LONDON - Wednesday, June 12th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

    Asia now center of gravity of profitable growth for global consumer products and retail
    By 2016, emerging Asia will account for almost a quarter of global consumer products markets and 37% of total consumer products growth
    Only 20% of Asia-based senior executives, currently achieving both accretive margins and sustaining significantly high growth
    Companies must ruthlessly implement eight business imperatives for profitable growth

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The role of emerging Asian markets has changed and these markets are now the engine of profitable growth for global consumer products (CP) companies and retailers. In order to capture this opportunity, companies must change the way they approach localization - through greater local autonomy, granularity, focus and agility to ensure the consumer at the center. This is according to the new Profit or ... Read more »

Une application d'entreprise permet le partage de vidéos, d'images, de données et d'applications entre collègues sur des murs, des ordinateurs et des appareils mobiles iOS et Android Les produits sont présentés au congrès InfoComm 2013, sur le stand Jupiter N° 3121 InfoComm 2013

ORLANDO, Floride - Mercredi 12 Juin 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jupiter Systems, le principal fournisseur mondial de solutions de visualisation coopératives pour murs vidéo, ordinateurs et appareils mobiles a introduit aujourd'hui Canvas 2.0, la dernière génération de sa solution primée de visualisation et collaboration multipoint d'entreprise. Canas 2.0, qui est en outre compatible avec les téléphones intelligents et tablettes dotés d'Apple iOS et d'Android, est doté de nouvelles fonctionnalités intégrées de messagerie instantanée et d'invitations à partager fournissant u ... Read more »

Dubaï, Émirats Arabes Unis - Mercredi 12 Juin 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Le groupe Rolman, une société dont le siège se trouve à Dubaï et considérée comme étant un des plus grands et  plus reconnus distributeurs de roulements et des services techniques pour applications spécialisées au Moyen Orient et en Afrique, prévoit de lancer ses opérations dans son installation récemment établie à Doha dès le prochain trimestre de cette année. Le groupe Rolman, dont le siège se trouve à Dubaï, aux Émirats Arabes Unis, inaugurera sa nouvelle installation pour approvisionner le marché qatari en industries d’essence, de pétrole et de gaz, d’automobiles et de camions.

 En s’exprimant sur  l'inauguration de ses opérations au Qatar, M. Akram Muazzen, PDG du groupe Rolman a déclaré: «Notre installation à Doha abrite nos bureaux de services  admini ... Read more »

L'éminent gestionnaire de patrimoine chinois propose aux investisseurs institutionnels et particuliers américains des fonds communs de placement orientés vers la Chine et l'Asie, au travers d'une entreprise en participation innovante

NEW YORK - Mercredi 12 Juin 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Harvest Fund Management (« Harvest »), une des premières sociétés de gestion de patrimoine de Chine, a annoncé aujourd'hui le lancement de Harvest Krane, une entreprise en participation innovante fondée par sa filiale internationale, Harvest Global Investments, et Jonathan A. Krane et son équipe de vétérans de l'industrie ; l'entreprise distribuera des fonds communs de placement orientés vers la Chine et l'Asie auprès des investisseurs institutionnels et particuliers aux États-Unis.

La première offre aux États-Unis est le fonds Harvest Funds Intermediate Bond (HXIIX) (le « fonds »), ... Read more »

Enterprise-wide application enables video, images, data, and applications to be shared with colleagues on display walls, PCs, iOS and Android mobile devices Product Featured at InfoComm 2013, Jupiter Booth No. 3121 InfoComm 2013

ORLANDO, Fla. - Wednesday, June 12th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Jupiter Systems, the leading worldwide supplier of collaborative visualization solutions for video walls, PCs, and mobile devices, introduced today Canvas 2.0, the new generation of its award-winning multipoint visualization and collaboration solution for the enterprise. Canvas 2.0 adds support for Apple iOS and Android smartphones and tablets, as well as new onboard instant messaging and invite-to-share features, providing true collaborative visualization for users no matter where they are.

