French Authorities Give Sole Approval to GMAT Exam to Collect Biometric Data to Advance SecurityMCLEAN, Virginia - For the first time in its history, the French National Commission for Data Protection and the Liberties (CNIL) has granted approval to a private testing company — the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) — to collect biometric data as part of its efforts to ensure the highest level of security for the GMAT exam. No other private examination has obtained this permission. NetDragon Launches Beta Test of Heroes of Might and Magic Online: Gold EditionHONG KONG - NetDragon Websoft Inc. (”NetDragon”, with its subsidiaries collectively the “Group”; Stock Code: 777), one of the leading game developers and operators in the PRC, announced that the beta test version of the 2.5D MMORPG Heroes of Might and Magic Online: Gold Edition will be officially launched at 15:00 (China Standard Time) on July 8th. Artist Plans to Destroy Rodin’s Masterpiece ‘The Kiss’PARIS - Briton Herman Bean, contemporary artist and art professor has put the Musee Rodin in Paris on notice, releasing a statement that claims he plans to destroy one of Rodin’s classical sculptures “La Baisee” with a sledgehammer and is inviting important figures in the art world to partake. Jérôme Perrotte Named Director of Development at Cortix, the Market Leader in France and Europe for Internet Site CreationMERIGNAC, France - Jérôme Perrotte, 55, has recently been made Director of Development at Cortix, the market leader in France and Europe for Internet site creation. With 30 years experience in large international groups (Polycom, Peoplesoft), he has gained a real understanding of the issues surrounding new technologies. By creating this new post, Cortix will be able to use his knowledge to meet its objective of developing new business opportunities in the market place. Total Immersion Bring ‘Space Age’ Marketing to the UKLONDON - Global leaders in augmented reality, Total Immersion, are taking the marketing world by storm after kick-starting their UK operation with a series of groundbreaking launch campaigns. Pali International Continues European ExpansionLONDON - - More Bulge Bracket Veterans Jump To Independent Firm Pali International, an independent, full-service institutional securities firm and investment bank, announced today the latest in a string of new hires designed to advance the firm’s presence in Europe. Simon French, an equity research analyst focused on leisure companies, joined the firm today from UBS. Several weeks ago Michael Harrison, an equity sales trader from New Star Asset Management, and Jason Lello and David Cansell, equity sales traders from Merrill Lynch, also joined the firm. Health Robotics Announces i.v.STATION(TM) Contract With Grifols in Spain, Portugal and South AmericaBOZEN , Italy - Health-Robotics today announced that it has signed an exclusive 5-year strategic partnership with Grifols S.A., the leading Pharmacy Automation provider in Spain, Portugal, and South America. Grifols desires to safely, accurately, and cost-effectively automate the preparation of non-hazardous IV Admixtures with Health Robotics’ i.v.STATION Robot. As part of this strategic partnership, Grifols will take delivery of 120 i.v.STATION Robots between now and December 2014 for deployment in Spain, Portugal, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Surinam, Guyana, Belize, and French Guyana. GridIron Flow Visual Workflow Manager Now ShippingOTTAWA - - Highly anticipated application for creative professionals has new features for workgroups and direct access from Adobe Creative Suite 4 TV5MONDE is Launching TIVI5MONDE PLUS, the First Worldwide Online TV Station for Children in French http://www.tivi5mondeplus.com.PARIS - Aimed at French-speaking children aged 3-12, TIVI5MONDE PLUS is the first entirely free, fun and educational Online TV station accessible in non-French-speaking Europe, Africa, Latin America, Asia and in the Arab world. Annual Eclipse Release Now AvailableOTTAWA - - Highlights Include Mac Cocoa Support, Domain-Specific Language Modeling and Updates to Equinox; Multi-Language Support Immediately Available toptable, Europe’s No 1 Restaurant Reservation Service, Goes Global… http://www.toptable.comLONDON - toptable.com, Europe’s