Geneva, Switzerland (ots) - Mercuria is delighted to announce the partnership between Mercuria and DAMS racing team has got off to a terrific start with a victory by driver Romain Grosjean at the Imola circuit on Sunday, confirming DAMS supremacy in the Asian GP2 series. Mercuria is looking forward to an exciting racing season partnering with this impressive team. Mercuria and Dams have signed a partnership for the 2011 ...
Bern (ots) - BKW FMB Energy Ltd (BKW) is following the disastrous events in Japan, and in particular the situation at Japanese nuclear power plants affected by the earthquake and tsunami, with the utmost concern. It is endeavouring to obtain a clear picture and conduct initial analyses as quickly as ...
Geneva, Switzerland (ots) - High-Tech Bridge SA, leading Swiss Ethical Hacking company based in Geneva, increases equity capital to CHF 2m and announces expansion on Swiss and International IT Security markets. Acquisitions are planned during the next 3 years, as well as CHF 1m investment in High-Tech Bridge's Security Research lab. Mr. Ilia Kolochenko, High-Tech ...
Zurich and Porto Alegre (ots) - Albis Technologies Ltd. (Switzerland) ( www.albistechnologies.com ) and Digitel SA Indústria Eletrônica (Brazil) ( www.digitel.com.br ) announced today, that Digitel will act as distributor of Albis Technologies telecommunication products within Latin America. About Albis ULAF+ product line: Network operators place their confidence in ...
Geneva (ots) - WISeKey announced the appointment of Dr. Adrienne Corboud Fumagalli as a member of its Advisory Committee. The committee, chaired by Carlos Moreira, WISeKey founder and CEO, provides advice to WISeKey's senior management regarding matters of strategic business development and future revenue growth. ...
Bern (ots) - The BKW Group held its ground in the difficult market and financial environment of 2010, ending the year with total consolidated operating revenue of CHF 3,187 million, down 11.3% versus 2009. The volume of electricity sold in 2010 dropped by 2.3% to 26,684 Gigawatt hours (GWh). The national and international energy business put in a positive ...
Bern (ots) - At the General Shareholders' Meeting to be held on 13 May 2011, the Board of Directors of BKW FMB Energy Ltd (BKW) will propose the election of Ueli Dietiker to the Board of Directors. Ueli Dietiker is currently Chief Financial Officer and Deputy CEO of Swisscom Ltd. Thanks to his long track record, ...
Bern/Stockholm (ots) - Bucher + Suter AG, specialists for intelligent contact centers, and Teleopti AB, Workforce Management specialists, cooperate to streamline Workforce Management solutions in Cisco contact centers. Workforce Management (WFM) solutions and their deployment projects are considered to be complex. Combining proven solutions from Teleopti with services ...
Geneva (ots) - WISeKey has announced today that it has signed new contracts amounting to CHF 4.0 million in 2011 from its patent- pending anti-counterfeiting technology, WISeAuthentic. Part of WISeKey's Digital Brand Management product line, WISeAuthentic safeguards and verifies the authenticity of luxury ...
Bern (ots) - BKW FMB Energy Ltd (BKW) notes with satisfaction that the majority of Bernese voters have supported the positive view of the canton of Berne towards a replacement nuclear power plant in Mühleberg. This vote strengthens the position of Mühleberg, which is important for energy security throughout ...
Geneva, Switzerland (ots) - WISeKey announces the appointment of François Barrault as an Advisory Board member. The board, chaired by Carlos Moreira, WISeKey founder and CEO, provides advice to company senior management regarding matters of strategic business development and future revenue growth. ...
Geneva (ots) - - - E150 Million fund to promote Climate-Friendly Economic Growth - Mercuria as Anchor Investor Mercuria will participate as anchor investor in a new Carbon Credit fund launched today by the International Finance Corporation. This new fund, of value up to E150 million, will be an instrument to purchase carbon credits to help reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, extend carbon markets, and ...
Bern (ots) - BKW FMB Energy Ltd (BKW) is engaged in acquiring from Ascométal the Allevard hydroelectric power plant group in the French Alps near Chambéry. The Allevard power plant group comprises four hydroelectric power plants with a collective capacity of 30 Megawatts (MW) and an annual production volume of around 140 Gigawatt hours. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price. The transaction ...
Brussels (ots) - Will it be better to invest in equities or bonds in 2011? Growth prospects in emerging countries are strong and the US economy is improving gradually, so, coupled with the renewed monetary stimulus, we have a positive outlook for financial assets, especially equities. This combination should favour shareholders over debt holders in 2011. We expect a gradual economic recovery in the G7, but Pandora's ...
