Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, February 10th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Dubai International Academic City (DIAC)’s annual Careers Fair 2013 is set to take place on the 17 and 18 February, bringing together students, graduates and leading recruiters from the public and private sectors.

Aimed at graduate and post-graduate students from 26 academic Institutions of which 21 are International Branch Campuses based in DIAC, the fair provides a forum to students to network with employers and discuss a wide variety of internship and full-time recruitment opportunities.  The event is organised by Student Hub, the official representative of the DIAC student body, as a part of a series of initiatives structured to support and foster students’ progression and growth.

The two-day showcase will have representatives from leading companies on hand to answer questions and conduct on-site interviews.  There will also be practical help with job searches and interview techniq ... Read more »

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. - Saturday, February 9th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- General Cable Corporation (NYSE: BGC) expects to report that its North America and Rest of World (ROW) businesses finished the year with a positive operating performance in the fourth quarter, excluding the impact of certain items. The acquisitions of Alcan Cable North America, Prestolite and Procables (Colombia) are also expected to contribute meaningfully to the fourth quarter results. However, the Company now expects adjusted operating income for the fourth quarter in the range of $45 to $47 million, which includes the absorption of $12 million of expenses related to the revised estimated profitability of certain submarine turnkey projects. The Company expects reported operating income in the range of $2 to $4 million for the fourth quarter. The Company expects the following items will negatively affect its reported fourth quarter results:

    An equipment failure at the ... Read more »

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS dans l'État du Kentucky. - Dimanche 10 Février 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--General Cable Corporation (NYSE : BGC) prévoit de déclarer que ses activités en Amérique du Nord et dans le reste du monde ont terminé l'année avec des résultats d'exploitation positifs au quatrième trimestre, à l'exclusion de l'impact de certains éléments. Les acquisitions d'Alcan Cable North America, de Prestolite et de Procables (Colombie) sont également prévues contribuer de manière significative aux résultats du quatrième trimestre. Toutefois, la société anticipe maintenant un revenu d'exploitation rectifié pour le quatrième trimestre se situant dans la fourchette de 45 à 47 millions de $, ce qui inclut l'absorption de 12 millions de $ de dépenses liées à la révision de l'estimation du rendement de certains projets de câbles sous-marins c ... Read more »

Dubaï, Émirats Arabes Unis - Dimanche 10 Février 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Les Aéroports de Dubaï et Emirates ont annoncé aujourd’hui la fin des travaux du lancement progressif du hall  A – le terminal de l’A380 et la première installation spécialement construite  pour cet avion à Dubaï International.

Toutes les 20 portes d’embarquement sont capables d’accueillir les avions A380, les salons luxueux de  la première classe et de la classe affaires d’Emirates, qui couvrent une superficie de 29 milles mètres carré, sont entièrement fonctionnels après une période transitoire de cinq semaines.

Durant le premier mois d’opérations qui a suivi le vol inaugural qui a eu lieu le 2 Janvier 2013, le hall A a traité 461,972 pièces de bagages transportés à bord plus de 2,450 vols desservant 589,234 passagers.

Tim Clark, président d’Emirates Airline, a déclaré, «l’ouverture to ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, February 10th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Dubai Airports and Emirates today announced the successful completion of the phased launch of Concourse A – the home of the A380 and the world’s first purpose-built facility for the aircraft at Dubai International.

All 20 A380 capable contact gates and Emirates’ luxurious First Class and Business Class lounges, which comprise 29,000 square metres, are now fully operational after a five-week-long phase-in period.

During the first month of operations following its inaugural flight on January 2 2013 Concourse A has handled 461,972 pieces of luggage carried on over 2,450 flights serving 589,234 passengers.

"The full opening of Concourse A is a significant milestone and achievement in supporting and enabling the continued growth of Emirates, and our focus and commitment to being a leader in offering our customers innovative products and services that provides them with an unsurpassed travel ex ... Read more »

SUMMIT, N.J. - Sunday, February 10th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved POMALYST® brand therapy (pomalidomide) for patients with multiple myeloma who have received at least two prior therapies including lenalidomide and bortezomib and have demonstrated disease progression on or within 60 days of completion of the last therapy.

Approval is based on response rate. Clinical benefit, such as improvement in survival or symptoms, has not been verified.

Supporting the approval were the results of MM-002, a phase II, randomized, open-label study evaluating pomalidomide (4 mg once daily on days 1-21 of each 28-day cycle) plus low-dose dexamethasone (40 mg per day given only on Days 1, 8, 15 and 22 of each 28-day cycle for patients 75 years or younger, or 20 mg per day given only on Days 1, 8, 15 and 22 of each 28-day cycle for patients greater than 75 years of a ... Read more »

--JEDEC UFS[2] Ver.1.1 Standard Compliant Embedded Memories Combine up to 64GB NAND and a Controller in a Single Package--

TOKYO - Friday, February 8th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) today announced that it has started sample shipments of a 64-gigabyte (GB) embedded NAND flash memory module, the first in the industry equipped with a UFS I/F. The module is fully compliant with the JEDEC UFS Ver.1.1 standard[3] and is designed for application in a wide range of digital consumer products, including smartphones, tablet PCs.

Samples are mainly intended for evaluation of UFS I/F and its protocol in host chipsets and by OS vendors.

Demand continues to grow for large density, high-performance chips that support high resolution video, driven by improved data-processing speeds in host chipsets and wider bandwidths for wireless connectivity.

Toshiba has proved itself an innovator in this key area, and is now reinforcing it ... Read more »