No 1 online restaurant reservation service, announces the launch of its French-language version, the newest phase of an ambitious global growth strategy. Major enhancements to the website mean its best-of-breed service will now be available in multiple languages. More translations will follow shortly. The State of Qatar Launches “Qatar Exchange” as it Signs Today Formal Terms of Strategic Partnership With NYSE EuronextDOHA, Qatar and NEW YORK and PARIS - Qatar Holding and NYSE Euronext Sign Formal Terms to set up Strategic Partnership SOS1.tel: The One .tel Domain That May Save Your Life This Holiday SeasonBIARRITZ, France - In advance of the annual holiday period where many people travel to countries in search of sun or excitement, KFA Technologies today announced that it had created a new .tel domain to help people get near-instant access to emergency services worldwide from any device connected to the internet, including mobile phones - SOS1.tel (sos1.tel/). MediaCatalyst Star in Japanese MangaAMSTERDAM - MediaCatalyst Bring Japanese Manga to Mobiles With DOCOMO Netherlands Amsterdam-based interactive agency MediaCatalyst have used their mobile expertise to help DOCOMO Netherlands, crack the European market and bring Japanese Manga to mobiles. eQuest to Add German Language Version to Its International Job Posting Delivery GatewayLONDON - Beginning July 1, 2009, eQuest will release into production a German-language version of its popular job posting user interface application. eQuest provides job delivery services to over half of the Fortune 100 including multi-national companies doing business in Germany. ContiSoccerWorld.com Soccer Platform With Background Information, Services and Statistics Now Available in Four LanguagesHANOVER, Germany - Redesign Completed on Time for the FIFA Confederations Cup 2009 - The Official Sponsor of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa(TM) has Also Integrated Interactive Content From ContiFanWorld. Available now in Four Languages EPDA Life With Parkinson’s Campaign Launches in Ten Languages to Improve Knowledge of Parkinson’s Disease Across EuropePARIS - Survey Reveals Most Europeans Know so Little About Parkinson’s They Would be Unlikely to Recognise its Early Symptoms and See Their Doctor for Prompt Diagnosis and Treatment Knight Libertas UK Establishes European Credit Sales and Trading TeamJERSEY CITY, New Jersey and LONDON - Knight Capital Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NITE) today announced that Knight Libertas UK has established a European Credit Sales and Trading team based in London. Effective immediately, Neil Robertson, Andrew Linford, Tom Goodale, James Holdsworth, Simon Marriott, Spencer Harman, Daniel Cohen, Michael Levy, Nigel Perry, David Fenwick, Kayyor Rao, Justin Perry, Andrew Carrie and Geoff Capell have joined the institutional fixed income broker-dealer. Star-Studded Opening of $1.4bn Mardan Palace, TurkeyLONDON - The $1.4bn luxury resort Mardan Palace was unveiled last night at a spectacular opening party in Antalya, Turkey. 99Games releases WordsWorth in German to the App StoreUDUPI, India - 99Games Captures the Attention of Gamers Across Boundaries With its Popular Game WordsWorth Digital-Publishing Powerhouse Zinio Announces Unique Distribution to VAIO Users In EuropeNEW YORK - - Free Access to a Favorite Magazine Offered to Sony’s VAIO PC Users, Preserving Long-form Format, Layout and E-commerce Without Leaving Desktop – eQuest Introduces French Language Job Posting Delivery VersionSAN RAMON, California - eQuest, the global leader in job posting and Internet recruitment management services, today announced that beginning June 1, 2009 it will release a complete French version of its job posting user interface application. AEGON Significantly Improves Earnings in First Quarter of 2009THE HAGUE, The Netherlands - Underlying Loss Before Tax of EUR 22 Million Due Primarily to Lower Equity Markets European Payment Practices WorsenAMSTERDAM - European businesses rate the payment practices of their domestic and foreign business partners less positively in early 2009 than in summer 2008, and receive a negative evaluation of their own payment practices from their international business partners. Despite a substantial worsening of