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. 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. Pig Out With The Get Well Soon Swine Flu Gourmet Food Hamper From Real Food DirectHENLEY-ON-THAMES, England - With Swine Flu spreading like wildfire, Real Food Direct has put together the perfect Get Well Soon gourmet food hamper (www.realfooddirect.co.uk) for friends and family recovering from the illness. Tasty treats like the Fairytale Gingerbread Deluxe Iced Pig, House of Dorchester Dusted Champagne Truffles and Farmyard Friends Pig Gems are smartly presented in a traditional wicker hamper, and can be ordered online for just GBP24.95. Simple Device Could Save NHS MillionsHALIFAX, England - - With Photo A simple eye treatment device developed three years ago by Yorkshire based consultant ophthalmologist, Teifi James was borne out of his 20 years of conducting eye clinics and seeing patients suffering with some aspect of meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) such as dry eye syndromes, blepharitis, stye and chalazion. Salamander Cookshop is now Importing Hand-Crafted Zeller Keramik Tableware Direct From GermanyWIMBORNE, England - In response to customer requests for the very popular Zeller Keramik tableware, specialist cookware (www.salamandercookshop.com) retailer, Salamander Cookshop, is now able to deliver the complete range straight to the customer’s door. ‘Young, Gifted and ….. Broke!’OXFORD, England - This is the immediate future awaiting some of the country’s brightest graduates who left university this year with spiralling debt(1) and lacking the skills employers value(2) in a competitive labour market. ERP and CRM Consultancy Specialist Ardent Solutions Launches Hosted Dynamics AXBIRMINGHAM, England - - Ardent 24 Offers Microsoft Dynamics SaaS and Provides Secure and Resilient IT Management and Cutting-Edge Hardware to Enable Greater Focus on Core Business Activities Top Weddingwear Talents at The British Bridal Exhibition in Harrogate, 13-15 SeptemberHARROGATE, England - In recent months many of the world’s foremost names in bridalwear have been painstakingly editing their 2010 collections in preparation for the biggest show on the buying calendar, the British Bridal Exhibition in Harrogate. PharmaTelevision Launches the First Daily News Show for the Life Sciences IndustryOXFORD, England - PharmaTelevision(R), the authoritative channel for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and related industries, announced today the launch of its new service PharmaTelevision News (PTV News), the World’s first daily television news and analysis programme for the sector. New Bentley Mulsanne Makes World Debut at Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance, CaliforniaCREWE, England - Today, Bentley Motors unveiled the Mulsanne, the company’s all-new flagship grand tourer, at the prestigious Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance in Monterey, California. Logia Launches “Mo-Tip”, Makes Personal SMS Channels Everyone’s TerritoryHERZLIYA, Israel - Logia Group, a leading global provider of innovative mobile entertainment services, announced the launch of Mo-Tip (www.mo-tip.com), a smart personal mobile alert service that matches publishers with end consumers. Diary Date: MATLAB Computational Finance SeminarCAMBRIDGE, England - The MathWorks is embarking on a European tour of free seminars giving you the opportunity to meet with MathWorks developers and engineers, as well as peers in the financial community, who will show how they use MATLAB to develop, test and deploy financial models, while increasing their productivity and integrating their results into existing systems. This seminar will be of value to both new and experienced users of MATLAB and will be relevant to those looking to enhance their quantitative modelling capabilities, particularly in the field of risk management and developing web-deployed and database driven applications. CCR - Results for the 2nd Quarter of 2009SAO PAULO - Companhia de Concessoes Rodoviarias (CCR), Brazil’s largest road concession operator in terms of revenue, announces its results for the 2nd quarter of 2009. The Honorable Mary Jo Jacobi Jephson Appointed as ChairDONCASTER, England - The Honorable Mary Jo Jacobi Jephson has been appointed Chair of The idm Group, a national board support and director development consultancy which is passionate about raising organisational performance across the private, public and third sectors. Altacor Beats Biotech Funding DroughtCAMBRIDGE, England - Ophthalmology development and marketing company Altacor has announced closing of a GBP1m first tranche of Series B funding. The round was led by two new institutional investors, Esperante and the Aspire Fund, whilst existing investors Beringea’s Proven VCT and angel investors also participated. UK National Record Attempt With Pentagon Clearance Acquired for a Charity Flight for Fly2HelpOXFORD, England - - Something Good at Last With Aviation - Fly2Help! A high-flying duo is entering the prestigious Dawn to Dusk competition and is about to set out on a 1,000-mile endurance flight, visiting 24 airfields around the UK in a single day. Monitise Strikes Partnership to Extend ‘Mobile Money’ Across Africa and the Middle EastLONDON - - Paynet Selects Monitise as ‘Best in Class’ Monitise, the world’s leading mobile banking services provider, is extending its business further into Africa and the Middle East with a joint venture with Paynet, an electronics payment company. First Service Managers Bring ISO Potential to the WorldUTRECHT, The Netherlands - The first groups of ITIL Service Managers from across the globe have earned their ISO/IEC 20000 Consultants/Managers certificate. This