LONDON, 03-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — International Airlines Group (IAG) is to buy assets of the Austrian airline NIKI, which was formerly part of the Air Berlin group, for €20 million and provide liquidity to NIKI of up to €16.5 million. The transaction … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Investment, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged acquire, assets, Austrian airline NIKI, International Airlines Group (IAG)
THE HAGUE, 03-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Shell announces today (Jan 2, 2018) that the agreement it signed with Dansk Olieselskab AS (DO) in September 2016 regarding the sale of A/S Dansk Shell, which consists of the Fredericia refinery and local trading … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Denmark, Energy, Gas & Oil, Investment, Netherlands
Tagged A/S Dansk Shell, Shell
THE HAGUE, 03-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Shell has completed the sale of the first phase of its Hong Kong and Macau LPG marketing business to DCC LPG on 31st December 2017. Shell continues to operate the LPG plant in Hong Kong, which is … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Investment, Netherlands
Tagged Hong Kong, LPG business, Macau, sale, Shell
MANCHESTER, 03-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The Co-op is set to ramp up its investment in Scotland in 2018, with plans to open 18 brand new stores and upgrade a further 20. The convenience retailer, which already has a store in every postal area … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Investment, Retail, United Kingdom
Tagged Co-op, John McNeill, Scotland
FRANKFURT, 03-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Deutsche Börse’s cash markets record second highest trading volumes since 2012 / Four Deutsche Börse Venture Network start-ups have been listed on the stock exchange so far The shares of Siemens, Covestro, Rocket Internet and Wirecard … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Germany, Investment
Tagged Covestro, DAX, Deutsche Börse, German benchmark indices, MDAX, most traded securities, Rocket Internet and Wirecard, SDAX, Siemens, TecDAX
Baar, Switzerland, 03-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Glencore plc (Glencore) is pleased to announce it has completed the sale of a 51% interest in HG Storage International Limited (HGSI) to HNA Innovation Finance Group Co., Limited (HNA), a transaction which was announced … Read the full press release
Acquisition of 49 percent stake in LV=’s UK General Insurance businesses by Allianz Group is now completed Transaction creates third-largest personal insurer in the UK market Allianz to pay another 213 million pounds for a further 20.9 percent stake in … Read the full press release
A new and relatively simple technique for mapping the wiring of the brain has shown a correlation between how well connected an individual’s brain regions are and their intelligence, say researchers at the University of Cambridge. CAMBRIDGE, 03-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ … Read the full press release
Norges Bank will sell foreign exchange on behalf of the government equivalent to NOK 900 million per day in January 2018. OSLO, 03-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Norges Bank purchases foreign currency from the State’s Direct Financial Interest (SDFI) each month. If … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Government, Norway
Tagged foreign exchange, government, Norges Bank, sell
Defence and security company Saab has introduced the Sea Giraffe 4A Fixed Face (FF), a fixed-panel configuration of Saab’s existing and delivered active electrically scanned array, AESA, radar family. STOCKHOLM, 03-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The radar is a derivative of Saab’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Defence, Sweden, Technology, Telecom
Tagged AESA radar family, Anders Linder, fixed-panel configuration, Saab
Bournemouth, UK, 02-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society (LV=) announces that it has completed the planned sale of a 49 percent stake in its UK General Insurance businesses (LV=GI) to Allianz Group. Total consideration at this first stage of … Read the full press release
STOCKHOLM, 02-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Sweden’s new Climate Act enters into force today. For the first time, Sweden will have an act stating that each government has an obligation to pursue a climate policy based on the climate goals adopted … Read the full press release
Posted in Environment, Government, Law, Politics, Sweden
Tagged Climate Act, Isabella Lövin, Sweden, Sweden’s new Climate Act
THE HAGUE, 02-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The three development banks signed a USD 67.5 million loan to Lebanon and Gulf Bank (LGB BANK). In addition to the USD 32.5 million provided by FMO, OFID (the OPEC Fund for International Development) … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Banks, Financial, Investment, Netherlands, Small Business
Tagged FMO, Lebanon and Gulf Bank, LGB BANK, OeEB, OFID, SMEs, syndicated loan
DUBLIN, 02-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPG), the global biotechnology leader in rare diseases, today announced that it has filed its first submission to the United States Food and Drug Administration for the company’s new plasma manufacturing … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Healthcare, Ireland, Pharma & Biotech
LJUBLJANA, 02-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Telekom Slovenije has successfully completed testing the Narrowband-IoT standardized technology. This is a low-power network technology that utilizes the existing infrastructure. It designed for effective communication of mass-distributed devices (up to 50,000 devices per network … Read the full press release
Posted in Internet & Online, Slovenia, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Narrowband-IoT standardized technology, Telekom Slovenije
Press release on behalf of Burlington Loan Management DAC, Lavaredo S.p.A., Pirelli & C. S.p.A., Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A., UniCredit S.p.A., and Fenice S.r.l. MILAN, 02-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — With reference to the press releases dated 26 July 2017 and 3 … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Investment, Italy
Tagged Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A., Lavaredo S.p.A., Prelios S.p.A.
MILAN, 02-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Engineering and Intesa Sanpaolo have executed the agreement for the sale of 100% of the share capital of Infogroup held by the banking group. The transaction, announced on 27 July 2017, was subject only to … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Italy, Technology
Tagged digital transformation, engineering, Infogroup, Intesa Sanpaolo
GOTHENBURG, 02-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The number of votes in AB Volvo has changed due to the conversion of a total of 2 595 454 Series A shares to a total of 2 594 454 Series B shares. The conversions were implemented with the … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Financial, Investment, Sweden
Tagged AB Volvo, shares conversion
PARIS, 02-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — As announced in its press release of 24 October 2017, Bouygues today carried out a capital increase of €150 million, inclusive of share premium, as part of the Bouygues Confiance n°9 employee share ownership plan. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, France, Industrial, Investment
Tagged Bouygues, capital increase, employee share ownership plan
PARIS, 02-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Following the signing of definitive binding agreements setting the terms of the sale to EDF of 75.5% of New NP capital, and as announced on 22 December, the transaction has been completed on 31 December 2017. … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, France, Investment
Tagged acquisition, EDF, New NP capital, nuclear
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