AMSTERDAM - Thursday, October 25th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

    Revenue up +11% at constant exchange rates, and +18% at historical rates, to €575 million
    Record revenue in Security and in Mobile Communication
    Stand-out performances from Platforms & Services and the Asia region
    2013 target of €300 million in profit from operations now expected to be reached one year in advance

Revenue figures in this document are for ongoing operations1 and variations are at constant exchange rates except where otherwise noted. Revenue figures including contribution of assets held for sale and variations at historical rates are provided in the appendix of this document. All figures presented in this press release are unaudited.

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Regulatory News:

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 - GTO), the world leader in digital security today announces its revenue for the third quarter of ... Read more »

BOUDRY, Switzerland - Saturday, October 27th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

Society for Melanoma Research Abstracts Published Online in Organization’s Journal

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Celgene International Sàrl, a subsidiary of Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) today announced that abstracts for the upcoming Society for Melanoma Research meeting have been published online in the organization’s official journal at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pcmr.12023/abstract. The publication includes an abstract reviewing ... Read more »

BITTERFELD-WOLFEN, Germany - Thursday, October 25th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Hanwha Group, a top 10 Korean business group and Fortune Global 500 company with businesses in manufacturing, construction, finance, retail and resorts, today launched Hanwha Q.CELLS. The launch marks the completion of the acquisition of German solar company Q.CELLS, one of the worlds’ largest solar cell manufacturers and a leading photovoltaics company. Mr. Charles Kim will lead Hanwha Q.CELLS as CEO, joining the company from Hanwha SolarOne. Mr. Min Su Kim will replace Mr. Charles Kim as the president of Hanwha SolarOne and joins the company from Hanwha Group.

The launch of Hanwha Q.CELLS establishes Hanwha as the third largest solar manufacturer in the world. Hanwha’s 2.3 GW of manufacturing capacity is distributed across Germany, Malaysia and China, a competitive advantage to supply any region in the world, free of trade sanctions.

"The synergies between Q.CELLS and Hanwha ... Read more »

WOLFSCHLUGEN, Germany - Thursday, October 25th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

- New owner also commissioned Windreich AG the complete project implementation

- With German Bight Windreich achieves total revenues in hundreds of millions

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Windreich AG enters into a purchase agreement for the wind farm 'Deutsche Bucht'with an Anglo-Saxon financial investor and at the same time acquired the responsibility for the subsequent turnkey erection, commissioning and the expected future operation of the wind farm. Hence this Windreich offshore Project is a success. The Swabian wind power pioneer finally conquered the German North Sea. 'Deutsche Bucht', alike its two predecessor projects 'Global Tech I and MEG 1' has an unconditional grid connection confirmation from the Federal Network Agency. According to a survey commissioned by wind: research, Windreich is by far the market leader in the German North Sea with its 35 percent of the secured areas.

'Taking into cons ... Read more »

Leading Pharma CRM Solution Enables Flexibility through Seamless Compatibility with Both Windows 8 and Apple iOS

PARIS - Friday, October 26th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Cegedim Relationship Managementtoday announced that Mobile Intelligence 9, the company’s award winning mobile CRM platform, will be fully compatible with the Windows 8* PRO tablet. Mobile Intelligence 9 will feature the Life Sciences industry’s broadest support for new hardware and operating systems in order to afford companies with the latest in next generation technology. Cegedim is a leader in the Life Sciences mobile CRM market with over thirty-seven thousand users around the world leveraging the Mobile Intelligence application on iPads** or smartphones.

Innovative Pharma Mobile CRM Solution Continues to Lead by Offering Flexibility in Operating Systems

Over the last three years, an increasing number of Life Sciences commercial, medical, market access and key account management ... Read more »

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HOUSTON & ALBERTA, Canada - Thursday, October 25th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Kelman Data Management, the global geophysical data management firm, has officially changed its name to Katalyst Data Management, the company announced Wednesday.

Re-branding initiatives accompanying the Katalyst name feature a new positioning line ("Unleash Your Data’s Potential”), a new corporate website (www.katalystdm.com), and a marketing campaign launch in Las Vegas during the annual meeting of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) on Nov. 4-9.

Founded in Canada as a geophysical seismic data processing firm based in Calgary in 1982, Kelman began offering data management services in 1996. The service was expanded to the United States in 2001 and currently has offices in Houston, Oklahoma City, and Denver.

In 2010, the company merged with the respected Houston-based Oil Data Transcription Service unit of Iron ... Read more »

Solar power plant to account for 10 per cent of Mauritania’s grid capacity

Abu Dhabi-United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, October 23rd 2012 [ME NewsWire]

Masdar announced today the development of a 15-megawatt solar power project in Nouakchott, the capital city of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. The plant will deliver 10 per cent of electricity capacity in Mauritania. Masdar is a renewable energy company based in Abu Dhabi, UAE, which has large and small-scale power projects around the world.

The project is the first utility-scale solar power installation in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.

"Mauritania has some of the highest levels of solar radiation in the world, making it an ideal place for solar power installations,” said Mauritania’s Minister of Petroleum, Energy and Mines H.E. Taleb Ould Abdivall.  "We are pleased to be working with such esteemed partners on this important project and remain committed to harnessing our abundant renewable energy ... Read more »

Global Law Firm Leases More Than 420,000 SF (80%)

Doha,Qatar - Monday, October 22nd 2012 [ME NewsWire]

TFI US Real Estate Fund,Hines andArchstone, developers of CityCenterDC, announced today the signing of a lease with Covington & Burling LLP (Covington) as the anchor office tenant of the landmark, mixed-use development in downtown Washington, D.C.  CityCenterDC is one of the largest downtown developments currently underway in the United States. With the execution of the Covington lease, the office buildings are now more than 80 percent pre-leased. This is a major achievement for a project which broke ground in April 2011.  With the core and shell of this 2 million square foot project nearing completion ahead of schedule, CityCenterDC is poised to take its place as a dynamic neighbourhood in the city. 

            The First Investor (TFI) is the investment banking arm of Barwa Bank, one of Q ... Read more »