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A new way of building

YIT CORPORATION News, January 15, 2018 10:00The Naantali NA4 CHP power plant was constructed with co-operative innovation. The multi-fuel power plant NA4 CHP in Naantali is the first industrial project to apply the alliance model in its construction work. When the power plant was opened at the beginning of December, the parties of the alliance had good reason to be satisfied. All the objectives of the construction project were fulfilled: it was finished in schedule, the costs remained under the estimate and the results were of excellent quality. Occupational safety was also at a very

EuroPride 2018 calls attention to transgender rights

This summer EuroPride 2018 will be held in Stockholm and Gothenburg. Ahead of the festival, EuroPride is launching ”The Voice of Change”: a voice recording of a transgender person, Alex, while undergoing his gender transition from female to male, with an important message about transgender rights. In over 60 countries in the world it is currently illegal to change your gender identity. In preparation for EuroPride 2018 in Stockholm and Gothenburg, EuroPride wanted to highlight what they’re really fighting for: the human right to be who you really are. To bring attention to

Excercise of warrants raises 4.5 million to PowerCell

The exercise period for warrants in PowerCell Sweden AB (publ)  is ended. A total of 368,000 were subscribed, which represents a subscription rate of 99.6 percent.The English version is an in house-translation. In case of any discrepancy, the Swedish text will prevail. The exercise period for the incentive program with warrants that PowerCell Sweden AB (publ) has offered senior executives and key employees has ended. The warrants program comprises a total of 369,000 warrants that entitle the right to subscribe the same number of new shares. 99.6% of these

Moberg Pharma receives favorable outcome from NAD – main competitor to discontinue current marketing

STOCKHOLM, January 15th, 2018 - Moberg Pharma AB (OMX: MOB) have received a positive outcome from the NAD (National Advertising Division) regarding a challenge filed on Fungi-Nail, the largest U.S. competitor to the Kerasal Nail® product. NAD recommends the advertiser to discontinue current product packaging and commercials. Moberg Pharma expects the outcome to further strengthen Kerasal Nails® position and growth prospects in the U.S. market.In the spring of 2017, Moberg Pharma filed a challenge to NAD on claims made by Kramer Laboratories, Inc. as for the Original Fungi-Nail Toe & Foot

Skanska builds a new hospital building in Karlskrona, Sweden, for about SEK 330M

Skanska has signed a contract with Blekinge County Council to build a new building at Blekinge Hospital, Karlskrona, Sweden. The contract is worth about SEK 330M, which will be included in the Nordic order bookings for the first quarter of 2018.Skanska's project includes the construction of a seven-story high-rise building of over 12,000 square meters primarily intended for medical and laboratory activities. Construction work will begin in February 2018, with the intention of the new building to be completed in February 2020. Skanska is one of the leading development and construction

Minesto to enhance Deep Green product range and intensify market penetration activities

Minesto intends to develop a smaller Deep Green device, DG100, which will provide the company with an additional commercial product to open new markets and business opportunities, including those in Asia. At the same time, Minesto intends to intensify and expand its activities for market penetration to establish the company's unique Deep Green technology in more markets.The preparations in Wales for offshore testing of Minesto's first commercial-scale Deep Green device is now in its final phase. Installation is due to commence in April 2018, with the ambition to generate electricity during

Pontus Willquist new VP SMB & B2C

Pontus Willquist becomes a new member of Dustin’s group management team as VP SMB & B2C with responsibility for inter alia Dustin’s online platform. He will replace Göran Lindö who leaves the company in order to be CEO of a Norwegian software company.Pontus most recent position was as Head of Pricing and Analytics at Dustin and before that, he was responsible for the company’s online sales. He has worked at Dustin for almost eight years. Previously, Pontus has also been Head of business development at e-tailer Brandos. - Pontus has great knowledge of Dustin and our customers’ needs as

Precise BioMatch Embedded deployed in biometric payment card market trial in the USA

Precise Biometrics’ algorithm solution for fingerprint recognition in smart cards, Precise BioMatch Embedded, has through the cooperation with Fingerprint Cards been deployed in the first market trial of dual-interface biometric payment cards in the USA, which is carried out by Visa and Mountain America Credit Union.The payment card, which can be used for contact and contactless payments (dual-interface), improves the convenience for consumers as there is no need to remember PIN codes to authenticate payments. The authentication is done by placing the finger on the card, making it easier

