Two Thirds of Companies Uncertain of Mobile Data SecurityA Recent Survey at Mobile Enterprise '09 Shows Majority of Companies Uncertain about Legal Protection Scopus Favoured as the Sole Citation Provider by the Australian Research CouncilAnnouncement Marks Groundbreaking New Standard and SCOPUS as the Authoritative Source for Research Inaugural UID Conference in Amsterdam to Draw Forward Thinking ProfessionalsEuropean and U.S. Defence Organizations and SAP to examine the impact of UID in Europe AMT Provides Business Update for the Third Quarter 2009Glybera(R) Clinical Data Presented at Meeting of American Heart Association AMSTERDAM, November 18 - Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics (EuroNext Amsterdam: AMT), a leader in RIPE NCC Launches IPv6 Implementation GuideWith Just Over 10% of IPv4 Address Space Left, the RIPE NCC Launches How to Act Now - a Guide to Making IPv6 Deployment Simple Atradius Collection Signs a Partnership Agreement With China's FinanceProAMSTERDAM, November 17 - Atradius Collections, a worldwide leader in business-to-business debt Changes in ARCADIS Executive and Supervisory BoardAMSTERDAM, November 13 - ARCADIS (EURONEXT: ARCAD), the international design, consulting, Atradius White Paper Concludes That Businesses Should Take the Lead on SustainabilityAMSTERDAM, November 12 - A white paper, produced by leading global credit insurer Atradius, and Arcadis Results Better Than ExpectedAMSTERDAM, November 11 -
- Net income from operations in third quarter 12% higher
- Gross revenues increase 10%, organic decline stable at 7%
- Continued growth in infrastructure, environment stabilizes, buildings
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- Margin remains above 10% due to cost savings
- Malcolm Pirnie merger contributes positively to revenues and profit
- Outlook for full year 2009 adjusted upwards: from slight decline to
slight increase in net income from operations
AMT Successful in Preclinical Treatment of DMDAMSTERDAM, November 11 - Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics (Euronext: AMT), a leader in Online Project Planning Visualization System, Tom’s Planner Announces Public Beta LaunchAMSTERDAM - - Easily create, share and publish online planning schedules Tom’s Planner (www.tomsplanner.com/), created and developed by former project manager, Thomas Ummels, enables anyone to easily create, share and publish online planning schedules (Gantt Charts) with drag and drop simplicity. The intuitive, web-based project management and planning system lets any user easily take the most intricate of plans and turn them into a visual online planning schedule. Tom’s Planner is offering a free, one-year account to all new users who sign up for the public beta launch by December 31, 2009. Online Project Planning Visualization System, Tom's Planner Announces Public Beta LaunchEasily create, share and publish online planning schedules AMSTERDAM, November 10 - Tom's Planner (www.tomsplanner.com/), created and developed by Travel Verticals Successfully Fight GoogleAMSTERDAM - More and more online-booking engines are choosing vertical-websites over Google Adwords when spending their marketing budgets. Verticals (also referred to as “metasearchers”) such as the popular travel sites of kayak.com, hotelscombined.com and trivago.com, combine real-time data (such as availability and rates) from numerous online-booking engines to show comparative results to their users. With these verticals offering their visitors the convenience of displaying all online-booking engines search results within a single page, there is an increasing interest in verticals. Whilst users may use Google for an initial search, once a vertical site is found they do not have the need to visit further individual sites, which will effect Google significantly. Scopus(R), Elsevier Announce Partnership With University of Miami for use of Custom DataAMSTERDAM - - University of Miami First Academic Institution in the U.S. to use Scopus Custom Data for Research Measurement Launching of Allboats.com, More Than 500,000 Boats for Sale all Over the WorldAMSTERDAM - Bohil Media - publisher of, amongst others, Botentekoop.nl and Nieuweboten.nl - launches the largest and most extensive search engine for international offers of boats - www.AllBoats.com. AllBoats.com searches boat offers from more than 30 sites and from over 100 countries. Elsevier Partners With Universities Around the Globe to Share Best Practices in Webinar Series for Librarians and ResearchersAMSTERDAM - - Senior Librarians and Researchers From Host Universities Will Share Insights and Case Studies During “Scholarly Perspectives 2009″ Series AMT Starts Development LPLChip(TM) With ProgenikaAMSTERDAM - Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics (AMT) and Progenika Biopharma announced today that the companies have entered into a development and commercialization agreement for LPLchip(TM), a diagnostic tool to rapidly diagnose patients with complete and partial lipoprotein lipase deficiency (LPLD). AMT has developed Glybera(R) as a gene therapy for patients with this disease. Genscape Launches Gas Monitoring Service for North-West-EuropeAMSTERDAM - Genscape, the company that pioneered real-time European power plant and transmission monitoring, announces the launch of the new Gas Europe service. Tommy Hilfiger Continues Growth in the Six Months to 30 September 2009[1]AMSTERDAM - Tommy Hilfiger Group today announces that for the six month period to 30 September 2009 total global sales increased by 3.5% to EUR772 million. TW Steel to Partner Renault F1 TeamAMSTERDAM - TW Steel (www.twsteeluk.com), the international Dutch watch brand specializing in oversized watches, is pleased to announce a three-year partnership with the Renault F1 Team in which the brand becomes the Enstone-based squad’s ‘Official Timing Partner’. ARCADIS Third Quarter 2009 Results Available Live via