HOUSTON - Saturday, November 5th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB) will hold a conference call on January 20, 2017 to discuss the results for the fourth quarter and full year ending December 31, 2016. The conference call is scheduled to begin at 7:30 am (US Central time), 8:30 am (US Eastern time) and 2:30 pm (Paris time). A press release regarding the results will be released prior to the call that same day. To access the conference call, listeners should contact the Conference Call Operator at +1 (800) 288-8967 within North America or +1 (612) 333-4911 outside of North America approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the call, and ask for the “Schlumberger Earnings Conference Call.” A webcast of the conference call will be broadcast simultaneously at www.slb.com/irwebcast on a listen-only basis. Listeners should log in 15 minutes prior to the start of the call to test their browsers and register for the webcast. Following the end of the co ... Read more »

LUXEMBOURG - Vendredi 4 Novembre 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)--Le gouvernement du Luxembourg, l'établissement bancaire de droit public la « Société Nationale de Crédit et d’Investissement » (SNCI) et la société américaine de technologie spatiale Planetary Resources ont signé un accord d’investissement et de coopération d’une valeur de 25 millions d’euros dans le cadre de l’initiative luxembourgoise SpaceResources.lu qui a pour mission l’exploration et la commercialisation des ressources des objets géocroiseurs (NEO), comme les astéroïdes. Dans le cadre de cet accord, le gouvernement du Luxembourg prend une participation dans Planetary Resources, Inc. et le Ministère de l’Économie fournit un soutien R&D à travers différents types de régimes d’aides. Le financement permet d’accélérer les avancées techniques de la société avec l’objectif de lancer la première mission commerciale de prospection des astéroïdes d’ici 2020. Ce partenariat suit un protocole d’accord signé en juin derni ... Read more »

Ce vétéran de l'entreprise apporte des décennies d'expérience en commercialisation à cette société technologique en pleine expansion internationale SAN FRANCISCO - Vendredi 4 Novembre 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)--Okta, principal fournisseur d'identité pour l'entreprise, a annoncé aujourd'hui une nouvelle embauche clé : celle de son président des opérations internationales sur le terrain, Charles Race. À ce poste, Race aura pour mission d'aider Okta à développer ses opérations à l'échelle mondiale. Leader technologique accompli, Race a passé plus de dix ans chez Informatica, où il a aidé à transformer la société en un acteur majeur en technologie d'entreprise, dirigeant des équipes dans le secteur des ventes, du développement commercial, des services, de l'assistance clientèle et de la croissance internationale. Race apportera son talent et son expérience à Okta et dirigera les équipes de commercialisation d'Okta à l'international, relevant directement de Todd McKinnon, direct ... Read more »

Potential to be the largest sporting event in North Carolina history with over $400 million dollars of projected economic impact and 500,000 spectators over the 14 day September 2018 event. Press conference to be held Friday, Nov. 4 at 10 a.m. at Charlotte Chamber of Commerce to unveil details regarding economic impact on North and South Carolina. MILL SPRING, N.C. - Friday, November 4th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Mark Bellissimo, managing Partner of Tryon Equestrian Partners (TEP), announced today that the Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC) in Mill Spring, Polk County, North Carolina has been selected as the host venue for the FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2018 (FEI WEG). The Games, which are administered by the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI), the worldwide governing body of equestrian sport, is the major international championship event for the eight core equestrian disciplines of show jumping, dressage and para-equestrian dressage, eventing, driving, en ... Read more »

Enterprise veteran brings decades of go-to-market experience to globally-expanding technology company SAN FRANCISCO - Friday, November 4th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Okta, a leading provider of identity for the enterprise, announced today a key new hire: president of worldwide field operations, Charles Race. In this role, Race will help Okta as it scales operations globally. An accomplished technology leader, Race spent over a decade at Informatica where he helped grow the company into a major player in enterprise technology, leading teams across sales, business development, services, customer support and international growth. Race will bring his talent and experience to Okta and lead Okta’s go-to-market teams internationally, reporting directly to Todd McKinnon, Okta CEO and cofounder. “When we were thinking about the next strategic hire at Okta, we knew we wanted a skilled senior leader that would be dedicated to helping us build a foundational company, and had a proven ... Read more »

LUXEMBOURG - Friday, November 4th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Luxembourg Government, the public-law banking institution “Société Nationale de Crédit et d’Investissement” (SNCI) and U.S.-based space technology company Planetary Resources have signed a 25 million euro investment and cooperation agreement within the framework of Luxembourg’s SpaceResources.lu initiative which aims at the exploration and the commercial utilization of resources from Near Earth Objects (NEOs), such as asteroids. Within this agreement, the Luxembourg Government invests direct capital in Planetary Resources, Inc. and the Ministry of Economy is providing funding through different types of R&D grants. The funding will accelerate the company’s technical advancements with the aim of launching the first commercial asteroid prospecting mission by 2020. This partnership follows a memorandum of understanding signed this past June to develop in Luxembourg activities related to space resource utilization. ... Read more »

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. - Friday, November 4th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- General Cable Corporation (NYSE: BGC) reported today results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2016. For the quarter, reported diluted loss per share was $0.29 and reported operating income was $5 million. The Company generated adjusted earnings per share for the quarter of $0.07 and adjusted operating income of $32 million. See page 3 and 4 of this press release for the reconciliation of reported to adjusted results and related disclosures. Michael T. McDonnell, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “Third quarter results were below our expectations largely due to a temporary lull in North American end market demand early in the quarter and continued pressure on construction and electrical infrastructure spending in Latin America. Third quarter results were also impacted by the further softening of demand for historically higher margin industrial and specialty products, particularly thos ... Read more »

DUBLIN - Friday, November 4th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- eCurrency Mint Limited (eCurrency) announced today that it has partnered with Banque Régionale de Marchés (BRM) to provide a digital currency in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU). BRM will issue the digital tender, eCFA, in compliance with e-money regulations of Banque Centrale des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (BCEAO), the Central Bank of WAEMU. This secure digital instrument can be transacted across all existing payment platforms and will be equivalent in value to physical legal tender. BRM announced the eCFA distribution will begin in Senegal and will be extended in a second phase to Cote d’Ivoire, Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Togo and Guinea-Bissau. The eCFA is a high security digital instrument that can be held in all mobile money and e-money wallets. It will secure universal liquidity, enable interoperability, and provide transparency to the entire digital ecosystem in WAEMU. “The missio ... Read more »