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A Model of Current Market Structure and an Alternative Design Wins the Annual $100,000 Prize for Unpublished Papers     

GREENWICH, Conn. - Wednesday, May 28th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) AQR Capital Management, LLC today presented its third annual AQR Insight Award to Eric Budish, Ph.D., Peter Cramton, Ph.D., and John J. Shim for their path-breaking unpublished paper on market dynamics and market structure in a world of high-frequency trading.

In their paper, “The High-Frequency Trading Arms Race: Frequent Batch Auctions as a Market Design Response,” Budish, an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago; Cramton, a Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland, College Park; and Shim, a Chicago Ph.D. student, show how arbitrage between exchanges keeps relative prices in check, but also imposes a cost on liquidity providers when their limit orders become stale and are “picked off” before ... Read more »

Views: 204 | Added by: uaeonlinenews | Date: 06.01.2014 | Comments (0)

INGELHEIM, Germany. - Wednesday, May 28th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) For media outside of the U.S., the UK & Canada only

Boehringer Ingelheim announced today that the company has reached a comprehensive settlement of state and federal cases in the U.S. litigation regarding Pradaxa® (dabigatran etexilate). The settlement enables Boehringer Ingelheim to focus solely on its mission of improving patients’ lives and allows the company to avoid the distraction and uncertainty of lengthy litigation. The settlement was closed at 650 million US Dollar (appr. 470 million €). It comes after a reaffirmation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the positive benefit-risk profile of Pradaxa®, when it published the results of a Medicare study of more than 134,000 patients.1

“Time and again the benefits and safety of Pradaxa® have been confirmed in many clinical trials and in real world data analyses. This settlement doe ... Read more »

Views: 212 | Added by: uaeonlinenews | Date: 06.01.2014

HAMBURG, Germany & MARSEILLE, France. - Wednesday, May 28th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Dole Food Company, Inc. and Compagnie Fruitière Group announce that Dole has sold its minority interest in Compagnie Financiere de Participations, the holding company of Compagnie Fruitière Group, back to its majority shareholder. Dole and Compagnie Fruitière have jointly decided that they will better pursue their growth objectives separately in the future.

This transaction puts an end to 21 years of a long and fruitful cooperation but the termination of the partnership at shareholder level does not exclude that both companies may continue to cooperate commercially as supplier or customer to each other if, when and where it would be to their mutual benefit.

About Dole Food Company, Inc.

Dole Food Company, Inc., is one of the world’s largest producers and marketers of high-quality fresh fruit and fresh vegetables. Dole is an industry leader in many ... Read more »

Views: 185 | Added by: africa-live | Date: 06.01.2014

NEW YORK - Wednesday, May 28th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO) today announced an increase in the price of its conditional open offer to acquire up to 2,650,000 equity shares of ICRA Limited (ICRA) to Rs 2,400 per equity share.

The increase represents a premium of 20.0% to the previous offer price of Rs 2,000 per equity share, a premium of 51.1% to the closing stock price of ICRA Limited on February 21, the last trading day before the offer announcement, and a premium of 46.6% to ICRA’s all-time closing high price on the National Stock Exchange of India Limited before the offer announcement.

The price increase will be the only and final revision to the offer price, and the offer remains conditional on Moody’s acquiring at least 2,149,101 equity shares, which would increase Moody’s ownership stake from 28.5% to just over 50.0%.

“We are committed to the successful completion of our open o ... Read more »

Views: 189 | Added by: uaeonlinenews | Date: 06.01.2014

BRUSSELS, Belgium. - Wednesday, May 28th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)Smartmatic, the world’s leading voting technology and services provider, helped

Belgian voters to use for the first time a 100% automated and fully-verifiable electronic voting

solution to select their representatives to the European Parliament. Turnout in Belgium reached 90%,

the highest among EU nations.

These elections were particularly complex as three different parliaments were being elected -

Regional, Federal and European. The advanced automated voting platform provided by Smartmatic,

which had been previously used in municipal and provincial elections in Belgium, was a key element

in the success of the electoral process.

Smartmatic provided election technology and services in 3,365 polling stations across 153

communes, serving millions of voters.

