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Olympic cyclist Joanna Rowsell joins Team Action for Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100

Joanna Rowsell MBE, team GB cyclist, world record holder and Olympic gold medallist, will join cyclists riding for children’s charity Action Medical Research in the first Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100 on Sunday 4 August. The long-distance ride, following a similar route to the London 2012 road cycling races, will be a new challenge for the 24-year-old, who is the charity’s Cycling Ambassador. She may be super-quick on a bike but the 100-mile event will be the furthest distance she has ever cycled! As the newest recruit to Team Action, Joanna will join the charity’s 131 riders in the

Aker ASA : FMC Corporation acquires Epax

Trygg Pharma Group AS (Trygg Pharma), a 50/50 joint venture between Aker BioMarine AS (Aker BioMarine) and private investment firm Lindsay Goldberg, today signed an agreement to sell its omega-3 production business Epax to FMC Corporation (FMC). Aker BioMarine is a fully owned subsidiary of Aker ASA (Aker).FMC acquired 100% of the shares of Trygg Pharmas wholly-owned subsidiaries, Epax Nutra Holding III AS (Epax Norway) and Epax UK Holding III AS (Epax UK, and together with Epax Norway and subsidiaries Epax). The transaction, valued at approximately USD 345 million, was not subject to any

Bronze win for Arc Energy Resources

Putting its people first has enabled a Gloucestershire-based organisation to gain a prestigious national award.Arc Energy Resources, a leading provider of weld overlay cladding and fabrication services for the oil & gas, nuclear and marine industries was awarded the Investors in People Bronze award for going above and beyond in the way it develops, supports and motivates its staff. The Bronze award is achieved by just over 5% of Investors in People recognised organisations in the UK, all of which have demonstrated an additional 26 or more pieces of evidence above the Investors in People

TYRE POLICY OVERHAUL CREATES SAVINGS FOR B&W TRANSPORT

24 July 2013Stoke-on-Trent-based haulier B&W Transport has chosen ATS Euromaster to fit and service the tyres on its fleet of 44 tonners after the national tyre specialist proved that a properly managed tyre policy could save the family business thousands of pounds on its annual vehicle operating costs. Having previously used an independent tyre dealer, the company switched to ATS Euromaster after data produced by ATS Euromaster’s innovative Service Value Calculator (SVC), highlighted that fitting premium brand tyres that could be regrooved and retreaded, with a commitment to accurate

Responsible Regeneration in North Tyneside is Good News for the Environment

Improving the local landscape and creating a sustainable environment is top of the agenda in plans to develop a disused brownfield site in North Tyneside.Subject to approval from North Tyneside Council’s (NTC) Planning Committee, urban regeneration specialist Muse Developments, and Taylor Wimpey North East, are proposing a high quality residential environment in Longbenton, comprising 75 two, three, four and five bedroom family homes. The plans include extensive landscaping to the former Billy Pit Colliery site, amongst which would be the creation of a new access road linking

NEW APRIL ASHLEY EXHIBITION

Museum of Liverpool to open exhibition about transgender iconImages available on request. The Museum of Liverpool is to host a new major exhibition this September looking at the history of transgendered people in Britain over the past 70 years, focusing on the experiences of one exceptional individual. Opening 27 September 2013 – 21 September 2014, April Ashley: Portrait of a lady will - for the first time - explore the story of April Ashley MBE, one of the first people in the world to undergo pioneering gender reassignment surgery. The year-long exhibition has been funded with a

Leslie Phillips, Roy Kinnear and June Whitfield Star in Seventies Farce "Not Now Comrade"

Part of "The British Film" CollectionPacked with mistaken identities, assumed names, confusion, double-takes and triple entendres, NOT NOW COMRADE is an uproarious British movie farce from 1977 featuring a stellar line-up that includes comedy veterans Leslie Phillips, Roy Kinnear, June Whitfield, Ian Lavender, Windsor Davies and Don Estelle.  It’s available to own on 30 September 2013, RRP £9.99. NOT NOW COMRADE tells the story of Rudi, a Russian ballet star who defects to the West, and the chaos that befalls those who try to help him… not least London stripper Barbara, with whom he

Tyre testing at Shropshire school highlights over 30 percent of cars checked had illegal tyres

Falken improves safety and alleviates the financial burden, providing free tyres to the first five cars with illegal or damaged tyres identified at Shropshire schoolShropshire, July 24 2013. An evaluation at a Shropshire primary school found eight out of 25 parents’ cars checked were fitted with illegal tyres. The test, conducted by tyre manufacturer Falken, at Moorfield Primary School in Newport, Shropshire, underlines research undertaken by its UK distributor Micheldever. It found over 56 percent of 8,900 tyres it removed last month had less than the legal requirement of 1.6mm tread depth.