Canvas 2.0 allows users to share sources on display walls, PC, and mobile devices via LAN/WAN and 3G/4G networks. Unique in the industry, Canvas allows users to annotate directly ... Read more »

WESTCHESTER, Ill. - Wednesday, June 12th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

- Free, Easy-to-Use App Tracks Automotive Metrics and Keyword Search Trend Data -

- Allows Arabic Language Customers to Make Smart Decisions in Auction Process -

(BUSINESS WIRE/ME NewsWire)-- Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. (IAA) the leading live and live-online salvage auto auction company and wholly-owned subsidiary of KAR Auction Services, Inc. (NYSE: KAR), today announced that it has launched the CarKeyword App for Apple iPhone, which can be downloaded free of charge through the Apple App Store, beginning today. CarKeyword includes search data features to track key words and help customers make smart buy-or-sell decisions through the convenience of their mobile devices. Optimized for iPhone 5, CarKeyword is the first App of its kind to be offered in Arabic.

IAA designed the CarKeyword App to help customers anticipate increases in auction prices and make more informed buy-or-sell decisions by using ... Read more »

AMSTERDAM - Wednesday, June 12th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Regulatory News:

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces its selection by SoftBank Mobile for the commercial launch of mobile NFC services in Japan. This launch further expands Japan’s NFC ecosystem, with two major mobile operators having launched NFC services, powered by Gemalto’s Allynis Trusted Service Management (TSM) solution. Open and scalable, the TSM infrastructure allows operators to easily bring new service providers into the ecosystem. The solution is hosted in Gemalto’s secure data center based in Singapore, providing 24/7 availability to ensure business continuity for SoftBank Mobile.

With Japanese banks increasingly throwing their weight into mobile payment services, Japanese mobile subscribers will have more access to a rich portfolio of NFC services which also include e-ticketing and loyalty programs. The support of NFC international st ... Read more »

MATTAWAN, Mich - Wednesday, June 12th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

SNMMI 2013

MATTAWAN, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- MPI Research, the largest single-site preclinical/early clinical contract research organization (CRO) globally, is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with inviCRO and 3D Imaging to unite world-class molecular imaging, radiochemistry, and informatics to accelerate drug discovery and development. This partnership represents a combination of integrated imaging solutions that is offered by no other CRO in the world.

Having already collaborated on more than 100 unique imaging projects, MPI Research, inviCRO, and 3D Imaging are aligning and expanding to meet the industry’s need for comprehensive imaging services in a single location. The new molecular imaging center, located at MPI Research, will provide drug developers with access to the first commercially available cyclotron facility immediately contiguous with vivarium facilities housing species ranging from ... Read more »

In a ceremony held at the Emirates Park Zoo

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, June 11th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Major General Nasser Lakhrebani Al Nuaimi, owner of the Emirates Park Zoo praised the higher leadership for its prominent role in providing moral support to the creative citizens of the UAE. He emphasized that the State spares no effort or fund in order to support creative talents in all areas.

This was announced by Major General Al Nuaimi as part of the ceremony that was held to honor the Emirati National Dr. Montaser Al Mansouri who received the Merlin Award for Magic, instituted by the US-based International Magicians Society (IMS). It is noteworthy that he is the first Arabic magician to receive two consecutive Merlin Awards despite the difficult conditions and criteria.

Addressing the audience during the grand ceremony held at the Emirates Park Zoo in the Bahia region in Abu Dhabi, Al Nuaimi expressed his pleasure for Dr Montaser’s unique ... Read more »

Leading Chinese Asset Manager Brings China and Asia-Focused Mutual Funds To U.S. Institutional and Retail Investors through Pioneering Joint Venture

NEW YORK - Wednesday, June 12th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Harvest Fund Management ("Harvest”), one of China’s leading asset management companies, today announced that it has launched Harvest Krane, a pioneering joint venture between its international subsidiary, Harvest Global Investments, and Jonathan A. Krane and his team of industry veterans, which will distribute China and Asia-focused mutual funds to institutional and retail investors in the U.S.

