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PARIS. - Tuesday, August 12th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Based on a high demand for additional information regarding its business in Russia, Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB) provided the following third-quarter update today:

In the past week, both the United States and the European Union (EU) have announced economic sanctions and restrictions relating to Russia that is affecting its energy, defense and banking sectors. Schlumberger continues to monitor these events closely to ensure that our activities and actions are in full compliance with applicable regulations.

The sanctions are placing some restrictions on the engagement of certain people and equipment in our Russian operations which in the short term will have an impact on operational efficiency and costs in Russia. The financial impact of the sanctions in the third quarter is limited, and is currently estimated to be up to $0.03 of earnings per share.

Schlumberger remains confident that ... Read more »

New Online Stores Launch in India, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland and Singapore with Multilingual Customer Support

LOS ANGELES. - Tuesday, August 12th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Newegg today announced that its award-winning e-commerce website is now available to online shoppers in India, Ireland, Singapore, New Zealand, Poland and the Netherlands. Serving these new countries—first revealed at Computex in Taipei this year—is the latest step in Newegg’s ongoing global expansion efforts and extends Newegg’s availability beyond the U.S., Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom.

Starting today, customers from these countries can visit Newegg.com and purchase a wide selection of products. As with Newegg’s recent expansion into the United Kingdom and Australia, the new international stores will have a limited selection of products to start, but availability will continue to grow and improve in the coming months. Cust ... Read more »

RICHARDSON, Texas - Monday, August 11th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Mavenir Systems® (NYSE:MVNR), a leading provider of software-based networking solutions, announced today that it is among the top five most installed IMS infrastructure vendors recognized by operators in Infonetics Research’s IMS Services Strategies and Vendor Leadership: Global Service Provider Survey.

“The exponential growth in mobile devices and mobile traffic is putting greater demands on existing networks. Operators are looking for ways to improve their network efficiency and costs. Virtualization, NFV and IMS are at the heart of those discussions,” said Pardeep Kohli, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mavenir Systems. “Mavenir is recognized as an experienced leader in delivering fully virtualized software solutions for mobile networks. We know that operators want to partner with vendors like Mavenir because they want to reduce risk as they transform the ... Read more »

Why not uncover the treasures of Japanese crafts and local products and sell them in your own country?

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OSAKA, Japan - Monday, August 11th 2014

MatchBox (https://matchboxec.com/), a business matching site that introduces Japanese crafts and local products to overseas audiences, locates appealing sellers, and provides the means to expand business, launches on August 11, 2014. As a result, the site is actively recruiting companies interested in becoming buyers.

MatchBox (https://matchboxec.com/) was developed by Seiwa Logistics Systems, an Osaka-based (Japan) logistics company that has experienced explosive growth via its innovative applications of IT and web systems.

MatchBox is a business matching site that introduces works specifically focused on Japanese traditional crafts and products manufactured by local industries for the purpose of allowing users to discover new business opportunities. Even globally, it is the o ... Read more »

BEIJING - Monday, August 11th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- China’s Top 500 Foreign Trade Enterprises Club (SSFERTC of the Ministry of Commerce) executed an MOU with The Global Coalition for Efficient Logistics – GCEL (Swiss based Non-profit Public-Private Partnership) to conduct a national Trade Efficiency Assessment of China’s trade practices. This is the first step to deploy the Digital Economy projected to reduce China’s trade costs by USD148.6 billion, increase its trade by more than USD400 billion and create millions of manufacturing and service industry jobs.

Mr. Zhao Yan, China’s Top 500 Executive Chairman stated: “Our business leaders are continuously supporting innovation. The Digital Economy tools are key to increase trade efficiency within China and between our trade partners globally. What distinguishes this invitation is the potential role that China can play not only as a user of the proposed tools, but also a ... Read more »

NEW DELHI - Monday, August 11th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ZTE Corporation welcomes the decision by the High Court of Delhi last week in favor of the company in a patent litigation with Vringo Inc. and its subsidiary.

