ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, October 20th 2015 [ME NewsWire] Major General Dr. Nasser Lakhrebani Al Nuaimi, Secretary General of the Office of HH Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, and Chairman of the Legal Council at the Ministry of Interior, attended the workshop organized by the Legal Council, in coordination with the Directorate General of Strategy and Performance Development. The four-day workshop, which was held at the Police Officers’ club in Abu Dhabi, aims to assess and develop legislations and laws related to police work at the Ministry of Interior. The secretary general emphasized that the high level of the country’s institutions, departments and bodies is based on clear and reliable foundations and legislations that are consistent with the provisions of the constitution, via an updated and sophisticated legislative system, which keeps pace with the progress witnessed by the country in various sectors. He also pointed to the police leadership’s k ... Read more »

2015 Year-to-date Net Income of $13.2 Billion, or $1.09 per Diluted Share CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Thursday, October 22nd 2015 [ME NewsWire] Continued Business Momentum Total Deposits (EOP) up $50 Billion, or 4 Percent, to $1.16 Trillion Residential Mortgage and Home Equity Loan Originations up 13 Percent to $17 Billion 1.3 Million New Credit Cards Issued, up 5 Percent Number of Mobile Banking Users up 14 Percent to 18.4 Million Merrill Edge Brokerage Assets up 8 Percent to $117 Billion Wealth Management Loan Balances (EOP) up $12 Billion, or 10 Percent, to $135 Billion Global Banking Loan Balances (EOP) up $30 Billion, or 11 Percent, to $315 Billion Investment Bank Generated $391 Million in Advisory Fees, Second-Highest Quarter Since Merrill Lynch Merger Continued Progress on Expense Management; Credit Quality Remains Strong Noninterest Expense, Excluding Litigation, Down 4 Percent to $13.6 Billion(A) Legacy Assets and Servicing Noninterest Expense, Excluding Litigation, Down ... Read more »

After activating it on the application and the website ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Monday, October 19th 2015 [ME NewsWire] As a part of its participation at GITEX 2015, the Ministry of Interior is displaying its latest edition of advanced digital maps, which the smart Government program team recently activated on the Ministry’s smart application UAE-MOI and the Ministry's website www.moi.gov.ae. Lt. Colonel Faisal Mohammed Al Shammari, Executive Director of the MoI’s Smart Government Program, pointed out that activating the digital maps platform provides accurate geographical and spatial data to customers and service centers. “This would further promote and boost the level of services and streamlines access to these services in record time,” he said. Additionally, Lt. Colonel Al Shammari noted that the Ministry of Interior has resorted to the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Center to activate digital maps; because geographic services are one of the basic pillars in the s ... Read more »

Network of complementary data sources, innovative technologies, scientific expertise to generate insights faster and demonstrate value to healthcare stakeholders RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. & DANBURY, Conn. - Friday, October 23rd 2015 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Quintiles and IMS Health today announced a global strategic alliance that will advance the way biopharmaceutical companies generate real-world evidence (RWE) and apply critical insights to drive late-stage clinical research. With complementary strengths in real-world data management, operational delivery, advanced analytics, and scientific and therapeutic expertise, the collaboration will accelerate assessments of treatment impact and help improve patient outcomes. As healthcare stakeholders increase their focus on value, evidence of a medicine’s effectiveness and safety in real-world settings continues to be a critical component of drug development and healthcare delivery. This alliance brings together market-leading c ... Read more »

L’innovation de la borne numérique remporte la première place aux prix 2015 Corporate Entrepreneur Awards ENGLEWOOD, Colorado - Dimanche 25 Octobre 2015 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)--The Western Union Company (NYSE : WU), un leader dans le domaine des services de paiements internationaux, a reçu le prix de « Meilleur nouveau service » aux prix 2015 Corporate Entrepreneur Awards plus tôt cette semaine pour son modèle de borne numérique libre-service, actif dans les magasins Walgreens à travers les États-Unis. Les prix Corporate Entrepreneur Awards (organisés par Market Gravity) saluent l’innovation au sein de grandes entreprises en rapport à de nouveaux produits, services et expériences révolutionnant les industries traditionnelles. Le prix du « Meilleur nouveau service » salue une innovation dans la catégorie services qui a redéfini son industrie ou sa catégorie. Cette année, Western Union a ravi la plus haute marche du podium à 33 autres innovations dans cette catégorie qui étaie ... Read more »

