OSAKA, Japan - Tuesday, June 14th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Panasonic Corporation announced that it has developed 12mm range square size (SMD Type) large current (20A-50A) “Power Choke Coil” suited for power supply circuits of automotive ECUs (Electronic Control Units) of HEV, EV, gasoline-powered vehicles etc. The new product enables direct mounting on automotive engine ECUs and electromechanical integration. In accordance with the improvement of fuel consumption of eco-cars and environment regulations, electronization of automotive systems enhancements has been rapidly expanding for the purpose of fine control engines. In addition, the ECU capacity is getting larger, direct mounting on engine and electromechanical integration are required instead of mounting in the engine room. Therefore, large current being set in an extremely high temperature and vibration environment are required for ECU. Choke coils are used and mounted in ECU power supply circuits for the purpose of n ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Wednesday, June 15th 2016 [ME NewsWire] Expo 2020 Dubai has announced DP World as its Premier Global Trade Partner. The company operates 77 terminals globally including Jebel Ali Port, under 10 km from the Expo site, and will be integral to the supply chain for the Expo, which will host over 180 nations and 25 million visitors for the world’s largest event in 2020. DP World is the third Premier Partner to date. Her Excellency Reem Al Hashimy, UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation and Director General Bureau Expo Dubai 2020, said, “Expo 2020 Dubai will be the first World Expo to take place in the Middle East, Africa or South Asia. The partnership with DP World will play a central role in cementing the UAE’s position at the heart of future global trade. Trade and economic diversification are vital to the UAE’s future. Through this agreement with DP World and our other partners, Expo 2020 Dubai will leave an economic legacy in the form of new ... Read more »

CEO Shunee Yee details Shenzhen’s role in China’s economic prospects BEIJING - Wednesday, June 15th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- China is one of the fastest-growing sites for foreign investment, was the consensus at an international investor conference that brought together leaders of international funds and banks. CSOFT CEO Shunee Yee talked in depth about the role Shenzhen will have in driving China’s future economic growth, particularly as the country adjusts to a “new normal” of economic development. She emphasized that Shenzhen, the unrivaled hub for Chinese innovation and entrepreneurship, will be a central player in upgrading China’s economy and manufacturing industry for a global era of business. Since being chosen as the site of China’s first special economic zone (SEZ) in 1980, Shenzhen has grown by leaps and bounds. Today, its glittering skyline belies the city’s humble origins as a provincial fishing village before China’s leaders singled it out as one of the w ... Read more »

Doha, Qatar - Thursday, June 9th 2016 [ME NewsWire] Dr. Yousef Al-Horr: "Green Expo 2017 is an international platform for green advocates to share knowledge, exchange ideas and showcase their latest green technologies, solutions, innovations & do business. Al-Harami: "Dar Al-Sharq’s media expertise will help bridging businesses & projects in bringing together the green environment projects and the business community in Qatar" Gulf Organisation for Research and Development (GORD), in cooperation with Dar Al-Sharq Group, announced the launch of Green Expo 2017 which is going to be one of the region’s biggest exhibitions & conferences addressing wide spectrum sustainable solutions for the region to witness. As per the agreement signed between the two parties, the 1st Green Expo will be organized in 2017, to be followed by the same event every consecutive year. Green Expo 2017 includes the following events: Green Expo exhibition Sustainable Urban Environment Conference Carbon and ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, June 14th 2016 [ME NewsWire] Bureau van Dijk, the leading provider of company information, has become the first ever non-Turkish organization to become a member of Turkey’s TEID (Ethics and Reputation Society). Gathering strength with 125 members joining since 2010, representing 15% of Turkey’s GDP between them, TEID is fast-becoming the reference organization for ethics, by guiding corporates through the creation of guideline policies for approaching ethics and integrity in business, for the benefit of all their members. Bureau van Dijk, with information of over 200 million companies, provides detailed corporate structures to empower in-depth company research for AML, KYC and customer due diligence processes. The company information also provides links to beneficial owners with built-in intelligence on sanctions, PEPs and media to minimize risk exposure and reputation damage. Speaking of their membership to Turkey’s TEID, Paul Costers, Area ... Read more »

TOKYO - Tuesday, June 14th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) has developed a spur canceled clock generator (SCCG) that recovers receiver sensitivity of wireless connectivity IC. The SCCG recovers receiver sensitivity by suppressing the spur, interference that originates from the clock signal, and achieves receiver sensitivity of -93 dBm for all channels in Bluetooth® Smart ICs. Toshiba will announce this advance at VLSI Circuits Symposium 2016, the international conference on semiconductor devices held in Honolulu, Hawaii on June 15. Recent wireless connectivity ICs integrate analog blocks, such as RF circuits, digital blocks, and mixed signal blocks, such as AD converters, on one chip. However, some of the harmonics of the reference clock signal for AD converters and digital circuits, known as clock spurs, degrade receiver sensitivity. Conventional techniques to recover sensitivity have resulted in issues with additional power consumption, chip si ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, June 14th 2016 [ME NewsWire] The General Directorate of Punitive and Correctional Establishments of the Ministry of Interior (MoI) organized a group Iftar for employees, inmates and their families in the Correctional and Punitive Establishments. This meal was held under the umbrella of social and humanitarian communication with inmates and their families, to spread happiness among everyone. The initiative embodies the values of social responsibility, as well as supporting the General Directorate of Correctional and Punitive Establishments’ charitable and humanitarian initiatives. It brings joy to the inmates and their families during the Holy Month. Brigadier Hamad Khamis Al Dhaheri, Deputy Head of the Punitive and Correctional Establishments Department, highlighted that the group Iftar is a chance to communicate with workers and translates the Police Leadership recommendations of enhancing cooperation and communication between employees of ... Read more »

