems for hydrographic and topographic surveys. Founded in … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Sweden, Technology
Tagged above-water topographic maps, acquired, acquisition, AHAB, airborne bathymetric LiDAR technology, Airborne Hydrography AB, airborne laser survey systems, geospatial technologies, Hexagon, hydrographic software, hydrographic surveys, hydrographic systems, Jönköping, Kristin Christensen, map coastal zones, map land, map seafloors, Mattias Stenberg, Ola Rollén, Sweden, topographic software, topographic surveys, topographic systems
Stockholm, Sweden, 09-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Hexagon AB, leading global provider of design, measurement and visualisation solutions, has signed an agreement to acquire Devex, a leading player in the field of automation solutions for mining operations. Devex is a Brazilian company with … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Sweden, Technology
Tagged 3D environments, acquire, acquisition, Brazil, Devex, Hexagon, Kristin Christensen, Mattias Stenberg, measurement technologies, mine activities real-time control, mine activities remote monitoring, mine-management software solutions, mining, Ola Rollén, open-pit mines, optimising mine performance, software, underground mines, visualisation technologies
Hamburg/Kiel, Germany, 09-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — HSH Nordbank has successfully sold its 25% stake in Northern Diabolo. In 2007, the Bank financed the rail track linking Brussels Airport to the Belgian long-distance railway system – and thus one of the country’s most … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Belgium, Business, Financial, Germany, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment
Tagged Belgian long-distance railway system, Belgian rail project, Brussels Airport, Ellen Stoessinger, equity, Hamburg, HSH Nordbank AG, infrastructure, Kiel, loan, Marcus Kleiner, Mirko Wollrab, Paris-Brussels-Antwerp axis, private public partnership, rail track, railway, Rune Hoffmann
Luxembourg/Sofia, 08-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Municipality of Sofia today signed a new loan agreement of EUR 50 million to support the implementation of the Bulgarian capital city’s master plan. The loan will finance a transport … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Construction, Financial, Government, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Bulgaria, construction, Dušan Ondrejička, EIB, loan agreement, Mihai Tanasescu, Municipality, Municipality of Sofia, rehabilitation, Sofia, The European Investment Bank, transport infrastructure projects
London, UK, 04-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — European consumers have made 211 million contactless purchases in the last 12 months (August 2012 to July 2013), according to figures released today from Visa Europe. The monthly contactless spend has also increased six fold to €285 million in July … Read the full press release
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