Philip Morris International: New Study by Roland Berger Finds Tobacco Products Directive Will Cost Jobs and Hit Tax Revenue across Europe

The Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) could adversely affect Europe’s economy, resulting in up to 175,000 job losses and lost tax revenue of up to EUR 5 billion throughout Europe, according to a new study published by Roland Berger Strategy

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ZTE Gains No. 2 World Ranking for WLANs Shipped

ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment, network solutions and mobile devices, today announced it has been ranked No. 2 in the world in WLAN access point shipments.

Nuvo Research Announces European Launch of Pliaglis® by Galderma

Nuvo Research Inc. (TSX:NRI), a specialty pharmaceutical company dedicated to building a portfolio of products for the topical treatment of pain and Galderma Pharma, S.A. (Galderma), today announced the European launch of Pliaglis (lidocaine and tetracaine) Cream 7%/7%. Nuvo has licensed worldwide marketing rights for Pliaglis to Galderma, a global pharmaceutical...

GORD to lead global dialogue in Green Building best-practice through the Green Buildings Expo 2014 Vision of his Royal Highness the Emir draws our path to achieve sustainable development

Gulf Organisation for Research and Development, (GORD), the authority for knowledge on sustainability in the MENA region announces Green Buildings Expo 2014 , the region’s biggest conference & exhibition for sustainable solutions in the built-environment. Green Buildings Expo will"...

Al Khaliji Reports 8% increase in Net Profit at QR 131.5 Million For The First Quarter Of 2013

• Net profit of QR 131.5 million for the first quarter of 2013 is 8% higher than the same period of 2012
• Total assets at QR 34.4 billion, 28% higher than the first quarter of 2012
• Loans and advances grew by 8% during Q1 2013 and 20% comparing with Q1 2012 to reach QR 14Bn
• Net fee and commission income at QR 47.3 million, up 82%...
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Nordson EFD Wins Golden Mousetrap and Service Excellence Awards

Nordson EFD, a Nordson company (NASDAQ: NDSN), has recently been honored with both the Golden Mousetrap Award and the Service Excellence Award (SEA)."......

ExxonMobil Marks World Malaria Day with Renewed Commitment to Combatting Malaria

• Support to continue in 2013 with $10 million in grants for the fight against malaria
• ExxonMobil-supported programs have distributed 13.1 million bed nets, 1.7 million top-line malaria treatments and 942,000 rapid diagnostic tests over the past 13 years

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Toshiba Launches Sub-Power Management IC for Mobile Products

Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) today announced that it has launched a sub-power management IC embedded with a DCDC step-down convertor and LDO (Low Drop Out) for use in mobile products such as cellular phones and smartphones that realizes high efficiency at a light load.

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Modern Sukuk S.A.O.C. - Sukuk rating on the Oman National Scale assigned - 'omBBB+'

The rating is supported by the almost fully complete (i.e. except for the serviced apartments) status of Phase 1 of the project and the fact that both offices and mall space are nearly fully let on long term leases - providing an assured source of stable cash inflow.

The main constraining factors on the rating of the Sukuk are the tight liquidity and...

SKF USA Enters into SIPCO’s Essential Wireless Mesh License

SIPCO, LLC is pleased to announce that SKF USA Inc., a world-wide leader in condition monitoring systems, has become a proud member of the Essential Wireless Mesh™ (“EWM”) Patent Portfolio by taking a license to the EWM Patent Portfolio.