To Facilitate Services Provisions and Identification

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Saturday, June 14th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

The Abu Dhabi Police, represented by the Tourism Police Section, advised all beachgoers, especially tourists, to carry their identification cards with them at all times to maintain security and stability and to improve services provided by the Tourism Police Section.

“Identification should be carried at all times and produced to security officers upon request,” stressed Colonel Dr. Rashid Mohammad Borshid, Head of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID)

He added that going to the beaches is not an excuse to refrain from carrying personal identification card. “Everyone in Abu Dhabi is required to have their identification card with them at all times and produce it to police officers upon request according to law,” concluded Colonel Borshid.

For his part, Lieutenant Colonel Muzeed Al Otaibi, Ch ... Read more »

SUGAR LAND, Texas. - Dimanche 15 Juin 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Wireless Seismic, Inc. et Asian Oilfield Services Limited (ASIAN) ont annoncé aujourd’hui qu’un nouveau record mondial avait été établi en termes de nombre de canaux sismiques en direct enregistrés en temps réel par un système d’enregistrement sismique sans câble.

ASIAN réalise actuellement un relevé sismique en 3D sur une zone de 576 km2 dans la province autonome du Kurdistan d’Irak, en utilisant le RT System 2, un système d’acquisition de données sismiques en temps réel sans fil et sans câble. Des données ont été acquises sur une section d’enregistrement de plus de 11 000 canaux actifs, avec une transmission en temps réel des données à partir d’un patch live de 6 400 canaux. ASIAN continue de rehausser la barre depuis son précédent record mondial établi en 2013.

« L’évolutivité effective du RT System 2 est devenue très rapidement ap ... Read more »

GSMA Mobile Connect fournit aux utilisateurs une approche cohérente et interopérable pour la gestion de l’authentification des comptes ; les principaux fournisseurs des technologies SIM expriment leur soutien à Mobile Connect

SHANGHAI. - Dimanche 15 Juin 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Mobile Asia Expo 2014:GSMA

(BUSINESS WIRE)La GSMA a annoncé aujourd’hui que les principaux opérateurs sri-lankais Axiata et Mobitel lanceront une version bêta du service GSMA Mobile Connect. Ce service permettra aux consommateurs d’accéder facilement, systématiquement et de manière sécurisée à un large éventail de services numériques en utilisant leurs smartphones et postes évolués comme dispositifs d’authentification. Le service sera lancé en collaboration avec une sélection de prestataires de services en ligne au Sri Lanka, notamment Kapruka, MyDeal et WoW, et sera mis à la disposition des abonnés participants à la fin de juin. La GSMA a également annoncé qu ... Read more »

SUGAR LAND, Texas. - Friday, June 13th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Wireless Seismic, Inc. and Asian Oilfield Services Limited (ASIAN), announced today that another world record has been set for the number of live seismic channels recorded in real time by a cable-free seismic recording system.

ASIAN is conducting a 576 km2 3D seismic survey in the Kurdish Autonomous Region of Iraq using Wireless Seismic’s RT System 2 real-time, cable-free seismic data acquisition system. Data have been acquired into a recording spread of over 11,000 active channels with real-time data transmission from a live patch of 6,400 channels. ASIAN continues to raise the standard from their previous world record set in 2013.

“RT System 2’s effective scalability became very apparent as our crew deployed 13,000 cableless channels across this very challenging terrain,” stated Rahul Talwar, CEO, ASIAN. “We are very impressed with the efficiencies realiz ... Read more »

DIAC supports education in areas related to the retail sector including Fashion Marketing and Retailing and Retail Management

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Saturday, June 14th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

The findings of the Workforce Planning Study, which was commissioned by Dubai International Academic City (DIAC) and conducted by Deloitte, revealed that the compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of retail sector employees in the UAE is 2.61%, a rate expected to exponentially increase in light of Dubai’s successful bid to host EXPO 2020.