TOKYO - Dimanche 25 Octobre 2015 [ME NewsWire] Les participants trouveront dans ce salon les toutes dernières technologies et solutions informatiques Un point de rencontre idéal pour les fournisseurs de solutions TI et les gestionnaires de systèmes informatiques (BUSINESS WIRE)--Reed Exhibition Japan tiendra la 6ème édition du plus important salon B-to-B IT du Japon, la Japan IT Week Autumn, qui se tiendra la semaine prochaine à Makuhari Messe, au Japon. Shuhei Shimada, directeur du salon Japan IT Week est confiant - « Édition sœur du plus grand salon TI du Japon organisé chaque année en mai, la Japan IT Week Spring, ce salon servira de plateforme qualité pour les professionnels de l'informatique et des domaines liés qui recherchent les toutes dernières solutions et services pour un grand nombre d'activités. » Cette année, le salon sera divisé en 8 expositions : 6th Cloud Computing Expo Japan, 5th Information Security Expo, 5th Web & Digital Marketing Expo, 5th Smartphone & Mobile ... Read more »

Snom announces the launch of a new premium model that completes the Global 700 Blackline Series with a feature rich and future proof executive VoIP professional telephone meeting the requirements of executive users in their daily work. BERLIN - Thursday, October 22nd 2015 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Snom Technology AG, the world’s first and leading brand of professional VoIP telephones have announced the immediate availability of the D765 Executive Desk Telephone. The D765 features a 3.5-inch high-resolution color display and is equipped with an extremely versatile XML Browser. An integrated Ethernet switch allows VLAN and IEEE 802.3 connectivity and provides for the secure connection of additional network components. This IP telephone supports up to twelve different SIP user accounts and its custom authentication methods guarantee the best possible protection for mission critical communications in the workplace. Designed for executives and senior staff in busy office environm ... Read more »

BURLINGAME, Californie - Dimanche 25 Octobre 2015 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)--Misfit a aujourd'hui annoncé la sortie de Shine 2, la nouvelle génération du contrôleur de remise en forme et de sommeil déjà primé. Entièrement repensé et amélioré, Shine 2 prend le meilleur de l'élégante esthétique de Shine et introduit une nouvelle fonctionnalité puissante. Shine 2 contrôle l'activité et le sommeil avec plus de précision grâce à un accéléromètre 3 axes et magnétomètre 3 axes nouvellement ajouté. Les utilisateurs peuvent désormais facilement voir leurs progrès et lire l'heure dans un halo de lumières multicolores, où se motiver avec Misfit Move, une fonctionnalité qui vous encourage à rester actif d'une petite vibration. Texte, notifications d'appels et alarme de vibration silencieuse font également partie des nouveautés de Shine 2. Shine 2 intègre un matériel et un firmware plus avancés, ce qui signifie que la réactivité tactile a été considérablement améliorée grâce à une technologi ... Read more »

TOKYO - Wednesday, October 21st 2015 [ME NewsWire] Attendees can find many kinds of latest IT technologies and solutions Ideal meeting point for both IT solution providers and IT system managers (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Reed Exhibition Japan is to hold the 6th edition of Japan’s leading B-to-B IT show Japan IT Week Autumn next week at Makuhari Messe, Japan. Shuhei Shimada, Show Director of Japan IT Week is confident about the turn out - “Being the sister edition of Japan’s largest IT show held annually in May, Japan IT Week Spring, the show will serve as a quality platform for professionals in the IT and related fields to seek the latest solutions and services for various businesses.” This year, the show will be split into 8 exhibitions: 6th Cloud Computing Expo Japan, 5th Information Security Expo, 5th Web & Digital Marketing Expo, 5th Smartphone & Mobile Expo, 4th Data Center Expo, 4th Big Data Management Expo, 3rd Direct Commerce Solutions Expo and 1st IoT/M2M Expo allowing a large ra ... Read more »

Digital kiosk innovation wins first place at 2015 Corporate Entrepreneur Awards ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - Friday, October 23rd 2015 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), a leader in global payment services, was awarded the “Best New Service” award at the 2015 Corporate Entrepreneur Awards earlier this week for its digital self-service kiosk model—active at Walgreens locations across the United States. The Corporate Entrepreneur Awards—hosted by Market Gravity—recognize innovation within large businesses related to new products, services and experiences disrupting traditional industries. The “Best New Service” award celebrates a service innovation that has redefined its industry or category. This year, Western Union took the top spot among 33 other nominations in this category from some of North America’s largest companies, including MasterCard, Visa, AOL, United Airlines and Avis. The award-winning digital self-service kiosk model allows consumers to make ... Read more »