Geneva (ots) - Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) achieves net profits of CHF 216 million (USD 230 million) for the 2010 financial year as it implements its new strategies for Private Banking and Asset Management. - Assets under management totalled CHF 65 billion (USD 69 billion) as at 31 December 2010, mainly ...
Geneva (ots) - At the 5th Global Competitiveness Forum in Riyadh, Carlos Moreira, founder and CEO of WISeKey, a leading eSecurity company, speaking alongside Jean Chretien, former Canadian Prime Minister, Caroline Daniels, chairman and CEO of Aircraft Technical Publishers, James Turley, chairman and CEO of Ernst & Young and Muhammad Al- Jasser, Saudi Arabian ...
Davos, Switzerland (ots) - At the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, WISeKey, a World Economic Forum Global Growth Company, launched its WISeID Personal Data Protector, a unique application for the protection of personal data and personal identifiable information (PII). WISeID's main objective ...
Geneva (ots) - WISeKey, a leading eSecurity company, and Switzerland's leading English-language magazine, Swiss Style, have joined forces to introduce WISeSwissStyle: a revolutionary iPad app for high-scale events that wish to offer WISeID personal data protection and to broadcast content and make event-related applications available for participants. This ...
Lugano, Switzerland/Woodcliff Lake, NJ (ots) - Helsinn Group and Eisai Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has agreed to the safety and efficacy protocols for Phase III trials with an investigational oral fixed-dose combination of netupitant and palonosetron in the prevention ...
Bern (ots) - BKW FMB Energy Ltd (BKW) has lodged an appeal with the Federal Court against the decision of the Federal Administrative Court dated 11 November 2010 upholding a ruling by the Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom) which decreed a reduction in the chargeable costs for the transmission network ...
Zurich (ots) - The political and economic effects of the financial and economic crisis are not yet behind us. In Switzerland, too, tendencies towards protectionism and interventionism are hindering a consistent policy of growth. economiesuisse calls for the systematic application of competitive, ...
Bern (ots) - The Dubener Platte wind farm of BKW FMB Energy Ltd (BKW) started to generate electricity at the end of December 2010. BKW acquired the wind farm from Ventotec GmbH in Lower Saxony, Germany, in September 2010. Situated in Luckau, Brandenburg, the facility has an installed capacity of 40 MW and, with 20 turbines, will generate around 85 GWh of ...
Bern (ots) - BKW FMB Energy Ltd (BKW) is negotiating with Ascométal with a view to acquiring the Allevard hydroelectric power plant group in the French Alps near Chambéry. The acquisition project is being pursued as part of BKW's foreign growth strategy. The Allevard power plant group comprises four hydroelectric power plants with a collective capacity of ...
WMDO SA - World Medical Device Organization
Niva, Denmark/Ecublens (ots) - Medicoindustrien to Compliment its Live Training Program with WMDO's Online Courses Designed Specifically for Medical Device Professionals Medicoindustrien and WMDO (World Medical Device Organization), the leading global provider of innovative online training for medical ...
Bern (ots) - BKW FMB Energy Ltd (BKW) is to acquire from Fortore Energia S.p.A. four wind farms in Italy and will dispose of its stake in Fortore Wind. In the spring of 2009 BKW entered the wind power business in Italy by acquiring a 33% interest in the newly-founded Fortore Wind Srl from Fortore Energia, which held on to the remaining 67% stake in the new company. Fortore Energia is now buying back BKW's ...
Lugano, Switzerland (ots) - Helsinn Birex Pharmaceuticals Ltd, has been assigned world-wide rights, title and interest in Klean-Prep®, excluding Canada, and an exclusive license for the U.S. Helsinn, a pharmaceutical group based in Lugano, Switzerland today announced that it has entered into an agreement ...
Geneva (ots) - Highlights - Revolving Credit Facility amounts to USD 500 Million - Commitment of twenty-five international banks - Asian RCF is an important part of Mercuria long term growth strategy Mercuria Energy Trading PTE LTD (The "Company") USD500 Million syndicated revolving credit facilities (The "Facilities") A USD500 Million ...
Geneva, Switzerland (ots) - WISeKey founder and CEO, Carlos Moreira, stated that WISeKey was attracted by Mr. Collot's experience at Fortis, Citigroup, AllianzHFP and CASE Advisors in Brussels, London, Paris, Geneva, New York and San Francisco and his previous financial markets experience, including affiliates ...