WebcastAMSTERDAM - - Scheduled for Wednesday 11 November, 2009 10:00 AM (Eastern Time) 16:00 (CET) StrangerFestival: The Award WinnersAMSTERDAM - - Young European Video Talent on Top European Cultural Foundation (ECF) organised the second StrangerFestival in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and it was a great success! Atmosphere and Personal Attention Key Factors for Customer Relationships, Particularly During Times of CrisisAMSTERDAM - - TripAdvisor: ‘The Toren, Best Business Hotel in Amsterdam’ While luxury five-star business hotels are currently voluntarily forfeiting their 5th star and lowering their prices in order to retain their list of business guests, there is a relatively small boutique hotel on Keizersgracht in Amsterdam that expects to close the year 2009 with more than acceptable results. The Toren, a hotel with 38 rooms, is currently enjoying the same occupancy rate (93%) as in previous years, and the average price for a room is essentially identical to the price before the crisis. It is therefore for good reason that the hotel was named number 1 by the hotel reviewer site TripAdvisor. Exhibition Gallery Delaive: Walasse Ting 80th Birthday! Walasse Ting and FriendsAMSTERDAM - www.gallerydelaive.com Date: October 13 - November 24, 2009 AMSTERDAM, October 14 /PRNewswire/ – AMT Receives EMEA Orphan Drug Designation for Duchenne Muscular DystrophyAMSTERDAM - Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics (Euronext: AMT), a leader in the field of human gene therapy, announced today that the European Medicines Agency has granted Orphan Drug Designation to AMT’s gene therapy product AMT-080 for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Heightened Focus on Receivables Management Having Stabilising Effect on Payment Behaviour During Recession in 2009AMSTERDAM - The recession has resulted in more companies, worldwide, paying greater attention to their receivables to stabilize their cash flow and balance sheet. The result has been very little deterioration in payment behaviour and in some countries an improvement has been realised. ARCADIS Selected for $3 Billion Worldwide U.S. Air Force Environmental Restoration InitiativeAMSTERDAM - ARCADIS (EURONEXT: ARCAD), the international design, consulting, engineering and management services company, today announced that it has been selected by the U.S. Air Force as one of the prime contractors for the $3 billion Worldwide Environmental Restoration and Construction 2009 (WERC09) program. Under this program ARCADIS is allowed to compete for task orders with a select number of competitors. BMEYE B.V. Completes EUR 6 Million Series B Financing RoundAMSTERDAM - - New Investors Earlybird and 360 Capital Partners led the Round BMEYE B.V., the non-invasive cardiovascular monitoring company, today announced the successful completion of its Series B financing round, raising EUR 6 million. New investors Earlybird, who led this round, and 360 Capital Partners participated in the financing, along with other existing BMEYE shareholders as LSP (Life Sciences Partners) and Techfund. ARCADIS Sells Part of its German Operations to ObermeyerAMSTERDAM - ARCADIS (EURONEXT: ARCAD), the international design, consulting, engineering and management services company, today announced that it has sold a part of its German infrastructural design and engineering services to Obermeyer Planen + Beraten GmbH. In this asset deal, approximately 50 people from ARCADIS will be transferred to Obermeyer with their associated workload and contracts. Altogether this represents some EUR 4.5 million in gross revenue. Further financial details were not disclosed. ARCADIS simultaneously entered into a cooperation agreement with Obermeyer, ensuring a seamless transition for clients. Elsevier Launches SciVal Funding Solution to Help U.S. Research Institutions Better Compete for GrantsAMSTERDAM - - Optimizes Grant Seeking Process by Integrating Current Funding Opportunities with Historical Award Information and Publication Data Atradius Collections Launches International Debt Collection Handbook to Steer Businesses Through Debt Collection ProcessAMSTERDAM - - The Volatility of the European and International Payment Landscape Over the Past Year Brings Debt Collections to the Top of the Businesses’ Priority List Arcadis Financial Dates 2010AMSTERDAM - Below please find the provisional financial publication dates for ARCADIS NV (Euronext: ARCAD) in 2010. Please include these dates in your financial calendar. AMT Appoints New Chief Executive OfficerAMSTERDAM - Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics (Euronext: AMT), a leader in human gene therapy, announced today the appointment of Jorn Aldag as its new Chief Executive Officer, starting October 5. Mr. Aldag has a strong record of accomplishments in the life sciences sector and more than twenty five years of experience in corporate management and finance. As former President and CEO of Evotec AG, he was instrumental in transforming the company from a technology provider to one of the leading drug discovery and development companies in Europe. UPC Selects Motorola EuroDOCSIS 3.0 Solutions to Deliver Ultra-Broadband Services Across EuropeAMSTERDAM - - UPC chooses Motorola SURFboard(R) SBV6120E Digital Voice Modems for ultra-broadband and IP-telephony services Proloquo2Go iPhone App Shakes up Assistive Technology IndustryAMSTERDAM - AssistiveWare(R) today announced the release of Proloquo2Go(TM) 1.1, a major update to the first consumer device-based communication solution for people who cannot speak. Initially released in April, Proloquo2Go is shaking up the assistive technology industry: an iPod touch with Proloquo2Go (www.proloquo2go.com) costs 5 to 20 times less than dedicated devices it rivals in power, flexibility, portability and easy of use. Proloquo2Go already serves thousands of people who could never before afford a communication device. |