Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, April 22nd 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Abu Dhabi Police Clinics started giving out green apples to patients and visitors, in a unique initiative aimed at promoting the health benefits of fresh and seasonal fruits, in terms of prevention, immunity, and other benefits for the human body.

Major General Khalil Dawood Badran, Director General of Finance and Services at Abu Dhabi police, said that the police leadership strives for the best and beneficial outcomes. It keeps close tabs on the latest results of international medical researches and recently confirmed that green apples are an important source of energy and contain polyphenols that increase fat-burning. Apple skin contains antioxidants and “pectin”, which helps combat fluid retention and rid the body of toxic substances by supplying galacturonic acid. Apples can also strengthen and actually clean the gums and teeth.

He revealed the intention of the police cli ... Read more »

HEFEI, China - Thursday, April 24th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- JAC Motors will proudly reveal a selection of new vehicles to the global auto-industry at the upcoming 14th Beijing International Automotive Exhibition. The Beijing Auto Show has become a world renowned A-class exhibition over the past two decades, allowing brands like JAC to reveal home-grown innovations to a now-revitalizing global auto industry.

JAC has been laboring for the past year to further diversify its product range and improve the features and designs of vehicles that already enjoy success. Therefore, JAC will feature a variety of passenger and commercial vehicles, including the 2014 editions of top-sellers such as the J6, J5 and S5. Along with these, JAC will reveal the new A6 and IEV5 model, and the SC-9 concept vehicle.

The SC-9 is based on the GT SUV concept, and enjoys elements derived from cross-country vehicles, racing and luxury cars. The car’s Italian designer e ... Read more »

RICHARDSON, Texas - Samedi 26 Avril 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mavenir Systems (NYSE : MVNR), un fournisseur leader de solutions logicielles de réseau, a annoncé aujourd'hui sa solution de vidéo et messagerie vocale convergée (Converged Video et Voicemail), qui donne la possibilité aux opérateurs de téléphonie mobile d'offrir à leurs abonnés un formidable nouveau service différentié et qui améliore leur offre de service Voice over LTE (VoLTE).

La solution de Mavenir Converged Video et Voicemail fait appel à des composants fonctionnels courants, tels stockage dans le cloud, remise et notifications de messages, qui sont nécessaires pour que les services VoLTE et Rich Communications Services (RCS) soient possibles, tout en fournissant de précieuses efficiences au niveau coût et les synergies nécessaires pour transformer en douceur les réseaux des opérateurs de télépho ... Read more »

IRVING, Texas - Friday, April 25th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

    Increased funding to support partnerships with nearly 20 organizations fighting malaria
    ExxonMobil has committed more than $120 million to fighting malaria, reaching more than 105 million people
    Partnerships helped distribute more than 13 million bed nets, administer 2 million malaria treatments and train 355,000 health workers

(BUSINESS WIRE) ExxonMobil marked World Malaria Day today by participating in events across Africa and announcing more than $10 million in new grants to support lifesaving programs across Africa and in the Pacific Rim, where the disease is a major threat to health and economic development.

The grants from ExxonMobil and the ExxonMobil Foundation will support a wide range of research, advocacy, treatment and prevention programs to accelerate progress in the fight against malaria, which still claims more than 627,000 ... Read more »

AGC Showcases New Possibilities of Chemically Strengthened Glass

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TOKYO & SAO PAULO - Thursday, April 24th 2014

AGC today unveiled the official glass roof for player benches for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™. The glass roof, made from chemically strengthened glass, provides unparalleled visibility, durability and damage resistance, and is an evolution from the model provided last year by AGC to the FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013.

It also shows that this technology, originally developed to protect small electronic devices such as smartphones and tablets, can be applied to large fixtures, paving the way for greater potential for chemically strengthened glass to be explored by architects and designers.

The player benches, composed entirely of AGC-made materials such as fluoropolymer-coated frames made with fiber reinforced plastic, will be supplied to all 12 venues, and be used at all matches of the worl ... Read more »

TOKYO - Thursday, April 24th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502), one of the world's leading suppliers of thermal power generation equipment, today announced that it has been selected to supply thermal power generation equipment for the retrofit and modernization of the Altamira Thermal Power Plant in Tamaulipas State, northeastern Mexico. Under the terms of the contract, Toshiba will supply Isolux Corsán a major constructor of EPC generation plants, with two high-efficiency 165MW steam turbines and related equipment. Altamira is currently equipped with two 158MW steam turbines and generators that Toshiba shipped to Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), Mexico's state-owned electricity utility, in the early 1970’s.

CFE, the owner of Altamira, awarded an Isolux Corsán -led consortium, an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the retrofit and upgrade of the plant, including fuel conversion from oil ... Read more »

RICHARDSON, Texas - Wednesday, April 23rd 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Mavenir Systems (NYSE: MVNR), a leading provider of software-based networking solutions, today announced its Converged Video and Voicemail solution, which enables mobile operators to offer an exciting new, differentiated service for their subscribers and enhances their Voice over LTE (VoLTE) service offering.

Mavenir’s Converged Video and Voicemail solution utilizes common functional components, such as cloud storage, message delivery and notifications that are needed to enable VoLTE and Rich Communications Services (RCS), while providing valuable cost efficiencies and synergies needed to seamlessly transform mobile operator networks to 4G LTE. It improves the user experience by extending the mobile operator’s call completion service offering, while providing meaningful cost savings through n ... Read more »

Urges to Continue Upgrading Services

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Monday, April 21st 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior headed the Federal Traffic Council meeting held yesterday (Sunday) at the Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters.

The meeting discussed several traffic recommendations aiming to better serve the public, find more ways to lessen the burden off customers of the traffic departments, and review opportunities of upgrading the traffic industry status quo to reach higher levels.

The meeting touched upon other proposals including the control of heavy and construction vehicles timings, and unifying the time intervals that prohibit driving such vehicles on highways, in addition to unifying speed limits on highway and determining speed margins of radars on all routes, along with other proposals that enhance road safety. All discussed issues were aligned with the ... Read more »