HOUSTON - Friday, October 26th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB) will hold a conference call on January 18, 2013 to discuss the results for the fourth quarter and full year ending December 31, 2012.

The conference call is scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m. (US Eastern Time) – 3:00 p.m. (Paris time). A press release regarding the results will be released prior to the call that same day.

To access the conference call, listeners should contact the Conference Call Operator at +1-800-230-1059 within North America or +1-651-291-5254 outside of North America approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the call, and ask for the "Schlumberger Earnings Conference Call.”

A webcast of the conference call will be broadcast simultaneously at www.slb.com/irwebcaston a listen-only basis. Listeners should log in 15 minutes prior to the start of the call to test their browsers and register for the webcast. Following the end of the conference ... Read more »

LONDON & NEW YORK - Friday, October 26th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

    Deployment of capital by private equity funds has slowed down even in emerging markets
    However, most fund managers remain cautiously optimistic andexpect new funds to raise as much or more capital as previous funds

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Real estate private equity fund managers around the world continue to face major challenges stemming largely from ongoing illiquidity within the capital markets. This has left few able to secure bank financing and stifled deal flow, according to Global Market Outlook: Trends in real estate private equity, a new report by Ernst & Young. The report, based on a survey of 300 global real estate funds, found that even in heavily favored emerging markets, like Brazil and India, deployment of capital by private equity funds has slowed down. This is largely because of the Eurozone crisis and the uncertainty it has brought to markets around the ... Read more »

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HONG KONG & ATLANTA - Friday, October 26th 2012

On September 6, 2012, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia (the "Court”) entered an order (the "Confirmation Order”) confirming the Second Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of CDC Corporation (the "Amended Reorganization Plan”). The Amended Reorganization Plan contemplates, inter alia, the sale or disposition of all of CDC Corporation’s ("CDC” or the "Company”) Assets for the benefit of its Creditors and Eligible Equity Interest Holders.

Under such plan, Mr. Marcus A. Watson, the Company’s Chief Restructuring Officer ("CRO”), will act as the Disbursing Agent and reserve sufficient funds from the sale proceeds of the Company’s Assets to pay all Allowed Claims in full. All of the Company’s remaining Assets will be transferred to a liquidation trust (the "Liquidation Trust”) to be liquidated for the benefit of the holders of Allowed Equity Interests pursuant to ... Read more »

New UtilityIQ™ Software Offering Broadens Choice For Customers Worldwide

RIO DE JANEIRO & REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Friday, October 26th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today at the SENDI Brazil 2012 Conference, Silver Spring Networks, a leading networking platform and solutions provider for smart energy networks, unveiled enhanced standards support for Latin America, Europe, Asia, and other international markets with the latest version of its UtilityIQ™ 4.7 AMM application. The new offering includes native support for the DLMS/COSEM protocol, the accepted IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) standard for utility meter data exchange, and expanded language support for Brazilian Portuguese. Silver Spring’s IPv6-based networking platform already connects more than 12 million homes and businesses worldwide. These additions extend Silver Spring’s leadership in offering the market’s broadest range of device choice, eliminating vendor lock-in and delivering the ... Read more »

HANOI, Vietnam - Saturday, October 27th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

New Infrastructure, Jobs, Partnerships, Brand Building, Sustainability Programs Underline Vietnam Commitment

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Coca-Cola Company today announced a new system investment of US$300 million over the next three years in Vietnam to further capture growth opportunities in one of the world’s major emerging consumer markets. The stepped-up investment, commencing in 2013, will bring to US$500 million the total investment that The Coca-Cola Company and its bottling partners have committed to Vietnam from 2010 through 2015.

"Vietnam is an important growth market in Asia Pacific as we work to achieve our 2020 Vision goal of doubling system revenues this decade,” said Muhtar Kent, Chairman and CEO, The Coca-Cola Company, during a visit to Hanoi. "Vietnam’s economy has maintained healthy growth in recent years and this new financial commitment is more than an investment in Coca-Cola’s expansion in Vie ... Read more »

AMSTERDAM - Thursday, October 25th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

    Revenue up +11% at constant exchange rates, and +18% at historical rates, to €575 million
    Record revenue in Security and in Mobile Communication
    Stand-out performances from Platforms & Services and the Asia region
    2013 target of €300 million in profit from operations now expected to be reached one year in advance

Revenue figures in this document are for ongoing operations1 and variations are at constant exchange rates except where otherwise noted. Revenue figures including contribution of assets held for sale and variations at historical rates are provided in the appendix of this document. All figures presented in this press release are unaudited.

