ME NewsWire

OSIsoft Receives Presidential “E” Award for Exports

info@me-newswire.com — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:00:00 +0100

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- OSIsoft today was awarded the Presidential “E” Award for Exports by U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary John Bryson at the White House in Washington, D.C. The “E” Awards are the highest recognition any U.S. entity may receive for making a significant contribution to the expansion of U.S. exports.

“Exporting continues to be a key component of our sales growth, and we are honored to receive the “E” Award,” said J. Patrick Kennedy, OSIsoft's CEO and founder. “We have been doing business internationally since 1980 and have been exporting our product, the PI System, since 1986. Today we export the PI System to over 110 countries. Exports are a very important component of our growth and today represent over 50 percent of our business. ...

RTX Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) Platform Broadens the Scope of IntervalZero's Solution

info@me-newswire.com — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:00:00 +0100

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- IntervalZero Inc., whose RTX software transforms Microsoft Windows into a real-time operating system (RTOS), is broadening the scope of its solution through a vertically integrated RTX RTOS Platform.

IntervalZero CEO Jeffrey Hibbard said the RTX RTOS Platformcombines trusted, proven technologies and innovative new technologies to deliver cost and performance breakthroughs, and other benefits in markets that require hard real-time or deterministic capabilities for high-precision, high-performance applications. ...

Alpine Global Premier Properties Fund Commences Tender Offer

info@me-newswire.com — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:00:00 +0100

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Alpine Global Premier Properties Fund (NYSE: AWP) (the “Fund”) announced today it is commencing a tender offer (the “Offer”) to purchase for cash up to 21,489,143 (representing approximately 20%) of its issued and outstanding common shares, no par value per share, at a price equal to 95% of the net asset value (“NAV”) per share, determined as of the business day immediately following the day the Offer expires. The Offer will expire on June 15, 2012, at 5:00 P.M., or on such later date to which the Offer is extended.

If the number of shares properly tendered and not properly withdrawn exceeds the maximum amount of the Offer then, on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, the Fund will purchase shares from tendering shareholders on a pro rata basis. ...

Coca-Cola Launches Anywhere in the World the Coca-Cola Anthem for the London 2012 Olympic Games

info@me-newswire.com — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:00:00 +0100

“Sport is music in the way that it has so many different natural rhythms…when I was recording the athletes I wasn't really thinking of them in terms of athletes performing a sport, I was thinking of them as people in an orchestra.”Mark Ronson

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Fusing the sounds of sport and music. Anywhere in the World, the anthem for the Coca-Cola London 2012 Olympic campaign, launched globally today. Available for purchase

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- AGCO, Your Agriculture Company (NYSE: AGCO), a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment, celebrated a groundbreaking ceremony for its African Master Parts Distribution Centre together with its South African distribution partner, Barloworld, in Johannesburg on Monday. "Africa offers tremendous growth opportunities in the agricultural equipment sector,” said Martin Richenhagen, Chairman, President and CEO of AGCO. “AGCO is committed to growing its presence within Africa by investing in distribution infrastructure and new training sites. Our new warehouse will allow us to better serve our customers in Sub-Saharan Africa.”

The new AGCO Parts Distribution Centre will be located close to the O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg with optimal logistical connections. ...

Pivotal study on afatinib may challenge current standard first line treatment1 for lung cancer ...

info@me-newswire.com — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:00:00 +0100

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Among the numerous abstracts being presented by Boehringer Ingelheim at the 48th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago, June 1-5, 2012, the company will present results from the highly anticipated pivotal LUX-Lung 3 Phase III clinical trial. LUX-Lung 3 investigated afatinib*, and was the largest and most robust trial to date in first-line EGFR mutation positive, advanced, metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients,1 and the first study to use pemetrexed / cisplatin as a comparator.

The study results will shed light on a distinct and specific NSCLC patient population: those with EGFR mutations. EGFR mutations occur in 10-15% of Caucasian and 30-40% of Asian NSCLC patients 2and their presence is a well-established predictive biomarker that provides specific targets for therapeutic intervention in NSCLC. ...

Wells Fargo's International Group Names Shoar Hassan Regional Manager for Middle East and North ...

info@me-newswire.com — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:00:00 +0100

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Wells Fargo International Group, part of Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC), announced that Shoar Hassan has joined its Global Financial Institutions (GFI) group as regional manager for Middle East and North Africa. Based in Dubai, Hassan reports to Dilek Mutus, head of Wells Fargo's GFI business for Turkey, Russia, Middle-East and Sub-Continent India.

Serving more than 3,000 banks in 130 countries, Wells Fargo's GFI business provides payments, collections, trade services, deposits, credit, foreign exchange, liquidity and investment management to financial institutions and multilateral agencies across the globe. With extensive experience managing debt capital markets, loan distribution and investment products, Shoar will be responsible for strengthening Wells Fargo's relationships with select commercial banks and sovereign wealth funds in the region. ...

A.M. Best Opens Office in the Dubai International Financial Centre

info@me-newswire.com — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:00:00 +0100

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A.M. Best Co. is pleased to announce the opening of its new office in the Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC) in Dubai, UAE. The new office, located in Tower 2, Currency House, DIFC, will operate as A.M. Best MENA, South & Central Asia, servicing clients throughout the region and developing new relationships to continue to grow its insurance ratings franchise. Rating analytics will continue to be performed by teams based in London and Hong Kong. A.M. Best obtained the necessary approvals to establish within the DIFC in February.

A.M. Best is the leading international rating agency with a specialist focus on the worldwide insurance industry, including the Takaful sector. ...

NEC Completes Acquisition of Convergys Corporation's Information Management (IM) Business