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VTT: Remote management technology to bring 15 per cent reduction in energy consumption at Otaniemi

VTT, Samsung and 10,000 data points are implementing the Otaniemi ecocampus projectVTT and Samsung C&T Corporation are developing remote management technology and services for buildings in the Otaniemi campus area. A pilot project consisting of a hundred buildings is under way, collecting measurement data on energy consumption and indoor conditions from approximately 10,000 data points. The goal is to demonstrate that energy consumption in campus buildings can be reduced by 15% using the new technology. Knowledge and other platforms are built at the same time, for use in long-term

Seamless receives a Mobile Money Global Award for Best Mobile Money Deployment in Europe

Stockholm, 2013-11-26 10:50 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Swedish mobile payment solution SEQR, developed by Seamless (OMX: SEAM) has been awarded the "Best Mobile Money Deployment in Europe" at the Mobile Money and Digital Payments 2013 summit in Dubai. The nomination is another proof of SEQR's unique value proposition to both merchants and consumers as a versatile and generic method of payment independent from existing payment structures.- Seamless won the category Best Mobile Money Deployment in Europe for their SEQR project - the only fully-integrated mobile phone payment solution

SimCorp Dimension Named Best Collateral Management System for Fund Managers at Inaugural Global Custodian Awards

Award win highlights SimCorp Dimension's comprehensive collateral management functionality SimCorp , a leading provider of investment management solutions  and services for the global financial industry, today announced winning the “Best Fund Manager System” in the collateral management category of the 2013 Global Custodian Awards for Excellence . Coming on the heels of a recent Buy-Side Technology Awards 

Sectra secures order with the leading university hospital in Saudi Arabia

The King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center in Riyadh, has selected the medical imaging IT company Sectra  (STO: SECT B) as its provider of a complete IT solution for the management of radiology images and patient information (Sectra RIS/PACS). The use of Sectra’s solution will increase the availability of images and patient information throughout the hospital, thereby improving patient care.With facilities located in the capital city of Riyadh and the coastal city of Jeddah, the King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center (KFSHRC) is the national

Opus Group’s board decides on rights issue terms and conditions

• Opus Group AB (publ) ("Opus Group" or "the Company") announced on November 6, 2013, that the Company had signed an agreement to acquire Envirotest and the Board had decided to conduct a rights issue of approximately SEK 150 million in order to partially finance the acquisition. • Shareholders in Opus Group have preferential right to subscribe for one (1) new share for each thirteen (13) existing shares • The subscription price amounts to SEK 8.50 per share, which at full subscription of the rights issue results in rights issue proceeds of approximately SEK 152.7 million before rights

Sweco to renovate the Czech Republic’s largest wastewater treatment plant

Sweco has been chosen for extensive upgrading and rebuilding of Prague’s central wastewater treatment plant. The contract is worth a total of approximately EUR 8.5 million.“We will increase the capacity of the Czech Republic’s largest wastewater treatment plant in a way that produces cleaner water for a large area even outside Prague. This is a notable contract that acknowledges Sweco’s market-leading expertise in this area,” says Bo Carlsson, President of Sweco Central and Eastern Europe. Sweco’s services have been ordered by the Contractor’s Consortium (the Association of WWTP Prague)

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Thule Well Represented at the Danish Adventure Film Festival

The mission of the Danish Adventure Film Festival (D.A.F.F.) is to present the best and most inspiring adventure-movies on big screen for the Danish audience.  At this year’s festival, Thule is represented with the bicycle film “The Way I Role” as well as Thule Crew members Garrett McNamara´s ‘Nazaré calling’ and Matthias Giraud´s film ‘Time’. D.A.F.F. opens November 28 at Cinemateket in Copenhagen. The broad selection of very different movies at D.A.F.F. makes it a festival both for the adventure enthusiast, the film lover, parent and teenager. D.A.F.F. is for everyone who loves and is

Important clue to how the circulatory system is wired

A new mechanism that regulates the way blood vessels grow and connect to each other has been discovered by an international team of researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, and Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany. The knowledge might open up new opportunities for future cancer therapy. The study is published in the scientific journal PNAS.If stretched out, the blood vessels in a human body would reach more than twice around the earth. The complex circulatory system nourishes every cell of our body and proper development of new blood vessels is crucial for embryonic

Northland Announces the Number of Warrants Exercised in November 2013

Luxembourg, November 26, 2013 – Northland Resources S.A. (OSE: NAUR, Frankfurt: NPK, Nasdaq OMX/First North: NAURo – together with its subsidiaries “Northland”, “NRSA” or the “Company”) announces that no warrants have been exercised during November 2013. Referring to the First Lien USD 335 million Bond where the bondholders can exercise the warrants received at each month end during the lifetime of the bond. The deadline for the Company's warrant holders to exercise their warrants in November 2013 has now expired. The Company has not received any exercise notices from warrant holders.

