Pick a time period -
No more available filters You need to apply a filter before selecting newsroom

Use our filters to get your customized news. Save and subscribe to as many filters as you want, get the news that YOU are interested in right in your mailbox, RSS feed or in your personalized dashboard. Share your stories, news, multimedia and pressreleases and get a wider audience with news.cision.com.

Press release

Stockholm, October 11, 2011Invitation to the Media and Capital Market in conjunction with the release of Investor AB's Interim Report for January-September 2011Press and Analyst MeetingThe meeting will be held in Stockholm on Tuesday, October 18, 2011, at 10:30 a.m. CET at Arsenalsgatan 8C. President and CEO Börje Ekholm and CFO Susanne Ekblom will present the Interim Report for January-September 2011.The press conference will be in English and webcasted through our website www.investorab.com where you also can ask questions. If you prefer to listen to the presentation, please call

Likvor goes - UK

The unique LIKVOR CELDA® SYSTEM is now available on the UK market and the first system has been sent to a customer. In addition, Likvor AB has signed a distribution agreement with its first distributor for this region.  The system helps to restore normal life back to millions of dementia patients with hydrocephalus diagnosis.Likvor AB takes an important step out on the European market by signing a distribution agreement for the UK market with Seren Medical Ltd. Seren Medical is a company specializing in sales, marketing, service and support of state-of-the-art medical equipment. LIKVOR

Aker Solutions ASA : Mandatory notification of trade

11 October 2011 - On 10 October 2011, Aker Solutions ASA sold 73,666 own shares at a price of NOK 54.99 per share in relation with the company's share purchase programme for employees. Following the transactions, Aker Solutions ASA holds a total of 4,332,088 own shares. ENDS For further information, please contact: Investor relations:Astrid Thommesen Sæbø, VP Investor Relations, Aker Solutions. Tel: +47 22 94 63 37, Mob: +47 481 70 035 Media:Geir Arne Drangeid, EVP Corporate Communications, Aker Solutions. Tel: +47 67 51 30 36, Mob: +47 913 10 458 Suppliers:For further

THE LATEST DRILLING RESULTS SUPPORT THE START-UP PLANS OF THE TAIVALJÄRVI SILVER MINE.

Sotkamo Silver has received additional assay-results from this year's drilling program and is pleased to announce results from the resource delineation drilling at its Taivaljärvi Silver Mine project in Finland. The assay-results from the last holes show further high silver- contents. The purpose of the drilling-program has primarily been to increase the indicated mineral-resources that will serve as a base for the Feasibility study.The previously assayed and published holes also showed high silver- and goldgrades in significant widths. The results support the production start-up schedule

Nobina wins traffic contract in Uppland worth close to SEK 5 billion

Nobina Sverige won the traffic contract for the regional bus services in Uppland, comprising 163 buses. The value of the new contract is almost SEK 5 billion over the full contract period, or around SEK 490 million per year. The new agreement comprises a combination of fixed price and incentive-based compensation, and runs for 10 years, starting in June 2012.Nobina already is responsible for the bus traffic in Uppland, and today's announcement is both an extension and expansion of the responsibilities for the company. The new service agreement for regional bus service in Uppland includes

Sandvik completes acquisition of SHANBAO, Chinese supplier of crushing and screening equipment

Sandvik announced on 21 December 2010 an agreement with the owners of Shanghai Jianshe Luqiao Machinery Co. Ltd. (SJL) to acquire 80 % of the equity interest in the company with the established trademark SHANBAO. The company has about 1 000 employees and invoicing in 2010 was close to 1 billion SEK. The acquisition was completed on 9 October 2011 and will be consolidated into Sandvik Mining and Construction as of the same date. The work to integrate the SJL in business area Sandvik Mining and Construction will start immediately. From 1 January 2012, the SJL will be a part of the

Skanska purchases second residential development site in Cambridge, UK

Skanska has completed the purchase of its second residential development site at Great Kneighton in Cambridge, UK. The site extends to around 12 acres and has outline planning permission for up to 310 properties covering both houses and apartments.In the next stage, Skanska will submit details to obtain detailed planning permission for its new homes on this second site. It is anticipated that the detailed planning application will be submitted during the first half of 2012 with construction planned to start later that year. In January, Skanska purchased its first development site at

Swedish Environmental Protection Agency selects Cybercom for new IT system

Cybercom has been commissioned by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop a new solution for an IT system that supports inventory of, damages caused by, and hunting of predators in Sweden. There will initially be a development phase involving Cybercom’s expertise in security, web development, and geographic information systems (GIS).“We chose Cybercom because they could give us the best technical solution with the best quality assurance, and because Cybercom can offer broad strategic expertise in security solutions and mapping,” says Britt Grevér Eriksson, IT strategy

