BEIJING - Wednesday, October 31st 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Air China and GA Telesis have concluded their agreement to form the world’s largest China-based integrated commercial aerospace services provider. During an elaborate, and very well attended ceremony in Beijing, the companies signed all documents including their partnership agreement, to form GA Innovation China or Beijing Ji-An, Ltd. ("Beijing Ji-An, GAIC or the Company”) a 50/50 joint venture based in Beijing. The joint-venture will be the first China based integrated aircraft trader/lessor of used aircraft and will also introduce a full-scale aircraft disassembly and redistribution business covering the entire Asian market.

The new world class enterprise will commence full-scale operations from Beijing Capital International Airport. Beijing Ji-An will focus on providing financial solutions for airlines in China and Asia that have an increasing need for fleet decommissioning activities. The Company wi ... Read more »

Doha, Qatar - Wednesday, October 31st 2012 [ME NewsWire]

Students from Qatar’s national university can now take their pick from dozens of sponsorship, internship and mentoring opportunities, thanks to a comprehensive network of programmes designed to ensure they learn from the world’s leading organisations.

As Qatar University (QU) has expanded to more than 12,000 undergraduate and post-graduate students this academic year, so even more schemes have been launched to help prepare them to compete with their peers internationally.

The annual Internship and Sponsorship Fair, held earlier this month, is just one example of the interest QU attracts from potential employers. The seventh such fair was the biggest ever, with some 50 organizations represented - from oil and gas to banking and finance, sport, healthcare, education, government, infrastructure and construction, aviati ... Read more »

Doha, Qatar - Wednesday, October 31st 2012 [ME NewsWire]

A Qatar University pharmacy student beat of competition from her peers around the world to secure one of the top prizes at the International Pharmacy Student Federation (IPSF) World Congress.

Ghadeer Daghash, a final year undergraduate student at the university’s College of Pharmacy, won first place in the Congress’s senior level patient counseling skills competition. She was one of a 10-strong team representing the Gulf state’s renowned College of Pharmacy. They joined more than 500 pharmacy students from around the world at the 11-day educational, scientific and cultural symposium held in Hurghada, Egypt.

As part of her assessment, Ghadeer had to analyze a case study of a patient, given to her just one day before, and counsel on the use of a new prescription as well as any drug interaction or adverse events present in the case. She fought off tough competition in the preliminary rounds to make it to the fin ... Read more »

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LONDON - Tuesday, October 30th 2012

Ernst & Young supports the recommendations in the report released yesterday by the Financial Stability Board’s (FSB) private sector Enhanced Disclosure Task Force (EDTF) initiative. The EDTF was convened in May 2012 with the objectives of developing principles for enhanced disclosures for banks, based on current market conditions and risks, and identifying leading practice risk disclosures among banks.

The EDTF was unique in its approach by bringing together interested constituents in the process - preparers, investors, rating agencies and auditors - to work toward solutions to enhance disclosures that benefit the investing public.

Ernst & Young encourages all affected stakeholders to carefully consider and work to implement the recommendations of the EDTF. We believe these recommendations are an important step to improving confidence in global systemic financial institutions and financi ... Read more »

SAN FRANCISCO - Tuesday, October 30th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

"Past practice” royalties waived for companies taking advantage of a license in Via’s LTE standard essential patent licensing program by April 12, 2013

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Via Licensing Corporation today announced an "early-adopter” incentive for initial signing licensees of its LTE (Long-Term Evolution) patent pool announced earlier this month. Any entity that executes the LTE patent license with Via by April 12, 2013, will benefit from a waiver of license fees (and interest) that would have been due for products sold prior to October 15, 2012, implementing the LTE standard.

"Our early-adopter incentive provides great value to licensees that have already been delivering LTE products to the market,” said John Ehler, Director of Wireless Programs, Via Licensing. "This limited-time incentive offers a significant cost savings for companies that need access to the broad coverage of LTE essential patents provided th ... Read more »