The study, which covered over 2,400 students across 17 markets in the Middle East, Africa and Asia, alongside a cross-section of companies, also revealed that the anticipated increase in manpower demand within the retail industry faces some key challenges, primarily a shortage of critical skillsets. 24 per cent of companies surveyed state that lean operations and mall management skills are the skills most lacking amongst senior l ... Read more »

BOUDRY en Suisse. - Dimanche 15 Juin 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Des améliorations cliniquement significatives dans les mesures de l'activité de la maladie avec l'OTEZLA ont été observées au bout de 16 semaines et se sont maintenues pendant jusqu'à 52 semaines de traitement

L'OTEZLA a démontré un profil de sécurité cohérent sans changement significatif sur le plan clinique dans les mesures de laboratoire à travers trois études PALACE de phase III menées sur 1 493 patients au cours d'une période de 52 semaines

L'OTEZLA augmentait la productivité au travail par rapport au placebo selon une analyse de PALACE 1 sur 16 semaines

EULAR 2014

(BUSINESS WIRE)Celgene International Sàrl, une filiale en propriété exclusive de Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ : CELG), a annoncé aujourd'hui les résultats d'analyses supplémentaires issues des essais cliniques de phase III sur l'OTEZLA, l'inhibiteur sélectif de la phosphodiestérase 4 ... Read more »

Reduction in support cost, improvement in overall operations productivity, increase in scale and higher STP nets prestigious award.

CHENNAI, India & DUBAI, United Arab Emirates. - Wednesday, June 11th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Polaris Financial Technology Limited’s iGTB division, provider of the world’s first complete Global Transaction Banking platform, is delighted to announce that UAE’s leading financial institution Mashreq, using iGTB from Polaris, was recognized with a Celent Model Bank 2014 Award for innovation in Cash Management and Trade Finance for Matrix Integrated Global Transaction Banking from prestigious research and consulting firm Celent, naming it “one of the first integrated Cash Management Suites offered by any bank globally.”

Mashreq was selected based on a comparative analysis of quantitative success measures, degree of innovation and technology or integration excellence among many nominations. ... Read more »

GSMA Mobile Connect Provides Users Consistent and Interoperable Approach to Managing Account Authentication; Major SIM Technology Providers Voice Support for Mobile Connect

SHANGHAI. - Thursday, June 12th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Mobile Asia Expo 2014:GSMA

(BUSINESS WIRE) The GSMA today announced that leading Sri Lankan operators Dialog Axiata and Mobitel will launch a beta trial of the GSMA Mobile Connect service that will allow consumers to conveniently, securely and consistently access a wide array of digital services by using their smartphones and feature phones as devices for authentication. The service will be launched in conjunction with select Sri Lankan online service providers including Kapruka, MyDeal and WoW and will be made available to participating subscribers by the end of June. The GSMA also announced that leading SIM technology providers Gemalto, Giesecke & Devrient, Morpho, Oberthur Technologies, and VALID are working with the GSMA and mobile ... Read more »

CLARENCE, New York - Dimanche 15 Juin 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--22nd Century Group, Inc. (NYSE MKT: XXII ) a annoncé aujourd'hui que le U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) a émis, le 9 juin 2014, une notification d'acceptation à son intention pour sa technologie de réduction du taux de nicotine dans le tabac par la suppression de l'expression du gène NBB, seul et combiné avec d'autres gènes participant de la biosynthèse de la nicotine.

La technologie NBB possède diverses applications commerciales, dont la fabrication de cigarettes à divers taux de nicotine - allant d'un taux très faible à un taux très élevé. La société prévoit d'utiliser des cigarettes à très faible taux de nicotine fabriquées à l'aide de la technologie NBB pour une application à risque modifié devant être déposée auprès de la U.S. Food and Drug Administration. De nombreuses études ont été réalisées sur ces cigarettes exclusives à très faible taux de nicotin ... Read more »

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Saturday, June 14th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Lieutenant General Saif Abdullah Al Sha’far, Undersecretary at the Ministry of Interior, praised the quick response by the various government and community-based institutions to the MoI’s awareness-raising campaign, which was launched under the slogan “They Fooled Me” to educate the public on the risks and dangers of drug use and abuse.

