Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Monday, August 24th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

Getting back from the holidays is never easy, and getting into the routine is even harder. One way of ensuring your spirits are exactly like they were during the holidays is looking like you did on that long cruise or in the by lanes of a forgotten city or simply in your home reading a book and sipping on aromatic tea. Bio-Oil, the wonder skin care formula will help you feel gorgeous long after the holiday season has worn off.

Maintain that glow with Bio-Oil’s specially chosen ingredients and carefully formulated potion. Bio-Oil is specifically designed to suit the any part of the skin and any skin type. Although it has an oil base, the texture is extremely light and highly permeable soaking deep into your skin to work wonders from within.

Bio-Oil brings a beautiful sheen and glow to your skin making it look healthy and vibrant. Indulge in the fragrant formulation and let the skin do t ... Read more »

L'ordre du jour du Sommet souligne le rôle crucial des données pour assurer l'avenir de la planète

Abu Dhabi, Émirats Arabes Unis - Mercredi 26 Août 2015 [ME NewsWire]

Il a été confirmé que certains des dirigeants parmi l'élite  mondiale en matière de développement durable prendront la parole au deuxième  Sommet "Eye on Earth", qui se tiendra du 6 au 8 Octobre à Abu Dhabi. Organisé sous le haut patronage du Président, SA Cheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, le Sommet explorera le besoin crucial d'améliorer l'accès aux et le partage des données environnementales, sociales et économiques visant à appuyer la prise de décisions éclairée pour un développement durable.

Avec l'agenda de développement post-2015 positionnant fermement la durabilité au premier plan des priorités mondiales cette année et au-delà, le Sommet "Eye on Earth" 2015 jettera l'éclairage   sur le  rôle des gouvernements, de ... Read more »

NEW YORK - Tuesday, August 25th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Scepter Partners, a standing syndicate of sovereign investors and ultra-high net worth families, announced today the formation of its core merchant banking division with veteran investment banker Anthony J. Steains and his former Blackstone Advisory Partners Asia team. Mr. Steains will lead all merchant banking activities of Scepter, which will consist of syndication, structuring and execution.

The formation of Scepter’s merchant banking division creates one of the most experienced merchant banking specialists focused on family offices and sovereign wealth. The team led by Mr. Steains has directly advised on many landmark transactions and is one of the most experienced M&A teams in Asian industrials and natural resources. Scepter will announce a series of vehicles in the coming months around its focus to acquire high quality large cap assets in natural resources, infrastructure and real es ... Read more »

AspenTech’s President and CEO to Highlight Asset Optimization Using Software Innovation at Prestigious Middle East Conference

BEDFORD, Mass - Wednesday, August 26th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Aspen Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AZPN), a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, today announced that Antonio Pietri, President and CEO, AspenTech, has been selected to speak at MEPEC 2015, the premier industry conference for Middle East process manufacturers and service providers, to highlight asset optimization using software innovation and the promotion of skills development.

Focused on “Delivering Process Efficiency through Innovation and Value Creation,” MEPEC 2015 will take place at the Bahrain International Exhibition & Convention Centre in the Kingdom of Bahrain from 15 – 17 September, 2015. As part of the “Driving Process Efficiency to Meet Key Business Objectives” session on Wednesda ... Read more »

Company and its Bottling Partners Replenished an Estimated 94% of 2014 Sales Volume; Working To Be The First Food and Beverage Company To Replenish All The Water It Uses

STOCKHOLM - Wednesday, August 26th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Coca-Cola Company and its global bottling partners (the Coca-Cola system) today announced they are on track to meet their 2020 water replenishment goal by the end of 2015. Based on the Coca-Cola system’s global water replenishment projects to date, the system is balancing the equivalent of an estimated 94 percent of the water used in its finished beverages based on 2014 sales volume. Since 2004, Coca-Cola has replenished an estimated 153.6 billion liters of water back to communities and nature through 209 community water projects in 61 countries. The Coca-Cola system returned approximately 126.7 billion liters of water used in its manufacturing processes back to communities and nature through treated wastewater in 2014. ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Monday, August 24th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

Major General Mohammed bin Al Awadhi Al Menhali, Assistant Undersecretary of Resources and Support Services, and Major General Khalil Dawood Badran, Director General of Finance and Services at the Abu Dhabi Police, signed on to the “Fazaa” initiative. The initiative supports the vision and mission of the Social Solidarity Fund to support the employees of the Ministry of Interior (MoI) and develop their community.

