Luxury ice cream brand captivates with a mesmerizing experience

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, May 21st 2013

Gourmet ice cream brand Häagen-Dazs, invited guests to step into their new world of luxury, style and taste at an exclusive cocktail reception for VIP guests and press. Dubai is the first market to establish the "House of Häagen-Dazs” and to convey its philosophy of iconic luxury, experience and superior craftsmanship much in the way a fashion house would do.

"Where could be better to launch a campaign focusing on luxury and style than in Dubai? We are extremely excited to reveal the ‘House of Häagen-Dazs’ to all our consumers,” said Laurent Favreau, General Mills MENAT Marketing Director.

Held at Magnolia, at Al Qasr Hotel, Madinat Jumeirah, the private space was transformed to portray a physical impression of the "House of Häagen-Dazs”. Luxurious settings, decoration and refreshments gave guests an insight into the coutu ... Read more »

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Tuesday, May 21st 2013 [ME NewsWire]

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Lundbeck today presented results at the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Congress from post hoc analyses in bipolar I disorder patients, which confirm that depressive symptoms are frequent during manic episodes.1

The post-hoc analyses also evaluated the efficacy of asenapine or placebo treatment (olanzapine active control) on manic and depressive symptoms in bipolar I disorder patients suffering manic episodes with mixed features as defined in DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders).

The analyses show that the more severe depressive symptoms are at baseline, the less likely patients will achieve remission (MADRS<=12).1 With increasing baseline severity of depressive symptoms, the post hoc analysis showed that treatment effect remained stable with asenapine but decreased with placebo.1

"We know from t ... Read more »

MUSCAT, Oman - Tuesday, May 21st 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Enclosed Trough system uses the sun’s energy to produce steam for thermal EOR; exceeded contracted performance by 10 percent in first test

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), the largest producer of oil and gas in Oman, and GlassPoint Solar, the global leader in solar enhanced oil recovery, today announced the successful commissioning of the Middle East’s first solar enhanced oil recovery (EOR) project. By harnessing the sun’s energy with GlassPoint’s Enclosed Trough technology, the solar EOR project produces a daily average of 50 tons of emissions-free steam that feeds directly into existing thermal EOR operations at PDO’s Amal West field in Southern Oman. The 7MW system is in regular operation and recently passed its first performance acceptance test since coming online, exceeding contracted steam output by 10 percent.

"PDO has successfully extended the life of its heavy oil assets by deploying i ... Read more »

SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Mardi 21 Mai 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--DVS Sciences, Inc., un innovateur non coté de nouveaux analyseurs de cellules uniques à paramètres multiples et de réactifs pour la recherche biologique, a annoncé aujourd'hui que son cytomètre de masse CyTOF® a été utilisé dans un article primé.

L'article, Single-Cell Mass Cytometry Adapted to Measurements of the Cell Cycle, (Cytométrie de masse de cellule unique adaptée aux mesures du cycle cellulaire), publié dans le journal Cytometry Part A (81A:552-566,2012) et rédigé par G.K. Behbehani, S.C. Bendall, M.R. Clutter, W.J. Fanti et G.P. Nolan, décrit une méthode pionnière utilisant la cytométrie de masse pour définir les distributions du cycle cellulaire des cellules normales et cancéreuses, tout en appliquant simultanément l’immunophénotypage sur chaque population ce ... Read more »

MANAMA, Bahrain - Monday, May 20th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--ACE Group today announced the appointment of Nikhil Soman as Financial Lines Underwriting Manager for its Middle East and North Africa (MENA) business, as it continues to expand this line of insurance throughout the region.

Nikhil has been working alongside Charles Pope, the previous MENA Region Financial Lines Underwriting Manager, since July 2010, and has been instrumental in growing the financial lines portfolio, which provides a comprehensive range of primary and excess products. His particular underwriting expertise includes financial institutions, directors’ and officers’ liability and professional indemnity insurance. Before joining ACE in July 2010, Nikhil held underwriting roles at ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company, Tata AIG General and ICICI Prudential Life in his native India.

