Nuremberg, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - Close to two thirds feel guilty when they do something that is not environmentally friendly. - The same number says they only buy products and services that appeal to their beliefs, values or ideals. With the 45th World Earth Day happening this week, GfK has published survey findings showing how important environmental values are ...
Paris/München (ots) - For the past 3 years, STUDIOCANAL has been actively developing the company's production of international and local TV series, strengthening its status as a European leader in content. To support this development, STUDIOCANAL is splitting distribution from production for its TV business unit. A reinforced sales and marketing team will operate under the STUDIOCANAL banner. It will be headed by the ...
Nuremburg, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - 17.6 million smartwatches and health and fitness trackers (HFT) bought worldwide last year - HFT accounted for 77 percent of overall volume sold - GfK predicts smartwatch sales will overtake HFT sales in 2015 GfK's trends data shows that 13.5 million health and fitness trackers were sold globally last year, compared to 4.1 million smartwatches. With major companies expected to enter ...
Ringier Axel Springer Media AG
Zurich (ots) - With immediate effect, Milan Dubec (34) will - in addition to his current role as CEO of the Slovakian online portal Azet - become General Manager of Ringier Axel Springer Slovakia. Moreover Milan Dubec will hold minority shares in Ringier Axel Springer Slovakia while his minority share in Azet, which was founded by him, will be reduced. This means he ...
Shire Pharmaceuticals Group Plc
Lexington, Massachusetts And Zug, Switzerland (ots/PRNewswire) - Shire plc announces that it has for the first time placed in the Global 100 Sustainability Index. Shire was ranked 62nd in the index, which is being revealed during the World Economic Forum in Davos this week. The Global 100 Index is a global ranking by Canada-based media and investment advisory company, Corporate Knights, of the top sustainability ...
Toronto (ots/PRNewswire) - Reserves and Resources of 10.6 Million Gold Equivalent Ounces at Kemess Property AuRico Gold Inc. , ("AuRico" or the "Company") today announced an initial National Instrument 43-101 compliant indicated resource of 2.1 million gold equivalent ounces and an inferred resource of 3.4 million gold equivalent ounces at the Kemess East deposit, ...
Ringier Axel Springer Media AG
Zurich (ots) - - Cross-reference: Picture is available at: http://www.presseportal.de/galerie.htx?type=obs - With immediate effect Carsten Dorn (46), Chief Operations Officer at Axel Springer Media Impact, will become new member of the Supervisory Board of Media Impact Polska, the joint sales organization of Grupa Onet.pl and Ringier Axel Springer Poland. Jonny Crowe ...
Ringier Axel Springer Media AG
Zurich (ots) - With effect from January 15, 2015 Veselin Simonovic (56) becomes Editorial Director of Blic, the leading daily tabloid and online news platform in Serbia, owned by the Ringier Axel Springer subsidiary. Marko Stjepanovic (40) succeeds Simonovic and becomes the new editor-in-chief of Blic. In his new ...
Nuremberg, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - GfK is promoting a major new approach that addresses the acknowledged gap between customer satisfaction and customer loyalty. Most companies know that satisfaction does not necessarily imply loyalty, which GfK has re-confirmed via a recent global R&D study that showed that the correlation between a company's level of customer ...
Toronto (ots/PRNewswire) - New KPMG report spotlights 100 world-class infrastructure projects that balance solving problems of society today while preparing for demands of the future KPMG International's Infrastructure 100: World Markets Report [http://www.kpmg.com/infrastructure100 ], highlights key trends driving infrastructure investment around the world. A global ...
London (ots/PRNewswire) - - Germany sees large gain in 'sports excellence', which helps in part to drive it to first place - USA is downgraded heavily by Russia and Egypt for role in global peace and security - Russia is only nation to suffer a precipitous global reputation drop; their score drop for "peace and security" is the largest for any single attribute After holding the number one place since 2009, the USA has ...
Brussels, Belgium (ots/PRNewswire) - First chapter, available November 3, 2014, to address dental care and oral hygiene as a form of preventative healthcare for pets WikiVet and Mars Petcare announced today a collaboration that aims to improve the quality and reach of reference materials freely available online to ...
Brussels (ots/PRNewswire) - The results of the comprehensive assessment of the 130 most significant European banks show that the sector is very robust and capable of sustaining a severe recession, the European Banking Federation concludes from the final results of the assessment as published today by the European Central Bank, European Banking Authority and national supervisors. Their analysis confirms that European ...
Brussels (ots/PRNewswire) - Achieving Sustained Excellence In 2014, many organisations may say they understand the concepts of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainability, but can they really demonstrate the integration of these concepts into the way they work? When the EFQM Excellence Model was first issued in 1992, the inclusion of a criterion called "Impact on Society" caused the most discussion. Still ...
Nuremberg, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - Global market research agency, GfK, has released part of its 2015 forecasts for sales of technology devices, showing that the stable global forecast hides multi-billion dollar changes at country level. GfK's technology device forecasts cover 70 different digital device types globally and indicate that the overall market in 2015 ...
Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - Grand Prize Winner Barcelona Aims to Create Digital and Community 'Trust Network' for Each of its At-Risk Elderly Residents Athens, Greece; Kirklees in Yorkshire, UK; Stockholm, Sweden; and Warsaw, Poland Also Win Funds for Innovative Solutions to Pressing Urban Challenges Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced the winners in its 2014 Mayors ...
Woodbridge, Ontario (ots/PRNewswire) - Pivotal Therapeutics Inc. (OTCQX:PVTTF; CSE:PVO), ("Pivotal" or the "Company"), a specialty pharmaceutical company with a focus on Omega-3 therapies for cardiovascular disease ("CVD") and overall health, announced today that an article entitled, "Redox-sensitive induction of Src/PI3-kinase/Akt and MAPKs pathways activate eNOS in ...
Amsterdam (ots/PRNewswire) - After falling into recession in 2012/13 the Czech Republic has seen a revival in both business and consumer confidence this year: an encouraging sign for foreign companies planning to export to this resurgent market. To assist those companies, leading credit insurer Atradius has published a concise report - 'Trade successful with the Czech ...
Amsterdam (ots/PRNewswire) - Today Atradius Collections releases the new edition of the International Debt Collection Handbook explaining the different stages of amicable settlement, financial regulations around collections, legal proceedings and insolvency procedures. The handbook is useful for credit managers ...
Beerse, Belgium (ots/PRNewswire) - New report calls on governments to play their part and improve surveillance, screening and diagnosis of hepatitis C worldwide 'Tackling hepatitis C: Moving towards an integrated policy approach', a report published by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) today reveals that many ...
European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
Geneva (ots) - As the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil gets under way, EUROVISION is mounting its largest ever broadcast services operation, enabling viewers worldwide to experience all the action during the tournament on and off the pitch. HD signals of all 64 games from 12 different stadiums around the country will be distributed to rightsholders throughout the month- long ...
Beerse, Belgium (ots/PRNewswire) - /NOT INTENDED FOR UK MEDIA/ Phase 3 data (Abstract LBA7008) featured in the official press programme of the 50th annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and simultaneously published in The New England Journal of Medicine Data from the international, multicentre ...
London (ots/PRNewswire) - Deconstructing the Deregulation Bill The Government's draft Deregulation Bill first appeared in June last year. Clause 1 of that draft bill includes proposals to exempt certain self-employed people from health and safety law. To view the Multimedia News Release, please click: http://www.multivu.com/mnr/71400542-SHP-IOSH-deregulation-bill This has caused some controversy among health and safety ...
London (ots/PRNewswire) - - World's longest running service management exhibition moves to London ExCeL - Exhibition announces top calibre seminar programme The Service Management Expo [http://www.servicemanagementexpo.co.uk ] (SME) is Europe's largest exhibition catering for the field service industry and with a thirty year history has been a long established central event for field service professionals both in the UK ...
European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
Genf, Schweiz (ots) - At 21:00 CET tonight the five candidates to become the next European Commission President began to stake their claims to the EU's top job during the EUROVISION DEBATE, live from the hemicycle of the European Parliament, in Brussels. With the European elections just a week away, the EUROVISION DEBATE is the candidates' last chance to reach out to millions of European voters on television, radio and ...
Manchester, England (ots/PRNewswire) - UBM Live has appointed Michael Miller as Head of Content & Industry Relations for Routes, organisers of the world's leading air service development events. "We are delighted to welcome Michael to the Routes business," commented Katie Bland, Director Routes for UBM Live continuing: "Michael has almost 25 years experience in ...
Amsterdam (ots/PRNewswire) - Improved process efficiency, with modern manufacturing techniques could save billions and increase profits, improve quality and open up sales in developing markets Girish Malhotra, CPhI expert panel view: "'Process centricity' has to overtake the current 'regulation centricity' if pharma ...
Manchester, England (ots/PRNewswire) - Record attendance expected at continent's largest route development event The 9th Routes Europe, the largest route development event for the European region, will open this weekend in Marseille, France. This year the event expects a record attendance of over 1,100 aviation professionals from airlines, airports and tourism authorities to discuss new air services to, from and within the entire European region. The event, which takes place ...
Hellerup, Denmark (ots/PRNewswire) - Saxo Bank [http://www.saxobank.com/?noredirect=true ], the online multi-asset trading and investment specialist, has published its second quarterly insight for 2014, focusing on the outlook for Europe. European outlook: A United States of Europe? Following an abundance of false starts, the European economy is likely to encounter further challenges in Q2, Saxo Bank writes in its second ...
African Press Organization - APO
Lausanne (ots) - APO (African Press Organization) (http://www.apo-opa.com), the sole press release wire in Africa, and the global leader in media relations related to Africa, announced today the opening of an office in Dubai (United Arab Emirates) to serve the Middle East, where demand for APO media relations ...