Paris, France, 18-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — AREVA has been awarded a major services and solutions contract to support EDF in the maintenance and operation of eight nuclear reactors. The agreement covers a period of five years, with an option for two additional … Read the full press release
Paris, France, 15-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Today, Atos, an international information technology services company, is presenting, at the occasion of an Analyst Day held in its Headquarters in Bezons (France), its ambition for 2016. Thierry Breton, Chairman and CEO at Atos stated: “As … Read the full press release
Posted in France, Internet & Online, Investment, Management, Technology
Tagged Analyst Day, Atos, Bezons, Cloud services, Managed Services, Payments, Systems Integration, Thierry Breton
Paris, France, 15-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — UCL and Worldline, Atos subsidiary in e-payment and transactional services, have agreed to work together researching and developing new digital enterprises and apps. This is the first collaboration of its kind between the university and the … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, France, Internet & Online, Technology, Telecom, United Kingdom
Tagged apps, Atos, Claire Bishop, digital projects, Dominique Rerat, e-payment, internal app store, media projects, Mobile APP Ecosystem, Timothy Barnes, transactional services, UCL, UCL DECIDE, Worldline, Worldline’s Spanish division
Paris, France, 12-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Sanofi (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY) announces that it has successfully priced its offering of EUR 1 billion of notes, due 2023, bearing interest at an annual rate of 2.50%. The issue is drawn under the Company’s Euro … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, France, Healthcare, Investment, Pharma & Biotech, Science
Tagged bond, bookrunners, Citi, EURONEXT: SAN, HSBC, Laurence Bollack, NYSE: SNY, Sanofi, Santander GBM, Sébastien Martel, The Royal Bank of Scotland
Paris, France, 7-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Capgemini Group reports Q3 2013 consolidated revenues of €2,451 million, up 1.6% vs. Q3 2012 on a like-for-like basis (i.e. at constant Group structure and exchange rates). This return to growth confirms the steady improvement recorded … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, France, Investment, Technology
Tagged Capgemini Group, consolidated revenues, Paul Hermelin, revenue growth
Prestigious biennial honour recognises world’s best thought leadership in management and innovation Fontainebleau (France), Singapore and Abu Dhabi, 6-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Seven faculty members from INSEAD, the leading international business school, have been shortlisted for the 2013 Thinkers50 Awards. The biennial … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Education, France, Management, Science
Tagged Abu Dhabi, Awards, business school, faculty members, Fontainebleau, Gianpiero Petriglieri, Hal Gregersen, Herminia Ibarra, Ilian Mihov, INNOVATION, INSEAD, Laurence Capron, leadership, Management, Morten Hansen, Renee Mauborgne, Singapore, Thinkers50, Thinkers50 Awards, W Chan Kim
Paris, France, 5-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Marks & Spencer (M&S) today announces a new franchise partnership with Relay France, part of Lagardere Services group, to operate Marks & Spencer Food stores at popular travel locations in France. The first French Marks & … Read the full press release
Posted in Food & Beverage, France, Retail, Travel, United Kingdom
Tagged Aeroville, Emma Johnson, Frédéric Renault, Jan Heere, M&S, Marks & Spencer, Marks & Spencer Food stores, Michel Pérol, Relay France, So Ouest, travel retail
Joint Press Release Paris, France, 5-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The Vivendi and Lagardère Groups welcome the successful outcome of the mediation led by René Ricol under the authority of the Paris Tribunal de Commerce (commercial court) and the terms agreed concerning the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, France, Investment, Law, Media
Tagged Anthony Mellor, Canal+ France, Eileen McLaughlin, France Bentin, Jean-Louis Erneux, Jean-Michel Bonamy, Jim Fingeroth (Kekst), Lagardère, Lagardère Group, Paris Tribunal de Commerce, Ramzi Khiroun, René Ricol, Solange Maulini, Thierry Funck-Brentano, Vivendi
Moscow, Russia, 4-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — On the occasion of the official visit of the French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, Thales announces the signature of a Cooperation Agreement in the area of intense laser systems designed for scientific application. This agreement has … Read the full press release
WatchFrog and Veolia will industrialize their testing process to detect the presence of endocrine disruptors in wastewater treatment plants. Paris, France, 1-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — WatchFrog, a spin-off of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, has developed smart biosensors to rapidly … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, France, Management, Science, Technology
Tagged ActifloCarb, biodiversity, emerging micro pollutants, endocrine disruptors, National Museum of Natural History in Paris, Sandrine Guendoul, smart biosensors, Stéphane Galfré, tertiary wastewater treatment technologies, testing process, Veolia, wastewater, wastewater treatment plants, WatchFrog
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 1-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Thales and airberlin group have signed a long-term component services agreement to support the group’s A320 family fleet of 64 aircraft. Under this seven-year Avionics-By-The-Hour (ABTH) agreement, Thales will provide spares provisioning and component maintenance services for … Read the full press release
