Partnership with Mobile Operators and Smartphone Supplier Allows Using Mobile Phone as a RioCard Transit Card and Checking Balances on the Screen

AMSTERDAM & RIO DE JANEIRO - Saturday, October 19th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Regulatory News:

Rio de Janeiro will be the first city in Brazil to launch a pilot program enabling mobile NFC ticketing for public transportation. This innovative initiative is a pioneering partnership between RioCard Tecnologia da Informação, Gemalto, Motorola Mobility and the country’s four leading mobile operators - Claro, Oi, Telefónica and TIM, supported by the GSMA. Two hundred users of buses, trains and ferries have been selected to collaborate with these companies in this three-month pilot, which is expected to conclude in December 2013.

For the first time in Brazil, smartphones will be used as mobile wallets with embedded NFC technology enabling secure payment for public transportation tickets. NFC allows safe co ... Read more »

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HOUSTON. Oct - Friday, October 18th 2013

The Board of Directors of Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB) today declared a quarterly dividend of $0.3125 per share of outstanding common stock. The dividend is payable on January 10, 2014 to stockholders of record at the close of business on December 4, 2013.

About Schlumberger

Schlumberger is the world’s leading supplier of technology, integrated project management and information solutions to customers working in the oil and gas industry worldwide. Employing approximately 120,000 people representing over 140 nationalities and working in more than 85 countries, Schlumberger provides the industry’s widest range of products and services from exploration through production.

Schlumberger Limited has principal offices in Paris, Houston and The Hague, and reported revenues from continuing operations of $41.73 billion in 2012. For more information, visit www.slb.com.

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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, October 20th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

The Search and Rescue Team leaves the country on Monday morning to visit the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to participate in the "Handling Disasters” drill, which lasts until next Wednesday.

Lieutenant Colonel Mohammed Abdul Jalil Al Ansari, Head of the UAE Search and Rescue Team, said that the aim behind such a drill is to enhance the team’s cooperation and measure its abilities in addition to identifying the weaknesses and strengths in order to improve its responsiveness to disasters.

The Search and Rescue Team comprises of a number of trained and qualified members who are highly equipped. The team’s participation is in line with the mutual collaboration and cooperation efforts between the UAE and Jordan teams. It represents the five-year strategy of the Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters that gives priority to training and empowering all members as it focuses on issues related to security ... Read more »

INGELHEIM, Germany - Friday, October 18th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

    Phase III trials have shown that once-daily Striverdi® Respimat® provided fast, remarkable and sustained improvements in lung function when given in addition to usual care in patients with moderate to very severe COPD1-4

- Studies investigated addition of Striverdi® Respimat® to patients' usual care background therapies in an effort to more accurately represent the real-life setting

    Lung function improvements with once daily Striverdi® Respimat® results in a higher number of COPD patients achieving clinically meaningful improvements in quality of life compared to usual care alone3
    Large global Phase III clinical trial programme in COPD - TOviTO® - to investigate the efficacy and safety of a once-daily fixed-dose combination of tiotropium plus olodaterol delivered via the Respimat® inhaler is underway

(BUSINE ... Read more »

Par rapport à l'indice de départ, la perspective est abaissée à neutre, en raison du ralentissement de la reprise du crédit à la consommation et des problèmes posés par l'activité et la qualité des actifs du secteur bancaire

NEW YORK - Mardi 22 Octobre 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)Fitch Ratings lance aujourd'hui le Fitch Fundamentals Index (FFI) pour suivre l'évolution de la solidité de l'économie américaine en surveillant les caractéristiques économiques essentielles de l'évolution des éléments fondamentaux du crédit. Le FFI s'appuie sur les informations exclusives de l'agence de notation Fitch et complète les notations de crédit, mais n'est pas lié à une notation particulière, y compris la note souveraine américaine.

« Le FFI indique que les moteurs fondamentaux de l'économie américaine font à présent du s ... Read more »

• Dubai and Abu Dhabi are believed to hold the most opportunities • One in two would move abroad on a long term basis

LONDON - Thursday, October 17th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Professionals are being lured abroad by the prospects of a career overseas, with nine in 10 of those working in the built environment sector considering a move.

Research into professional’s motivations to move abroad was conducted by specialist recruitment site CareerStructure.com, which revealed that the appeal of working overseas is considerable.

The prospect of greater salaries, better career opportunities and the chance to have a new experience has encouraged the majority of professionals to consider looking abroad for their next position. For half of professionals, the UK is simply becoming a less attractive place to work, with a perception of lower salaries and lacking workloads.

The locations with the most lure include Dubai (63%), closely followed by Abu Dhabi ... Read more »

BOUDRY en Suisse - Mardi 22 Octobre 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Celgene International Sàrl, une filiale en propriété exclusive de Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ : CELG), a annoncé aujourd’hui que les résultats de l’essai clinique de phase III MPACT (Metastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Clinical Trial - essai clinique sur l’adénocarcinome métastatique du pancréas) de l’ABRAXANE® (particules de paclitaxel liées à des protéines pour une suspension injectable) (lié à l’albumine) en combinaison avec la gemcitabine ont été publiés dans l’édition du 16 octobre de la revue New England Journal of Medicine.

