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SUGAR LAND, Texas. - Friday, June 13th 2014

Wireless Seismic, Inc. and Asian Oilfield Services Limited (ASIAN), announced today that another world record has been set for the number of live seismic channels recorded in real time by a cable-free seismic recording system.

ASIAN is conducting a 576 km2 3D seismic survey in the Kurdish Autonomous Region of Iraq using Wireless Seismic’s RT System 2 real-time, cable-free seismic data acquisition system. Data have been acquired into a recording spread of over 11,000 active channels with real-time data transmission from a live patch of 6,400 channels. ASIAN continues to raise the standard from their previous world record set in 2013.

“RT System 2’s effective scalability became very apparent as our crew deployed 13,000 cableless channels across this very challenging terrain,” stated Rahul Talwar, CEO, ASIAN. “We are very impressed with the efficiencies r ... Read more »

CLARENCE, N.Y. - Thursday, June 12th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- 22nd Century Group, Inc. (NYSE MKT:XXII) today announced that on June 9, 2014 the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a Notice of Allowance to the Company for technology that reduces nicotine in tobacco by suppressing expression of the NBB gene by itself and in combination with other nicotine biosynthesis genes.

There are various commercial applications of the NBB technology, including producing cigarettes with various nicotine levels, from very low to high. The Company expects to use very low nicotine cigarettes produced with the NBB technology for a modified risk application to be filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Many studies have been carried out with the Company’s proprietary very low nicotine cigarettes. A recently published independent clinical trial (Vogel et al. 2014), concluded, “Very low nicotine content (VLNC) cigarettes lead to a reduction in ... Read more »

BOUDRY, Switzerland. - Friday, June 13th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Clinically meaningful improvements in measures of disease activity with OTEZLA seen at week 16 and were sustained for up to 52 weeks of treatment

OTEZLA demonstrated a consistent safety profile with no clinically meaningful changes in laboratory measurements across three PALACE phase III studies of 1,493 patients over 52 weeks

OTEZLA increased work productivity compared with placebo based on a separate 16-week analysis of PALACE 1

EULAR 2014

(BUSINESS WIRE) Celgene International Sàrl, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ:CELG), today announced results of additional analyses from the phase III clinical trials of OTEZLA, the Company’s oral, selective inhibitor of phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4). These included long-term (52-week) analyses from the PALACE 1, 2 and 3 trials of the impact of OTEZLA on psoriatic arthritis disease activity, safety and tolerability, in ad ... Read more »

Fully Proprietary DMP Sets New Standard for Accuracy, Results and Speed, Providing Advertisers with Exclusive, Constantly Updating Audience Segments Actionable Across All Digital Channels

NEW YORK. - Thursday, June 12th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Xaxis, the world's largest programmatic media and technology company, announced today the launch of Turbine, a proprietary new data management platform (DMP) that brings unprecedented accuracy and performance to global advertisers’ digital campaigns. Built around a unique streaming data engine, Turbine is the industry’s first and only DMP that creates proprietary and anonymous audience segments in real-time then actions these segments across premium inventory along all digital channels.

Developed with a Xaxis investment of more than 25MM USD, Turbine represents a fundamental shift in DMP architecture, taking audience segmentation from a two-step process, where data is first stored and then ana ... Read more »

BOUDRY, Switzerland. - Friday, June 13th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Clinically meaningful improvements in enthesitis, dactylitis and physical function with OTEZLA seen at week 16 and were sustained for up to 52 weeks of treatment

PALACE 4 is the first and only large randomized, placebo-controlled study to examine the efficacy and safety of a single agent in patients naïve to previous DMARD therapy

Long-term safety and tolerability profile with OTEZLA consistent with previous PALACE studies

EULAR 2014

(BUSINESS WIRE) Celgene International Sàrl, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ:CELG), today announced results from a long-term (52-week) phase III trial of OTEZLA, the Company’s oral, selective inhibitor of phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4), in psoriatic arthritis patients who have not had prior treatment with systemic or biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs). The data were presented at the European League Against Rh ... Read more »

Campaign Features Nobel Peace Laureates as Part of Extensive Social Fan Engagement Program;

SAN FRANCISCO. - Friday, June 13th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Visa and Financial Partners Manage Payment Infrastructure across Brazil’s Expansive World Cup Footprint

(BUSINESS WIRE) Visa Inc. (NYSE:V), the global leader in payments, and FIFA’s exclusive Financial Services partner for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™, today shared its global FIFA World Cup activation program, which will enhance the sporting experience for millions of fans, clients and partners in 104 countries worldwide.

Engaging film and print spots featuring Nobel Peace Laureates, alongside dynamic and interactive social engagement programs, and a seamless in-stadium payment technology experience, enables fans at the tournament, or anywhere in the world, to be part of the FIFA World Cup celebration.

“Our goal is to make it easy, engaging and relevant for everyone, everyw ... Read more »

WEWORK to deliver three key values to enterprise users: security, intelligence and convenience

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SHANGHAI. - Friday, June 13th 2014

ZTE unveiled WEWORK, a comprehensive suite of end-to-end mobile office services and applications to help enterprises and businesses adopt mobility with a high degree of security assurance, empowering increased business productivity and delivering greater value to users.

WEWORK, leveraging the core capabilities and technology innovations of ZTE’s three primary operating divisions, Mobile Devices, Operator Solutions and Enterprise Business, will offer enterprise users and small-to-medium-sized businesses an integrated solution comprising business applications such as mobile e-mail and video conferencing, connected devices such as smartphones and tablets, connectivity solutions such as cellular, Wi-fi and VPN verification, in addition to cloud-based solutions such as storage. WEWORK users will b ... Read more »

TOKYO - Thursday, June 12th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

2014 Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) today announced that it has developed a prototype reference clock oscillator fabricated with standard CMOS technology that achieves the world’s highest class accuracy. Used to replace a conventional crystal oscillator, the new device will support the miniaturization of electronic devices.

Toshiba will present the oscillator technology at the 2014 Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits in Honolulu, Hawaii, on June 13.

In recent years, demand for the miniaturization of electronic components, the source of complex functionality in electronic products, has extended to oscillators, stimulating interest in ultra-small oscillators.

Although conventional crystal oscillators offer excellent accuracy of oscillation frequency, they require a relatively large package due to the size of the crystal. Smalle ... Read more »