PÉKIN. - Lundi 11 Août 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) China’s Top 500 Foreign Trade Enterprises Club (SSFERTC du Ministère du Commerce) a signé un protocole d’entente avec Global Coalition for Efficient Logistics – GCEL (un organisme à but non lucratif de partenariat public-privé établi en Suisse) afin de mener une évaluation de l’efficacité des pratiques commerciales de la Chine. Il s’agit de la première étape pour le déploiement de l’économie numérique qui devrait réduire les coûts des échanges commerciaux de la Chine de 148,6 milliards de dollars, augmenter ses échanges commerciaux de plus de 400 milliards de dollars et créer des millions d’emplois dans les industries manufacturières et de services.

M. Zhao Yan, Président exécutif de China’s Top 500 Executives, a déclaré : « Nos chefs d’entreprise soutiennent continuellement l’innovation. Les outils d’économie numérique sont essentiels pou ... Read more »

RICHARDSON, Texas - Monday, August 11th 2014 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Mavenir Systems® (NYSE:MVNR), a leading provider of software-based networking solutions, announced today that it is among the top five most installed IMS infrastructure vendors recognized by operators in Infonetics Research’s IMS Services Strategies and Vendor Leadership: Global Service Provider Survey. “The exponential growth in mobile devices and mobile traffic is putting greater demands on existing networks. Operators are looking for ways to improve their network efficiency and costs. Virtualization, NFV and IMS are at the heart of those discussions,” said Pardeep Kohli, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mavenir Systems. “Mavenir is recognized as an experienced leader in delivering fully virtualized software solutions for mobile networks. We know that operators want to partner with vendors like Mavenir because they want to reduce risk as they transform their networks to 4 ... Read more »

BEIJING - Monday, August 11th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- China’s Top 500 Foreign Trade Enterprises Club (SSFERTC of the Ministry of Commerce) executed an MOU with The Global Coalition for Efficient Logistics – GCEL (Swiss based Non-profit Public-Private Partnership) to conduct a national Trade Efficiency Assessment of China’s trade practices. This is the first step to deploy the Digital Economy projected to reduce China’s trade costs by USD148.6 billion, increase its trade by more than USD400 billion and create millions of manufacturing and service industry jobs.

Mr. Zhao Yan, China’s Top 500 Executive Chairman stated: “Our business leaders are continuously supporting innovation. The Digital Economy tools are key to increase trade efficiency within China and between our trade partners globally. What distinguishes this invitation is the potential role that China can play not only as a user of the proposed tools, but also a ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Monday, August 11th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

During its fifth meeting of 2014, the Executive Council of the Ministry of Interior discussed the adoption and development of methodologies and evaluated the overall performance of the ministry.

The meeting took place yesterday, Sunday, at Abu Dhabi Police GHQ and was headed by Major General Nasser Lakhrebani Al Nuaimi, Secretary General of the Office of HH Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior and Chairman of the Council. Topics of discussion pertained to developing police work and upgrading the level of performance in the Ministry of Interior.

The meeting was attended by: Major General Dr. Abdul Quddous Abdul Razzaq Al Obaidly, Director General of Total Quality at Dubai Police; Brigadier Hamad Ajlan Al Amimi, Director of the Al Ain Police Directorate; Colonel Mohammed Hamid bin Dalmouj Al Dhaheri, Strategy and Performance Development Director General, the General Secretariat o ... Read more »

Munich, Germany - Monday, August 11th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Dr. Wolfgang Buechele, CEO of Linde AG, and Sheikh Khaled Juffali, Chairman KJC, signed a shareholders agreement on June 24 at The Linde Group’s Head Office to set up a Healthcare joint venture in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The event was also attended by Board Members and responsible managers including Dr. Aldo Belloni (Member of the Executive Board of Linde AG and responsible for region EMEA), Mr. Tom Blades (Member of the Executive Board of Linde AG and responsible for Linde Healthcare worldwide) and Mr. Ali Hamdani (Head of Linde Healthcare, Middle East).

The joint venture will be operated through a limited liability company under the name of Linde KJC Healthcare LLC and will provide innovative care programmes for long-term ventilated patients in their own hospitals and clinics under Linde trademark REMEO®. The venture also plans to provide Homecare services for chronically ill patients a ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, August 10th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

The Ministry of Interior confirmed the ministerial resolution No. 22 for the year 2014, which regulates the services and the new visa and fees system of the Naturalization, Residency and Ports Affairs sector, which will enhance the development of the services provided for customers.

This morning, Sunday, Brigadier Dr. Rashid Sultan Al Khodr, Vice President of Legal Affairs at the Ministry of Interior and the official spokesperson of Naturalization, Residency and Ports Affairs, held a press conference at the Naturalization, Residency and Ports Affairs’ Headquarters. He stated that the decision is an embodiment of the UAE Vision 2021, the federal government’s ambitions of becoming a world leader, keeping pace with international applications and utilizing these in every service provided for customers. The decision also aims to provide integrated, multifaceted servicing channels based on ... Read more »

NEW DELHI - Monday, August 11th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ZTE Corporation welcomes the decision by the High Court of Delhi last week in favor of the company in a patent litigation with Vringo Inc. and its subsidiary.

The court lifted an ex-parte temporary injunction against certain ZTE products, including base station controllers based on GSM technology, in the ruling concerning India Patent No. 200572.

A separate litigation in India involving ZTE and Vringo concerning India Patent No. 243980 is ongoing.

ZTE reserves the right to pursue further legal action against Vringo and its subsidiaries in India and other jurisdictions to protect the interests of ZTE and customers. ZTE is committed to defending the company and our subsidiaries against patent-related claims initiated by Vringo entities in litigations in Europe, Asia and South America.

As one of the world’s leading technology innovators, ZTE respects the intellectual prope ... Read more »

Releases July 2014 Operating Metrics - Record Month of Institutional Volume

NEW YORK - Sunday, August 10th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Second Quarter 2014 Highlights:

    U.S. GAAP revenues of $97.9 million, down 30% versus the same period in 2013
    U.S. GAAP net loss attributable to FXCM Inc. of $3.1 million or $(0.08) per fully diluted share down 130% and 125% respectively versus the same period in 2013
    Adjusted Pro Forma EBITDA of $13.4 million, down 75% versus the same period in 2013
    Adjusted Pro Forma net loss of $1.5 million or $(0.02) per fully exchanged, diluted share down 107% and 106% respectively versus the same period in 2013
    Strong growth in client equity of $1.31 billion - up 10% year-to-date and up 5% from March 31, 2014

July 2014 Operating Metrics Highlights:

    Retail customer trading volume of $263 billion, ... Read more »