ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, August 17th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

This morning at the ministry’s headquarters, Lt. General Saif Abdullah Al Sha’far, Undersecretary at the Ministry of Interior, met T. P. Seetharam, the Ambassador of India to the United Arab Emirates.

During the meeting, a number of topics of common interest and ways to enhance the cooperation and collaboration in areas of security between the UAE and the Republic of India were discussed.

The meeting was attended by Lt. Colonel Ahmed Saeed Al Mazroui, Head of the International Cooperation Department at the Ministry of Interior, and Lt. Colonel Khaled Ali Al Suwaidi, from the Directorate General of Punitive and Correctional Establishments.

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To Promote Public Safety Procedures

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, August 17th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters launched the “Be a Paramedic” campaign for the employees of governmental institutions. The campaign introduces the conditions and procedures for public safety, the risks of household and traffic incidents, fires, and cases of choking, slipping, or drowning. The campaign also explains how to handle injuries and reduce complications resulting from accidents, heart attacks, strokes, diabetes, and other medical conditions; and it also teaches the proper procedures for calling an ambulance and how to provide accurate descriptions of the location.

This campaign, carried out by the Emergency and Public Safety Department through the community ambulance team, will train governmental employees throughout the emirate of Abu Dhabi on how to administer first aid to those who may be injured or sick.

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Brand Lounge, with its ample experience in the field of branding and marketing communications across the Middle East and Africa region has set for itself a new record winning 4 prestigious branding awards proving that it takes more than just a pretty image to make an impact and leave a lasting trail in the marketing industry.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, August 17th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

On the 31st of July 2014, Brand Lounge once again evidenced to the region that its efforts and drive for excellence eventually pays off, thus winning 4 global brand excellence prizes at the World Brand Congress in Pan Pacific, Singapore.

The awards were as follow:

 Award for brand excellence in health & wellness (Client: Nawah Healthcare – KSA)

Award for brand excellence in Service, Hospitality, travel & tourism section (Client: Ajar Al Jomaih rent-a-car – KSA)

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Hastings Entertainment Recognizes Rimini Street’s Outstanding PeopleSoft Support for Second Time

LAS VEGAS. - Friday, August 15th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Rimini Street, Inc., the leading independent provider of enterprise software support for SAP AG’s (NYSE: SAP) Business Suite and BusinessObjects software and Oracle Corporation’s (NYSE: ORCL) Siebel, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, E-Business Suite, Oracle Database, Oracle Middleware, Hyperion and Oracle Retail software, today announced that it has been named “IT Vendor of the Year” by long-standing client Hastings Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAST) for a second time. The award recognizes Rimini Street’s outstanding support of Hasting Entertainment’s PeopleSoft applications, including premium-level service, ultra-responsive resolution of support issues, support for customizations and timely and accurate delivery of high-quality tax and regulatory updates.

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In his meeting with Major General Badran

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Friday, August 15th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

The work team of the Distinguished Federal Entity in the field of Green Applications held its periodic meeting chaired by Major General Khalil Dawood Badran, Director General of Finance and Services at Abu Dhabi Police, Head of the team. The meeting, which was held at the General Directorate of Finance and Services at Abu Dhabi Police’s General Headquarters (GHQ), was also attended by a number of officers, members of the team.

A number of topics on the agenda were discussed during the meeting, mainly the follow-up report on the Mohammed bin Rashed Government Excellence Award, and improvement opportunities. Attendees also discussed the media plan designed to disseminate the green applications culture at  all MoI’s police headquarters across the country, and the plan to qualify the MoI’s different sectors for the Environment, ... Read more »

HONG KONG. - Thursday, August 14th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

    Record high PC market share approaching 20% and strong momentum in mobile
    Revenue of US$10.4 billion
    Pre-tax income of US$264 million and earnings of US$214 million
    Basic EPS of 2.06 US cents, or 15.97 HK cents
    Net cash reserves of US$3.58 billion (as of June 30, 2014)

(BUSINESS WIRE) Lenovo Group today reported results for its first fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2014, with quarterly revenue of US$10.4 billion, an 18 percent increase year-over-year while quarter pre-tax income increased 22 percent year-over-year to US$264 million. Earnings grew 23 percent year-over-year to US$214 million, while the Company hit market share and financial performance milestones.

Lenovo maintained its number three ranking in smart connected devices growing shipments by 28 percent year-over-year. It has been t ... Read more »

MCLEAN, Virginie - Dimanche 17 Août 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts a lancé aujourd’hui les Waldorf Astoria Driving Experiences (www.waldorfastoria.com/drivingexperiences) dans six de ses propriétés phares aux États-Unis. Le nouveau programme de conduite offre aux clients des hôtels l’occasion unique de s’installer au volant de trois supervoitures incroyables sous la supervision de Didier Theys, un pilote de course professionnel de classe mondiale.

Conçu pour plaire aussi bien aux voyageurs exigeants qu’aux passionnés d’automobile, le programme Waldorf Astoria Driving Experiences permet aux participants d’accéder à trois des supervoitures les plus célèbres au monde : la Ferrari 458 Italia Spider, la McLaren MP4-12C et la Porsche 911 Turbo.

Le programme d’expérience de conduite démarrera dans six des 29 propriétés de Waldorf Astoria :

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SOMERSET, N.J. - Friday, August 15th 2014

Catalent, Inc. (NYSE:CTLT), the global leader in drug development solutions and advanced delivery technologies for pharmaceutical, biologic, and consumer health products, today announced that it has appointed Jack Stahl and Rolf Classon to its Board of Directors.

Mr. Jack Stahl was President and Chief Executive Officer of Revlon, Inc. between 2002 and 2006. Previously, he acted as President and Chief Operating Officer of The Coca-Cola Company from 2000 to 2001. Mr. Stahl also serves on the Boards of Coty, Inc., Delhaize Group, and the U.S. Board of Advisors of CVC Capital. Additionally, Mr. Stahl formerly served on the Boards of Schering-Plough Corporation and Dr Pepper Snapple Group. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Emory University and a Master’s degree from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

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