«Ces résultats ont débouché sur l’approbation de la Food and Drug Administration aux États-Unis pour l’ABRAXANE en tant que traitement de première intention des patients atteints d’un adénocarcinome métastatique du pancréas, e ... Read more »

SHENZHEN, China - Tuesday, October 22nd 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ZTE Corporation ("ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK/Ashare stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment, network solutions and mobile devices, and Jazztel, an IBEX 35 company and leading telecommunication service provider with its own network in Spain, have announced that Jazztel’s national high-speed broadband fibre to the home (FTTH) network deployment is progressing satisfactorily and has begun commercial operation.

The FTTH framework agreement, signed between ZTE and Jazztel in November 2012, plans to build a broadband network within two years that would cover three million home and corporate users and bring in a new era for Spain’s broadband market.

Jazztel is a fixed-network operator offering fixed-line voice, data and internet as well as mobile communications services to a user base of more than 1.3 million. In the past three years, Jazz ... Read more »

Inaugural Index Falls to Neutral Due to Slowing Consumer Credit Recovery and Bank Operating and Asset Quality Challenges

NEW YORK. - Thursday, October 17th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Fitch Ratings today launches the Fitch Fundamentals Index (FFI) to track changes in the strength of the U.S. economy by monitoring the shifting credit fundamentals for key economic attributes. The FFI is based on Fitch’s proprietary data and complements credit ratings, but is not tied to any rating including the U.S. sovereign rating.

‘The FFI shows the fundamental drivers of the U.S. economy treading water right now,’ said Jeremy Carter, Fitch Ratings Managing Director. ‘If the political stalemate in Washington continues, or even escalates, we would expect to see a weakening of some of the fundamentals at year end.’

The U.S. FFI fell into the neutral zone (zero) in third-quarter 2013 (3Q’13) from slightly positive (+2) in 2Q’13 as the strengthening in consumer credit t ... Read more »

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LONDON - Thursday, October 17th 2013

FxPro Group Ltd (FxPro), the 100% Agency Model FX broker, announces the launch of FxPro SuperTrader*, a cutting-edge investment platform that allows traders to diversify their FX investments by creating a portfolio of high-performance strategies from an elite group of trade leaders.

Through its innovative Agency Model, FxPro has successfully aligned its interests with those of its clients. FxPro SuperTrader, the first investment platform to work exclusively with the no conflict of interest Agency Model of order execution, builds on the company’s client-centric, transparent approach to trading. FxPro wants its clients to be profitable and provides advanced tools like FxPro SuperTrader that are engineered to improve trading results.

With FxPro SuperTrader investors can:

    Analyse strategies via real-time performance statistics, risk-ratings and copier data;
   ... Read more »

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LONDRES - Mardi 22 Octobre 2013

FxPro Group Ltd (FxPro), le courtier en devises reposant intégralement sur le modèle d'agence, annonce le lancement de FxPro SuperTrader*, une plateforme d’investissement qui permet aux opérateurs de diversifier leurs investissements en devises en créant un portefeuille de stratégies de hautes-performances provenant d’une élite d’opérateurs de premier plan.

Grâce à son modèle d'agence innovant, FxPro est parvenue à aligner ses intérêts avec ceux de ses clients. FxPro SuperTrader, la première plateforme d’investissement à fonctionner exclusivement sur le modèle d'agence pour l’exécution des ordres, dénuée de conflits d’intérêts, s’appuie sur l’approche du négoce transparente et centrée sur le client mise en œuvre par la société. FxPro souhaite que ses clients gagnent de l'argent et leur fournit des outi ... Read more »

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LONDRES - Mardi 22 Octobre 2013

FxPro Group Ltd (FxPro), le courtier en devises reposant intégralement sur le modèle d'agence, annonce le lancement de FxPro SuperTrader*, une plateforme d’investissement qui permet aux opérateurs de diversifier leurs investissements en devises en créant un portefeuille de stratégies de hautes-performances provenant d’une élite d’opérateurs de premier plan.

Grâce à son modèle d'agence innovant, FxPro est parvenue à aligner ses intérêts avec ceux de ses clients. FxPro SuperTrader, la première plateforme d’investissement à fonctionner exclusivement sur le modèle d'agence pour l’exécution des ordres, dénuée de conflits d’intérêts, s’appuie sur l’approche du négoce transparente et centrée sur le client mise en œuvre par la société. FxPro souhaite que ses clients gagnent de l'argent et leur fournit des outi ... Read more »

Local sponsors very generous in their support for charity challenge flight by light aircraft


DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, October 17th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Aviation adventurers Andy Hardy and Sam Kidd, private pilots from London, have landed in Dubai on their way from London to Sydney in a Piper Cherokee light aircraft.