LeoVegas partnering with Mats Sundin

Swedish hockey legend Mats Sundin has signed on to serve as an ambassador and partner for LeoVegas free to play site, LeoVegas.net , in Canada. On LeoVegas.net  mobile games are offered to try and play for free. With a list of merits including multiple world champion, Olympic Gold Medallist and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, Mats is a well-known profile in the hockey world. Add his long NHL career and status as a former captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs, and this makes him an iconic figure in Canada. "My ties to Canada and

Altierre and Motion Display Announce Global Strategic Alliance To Fuel Dynamic Promotions

The move brings together the world’s most powerful IoT provider and the leading global manufacturer of retail e-paper displays and signage to further empower in-store promotions.Altierre Corp and Motion Display announced a global strategic alliance on the opening day of the National Retail Federation Annual Conference and Expo in New York. The alliance teams Motion Display’s innovative suite of award-winning e-paper signage and display instruments with Altierre’s wireless Internet-of-Things (IoT) “future-proof” platform to drive in-store dynamic promotions. “Being able to influence

Kindred and Betfilter launch new social responsibility tool for gambling

Kindred Group has for the past year collaborated with Betfilter to develop a new online social responsibility tool to help prevent under aged people being exposed to gambling ads. The tool, AdBlocker, will be offered by Kindred to any customer who wish to install it.Kindred Group (previously Unibet Group) have teamed up with Betfilter, who provide a tool blocking access to online gambling sites, to help prevent people under the age of 18 from being exposed to gambling advertisements. Kindred has worked with Betfilter over the past year to help fund the development of the new social

Hexagon positively affected by US tax reform

Due to the legislation of the US tax reform (Tax Cuts & Jobs Act), resulting in revaluations of deferred tax liabilities on the balance sheet, Hexagon expects a one-off positive tax income of approximately 72 MEUR during the fourth quarter of 2017. The one-off positive tax effect will not impact the cash flow. Hexagon does not expect any significant changes in the group tax rate for 2018 based on current estimates. For further information, please contact:Maria Luthström, Investor Relations Manager, Hexagon AB, +46 8 601 26 27, ir@hexagon.comKristin Christensen, Chief Marketing

New CEO for Precise Biometrics appointed

The Board of Directors in Precise Biometrics has today appointed Stefan K Persson to new CEO. Stefan K Persson is today Executive Vice President BO Home within the Bang Olufsen Group. Stefan will assume his new position at the latest on August 1, 2018 and until then will Göran Thuresson, CFO, be acting CEO and Torgny Hellström Executive Chairman. Current CEO Håkan Persson resigns with immediate effect.”With Stefan’s strong business background and proven leadership skills, the Board of Directors has found a very suitable leader for the next phase in the company’s development. Precise

Fazer’s restaurants provide brain-friendly food

For the first time, Fazer Food Services will introduce brain-friendly food options in its restaurants throughout Finland from 15 January to 16 February. Our brain-friendly meals and snacks will be marked with the Fazer Brainhow logo. The Fazer Brainhow programme is a research and development programme focussing on the relationship between food and cognitive performance. When you eat better, the brain works better, and you get more out of the day at all stages of life.“At the heart of our business is care for the customer, and our mission is ‘Food with a purpose’. With the Fazer Brainhow

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Resurs recruits Chief Commercial Officer

Anna Nauclèr, who is currently Country Sales Manager Sweden at Unilever Food Solutions, has been recruited as Chief Commercial Officer, and Deputy CEO, of Resurs Bank. She will take office in the spring of 2018 and become a member of Group Management. “Anna’s experience and strong sales drive with documented results of creating profitable growth will be of great benefit to Resurs. I look forward to welcoming Anna to our Group Management and continuing to develop Resurs together,” says Kenneth Nilsson, President and CEO of Resurs Holding. More information is available from: Kenneth

Resurs recruits Chief Commercial Officer

Anna Nauclèr, who is currently Country Sales Manager Sweden at Unilever Food Solutions, has been recruited as Chief Commercial Officer, and Deputy CEO, of Resurs Bank. She will take office in the spring of 2018 and become a member of Group Management. “Anna’s experience and strong sales drive with documented results of creating profitable growth will be of great benefit to Resurs. I look forward to welcoming Anna to our Group Management and continuing to develop Resurs together,” says Kenneth Nilsson, President and CEO of Resurs Holding. More information is available from: Kenneth