The MoI Undersecretary said that ADNOC group of companies and the Department of Transport (DoT) in Abu Dhabi are the first institutions to interact with the MoI’s campaign’s objectives, aimed at enhancing public awareness on the risks of the drug scourge. He also called upon community segments and institutions to follow suit and participate in this community-based campaign.

He also lauded the cooperation of print, TV and radio media with the campaign’s objectives, as well as the interaction of social networking si ... Read more »

Totalement exclusive, la plateforme de gestion des données (DMP) définit la nouvelle norme en matière d'exactitude, de résultats et de vitesse, fournissant aux publicitaires des segments d'audience exclusifs, constamment mis à jour et exploitables sur tous les canaux numériques

NEW YORK. - Dimanche 15 Juin 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)Xaxis, la plus grande société internationale de médias et de technologies programmatiques, a annoncé aujourd'hui le lancement de Turbine, une nouvelle plateforme exclusive de gestion des données (DMP) qui gère avec une exactitude et un rendement sans précédent les campagnes numériques des annonceurs globaux. Construite autour d'un moteur de données en continu unique, Turbine est la première et la seule DMP capable de créer en temps réel des segments d'audience exclusifs et anonymes, puis d'activer ces segments par le biais d'un inventaire de qualité supérieure, et ce sur tous les canaux numériques.

BOUDRY en Suisse. - Dimanche 15 Juin 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Des améliorations cliniquement significatives de l’enthésite, de la dactylite et de la fonction physique avec OTEZLA ont été enregistrées à la semaine 16 et étaient soutenues jusqu’à la 52ème semaine de traitement

PALACE 4 est la première et unique grande étude randomisée et contrôlée par placebo à examiner l’efficacité et l’innocuité d’un agent unique chez les patients sans antécédent de thérapie d’ARMM

Profil d’innocuité et de tolérance à long terme avec OTEZLA compatible avec les précédentes études PALACE

EULAR 2014

(BUSINESS WIRE) Celgene International Sàrl, une filiale en propriété exclusive de Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ : CELG), a annoncé aujourd’hui les résultats de son étude de phase III à long terme (52 semaines) sur OTEZLA, l’inhibiteur oral ciblé de la phosphodiestérase de type 4 (PDE4) développé par la société, chez les pa ... Read more »

GATWICK, - Wednesday, June 11th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)Systagenix announced today the launch and sponsorship of a new wound care educational e-learning programme for qualified medical professionals entering the field of wound care and experienced specialist nurses. The programme is organised by the Welsh Wound Innovation Centre in cooperation with Commelius Solutions and made available on www.WoundCareEducation.net.

The first module, ‘Fundamental knowledge for wound care’, is awarded 1 European CME credit (ECMEC) by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME). The UEMS-EACCME has mutual recognition agreements with the American Medical Association (AMA) for live events and e-learning materials.

‘It is good to see companies, like Systagenix, realising the value of providing non-promotional education for wound care clinicians around the world, and helping to bring together international data and evide ... Read more »

BOUDRY, Switzerland. - Friday, June 13th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Clinically meaningful improvements in measures of disease activity with OTEZLA seen at week 16 and were sustained for up to 52 weeks of treatment

OTEZLA demonstrated a consistent safety profile with no clinically meaningful changes in laboratory measurements across three PALACE phase III studies of 1,493 patients over 52 weeks

OTEZLA increased work productivity compared with placebo based on a separate 16-week analysis of PALACE 1

EULAR 2014

(BUSINESS WIRE) Celgene International Sàrl, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ:CELG), today announced results of additional analyses from the phase III clinical trials of OTEZLA, the Company’s oral, selective inhibitor of phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4). These included long-term (52-week) analyses from the PALACE 1, 2 and 3 trials of the impact of OTEZLA on psoriatic arthritis disease activity, safety and tolerability, in ad ... Read more »

CLARENCE, N.Y. - Thursday, June 12th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- 22nd Century Group, Inc. (NYSE MKT:XXII) today announced that on June 9, 2014 the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a Notice of Allowance to the Company for technology that reduces nicotine in tobacco by suppressing expression of the NBB gene by itself and in combination with other nicotine biosynthesis genes.

