MONROVIA, Calif. - Wednesday, November 7th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

Solutions Promote Agile Enablement and Accelerate Cloud Migration

Cloud Expo 2012

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Parasoft announced today from Cloud Expo that they will be showcasing the latest release of their service virtualization and cloud/API testing solutions at booth #821.

With today's highly distributed enterprise systems, it's challenging for dev/QA to access much of the system behavior required to exercise the application under test. To help organizations ensure the security, reliability, and compliance of business processes across these heterogeneous systems, Parasoft delivers an enterprise-grade solution for complex testing across the different layers of cloud-based applications as well as next-generation test environment management with service virtualization.

The latest releases help developers and testers keep their tests and simulated test environments in sync with evolving services and ... Read more »

PARIS - Wednesday, November 7th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

Cartes 2012

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Regulatory News:

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces that it has delivered over 25 million e-Driver’s Licenses and Vehicle Registration Certificates to India. Gemalto has been providing these Sealys secure e-documents to multiple states across India since 2003.

The Sealys smart card solution combines with the automation of business processes at decentralized regional transport offices and state level transport registers. This enables the India government to consolidate driver and vehicle registration information across the population in a central repository, improving the administrative efficiency of the transport authority and other government departments.

The secure e-documents contain a microprocessor that securely stores the driver or vehicle’s data. The e-Driver’s License enables on-the-fly verification of driving cred ... Read more »

– Ces données présenteront des composés susceptibles de devenir les premiers ou les meilleurs de leur catégorie –

DUBLIN - Mercredi 7 Novembre 2012 [ME NewsWire]

EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium 2012

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Siège social : Tokyo, Président : Masayuki Kobayashi), développeur du premier traitement chimiothérapeutique à base de fluorouracil (FU) disponible par voie orale (TS-1/S-1), présente des données préliminaires sur huit nouveaux composés oncologiques, y compris des traitements susceptibles de devenir les premiers de leur catégorie. Les données présentées au 24e Symposium EORTC-NCI-AACR sur les cibles moléculaires et le traitement du cancer du 6 au 9 novembre 2012 à Dublin, en Irlande, reflètent l'engagement continu de Taiho envers l'amélioration des agents anticancéreux antimétaboliques fondamentau ... Read more »

BOSTON & PERTH, Australia - Wednesday, November 7th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

Global Energy and Resources-Focused Private Equity Firm to Explore Metals and Minerals, Power and Renewables and Oil and Gas Investment Opportunities in Asia Pacific

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Denham Capital, a leading energy and resources-focused global private equity firm, announced today that it will open an office in Perth, Australia, one of the world’s main hubs for metals and minerals activity.

The new office will open in February 2013 and be led by Bert Koth, Director of Denham Capital’s Metals and Minerals team who will be relocating from the firm’s London office. In addition to pursuing metals and minerals investments in Australia and the Asia Pacific region, the office will also seek opportunities in Denham Capital’s other two core sectors: power and renewables and oil and gas.

"While Perth and Australia are rightfully thought of as global centers for metals and minerals, investment ... Read more »

LONDON & NEW YORK - Wednesday, November 7th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

Singapore REITs posted highest one year return of six countries examined in EY’s latest global REIT report

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) around the world continue to show signs of recovery but still face some severe challenges, especially in raising fresh capital, according to Ernst & Young’s Global perspectives: 2012 REIT report.

"Globally, REIT markets made solid gains in the latter half of 2011, and first quarter 2012 data confirms this trend. But continued growth into 2013, for many, depends heavily on key aspects of their regional economies as well as the overall global outlook,” says Robert Lehman, Ernst & Young’s Global REIT Practice Leader.

Of the six REIT jurisdictions examined in this year’s report, Singapore had the best return performance in 2011. The one year rate of return for Singapore REITs (S-REITs) exceeded 21.8%, a performance which put the ... Read more »

– Data will showcase potentially first- or best-in-class compounds –

BUSINESS WIRE / ME NewsWire DUBLIN - Tuesday, November 6th 2012

EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium 2012

Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (HQ: Tokyo, President: Masayuki Kobayashi), the developer of the first orally available fluorouracil (FU) Chemotherapeutic treatment (TS-1/S-1), is presenting early stage data for eight novel oncology compounds, including potential first-in-class therapies. The data being presented during the 24th EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeuticsfrom November 6 – 9, 2012 in Dublin, Ireland underscore Taiho’s steadfast commitment to improving cornerstone anti-metabolic cancer agents and developing novel molecular targeted therapies that can be used alone or in combination worldwide.

"The data being presented demonstrate Taiho’s ability to develop novel molecular targeted agents as well as next generation cytotoxic therapies, and underscore our con ... Read more »

Business Wire / ME Newswire

PARIS - Tuesday, November 6th 2012

Cartes 2012

Regulatory News:

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, won a new Sesames award at the 2012 CARTES & IDentification industry conference for its PrintPixel security feature. The winning innovation is being showcased on the Gemalto booth, Hall 3, Entrance.

"This Sesames award endorses our capacity in developing innovative products that lead to real-life applications and tangible benefits for service providers and end users, as part of our ongoing commitment to serving our customers with pioneering solutions that make them stay one step ahead,” commented Tan Teck-Lee, Gemalto’s Chief Innovation and Technology Officer. "The security features that are visible with the bare eye are always very efficient, easy to check by officials at border control and providing increased protection for citizens.”

PrintPixel™

PrintPixel is a highl ... Read more »

New "Starwood Media Centre” Provides Easy Access to Starwood News, Images and Video Content with One-of-a-Kind Online News Portal and Mobile Application

BRUSSELS - Tuesday, November 6th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Starwood Hotels & Resorts today launches an engaging and multi-lingual news portal designed to provide international journalists, bloggers and other external audiences with easy access to major Starwood news. This includes corporate and financial announcements, the latest news on the company’s nine unique and compelling lifestyle brands and Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) offers and promotions. Created to shake up the traditional corporate news page, the new Starwood Media Centreuses innovative design and the latest technology to deliver major news, high-definition video content, high-resolution images and social media channels in an easy-to-use format, specifically targeted to the needs of today’s journalist.

In an effort to reach global med ... Read more »

PARIS - Tuesday, November 6th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

Cartes & IDentification

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Regulatory News:

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces joining the Partnership for Cyber Resilience - a global initiative developed by the World Economic Forum in support of fostering a trusted share digital space and supported by leading global companies. Gemalto will work alongside the initiative partners to identify and address emerging global needs and systemic risks that arise from the increasing digital connectivity of people, processes and objects. The company brings its global experience in digital security applied in particular to authenticated mobile security, trusted cloud access, identity and privacy protection, eHealthcare and eGovernment security and efficiency. Gemalto will also bring in the expertise acquired through its numerous contributions to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) security standard ... Read more »

INGELHEIM, Germany - Tuesday, November 6th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

- Results from real-world practice support evidence from clinical trials

- Pradaxa® is well tolerated with a good safety profile in routine clinical setting

- Benefit of Pradaxa® seen in all patients regardless of risk of bleeding and/or VTE

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- New real-world data reinforces the positive safety and efficacy profile of Pradaxa® (dabigatran etexilate) in clinical practice for the prevention of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients undergoing total knee or hip replacement.* Data presented today at the 2012 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions highlight that treatment with Pradaxa® was well tolerated and resulted in low incidence of major bleeding events irrespective of patient risk factors.1

VTE has been estimated to be the third most common cardiovascular disorder after coronary heart disease and stroke.2 In Europe alone, it affects 1.5 million peop ... Read more »