NEW YORK - Dimanche 25 Octobre 2015 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)--Citi a annoncé aujourd’hui avoir nommé Dominic Crowe au poste de responsable mondial du développement de produits et de la stratégie pour les services dépositaires et d'administration de fonds, et Bill Pryor au poste de responsable mondial des données et analyses pour les services dépositaires et d'administration de fonds. Par ailleurs, Citi a nommé Jay Martin pour diriger sa franchise Services dépositaires et d'administration de fonds en Amérique du Nord. M. Crowe sera basé à New York et rendra compte à Sanjiv Sawhney, responsable mondial des services dépositaires et d'administration de fonds. Avant de rejoindre Citi, il travaillait à la Bank of New York Mellon où il a passé les deux dernières années à assurer la fonction de responsable mondial de la prestation de services client pour les produits structurés. Il était précédemment responsable mondial des initiatives de dépenses transformationnelles pour les services ... Read more »

BURLINGAME, Calif. - Friday, October 23rd 2015 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)--Today Misfit announced Shine 2, the next generation of the award-winning Shine Fitness and Sleep Monitor. Fully redesigned and enhanced, Shine 2 leverages the best of Shine’s elegant aesthetic and introduces powerful new functionality. Shine 2 tracks activity and sleep more accurately with a 3-axis accelerometer and newly added 3-axis magnetometer. Users can now easily see progress and tell time in a halo of rainbow-colored lights, or get motivated with Misfit Move, a feature that encourages you to be active with a vibrational nudge. Text and call notifications and a silent vibe alarm are also new with Shine 2. Shine 2 incorporates more advanced hardware and firmware — which means dramatically improved touch responsiveness with capacitive sensing technology, faster syncing, and extended Bluetooth range. Its 12 lights display over 16 million colors and are bright enough to be seen in direct sunlight. Compa ... Read more »

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Monday, October 19th 2015 [ME NewsWire] Lt. General Saif Abdullah Al Sha’far, Undersecretary at the Ministry of Interior, met on Monday with the leaders of GCC delegations taking part in the ‎2015 Global Meeting on Search and Rescue. The meeting is organized by the Ministry of Interior, represented by Abu Dhabi Civil Defense General Directorate, in cooperation with the United Nations’ International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG) at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC). During the meeting, which was held at the ministry, attendees discussed various issues of common interest as well as the methods of promoting collaboration and coordination in the area of civil defense; and search and rescue between the GCC interior ministries. The meeting was attended by Major General Ahmed Nasser Al Raisi, Inspector General of the Ministry of Interior; Major General Jassem Muhammad Al Marzouqui, Commander-in-Chief of the Civil Defense at the ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Monday, October 19th 2015 [ME NewsWire] The Police Sports Association Board held its first meeting after reconstitution. The meeting, which was held at the Ministry of Interior’s headquarters, was chaired by Brigadier Mohammed Hamid bin Dalmouj Al Dhaheri, Chairman, and attended by all members. Lt. General H.H Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior hads issued a decision for the reconstitution of the Police Sports Association Board, as follows: Brigadier Mohammed Hamid bin Dalmouj Al Dhaheri, Chairman; Colonel Khaled Ali Shahil, Deputy Chairman; and Colonel Aref Obeid Al Rais, Secretary. Members of the Board include: Brigadier Waleed Salim Al Shamesi, Brigadier Adil Abdul Rahman Al Hammadi, Colonel Ahmad Hamdan Al Zayoudi, Colonel Ali Hamad Al Badwawi, Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Khalfan Al Qamzi, Lieutenant Colonel Yosef Ibrahim bu Haroun, Lieutenant Colonel Rashid Humaid Al Mazroui, Lieutenant Colonel Issa M ... Read more »

NEW YORK - Thursday, October 22nd 2015 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Citi announced today that it has hired Dominic Crowe as Global Head of Product Development and Strategy for Custody and Fund Services and Bill Pryor as Global Head of Data and Analytics for Custody and Fund Services. In addition, Citi has appointed Jay Martin to run its North America Custody and Fund Services franchise. Mr. Crowe will be based in New York and report to Sanjiv Sawhney, Global Head of Custody and Fund Services. He joins Citi from The Bank of New York Mellon where he spent the past two years as Global Head of Client Services Delivery for Structured Products. He had previously been Global Head of Asset Services Transformational Expense Initiatives. In this role, Mr. Crowe will be charged with driving a transformative product and platform strategy for the Custody and Fund Services business. Mr. Pryor will be based in Boston, reporting to Sanjiv Sawhney and Richard Burns, Global Head of Yield Book and ... Read more »

