NEW YORK - Friday, June 20th 2014 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO) announced today that it has secured a majority equity ownership stake in ICRA Ltd., a leading provider of credit ratings and research in India, increasing its stake from 28.5% to over 50.0%.
“The successful conclusion of our offer for a majority stake in ICRA will allow us to extend our strong ties as we work together to serve the growing domestic debt market in India and across the region,” said Raymond McDaniel, President and Chief Executive Officer of Moody’s.
Based on current exchange rates, the total value of the transaction is approximately $86 million, or INR 5.17 billion. Moody’s will fund the offer from international cash on hand. The transaction is expected to close on or by June 30, 2014.
Moody’s offer price of Rs 2,400 per equity share of ICRA represented a premium of 51.1% to the closing stock price of ICRA
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Combines the latest graphics processing technology, the ideal solution for small- and mid-size walls
LAS VEGAS - Wednesday, June 18th 2014 [ME NewsWire]
Product Featured at InfoComm 2014, Jupiter Booth #N1105
InfoComm 2014
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- InfoComm 2014 -- Jupiter Systems, the leading worldwide supplier of collaborative visualization solutions for video walls, PCs, and mobile devices, today announced the introduction of Fusion Catalyst™ 4500, the newest member of Jupiter’s award-winning family of best-in-class display wall processors.
“Fusion Catalyst 4500 ushers in a new era of performance and flexibility for small- to mid-sized display wall projects,” said Brady O. Bruce, Vice President, Marketing and Strategic Alliances at Jupiter Systems. “Fusion Catalyst 4500 defines flexibility, supporting almost any design specification, whether for a standalone control room or an enterprise-wide collaborative visualization deploy
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ESTONIA. - Thursday, June 19th 2014 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE) Smartmatic, world leader in the automation of elections, and Cybernetica, the Estonian R&D lab that built the original Internet voting system used in Estonia, have created a first-of-a-kind Centre for Excellence to study and develop Internet voting on a global scale.
It’s called the Smartmatic-Cybernetica Centre for Excellence for Internet Voting and has been created as a multidisciplinary centre of research and development. Its goal will be to study and develop the process of voting over the Internet from all angles: social, political, organisational, procedural and technological.
“Estonia has been at the leading edge of Internet voting for years and is widely acknowledged as pioneers in the field. They are the only country in the world where all voters can choose to vote over the Internet securely. When we were looking at investing in the future of Internet voting, it made a l
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Optimizes Sales and Marketing Efforts on Behalf of Quintiles’ Customers
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. & BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - Thursday, June 19th 2014 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Quintiles and Modern Marketing Concepts (MMC, Inc.) today announced the launch of a new marketing analytics platform that enables Quintiles to optimize sales and marketing efforts on behalf of its U.S. commercialization customers. Through this collaboration, Quintiles and MMC combine proprietary channel preference data with the innovative Next Action Marketing platform to create optimized physician communication strategies that align with their preferences and behaviors.
“As physicians and the healthcare industry evolve, we need real-time data analytics to maximize our outreach efforts and ensure we are utilizing the most effective ways to reach physicians,” said Daryl Gaugler, senior vice president, Commercial Solutions at Quintiles. “By weighing channel
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INGELHEIM, Germany - Friday, June 20th 2014
Annually more than 200,000 atrial fibrillation (AF) patients undergo ablation globally, a procedure to normalise their heart rhythm1,2,3
Blood thinning treatments that prevent stroke and blood clots are crucial during ablation, as the procedure increases risk of blood clots4
New RE-CIRCUIT™ trial will assess the safety and efficacy of uninterrupted treatment with the blood thinner Pradaxa® during ablation5
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Boehringer Ingelheim today announces a new study of Pradaxa® (dabigatran etexilate) in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). The RE-CIRCUIT™ study will investigate the safety and efficacy of uninterrupted anticoagulant treatment with Pradaxa® in patients with AF who undergo ablation.5 Results of the study are expected in 2016.
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Visa cardholders increase spending in Brazil by 73 percent year over year; Visitors from the United States, the United Kingdom and France Account for Greatest Economic Impact
SAO PAULO. - Thursday, June 19th 2014 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE) Visa Inc. (NYSE:V), the leader in global payments, today released the Visa Everywhere Travel Report for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil, which analyzes travel data and cross border spend on all Visa products, including credit, debit and prepaid payment cards.
During the four-day opening period of the tournament (June 12 - June 15, 2014), Visa found that international visitors spent more than US$27M on their Visa accounts. This represents a 73 percent increase over the same four-day period in 2013, and 47 percent more when compared to the opening four-day period of the Confederations Cup (June 15 –June, 18 2013), where travelers spent nearly US$18.5M.
Visitors from the United States, followed by the United Ki
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