Press Releases for South America
The Coca-Cola Company and World Economic Forum Announce Winners of the Coca-Cola Shaping a Better Future Grant Challenge
The Coca-Cola Company today announced the 2015 winners of the Coca-Cola Shaping a Better Future Grant Challenge – a competition exclusively for members of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Community. Global Shapers are young leaders between 20 and 30 years old who are organized into a network of nearly 500 city-based hubs. For the competition, Global Shapers launch projects that address the world’s most challenging issues, with the opportunity to win seed money to expand their initiatives.
Binatone Acquires License Rights to Motorola Mobility’s Accessories to Scale Its Global Business
Binatone Global, a leading provider of IoT connected consumer electronics and lifestyle products, has acquired exclusive license rights to design, develop and market certain Motorola accessory products.
Business Wire Significantly Expands Brazil Distribution with Tiered Platform That Provides Clients with Greater ROI Reporting Capabilities
Business Wire today announced a major expansion of its distribution capabilities in Brazil, leveraging the collective advantages of the country’s leading press release portal, most influential financial information provider, direct access to some 25,000 registered journalists, and posting potential to approximately 150 websites.
Three Years of Field Trials With Nitrogen-Efficient Rice Demonstrate Significant Yield Increases
Arcadia Biosciences, Inc., an agricultural technology company that develops and commercializes plant traits and products that improve farm economics and benefit the environment and human health, has joined with the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) to announce the completion of a third year of field trials of Nitrogen Use Efficient (NUE) rice. CIAT has been testing the rice at the center’s research fields in Colombia. For the third year in a row, rice lines with Arcadia’s NUE trait produced significant yield increases relative to conventional varieties.
Everything is Awesome! Merlin Entertainments Announces New 4D Film Based On The LEGO® Movie™ From Warner Bros. to Launch Exclusively To LEGOLAND® Parks And LEGOLAND® Discovery Centers Worldwide
Merlin Entertainments announced today it is partnering with Warner Bros. Consumer Products and The LEGO Group to bring a new 4D animated film based on the popular characters of The LEGO® Movie™, from Warner Bros. Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures and LEGO System A/S, to guests at LEGOLAND® Parks and LEGOLAND® Discovery Centers around the world later this year. The new 4D animated film will open exclusively at the six LEGOLAND Parks and 11 LEGOLAND Discovery Centers in North America, Asia and Europe.
Warid Telecom First to Offer Businesses and Consumers in Pakistan 4G Small Cell Systems To Deliver Reliable Mobile Coverage and Capacity
SpiderCloud Wireless, Inc., the leading provider of scalable small cell systems, today announced that Warid Telecom, a 4G mobile operator in Pakistan, has started deployments of scalable small cell systems from SpiderCloud Wireless, with Emtel Communications as the system integrator, to empower business and consumer customers in major cities of Pakistan with reliable indoor and public space 4G mobile coverage and capacity.
McKesson and Celesio to Operate as an Integrated Company – Achieving Important Acquisition Milestone
McKesson Corporation (NYSE:MCK) (“McKesson”), a leading North American healthcare services and information technology company, announced that the Stuttgart Higher Regional Court approved the registration of the domination and profit and loss transfer agreement between Celesio AG [ISIN DE000CLS1001] (“Celesio”), a leading international wholesale and retail company and provider of logistics and services to the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors, and McKesson Deutschland GmbH & Co. KGaA (formerly known as Dragonfly GmbH & Co. KGaA), a wholly owned subsidiary of McKesson, earlier today. The agreement is expected to be formally registered shortly. The registration of the domination profit and loss transfer agreement marks a key milestone in the acquisition of Celesio, first announced on October 24, 2013, allowing McKesson and Celesio to operate as an integrated company.
Emerging Trend Identified in the Evolution of Men’s Style as Almost Half of Men Globally Take Up Body Grooming
Gillette® (NYSE: PG), the world’s leading male grooming brand, today unveils a video that shows the evolution of men’s style over the last century. In just sixty seconds, the video uses the perspective of a man’s bathroom mirror to show iconic looks from each era, spotlighting the way grooming habits have played a role in defining each look and ultimately ending on a man with a fully-shaved chest to highlight the global trend of body shaving. And to ensure guys have the right tools for the times, Gillette has introduced the Gillette BODY Razor built for a man’s terrain.
Smartmatic to Provide Election Services in Brazil
Smartmatic, the world’s leading voting technology and services provider, has been awarded a contract by Brazil´s Superior Electoral Court (TSE), to guarantee data and voice communications in the 15 most isolated states during the general elections to be held in October.
