Excessive Speed a Leading Cause

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Monday, August 12th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

According to statistics issued by the Traffic Coordination Department at the Ministry of Interior, a total of 19 people died and 83 injured occurred across the country in traffic accidents during Al Fitr holidays. .

Statistics showed that the total number of traffic accidents between the 7th and 10th of August amounted to 32 accidents; including 16 collisions, nine run- over accidents and seven crashes, resulting in 19 deaths and 83 injuries, including 12 major injuries, 23 medium and 29 minor injuries during Eid Al Fitr holidays this year.

Statistics also revealed that excessive speed was the key reason behind the holidays’ traffic accidents that led to seven deaths. Reckless driving ranked second leading to three deaths, followed by motorists’ lack of attention that caused three deaths; taking a road without making sure it is clear, leading to two death ... Read more »

Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute

ORLANDO, Fla. - Monday, August 12th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Kony, Inc., the leading mobile and multi-channel application platform provider, today announced that it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the "Leaders” quadrant of the Magic Quadrant Report for "Mobile Application Development Platforms” (MADPs).1

Selecting mobile application development platforms has become an urgent issue for many CIOs, with mobile technologies ranking as a top technology priority in Gartner’s last three annual CIO surveys. Gartner reports2 "building mobile applications is an important component of an enterprise’s mobile strategies, because applications provide much of the potential business return on investments in mobile infrastructure. Enterprises build mobile websites and apps to engage customers wherever they are. Similarly, they build mobile applications to improve employee efficiency and effectivene ... Read more »

TSYS rejoint Paynet dans l’initiative de déploiement de cartes à puce EMV au Kenya

COLUMBUS, Géorgie et NAIROBI, Kenya - Lundi 12 Août 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)TSYS® (NYSE :  TSS) a annoncé aujourd’hui que la société soutenait Paynet, l’un des principaux fournisseurs de services financiers du Kenya aux émetteurs et affiliateurs, dans le cadre de sa campagne de migration vers les cartes à puce « Great Migration to EMV Chip Card ».

Fondée en 2003 et installée à Nairobi, au Kenya, la société Paynet est cliente de TSYS depuis 2004. Elle dispose sous licence de ME 4, la toute dernière version de la solution TSYS sous licence de gestion de cartes et de commerçants, afin de gérer son portefeuille de cartes Visa et de fournir une gamme complète de services externalisés de traitement de cartes au guichet et en arrière-guichet et de gestion des fraudes aux institutions fina ... Read more »

BUDAPEST, Hongrie - Lundi 12 Août 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)  Le Residency Bond Program, récemment adopté par le parlement, propose une résidence permanente sous des conditions préférentielles pour les ressortissants hors de l’Union européenne qui cherchent une libre circulation ou un déménagement à l'Union européenne.

Zsolt Albert, directeur général à la société limitée Residency Bond Program a déclaré : «La résidence permanente hongroise garanti  une résidence régulière et continue, qui peut servir comme une voie majeure pour l’obtention  de  la nationalité hongroise. La résidence permanente hongroise offre presque tous les droits et  avantages dont peut jouir  un  citoyen  Hongroie: vous pouvez voyager et séjourner dans l'espace Schengen; vous pouvez vivre, séjour ... Read more »

LONDON - Monday, August 12th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Global brand services agency Tag relaunched today, incorporating the marketing services arm of its parent group Williams Lea. The new combined offering bolsters Tag’s existing design, production and marketing execution capabilities, allowing the company to deliver a powerful combination of creativity and efficiency for its international client base. In addition John Paulson – formerly CEO of the Americas - has been appointed Global CEO of Tag based in New York, and will assume responsibility for the business globally.

Tag manages and implements global communications campaigns for brands and their creative partners, delivering unrivalled control, consistency and speed to market. The launch of its new proposition comes after an in-depth consultation with over 200 clients and 600 employees commissioned after Williams Lea acquired the company eighteen months ago, and will allow its customers to benefit from a wid ... Read more »

BUDAPEST, Hungary - Monday, August 12th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) The Hungarian Residency Bond Program, recently adopted by Parliament, offers permanent residency under preferential conditions for non-EU nationals seeking free movement or relocation in the European Union.

"Hungarian permanent residency provides a lawful and lifelong residence, which may serve as a major route to Hungarian citizenship,” says Zsolt Albert, managing director of Residency Bond Program Ltd. Hungarian permanent residency offers almost all the rights and benefits that citizens enjoy in Hungary: you can travel and stay within the Schengen area; you may live, stay and work in Hungary; and in addition, you and your family are entitled to attend Hungarian public schools.

Residency Bond Program Ltd. was founded in order to provide all-inclusive personal guidance for non-EU nationals applying for the Hungarian Residency Bond Program.

As pioneers, the founders have been concerned ... Read more »

TSYS joins Paynet in EMV roll-out initiative in Kenya

COLUMBUS, Ga. & NAIROBI, Kenya - Monday, August 12th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) TSYS® (NYSE: TSS) announced today that it supports Paynet, one of Kenya’s leading financial services providers to issuers and acquirers, in its ‘Great Migration to EMV Chip Card’ campaign.

Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, Paynet has been a TSYS client since 2004. It licenses PRIME 4, the latest version of the TSYS licensed card and merchant management solution, to manage its Visa card portfolio and provide a full range of outsourced front- and back-office card processing and fraud management services for financial institutions across Kenya and East Africa.

Paynet initiated ‘The Great Migration to EMV Chip Card’ campaign to fight card fraud by urging banks and other stakeholders in the region to move toward the higher security EMV Chip debit/credit card standard. The PRIME platform supports ... Read more »

Revenues up 53% on Record Quarterly Retail and Institutional Volume of $1.7 trillion Pro Forma EBITDA up 159% and Pro Forma EPS up 182%

NEW YORK - Sunday, August 11th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Second Quarter 2013 Highlights:

    Revenues of $140.1 million, up 53% versus the same period in 2012
    U.S. GAAP net income attributable to FXCM Inc. of $10.1 million or $0.32 per fully diluted share
    Adjusted Pro Forma EBITDA of $54.5 million, up 159% versus the same period in 2012
    Adjusted Pro Forma net income of $23.3 million or $0.31 per fully diluted share up 196% and 182%, respectively, versus the same period in 2012

July 2013 Operating Metrics Highlights:

    Retail customer trading volume of $388 billion – third highest in FXCM’s history
    Institutional customer trading volume of $185 billion – second highest in FXCM’s history

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DUBLIN - Sunday, August 11th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

    Third quarter net sales of $570 million, up 10.4%, versus prior-year quarter
    Third quarter specialty pharmaceuticals net sales of $309 million rose 21.2%
    Third quarter loss per share of $0.48; excluding specified items, adjusted earnings per share(1) of $0.49
    Three year, $100 million to $125 million restructuring program announced

(BUSINESS WIRE) Mallinckrodt plc (NYSE: MNK), a leading global specialty pharmaceuticals and global medical imaging business, today reported results for the third quarter of fiscal 2013, ended June 28, 2013.

Net sales were $570.0 million for the third fiscal quarter of 2013, an increase of 10.4%, compared with $516.3 million reported in the third quarter of fiscal 2012.

On a non-GAAP basis, adjusted net income(1) for the third fiscal quarter of 2013 was $28.4 million, compared with $50.6 million a yea ... Read more »