Jan. 17, 2017 10:00

Setting New Benchmark: Henkel Helps SAIC-GM Make New Technological Breakthrough

Henkel Asia-Pacific announced that its automotive team had used Bonderite® M-NT 1820 surface pretreatment technology to help SAIC-GM upgrade its car coating line. The paint shop at SAIC-GM’s Jinqiao South plant, opened in 2003, used to employ Henk...

Jan. 17, 2017 09:52

S.PELLEGRINO YOUNG CHEF RETURNS WITH AN ENHANCED THIRD EDITION

S.Pellegrino announces the much-anticipated return of S.Pellegrino Young Chef, a global competition recognizing leading young culinary talent from across the world. The third edition, with applications opening on February 1, 2017, will feature var...

Jan. 16, 2017 13:50

QNB Group: The Financial Results for the Year Ended 31 December 2016

QNB Group, the largest financial institution in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region, announced its results for the year ended 31 December 2016. For the twelve months ended 31 December 2016, Net Profit reached QAR12.4 billion (USD 3.4 billion),...

Jan. 16, 2017 13:25

Tocagen Expands Toca 5, Phase 2/3 Clinical Trial for Recurrent Brain Cancer, to South Korea

Tocagen Inc., a clinical-stage, cancer-selective gene therapy company, today announced its randomized, controlled Phase 2/3 clinical trial, called Toca 5, is now enrolling patients in South Korea. The trial is ongoing in the United States, Canada ...

Jan. 16, 2017 11:35

Bank of America Reports Fourth-Quarter 2016 Financial Results

Bank of America today reported its fourth-quarter 2016 financial results. The news release, supplemental filing and investor presentation can be accessed in the following ways: This Smart News Release features multimedia. View the full release her...

Jan. 16, 2017 11:10

Panasonic Begins Demonstration Experiments of the Autonomous Delivery Robot, “HOSPI(R),” at an Airport and Hotel

Panasonic Corporation today announced that it will begin its demonstration experiments with the Autonomous Delivery Robot, “HOSPI(R),” from mid-January 2017 in cooperation with the Narita International Airport Corporation and the ANA Crowne Plaza ...

Jan. 16, 2017 10:35

Expo 2020 Dubai Launches Expo Live: an Innovation and Partnership Programme for Social Good

Expo 2020 Dubai today delivered the first public roll-out of its USD 100 million Expo Live programme to help fund, accelerate and promote creative projects that will improve lives while preserving our planet. Organisers stressed that they have no ...

Jan. 16, 2017 08:00

RTBF Partners with SIAE MICROELETTRONICA for the Renewal of Its National Microwave Network

RTBF, the public broadcasting organization of the French Community of Belgium, has signed the start of a 3 years renewal project to modernize its microwave network. With this project RTBF aims to upgrade the complete network to a contemporary digi...

Jan. 13, 2017 16:57

SES and GEE Sign Breakthrough Connectivity Deal to Drive Mobility

SES S.A. (Euronext Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) today announced that GEE (NASDAQ: ENT) has acquired a Ku-band payload on SES’s AMC-3 satellite to boost capacity for its customers in North America, the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean. GEE will rebrand the ...

Jan. 13, 2017 14:00

Matrix Launches PowerWatch X, Wins CES’s Last Gadget Standing

Matrix Industries first unveiled the Matrix PowerWatch, a thermoelectric-powered smartwatch that never requires charging on Indiegogo in November 2016. After an overwhelming response from consumers, raising nearly 10 times its goal, Matrix announc...

Jan. 13, 2017 13:15

Cummins Inc. Does Not Use Defeat Devices and Is Committed to Meeting Emissions Standards

Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) today stated that it does not supply engines for the FCA vehicles that are discussed in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Notice of Violation issued today, nor was Cummins named. Cummins does not use defeat devices and...

Jan. 13, 2017 11:20

PwC Announces New Global Corporate Tax Services Team

Today, PwC announced an innovative agreement with GE to provide integrated, enterprise managed tax services to GE on a global basis. As part of this agreement, PwC will hire more than 600 of GE‘s highly regarded tax team members from around the wo...

Jan. 13, 2017 11:00

Toshiba Tec Enhances Business with Digital Signage Solutions

Toshiba Tec Corporation (TOKYO:6588) today announced the availability of digital signage to its customer base with a focus on serving organizations in the sports and entertainment and retail industries especially in the United States and Europe. T...