There are various commercial applications of the NBB technology, including producing cigarettes with various nicotine levels, from very low to high. The Company expects to use very low nicotine cigarettes produced with the NBB technology for a modified risk application to be filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Many studies have been carried out with the Company’s proprietary very low nicotine cigarettes. A recently published independent clinical trial (Vogel et al. 2014), concluded, “Very low nicotine content (VLNC) cigarettes lead to a reduction in ... Read more »

Campaign Features Nobel Peace Laureates as Part of Extensive Social Fan Engagement Program;

SAN FRANCISCO. - Friday, June 13th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Visa and Financial Partners Manage Payment Infrastructure across Brazil’s Expansive World Cup Footprint

(BUSINESS WIRE) Visa Inc. (NYSE:V), the global leader in payments, and FIFA’s exclusive Financial Services partner for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™, today shared its global FIFA World Cup activation program, which will enhance the sporting experience for millions of fans, clients and partners in 104 countries worldwide.

Engaging film and print spots featuring Nobel Peace Laureates, alongside dynamic and interactive social engagement programs, and a seamless in-stadium payment technology experience, enables fans at the tournament, or anywhere in the world, to be part of the FIFA World Cup celebration.

“Our goal is to make it easy, engaging and relevant for everyone, everyw ... Read more »

Fully Proprietary DMP Sets New Standard for Accuracy, Results and Speed, Providing Advertisers with Exclusive, Constantly Updating Audience Segments Actionable Across All Digital Channels

NEW YORK. - Thursday, June 12th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Xaxis, the world's largest programmatic media and technology company, announced today the launch of Turbine, a proprietary new data management platform (DMP) that brings unprecedented accuracy and performance to global advertisers’ digital campaigns. Built around a unique streaming data engine, Turbine is the industry’s first and only DMP that creates proprietary and anonymous audience segments in real-time then actions these segments across premium inventory along all digital channels.

Developed with a Xaxis investment of more than 25MM USD, Turbine represents a fundamental shift in DMP architecture, taking audience segmentation from a two-step process, where data is first stored and then ana ... Read more »

BOUDRY, Switzerland. - Friday, June 13th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Clinically meaningful improvements in enthesitis, dactylitis and physical function with OTEZLA seen at week 16 and were sustained for up to 52 weeks of treatment

PALACE 4 is the first and only large randomized, placebo-controlled study to examine the efficacy and safety of a single agent in patients naïve to previous DMARD therapy

Long-term safety and tolerability profile with OTEZLA consistent with previous PALACE studies

EULAR 2014

(BUSINESS WIRE) Celgene International Sàrl, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ:CELG), today announced results from a long-term (52-week) phase III trial of OTEZLA, the Company’s oral, selective inhibitor of phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4), in psoriatic arthritis patients who have not had prior treatment with systemic or biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs). The data were presented at the European League Against Rh ... Read more »

WEWORK to deliver three key values to enterprise users: security, intelligence and convenience

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SHANGHAI. - Friday, June 13th 2014

ZTE unveiled WEWORK, a comprehensive suite of end-to-end mobile office services and applications to help enterprises and businesses adopt mobility with a high degree of security assurance, empowering increased business productivity and delivering greater value to users.

WEWORK, leveraging the core capabilities and technology innovations of ZTE’s three primary operating divisions, Mobile Devices, Operator Solutions and Enterprise Business, will offer enterprise users and small-to-medium-sized businesses an integrated solution comprising business applications such as mobile e-mail and video conferencing, connected devices such as smartphones and tablets, connectivity solutions such as cellular, Wi-fi and VPN verification, in addition to cloud-based solutions such as storage. WEWORK users will b ... Read more »