Reckless Studio Excess Makes Way for Independent Film Franchise

A Story of David And GoliathAs Steven Spielberg and George Lucas predicted, the studios’ excessive spending on less-than-quality content is producing a string of high-dollar failures and is starting to drive audiences to search elsewhere for their content. Earlier this year, the idea of funding films through public-forum donation sites called crowdfunding  became viable with the $5Million crowdfunded Veronica Mars movie. Now, two unknown producers are seeking to start their own major franchise independent of the studio

Loomis AB to publish Interim Report on Thursday August 1, 2013

Loomis AB will publish the Interim Report for January-June 2013 on Thursday Aug 1, at 8:00 a.m. (CEST).8.00 a.m. (CEST) - Report releaseThe report will be sent as a press release from Cision (www.cision.se) and will automatically be published on www.loomis.com when released. 9:00 a.m. (CEST) - Presentation slides availableFor presentation slides, follow the link www.loomis.com/investors/reports&presentations  9.30 a.m. (CEST) - The information meeting startsLoomis CEO Lars Blecko to present the report and answer

Interim report 1 January-30 June 2013

1 JANUARY – 30 JUNE 2013 · Order intake amounted to SEK 4,525 million (4,574). · Net sales rose 5% to SEK 4,331 million (4,129). For comparable units the increase was 1%. · Operating profit before amortisation of intangible non-current assets attributable to acquisitions (EBITA) was SEK 455 million (426), corresponding to an EBITA margin of 10.5% (10.3%). · Profit after tax rose 6% to SEK 264 million (249). · Earnings per share were SEK 6.58 (6.23).  SECOND QUARTER 2013 · Order intake amounted to SEK 2,327 million (2,319). · Net sales rose 6% to SEK 2,280 million

Viglen delivers £400k contract for Ministry of Defence

Viglen, a British IT company, has delivered a £400k contract covering the supply and installation of a turnkey high performance computing (HPC) solution for the Nuclear Department of the Ministry of Defence’s Defence Academy. High performance computing is the only way to do reactor modelling effectively and to train the next generation of naval nuclear engineers. Over 3,200 cores, supplemented with 48TB of high performance storage all connected by an Infiniband communication link, were installed at the Nuclear Department at HMS Sultan inGosport, Hampshire. The core count was split

The deteriorating market impacted on Itella's results

ITELLA CORPORATION INTERIM REPORT JULY 24, 2013, AT 10:00 A.M. (EET)Itella Corporation Interim Report January–June 2013 April–June 2013 · Itella Group’s net sales grew in April–June, totaling EUR 495.1 (473.2) million. The growth was due to the integration of VR Transpoint’s groupage logistics into Itella Logistics. · Net sales in Itella Mail Communications – EUR 283.2 million – remained on par with the previous year's net sales (283.2), while the net sales of Itella Logistics grew to EUR 217.3 (188.9) million and the net sales of Itella Information declined to EUR 66.8 (67.8)

Film Franchise Releases "Fire City" Comic Book Online

The limited run of Fire City's comic was swallowed up by voracious fans in a matter of hours at this year's San Diego Comic ConThe Fire City  (www.FireCity.com/Kickstarter) movie street team came to this year’s San Diego Comic Con to promote Fire City’s first comic book, passing out free comics, promotional frisbees, skull stressballs, t-shirts and more. The response was so overwhelmingly positive, that Fire City producers decided to release a free digital version of the comic book on their official website, FireCity.com. “We were descended upon so quickly, that we

Outokumpu appoints Reinhard Florey as Chief Financial Officer

OUTOKUMPU OYJSTOCK EXCHANGE RELEASEJuly 24, 2013 at 9.05 am EET  Outokumpu appoints Reinhard Florey as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer as of November 1, 2013. He will report to CEO Mika Seitovirta and continue to be a member of the Outokumpu Leadership Team. Reinhard Florey takes on the role from Esa Lager, whose intention to leave the position by the end of 2013 was announced on February 14, 2013. Reinhard Florey’s current position in Outokumpu is Executive Vice President responsible for strategy and integration. Before joining Outokumpu at the end of 2012,

SATISFACTORY ORDER INTAKE, SECOND QUARTER OPERATING PROFIT LOWER THAN LAST YEAR

KONECRANES PLC INTERIM REPORT July 24, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. Figures in brackets, unless otherwise stated, refer to the same period a year earlier SECOND QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS - Order intake EUR 503.0 million (553.7), -9.2 percent; Service +5.3 percent and Equipment -14.1 percent.- Order book EUR 1,079.4 million (1,122.8) at end-June, 3.9 percent lower than a year ago, 0.4 percent lower than at end-March 2013.- Sales EUR 519.9 million (562.5), -7.6 percent; Service -1.1 percent and Equipment -12.7 percent.- Operating profit EUR 17.2 million (35.1), 3.3 percent of sales (6.2), was

