EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG’s Annual General Meeting approved payout of € 0.69 dividend per entitled share

Karlsruhe, Germany, 1-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Annual General Meeting of EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG has discharged the Board of Management and Supervisory Board. The shareholders of EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG have also approved the payout of a € 0.69 dividend per … Read the full press release

Národná banka Slovenska’s bank board issued statement following its 10th meeting

Bratislava, Slovak Republic, 1-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The 10th meeting of the Bank Board of Národná banka Slovenska was held today (29 April 2014) and was chaired by Jozef Makúch, the NBS Governor. The Bank Board approved the NBS Annual Report for 2013, which … Read the full press release

Tech Mahindra becomes Strategic Member of the BT for Life Sciences partner ecosystem

Transformational cloud solutions accelerate research and development productivity and deliver savings for customer organizations  London, 1-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — BT and Tech Mahindra today announced that both companies will work together to help life sciences enterprises improve their productivity and efficiency through … Read the full press release

Exostar to join BT for Life Sciences ecosystem as a Strategic Member

Scientists engaged in collaborative initiatives can now securely access Transformative Cloud-based solution  London, 1-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — BT and Exostar, LLC announced today that Exostar is joining the BT for Life Sciences ecosystem as a Strategic Member. The two companies will be … Read the full press release

BT and Ulteo to help life sciences organizations use technology to create collaborative and secure analytical environments

Cloud-based offering to empower users to access massive data sets in seconds, provides air-lock systems to protect and manage sensitive patient data  London, 1-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — BT and Ulteo today announced that the two companies are now working closely together to … Read the full press release

BT to join the tranSMART Foundation

BT joins the tranSMART Foundation to extend support to the developer community; companies to continue work on the next release of Translational Medicine Platform  Wakefield, Massachusetts and Irving, Texas, 1-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The tranSMART Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides a … Read the full press release

The Joint Forum released its final report on Point of sale disclosure in the insurance, banking and securities sectors

Basel, Switzerland, 1-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Today (30 April 2014) the Joint Forum released its final report on Point of sale disclosure in the insurance, banking and securities sectors. The report identifies and assesses differences and gaps in regulatory approaches to point of sale … Read the full press release

Nordea reports 6% increase of operating profit in its Q1 2014 results

Stockholm, Sweden, 1-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — CEO Christian Clausen’s comments on the results: “In the beginning of 2014, activity picked up in our corporate advisory business and remains strong in the savings area, leading to an improvement in net fee and commission income … Read the full press release

Helena Andreas appointed Head of Group Marketing and Communications at Nordea

Helena Andreas has been appointed Head of the new unit Group Marketing and Communications. She will join Nordea on 1 June. Stockholm, Sweden, 1-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Helena Andreas comes from a position as Head of Retail Management at Vodafone Group, based in … Read the full press release

Sanitec Corporation to publish its Q1 2014 Interim Report on 13 May

Helsinki, Finland, 1-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Sanitec Corporation will publish its Interim Report January-March 2014 on 13 May 2014 at 13:00 CET/ 14:00 EET. An investor conference call will be held on the same day at 14:30 CET/ 15:30 EET. President & … Read the full press release

The World Economic Forum released new report on the long-term growth of the digital economy and the viability of the infrastructure that supports it

Delivering Digital Infrastructure: Advancing the Internet Economy, a World Economic Forum report, examines the technological, commercial and policy challenges associated with digital infrastructure Recommendations address spectrum availability, IP interconnection disputes, and policies and regulations For more information on the report … Read the full press release

Portugal Telecom turns its phone booth into community mini-library

Lisbon, Portugal, 30-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Do you like reading? So the next time you pass by Praça de Londres in Lisbon, go to PT’s old phone booth, take a book and give it back when finished reading. At first sight this is … Read the full press release

Niklas Johansson succeeds Magnus Skåninger as the Swedish state’s representative and Chair of TeliaSonera’s nomination committee

Stockholm, Sweden, 30-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Niklas Johansson replaces Magnus Skåninger as the Swedish state’s representative and Chair of TeliaSonera’s nomination committee. Niklas is currently director-general and head of the department of municipalities and government ownership at the Swedish Ministry of Finance. … Read the full press release

TÜV Rheinland joins the IP500 Alliance as partner for the worldwide certification of IP500 products

Cologne / Berlin, 30-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — TÜV Rheinland, a worldwide leader in Testing, Training, Inspection, Consulting & Certification and IP500 Alliance announced that TÜV Rheinland has joined the IP500 Alliance as a partner for the worldwide certification of IP500 products. IP500 … Read the full press release

European Heritage Congress 2014 to be held in Vienna, 2-6 May 2014

Vienna, 30-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Hundreds of heritage professionals, volunteers and supporters will gather in the Austrian capital from 2-6 May for the European Heritage Congress 2014. During this major event, Europa Nostra, the leading European heritage organisation, will celebrate this … Read the full press release

Telenor Norway and Tele2 sign roaming agreement on Telenor’s network for Tele2’s customers in the Norwegian market

Tele2 enters into a national roaming agreement with Telenor Norway for all brands within the Tele2 Group. The agreement includes 2G, 3G, and 4G coverage. Fornebu, Norway, 30-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Telenor Norway’s CEO Berit Svendsen and Tele2 Norway’s CEO Arild Hustad today … Read the full press release

Vivendi to propose the appointment of Katie Jacobs Stanton as a member of its Supervisory Board

Paris, 30-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Vivendi will also propose the appointment of Katie Jacobs Stanton as a member of its Supervisory Board to the Shareholders’ Meeting on June 24. Katie Jacobs Stanton has been Vice President of International Market Development for … Read the full press release

VimpelCom to publish its operating and financial results for the first quarter of 2014 on May 14, 2014

Amsterdam, 30-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — “VimpelCom Ltd.” (“VimpelCom”, “Company” or “Group”) (NASDAQ:VIP), a leading global provider of telecommunications services, today announces that it plans, in line with the Company’s Financial Calendar 2014 which was released on January 16, 2014, to publish its operating … Read the full press release

VimpelCom appoints Hamid Akhavan and Andrei Gusev as representatives on the Supervisory Board

Amsterdam, 30-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — “VimpelCom Ltd.” (“VimpelCom”, “Company” or “Group”) (NASDAQ: VIP) announced today that its Supervisory Board has recently approved the appointment of Hamid Akhavan and Andrei Gusev as representatives on the Supervisory Board, in place of Sergei Tesliuk and … Read the full press release

SGL Group to supply 12kt of graphitized cathodes to Hangzhou Jinjiang Group in China

Major graphitized cathode supply contract concluded between Hangzhou Jinjiang Group and SGL Group Order volume: 12kt Serving a landmark smelter project in Inner-Mongolia, China Hangzhou / Wiesbaden, 30-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Hangzhou Jinjiang Group and SGL Group concluded a contract for … Read the full press release