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Investment Press Releases & News distributed via EuropaWire

EU funding to help ‘blue sky’ research to market

Posted on 5, February 2013 by

Brussels, 5-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — New EU funding announced today will provide grants, worth €150,000 each, for top-level researchers to bridge the gap between their work and marketable innovation. The European Research Council (ERC) has today published the outcome of the latest … Read the full press release →

Posted in Belgium, Environment, European Union, Financial, Government, Healthcare, Investment, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Society

The CoR calls for regional state aid to match cohesion policy post 2014

Posted on 5, February 2013 by

Brussels, 5-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — There is a need to ensure greater coherence between the regional state aid mechanism and EU cohesion policy for 2014-2020 by including the new category of transition regions among the eligible regions and adopting relevant anti-relocation measures. … Read the full press release →

Posted in Belgium, European Union, Financial, Government, Investment, Politics

BT: Superfast broadband partnership will create jobs and provide up to £750 million boost to the Devon and Somerset economy

Posted on 4, February 2013 by

4-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — A £94 million project to transform broadband speeds for businesses and residents across Devon and Somerset within the next four years was announced today. Connecting Devon and Somerset has agreed a deal with BT which aims to … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Internet & Online, Investment, Technology, Telecom, United Kingdom

Citycon acquired and financed Kista Galleria, a prime shopping centre in Stockholm, together with CPPIB

Posted on 4, February 2013 by

Helsinki, 4-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — On 19 December 2012, Citycon Oyj and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) announced that they will buy the Kista Galleria shopping centre in Stockholm, for approximately SEK 4.6 billion. The closing of the acquisition … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Financial, Finland, Investment, Retail, Sweden

Report on the regulatory consistency of risk-weighted assets for market risk issued by the Basel Committee

Posted on 4, February 2013 by

4-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has today published its report on the regulatory consistency of risk-weighted assets for market risk. This analysis of risk-weighted assets in the trading book is part of the wider Regulatory Consistency Assessment Programme … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Investment, Switzerland

CBI comments on MOD Defence Equipment Plan

Posted on 4, February 2013 by

4-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The CBI commented on the publication of a 10-year Defence Equipment Plan by the Ministry of Defence. Matthew Fell, CBI Director for Competitive Markets, said: “Businesses have been urging the Government to provide more detail on its future defence … Read the full press release →

Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, Defence, Financial, Government, Investment, Politics, United Kingdom

BP Completes Sale of Texas City Refinery and Related Assets to Marathon Petroleum

Posted on 4, February 2013 by

4-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — BP has completed the previously announced sale of its Texas City, Texas refinery and a portion of its retail and logistics network in the Southeast U.S. to Marathon Petroleum Corporation for an estimated $2.4 billion. This comprises … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Investment, United Kingdom

SPEECH – Milano, campagna Europea sulla direttiva per i ritardi di pagamento

Posted on 4, February 2013 by

Antonio TAJANI – Vicepresidente della Commissione europea, responsabile per l’Industria e l’Imprenditoria Rappresentanza a Milano della Commissione / Milano Milano, 4-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — INTRODUZIONE Dopo aver aperto a Roma il 5 ottobre la campagna europea voluta da Parlamento e Commissione Ue sull’attuazione della … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, European Union, Financial, Government, Investment, Italy, Politics, Small Business, Society

CBI responds to FSA report on interest rate swap mis-selling

Posted on 4, February 2013 by

4-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The CBI commented on a Financial Services Authority (FSA) report on interest rate swap mis-selling. Matthew Fell, CBI Director for Competitive Markets, said: “The mis-selling of interest rate products was unacceptable. “Any small business that has been mis-sold … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Insurance, Investment, Society, United Kingdom

EIB and ICAF sign agreement to finance SMEs in Cantabria

Posted on 4, February 2013 by

4-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a EUR 50 million loan to the Instituto de Finanzas de Cantabria (ICAF) mainly for financing the investment projects of the region’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This EIB loan will … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Investment, Luxembourg, Small Business, Spain

