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NEW YORK & BOSTON.-Friday, October 20th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

First Eagle to pay $11.44 per NewStar share in cash plus contingent value rights worth up to an estimated additional $0.88-1.00 per share

Combination of like-minded investment managers brings together NewStar’s proven direct lending platform and credit investment capabilities with First Eagle’s established asset management business

NewStar to concurrently sell portfolio of investment assets, including approximately $2.4 billion in middle-market loans and other credit investments, to a fund sponsored by GSO Capital Partners

NewStar to continue servicing investment portfolio on behalf of GSO, ensuring continuity for its private equity clients and their portfolio companies

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- First Eagle Investment Management (“First Eagle”) and NewStar Financial Inc. (Nasdaq:NEWS) ("NewStar”) announced today that they have entered into a definitive a ... Read more »

This Partnership Will Create a Seamless Data Connection between AGCO’s Fuse® and Climate FieldView 

DULUTH, Ga. -Friday, October 20th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--AGCO Corporation (NYSE:AGCO), a world-leading manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment, announced today a new digital partnership with The Climate Corporation, a subsidiary of Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON), that will provide AGCO customers the option to connect with The Climate Corporation’s Climate FieldView™ platform. AGCO’s partnership with The Climate Corporation is a product of Fuse and its open approach to agriculture, which focuses on helping customers optimize their farms through seamless technology integration and connectivity.

“AGCO is excited to work with The Climate Corporation to give our customers yet another choice for Precision Ag solutions,” says Chris Rhodes, director Fuse Business Development. “The Climate Fiel ... Read more »

SAN FRANCISCO-Friday, October 20th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Andersen Global is proud to announce the launch of the Andersen name in Canada as SdM Chartered Professional Accountants Inc. formally adopts the name Andersen Tax. SdM, a tax firm based in Montreal, Quebec, became a collaborating firm of Andersen Global in June of 2016 and has now formally joined the organization as a member firm under the name Andersen Tax.

 “We have been working with Simon and the team in Montreal for several years now, and I’m confident that together we will continue finding the best solutions for our clients,” said Global Chairman and CEO of Andersen Tax LLC, Mark Vorsatz. “Our shared name demonstrates the like-mindedness of our partners and the adoption of the Andersen name in Canada further strengthens our growing footprint in the region.”

As Andersen Tax, the Canadian team will continue to provide tax, advisory and international ... Read more »

TRYON, N.C.-Friday, October 20th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tickets for the FEI World Equestrian GamesTM Tryon 2018 (WEG) are now on sale to the public online at www.tryon2018.com.

With more than 500,000 people expected to attend the 2018 Games, the 12-day spectacle of equestrian champions is one of the biggest events on the global sporting calendar and will be the largest equestrian event in North Carolina’s history.

Mark Bellissimo, CEO of host venue Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC) in Tryon, NC, USA, said: “Demand from the event is way beyond our expectations and it would not surprise me if this event were to sell out early. We have experienced unprecedented demand, far bigger than we ever anticipated. There is tremendous appetite for this event, so we encourage people to buy now.”

Tickets for the WEG include the following options: a standard Day Pass, Individual Event Pass, All Session Discipline Pass, All S ... Read more »

COLOMBES, France -Friday, October 20th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--IDEMIA, the global leader in trusted identities for an increasingly digital world, was selected by BGFIBank, the top bank in Central Africa, to launch the new Visa bank card in Gabon integrating MOTION CODETM, a technology developed by IDEMIA ensuring optimal security especially in Internet transactions and considerably reducing the risk of online fraud.

As a reference player in the African banking landscape, the BGFIBank Group has always been a pioneer in the adoption of new technologies in order to offer its customers the most innovative and secure solutions on the market. It is therefore quite natural that BGFIBank chose the expertise of IDEMIA (formerly known as OT-Morpho) to offer its customers high-tech payment cards for the first time in Africa. The adoption of this innovative solution is intended to secure online purchases made by its customers.

Traditional paym ... Read more »

Ozanimod highlighted in two oral presentations detailing results from phase III SUNBEAM™ and RADIANCE™ trials in RMS

Additional clinical and non-clinical poster presentations will further characterize the profile of ozanimod

SUMMIT, N.J.-Thursday, October 19th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ:CELG) today announced that new data on the efficacy and safety of ozanimod, a novel, oral, selective, sphingosine 1-phosphate 1 (S1PR1) and 5 (S1PR5) receptor modulator, in relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS) were accepted for the MSParis2017 – 7th Joint ECTRIMS – ACTRIMS Meeting, which is being held in Paris, October 25-28, 2017.

 “Our strong presence at this year’s meeting and the breadth of data being presented on ozanimod highlight our commitment to bringing forth ozanimod as a potential novel, oral therapeutic option for people with multiple sclerosis,” said Terrie Curran, P ... Read more »

 New code reduces complexity and cost of building payment platforms that connect poor customers to merchants, banks, mobile money providers, governments 

SEATTLE-Friday, October 20th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today released a new open-source software for creating payment platforms that will help unbanked people around the world access digital financial services. The software is designed to provide a reference model for payment interoperability between banks and other providers across a country’s economy. It is available now, free-of-cost, for software developers to adapt and banks, financial service providers and companies to implement. Information on the code can be found at mojaloop.io.

Current data from the World Bank shows that nearly two billion people in developing economies lack bank accounts and miss out on the benefits and security that basic financial services provide. Digital fina ... Read more »

The tests are part of the Telefónica Deutschland Transport SDN Trial (TST) project

MILAN-Thursday, October 19th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SIAE MICROELETTRONICA announces the successful deployment of iVeritas in Telefónica Deutschland's mobile backhaul as part of the TST project. Telefónica Deutschland Transport SDN Trial (TST), is a project whose long-term aim is offering value added services on future 5G network infrastructure in an SDN environment. As part of this project SIAE MICROELETTRONICA, a Telefónica long term supplier of wireless technology, deployed its new SDN application named iVeritas offering multivendor performance analytics and preventive maintenance analysis.

iVeritas sits on top of the OpenDaylight transport SDN controller that through an SDN mediator interfaces to existing SNMP microwave links, the selected portion of the network was composed by links from three different vendors.

iVeritas collected performan ... Read more »

The world leading pump manufacturer and solution provider was among the Skills Sponsors of this grand event

Grundfos, the award-winning world leader in advanced pump solutions, has participated in the WorldSkills Abu Dhabi 2017 held during 15 - 18 October 2017 in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The WorldSkills event witnessed numerous competitions of different skills like plumbing, carpentry, and electronics among others.

The WorldSkills Abu Dhabi was the 44th edition of this event and comes as part of the WorldSkills International which is the global network of 77 member countries and regions who competed in 51 trade and skills competitions from six skills sectors. In each event the WorldSkills International community competes on the global stage to showcase and raise the standards of their country's skills. Grundfos was one of the Skills Sponsor for the Abu Dhabi event by providing all the pumps required for the plumbing and heating co ... Read more »

 The fastest, easiest way to create engaging explainer videos on any subject 

BRISTOL, England-Thursday, October 19th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) --Introducing VideoScribe Version 3 by Sparkol. Already used by over two million people across the world to create engaging explainer videos, Version 3 of the highly intuitive software comes packed full of new features, including:

    An improved user experience and slick UI - animate easier than ever before
    Enhanced search - find exactly the image you need in record time
    Intelligent image recommendations - focus your creativity on your video instead
    Smoother performance - maximum productivity when using the software

VideoScribe customers include the world’s largest brands (HP, BBC, Sky and the University of British Columbia), businesses across every sector, leading education providers, award-winning teachers, chari ... Read more »