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Regulatory News:

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 - GTO), the world leader in digital security today announces its revenue for the third quarter of ... Read more »

BOUDRY, Switzerland - Saturday, October 27th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

Society for Melanoma Research Abstracts Published Online in Organization’s Journal

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Celgene International Sàrl, a subsidiary of Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) today announced that abstracts for the upcoming Society for Melanoma Research meeting have been published online in the organization’s official journal at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pcmr.12023/abstract. The publication includes an abstract reviewing ... Read more »

BITTERFELD-WOLFEN, Germany - Thursday, October 25th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Hanwha Group, a top 10 Korean business group and Fortune Global 500 company with businesses in manufacturing, construction, finance, retail and resorts, today launched Hanwha Q.CELLS. The launch marks the completion of the acquisition of German solar company Q.CELLS, one of the worlds’ largest solar cell manufacturers and a leading photovoltaics company. Mr. Charles Kim will lead Hanwha Q.CELLS as CEO, joining the company from Hanwha SolarOne. Mr. Min Su Kim will replace Mr. Charles Kim as the president of Hanwha SolarOne and joins the company from Hanwha Group.

The launch of Hanwha Q.CELLS establishes Hanwha as the third largest solar manufacturer in the world. Hanwha’s 2.3 GW of manufacturing capacity is distributed across Germany, Malaysia and China, a competitive advantage to supply any region in the world, free of trade sanctions.

"The synergies between Q.CELLS and Hanwha ... Read more »

WOLFSCHLUGEN, Germany - Thursday, October 25th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

- New owner also commissioned Windreich AG the complete project implementation

- With German Bight Windreich achieves total revenues in hundreds of millions

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Windreich AG enters into a purchase agreement for the wind farm 'Deutsche Bucht'with an Anglo-Saxon financial investor and at the same time acquired the responsibility for the subsequent turnkey erection, commissioning and the expected future operation of the wind farm. Hence this Windreich offshore Project is a success. The Swabian wind power pioneer finally conquered the German North Sea. 'Deutsche Bucht', alike its two predecessor projects 'Global Tech I and MEG 1' has an unconditional grid connection confirmation from the Federal Network Agency. According to a survey commissioned by wind: research, Windreich is by far the market leader in the German North Sea with its 35 percent of the secured areas.

'Taking into cons ... Read more »

Leading Pharma CRM Solution Enables Flexibility through Seamless Compatibility with Both Windows 8 and Apple iOS

PARIS - Friday, October 26th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Cegedim Relationship Managementtoday announced that Mobile Intelligence 9, the company’s award winning mobile CRM platform, will be fully compatible with the Windows 8* PRO tablet. Mobile Intelligence 9 will feature the Life Sciences industry’s broadest support for new hardware and operating systems in order to afford companies with the latest in next generation technology. Cegedim is a leader in the Life Sciences mobile CRM market with over thirty-seven thousand users around the world leveraging the Mobile Intelligence application on iPads** or smartphones.

Innovative Pharma Mobile CRM Solution Continues to Lead by Offering Flexibility in Operating Systems

Over the last three years, an increasing number of Life Sciences commercial, medical, market access and key account management ... Read more »

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HOUSTON & ALBERTA, Canada - Thursday, October 25th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Kelman Data Management, the global geophysical data management firm, has officially changed its name to Katalyst Data Management, the company announced Wednesday.

Re-branding initiatives accompanying the Katalyst name feature a new positioning line ("Unleash Your Data’s Potential”), a new corporate website (www.katalystdm.com), and a marketing campaign launch in Las Vegas during the annual meeting of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) on Nov. 4-9.

Founded in Canada as a geophysical seismic data processing firm based in Calgary in 1982, Kelman began offering data management services in 1996. The service was expanded to the United States in 2001 and currently has offices in Houston, Oklahoma City, and Denver.

In 2010, the company merged with the respected Houston-based Oil Data Transcription Service unit of Iron ... Read more »