Reporting to Mark Quinn, Director and Senior Executive Officer of ACE’s operations at the Dubai Interna ... Read more »

SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Monday, May 20th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- DVS Sciences, Inc., a privately held innovator of novel multi-parameter single-cell analyzers and reagents for biological research technology, today announced that its CyTOF® Mass Cytometer was used in an award winning paper.

The paper, Single-Cell Mass Cytometry Adapted to Measurements of the Cell Cycle, published in Cytometry Part A (81A:552-566,2012) and authored by G.K. Behbehani, S.C. Bendall, M.R. Clutter, W.J. Fanti, G.P. Nolan, describes a pioneering method using Mass Cytometry to delineate cell cycle distributions of both normal and cancer cell populations while simultaneously immunophenotyping each cell population with 25 surface markers. The paper also describes how the technology was able to study the cell cycle phases of cells spanning the hematopoietic hierarchy in healthy human bone marrow as a prelude to later studies with cancers and other disorders of this lineage.

The C ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, May 19th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Outsource Zone (DOZ) today announced its sponsorship and participation in the 13th Annual Shared Services & Outsourcing Week (SSO Week), which is taking place 21-24 May 2013 at the Prague Congress Centre in Prague.

Hosted by the Shared Services & Outsourcing Network (SSON), SSO Week is one of the world’s most comprehensive and successful meetings dedicated to the SS&O community, gathering 600 senior shared services and outsourcing practitioners, select solution experts and industry analysts.

Malek Sultan Al Malek, Managing Director of Dubai Internet City and Dubai Outsource Zone who will lead the delegation said: "Since its inception in 2007, Dubai Outsource Zone has significantly contributed to positioning Dubai as an attractive alternative to traditional centres of outsourcing service provision. The past decade has seen outsourcing begin to contribute to the development of the diversif ... Read more »

Son réseau mondial dépasse les 37 millions d'utilisateurs alors que les entreprises utilisent DocuSign pour accélérer leurs transactions, réduire leurs coûts et enchanter leurs clients

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DocuSign, The Global Standard for eSignature®, a accueilli plus de 1000 - Dimanche 19 Mai 2013 [ME NewsWire]

DocuSign MOMENTUM 2013

(BUSINESS WIRE)--DocuSign, The Global Standard for eSignature®, a accueilli plus de 1000 clients existants et prospectifs, partenaires et développeurs à son congrès annuel DocuSign MOMENTUM. Les faits saillants de l'événement étaient des discours liminaires et des discussions en groupe avec les innovateurs en technologie Mary Meeker, associée principale, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers ; Angie Hicks, fondatrice et directrice du marketing, Angie’s List ; Craig Kielburger, co-fondateur de Free The Children et Me To We ; et des cadres sup&eacu ... Read more »

L'accord crée une collaboration stratégique unique axée sur le développement et l'exécution des essais cliniques

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, Caroline du Nord - Dimanche 19 Mai 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck Serono, une division de Merck, Darmstadt, Allemagne, et Quintiles, le plus grand fournisseur mondial de services d’externalisation dans le domaine du développement et de la commercialisation de produits biopharmaceutiques, ont annoncé aujourd'hui une nouvelle entente de développement clinique de cinq ans. Cette collaboration stratégique est la première du genre puisqu'elle associe une société biopharmaceutique et un fournisseur de services biopharmaceutiques et crée un processus global qui intègre l'expertise et l'expérience des deux organisations dans une entité de développement clinique unique et bien organisée.

Épousant une nouvelle ap ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, May 19th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Key industry professionals, government officials and academics will gather this week to discuss the existing and emerging skills gaps within the UAE’s tourism and hospitality industry.

The discussion, facilitated by Dubai International Academic City (DIAC), will see participants debate the findings of a Workforce Planning Study[1] that has identified a number of skills gaps within the burgeoning sector that currently account for one in nine jobs[2].  

Newly released figures from the Workforce Planning Study have revealed that some corporates are having difficulty finding suitable candidates for junior positions within the industry.

Other key findings include:

    Overall, Customer Relationship Management, Event Management, and Food & Beverage Management skills are the most in demand in the industry
    Hotel Management, Facilities Management and ... Read more »