The Man was Trying to Pull his Car Stuck in Sand
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, April 8th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

The Abu Dhabi Police managed to rescue a French national who had accidentally fell down a well on Sunday. The man had wandered off, trespassed into a private farm and fell down the well unnoticed.

In the details, the Operations Room received a call on Sunday morning from a farmer reporting that a man is trapped in one of the farm’s wells situated in Al Khuraima on the Razeen road, between Al Ain and Abu Dhabi.

Immediately upon receiving the call, police squads, including the Civil Defense, ambulance and rescue vehicles, as well as security patrols vehicles rushed to the scene, where they found the 34-year-old man (M.N), trapped down the 25-meter  well for almost four hours. It is worth mentioning that the well was filled with 5 meters of water.

According to Lt. Colonel Hamid Al Afari, Director of Bani Yas Police Sta ... Read more »

Kelly Mahon Tullier to Join as Executive Vice President and Deputy General Counsel in June — Transition to General Counsel October 1; Ellen Richey to Become Vice Chairman October 1

FOSTER CITY, Calif - Friday, April 11th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) today announced that Kelly Mahon Tullier will join the company as Executive Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, effective June 16. She will also serve as a member of the company’s Executive Committee. Ms. Tullier will transition to the role of Executive Vice President and General Counsel on October 1, 2014. She joins Visa from PepsiCo, Inc., where she was the Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel.

Ellen Richey, Chief Legal Officer, Chief Risk Officer, and member of the Executive Committee will continue in those roles through September 30, when she will become Vice Chairman – Risk and Public Policy. The Chief Risk Officer and the Chief Audit Execu ... Read more »

NEW YORK. - Friday, April 11th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Turkish Airlines, one of the world’s fastest growing airlines that was recently voted Europe’s Best Airline for the third year in a row, has been awarded the Most Viral Celebrity Spot in Advertising Age’s 2014 Viral Video Awards for “Kobe vs. Messi: The Selfie Shootout”, at the fifth annual ceremony held on April 1 in New York City.

The Crispin Porter + Bogusky-created commercial spot, originally rolled out in December as a part of Turkish Airlines “Widen Your World” ad campaign, features global brand ambassadors and international sports megastars Kobe Bryant and Lionel Messi.

In the campaign that emphasizes the global network of the airline, Kobe and Messi resume their friendly rivalry from last year’s viral “Kobe vs. Messi” ad by trading “selfies” from exotic Turkish Airlines locations, including the Red Square in Moscow, ... Read more »

NAWAH, U.S. Steel Tubular Products, MRC Global Bring Proven Industry, Regional Expertise to Iraq’s Extensive Development Efforts

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates- - Wednesday, April 9th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- North America Western Asia Holdings (NAWAH), U.S. Steel Tubular Products, a subsidiary of United States Steel Corporation, and MRC Global Inc. have announced an alliance to bring critical oil well equipment into the natural resources-rich region of southern Iraq. The consortium will serve an international lineup of leading oil and gas companies charged with developing Iraq’s giant oil and gas fields.

This consortium has committed to providing an initial inventory of oil well equipment to launch the effort and plans to expand Iraq’s in-country supply of material when the oil well demand increases. The first shipment of oil well material is expected to arrive in Iraq in early May.

NAWAH, with regional headquarters in Duba ... Read more »

Service Has Helped Many Organizations Extend Their Release Life Span; Enables Company to Extend Guaranteed Release Support to 15 Years

LAS VEGAS - Thursday, April 10th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- COLLABORATE 14 Conference – Rimini Street, Inc., the leading independent provider of enterprise software support for SAP AG’s (NYSE:SAP) Business Suite and BusinessObjects software and Oracle Corporation’s (NYSE:ORCL) Siebel, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, E-Business Suite, Oracle Database, Oracle Middleware, Hyperion and Oracle Retail software, today announced the expansion and official launch of Rimini Street Technology Support Services (“TSS”). The TSS team was formed in 2011 to harness Rimini Street’s years of experience supporting hundreds of complex global enterprise software environments and deploy a range of advanced and innovative strategies, processes and tools that allow clients to extend the supported life of their enterprise ... Read more »

TOKYO. - Thursday, April 10th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Shiseido (TOKYO:4911) has concluded a joint venture agreement with PT Sinar Mas Tunggal, a group company of the Indonesian conglomerate, Sinar Mas Group. Shiseido Co., Ltd. and the Sinar Mas Group will hold equity shares of 65% and 35%, respectively of the newly established PT Shiseido Cosmetics Indonesia. Business operations are scheduled to commence in July 2014.

In the Indonesian market, which offers high growth potential, Shiseido will strive to boost sales not only by continuing to foster its SHISEIDO global brand promoted around the world, but also by stepping up focus on the masstige* market. This sector is the largest cosmetics market zone and is anticipated to maintain strong growth.