Pathway Genomics Launches BRCA1/2 Genetic Test with One for One Program
Pathway Genomics Corporation, a San Diego-based CLIA and CAP accredited clinical laboratory that offers genetic testing services globally, today announced it has launched BRCATrueTM, a next-generation sequencing and deletion/duplication analysis that can detect mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2, the genes linked to breast, ovarian and other types of cancer. BRCATrue has a sensitivity of >99.99% and the broadest coverage across BRCA1/2 in the industry.
Chile Metro Selects Hytera TETRA Communications Solution
Hytera Mobilfunk was awarded the contract for a TETRA radio system for secure radio communications in the metro system of the city of Santiago de Chile.
2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ Glass Roof for Player Benches Unveiled
AGC today unveiled the official glass roof for player benches for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™. The glass roof, made from chemically strengthened glass, provides unparalleled visibility, durability and damage resistance, and is an evolution from the model provided last year by AGC to the FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013.
AGC’s Dragontrail™ Now Carried by 37 Electronic Device Brands
AGC, a world-leading supplier of glass, chemicals, ceramics and other high-tech materials and components, today announced that its Dragontrail™ damage- and scratch-resistant glass is now carried by 37 major brands of electronic devices worldwide. Sales of Dragontrail, a specialty glass used as protective cover glass in smartphones and tablets and other electronic devices, have grown 500% since its launch three years ago.
AvaTrade Launches Major New $10,000 Bonus Campaign
Leading Forex & CFD broker AvaTrade has announced the launch of a new client promotion for 2014 aimed at experienced traders.
Venezuelans Register 58,054,847 Valid Votes in 10 Hours
“Electing 2,790 posts from 16,088 candidates and then announcing official results within a few hours. These are feats only seen in countries that employ electoral automation,” stated Antonio Mugica, CEO of Smartmatic, the company responsible for designing and deploying the technological voting platform used in Venezuela’s recent municipal elections.
Ledzworld Delivers Knockout to CMH Lamps; Introduces Industry’s First High Output, Single Source LED PAR38 Lamp
Ledzworld, the innovator behind the top brands in commercial LED lighting, announced today a new LED lamp that makes traditional ceramic metal halide (CMH) bulbs a thing of the past. The perfect choice to replace outdated and inefficient CMH bulbs, Ledzworld’s Platinum LED PAR38 lamp is the industry’s first 2000 lumen, single source LED lamp without active cooling.
NIKE Unveils 2014 Brasil National Team Kit
NIKE (NYSE:NKE) today unveiled the new Brasil National Team home kit at an event in Rio de Janeiro. The kit, which will be worn by the hosts next summer, combines performance innovation, cultural design cues and environmentally sustainable materials.
Nanum Develops Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) Inkjet Ink Technology
Nanum Nanotecnologia S.A., a Brazilian Company, is pleased to announce that it is supplying functionalized, water-based high concentrated magnetic dispersion to HP for the security magnetic inkjet ink MICR.
Mobli Announces a Strategic Investment by América Móvil
Mobli (www.mobli.com) the social-mobile photo and video-sharing multi-platform, today announced that América Móvil (NYSE: AMX), the leading provider of integrated telecommunications services in the Americas has made a strategic investment in Mobli as part of Mobli’s $60 Million Funding Round and has reached a business collaboration arrangement to introduce Mobli’s innovative products to América Móvil’s mobile users.
McKesson Announces Agreement to Purchase Celesio to Create Leading Global Healthcare Services Platform
McKesson Corporation [NYSE: MCK] (“McKesson”), a leading North American healthcare services and information technology company, and Celesio AG [ISIN DE000CLS1001] (“Celesio”), a leading international wholesale and retail company and provider of logistics and services to the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors, announced today that McKesson has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Celesio for ˆ23 per share and to launch parallel voluntary public tender offers for the remaining publicly-traded shares and outstanding convertible bonds of Celesio. The offer price of ˆ23 per share represents a 39% premium over the three-month volume weighted average price prior to the market speculation that began on October 8, 2013. The total transaction, including the assumption of Celesio’s outstanding debt, is valued at approximately $8.3 billion(ˆ6.1 billion)*.