Dannemora and ThyssenKrupp sign a long-term supply agreement

Dannemora Mineral has signed a five-year off-take agreement with ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG to supply at least 200,000 tons av iron ore every year, with an option of supplying up to 300 000 tons. Deliveries are planned to start in the second quarter of 2012, with shipments to Rotterdam, where it will be forwarded for consumption at Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann.  "This agreement with ThyssenKrupp and Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann is yet another important step towards the start of production at the Dannemora iron ore mine. Along with the agreement with Salzgitter, this means that we have

EQT III sells VTI Technologies to Murata Manufacturing

·EQT III has agreed to sell VTI Technologies to the publicly listed Japanese electronic components company Murata Manufacturing for an enterprise value of EUR 195 million. ·During EQT III’s ownership, VTI Technologies has developed into a leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance MEMS sensors, with strong positions across the market segments it operates in. EQT III today announced that it has alongside with management agreed to sell VTI Technologies (“VTI”), the world’s largest independent designer and manufacturer of high-performance MEMS sensors, to the publicly

Precise Biometrics and NXP Semiconductors Enter Partnership

Precise Biometrics and NXP announce that they have signed a partnership agreement to enable NXP to include Precise Match-on-Card™ on their smart-card chips. The partnership enables NXP to provide Precise Biometrics’ industry-leading on-card fingerprint comparison technology on the chips used on smart identification cards.NXP Semiconductors N.V. is a leading semiconductor company with about 30,000 employees working in more than 20 countries. Their contact and contactless Smart Chips are sold in a variety of industries, including national ID programs, government, IT, and security. NXP’s

Nomination Committee prior to Orexo’s Annual General Meeting 2012 and Financial calendar 2011/2012

At Orexo’s Annual General Meeting on April 7, 2011, it was resolved that the company shall have a Nomination Committee consisting of one representative for each of the four largest shareholders, in terms of the number of votes, and the Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Nomination Committee, whose tasks include providing proposals to the General Meeting regarding Chairman of the Meeting, Board members, Chairman of the Board, fees for the board members, any remuneration for committee work, proposal for and fees to the company’s auditor as well as principles for composition of the

PUBLISHING OF YIT CORPORATION'S INTERIM REPORT 1-9/2011 ON OCTOBER 28, 2011

STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE         OCTOBER 11, 2011   AT 9:00 A.M.PUBLISHING OF YIT CORPORATION'S INTERIM REPORT 1-9/2011 ON OCTOBER 28, 2011 YIT Corporation's Interim Report for January-September 2011 will be published on Friday, October 28, 2011 at approximately 8:00 a.m. Finnish time (EEST). The stock exchange release and presentation materials in Finnish and in English will be published at that time on the company's website at www.yitgroup.com/investors. News conference for investors and media YIT will arrange a news conference on October 28, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. Finnish time (EEST)

Vizrt Ltd. : Vizrt and Astana Media Centerto Sign Multimillion-Dollar Contract

Bergen, Norway, October 10, 2011Vizrt Ltd. (Oslo Main List: VIZ) Vizrt Ltd., a leading supplier ofproduction tools to the digital media industry, announced today that Astana Media Center (AMC), a state-of-the-art media complex currently being built in Kazakhstan, has entered into a substantial and important multimillion-dollar contract with Vizrt. Covering 24 floors in the heart of Astana, the country's second largest city, AMC will serve as a base for numerous TV channels, including all of Kazakhstan's national TV and radio stations, as well as many other prominent, non-state owned

New organization for Tecnotree Corporation

Tecnotree CorporationStock Exchange ReleaseOctober 11th, 2011, at 8.30 amTecnotree Corporation today introduced a new operational mode and a new group structure, driving greater productivity and scalability. The structure consists of three global units - product management, product development, and solution delivery - complemented by regional sales and customer operations.Product Management is responsible for product strategy, product and solution portfolio roadmap planning, product decision process, product lifecycle management, pricing, and product marketing. Product Development

Digital Check Announces New High Volume, High Speed Back Counter Check Scanner – BranchXpress™ BX7200

BAI Retail Delivery Conference, Chicago, IL, October 11, 2011 – Digital Check Corp  (www.digitalcheck.com), a leading worldwide provider of check scanners to the financial industry for the teller, branch and remote deposit capture markets, announced the release of a new check scanner for the important branch back counter and high volume remote deposit capture check scanning environment today at BAI’s Retail Delivery Conference.  Exceptionally Fast – Built to Last - The BranchXpress BX7200 is built with the same attention to quality and reliability as

COLLEGEINVEST OFFERS COLLEGE SAVINGS MATCHING GRANT MONEY FOR LOWER TO MIDDLE INCOME COLORADO FAMILIES

Colorado families have until December 31, 2011 to be preapproved for programFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 10, 2011 Denver, CO – CollegeInvest, Colorado’s non-profit higher education savings resource, is helping Colorado’s lower to middle income families make saving for college a little easier through its Matching Grant Program.  The Matching Grant Program matches contributions to CollegeInvest’s college savings plans, dollar-for-dollar for qualifying lower to middle income Colorado families, providing up to $500 in matching funds annually (subject to the availability of funds).