Outokumpu - Good progress on synergies, cost saving and ferrochrome offset by weak market and disappointing progress in Americas

OUTOKUMPU OYJSTOCK EXCHANGE RELEASEJuly 24, 2013 at 9.00 am EET  Developments in the second quarter 2013 In line with guidance, the second quarter 2013 showed flat underlying EBIT losses versus the first quarter 2013 in a challenging environment with a continuously falling nickel price leading to lower deliveries and lower margins.  · During the second quarter of 2013, global demand was up by 3.8%, but the stainless steel demand in the important EMEA region declined by 1.9% compared to Q1 2013. European stainless steel base prices decreased by 4% and the average nickel

KONECRANES EXPANDS ACTIONS TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AND REDUCE COSTS

KONECRANES PLC  STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE  July 24, 2013 at 08.55 a.m. As preliminarily communicated in the stock exchange release on June 19, 2013, Konecranes’ profitability development has been unsatisfactory amid the current challenging business environment. In addition, the economic environment remains uncertain, and Konecranes will prepare accordingly. We are planning new measures to reduce our annual cost base by EUR 30 million by the end of 2014 of which roughly two-thirds relates to the Business Area Equipment and one-third to the Business Area Service. Furthermore, Konecranes is

Volvo Group – the second quarter 2013

The Volvo Group’s sales for the second quarter of 2013 recovered considerably compared with the first quarter of 2013 and amounted to SEK 72.8 billion, up 25%. Profitability also improved thanks to higher sales volumes and better capacity utilization in our plants. Despite having to increase our warranty reserves by SEK 900 M for legacy truck quality issues, operating income totaled SEK 3.3 billion, corresponding to an operating margin of 4.5% compared with 0.8% in the first quarter. · In the second quarter, net sales increased by 25% to SEK 72.8 billion compared to the first quarter.

World's First Book to Celebrate the Birth of the Royal Prince

Less Than 24 Hours After He was Born, the Royal Baby Gets a BookWorld's First Royal Baby Book Immediately and Extensively Updated To Include All Details of the Arrival of the New Baby Prince DIANA'S BABY Kate, William and the Repair of a Broken Family by Angela Levin with new preface by Melanie Phillips "A unique insight into what has been overcome by Diana's baby, Prince William. His own child may not only redeem the tragedy of Diana's life but also serve as a symbol of hope for society."– Melanie Phillips, author, columnist, publisher Global publicity secured in the run-up to the

Regrowth of Port Wine Stain’s Blood Vessels Cause Unsatisfied Therapeutic Outcome

For Immediate Release July 23, 2013 Wausau, WI – Wenbin Tan, Ph.D., a graduate of the University of California, is the recipient of an American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, Inc. (ASLMS) 2013 Research Grant.  Dr. Tan is a non-student recipient who conducted research on the development of new therapeutic strategies for Port Wine Stain (PWS) birthmarks.  The manuscript is titled “Topical Axitinib Combined with Ra­pamycin to Inhibit the Regrowth of Port Wine Stain Blood Vessels Post Pulsed Dye Laser Treatment”. In his research, Dr. Tan discovered that the Pulsed Dye Laser

Garza: Energy Reform in Mexico; Could It Happen Here?

Perspective and Analysis on Energy Reform in Mexico from Former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Antonio GarzaA reform push in Mexico that many have termed historic could get epic this fall. That's when President Enrique Peña Nieto will introduce plans to reform the oil and gas sector and overhaul the country's tax system. There's a broad consensus among economists that Mexico's growth and long-term vitality rely on the passage of these plans, interlinked because oil revenues comprise a substantial part (around one-third) of the federal budget. And there's a general acknowledgement across

Changes in Microcirculation for Improving the Early Detection of Colon Cancer

For Immediate Release July 23, 2013 Wausau, WI – Weston Welge, B.A., B.S., M.S., a graduate of the University of Arizona, is a recipient of an American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, Inc. (ASLMS) 2013 Research Grant.  Welge is a student recipient, who conducted research on systems that allow for earlier detection of colon cancer. The manuscript is titled “Mild Temperature Hyperthermia Inducing Doppler Optical Coherence Tomography Endoscope for Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer in a Mouse Model”. In his research, Welge was working on an endoscope that combines the

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