certificate is part of the new Qualification Program in IT Service Management according to ISO/IEC 20000. The candidates took part in a two-day training held in countries including the Netherlands, England, Japan and the U.S. and concluded with several key examinations. Mydigitalnewspaper Goes Live - Worlds First Interactive Newspaper Stand and Search EngineASHFORD, England - Mydigitalnewspaper is the world’s first website designed specifically for you to search, discover and read leading digital newspapers from the UK & North America. Whether you are interested in local news, or researching international stories, enjoy a huge variety of newspaper digital editions with mydigitalnewspaper. Our newspaper digital editions can be accessed globally, with publishers now able to reach all their community readers. Cheaper Virgin Trains-Only Fares Available on Even More Services in the North WestLONDON - - Cheaper Train Fares are now Available Between Stockport and Macclesfield/Stoke-on-Trent/Crewe and Between Macclesfield and Stoke-on-Trent CA Adds Mainframe 2.0, Eclipse Support to Application Testing ToolsDITTON PARK, England - CA (NASDAQ: CA) today continued to deliver on its Mainframe 2.0 initiative with new releases of its application testing tools that modernize mainframe ownership and ease the transfer of management tasks to a new generation of IT professionals. Braskem Announces EBITDA of R$566 Million, with Margin of 15.3%SAO PAULO - BRASKEM S.A. (BOVESPA: BRKM3, BRKM5 and BRKM6; NYSE: BAK; LATIBEX: XBRK), the leading company in the thermoplastic resins industry in Latin America and third-largest resin producer in the Americas, announces today its results for the second quarter of 2009 (2Q09). CA’s Support for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Facilitates Automating and Managing Applications across Existing Internal Resources and the AWS CloudDITTON PARK, England, and NEXT GENERATION DATA CENTER EXPO, SAN FRANCISCO - - CA’s Enterprise IT Management Solutions Help Customers Achieve Lean IT by Extending the Enterprise to Amazon EC2 THQ Launches Search for a Hero Through National Creative CompetitionWOKING, England - THQ Inc. today announced the launch of a nationwide competition to find the UK’s most imaginative and creative up-and-coming child artists. HBFinvestors.com High Yielding Discount Properties Attract Savvy InvestorsBIRKENHEAD, England - Forget doom and gloom - savvy property investors are making the most of the current economic situation and investing in discounted bricks and mortar. 15-24 Year Olds in the U.K. Encroach on their Elder’s Social Networking SpaceLONDON - - comScore Study Highlights Trend in Social Networking Usage Among 15-24 Year Olds ‘HBF’s Services Offer Numerous Benefits to Property Investors, Portfolio Builders and BusinessesBIRKENHEAD, England - - Complete ‘Armchair Investment’ Package Offered Property investors, portfolio builders and businesses looking for access to repossessed stock, tenanted properties and Sale and Rent Back purchases would be wise to turn to HBF Investments. Speed-Trap Real-Time Information Allows Leading Hotel Company to Identify $3 Million Lost OpportunityNEWBURY, England - - Speed-Trap’s Customer Insight Technology and Real-Time Information is Used by Hilton Hotels to Analyse Performance and Customer Interaction on new Website and Improve Customer Relationship Management The New GSS6300 Completes Spirent Communications’ Multi-GNSS Family of ProductsPAIGNTON, England - - Spirent GSS6300 is the First Test System Designed for High Volume Manufacturing Environments of GPS, GLONASS and Galileo Devices NaturalMotion to Attend GDC Europe and gamescomSAN FRANCISCO and OXFORD, England - - CTO Simon Mack to Present Sessions on Animating with morpheme Vocalzone Applaud ‘Road to V’ WinnersPOOLE, England - - With Photo TV talent show, The ‘Road to V’ has led unsigned Welsh rockers, The Last Republic all the way to the ultimate destination. They beat off competition from thousands of other bands to win the show by public vote. Their reward is to open the V-festival on the main stage later this month. Holiday Makers Turning to the Internet to Escape British WeatherLEEDS, England - The ‘barbeque summer’ is an official wash out, with staycations quickly becoming a thing of the past. Holidaymakers across the UK are searching for cheap holidays abroad to enjoy the sun elsewhere. One place bargain hunters are turning to for their holiday destinations are online voucher codes and offers sites, such as VoucherSeeker. (www.voucherseeker.co.uk). Speed-Trap Launches Version 7 of Online Customer Insight Platform With New Features for Rich Media, Dynamic, Mobile and Standalone Internet ApplicationsNEWBURY, England - - Version 7 of unique Tag-Free Online Channel ETL System From Online Customer Insight Specialist Speed-Trap, Provides Real-time Online Analytics Support for a Host of New Mobile and Gaming Platforms and Latest Generations of Rich-media Applications, and Support for Teradata Interactive Web Intelligence Program Renewable Energy: Garrad Hassan Joins Germanischer LloydHAMBURG, Germany and BRISTOL, England - Garrad Hassan (GH), based in Bristol (UK), is joining Germanischer Lloyd (GL) to form a fully integrated technical assurance and consulting company for renewable energy. Savvis Executives to Present at Major Investor Conferences in AugustST. LOUIS - Savvis, Inc. (Nasdaq: SVVS), a global leader in outsourced internet IT infrastructure services for enterprises, announced today that Greg Freiberg, chief financial officer, Bryan Doerr, chief technology officer, and John Coster, director of IDC engineering, will be presenting at a number of investor conferences during the month of August. |