Aker BP: Strengthened position as a leading independent offshore E&P company

Aker BP ASA ("AKER BP") is hosting its annual Capital Markets Day today. During 2017, Aker BP increased its reserves (2P) by a net of 202 million barrels of oil equivalents (mmboe), to a total of 913 mmboe. The company delivered significant growth, while simultaneously chasing cost per barrel produced, and had efficient operations with high operational uptime. Aker BP has a strong cash flow outlook and a robust balance sheet with a USD 2.9 billion liquidity reserve, enabling the company to increase dividends for 2018 to USD 450 million, and further strengthen its position as the leading

AKERBP: Fourth quarter 2017 production

Aker BP ASA produced 135.6 thousand barrels of oil equivalents per day («mboepd») in the fourth quarter 2017. For the year 2017, the company's production averaged 138.8 mboepd, in line with the latest guidance. The production per field is specified below.  Field  Interest Operator Q4-17 Q3-17 2017 Alvheim  65.00% Aker BP 42.3 47.3 53.8 Bøyla  65.00% Aker BP 3.7 4.3 4.4 Gina Krog  3.30% Statoil 1.7 1.5 0.8 Hod  37.50% Aker BP 0.5 0.5 0.5 Ivar Aasen  34.78% Aker BP 23.5 16.6 18.1 Skarv

Nordcloud Partners with Microsoft to Unleash the Power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Azure customers

Helsinki, January 15, 2018. Nordcloud, Europe’s fastest growing public cloud provider and the Nordic market-leader has teamed up with Microsoft to boost the spread of AI across the continent.Nordcloud helps customers to complete AI projects faster and at lower costs with the use of Microsoft Azure. AI projects with complex deep learning problems consume vast amounts of computing capacity and traditional hosting solutions are not sufficiently agile to meet this demand. Nordcloud has wide experience of working with the Azure platform and developing innovative services with and for its clients

Clas Ohlson increases sales in December 2017

Sales increases by 4 per cent in December to 1,261 MSEK (1,210). In local currencies, sales increases by 7 per cent versus previous year. Sales development in comparable units and in local currency was 3 per cent.Compared with the same month previous year, the net store portfolio was expanded by12 stores. At the end of the period, the total number of stores was 225. Sales in December is distributed as follows: +-------------------------+--------+--------+-----------------+------------------+|Countries, MSEK |December|December|Percentage change|Percentage change,||

Using Big Data for sustainable agriculture, forestry and fishery

As part of an international consortium, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is developing new solutions for the responsible and sustainable use of the resources of agriculture, forestry and fishery. The main goal is to use Big Data particularly in the raw material production for the bioeconomy industry to produce food, energy and biomaterials. In forestry, MHG Systems leads pilots that develop services enabled by forest data.The Data-Driven Bioeconomy project (DataBio), co-funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme, deals with massive flows of information collected through sensors

Consumer Electronics chain Euronics in Hungary chooses Pricer’s digital shelf-solution for its chain roll-out

Euronics in Hungary has chosen Pricer’s digital shelf-edge solution to achieve increased in-store efficiency. Euronics’ confidence in Pricer’s system is a great success as it clearly demonstrates the relevance of the solution for Consumer Electronics retailers. During 2017, Pricer, through its partner Szintézis Informatikai Zrt, equipped 10 stores out of a total of 68 Euronics stores in Hungary. The expected order value of approximately 10 MSEK in total for all 68 stores does not have a material impact on Pricer’s net sales or result. Pricer’s solution enables Euronics to synchronize

CLX Communications AB (publ): CLX Strengthens its management team by appointing a Chief Operating Officer

Stockholm, Sweden - CLX Communications AB (publ) ("CLX") - (XSTO:CLX) - a leading provider of CPaaS and cloud-based communication solutions, today announced it has appointed Anders Olin as Chief Operating Officer for the enterprise division. Anders assumes his roles as of Monday January 15, 2018. "I am convinced Anders will be a very strong addition to our already strong international team. He has successfully managed both large organizations and sales teams and has extensive experience from selling both to enterprises and mobile operators. His most recent experience includes the

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