The pair are undertaking the epic flight challenge to raise money for UK-based charity Oxfam. Oxfam works around the world to help people to help themselves and last year their emergency and development work reached 13 million people in 90 countries.

    The flight will cover a distance of 10,500 nautical miles great-circle distance, in an aircraft designed for much-shorter journeys. The total distance flown will be over 12,000 nautical miles
    The crew will fly over 22 countries, stopping in 23 cities
    The challenge crew’s goal is to raise £1/mile, eq ... Read more »

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LONDON - Thursday, October 17th 2013

    13.10 desktop gains Smart Scopes and performance improvements from mobile and desktop convergence effort, paving the way for full converge across all devices.
    13.10 includes the first true mobile release of Ubuntu, enabling OEMs, carriers and silicon vendors to integrate Ubuntu for mobile devices in 2014
    13.10 supports service differentiation for OEMs and carriers

Canonical today announces the availability of Ubuntu 13.10 for desktop and smartphone. Ubuntu’s first true mobile release delivers the streamlined core OS and mobile user interface that pave the way for full device convergence and create a unique platform for modern computing.

"This is a milestone in Ubuntu’s history; the exact same Ubuntu OS runs on ARM phones and modern HP Moonshot ARM servers, and provides exactly the same capability as x86 platforms,” said Rick Spencer ... Read more »

BOUDRY, Switzerland - Thursday, October 17th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)  Celgene International Sàrl, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ:CELG), today announced the results of the MPACT (Metastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Clinical Trial) phase III clinical trial of ABRAXANE® (paclitaxel protein-bound particles for injectable suspension) (albumin-bound) in combination with gemcitabine were published online in the October 16th edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.

The MPACT study, chaired by lead author and study principal investigator, Dr. Daniel D. Von Hoff, Chief Scientific Officer for Scottsdale Healthcare’s Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center Clinical Trials and Physician-In-Chief for the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), is a Celgene-sponsored, open-label, randomized, study of 861 previously untreated patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer at 151 community and academic centers from 11 countries in North ... Read more »

Quantum is the Transportation Industry’s First of Its Kind Designed to Ensure New Levels of Safety and Independence for Mobility Passengers

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla - Wednesday, October 16th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Q’Straint has announced the introduction of Quantum, the transportation industry’s first fully automatic rear-facing wheelchair securement station designed for virtually any bus or rail car.

The revolutionary new product was developed by combining transportation insight, intelligent technology and a pioneering new approach to securement. After boarding a bus or rail car, Quantum allows wheelchair and scooter passengers to position their chair and by simply pushing a button to secure themselves in a stable and safe rear-facing position without driver assistance. The process takes under 25 seconds.

"In addition to ensuring the highest level of passenger safety, keeping buses on schedule and preventing tip-overs, Quantum provides a more respe ... Read more »

Production of vehicle license plates

SIEGEN, Germany - Thursday, October 17th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Erich Utsch AG, leading provider of vehicle license plates and registration systems worldwide, has supplied the Australian State of Victoria with innovative, state-of-the-art vehicle license plate embossing presses. The U-Press embossing press (available online) is a new and unique development from the Germany-based vehicle license plate specialist Utsch. It bridges the gap between manual and automatic embossing presses and prevents deliberate and unintentional embossing errors, particularly in jurisdictions with complicated alpha-numeric sequences.

The Australian State authority responsible for license plates in Victoria sought an alternative to their license plate series which was almost exhausted of possible combinations. The existing configuration of three alpha and three numeric characters (AAANNN) had supplied combinations for the jurisdiction f ... Read more »

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Wednesday, October 16th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

The Directorate General of Strategy and Performance Development at the Ministry of Interior organized a specialized workshop to discuss the implementation mechanism of the Corporate Performance Management and Follow-up System 2014-2016, for all sectors of the ministry. It is noteworthy that this strategy is in pursuance of the overall development project of the Ministry of Interior’s strategy.

The workshop, which was held in the Hilton Hotel Abu Dhabi, was attended by Brigadier Mohammed Ali Al Marzouqi, Director of the Engineering Department; Colonel Aziz Hamoud Al Ameri, Director of Strategy and Performance Development at the Ministry; and Colonel Abdullah Khamis Al Dhaheri; Director of Human Resources Planning Department at the Directorate General of Human Resources Department in the Ministry. Also present at the workshop were directors of the strategy departments at the Police General Headquar ... Read more »

SHENZHEN, China - Monday, October 21st 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ZTE Corporation ("ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment, network solutions and mobile devices, has released Public Safety Guarantees the Harmonious Development of Human, Society and Nature, a research white paper on public safety systems.

The technical white paper, which investigates the relationship between public safety and human behaviour, provides an in-depth analysis of the developing trends and the future of public safety systems, based on their development history.

The white paper analyses the current state of public safety systems and discusses the part technological progress has played in their development.

Architecturally, the latest generation systems include multiple subsystems, which cooperate closely to ensure the optimum performance of the whole system. By implementing the ... Read more »