Auction winner enjoys charity lunch with Marissa Mayer and donates additional 25,000 USD to Aspire East Palo Alto Charter School

MUNICH - Thursday, September 19th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) They met at the Yahoo! Group headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. Ralph Clemens Martin, Director of EMIRAT AG, redeemed his auction prize, a lunch with Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer, on 5 September. As the winner of the recent online charity auction by Charitybuzz, Munich-based Martin had the opportunity to meet one of the world's top managers in person. Auction proceeds benefited the Aspire East Palo Alto Charter School (EPACS) – a public school which prepares students for higher education and beyond. On top of the auction proceeds, Ralph Clemens Martin donated an additional 25,000 USD to EPACS.

On 5 September, the lucky winner of the auction, Ralph Clemens Martin, enjoyed a lunch meeting with Marissa Mayer. The famous top manager and the Director of EMIRAT AG, an interna ... Read more »

Les meilleures entreprises encouragent le leadership à tous les niveaux, promouvant l’innovation et réalisant l’excellence opérationnelle

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PHILADELPHIE - Samedi 21 Septembre 2013

--Hay Group, la société de conseil en gestion internationale, a publié aujourd’hui sa huitième étude annuelle Best Companies for Leadership Study (Étude des meilleures entreprises en leadership) et sa liste Top 20 des 20 principales entreprises. L’étude classe les meilleures entreprises en termes de leadership dans le monde et examine comment ces entreprises nourrissent le talent et favorisent l’innovation dans leurs rangs. Cette année, Procter & Gamble arrive en tête de la liste, suivi par Microsoft, General Electric et Coca-Cola.

L’étude de Hay Group révèle que les meilleures entreprises en leadership sont déterminées et stratégiques dans le dév ... Read more »

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AMSTERDAM - Thursday, September 19th 2013

Regulatory News:

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, has enabled Nex-Tech Wireless to launch Long Term Evolution (LTE) high-bandwidth wireless services to its subscribers in the United States. Gemalto’s comprehensive solution combining the LinqUs™ Advanced OTA platform and the UpTeq™ LTE multi-tenant SIM ensures that Nex-Tech Wireless mobile users can immediately enjoy the benefits of fourth-generation (4G) broadband-connectivity as well as easily transition further to future technology upgrades such as NFC.

In addition to facilitating faster broadband connections, the solution manages secure connectivity to all multi-tenant SIMs with reliability. The advanced UpTeqTM LTE multi-tenant SIM, embedded with Gemalto’s unique secure polling software, enables mass update campaigns with a high success rate. Gemalto’s solution is scalable for future deployment ... Read more »

DULUTH, Géorgie - Samedi 21 Septembre 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--AGCO, Your Agriculture Company (NYSE : AGCO), chef de file mondial spécialisé dans la conception, la fabrication et la distribution de machines et de solutions agricoles, a annoncé aujourd'hui la sortie de son rapport 2012 sur le développement durable, intitulé Food for Thought. Le rapport passe en revue les objectifs mondiaux d'AGCO en matière de durabilité des produits et des opérations, et retrace les progrès réalisés à ce jour. « Dans l'ensemble, les assises de notre activité sont très bien établies, et nous sommes dans une situation très solide sur le plan financier et concurrentielle pour nous permettre de réaliser des progrès dans le domaine de la durabilité », a déclaré Martin Richenhagen, président du conseil, président et chef de la direction d'AGCO.

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PHILADELPHIA - Thursday, September 19th 2013

-- Hay Group, the global management consulting firm, today released its eighth annual Best Companies for Leadership Study and Top 20 list. The study ranks the best companies for leadership around the globe and examines how those companies nurture talent and foster innovation in their ranks. This year, Procter & Gamble topped the list, followed by Microsoft, General Electric and Coca-Cola.

According to Hay Group’s study, the Best Companies for Leadership are purposeful and strategic in developing, enabling and motivating leaders throughout the organization to do their best. In fact, 73 percent of the Top 20 companies reported giving everyone at every level of the organization the opportunity to develop and practice the capabilities needed to lead others, compared to only 47 percent of all other companies. These future-focused companies also look ahead to what roles are – and will be – miss ... Read more »

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CILEUNGSI-BOGOR, Indonesia - Thursday, September 19th 2013

    Largest rating ever produced in Indonesia and the ASEAN region
    Will reduce PT PLN’s dependence on importing such equipment

Avantha Group Company CG today flagged off its first batch of 500 kV Transformers from its state-of-the-art Transformer manufacturing facility located in the industrial area of Cileungsi, Bogor, Indonesia. The facility is equipped to design, manufacture and test Transformers up to 550 kV class locally in Indonesia. The largest rating of the Transformer manufactured here is 500MVA and 550kV class.

CG’s Indonesian manufacturing and testing facility will now be used to strengthen PT PLN’s transmission network thus making CG a leading name in the whole of the Asia-Pacific region. PT PLN (Perusahaan Listrik Negara) is an Indonesian Government-owned sole electricity utility company.

In addition to the manufact ... Read more »