PRESS RELEASE - November 26th 2013 Pandox Hotel Market Day

Topic: Demographic ChangesNew travel patterns, social networks, globalisation, health, age, income – knowledge of and the ability to adapt to demographic changes is vital for those who want to succeed in today’s hotel business. For this year’s Hotel Market Day, Pandox has gathered trend analysts, macro economists and hotel business experts to discuss the topic of Demographic Changes. Join us on Tuesday the 26th of November and be inspired by Swedish and International speakers such as Klas Eklund (Senior Economist, SEB), Richard Dobbs (McKinsey Global Institute) and Chris Sanderson and Tom

Associated company, Social Thrills, launches game for Facebook

The associated company, Social Thrills AB, which is 41.85% owned by Mr Green & Co, is launching its first game for Facebook. The Spin Tower Casino uses a virtual currency, which can only be used for continued gaming.Spin Tower Casino is expected to gain a large audience, since gamers are being offered a new generation of one-armed bandits with a new concept for gamification of this product segment. Games in social media are entirely focused on entertainment – not on game winnings. While the gamer does not pay for the actual gaming, it is possible to purchase certain enhancements. “Social

Empowering Women Through Impact Reaching a Helping Hand Across the "Pioneer Gap"

by Marta Maretich, Chief Writer, Maximpact.com    Women’s financial empowerment has been a hot topic in recent months. There’s a definite (deserved) buzz  around gender-lens investing and its potential to make more of impact capital. Yet, while the gender lens approach is an exciting step forward for women’s financial empowerment, it isn’t the whole story. Impact investing isn’t an island anymore;

Thunderbird Student Takes Prize in 2013 Sony Electronics Marketing Case Competition

(Glendale, ARIZ) Nov. 25, 2013 – Thunderbird School of Global Management MBA Student Matthew Erley was part of a team that took second place in the fourth annual Sony Electronics Marketing Case Competition  sponsored by Sony in partnership with the Rady School of Management at UC San Diego on Nov. 8-9. MBA students from universities across the United States were randomly assigned to teams and challenged to develop a compelling marketing strategy for a real-world Sony business case under strict time constraints. Erley and his teammates Oluseyi

Beverly Robertson Announces Retirement as Head of National Civil Rights Museum

National Civil Rights Museum President Beverly Robertson today announced her retirement, effective July 1, 2014, after leading the museum through 16 years of “momentous progress and accomplishments,” Board Chairman Herbert Hilliard said. “Since 1997, Beverly has led the museum in an era characterized by exciting progress, accomplishment, and growing national and international prestige, all of which are a direct result of her special brand of leadership and her commitment to being a steward for one of America’s most hallowed historic places,” said Hilliard. “Although she is retiring at

Electrolux taps Beanstalk exec to head global brand licensing team

The Electrolux Group today announced the appointment of Ciarán Coyle as new Vice President and Head of Global Brand Licensing. Coyle was previously President of Europe & Asia Pacific of the Omnicom-owned global brand licensing agency Beanstalk.The Electrolux brand portfolio already ranks well inside the world’s top 20 licensors with a value of more than USD 3 billion at retail. Besides Electrolux, the Group’s portfolio includes more than 50 brands, including AEG, Zanussi and Frigidaire. “Enhancing the value of the Electrolux portfolio of brands, reaching new consumer segments, exploring

EXPLORE, PLAY AND PAIR WITH K-J RECOMMENDS

Updated version of Kendall-Jackson’s popular winery app provides richer experience with culinary additions as well as new quiz and gamification features powered by Badgeville.SONOMA COUNTY, CA (NOVEMBER 25, 2013) – Kendall-Jackson, a family-owned California winery handcrafting super premium wines, today unveiled the new version of its K-J Recommends mobile app. A free app available for iOS and Android, K-J Recommends continues to reinvent the way wine can be part of everyday occasions with family and friends. Through this social platform, Kendall-Jackson invites users to pair wine