The court lifted an ex-parte temporary injunction against certain ZTE products, including base station controllers based on GSM technology, in the ruling concerning India Patent No. 200572.

A separate litigation in India involving ZTE and Vringo concerning India Patent No. 243980 is ongoing.

ZTE reserves the right to pursue further legal action against Vringo and its subsidiaries in India and other jurisdictions to protect the interests of ZTE and customers. ZTE is committed to defending the company and our subsidiaries against patent-related claims initiated by Vringo entities in litigations in Europe, Asia and South America.

As one of the world’s leading technology innovators, ZTE respects the intellectual prope ... Read more »

Aguilera Uses Powerful Voice to Raise Awareness and Funds for Nearly 850 Million Hungry Worldwide

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Wednesday, August 6th 2014

Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM), parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, announced the launch of its annual World Hunger Relief effort with the “Pass The Red Cup” challenge featuring multi-Grammy Award winner and international superstar Christina Aguilera.

According to the United Nations, there are nearly 850 million people around the world who suffer from chronic hunger. Yum! Brands’ World Hunger Relief effort is the world’s largest private sector hunger relief initiative, spanning more than 125 countries, over 40,000 KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell restaurants and 1.5 million associates. The initiative began in 2007 in an effort to raise awareness, volunteerism and funds for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and other hunger relief agencies.

The new “ ... Read more »

Project to evaluate system’s capability and scalability in manufacturing allogeneic cell therapies for clinical use

       
LAKEWOOD, Colo. - Friday, August 8th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Terumo BCT’s Quantum® Cell Expansion System is now under evaluation by Athersys, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the research and development of stem cell therapies, as a manufacturing platform for Athersys’ allogeneic multipotent adult progenitor cell (MAPC®) products. ReGenesys BVBA, Athersys’ affiliate in Belgium, will manage the evaluation.

The Quantum system is a closed cell culture and expansion system enabling effective control and assessment of important operating parameters. ReGenesys will evaluate the potential for scaling the cell culture process by using multiple units to meet its manufacturing requirements and will further quantify advantages over standard cell manufactu ... Read more »

MONTREAL. - Thursday, August 7th 2014 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE) ImmerVision, the inventor of the 360-degree panomorph lens and worldwide expert in immersive optical technology, announced today that the lawsuit between ImmerVision and CBC has been resolved to the mutual satisfaction of the Parties. We are pleased to announce that CBC lens models H1328KP, L1028KRW, L1028KDRW, and L1028KRW-180 are ImmerVision Enables compatible.
About ImmerVision
Leading innovation in 360-degree panoramic imaging, ImmerVision licenses its patented panomorph optical and software technology to global lens producers, product manufacturers and software developers. Panomorph lenses are the only ones that can be adapted to any camera, any sensor, and any consumer, commercial and government market. ImmerVision Enables is the recognized standard for 360-degree solutions and applications.www.immervisionenables.com
Contacts
ImmerVision
Louis Brun, +1-514-985-4007 ext. 3025 ... Read more »

IBC2014

LONDON - Friday, August 8th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Latest advances in 8K (Super Hi-Vision), including 120 frames a second, to be unveiled at IBC2014.

In what is sure to be an incredibly popular demonstration at IBC2014, Japanese public broadcaster NHK is once more demonstrating its 8k Super Hi-Vision television system, including the latest enhancements such as high frame rate resolution.

8k Super Hi-Vision is a dramatic leap forward in video and audio technologies, featuring 16 times the resolution of today’s HD, and 22.2 channel audio. NHK has been leading its development, and first brought a theatre demonstration of the system to IBC in 2006. Since then IBC has seen many milestones in 8k, including the first international links – from London and Torino to Amsterdam – at IBC2008.

In 2008 NHK won an IBC Special Award for its work on 8k, and in 2012 NHK Science and Technology Research Laboratories were th ... Read more »