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LUXEMBOURG - Tuesday, November 13th 2012

(BUSINESS WIRE/ ME Newswire)-- SES (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) announced today that it has launched a new iPad application, showcasing the SES global fleet of 52 satellites and including over 150 footprints. Now available in the App Store, the app – SES Satellites - is designed by SES to engage its customers and enable them to easily locate the satellites covering their markets.

SES Satellites is the first satellite fleet iPad application with a search tool that displays satellite coverage based on one’s location and has an augmented reality view which allows customers to easily locate the position of SES satellites by holding and pointing an iPad toward the sky. Augmented reality view is a camera view of one's surroundings, enhanced with digital information. The iPad application also includes facts and figures of the SES satellites and high quality footprints.

"We are pleased to showcase our fleet and coverage using the capab ... Read more »

The Bloomberg App Portal harnesses third-party innovation to broaden customer content

ME Newswire / Business Wire

NEW YORK & LONDON - Tuesday, November 13th 2012

Today, Bloomberg executives unveiled the Bloomberg App Portal, a new platform that gives Bloomberg subscribers access to a range of specialty applications powered by data and news from the Bloomberg Professional service.

Applications on the Bloomberg App Portal are developed by software companies, financial institutions, academics and other third parties. The Bloomberg App Portal enables Bloomberg subscribers to enhance their user experience by adding specialty features and tools that complement those available on the Bloomberg Professional service.

Currently, there are more than 45 applications available on the Bloomberg App Portal across a variety of categories including, data analysis, news and research, portfolio management and risk analysis, valuation and pricing, data visualization ... Read more »

DOHA, Qatar - Tuesday, November 13th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Executive recruitment and interim management provider Executives Online announces the opening of its first office in the Middle East, located in Doha, Qatar.

The new office will capitalise on the growth in executive recruitment in the broader Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region and extend Executives Online’s unique recruitment process to companies and jobseekers there.

Executives Online GCC will offer the same recruitment services that have proven popular with clients globally: Interim management, to get executive talent working quickly in organisations, via fixed-term contracts. Permanent executive recruitment that operates dramatically more quickly than executive search to deliver the right candidates for any executive role.

Executives Online GCC is led by Ahmad Majeed, an experienced entrepreneur with track record in project management and online business models.

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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - Tuesday, November 13th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

New features extend capabilities of popular cloud-based system that simplifies LED system design

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Arrow Electronics Inc. (NYSE: ARW) announced a major update to Arrow Lighting Designer, the popular cloud-based application platform that enables engineers to design complete LED lighting solutions in a convenient online environment.

Arrow Lighting Designer includes a host of powerful new features for both novice and expert engineers that further shrink the design cycle. The latest version brings several new design workflows such as incorporating turn-key lighting modules, building on reference designs developed by Arrow lighting experts, and leveraging a design assistant to quickly specify design constraints, in addition to a custom designer workflow that provides full flexibility for expert users. A new powerful thermal engine allows users to perform system thermal analysis on the entire de ... Read more »

HOUSTON - Tuesday, November 13th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

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Company Leads Next-Generation Corporate Storytelling, Replacing Corporate Website with Coca-Cola Journey™, an Interactive Digital Magazine

ATLANTA - Tuesday, November 13th 2012

(BUSINESS WIRE/ ME Newswire)-- Today, The Coca-Cola Company replaces its corporate website with Coca-Cola Journey, a rich, socially enabled digital platform. Coca-Cola Journeyrepresents a significant leap forward in how Coke will use digital communications to drive business results and share the Coca-Cola system story with the world.

Coca-Cola Journeyis a dynamic, digital magazine that focuses on universally important topics, social causes and Company news. It will feature original and curated content, and is designed to spark dialogue and tell the story of Coca-Cola in a creative, refreshing way.

"Today, Coca-Cola is taking its digital communications to a new level,” said Clyde Tuggle, Senior Vice President and Chief Public Affairs and Communications Officer, The Coca-Cola Company. ... Read more »

BringCom Receives $37,200,000 in New Contracts


STERLING, Va. - Monday, November 12th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today BringCom, Inc., a leader in supplying innovative communications technologies, announced that it has been awarded new contracts by international carriers and private companies for the provision of fiber optic connectivity and sustainment services from Europe and the Middle East to North East Africa for Governmental requirements. Funded booking additions will total $8,200,000 in additional revenue over the next year with negotiated but unfunded additions totaling $29,000,000 over the next five years. These contracts utilize BringCom’s extensive local partnerships in the Africa and Middle Eastern regions as the contracts include connectivity, construction of in country facilities and continuing maintenance activities by BringCom’s satellite and fiber network capable 7X24X365 Network Operations Centers (NOC) in both the United States and Djibouti ... Read more »

DUBLIN - Monday, November 12th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

    Fourth-quarter and fiscal 2012 results negatively impacted by extra selling week in 2011 and unfavorable foreign exchange rate movement
    Fourth-quarter net sales down 3% (flat excluding foreign exchange rate movement); Medical Devices sales down 1% (up 2% excluding foreign exchange rate movement)
    Fourth-quarter diluted GAAP earnings per share from continuing operations were $0.96; excluding specified items, adjusted diluted earnings per share from continuing operations were $1.02
    Fiscal 2012 diluted GAAP earnings per share from continuing operations were $3.92; excluding specified items, adjusted diluted earnings per share from continuing operations were $4.26, up 7%

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Covidien plc (NYSE: COV) today reported results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012 (July - September 2012). Fourth-quarter net sales of $3.00 billion were ... Read more »

NEW YORK - Sunday, November 11th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

    Third Quarter Results
        Revenue from Continuing Operations of $222 million
        GAAP EPS from Continuing Operations of $0.35, includes $0.28 non-recurring tax benefit
        Non-GAAP EPS from Continuing Operations of $0.09
    Announces Corporate Restructuring
        Concentrates resources on core business in North America and key European & Asian markets supported by increased marketing and sales
        Pursues sale of ChinaHR and evaluates options in developing markets
        Combined actions expected to reduce Operating Expense by approximately $130 million on an annualized basis
    Review of Strategic Alternatives Ongoing

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BOUDRY, Switzerland - Sunday, November 11th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Celgene International Sàrl, a subsidiary of Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) today announced that its phase III study of ABRAXANE® (paclitaxel protein-bound particles for injectable suspension) (albumin-bound) in combination with gemcitabine in treatment-naïve patients with advanced pancreatic cancer met its primary endpoint of overall survival. In the study, ABRAXANE in combination with gemcitabine demonstrated a statistically significant improvement in overall survival compared to patients receiving gemcitabine alone.

In the MPACT (Metastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Clinical Trial) study, a Celgene-sponsored, open-label, randomized, international study 861 metastatic pancreatic cancer patients were randomized to receive either ABRAXANE plus gemcitabine (125 mg/m2 followed by 1000 mg/m2 gemcitabine for 3 weeks followed by a week of rest) or gemcitabine alone (1000 mg/m2 administered ... Read more »