Vienna (ots) - - Successful placement of ¤ 300 million syndicated term loan - First step on international debt market - Initial Standard & Poor's rating for Wienerberger: "BBB-/positive outlook" Internationalization of financing Wienerberger AG has optimized its financing structure with a focus on future growth. This optimization is designed to safeguard financing for the Group's expansion ...
Madrid (ots) - New data from the VIM study presented today at the annual Congress of the European Society of Ophthalmology (SOE) demonstrate that Visudyne® therapy benefited patients with smaller base line lesions* in minimally classic "wet" AMD, a form of AMD previously considered untreatable.1 Visudyne is the ...
Boulder, CO (ots) - SandCherry, Inc., a provider of multi-service broker software for extending applications to phone or mobile device users, today announced the appointment of Michael Sajor as vice president of Mobility Solutions, a significant boost to the company's overall mobility solutions initiative. Sajor ...
ePayment: Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment (EBPP) Lausanne (ots) - As of October 2003, all Orange customers who have a yellow PostFinance account will be able to pay their Orange bills simply and comfortably via the Internet in just three clicks. This is the final component of the Orange electronic information and transaction offer for customers with a fixed Price Plan. A secure Internet connection has ...
London (ots) - The law firm of Winston & Strawn today announced that it will open a much anticipated London office with two partners, heavily experienced in international transactions, who will join Winston from the London office of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. Mr. Thomas J. Benz, a partner in the Morgan Lewis securities practice, and Ms. Zoe J. Ashcroft, a partner in the Morgan Lewis business transactions practice ...
MSN Messenger and Hotmail on mobile phones Lausanne (ots) - - Access to mobile MSN messaging and Hotmail services via SMS for over 40 million Orange customers - Available on a wide range of phones and operating systems - no need to buy a new phone - Orange becomes the first mobile operator to offer MSN services Europe-wide. Orange ...
Zug (ots) - Following the announcement of the Company on May 23, 2003 the total net asset value of Alpine Select AG and its subsidiary have today, value May 30, 2003 been converted into Swiss francs at a rate of CHF 1.2824 ots Originaltext: Alpine Select AG Internet: www.newsaktuell.ch Contact: Dr. Hermann Strehler Alpine Select AG Bahnhofstrasse 23 6301 Zug Tel. 41/41/720'44'11 Fax +41/41/720'44'12 E-Mail: ...
Berne (ots) - BKW FMB Energie AG, one of Switzerland's leading electrical power suppliers, is listing its registered shares on the main segment of the SWX Swiss Exchange from May 28, 2003. As part of a public placement of shares in Switzerland and international private placements, up to about ten per cent of the shares will be placed with interested institutional and private investors at the end of June. As a result, ...
Boulder, CO and Dublin, IRELAND (ots) - Partnership Key in Bringing Next-Generation Speech-Enabled Solutions to European Markets SandCherry, Inc., a provider of multi-service broker software for applications and media resources, and Voxpilot, Ltd., the pan-European VoiceXML voice services provider, have joined forces in a Value Added Reseller (VAR) agreement for SandCherry's SoftServer platform. Through this ...
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK (ots) - Danware, the world's leading provider of high quality remote control software for professional users, announced today version 7.6 of its award-winning NetOp Remote Control, featuring a wealth of improvements, including support for Windows Server 2003 and Mac OS X, as well as powerful, ...
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (ots) - As a complement to its highly successful global Rugby World Cup sponsorship, Visa International and the International Rugby Board (IRB) have announced that Visa will be the Presenting Sponsor of the second IRB Under 21 (IRB U21) World Cup which will take place in Oxfordshire, England ...
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA and TORONTO, ON (ots) - Makeena to Distribute Brighterion's iPrevent and iDetect Solutions to Prevent Fraud and Detect Money Laundering Activity Makeena Corporation today announced that it has signed an agreement with Brighterion to distribute the company's advanced solutions ...
WOODBURY, NY (ots) - Harman Kardon, a division of Harman International Industries, Incorporated (NYSE: HAR), and a leader in audio/video home entertainment system solutions, today announced that it has signed on as a sponsor of key dates of Sir Paul McCartney's upcoming "Back in the World 2003" tour. Paul McCartney's World Tour, which began in April of last ...
ManagedStorage International, Inc.
BROOMFIELD, CO (ots) - ManagedStorage International, Inc. (MSI) announced today that they have retained the investment-banking firm of Innovation Advisors (IA) to assist and advise the company on strategic acquisitions. MSI is interested in pursuing additional transactions in the storage outsourcing market after its $22 million infusion of capital by Tudor Ventures, Great Hill Partners, and J.P. Morgan Fleming Asset ...
