LONDON - Tuesday, January 7th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Charles River, an enterprise-wide, front- and middle-office investment management solution provider, today announced that NCB Capital Company, the world’s largest manager of Shariah-compliant funds, is live on the Charles River Investment Management Solution (Charles River IMS). The implementation completes phase one of a multi-asset class roll-out to automate portfolio management, order and execution management, compliance/risk monitoring, and performance measurement and attribution for NCB Capital Company users in Riyadh and Jeddah.

"We want to be the manager of choice for local and foreign investments in Saudi Arabia, and Charles River’s global solution allows us to offer strategies and processes equal to those of the world’s leading asset managers,” said Sami Al-Bashir, Chief Operating Officer of Asset Management at NCB Capital Company. "Charles River IMS has helped to significantly reduce risk and inc ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, January 7th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

The Ministry of Interior, represented by the Traffic Coordination Directorate General, has launched the year’s first unified traffic awareness campaign. The campaign is in line with the initiative that aims to develop and implement traffic awareness programs in 2014.   The nation-wide initiative, which was launched under the slogan "Beware of Motorbike Dangers” at the beginning of the year, will last for three months. It aims to urge all motorbike drivers, as well as all segments of society, particularly young people and families, to abide by traffic laws and avoid accidents.

Brigadier Ghaith Hassan Al Zaabi, Director General of the Traffic Coordination Directorate General at the Ministry of Interior, stressed that the campaign falls in line with the ministry’s strategy originating from the Federal Government's strategy. It is in pursuance of the directives established by the police leader ... Read more »

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Saturday, January 4th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Major General Khalil Dawood Badran, Director General of Finance and Services at Abu Dhabi Police, awarded 12 Officers from the Directorate General of Finance and Services, in the ranks of Captain and Lieutenant, with Medals of Long and Loyal Outstanding Service.

Major General Badran reiterated the keenness of Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif binZayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, to honor distinguished and loyal staff members, as per the priorities of Abu Dhabi Police’s strategy. "This comes in line with the ADP’s continuous quest to achieve its goals, by bringing out and motivating the abilities and potentials of the Ministry of Interior’s staff members,” he continued.

The honoring ceremony, which was held at the Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters, was also attended by Colonel Arif Al Shamsi, Head of Sports Clubs and Activities Department, and Colonel Ahmad Al Badi ... Read more »

Solar EOR leader recognized globally for project success and technology validation

FREMONT, Calif. & MUSCAT, Oman - Wednesday, January 8th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- GlassPoint Solar, the leader in solar enhanced oil recovery (EOR), today announced the company recently won recognition from three premier energy organizations for the successful deployment of its solar EOR technology. These accolades capped a momentous 2013, in which GlassPoint achieved numerous technical and commercial milestones. Most notably, GlassPoint proved its technology in the field with the launch of the Middle East’s first solar EOR project in Oman.

GlassPoint won three awards in recent months, including The Oil & Gas Year’s "Technology Provider of the Year” award, which is presented to companies that have significantly advanced Oman’s energy agenda. Oil & Gas Middle East awarded GlassPoint and Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) the "EOR Project of the Year” award for its ... Read more »

Analogix’s Built-In SlimPort 4K Solution enables Smartphones and Tablets to Share Theater-Quality Content on External Monitors, TVs and Projectors

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. & BEIJING - Wednesday, January 8th 2014

2014 International CES

ZTE Corp. and Analogix Semiconductor, Inc. are demonstrating the industry’s first 4K capable smartphone under ZTE’s premium Nubia brand during this week’s 2014 International CES show in Las Vegas. The Nubia 4K capable smartphone features a built-in SlimPort® interface solution from Analogix Semiconductor, Inc., which allows it to display theater-quality movies, sports, presentations and other content on external displays with up to 4K resolution.

The Nubia smartphone features Nubia’s NeoLink technology, the industry’s first truly end-to-end commercial mobile solution, with SlimPort as underlying technology, and it is on display at both ZTE’s booth #31431 in South Hall 3 and the SlimPort b ... Read more »

2014 International CES

LAS VEGAS - Wednesday, January 8th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) today announced Dolby® Vision, a new imaging technology that helps content creators and television manufacturers deliver true-to-life brightness, colors, and contrast by augmenting the fidelity of Ultra HD (UHD) and HD video signals for over-the-top (OTT) online streaming, broadcast, and gaming applications. Content mastered and color-graded in Dolby Vision can be seen at this week’s 2014 International CES® event on the latest UHD and HD TVs from Sharp and TCL Multimedia. Both companies are exhibitors in the Las Vegas Convention Center’s Central Hall: Sharp at booth 10916 and TCL at booth 9825. TVs featuring Dolby Vision technology are expected to be available for retail purchase later this year.

"By dramatically enhancing picture quality, Dolby Vision will drive adoption of UHD 4K displays with a winning combination of more and better pixels,” s ... Read more »

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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C - Tuesday, January 7th 2014

Quintiles Transnational Holdings Inc. (NYSE: Q) will release its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2013 prior to its investor call on Thursday, February 13, 2014, at 8 a.m. EST to discuss fourth quarter financial results and to provide 2014 financial guidance.

The conference call will be accessible, live via webcast, through the Investor Relations section of the Quintiles website at www.quintiles.com/investors. To participate via telephone, please dial +1 (855) 484-7367 in the United States or +1 (631) 259-7541 outside the United States, approximately 15 minutes before the scheduled start of the call.

An archived edition of the conference call will be available online at www.quintiles.com/investors after 1 p.m. EST on Thursday, February 13th.

About Quintiles

Quintiles (NYSE: Q) is the world’s largest provider of biopharmaceutical development and comme ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, January 7th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

The Law Respect Culture Bureau at the General Secretariat of the Office of H.H Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior held awareness sessions for the Ministry of Interior’s Centers for Rehabilitation and Employment of People with Special Needs. The sessions concentrated on the rights and duties of this community segment, in terms of laws and police work.

Captain Abdullah Al Dahmani, Director of Studies Branch at the Law Respect Culture Bureau, said that educating the disabled and raising their awareness of the law is among the first priorities of the Law Respect Culture Bureau. Since it was inaugurated, the bureau had paid special attention to this essential community segment. For the bureau, all authorities must direct their educational efforts to the disabled and show them special care and attention.

Captain Al Dahmani highlighted the concept of the law respect culture and its impor ... Read more »