The first offering in the U.S. is the Harvest Funds Intermediate Bond Fund (HXIIX) (the "Fund”) advised by Harvest Global Investments. The Fund’s investment objective seeks long-term total return through a combination of capital appreciation and current income by primarily investing in investment grade and high-yield, high-quality China bonds. The Fund marks t ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, June 11th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Abu Dhabi Police managed to apprehend an Asian gang nicknamed "Nocturnal Bandits” on Friday; the gang is specialized in stealing from private facilities at night.  

Colonel Dr. Rashed Mohammed Borshid , Director of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) at the Abu Dhabi Police, revealed that the five-member Asian gang was arrested, for  breaking and entering private facilities in the Al Mafraq and Musaffah industrial areas in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and stealing valuables under cover of darkness.  The gang members used their physical force to take the guards by surprise and tie them up, before disconnecting the surveillance cameras. He said: "The masked gang members, armed with knives, were able to steal cash, copper metals, and diesel totaling approximately AED 1.8 million.”

He added: "upon receiving several reports and calls regarding thefts at transportation, contracting ... Read more »

VANCOUVER, Canada - Tuesday, June 11th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Phyton Biotech, a global supplier of high quality paclitaxel and docetaxel API, has been granted a Certificate of suitability to European Pharmacopeia (CEP) by the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines and HealthCare (EDQM) for its docetaxel anhydrous active pharmaceutical ingredient (API). Phyton is the first North American or European based contract API supplier to be granted a CEP for docetaxel. Importantly, Phyton’s docetaxel API is not subject to the current worldwide shortage of 10-deacetylbaccatin (10-DAB) starting material because it uses paclitaxel from its own plant cell fermentation facility as its starting material.

Comments CTO and VP, Business Development, Roland Franke, PhD: "Virtually every other docetaxel API supplier in the world uses 10-DAB as their docetaxel starting material. Unfortunately, docetaxel API is now in short supply because we are in one of the periodic ... Read more »

2013 Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits

TOKYO - Mercredi 12 Juin 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE/ME NewsWire)--Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) a aujourd'hui annoncé le développement d'un transistor à haut gain de puissance utilisant un processus compatible avec la technologie CMOS. Le transistor réduit efficacement la consommation d'énergie des applications frontales radio/analogiques de haute fréquence. Le transistor sera présenté en détail le 12 juin lors du symposium 2013 sur les technologies et circuits VLSI qui se tiendra du 11 au 14 juin à Kyoto au Japon.

La croissance rapide des appareils sans fil et mobiles, y compris des téléphones intelligents et des tablettes, entraîne une demande en circuits radio/analogiques à basse consommation d'énergie et de haute performance. Il est cependant difficile d'appliquer aux circuits radio/analogiques les technologies de pointe des appar ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, June 11th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

The Community Police Department at Abu Dhabi Police GHQ launched its summer activities program with an awareness campaign targeting children under the theme "Making Use of Time”. This campaign is part of  its annual plan for the current year, and coincides with the end of the school year and the onset of summer holidays.

Lt. Colonel Mubarak bin Muhairom, Head of the Department noted that the summer activity program aims to help students better exploit their leisure time, and to raise  awareness on community and security activity among community members, as well as to acquaint them with the best means to protect themselves from the dangers of crime.

Lt. Colonel Mubarak bin Muhairom urged parents to develop their children's skills, discover their talents and use the correct guidance methods to help them exploit their leisure time usefully. Furthermore, he underscored the Department’s ke ... Read more »

London (UK) - Tuesday, June 11th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) – Intelligent Energy and Microqual Techno Limited today announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a partnership to provide telecoms infrastructure using equipment mounted on existing power transmission towers in India. Microqual has exclusive rights from Power Grid Corporation of India Limited and other state transmission companies to use their transmission tower infrastructure in Punjab, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir – across a total of 85,000 towers. Telecoms equipment will be fitted to the transmission towers, a practice already widely adopted in other parts of the world. Based on its unique efficient power technology portfolio, Intelligent Energy will provide power to the equipment mounted on these towers.

