Companies will work together to optimize renal disease trials RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. & MINNEAPOLIS - Wednesday, August 3rd 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Quintiles, the world’s largest provider of product development and integrated healthcare services, and DaVita Clinical Research, a wholly-owned subsidiary of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., a leader in kidney care, today announced a global strategic alliance. The alliance combines DaVita’s world-class clinical care and expansive footprint of research sites with Quintiles’ industry-leading operational delivery and therapeutic expertise in clinical trials. “Through this alliance with DaVita Clinical Research, we will have the power to provide biopharmaceutical customers with nephrology expertise and global delivery capabilities to truly advance clinical research,” said Jeanne Hecht, senior vice president and global head, Site and Patient Networks at Quintiles. “Our aim is to align our processes to reduce cycle times and ... Read more »

United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) strongly endorses Tryon bid to FEI. North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley both support initiative. MILL SPRING, N.C. - Wednesday, August 3rd 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Mark Bellissimo, managing partner of Tryon Equestrian Partners (TEP), confirmed today that the Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC) in Mill Spring, N.C. is working with United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) to ensure that the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) remain in North America, and USEF has communicated its support of the initiative to the FEI for the 2018 WEG. The WEG, which is administered by the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI), the worldwide governing body of equestrian sport, occurs every four years in the middle of the Olympic cycle and is the major international championship event for Jumping, Dressage and Para-Equestrian Dressage, Eventing, Driving, Endurance, Vaulting and Reining. The Brom ... Read more »

Ajman, United Arab Emirates - Wednesday, August 3rd 2016 [ME NewsWire] Ajman Free Zone launches its newest product ‘The Business Centre’, a kick-starter pack for those looking to open up companies within the country. The plan aims to contribute towards aiding entrepreneurs in establishing their companies and increase the rate at which companies start up in the city. It intends to do so by offering prices that are noticeably challenging to come across anywhere else. Founded in 1988, Ajman Free Zone has held on to the mantle of being one of the pioneering organizations being credited for industrial development in the region for a considerable while. This was possible to achieve due to the organization’s undying attempts to reach out to aspiring entrepreneurs and nurturing them with offers that are sure to reel them in to the industry; providing them with all the services and facilities a company would need in its dawn. ‘The Business Centre’ is ultimately AFZ’s most recent blueprint fo ... Read more »

Upcoming Edition Set to Surpass 2016 Attendance, Exhibitor Marks LONDON - Tuesday, August 2nd 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- The GSMA today announced the first details of the 2017 Mobile World Congress, including exhibitors, sponsors, programmes and activities taking place at the annual mobile industry event. Under the theme “Mobile: The Next Element”, Mobile World Congress will be held 27 February – 2 March 2017 at Fira Gran Via in Barcelona, with events also taking place at Fira Montjuïc. The GSMA expects that more than 101,000 professionals from across the mobile industry and adjacent industry sectors will attend Mobile World Congress 2017. “Over the past three decades, mobile has evolved from an emerging communications technology to a phenomenon that is now at the foundation of everything we do. It has inextricably changed how we communicate, interact, work and play as individuals, and it’s transforming entire industries, bringing new levels of productivity and efficiency ... Read more »

ATLANTA - Tuesday, August 2nd 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)--Global management consultancy Kurt Salmon is pleased to announce that Ron Wilson has joined the firm as a partner in its Retail and Consumer Goods Group and as a leader in its data analytics practice. Mr. Wilson has 20 years of experience driving disruptive digital transformation in the consumer packaged goods industry. He has helped some of world’s largest CPG companies and brands take a holistic approach to gathering, analyzing and acting on big data insights, sometimes in counterintuitive ways, to reduce costs in the supply chain and drive sales at the point of purchase. Both a strategist and a designer and implementer of technology hardware, software and services, he has several patents pending for CPG technologies and services, including an Agile Data-Driven Enterprise Platform and a Trade Promotion Intelligence platform as a service. “As retailers and brands globalize and optimize their omnichannel efforts, thei ... Read more »

Low Voltage Operation (1.6V min.) and Industry-leading write speed of 4 ms (max.) CHIBA, Japan - Wednesday, August 3rd 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- SII Semiconductor Corporation, an affiliate of Seiko Instruments Inc., released the S-93CxxCD0H Series (105˚C) and the S-93AxxBD0A Series (125˚C), new automotive 3-wire (Microwire) serial EEPROM products available in the ultra-small HSNT-8 package (2030) (2.0×3.0×t0.5 mm). With an industry-leading write speed of 4ms (max.) and low voltage operation down to 1.6V, the S-93CxxCD0H Series (105˚C) is suitable for a wide range of applications. With in-vehicle electronic options on the increase, more and more serial EEPROMs are being used in throughout the automotive industry. Due to the increased electronic content in automobiles there is a need for space savings parts due to the limited space available. Commonly used leadless small packages have always posed issues in areas such as mounting strength and automatic visual inspections, c ... Read more »

SAN FRANCISCO - Tuesday, August 2nd 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Funds managed and/or advised by Partners Group AG or its affiliates (“Partners Group”) formed a joint venture with affiliates of Spear Street Capital LLC (“Spear Street”) to acquire approximately 2.2 million square feet of office properties located in select suburban markets in Dallas, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Austin and Boston (the “Whetstone Portfolio”). Formerly owned by certain funds managed by Spear Street, the Whetstone Portfolio comprises The Campus at Legacy, a 726,700-square foot Class A office campus located in Plano, Texas; Atrium Corporate Center, a 467,000-square foot Class A office building located in Rolling Meadows, Illinois; Trinity Centre, a four-building, Class A office park totaling 488,200 square feet located in Centreville, Virginia; Research Park Plaza I & II, a 272,000-square foot Class A office project located in the Northwest submarket of Austin, Texas; and Riverworks Innovation Center ... Read more »

SAN FRANCISCO - Mardi 2 Août 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)--Des fonds gérés et/ou conseillés par Partners Group AG ou ses affiliés (« Partners Group ») ont constitué une coentreprise avec les affiliés de Spear Street Capital LLC (« Spear Street ») en vue d'acquérir une superficie d'environ 2,2 millions de pieds carrés d'immobilier de bureau sur les marchés suburbains prisés de Dallas, Chicago, Washington (D.C.), Austin et Boston (le « Whetstone Portfolio »). Précédemment possédé par certains fonds gérés par Spear Street, le Whetstone Portfolio comprend The Campus at Legacy, un parc de bureau de 726 700 pieds carrés de classe A, à Plano, Texas ; Atrium Corporate Center, un immeuble de bureau de 467 000 pieds carrés de classe A situé à Rolling Meadows, Illinois ; Trinity Centre, un parc de quatre immeubles de bureaux de classe A de 488 200 pieds carrés à Centreville, Virginie ; Research Park Plaza I et II, un projet de bureaux de 272 000 pieds carrés de classe A dans le sous-marché ... Read more »