GSMA Announces New Keynote Speakers, Programmes and Activities LONDON - Wednesday, October 21st 2015 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- The GSMA announced further developments for the 2016 GSMA Mobile World Congress, including newly confirmed keynote speakers, programmes and activities taking place at the annual mobile industry event. Mobile World Congress will be held 22-25 February 2016 at Fira Gran Via in Barcelona, with events also taking place at Fira Montjuïc. “We are constantly focused on enhancing the experience for Mobile World Congress attendees, as well as our exhibitors, sponsors and partners,” said Michael O’Hara, Chief Marketing Officer, GSMA. “To that end, we’re introducing new programmes, such as our MWC Tours programme, which are designed to help individuals and companies maximise their presence at Mobile World Congress and make their visits as productive as possible, particularly attendees that may be new to our show.” Newly Confirmed Keynote Speakers The GSMA toda ... Read more »

Demonstrations held at the ASA Anesthesiology 2015 Conference in Masimo Booth 3437 -San Diego Convention Center on October 24-28, 2015 IRVINE, Calif. - Friday, October 23rd 2015 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) and Atheer announced today that they will unveil a prototype of the Root Iris display App using the Atheer AiR (Augmented interactive Reality) platform and AiR Glasses at the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) annual conference. Demonstrations will be held at Masimo’s Booth 3437 at the San Diego Convention Center on October 24-28, 2015. The demonstrations will allow conference attendees to experience a prototype display and touch-free interactions powered by the Atheer AiR Glasses that, if cleared by the FDA, would provide clinicians with a novel display and interaction experience. Attendees will be invited to provide feedback on features, usability and requirements. “This is the future of information display and interaction,” said Joe Kiani, Fo ... Read more »

DUBAÏ, Émirats Arabes Unis - Dimanche 25 Octobre 2015 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)--La semaine des technologies GITEX se déroule cette année du 18 au 22octobre à Dubaï. GITEX est largement considéré comme l’une des meilleures plateformes pour pénétrer les marchés du Moyen-Orient et d’Afrique. Le Moyen-Orient étant célèbre pour son pouvoir d’achat, le Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) a organisé une délégation des entreprises taïwanaises des TIC qui exposeront au Salon GITEX, et a également organisé une exposition des COMPUTEX TAIPEI design & innovation (d&i) Awards. TAITRA a également tenu une cérémonie de lancement des produits de Taiwan et une conférence de presse internationale au deuxième jour du salon GITEX. Organisé cette année par le directeur Shyh Perng Chang du Taiwan Trade Center Dubai, la conférence de presse promeut l’industrie des TIC de Taiwan, soulignant les principales sociétés taïwanaises qui mettent en valeur l’excellence de l’île dans la recherche ... Read more »

Leveraging the Managed Assessment Probe (MAP) appliance, RADIUS provides insight into the least visible and most vulnerable area of the network—the Internal LAN DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Monday, October 19th 2015 [ME NewsWire] Managed FZ-LLC, a leader in innovative solutions in online cyber-threat management, brand abuse monitoring and managed security services, today announced the release of its RADIUS service – the complete internal IT Security Assessment service for leading government and private sector organizations in the UAE. The RADIUS internal LAN security assessment from Managed delivers a comprehensive analysis report into the internal network traffic, system and server vulnerabilities, wifi security risk and desktop and laptop security profile. In addition, an external manual penetration test provides information about any possible weak points where breaches may occur. The assessment process uses the proprietary tools in the Managed Assessment Probe (MAP-100) applian ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Monday, October 19th 2015 [ME NewsWire] Top three speeding motivators: ‘Running Late’, ‘For Fun / To Impress Others’, ‘Out of Habit’ 5% of motorists have driven faster than 180km/h 29% of young drivers regularly speed, with 38% exceeding 150kp/h 86% of motorists believe current speed limits are about right Research conducted by RoadSafetyUAE.com and global insurer Zurich sheds light on the leading causes of speeding in the UAE. According to respondents to a YouGov survey, the top three reasons UAE motorists speed are because they are running late (67%), for fun or to impress others (53%), and out of habit (45%). Next on the list is knowledge of speed camera locations (39%), followed by the belief that the roads are designed for speed (27%), a desire to test a car’s abilities (22%), and justification that speeding is more culturally accepted in the UAE than back home (21%). The final two explanations are both related to the enforcement of speed li ... Read more »