WELLCARE, THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA AND SHANDS JACKSONVILLE EXPAND PROVIDER ACCESS FOR MEDICARE MEMBERS

Tampa, Florida (October 10, 2011) – WellCare Health Plans Inc. (NYSE: WCG) today announced that the University of Florida physicians and Shands Jacksonville, a private, not-for-profit hospital, have joined WellCare’s network of Medicare health services providers. WellCare Medicare Advantage plan members in Jacksonville and the surrounding areas now have access to more than 450 qualified University of Florida physicians and other health care providers as part of their in-network options. “We are committed to offering Medicare beneficiaries access to quality health care choices,” said

New coffee-table book Spectacular Wineries of Texas offers a first-class photographic tour of fabulous wineries and the people behind the wines

“Gorgeous photography and captivating descriptions make this landmark publication a wonderfully comprehensive guide to falling in love with Texas wine.”—Todd Staples, Texas Agriculture CommissionerDallas—An unprecedented and long-overdue high-end collection celebrating Texas wine and the friendly people who create it, Spectacular Wineries of Texas  (Signature Publishing Group, an imprint of Panache Partners, October 2011, published by Brian Carabet and Jolie Carpenter, distributed by IPG) is the fifth edition of a wildly popular series. With an

Bestselling Author Wants You In His Next Book

OCTOBER 10, 2011 – “Word of Mouse”™ is destined to be a bestselling book that will teach the world how great companies are using the Internet to be get great, stay great, and become even greater. If your company uses the Internet in fun, unique, interesting, and smart ways for marketing, communications, advertising, sales, customer service or public relations, author Marc Ostrofsky wants to hear your story.Every entry will be entered in a drawing for a a signed book when it comes out. People whose submitted stories are published in “Word of Mouse” will each receive a free, signed copy

CJ OLIVARES JOINS GRINDMEDIA TO SPEARHEAD TELEVISION AND VIDEO PROGRAMMING DEVELOPMENT

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., Oct. 10, 2011 – GrindMedia is pleased to announce that CJ Olivares will serve the company as television/video advisor to develop original television and video programming. The burgeoning brand, formerly Action Sports Group (ASG), continues to build and expand its business, which currently includes top properties in action and adventure sports print and online media in the U.S. GrindMedia also produces major events and webcasts and is the exclusive action and adventure sports partner for Yahoo! Sports. In his new role, Olivares will consult on TV and video growth

UT Arlington professor to present climate change research at international gathering

Applying today’s computerized climate models to events millions of years ago could tell scientists about climate change in the Earth’s future, according to University of Texas at Arlington Assistant Professor Arne Winguth. Winguth’s research focuses on a period of climate change and mass extinctions at the boundary of the Permian and Triassic periods, about 251.5 million years ago. At that time, more than 70 percent of species on land and 95 percent of species in the oceans became extinct. Many of the ocean species affected were invertebrates such as the trilobites. On land, early

NAPS Joins A Panel Discussion at the 2nd Annual American Manufacturing Strategies Summit (AMS)

NAPS will discuss Nearshoring to Mexico  at AMS taking place on Nov. 7th-8th, 2011 in Chicago, ILThe 2nd Annual American Manufacturing Strategies Summit (AMS) will take place on November 7th-8th 2011 in Chicago, IL. North American Production Sharing, Inc. (NAPS) is proud to sponsor this event and share its insights on nearshoring to Mexico. AMS is structured to help manufacturers improve processes and communication as the U.S. bounces back from the recession. The program is designed to introduce new growth strategies in order to stay ahead of

11 out of 55 ‘second wave’ Free Schools have religious character, Everyday Champions Academy rejected

The Department for Education (DfE) today announced the ‘second wave’ of Free Schools approved to open in 2012. The 55 Schools include 11 schools designated with a religious character, lower than the proportion that applied and the proportion of existing schools. In particular, Everyday Champions Church, the group that were explicit in their intent to set up a creationist Free School, has been rejected. The British Humanist Association (BHA) has welcomed the low proportion of Free Schools that have a religious character, but still believes that any new ‘faith’ school represents a further

There are no items matching the current filter
There are no more items matching the current filter
Back to top