NDS Surgical Imaging Advances Healthcare in Emerging Markets with New 21” EndoVue SE Surgical Display
NDS Surgical Imaging (NDSsi) has developed a new surgical display designed to bring the latest imaging technology to cost-sensitive emerging markets. Offering an advanced feature set including LED-backlight technology, the 21” EndoVue SE delivers the image quality of a high-definition (HD) surgical display in an affordable solution. Shipping now, the 21” EndoVue® SE display provides medical-grade reliability, and is specially engineered for multiple applications within any OR setting.
Lady Gaga Partners with Clear Channel Outdoor in an Exclusive Global Unveiling of New ARTPOP Album Cover
Clear Channel Outdoor (NYSE:CCO) today announced that international recording artist Lady Gaga will reveal the cover artwork for her new album, ARTPOP, for the first time, in a piece by piece unveiling on Clear Channel Outdoor digital billboards and screens in major cities across the globe. The company is pushing the boundaries of its unparalleled international footprint and digital technologies with this first-ever out-of-home campaign that sequences a stepped reveal of advertiser creative in unison across the world. The campaign showcases the global scale, reach and impact of Clear Channel Outdoor’s digital inventory, which marries the oldest and most enduring advertising medium with the newest technologies to provide huge creative potential for brands to connect with people.
Otsuka Receives Opinion from CHMP on Delamanid
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Otsuka) today announced the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has adopted a negative opinion for delamanid for the treatment of pulmonary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in combination with an optimised background regimen (OBR) according to WHO guidelines in patients. The CHMP considered that the duration of treatment (two months) in the Phase IIb randomised controlled trial (Trial 204) was too short to establish the effectiveness of delamanid in treating tuberculosis when added to other anti-tuberculosis medicines.
Gehrlicher Solar America Breaks Ground on 3 Megawatt Solar System on Scituate Landfill Site
Gehrlicher Solar America Corporation, in cooperation with Main Street Power Company Inc., an owner and operator of solar assets, MS Solar Solutions Corp., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley, project developers Syncarpha Capital and Brightfields Development, LLC along with the town of Scituate, Massachusetts, celebrated with a groundbreaking ceremony of a 3 MWp solar system on June 18th.
Rimini Street Congratulates InformationWeek’s IT Executive of the Year – Alexandre Baulé, Embraer CIO
Rimini Street, Inc., the leading third-party maintenance and support provider for enterprise software, including SAP AG’s (NYSE:SAP) Business Suite and BusinessObjects software and Oracle Corporation’s (NASDAQ: ORCL) Siebel, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, E-Business Suite, Oracle Database and Hyperion software, congratulates Alexandre Baulé, chief information officer at Embraer SA. (NYSE: ERJ), for being named Brazilian IT Executive of the Year – Cost Efficiency, by InformationWeek. Baulé received the
Anti-dumping tariffs on PV-modules: Banks call loans with solar pioneer Gehrlicher Solar AG due to the changes in market conditions
Pioneering German photovoltaic company Gehrlicher Solar AG files for protection under the German bankruptcy laws. Its subsidiaries, in particular the successful, growing US subsidiary Gehrlicher Solar America Corporation, are not directly affected by this filing.
Solazyme and AkzoNobel Enter Agreement Spanning Surfactants and Coatings Markets
Solazyme, Inc. (NASDAQ: SZYM), a renewable oil and bioproducts company, and AkzoNobel, a leading global paints and coatings company and a major producer of specialty chemicals, announced today that they have entered into an agreement targeting the development of advanced tailored oils and commercial sales for near-term product supply.
Monopoly Fans Worldwide Decide Cat Token Will Make Purr-Fect Addition to Classic Game
The next MONOPOLY game token to ‘Pass GO!’ and collect $200 will be…the cat! After a month of voting on Facebook, and an overwhelming response from fans and organizations from 185 countries around the world, the cat has been chosen and will become the newest addition to the classic game from Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS). The cat was able to scratch past the toy robot, guitar, helicopter, and diamond ring in the MONOPOLY “Save Your Token” campaign by receiving 31 percent of the fan vote.
Guy F. Tozzoli Dies, Visionary Founder of World Trade Centers Association
A man who changed the world through international trade – and did so more than once – Guy F. Tozzoli, President Emeritus of the World Trade Centers Association (WTCA), died Saturday evening in his sleep in Myrtle Beach, SC. He would have turned 91 on February 12.
Venezuela: E-voting Used to Elect 260 Offices
For the second time this year, Venezuelan voters exercised their right to elect State Governors and representatives to Legislative Councils through a sophisticated electronic e-voting system that enabled electoral authorities to announce the official results in only 3 hours after the polls closed.