TAIPEI, Taiwan. - Friday, May 9th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2014

 (BUSINESS WIRE) Entries for the COMPUTEX d&i awards have hit a new peak to reflect the soaring interest from the design and innovation based ICT industry. The awards have annually expanded to become a key component of COMPUTEX TAIPEI and included star manufacturers like Qualcomm, Philips, SanDisk, HTC, Acer, ASUS and many other top brands.

The award winners to be announced on June 2nd at a special opening press conference for COMPUTEX TAIPEI which kicks off the following day.

This 7th year COMPUTEX TAIPEI d&i awards had 125 companies (up 21.8% from last year) signed up with 288 products applications (up 13.4% from last year). This is the third straight year the event has achieved double digit growth.

Fairness in the reviews is assured since actual judging is outsourced to a third party, International Forum Design, who has independently arranged six internat ... Read more »

PARIS - Thursday, May 8th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Cegedim Relationship Management today announced that it has partnered with StratX to provide the most innovative, Life Sciences-specific training to its customer-facing employees. The training raises the competencies of Cegedim resources, enabling the company to meet its ongoing imperative to provide exceptional service to its customers. Cegedim staff that recently completed the StratX program, originally designed for bio-pharmaceutical executives, scored higher than most industry managers, demonstrating their level of commitment, and raising the bar for future participants.

Evolving and Improving to Meet Customer Needs

As Life Sciences business models continue to evolve, Cegedim continues to evolve as well, updating and enhancing its capabilities in order to meet the dynamic requirements of its customers. The company is focused on remaining a trusted, agile and innovative partner, enabling its clie ... Read more »

ST PETER PORT, Guernsey - Thursday, May 8th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- BSGR today took the first preparatory step to initiate arbitration proceedings with the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (“ICSID”) against President Alpha Condé and the Government of Guinea (“GoG”).

The notice of dispute relates to GoG’s decision to revoke BSGR’s mining titles and agreements in the Zogota and Simandou regions of south-east Guinea in April 2014.

BSGR is seeking the restitution of its mining titles and agreements as well as damages arising out of the revocation of these interests, which have been expropriated through what BSGR believes to be the illegal practices of the Alpha Condé government in Guinea.

BSGR has given notice that anyone, whether it be the Guinean government, Vale, Rio Tinto or anyone else who has negotiated an interest in Simandou or does so in the future will be dealing unlawful ... Read more »