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New Collection of Black and White Photographic Prints From a Currently Unnamed Modernist Photographer from the 1920’s Now Available at TheLostNegatives.com

LOS ANGELES - Friday, May 6th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The panorama of the American West, idyllic in its powerful, stark beauty, is revealed in a rare collection of spectacular Modernist landscape photographic prints. The unique collection of limited, exclusive images, captured by a photographer whose talent is indisputable but whose identity is, at this time unknown, is now available at TheLostNegatives.com. An exclusive, special release of limited edition prints will be unveiled at a future date.

These photographic prints are powerful in their expression and many are for sale for the first time ever.

These photographic prints - made from wet plate glass negatives discovered in a 90-year-old wooden crate - are a journey through various California locations: Yosemite Nation ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, May 3rd 2016 [ME NewsWire]

Candidates enrolled in the ‘Customer Service Excellence Diploma’ program at the Ministry of the Interior, from the different local and federal departments, reviewed the best practices to provide distinguished services to Burj Al Arab visitors in Dubai. They were also briefed about employees training methods and ways to motivate them to provide optimal services.

The delegation was accompanied by First Lieutenant Sultan Al Mazroui, First Lieutenant Abdullah Al Ameri and Lieutenant Omar Al Muhairi from the Customer Service Department at the General Directorate of Strategy and Performance Development at the Ministry of Interior. The delegation toured the hotel and examined the work team’s efforts in adopting the latest quality standards to offer high-quality services to visitors.

This visit reflects the Ministry of Interior’s keenness to provide the program’s candi ... Read more »

LONDON - Friday, May 6th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

 (BUSINESS WIRE)-- IBC announces today details of its forthcoming IBC2016 Conference, which kicks off on the 8 September, in Amsterdam at the RAI, one day ahead of the main exhibition. This includes the introduction of new streams on the future of platforms and audiences and advertising.

Entitled “Transformation in the Digital Era: Leadership, strategy and creativity in media and entertainment”, the conference will see more than 300 Executives sharing insights on key issues at the heart of the entertainment, media and technology sector.

“Our industry is going through dramatic changes, challenging and exciting at the same time. The conference will focus on how the entertainment and media sector is using the accelerating power of technology to transform its businesses. It will be very useful for the Content industry which has a greater level of complexity than it used to ‘’ said Susa ... Read more »

DUBLIN - Wednesday, May 4th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Leading online forex and CFD broker AvaTrade is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Since its establishment, the company has grown to become one of the most prestigious brokers in the industry. With integrity and fairness as its core values, AvaTrade is fully regulated to the highest of standards, across 5 continents with clients in over 150 countries.

In honor of its 10th anniversary, AvaTrade offers its clients a special 100% bonus promotion on first deposits for the month of May. To comply with its commitment to empower people to trade with confidence, AvaTrade provides a top notch multi-lingual customer service, an elaborate affiliates program, an array of trading instruments on multiple platforms and free trading education for all clients.

“This celebration commemorates not only the path that has led us to this point, but also our accomplishments throughout the last 10 years which have ... Read more »

Raises $253 million led by Ford and joined by new investor Microsoft

SAN FRANCISCO - Friday, May 6th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

    Series C financing raises $253 million in new cash led by Ford Motor Company, in conjunction with new investor Microsoft
    Ford investment reinforces Pivotal’s momentum and expertise in the automotive industry
    Microsoft’s investment is a result of significant and growing customer demand for Pivotal Cloud Foundry on Microsoft Azure
    April 2016 marked Pivotal’s three-year anniversary
    30% of the Fortune 100 currently work with Pivotal

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Pivotal®, the company accelerating digital transformation for enterprises, today announced that it expects to close a Series C financing round highlighted by $253 million in new cash, led by new investor Ford Motor Company, in conjunction with Microsoft and all ... Read more »

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Wednesday, May 4th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Philip Morris International (NYSE/Euronext Paris: PM) today comments on the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union following its legal review of the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive (“TPD”).

Marc Firestone, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Philip Morris International, said:

“Today’s judgment is specific to detailed aspects of EU law, and reflects the substantial deference that the Court of Justice often shows to the EU institutions when reviewing EU legislation.”

The Court’s opinion clarifies that the TPD does not necessarily preclude a Member State from adopting plain packaging, providing it can show that the measure respects private property, a competitive marketplace, and consumer access to information, and that it complies with domestic, European, and international law.

PMI and Member States p ... Read more »

LONDON - Tuesday, May 3rd 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB) will hold a conference call on July 22, 2016 to discuss results for the second quarter ending June 30, 2016.

The conference call is scheduled to begin at 7:00 am (US Central time), 8:00 am (US Eastern time) and 1:00 pm (London time). Until further notice, Schlumberger quarterly earnings calls will occur at this time. A press release regarding the Company’s results will be issued on July 21, 2016 after close of market.

To access the conference call, listeners should contact the Conference Call Operator at +1 (800) 288-8967 within North America or +1 (612) 333-4911 outside of North America approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the call, and ask for the “Schlumberger Earnings Conference Call.”

A webcast of the conference call will be broadcast simultaneously at www.slb.com/irwebcast on a listen-only basis. Listeners should log in 15 m ... Read more »

Under the Slogan ‘Because You Are Distinguished’

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Wednesday, May 4th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

On Wednesday, Brigadier Hamad Khamis Al Dhaheri, Deputy Head of the Punitive and Correctional Establishments Department at the Ministry of Interior attended the Annual Forum for honoring distinguished employees, committees, and work teams. The event was organized by the General Directorate of Correctional and Punitive Establishments at Ajman Palace Hotel in Ajman under the slogan ‘Because You Are Distinguished’, in order to recognize their efforts of partners in carrying out their duties in 2015.

In his opening speech, Brigadier Al Dhaheri said: “This Forum falls in line with the general policy of the Ministry of Interior, and the strategy of the General Directorate of Correctional and Punitive Establishments that aims to honor distinguished members who show excellence in their work, and have earned this privil ... Read more »