ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, December 31st 2013 [ME NewsWire]

According to Lt. Colonel Dr. Hamoud Al Afari, Deputy Director of the Law Respect Culture Bureau, more than 3,000 Ministry of Interior staff members across the police general headquarters in the country benefited from the Police Awareness Program during 2013. The program that was organized by the Law Respect Culture Bureau, the General Secretariat of the Office of H.H Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Interior, focused on inculcating law respect culture in law enforcement members and enhance their legal awareness.

He added: "As part of its duties, the bureau works to build security awareness, while reminding police members of the rules they are required to follow in their line of work. Law respect is an inherent part of any society’s culture. Government and community institutions need to exert concerted efforts to instill the law culture’s values and ethics in society, as a behavior basi ... Read more »

Cooper porte ses efforts sur la poursuite du développement de ses activités

FINDLAY, Ohio. - Mardi 31 Décembre 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE : CTB) a annoncé aujourd’hui avoir mis fin à l’accord de fusion avec Apollo Tyres (NSE : ApolloTYRE).

« Il est temps que notre entreprise aille de l'avant », a déclaré Roy Armes, Président-directeur général et Président du conseil d'administration de Cooper. « Bien que la justification stratégique pour un regroupement d'entreprises avec Apollo soit convaincante, il est clair que l’accord de fusion signé par les deux sociétés le 12 juin ne sera pas consommé par Apollo ; et nous avons été informés que le financement pour la transaction n’est plus disponible. Ce que Cooper a de mieux à faire à présent est de continuer à développer ses activit&eacut ... Read more »

IRVING, Texas & FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom - Monday, December 30th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Fluor Corporation today announced that it was selected by Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), a subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), to provide comprehensive consulting services, specializing in front-end design and project and construction management in support of KOC’s capital expenditure program for Kuwait. This award follows 10 years of successful Fluor support to KOC. The value of the five-year contract is $410 million and will be booked in Fluor’s fourth quarter.

The services related to the construction of new facilities and upgrading of existing facilities are broad based, and include project management, coordination, planning, front-end design, engineering, contracting, procurement, project controls, construction management and training of KOC project staff. Services will be performed at KOC headquarters in Ahmadi, Kuwait, with front-end design packages ex ... Read more »

Cooper Focusing on Continuing to Build its Business

FINDLAY, Ohio - Tuesday, December 31st 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE:CTB) today announced it has terminated the merger agreement with Apollo Tyres (NSE:ApolloTYRE).

"It is time to move our business forward,” said Cooper Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President Roy Armes. "While the strategic rationale for a business combination with Apollo is compelling, it is clear that the merger agreement both companies signed on June 12 will not be consummated by Apollo and we have been notified that financing for the transaction is no longer available. The right thing for Cooper now is to focus on continuing to build our business.”

"Our business model is strong, and despite the challenges this year, we are coming off record operating profit through the first half of the year and expect to continue to be profitable for the second half, ending the year with a strong bal ... Read more »

SHENZHEN, China - Tuesday, December 31st 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, today announced it has entered into an agreement with Aircel, the leading telecom service provider in India, to deploy its 4G LTE network. The deployment helps Aircel boost its enterprise and retail business.

In the first stage, the LTE deployment will be initiated in Chennai, Rest of Tamil Nadu (RoTN) and few other business critical circles. This announcement comes at a time when ZTE completes the migration of Aircel’s data services to ZTE’s 4G LTE evolved packet core for Chennai and ROTN circles.

"We are happy to partner with Aircel to rollout their 4G LTE network in India. We are fully committed to planning, designing, supplying and deploying state of the art LTE ecosystem which will help Aircel o ... Read more »

During his meeting with the Chairman and Members of the Board of Directors of Emirates Driving Company

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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Monday, December 30th 2013

Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, urged the Emirates Driving Company to maintain the company’s outstanding performance and adopt the highest standards of quality and expertise in training in order to serve the public.

Sheikh Saif called on the Board of Directors to enhance the company’s staff members’ skills and exert further effort and perseverance to improve overall performance. Furthermore, he urged them to provide high-quality services in the field of driving education, so as to promote higher levels of traffic safety and meet the requirements and expectations of the public.

On Sunday, Sheikh Saif met with the Chairman and members of the Board of Directors of the Emirates Driving Company. During the meeting, Sheik ... Read more »

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Monday, December 30th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Major General Dr. Ahmed Nasser Al Raisi, Director General of Central Operations at Abu Dhabi Police, honored strategic partners of the General Directorate of Civil Defense in Abu Dhabi, as well as its distinctive supporters. The celebration was held at the Fairmont Bab Al Bahr Hotel in Abu Dhabi.

"The General Directorate of Civil Defense in Abu Dhabi achieved many accomplishments in the past years which has contributed to safety by increasing the number of servicing centers, the development of preventive and educational systems, and through the application of quality, health, and professional safety precautions,” said Colonel Juma Al Dahmani, Acting Director General of the Abu Dhabi Civil Defense.

"These achievements resulted from the support of the General Directorate of Civil Defense in Abu Dhabi, the distinctive performance of supporters, the cooperation of many governmental, civil and pr ... Read more »