MERIDIAN FUNDS ANNOUNCE NEW SHARE CLASSES; NEW SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND; PARTNERSHIP WITH DESTRA CAPITAL INVESTMENTS

New Institutional and Advisor Share Classes Added for Distribution to the Financial Advisor CommunityMeridian Small Cap Growth Managed by Chad Meade and Brian Schaub Launching December 16, 2013Destra Capital Investments Named Distributor to the Meridian FundsDENVER, CO, November 25th, 2013 - Arrowpoint Asset Management, LLC (Arrowpoint Partners), Investment Adviser to the $2.9 billion Meridian mutual fund family, announced today the launch of two new share classes for the Meridian Funds.  The current funds include Meridian Growth Fund, Meridian Contrarian Fund, and Meridian Equity

Eriez® Chip and Parts Conveyors are Efficient, Safe and Low Maintenance

News for the Metalworking Industry Erie, PA — Permanent Magnetic Chip and Parts Conveyors from Eriez® safely and reliably move and elevate ferrous materials such as chips, turnings, small parts and stampings. These units are practically maintenance free and innovatively designed to ensure the highest level of operator safety. Besides an externally mounted drive motor, Eriez Chip and Parts Conveyors are self-contained, with a conveyor mechanism that is completely enclosed. “With no moving external parts to jam, break or put personnel at risk for injury, our units were developed with

Screenwriter Seeks Crowdfunding and Feedback on New Thriller Script about Money, Energy, and International Politics

International politics, power plays, and conspiracy theories abound in Stefano Voltaggio’s new script “Dragons.” Hoping to present his screenplay directly to his intended audience, Voltaggio uses Indiegogo to fund his efforts. ROME, ITALY–Screenwriter Stefano Voltaggio is doing something very unconventional. He’s reaching out directly to the international film community for feedback on and funding for his miniseries screenplays. Voltaggio’s “Dragons”, a television miniseries about the international politics surrounding energy – oil and gas – and the people struggling for power,

The Vector Cupholder Prevents Computercide—And Burns

Vector Werks, LLC today announced the launch of its newest invention, the Vector Cupholder,™ on the Kickstarter crowdfunding platform. This handy device is designed to prevent a person from knocking a beverage into his computer keyboard (thereby destroying the computer), onto his papers or onto his lap (potentially causing painful burns). It also has the benefit of freeing up needed space on small work surfaces. Made of airplane-grade anodized aluminum, the Vector Cupholder weighs only 3.5 ounces. It folds for easy portability to cafés, classrooms and other locations.

Deception in online reviews: a bigger issue than we might have thought

Online companies are already struggling to deal with “cyber-shilling ,” where people or companies are paid to post negative or positive reviews about products or services. But new research suggests that the problem could be much larger than we might expect. We find evidence that some of the people writing reviews on the website of a prominent private label apparel company have never purchased the products they are reviewing. That

Dee Halloran of Incredible Discoveries™ Shares Infomercial Insider Secrets at The Women’s Success Summit

Industry Expert Dee Halloran Shares “Insider Secrets from the Infomercial Underground” at Miami’s Largest Conference for Entrepreneurial Women(POMPANO BEACH, FL – CISION November 25, 2013) Incredible Discoveries®, a division of O2 Media™, Inc., and one of the largest producers of direct response infomercials, is proud to announce that Dee Halloran, Director of Campaign Management for Incredible Discoveries, was recently featured as a speaker in a “Sales Pitch Superstar: Insider Secrets From the Infomercial Underground” session at the Women’s Success Summit in Miami, Florida. As a

Melbourne Human Rights Advocate Honored at Church of Scientology

The Church of Scientology of Melbourne hosted a human rights award event to mark United Nations International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Soreti Kadir, 18, who represented the Oromo community as the first Australian delegate to attend the Youth for Human Rights International Human Rights Summit September 6-8 in Brussels, was honored. Community leaders gathered at the Church of Scientology of Melbourne on United Nations International Day for the Eradication of Poverty in October, to honor an exceptional young human rights advocate, Soreti Kadir, 18, who is also World

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