Commenting on the elections, Antonio Mugica, CEO for Smartmatic ... Read more »

Views: 226 | Added by: africa-live | Date: 05.31.2014 | Comments (0)

SINGAPORE. - Wednesday, May 28th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Cima NanoTech, a smart nanomaterials company specializing in high performance transparent conductive films, announced today the industry’s first ultra responsive, non-ITO film-based, 42-inch projected capacitive multi-touch module for large format touch applications. The module was built by Amdolla Group, a leader in advanced touch module manufacturing, using Cima NanoTech’s highly conductive, silver nanoparticle-based, SANTE® FS200 touch films. This product is targeted at applications including self-service kiosks, interactive tabletops, widescreen interactive digital signage, interactive flat panel displays, and other applications that require fast response, large size touch screens.

With a scan rate of 150hz for 10-point multi-touch, rivaling the response time of smartphones and tablets, this jointly developed product dramatically increases the speed of large format touch displays. ... Read more »

Views: 232 | Added by: uaeonlinenews | Date: 05.31.2014 | Comments (0)

SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Wednesday, May 28th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) dcp LLC today scheduled a conference call to review third quarter results for the period ended March 31, 2014. Results are available for current Note Holders review at IntraLinks dcp LLC Exchange website.

Conference Call Information:

dcp LLC will host a conference call to discuss the third quarter results on Tuesday, June 3, 2014, at 1:30 p.m. (ET).

The conference call access information will be available to current Note Holders on IntraLinks dcp LLC Exchange website as notified.

If you are a prospective investor who is a qualified section 144A institutional buyer, securities analyst or market maker and wish to participate in the conference call please contact our Trustee at the number noted below.

About dcp LLC

dick clark productions (dcp) is the world’s largest producer and proprietor of televised events. dcp produces perennial hits such as th ... Read more »

Views: 231 | Added by: uaeonlinenews | Date: 05.31.2014

LUXEMBOURG & KAMPALA, Uganda. - Wednesday, May 28th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) SES (NYSE Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) today announced the introduction of its latest satellite broadband technologies at the international eLearning Africa conference this week in Kampala, Uganda.

The SES affiliate SES Broadband Services, the Eichstätt-lngolstadt University in Germany and the Permanent Centre for Education of Uganda have partnered for an exclusive demonstration of a live streamed e-learning session and a new satellite Wi-Fi hot spot service.

The demonstrations will see Eichstätt-lngolstadt University in Munich connected live to Kampala via satellite to show the features of the virtual classroom through a satellite connection between teachers and pupils. SES Broadband Services will also launch its new Wi-Fi hot spot service.

“We are continuing to strengthen strategic partnerships with educational content and solution providers such as Teachers ... Read more »

Views: 243 | Added by: africa-live | Date: 05.29.2014 | Comments (0)

ENFIELD, Conn. - Tuesday, May 27th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Eppendorf is proud to announce the brand new line of BioBLU 50c Single-use Vessel Adaptor Kits. These convenient adaptor kits allow a 40 L single-use vessel to be used on existing bench-scale controllers at a fraction of the cost.

The BioBLU Adaptor Kit Portfolio continues to provide an unparalleled level of flexibility for users looking to maximize existing processes while employing all the benefits of single-use technology. BioBLU 50c Single-use Vessel Adaptor Kits are available for Applikon®, Sartorius® (B-plus only), and the Eppendorf line of New Brunswick™ autoclavable cell culture systems.

Click here to learn more

http://newbrunswick.eppendorf.com newbrunswick@eppendorf.com

About Eppendorf:

Eppendorf is a leading life science company that develops and sells instruments, consumables, and services for liquid handling, sample handling, and cell handl ... Read more »

Views: 251 | Added by: uaeonlinenews | Date: 05.29.2014

June 11, 2014

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. - Tuesday, May 27th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Goldman Sachs 35th Annual Global Healthcare Conference 2014

(BUSINESS WIRE) Quintiles CEO Tom Pike will present at the Goldman Sachs 35th Annual Global Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, June 11, 2014 at the Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA.

The Quintiles presentation will begin at 1:20 p.m. (PDT). Investors may access a live audio webcast of the presentation on the Quintiles’ Investor Relations website at www.quintiles.com/investors. An archived audio version of the presentation will be available later that day.

About Quintiles

Quintiles (NYSE: Q) is the world’s largest provider of biopharmaceutical development and commercial outsourcing services with a network of more than 29,000 employees conducting business in approximately 100 countries. We have helped develop or commercialize all of the top-50 best-selling drugs on the market. ... Read more »

Views: 225 | Added by: uaeonlinenews | Date: 05.29.2014 | Comments (0)

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