Press Releases for India

Yum! Brands Announces Opening of 40,000th Restaurant with KFC in Goa, India to Spotlight Emerging Market Leadership and Growth

Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM), the world’s leading restaurant company, announced the opening of its 40,000th restaurant, a flagship KFC store in Goa, India, to spotlight the Company’s emerging market leadership and growth. By 2015, India is expected to have $1 Billion in system sales, which includes company and franchise restaurants. By then, the restaurant company will have over 1,000 KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell outlets in more than 100 cities.

Mat Asia Pacific, India, North America, United States

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.

Mat Asia Pacific, China, Europe, India, North America, South America, United States

Apollo Tyres to Acquire Cooper Tire & Rubber Company

Apollo Tyres Ltd (NSE: ApolloTYRE) and Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE: CTB) today announced the execution of a definitive merger agreement under which a wholly-owned subsidiary of Apollo will acquire Cooper in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $2.5 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, which has been unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies, Cooper stockholders will receive $35.00 per share in cash. The transaction represents a 40% premium to Cooper’s 30-day volume-weighted average price.

Mat Asia Pacific, India, North America, United States

Southco Expands SAP ECC 6.0 System Globally under Rimini Street Support

SAP SAPPHIRE NOW 2013 Conference — Rimini Street, Inc., the leading third-party maintenance and support provider for enterprise software, including SAP AG (NYSE:SAP) software and Oracle Corporation’s (NASDAQ: ORCL) Siebel, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, E-Business Suite, Oracle Database and Hyperion software, today announced that Southco, a leading international provider of engineered access hardware, recently completed the initial phase of its strategic SAP global expansion while utilizing Rimini Street for support of its SAP ECC 6.0 system. Like Southco, hundreds of companies around the world are leveraging third-party support from Rimini Street to reduce total support costs by up to 90 percent while continuing to advance the scope, scale and use of its enterprise software to achieve its business objectives. As a result, many Rimini Street clients, including Southco, are able to use their significant savings from third-party support to fund important business and IT improvements that directly affect their ability to better compete in the global marketplace.

Mat Asia Pacific, Australia, China, Europe, Hong Kong, India, Japan, North America, South Korea, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States

Hines Releases Inaugural Sustainability Report

Hines, the privately held international real estate firm, announced today the release of the firm’s first ever Sustainability Report. The comprehensive report provides a detailed review of Hines’ environmental, social and governance performance, compiled in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).

Mat Asia Pacific, Brazil, Europe, France, Germany, India, Italy, North America, South America, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Lava First to Deliver New Smartphone Based on Intel Technology to Fast-Growing India Market

Intel Corporation and Lava International Ltd., one of India’s
fastest-growing mobile handset companies, announced that the companies
are collaborating to launch the XOLO X900 — India’s first smartphone
with Intel Inside®. The XOLO X900 from Lava is based on Intel’s
smartphone reference design featuring the Intel® Atom™
processor Z2460 with Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology and
supporting HSPA+ with the Intel
XMM 6260 Platform.

Mat Asia Pacific, Europe, India, North America, United States