San Francisco, CA (ots) - Visa Emerges as Most Trusted Credit Card Brand in RecentInternational Study Visa has been selected "the most trusted credit card brand" in international research conducted by Reader's Digest magazine, polling subscribers spanning Europe, Canada and Brazil. Across Europe, the survey revealed that Visa is considered by consumers to be the most trusted credit card brand in 17 of ...
Lausanne (ots) - Orange will be making some changes to its network settings to make calling whilst abroad as easy as pie. And all Orange customers will automatically receive these new settings via an SMS sent to their mobile phone, enabling them to take advantage of this new service without further ado. For Orange users abroad on holiday or on business, checking ...
MILPITAS, CA (ots) - DISC Inc. (NASDAQ: DCSR), a leading manufacturer of automated network storage solutions, today announced their plans to integrate Ultra Density Optical (UDO), the next generation 5.25" professional optical storage technology, into their existing Orion series storage libraries. In addition, ...
Copenhagen, Denmark (ots) - Load Balancing Support Ensures Optimal Usage of Server Capacity, Further Improving Performance and Lowering TCO of Large-Scale Deployments of NetOp School, a Leading Computer-Based Teaching Tool Danware, provider of NetOp School, the #1 software ...
RESTON, VA (ots) - The Public Interest Registry (PIR) today announced the appointment of an Advisory Council made up of twenty-one international leaders representing a broad and geographically diverse spectrum of the noncommercial community. The Council is one of PIR's mechanisms to ensure that it is responsive to the needs, concerns, and views of the global noncommercial Internet community. According to Edward ...
Hamburg (ots) - Kirchhoff Consult AG, a specialised consulting agency in financial- and business communication, significantly outperformed the relevant market within the last fiscal year. Before one-time effects, the agency even showed a positive result. Due to one-time expenses for re-structuring and loss of ...
Lugano (ots) - The BSI Group (a member of the Generali Group) achieved a consolidated gross profit of CHF 144 million in the financial year 2002. Total income amounted to CHF 420 million, while costs totalled CHF 276 million. Net profit at the end of the year was CHF 107 million. This good result is attributable to prudent business management and a flexible cost structure and was accompanied by a new asset inflow of ...
Vienna (ots) - Cooperation in the product portfolio, sales and marketing segments will lead to innovative solutions for network operators based on the latest technologies. For telecoms operators the past few years have been characterized by major structural investment. Increasing competitive pressures and the associated fall in prices have also led to the ...
TORONTO, ON - (ots) -In a further move to grow its presence in Europe and the Middle East, Oasis Technology, a leading provider of payment processing software, has appointed Tarek Luka as vice president of client services and business development for its existing EMEA client base. Working with Oasis' newly ...
Lugano (ots) - Banca del Gottardo is pleased to announce the following appointments, valid as from 1st April 2003: Members of Management: Cattaneo Lorenzo Sassi Monya Officers: Busolini Alessia Campana Patricia Colombo Moreno Cresta Davide Darville Philipp De Angeli Francesco Delcò Filippo Di Lavello Anna-Maria Dosi Alberto Ferrari Simone Hanselmann Renato Pica Prospero Tattarletti Paolo Triacca Bigoni ...
Bala Cynwyd, PA (ots) - The following statement was issued today by the law firm of Schiffrin & Barroway, LLP: Notice is hereby given that a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of all purchasers of the common stock of ...
Dublin (ots) - Financial Highlights 2002 2001 Turnover EUR 325.8m EUR 297.7m +9% EBITDA EUR 63.2m EUR 51.1m +24% EBIT* EUR 34.9m EUR 26.2m +33% PBT EUR 24.1m EUR 11.7m +106% Basic EPS 78.3c 38.4c +104% Adjusted EPS** ...
Synergy Professional Services GmbH
The leading ICT training company in the Middle East is establishing its European headquarters in Vienna Vienna (ots) - Synergy Professional Services - the leading training company for Information & Communication Technologies in the Middle East - has expanded its growth to Europe with the new office in Vienna. Synergy is the first Middle East Company capitalizing on a pool of local skills, trained to the highest ...
Extraordinary valuation adjustments in support of a solid financial situation Lugano - (ots) - The Banca del Gottardo closed out fiscal 2002 with a consolidated gross net profit of 112 million francs. At the end of the year, net fiscal income had reached 447 million francs while operating expenses were 335 million francs. The bank has implemented 200 million francs in extraordinary writedowns and provisions in the ...
Copenhagen, Denmark (ots) - Netlogger Cyber Threat Management (CTM) Introduces New Network Attack-Detection, Attack-Management and Repair Functions for High- Speed Networks The Netlogger CTM enables detection of known and unknown types of network attacks, using known detection methods and propriety Unispeed network monitoring algorithms. A demonstration of the new tool will be given at the upcoming CeBIT 2003 show ...