MILWAUKEE - Thursday, June 27th 2013 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- GE Healthcare (NYSE: GE) and Konica Minolta Inc. have signed a global distribution agreement(*) of Konica Minolta’s AeroDR cassette-size digital x-ray imaging retrofit. Having built a collaborative relationship for nearly ten years related to the sales of computed radiography (CR)1 in the United States, the two partners have now agreed to expand their strategic alliance, with GE Healthcare distributing AeroDR not just within the United States, but globally as well, using GE Healthcare sales channels. The AeroDR, introduced as the world’s lightest, most compact wireless-type cassette digital x-ray device of its kind, is already in use in a wide range of medical workplaces, contributing the advantages of high image quality at low x-ray dose2 comparing to CR. The agreement will enable healthcare facilities that have x-ray analog devices to implement digital imaging upgrades using their current imaging equip
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Q4000 empowers Sumitomo to gain competitive advantage in the Heavy Equipment Industry SAN DIEGO - Wednesday, June 26th 2013 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Quake Global, Inc., a leading manufacturer of M2M (machine-to-machine) devices for satellite and terrestrial networks, announced that Sumitomo Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. will integrate QUAKE’s Q4000 to further enhance and optimize its telematics solutions. The Q4000 is a rugged M2M hardware and software platform designed to accelerate time-to-market while reducing sustaining costs over M2M product life cycles. Sumitomo, a leading manufacturer of excavators, asphalt pavers and other construction equipment, is a long-standing customer of QUAKE, having pioneered the integration of QUAKE’s Q1200 modem into its equipment tracking and monitoring telematics solution in 2005. Sumitomo’s decision to upgrade to QUAKE’s new generation Q4000 consolidates various hardware components onto one state-of-the-art hardware
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TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands - Wednesday, June 26th 2013 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Luxoft Holding, Inc announced today the pricing of its initial public offering of 4,092,070 Class A ordinary shares at $17.00 per Class A ordinary share. Luxoft’s Class A ordinary shares are expected to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "LXFT” on June 26, 2013. Luxoft is offering 2,046,035 Class A ordinary shares, and another 2,046,035 Class A ordinary shares are being offered by its parent, IBS Group Holding Limited. The underwriters have been granted a 30-day over-allotment option to purchase up to 613,810 additional Class A ordinary shares from the selling shareholder to cover over-allotments, if any. The offering is expected to close on July 1, 2013. UBS Limited, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, VTB Capital plc and Cowen and Company, LLC are the joint bookrunning managers for the offering. A copy of the final pro
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Family support more influential than public health campaigns and celebrity diets when trying to kick bad habits and lead a healthier lifestyle CHALFONT ST. GILES, England - Thursday, June 27th 2013 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- New research commissioned by GE Healthcare, undertaken by TNS in eight countries1 last month, has revealed that adults are unaware of the link between bad habits such as smoking, excessive alcohol consumption or physical inactivity and breast cancer. While respondents to the survey were well aware of the relationship between bad habits and the possible risk of developing lung, liver and colon cancer, the awareness of the link to breast cancer was comparatively low: between 28% (in Germany) and 60% (in China) (see chart 1). The survey revealed that the main reason people find it tough to break bad habits was addiction. However, the second most cited reason by respondents was a lack of information and knowledge, suggesting that while
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NEW YORK - Wednesday, June 26th 2013 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Extell Development Company announced today that New York Loan Company, one of the country’s most exclusive collateral lenders specializing in confidential pawn loans against gold, jewelry, diamonds, watches, fine art and entertainment memorabilia, is the first office condominium owner to open for business at the company’s International Gem Tower (IGT) on West 47th Street in Manhattan’s famed diamond district. This is the first East Coast location for the family-owned collateral lender, which has been in business as Beverly Loan Company in Beverly Hills, California since the 1930’s and is often referred to as "the pawn shop to the stars.” "The International Gem Tower is the first of its kind in the Western Hemisphere, offering a rare opportunity for jewelry-related companies to own and prosper in an ultramodern building with extraordinary technologies and amenities,” stated Raizy Haas, senior vice
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A2iA Mobility delivers next-generation offline recognition capabilities required for real-time business operations, and organizations looking to expand their existing mobile solutions in emerging markets. PARIS & NEW YORK - Wednesday, June 26th 2013 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- A2iA (@A2iA), a trusted name in the Worldwide data capture, document processing, and payment systems markets, announced today the availability of A2iA Mobility™ for iOS devices, expanding its reach to include both the Android and iOS platforms. Since its launch earlier this year, A2iA Mobility, a patent-pending software toolkit that delivers all image cleanup, analysis and data extraction functionality to the local device for offline recognition, has seen an increase in activity around the world and is currently being deployed within mobile remote deposit capture (mRDC) applications at banks and credit unions. "A2iA Mobility delivers next-generation capabilities for organizations
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CEO Bridgette Chambers will leave at the end of the year following a successful turnaround, revitalization of ASUG CHICAGO - Wednesday, June 26th 2013 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Americas' SAP Users' Group (ASUG) Board of Directors announced today the launch of a national CEO search to replace CEO Bridgette Chambers, who departs the post on Dec. 31. She is leaving at the end of her contract having completed a successful financial turnaround of the world's largest independent community of SAP professionals. ASUG’s Board Chairperson Michael Stoko said the organization would begin the search immediately with the goal of having a new CEO in place to ensure a smooth transition. "Working with the board, Bridgette has done a great job bringing ASUG back to financial stability and to growing our membership and services to our members,” Stoko said. "During her tenure she has helped us achieve a revitalization of ASUG relevance to our members that is at an al
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