KongZhong Monetizes Mobile Gaming Despite Piracy in Emerging Markets, Finds PyramidCAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts - Some 90 to 95 percent of video games in emerging markets are said to be pirated, but one company doing something about it — Chinese mobile content provider KongZhong, according to recent analysis from Pyramid Research (www.pyr.com), the telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network (www.lightreading.com). Hult International Business School Celebrates Success After First Year in DubaiDUBAI, UAE - - New Academic Year Offers Additional Educational Courses Hult International Business School, the world’s first global business school, and the first academic institution from the United States to be licensed in the UAE, is celebrating the graduation of its inaugural class. On August 20th, 97 students from 29 countries will graduate from the School’s top-ranked MBA program. Skyscanner Launches New Holiday Search FunctionEDINBURGH, Scotland - Travel search site Skyscanner today launched a brand new holiday search function (www.skyscanner.net/holidays) which brings together the holiday offerings of over 20 leading suppliers, including Thomas Cook, Airtours, On The Beach, Virgin Holidays and Monster Travel. From today users can now search from 35 million holidays worldwide on the Skyscanner site. Fi Europe: Expected To Be ‘Can’t Miss’ Event of 2009FRANKFURT - Food ingredients Europe (fieurope.ingredientsnetwork.com/home), the industry event connecting FMCG food & beverage manufacturers with raw & processed ingredients suppliers, is on track to outpace both food and trade show industry growth forecasts, it was announced today. Royal Pharmaceutical Society Issues Guidance to Muslims on Safe Medicine Management During RamadanLONDON - The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) is urging Muslims who are taking medication, and fasting from sunrise to sunset during the religious festival of Ramadan, to seek advice from pharmacists on how to manage medicine intake effectively and safely in the interests of their health. Global Airline Capacity Shows Marginal Growth After a Year of Decline, Reports OAG, as August Figures are ReleasedLONDON - - Growth of 0.2% Compared to August 2008 LONDON, August 18 /PRNewswire/ – 350 Research Contributors Join TheMarkets.com’s Research Distribution NetworkNEW YORK - TheMarkets.com, a leading provider of research, estimates and workflow solutions to the buy-side, today announced that over 350 brokers have agreed to deliver their content to the Company’s global network of research and estimates clients. TheMarkets.com is used by over 2400 investment management firms worldwide. Ken Wirth is Appointed as Alcatel-Lucent’s President, 4G/LTE Wireless NetworksPARIS - Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that Ken Wirth has been appointed as President of Alcatel-Lucent’s 4G/LTE Wireless Networks. AEGON Completes EUR 1 Billion Equity IssueTHE HAGUE, The Netherlands - AEGON has completed a EUR 1 billion equity issue via an accelerated bookbuild. The issue was conducted under AEGON’s USD Shelf Registration through the sale of a combination of new common shares and existing treasury shares. The issue comprised 157,822,000 new common shares and 32,654,191 treasury shares of AEGON N.V. with a nominal value of EUR 0.12. The shares were sold at a price of EUR 5.25 per Netherlands registered share and USD 7.50 per New York registered share. |
