Helsinki, Finland, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Ahlstrom, a global high performance fiber-based materials company, announces that its underwriting of convertible hybrid bond notes issued by Suominen Corporation has ceased. Suominen’s convertible hybrid bond issue with a nominal value of EUR 17.5 million … Read the full press release
Vienna, Austria, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — AGRANA Zucker GmbH has reached agreement with the Romanian sugar producer Lemarco S.A. to acquire the latter’s plants in Urziceni and Liesti. “AGRANA’s intention here is not only to increase its sugar beet production but also … Read the full press release
Ericsson extends leadership position with acquisition of industry-leading technology portfolio in adaptive bitrate (ABR) and content protection Complements Microsoft Mediaroom acquisition, further supporting TV Anywhere services with a comprehensive set of technologies Accelerates Ericsson’s offering of TV Anywhere services through … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Internet & Online, Investment, Media, Sweden, Technology, Telecom
Tagged acquire Massachusetts, acquisition, Azuki Systems, Cheng Wu, Ericsson, Inc., Per Borgklint, TV Anywhere services
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
Bristol, UK, 6-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Two University of Bristol projects have received a total of £162,400 funding from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) as part of a £4.6 million investment in 24 projects that will let the UK research … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Environment, Financial, Investment, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged 400 funding, Atmospheric Chemistry Research Group (ACRG), David Willetts, Dr Loren Picco, Dr Matthew Rigby, Dr Oliver Payton, Dr Tom Scott, funding, Natural Environment Research Council, NERC funding, The Big Data Capital Call, University of Bristol, £162
Luxembourg, 5-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — ArcelorMittal today announces that the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (HSR) terminated on January 29, 2014 with respect to its acquisition, through a 50/50 joint venture with Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, … Read the full press release
Turin, Italy, 5-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Chrysler Group LLC (“Chrysler Group”) announced yesterday the pricing of its previously announced offering of secured senior debt securities to yield approximately $3.0 billion in net proceeds. Chrysler Group also priced senior secured term loan facilities under which … Read the full press release
Gena, Germany, 3-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — In a strategic move to expand its Salesforce capabilities in Europe, Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has completed its acquisition of ClientHouse, an independent provider of salesforce.com and Veeva Systems solutions based in Jena, Germany. The acquisition, announced … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Germany, Investment, Technology
Tagged Accenture, acquisition, ClientHouse, Jack Ramsay, SaaS, Salesforce implementation services, Tobias Ortwein, Veeva Systems
Continued strong organic growth and restructuring activities moving ahead Stockholm, Sweden, 3-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — In 2013, Electrolux delivered organic sales growth of 4.5%, the second consecutive year ahead of our annual target of 4%. Over the past two years, growth … Read the full press release
Stockholm, Sweden, 3-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — According to Husqvarna AB´s articles of association, owners of Class A shares have the right to have such shares converted to Class B shares. Conversion reduces the total number of votes in Husqvarna AB. When … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Electronics & Machinery, Industrial, Investment, Management, Sweden
Tagged Class A shares, Class B shares, Husqvarna AB, shareholders, shares converted
Paris, France, 3-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Atos, an international IT services company, announces the extension for the next five years of its IT services contract with the clearing house LCH.Clearnet. Under this new contract, Atos will supply systems integration and managed services … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, France, Internet & Online, Investment, Management, Technology
Tagged Atos SE, clearing house, IT services contract, Jean-Marie Simon, LCH.Clearnet
Dornbirn, Austria, 3-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Tridonic company, the Zumtobel Group brand for lighting components and systems, will increase its stake in its South African sales subsidiary from 49.99% to 100%. The outstanding shares will be acquired from the former joint … Read the full press release
Rødovre, Danmark, 31-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Anders Holch Povlsen har stor tro på onlinesupermarkedet nemlig.com. Igennem sit investeringsselskab køber han alle investorer ud på nær stifter og hovedaktionær Stefan Plenge samt tilfører det kun 3 år gamle nemlig.com et stærkt kapitalgrundlag. Kapitaltilførslen skal understøtte … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Denmark, Financial, Internet & Online, Investment, Retail
Tagged Anders Holch Povlsen, dagligvarer, nemlig.com, onlinesupermarkedet, Stefan Plenge
Moscow, Russia, 31-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — VTB Group has bought the 2.63% stake in VTB Bank (Belarus) owned by minority shareholders, increasing its stake to 100%. In 2013, VTB bought a 25.95% stake in the bank from the Belarusian government. Senior Vice President Mikhail Yakunin, head of the group’s Financial Subsidiaries … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Investment, Russia
Tagged BELARUS, Mikhail Yakunin, stake, VTB, VTB Bank (Belarus), VTB Group
Stockholm, Sweden, 31-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska’s Year-end Report 2013 will be presented on Friday, February 7, 2014. In conjunction with the release of the report, you are invited to participate in a combined press- and telephone conference, at 14:00 (UK … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Financial, Investment, Management, Media, Real Estate, Sweden
Tagged Katarina Grönwall, Magnus Persson, press conference, telephone conference
Once again, ETH researchers benefit from European Research Council (ERC) grants: four researchers from ETH Zurich receive an ERC Consolidator Grant – a total of almost CHF 9 million – for their projects. Zürich, Switzerland, 31-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — For the very … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Education, European Union, Investment, Science, Switzerland
Tagged Adrian Perrig, climatic extremes, Daniel Chen, ERC Consolidator Grant, ETH Zurich, ETH Zurich researchers, EU grant, European Research Council (ERC), grant, new Internet architecture, Niklas Beisert, Sonia Seneviratne
St. Peter Port, Guernsey, 28-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — European Capital Limited and its consolidated subsidiaries (“European Capital”) announced today that they arranged together with Tikehau Investment Management the €65 million unitranche financing supporting Eurazeo Capital’s (“Eurazeo”) acquisition of Asmodee (the “Company”). In … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, France, Internet & Online, Investment, Management, Technology
Tagged acquisition, Asmodee, equity co-investment, Eric Schaefer, Etienne Haubold, Eurazeo, European Capital, games, Olivier Meline, social games, Tikehau Investment Management, trading cards, Tristan Parisot, unitranche bonds
Dublin, Ireland, 28-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — It has recently come to the Central Bank of Ireland’s (‘Central Bank’) attention that a firm, calling itself BNY Mellon Wealth Management (purporting to be based in the U.S.A.) has been operating as an investment firm … Read the full press release
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