In a workshop organized by the Security Media Higher Committee ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Saturday, June 11th 2016 [ME NewsWire] A total of 400 staff members at the Ministry of Interior benefited from the “Social Media Use Policy” workshop, organized by the Permanent Higher Commission for Security Media. The workshop aims at shedding the light on the safe and professional rules and guidelines of media work, to enhance communication channels with the public. The workshop, which was recently held at the Federal Police School Headquarters/ Sharjah, was attended by Brigadier Ahmed Abdullah Al Hajri, Director of the Federal Police School / Sharjah; Colonel Dr. Jassim Mohammed Al Bakr, Acting Director of the Federal Police School; along with a number of senior officers, employees at the Federal Police School and staff members enrolled in specialized courses, in addition to 111 recruits at the ministry. Lieutenant Ahmed Al Dahmani, from the Security Media Department and member of t ... Read more »

INGELHEIM, Germany & INDIANAPOLIS, US - Tuesday, June 14th 2016 [ME NewsWire] Jardiance® (empagliflozin) is the only SGLT2 inhibitor to demonstrate the potential to improve kidney outcomes on top of standard of care New data from the landmark EMPA-REG OUTCOME® clinical trial published in The New England Journal of Medicine (BUSINESS WIRE)-- New data showed Jardiance® (empagliflozin) reduced the risk for new-onset or worsening kidney disease by 39 percent versus placebo when added to standard of care in people with type 2 diabetes with established cardiovascular disease. Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced today that the findings have been published in The New England Journal of Medicine and also presented at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) 76th Scientific Sessions® in New Orleans. “These findings are clinically important, given that one in two people with type 2 diabetes worldwide will develop kidney disease, which can lead to kidney failur ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Friday, June 10th 2016 [ME NewsWire] Brigadier Ghaith Hassan Al Zaabi, Director General of the Traffic Coordination General Directorate at the Ministry of Interior, stressed the Ministry’s eagerness, as per the directives of Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, to enhance cooperation and coordination with charities in the areas of common interest. “This gesture embodies the belief of the Ministry in the importance of philanthropy and community service that require unrelenting efforts and intensive preparation, to achieve security and safety on roads”, he said. Additionally, he underlined that the Ministry of Interior is pleased to be a strategic partner for the ‘Ramadan Safety’ campaign that was recently launched nationwide by Al Ihsan Charity Association in Dubai for the fifth consecutive year. “This campaign have significantly contributed to curb traffic accidents by educating drivers about ... Read more »

MELBOURNE, Australia - Monday, June 13th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- The World’s 50 Best Restaurants and Tourism Australia have today announced in New York that Melbourne, Australia will be the host destination for the prestigious awards in 2017. The announcement was made by William Drew, Group Editor of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants alongside Tourism Australia Chief Marketing Officer Lisa Ronson at the Chefs’ Feast, a dinner for the world’s best chefs and restaurateurs, ahead of tomorrow’s 2016 edition of The World’s 50 Best Restaurant awards, held in New York. The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list is a celebration of global gastronomy bringing together a unique community of visionaries across the culinary landscape. The annual awards are based on the votes of The Diners Club World’s 50 Best Restaurants Academy, an influential group of almost 1,000 international leaders in the restaurant community. Recent years have seen Australia strongly represented on the list with res ... Read more »

New release provides insurers with increased agility to adapt to market needs, reflects input from Guidewire’s 200+ customer community SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Monday, June 13th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- At the IASA conference, Guidewire Software, Inc. (NYSE: GWRE), a provider of software products to Property/Casualty (P/C) insurers, today announced the new release of the Guidewire Insurance Platform™. The Guidewire Insurance Platform combines three elements — core operations, data and analytics, and digital engagement — that work together to enhance insurers’ ability to respond to industry changes and better engage and empower their customers, agents, and employees. Enhancements across the insurance platform reflect input from Guidewire’s 200+ customer community and enable insurers to improve agility and insight, optimize product offerings, streamline processes, and promote customer centricity. “Property/Casualty insurers have faced more change in the last few years than in ... Read more »

Managed service solution delivers critical weather alerts and seismic data throughout the Pacific Region RESTON, Va., & ST HELIER, Jersey, Channel Islands - Tuesday, June 14th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- SES Government Solutions (SES GS) and O3b Networks announced today that the companies have jointly completed the first O3b managed services installation for NOAA’s National Weather Service Office (NWSO) at Pago Pago, American Samoa. This remote station is responsible for providing critically important tropical weather alerts and cyclone warning information to a large part of the Pacific. This Smart News Release features multimedia. View the full release here: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160613006605/en/ An uninterrupted high-speed data connection between the Pago Pago NWSO and the primary Pacific National Weather Service (NWS) centre in Hawaii is essential for NOAA to update forecast models and issue safety warnings in near real-time. The task order is part of ... Read more »