ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, November 19th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Due to the climate changes witnessed in the UAE and the expectations of rain fall, the Abu Dhabi Police GHQ launched a public awareness initiative today that promotes precautionary procedures and necessary safety measures.

Major General Mohammed bin Al Awadhi Al Menhali, Director General of Police Operations at Abu Dhabi Police, explained that the initiative includes a set of necessary instructions for construction and maintenance workers in commercial buildings and high-rise towers. The initiative also targets crane workers in under-construction buildings and facilities. Raising the awareness of citizens and residents about the safety measures they should take in case of heavy rain that may occur along with heavy cloud cover, strong winds, thunder, and lightning is also a main part of the initiative.

"The public will receive guidance through the Twitter and Facebook accounts of Abu Dhabi P ... Read more »

Further establishes company’s leadership and commitment to regulatory and health issues


SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Friday, November 22nd 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NJOY, America’s number one independent electronic cigarette company, today announced the addition of two members to the Company’s senior leadership team, adding Dr. Joshua Rabinowitz as Chief Scientist and David Graham as Senior Vice President for International Regulatory Affairs. The addition of these highly-respected and experienced executives to oversee the company’s scientific research and international regulatory affairs reflects the commitment of NJOY to leadership in obsoleting tobacco cigarette smoking worldwide.

Dr. Joshua Rabinowitz, currently serving as a consultant, will join NJOY full time effective February 1, 2014. Dr. Rabinowitz is responsible for all science-related aspects of the business, including the laboratory and clinical testing of NJOY products, and oversight of product m ... Read more »

NEW YORK & BATON ROUGE, La - Thursday, November 21st 2013 [ME NewsWire]

 (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Sumitomo Corporation ("SC”) and Sumitomo Corporation of America ("SCOA”), collectively "Sumitomo”, today announced that it has closed its acquisition of Edgen Group Inc. ("Edgen Group”) for US$12.00 per share.

Dan O’Leary, President and Chief Executive Officer of Edgen Group, will continue to lead Edgen Group’s strategic growth initiatives. Mr. O’Leary stated, "This transaction gives us the capacity to serve the expanding needs and complex procurement requirements of the global energy infrastructure industry on an even greater scale. We look forward to leveraging the value of this new partnership on behalf of our customers around the world.”

"As a leader in the supply of steel products across the upstream, midstream and downstream oil and gas market in the United States, the acquisition of Edgen Group gives us a broader global distribution platform, including experie ... Read more »

The leading supplier of vehicle license plates and registration systems will exhibit at the Gulf Traffic 2013 Fair

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SIEGEN, Germany - Thursday, November 21st 2013

Gulf Traffic 2013

Traditionally, the Middle East has been an important marketing area for Utsch. For this reason Utsch, the German company known as the world's leading supplier of vehicle license plates and registration systems, will once again have a stand at the Gulf Traffic Exhibition (December 9 to 11, 2013, hall 3, stand 3A21). The presentation on the innovative U-Press and intelligent RFID license plates will be the focus of the appearance at the exhibition.

The network-compatible U-Press is the lastest development by Utsch. It bridges the gap between manual and automatic embossing presses and prevents deliberate and unintentional embossing errors. This makes the U-Press a key element in an extensive system which seamlessly combines registration, license pla ... Read more »

GENEVA - Thursday, November 21st 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Developed countries’ equity markets are set to continue their upward trend. "In 2014 the Fed should be the first to reduce its liquidity injections; the markets are likely to welcome this as the economy is on the mend – you can’t stay in intensive care forever!”, says Jean-Sylvain Perrig, Chief Investment Officer at Union Bancaire Privée (UBP). That being said, central bank support will continue for developed economies, helping them through their gradual recovery, so equities are anticipated to thrive in 2014.

Growth settles in

The world economy’s wounds are healing. 2014 should see more of the same as 2013: a speed-up in growth, a stronger G7 recovery and continued dovishness from the central banks. The market cycle should enter a more mature stage under the impetus of brisker world trade and, above all, a rebound in corporate capital expenditure. This will restore developed countries to ... Read more »

Delivers Process Improvement Frameworks with Proven Business Results

PITTSBURGH - Wednesday, November 20th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) The CMMI Institute announced today its strategy to extend the reach of the CMMI model to enable businesses of every size in every industry to elevate performance and to provide tools that equip CMMI practitioners to begin and to grow their journey with CMMI.

The CMMI Institute, established by Carnegie Mellon University, is home to the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI), a gold standard of excellence in software and systems development. The Institute will continue to help this market to solve business problems while advancing the use of the model to new industry sectors around the world.

CMMI is used by some of the world’s most admired and innovative organizations, including Samsung, Accenture, Proctor & Gamble, and Siemens. CMMI adoption has been a powerful differentiator for businesses and a catalyst fo ... Read more »

DOHA, Qatar - Thursday, November 21st 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Yardi, a leading developer of software solutions for the real estate investment, asset and property management industry, has been selected by Capstone Property Services (Capstone) to deploy Yardi Voyager® for its commercial and residential property management solution.

"What we particularly like is that Yardi offers a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution that will allow us to implement a new platform quickly with less cost. Voyager will help us enhance the services we provide our customers without the headache of managing internally hosted technology systems,” states Anthony Awkar, general manager at Capstone.

Yardi Voyager features a comprehensive set of management and accounting tools for residential, office, retail, and industrial property management, all built into the fully integrated web-based Voyager platform. From small portfolios to large global enterprises, Yardi Voyager autom ... Read more »