Paris, France, 30-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Western Union (NYSE : WU), un leader des services de transfert d’argent dans le monde, et La Banque Postale, qui bénéficie du vaste réseau de bureaux de poste en France, annoncent le renouvellement de leur partenariat de long-terme, … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, France
Tagged de bureaux de poste, La Banque Postale, les services de transfert d’argent, Western Union, WU
Paris, France, 30-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Jérôme Lascombe, one of the founding directors of French agency Hopscotch and member of the board of the Public Système Hopscotch group, will be leaving the company. The Public Système Hopscotch group will continue being led … Read the full press release
Posted in France, Management, Marketing
Tagged Bernie TORRES, Cécile Granat, digital communication, Eric Fourmental, Frédéric Bedin, Hopscotch, Jean-Paul Adnet, Jérôme Lascombe, Le Public Système, Lionel Chouchan, Mélanie Viala, Nathalie Bernard, Pascale Boissier, PR, PR communication, Public Système Hopscotch
Paris, France, 25-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Vivendi announced today that it has settled a dispute with the State of Argentina resulting from the termination of a water contract in Tucuman province in August 1997. As a result of an international arbitration, Vivendi … Read the full press release
Paris, France, 25-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Vivendi announced today the completion of the divestment of over 85% of its interest in Activision Blizzard. The Group has received cash proceeds totaling $8.2billion. This divestment represents a major step forward in the strategic review Vivendi … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Entertainment, Financial, France, Investment, Media, Telecom
Tagged $8.2billion, Activision Blizzard, demerger, divestment, significant shareholder value, stake, Vivendi
Paris, France, 22-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — In October 2013, the FATF recognised that the Russian Federation had made significant progress in addressing the deficiencies identified in the 2008 mutual evaluation report and could be removed from the regular follow-up process. The decision by the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, France, Government, Law, Politics, Russia
Tagged 'fit and proper' requirements, 6th Follow-up Report, accounts in fictitious names, AML/CFT Law, anonymous accounts, beneficial ownership requirements, corporate transparency, criminalisation of terrorist financing, criminals, decriminalised self-laundering, FATF, freeze terrorist assets, ML/TF suspicion, Money Laundering, Mutual Evaluation of Russian Federation, Russia FATF 6th Follow-up Report, Russian Federation, terrorist financing, The Financial Action Task Force
Paris, France, 22-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — New Zealand was placed in the regular follow-up process as a result of non-compliant (NC) and partially compliant (PC) ratings for certain core and key Recommendations in its mutual evaluation report of October 2009. The October 2013 … Read the full press release
Cassidian will provide two DXT3 TETRA switches and over 100 TETRA base stations Secure radio communications, extensive coverage and excellent reliability now for up to 110,000 users from different government agencies Beijing, China, 21-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Cassidian has been awarded a … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Electronics & Machinery, France, Security & Safety, Telecom
Tagged Anke Sturtzel, Beijing Government, Beijing Government Shared TETRA Network, Beijing Just Top Network Communications Company Ltd., Beijing Just Top TETRA Network, Cassidian, digital trunked radio, DXT3 TETRA, secure radio communications, Shared TETRA Network, Terrestrial Trunked Radio, TETRA, TETRA network
Cleared commodities freight volumes reach record levels since the peak in 2008 Paris, France, 18-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — LCH.Clearnet Limited (LCH.Clearnet) announced that cleared freight volumes more than doubled* in September from a year earlier as traders increased their hedged positions to … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Commodities, France, International Trade, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Alberto Pravettoni, Atlantic Basin, chartering companies, CHINA, cleared freight volumes, Commodities, dry freight volumes, FFAs, freight clearing business, freight prices, hedged positions, iron ore, iron ore imports, Kamyar Naficy, LCH.Clearnet, OTC Forward Freight Agreements, ship owners, shipping, traders, trading companies, transatlantic shipments
New clearing agreement introduces increased cooperation that supports product innovation while maintaining market stability Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, Lisbon, 17-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — LCH.Clearnet SA, the Paris-based clearing house of LCH.Clearnet Group Ltd, and NYSE Euronext today announced they have signed a new … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Financial, France, Investment, Netherlands, Portugal
Tagged Amsterdam, Brussels, Caroline Tourrier, Christophe Hémon, clearing, clearing house, clearing services, continental listed derivatives, derivatives, equities, equities trading, Equity derivatives, European derivatives, European Equities, exchange, Kamyar Naficy, LCH.Clearnet Group Ltd, LCH.Clearnet SA, Lisbon, London Stock Exchange Group, multi-asset class clearing house, multi-national clearing house, NYSE Euronext, Paris, Roland Bellegarde, trading
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