Jan. 13, 2017 10:20

Toshiba Launches Second Generation 650V SiC Schottky Barrier Diodes with Improved Surge Forward Current

Toshiba Corporation’s (TOKYO:6502) Storage & Electronic Devices Solutions Company today announced the launch of second generation 650V silicon carbide (SiC) schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) that improve on the surge forward current (IFSM) offered by...

Jan. 13, 2017 00:00

Leading Cosmetic Group Amorepacific Subsidiary Innisfree Collaborates with POSPi and Bank of China to Bring Exceptional Shopping Experience by Deploying Mobile POS

An innovative check out method completely different from the traditional one, which was first seen at Apple Retail Store, is now being applied at Innisfree outlets - using Mobile POS to offer a personalized and more engaged service on-the-go which...

Jan. 12, 2017 18:05

SES Completes Refinancing of O3b Debt

SES S.A. (Euronext Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) today announced the refinancing of the remaining O3b debt. Since acquiring the remaining shares in O3b, SES has refinanced the entire USD 1.4 billion of gross debt at a materially lower average funding ra...

Jan. 12, 2017 17:33

HUREN awarded citation by Korean Optometric Association

Daemyung Optical’s brand ‘HUREN ', carrying out an aggressive marketing in the Optical lens sector, was awarded a citation by Daejeon Metropolitan City Eyeglass Society for the Korean Optometric Association on January 11. Daemyung Optical announce...

Jan. 12, 2017 13:55

King Faisal International Prize 2017 Awarded Across Five Categories in Saudi Arabia

The King Faisal Foundation, an international philanthropic organization based in Saudi Arabia since 1976 with the mission of preserving and perpetuating the legacy of King Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, has announced the winners of its much-anticip...

Jan. 12, 2017 11:20

Maverick Therapeutics and Takeda Announce Five-year Collaboration to Advance T-Cell Engagement Therapies

Maverick Therapeutics Inc., an MPM Capital portfolio company, and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE:4502) announced today that they have entered a collaboration to develop Maverick’s T-cell engagement platform created specifically to impr...

Jan. 12, 2017 11:00

Toshiba‘s New Low-capacitance TVS Diodes for High-speed Interfaces in Mobile Devices Deliver the Industry’s Leading-class Protection Performance

Toshiba Corporation’s (TOKYO:6502) Storage & Electronic Devices Solutions Company today announced the launch of a new line-up of low-capacitance TVS diodes [1] for use in high-speed interfaces in mobile devices, including smartphones, tablet PCs a...

Jan. 12, 2017 10:30

Toshiba Launches 100V N-Channel Power MOSFETs Supporting 4.5V Logic Level Drive for Quick Chargers

Toshiba Corporation’s (TOKYO:6502) Storage & Electronic Devices Solutions Company today expanded its line-up of low-voltage N-channel power MOSFETs with the addition of 100V N-channel power MOSFETs supporting 4.5V logic level drive for quick charg...

Jan. 11, 2017 14:00

With OT, Burkina Faso Now Has the Most Secure Driving License and Vehicle Registration Document in Africa

OT (Oberthur Technologies), a leading global provider of embedded security software products and services, today announces that its cutting edge solution, Lasink™, has been chosen by Burkina Faso through a multi-year contract to supply highly secu...

Jan. 11, 2017 13:45

Connecting People Places and Things Six Million Times! Cambium Networks Connects the Unconnected Around the World with Affordable Wireless Broadband

Cambium Networks, a leading global provider of wireless networking solutions, today announced that high-speed connectivity is being deployed by network operators, public and private, of all sizes around the world, leading to shipments of more than...

Jan. 11, 2017 13:25

Business and Sports Leaders Frank H. McCourt Jr. and Mark Walter Expand Partnership with Launch of McCourt Partners Investment Platform

McCourt Global, the business arm of McCourt LP, today announced that Frank H. McCourt, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of McCourt LP, and Mark Walter, a founder and the Chief Executive Officer of Guggenheim Partners, have launched McCour...

Jan. 11, 2017 10:20

PayPal Exceeds $7 Billion in Charitable Giving in 2016 as Mobile Giving Continues to Surge

PayPal reported 11 percent growth in charitable giving in 2016, processing $7.3 billion in contributions over the year, including more than $971 million raised during the holiday season alone. Proving that spirits really were brighter this holiday...