* Masstige, coined from “mass” and “prestige,” refers to a category that is “more expensive than mass-produced products, but more moderately priced compared to prestige product ... Read more »

Company Delivers New Tool at No Additional Cost to Further Reduce Total Cost of Ownership for Clients

LAS VEGAS - Thursday, April 10th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- COLLABORATE 14 Conference - Rimini Street, Inc., the leading independent provider of enterprise software support for SAP AG’s (NYSE:SAP) Business Suite and BusinessObjects software and Oracle Corporation’s (NYSE:ORCL) Siebel, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, E-Business Suite, Oracle Database, Oracle Middleware, Hyperion and Oracle Retail software, today announced that Rimini Street Technology Support Services has delivered a new tool for clients who subscribe to Rimini Street Support for PeopleSoft – the Rimini Street COBOL Compiler® (“RSI Compiler”). The RSI Compiler combines a Rimini Street pre-compiler with an IBM COBOL compiler, which, under agreement with IBM Corporation, are packaged, licensed and distributed together as an integrated solution. The RSI Compiler is imm ... Read more »

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Monday, April 7th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) honored the Ministry of Interior (MoI) who is representing the UAE for the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA), in both planning and technical committees of open geospatial specifications, through the efforts made by the Geographic Information System Security Center (GIS) in Abu Dhabi police. The recognition comes as an appreciation of the outstanding role it played in heading the workgroup specialized in police, public safety and internal security; enriching it’s work related to specifications of geographical information structure for law enforcement purposes; generalizing geospatial security applications and software; and unifying the technical description standards of security mapping, in conjunction with the 20th anniversary of the Consortium’s establishment.

Major General Ahmed Nasser Al Raisi, Director General of Central Operations of Abu D ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, - Monday, April 7th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Whether you are a socialite or a fashion forward trendsetter, prints are preferred by just everyone. Introducing a unique and contemporary style, the all new print collection is offering some creative options for accentuating your accessories by Givenchy.

Add a touch of sophistication to your ensemble with Givenchy’s haute print sunnies. Combining timeless glamour and some fashion-forward quirks, this Givenchy sunglass is ideal for fashionistas looking for good eye protection as well as modern style.

Available in a striking shade of brown and violet, the sunglasses flaunt striking features such as metal embellishments and sculpted prints. The retro cat-eye shape further celebrates a woman's sense of style and sensuality by adding a touch of mystery. Contrasting materials such as acetate and palladium come together creating intriguing associations. The glasses feature lenses in full ... Read more »

Le partenariat stratégique avec UBS est prévu se traduire par un changement de nom de Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Indexes à Bloomberg Commodity Indexes

NEW YORK. - Dimanche 13 Avril 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)Bloomberg LP et UBS ont annoncé aujourd'hui un partenariat stratégique par lequel Bloomberg Indexes sera chargée de la gouvernance, des calculs, de la distribution et de l'octroi de licences pour les principaux indices de matières premières de la banque sur le marché. Le nom des indices « famille d'indices Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Indexes » sera remplacé par « famille d'indices Bloomberg Commodity Indexes » à compter du 1er juillet.

«Avec ce partenariat, UBS continue d'être un acteur majeur et innovant en fournissant des références haut de gamme sur les matières premières pour nos clients»

« Les références sont au cœur du système financier et l'indépendance des références est ess ... Read more »

TOKYO. - Wednesday, April 9th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:4911) has long focused its research on skin immunity as an important means of maintaining skin’s health, and protecting it from external and internal stressors that can lead to dermatologic problems. Through this research, Shiseido discovered that one function of skin immunity, the self-protection function that sedates the stimuli response factors of Langerhans cells,1 is important to maintaining skin homeostasis and that this function declines with age.

Shiseido has developed a multiple component2 that effectively combines three ingredients, including β-glucan, to target the Langerhans cells and help recover their self-protection function. Shiseido has applied for a patent for this technology in nine countries, including Japan. Furthermore, with a prototype serum incorporating this multiple component, Shiseido proved for the first time that the skin’s self-pro ... Read more »

Research Triangle Park, N.C. - Wednesday, April 9th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Quintiles Transnational Holdings Inc. (NYSE: Q) will release its financial results for the first quarter of 2014 prior to its quarterly earnings call on Thursday, May 1, 2014, at 8:00 a.m. EDT.

The conference call will be accessible, live via webcast, on 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 1:00 p.m. EDT on Thursday, May 1st.

About Quintiles

Quintiles (NYSE: Q) is the world’s largest provider of biopharmaceutical development and commercial outsourcing services with a network of more than 28,000 employees co ... Read more »