With the telecoms industry’s growth focus in rural areas, this agreement between Microqual and Intelligent Energy to make use of the existi ... Read more »

VANCOUVER, Canada - Mercredi 12 Juin 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Phyton Biotech, fournisseur mondial d'IPA paclitaxel et docétaxel de qualité supérieure, a reçu un certificat de conformité à la Pharmacopée européenne (CEP) de la Direction européenne de la qualité du médicament et des soins de santé (EDQM) pour son ingrédient pharmaceutique actif (IPA) docétaxel anhydre. Phyton est le premier fournisseur d'IPA sous-contrat basé en Amérique du Nord ou en Europe à se voir octroyer un CEP pour le docétaxel. Il est important de noter que l'IPA docétaxel de Phyton n'est pas sujet à la pénurie mondiale actuelle en matière première 10-deacetylbaccatin (10-DAB), dans la mesure où la société utilise le paclitaxel issu de sa propre usine de fermentation de cellules végétales en tant que matière première.

Roland Franke, PhD, direct ... Read more »

TOKYO - Tuesday, June 11th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE/ME NewsWire)-- Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) today announced the development of a high power gain transistor using a CMOS compatible process. The transistor efficiently reduces power consumption in high frequency RF/analog front-end application. Details will be presented on June 12 at the 2013 Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits, held in Kyoto, Japan, June 11-14, 2013.

Rapid growth in wireless and mobile devices, including smart phones and tablets, is driving demand for RF/Analog circuits offering low-power consumption and high-performance. However, it is difficult to apply the advanced device and process technologies widely used in digital circuitry to RF/Analog circuits, as transistor scaling results in noise and deterioration in energy gain efficiency.

Toshiba has addressed this problem with a novel device structure using two different materials as the gate electrode of a single MOSFET and a pr ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, June 11th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Lt. General Saif Abdullah Al Sha’far, Undersecretary at the Ministry of Interior met in his office at the ministry, Colonel Abdul Rahim Bin Qasim Al Farsi Director General, General Administration for Combating Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances at the Royal Oman Police, and the accompanying delegation, currently visiting the country.

During the meeting, a number of issues of mutual interest were discussed, as well as ways to strengthen cooperation and coordination to combat drugs between the Ministries of Interior of both the UAE and Sultanate of Oman.

The meeting was attended, on behalf of the UAE Ministry of Interior, by Colonel Saeed Al Suwaidi, Director General, Anti-Drug Federal Directorate General; Colonel Abdul Rahman Al Owais; Deputy Director General; Colonel Hussein Mahmoud Al Awadhi, Acting Director of Public Relations; Major Sultan Hareb Al Darmaki, from the International Cooperat ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, June 11th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

The Air Ambulance aircraft of the Abu Dhabi Police’s Air Wing Department airlifted an Emirati woman who had sustained injuries in a traffic accident, from Ibri hospital in the Sultanate of Oman to Tawam hospital in Al Ain to receive necessary medical treatment.  

This comes in line with the humanitarian missions provided by the Department to the public.

The Air Wing Department had received tip off  from the Central Operations, that a female National sustained several bruises and mild fractures in a traffic accident in the region of Ibri in the Sultanate of Oman, and needs to be airlifted back to the country. The air ambulance aircraft immediately took off to Ibri hospital, where the medical crew provided the necessary medical care to the patient to stabilize her condition and transfer her back to Tawam hospital in the city of Al Ain for further treatment.

It is noteworthy that ... Read more »

Alliance to feature research data for linagliptin and the investigational compound empagliflozin*

INGELHEIM, Germany and INDIANAPOLIS - Tuesday, June 11th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ex US & UK Medical Media Only

Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company are pleased to announce that the companies’ diabetes alliance will have a strong scientific and clinical presence at the 73rd American Diabetes Association (ADA) Scientific Sessions® in Chicago, 21–25 June, with 34 posters, abstracts and an oral presentation.

Empagliflozin* Data

A total of 17 clinical and pre-clinical abstracts for the investigational agent empagliflozin will be presented, including three late-breaker abstracts. Empagliflozin is a member of the sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor class of drugs and is being investigated for the reduction of blood glucose levels in adults with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D). The emerging SGLT2 inhibitor class removes excess g ... Read more »