STRASBOURG, France - Monday, March 18th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Clestra (www.clestra.com) has named Xavier P. Negiar as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer/President of Clestra Hauserman Group.

"I’m honored to be associated with a $270 million company that has been manufacturing and installing quality relocatable office partitions systems for 100 years,” Negiar said. "As we begin our centennial, Clestra will continue to be a global industry innovator – we have demonstrated over the years our unique ability to adapt to ever changing office environments.”

Negiar added that Clestra will be introducing a number of innovative products in 2013 that will further demonstrate the company’s market expertise.

"These will be a natural extension of our comprehensive glass, steel and composite partitioning systems and will further transform working spaces in a wide variety of office environments,” said Negiar. "We’ll also be unveiling an excitin ... Read more »

STRASBOURG, France - Lundi 18 Mars 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Clestra (www.clestra.com) a nommé Xavier P. Negiar en tant que Président du conseil et Chef de la direction/Président du Groupe Clestra Hauserman.

« Je suis honoré d’être associé à une entreprise pesant 270 millions de dollars qui s’engage en faveur de la fabrication et de l’installation de systèmes de cloisons de bureaux démontables de qualité depuis 100 ans », a déclaré Negiar. « Après un siècle d’existence, Clestra continuera à être un innovateur de l’industrie mondiale - nous avons démontré au fil des années notre capacité unique à nous adapter à des environnements de bureau en constante évolution. »

Negiar a ajouté que Clestra allait lancer un certain nombre de produits innovants en 2013, pour démontrer encore davantage l’expertise de la société dans ce domaine.
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SHENZHEN, China - Monday, March 18th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ZTE Corporation notifies that Huawei has filed the court petition to the Mannheim Court against ZTE Deutschland GmbH with respect to the LTE and terminal patents. On March 15, the Mannheim Court in Germany declared to dismiss the Huawei’s accusation of ZTE’s infringement on the LTE terminal patents. With respect to the court’s decision on ‘Key Derivation Function’ patent infringement, ZTE will appeal to the higher court. ZTE is confident that the ZTE product involved in the lawsuit launched by Huawei doesn’t infringe Huawei’s patent rights related to this court petition. The court decision won’t affect any ZTE business operations around the globe including in Germany.

ZTE also notifies that Huawei has launched several other patent lawsuits against ZTE Corporation in Germany, France and Hungary. ZTE has the prepared solutions to all relevant patent lawsuits. These lawsuits won’t affect ZTE’s business ... Read more »

SAINT-PREX, Switzerland - Monday, March 18th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Data presented today at the European Association of Urology (EAU) 2013 annual meeting in Milan, indicate that the gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist degarelix (brand name: FIRMAGON®) may be associated with lower risk of a cardiovascular (CV) event or death compared to commonly prescribed luteinising hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonists.1 These data are based on a pooled analysis of 2,328 men with prostate cancer from six prospective, randomised trials. Analysis of the data also revealed that the men in the studies treated with FIRMAGON had significantly higher overall survival and improved disease control as evidenced by fewer fractures and a lower incidence of renal or urinary tract adverse events compared to men treated with LHRH agonists.2

Risk of CV Events or Deaths

Concerns about the cardiovascular toxicity of LHRH agonists have been raised following the Oc ... Read more »

L'inauguration de Shams 1, une centrale solaire thermique de 100 mégawatts, reflète une étape majeure dans le développement et le déploiement des énergies renouvelables au Moyen-Orient

Abu Dhabi, Émirats arabes unis - Lundi 18 Mars 2013 [ME NewsWire]

 Masdar et ses partenaires ont lancé aujourd'hui Shams 1, la plus grande centrale solaire concentrée en fonctionnement dans le monde. Masdar, la société des énergies renouvelables à Abu Dhabi, est entrée en partenariat avec Total, la société française d'énergie et Abengoa, la société d’infrastructure énergétique en Espagne. Le projet solaire thermique de capacité de 100 mégawatts alimentera des milliers de foyers aux Émirats arabes unis et déplacera environ 175.000 tonnes de CO ₂ par an. La construction de ce projet de 600 millions dollars prendra environ trois a ... Read more »