The signing ceremony, which was held at the Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters, is part of the month-long tour that commenced this week. The ceremony was initiated by the Fazaa Management and was held to introduce the initiative to the MoI personnel and encourage them to join.  

Major General Al Menhali emphasized that “Fazaa” is an ambitious program that offers excellent and leading services for the Ministry’s employees. Furthermore, he pra ... Read more »

BREDA, Pays-Bas. - Mercredi 26 Août 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--U-Boat Worx (UBW), a annoncé aujourd'hui le lancement du C-Researcher 3, le premier submersible du monde à coque transparente, pouvant accueillir 3 personnes, et capable de plonger à 1700 mètres (5577 pieds).

UBW s’est associée à de grands scientifiques pour concevoir un sous-marin compact et économique permettant aux scientifiques, aux décideurs politiques et aux philanthropes d’explorer les océans dans un navire offrant des atouts inégalés : sécurité, grandes performances, champ de vision ultra-large et confort remarquable. UBW construit déjà une gamme de submersibles privés, qui ont fourni la technologie éprouvée mise en œuvre dans ce C-Researcher 3.

Pour résoudre des problèmes écologiques cruciaux, la communauté scientifique a besoin d’outils permettant une étude détaillée de nos océans. La présence d’êtres humains dans l’environnement sous-marin est ... Read more »

Les banques de Chine et des Émirats arabes unis proposent Visa Checkout à leurs clients afin qu'ils bénéficient d'une expérience d'achats transfrontaliers simple et sécurisée

SAN FRANCISCO - Mercredi 26 Août 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Visa Inc. (NYSE : V) a annoncé aujourd'hui le succès international continu de Visa Checkout, service de paiement en ligne permettant aux consommateurs de payer en ligne avec leur carte bancaire, sur n'importe quel appareil, et en seulement quelques clics. Au cours des récents mois, pas moins de trente-trois nouveaux commerçants, allant de Best Buy à Under Armour en passant par Barnes & Noble et Taco Bell, se sont inscrits afin de proposer Visa Checkout.

Cette liste de commerçants en rapide expansion continuera de s'allonger afin de permettre aux consommateurs d'acheter plus facilement tout ce dont ils ont besoin en ligne et sur n'importe quel appareil grâce à Visa Checkout. Les parten ... Read more »

Dubaï, Émirats arabes unis - Mercredi 26 Août 2015 [ME NewsWire]

Pacific Controls (PCS), le chef de file mondial dans la fourniture des solutions de l'Internet des objets (IdO) et des Machine-à-machine (M2M), a annoncé qu'elle a investi 20 millions de dollars américains dans WSO2, une société des intergiciels et de développement d'applications de cloud computing de source ouverte. Suite à cet investissement, M. Dilip Rahulan, président exécutif du PCS, rejoindra le conseil d'administration de WSO2.

Rejoint par Toba Capital, une société d’investissement  axée sur les logiciels et les infrastructures d'entreprise, l'investissement permettra de soutenir WSO2 pour répondre à la demande croissante des développeurs professionnels pour sa plateforme complète, middleware et de source ouverte.

PCS, chef de file mondial en Infogérance, est un pionnier dans la convergence de l'informatique en réseau et la gestion à grande échelle d ... Read more »

Banks in China and United Arab Emirates offer Visa Checkout to their customers for easy and secure cross-border shopping

SAN FRANCISCO - Tuesday, August 25th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) today announced continued global success of Visa Checkout, the online check out service that allows shoppers to pay with their cards online and on any device, with just a few clicks. In recent months, no less than thirty-three new merchants, ranging from Best Buy and Under Armour to Barnes & Noble and Taco Bell, have signed on to offer Visa Checkout.