the European and international payment landscape over the past six months, notable differences between countries remain. TED Open-Translation Project Brings Subtitles in 40+ Languages to TED.comNEW YORK - A first-of-its-kind toolset is empowering volunteer translators worldwide to bring TED talks to their communities Summer 09 Travel Trends: Skyscanner Reveals Winners and Losers of British Tourist TrafficEDINBURGH - Leading cheap flight site, Skyscanner (www.Skyscanner.net) reveals this summer’s fastest growing destinations for British holidaymakers, and those that are losing out. Stream Global Services Expands Operations Into Cairo, EgyptBOSTON - Stream Global Services, Inc., (AMEX: OOO), is pleased to announce the opening of its newest solution center in Cairo, Egypt. Our newest facility, with a capacity for more than 700 seats, enables Stream to expand its multilingual support offerings to accommodate our strong business growth. As a recognized top outsourcing destination, businesses are attracted to Egypt because of its central location between EMEA and North America and its economic and political stability. Ipsogen Launches a New Test to Guide Hormonotherapy Prescription in Breast CancerMARSEILLE, France - The Genomic HR Test Will Help Pathologists to Identify Endocrine-Responsive Tumors That Should Benefit From Hormonotherapy AXA Group 1Q09 Activity IndicatorsPARIS - Resilient revenues Total revenues were down 2% to EUR27,598 million On a comparable basis, revenues were down 5%: - Life & Savings down 7% to EUR16,453 million - Property & Casualty up 1% to EUR9,113 million - Asset Management down 34% to EUR762 million Positive insurance net inflows Life & Savings: EUR +3.3 billion P&C: +296,000(1) net new personal contracts Asset Management: EUR-17.4 billion Enhanced Solvency(2) March 31, 2009 Solvency I ratio slightly above 2008 year-end level of 127% First Exhibition on Calvin in DordrechtDORDRECHT, The Netherlands - The “Calvijn & Wij” (Calvin & Us) exhibition can be visited in Dordrecht from 8th May and was officially opened today in the presence of Her Majesty the Queen. It is the first biographical exhibition in the Netherlands about the French philosopher and reformer Jean Cauvin (1509-1564 - aka John Calvin) and about Calvinism as a Dutch cultural phenomenon. In this unconventional historical presentation, visitors can literally live a day in Calvin’s life. The topical and varied nature of the term “Calvinism” is illustrated using photographs and interviews with famous Dutch people. Novagali Pharma Announces FDA Clearance of IND for Phase III of Catioprost(R), its Cationic Emulsion of Latanoprost in Patients With GlaucomaEVRY, France - Novagali Pharma, a French pharmaceutical ophthalmic company, announces today that the Company’s Investigational New Drug Application (IND) to conduct a Phase III clinical trial of Catioprost(R) (Nova21027), for the treatment of glaucoma has been granted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Catioprost(R) is a topical ocular proprietary BAK-free formulation of latanoprost which furthermore benefits from the ocular surface protection properties of Novasorb(R), its patented technology based on cationic emulsion. Artnet AG: Analysis ResultBERLIN - Occasion: Presentation of the Annual Report for the Year Ended December 31, 2008 - HOLD - Current Price Target EUR 5.39 Novel Once Daily Anti-Epileptic Zebinix(R) Approved in the European UnionS.MAMEDE DO CORONADO, Portugal and LONDON - New Option for Treatment of Epilepsy Patients With Partial Onset Seizures Travellers to Mexico so far Undeterred by Swine Flu OutbreakEDINBURGH - Data from leading flight search company Skyscanner (www.Skyscanner.net) shows that travellers planning trips to Mexico have so far been undeterred by the outbreak of swine flu influenza announced by Mexico’s Federal Health Ministry on the 22nd April. Essilor : 2009 First Quarter ReportCHARENTON-LE-PONT, France - Strong 10.3% Growth in First-Quarter Revenue Essilor International, the world leader in ophthalmic optics, today announced consolidated revenue of EUR840.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2009, representing a reported 10.3% increase on the first quarter of 2008. Excluding the currency effect, growth was 5.4% for the period. |