Additional Incentive of EUR 500 million for the Development of SMEs in Croatia

Posted on 1, February 2013 by

Signing of the contract for the largest loan approved to Hrvatska banka za obnovu i razvitak Zagreb, 1-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — European Investment Bank (EIB) approved a EUR 500 million loan to Hrvatska banka za obnovu i razvitak (HBOR) which represents … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Business, Croatia, Financial, Investment, Luxembourg, Small Business

Ankündigung Tenderverfahren Unverzinsliche Schatzanweisungen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland („Bubills“)

Posted on 1, February 2013 by

Frankfurt am Main, 1-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Wie bereits im Emissionskalender für das erste Quartal 2013 angekündigt, wird der Bund am 11. Februar 2013 Unverzinsliche Schatzanweisungen („Bubills“) mit einer Laufzeit von 6 Monaten im Tenderverfahren begeben. Angestrebt wird ein Emissionsvolumen (einschließlich … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Business, European Union, Financial, Germany, Government, Investment

EIB issues its first NOK domestic bond

Posted on 1, February 2013 by

1-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Today the European Investment Bank (EIB) priced its first bond in domestic Norwegian format geared for the local market. The NOK 1bn (EUR 135m) issue carries a quarterly coupon of 3mNIBOR+20bp and has a final maturity date … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, European Union, Financial, Government, Investment, Norway

ING to sell its interest in ING Vysya Life Insurance

Posted on 31, January 2013 by

Amsterdam, 31-1-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — ING announced today it has agreed to sell its 26% interest in ING Vysya Life Insurance Company Ltd. to its joint venture partner Exide Industries Ltd. ING’s exit from the Indian life insurance joint venture is part … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Insurance, Investment, Netherlands

Economic climate takes toll: almost a third in Europe do not have any savings, ING survey shows

Posted on 31, January 2013 by

30% of Europeans do not have any savings and 47% could not pay three months of expenses if they lost their job Only 34% in the survey of 14,000 in Europe added to their savings pot in the last year … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, European Union, Financial, Investment, Netherlands

Siemens shareholders pave way for Osram listing

Posted on 31, January 2013 by

98.21 percent of shareholders at Annual Shareholders’ Meeting approve spinoff Siemens shareholders to receive one additional share of OSRAM Licht AG for every ten Siemens shares Initial listing on stock exchanges in Frankfurt and Munich in April at the earliest … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Electronics & Machinery, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Investment, Technology

Autoclenz shines with £4m MBO support from RBS

Posted on 31, January 2013 by

31-1-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Swadlincote-based outsourced car valeting provider Autoclenz Holdings Plc has undergone a successful £4m Management Buy-Out (MBO) with funding support from the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). Through the MBO, Autoclenz Ltd, and its subsidiary Autoclenz Services … Read the full press release →

Posted in Automotive, Banks, Business, Financial, Investment, United Kingdom

Eisai Machinery becomes Bosch

Posted on 30, January 2013 by

Packaging Technology: Merger in Japan completed Renaming of subsidiaries Eisai Machinery Co., Ltd merges in Japan with Bosch Packaging Technology K.K. Change of company names in Germany, China and North America Reinforcing position of Packaging Technology in Japanese market Stuttgart/Tokyo, 30-1-2013 … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Electronics & Machinery, Germany, Industrial, Investment, Technology

Aegon strengthens Romanian position with addition of Eureko’s life and pension business in Romania

Posted on 30, January 2013 by

The Hague, 30-1-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Aegon announces that it will take over Eureko’s life insurance and pension business in Romania, further strengthening Aegon’s position in the Central and Eastern European region. Eureko is fully owned by Achmea. Aegon has been active … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Financial, Insurance, Investment, Netherlands, Romania

Banque Populaire lance une nouvelle formule de « Synthèses », son magazine référence sur la Gestion privée

Posted on 30, January 2013 by

30-1-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Aujourd’hui Banque Populaire dévoile une formule revisitée de « Synthèses », son magazine trimestriel d’information sur l’actualité patrimoniale, financière et économique. La nouvelle version de « Synthèses », à travers une nouvelle ligne graphique et un traitement éditorial complet confirme … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, France, Investment, Media