The rapidly expanding list of merchants will continue to make it easier for consumers to buy everything they need online, on any device, using Visa Checkout. The newly signed merchant partners by country include:

    United States: Best Buy, Barnes & Noble, Barnes & Noble College, Cle de Peau Beaute, delivery.com, EllenShop.com, JustFab, LivingSocial, Shiseido, ShoeDaz ... Read more »

SOHO and SMB Networking Vendor Hails Event a Success and Rewards Top Distributors and Partners

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Wednesday, August 26th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

TP-LINK Technologies Co Ltd, a global provider of SOHO and SMB networking products and wireless LAN solutions, has announced that the recent partner seminar hosted in KSA was a success.

According to the company, which manufactures a broad range of products to consumers and small businesses, including Wireless solutions, ADSL, Routers, Switches, IP Cameras, Powerline Adapters, Print Servers, Media Converters and Network Adapters, the partner seminar was held to address several channel issues for resellers serving the KSA market.

TP-LINK said it also used the partner event to reward top performing distributors for 2014 in the KSA for achieving exceptional performance.

Conrad Yang, Country Manager, KSA TP-LINK Middle East, said the company used the partner event to introduce TP-LINK ... Read more »

BREDA, Netherlands. - Tuesday, August 25th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- U-Boat Worx (UBW), today announced the launch of the C-Researcher 3, world’s first transparent 3-person submersible capable of diving to 1,700 meters (5,577 feet).

UBW has teamed up with leading scientists to design a compact and cost-effective submersible that enables scientists, policy makers and philanthropists to explore the world’s oceans with an unrivalled combination of safety, high performance, ultra-wide field of vision and outstanding comfort. UBW already builds a range of private submersibles that provided the proven technology for this C-Researcher 3.

To resolve key ecological issues, the scientific community is in need for tools that enable a detailed study of our oceans. The presence of human-beings in the subsea environment is essential in that it allows for much more effective observation and research compared to unmanned underwater vehicles.

It ... Read more »

NEUCHÂTEL, Switzerland - Tuesday, August 25th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today that A.C.Camargo Cancer Center in Sao Paulo, Brazil has installed Masimo’s noninvasive and continuous hemoglobin (SpHb®) technology to monitor surgical patients.

Clinicians use invasive blood sampling and laboratory analysis of hemoglobin to determine hemoglobin levels and help estimate blood loss to determine need for red blood cell transfusions. However, lab-based hemoglobin is only available intermittently and results are often delayed. SpHb offers real-time visibility to changes – or lack of changes – in hemoglobin between invasive blood sampling.

“The data associating transfusion with higher mortality rates was clear, so we knew we had to implement strategies to reduce transfusions,” said Dr. Eduardo Henrique Joaquim Giroud, anesthesiologist and Director of the Department of Anesthesiology at A.C.Camar ... Read more »

Via its Smart Phone Application

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, August 25th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

The Ministry of Interior has called upon the citizens and families of the United Arab Emirates to avail the electronic services available via the Ministry of Interior’s smart application, UAE-MOI. The services conveniently allow customers to complete their transactions without needing to visit the service centers, excluding special cases that require the customer to be present. The smart application is compatible with iOS, Android, Windows, and Blackberry operating systems.

“The use of the application to renew passports and to avail other services is an important step that keeps pace with the significant developments that are taking place in various fields throughout the nation,” said Major General Khalifa Hareb Al Khaili, Acting Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior for Naturalization, Residency and Ports Affairs. “ ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Wednesday, August 26th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

Al Boom Marine, a leading distributor and retailer of technology, water sports  equipment and apparel in the GCC have announced that their retail stores within Dubai and participating emirates are going on Final Reduction sales as of August 22nd, 2015 to September 5th, 2015. As part of their Dubai Summer Sales campaign they have increased their sales stock across all participating stores to cope with demand. Sales stock will be marked from twenty five percent and selected up to seventy five percent on selected items.

Al Boom Marine retail stores include Beyond the Beach, Beyond the Beach Ocean, Beyond the Street, Beyond the Beach Extreme and Beyond the Beach Sports. Recently celebrating their 55th store opening in the region, Al Boom Marine is establishing themselves as the premium destination for beachwear, lifestyle and accessories within the GCC. Included in their portfolio of stores are ... Read more »