Industry leader launches Nominations and Governance application to arm CEOs and board members with information that activists and proxy holders use to target them

 

NEW YORK-Thursday 23 May 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, Diligent Corporation launched a new category, called modern governance, designed to provide leaders with the missing key to bring governance into the digital age, along with new technology and a summit to support this well-designed system. Modern governance is the practice of empowering leaders with technology, insights, and processes to fuel good governance that organizations require to thrive and endure.

Modern governance helps organizations address governance deficits. A governance deficit means an organization lacks the security, foresight, and accountability to withstand the onslaught of contemporary challenges – such as activist investors, cyber risk, regulation, diversity and global uncerta ... Read more »

 • Mark Ronson curates unique approach to music at Sea and The Beach Club at Bimini

• Diplo also set to play a dedicated set at The Beach Club at Bimini next year

• For one night only, new travel brand brings a taste of the unique onboard experiences to London with a star-studded Scarlet Night event

LONDON-Thursday 23 May 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, Virgin Voyages announces a series of exciting updates for its irresistible 2020 sailings.

Expanded Partnership with Mark Ronson

With a heritage deeply rooted in music, Virgin Voyages announced an expanded partnership with Academy, Grammy and Golden Globe-winning artist and producer Mark Ronson. Ronson will join the company’s Creative Collective, a group of world-class tastemakers, artists and designers who are collaborating with Virgin Voyages to bring epic Sailor experiences to sea. In his role as the company’s “Minister of Music,&rdqu ... Read more »

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, -Thursday 23 May 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

Sharjah English School, a not-for-profit school, has received a glowing report from a team assigned to inspect accredited British schools overseas (BSO) by the UK Department for Education. The BSO report characterised SES as “an outstanding school”, stating that “it is very effective and standards across all areas are high”.

Commenting on the report, SES Principal John Nolan said: “We are very proud that the BSO team from the UK Department for Education has recognised the extremely hard work of our staff, pupils and families, who have created a truly unique educational experience.”

“Sharjah English School is one of a few not-for-profit schools in the UAE, and we aim to foster a true community environment where pupils feel happy and thrive. The report comes on the back of our record-breaking GCSE and A Level results in 2018 – the best in Sharjah ... Read more »

YIWU, China -Thursday 23 May 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- On May 23-26, China Yiwu Imported Commodities Fair 2019 opened at Yiwu International Expo Center in Eastern China’s Yiwu city – the world’s capital of small commodities.

The Fair of this year provides 2,012 standard booths in five halls, namely Asia I, Asia II, Europe, America-Australia-Africa & Cross-border Trade & Zhenjiang-International Sister Cities Exchange, and Imported Sweets and Wines, with an exhibition area of over 50,000m2 . Among the nearly 1,000 exhibitors from 85 countries and regions, 170 are from 40 countries and regions along the “Belt and Road” to exhibit daily necessities, home supplies, handicrafts, foods and drinks.

Echoing China International Import Expo (CIIE), a special area is reserved for over 20 CIIE companies to exhibit their quality products including Bosch Group (Germany), skin care brand Rilastil (Italy), and Alligga (Canada) ... Read more »

 Upstream’s security platform blocks 130 million suspicious mobile transactions initiated by popular Android video downloader

VidMate hijacks mobile devices, eats up data, incurs unwanted charges & collects personal user info, potentially affecting over half a billion users

LONDON-Thursday 23 May 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Upstream, a leading mobile technology company, has unveiled that the popular Android application VidMate triggers suspicious background activity. Hidden software within the app delivers invisible ads, generates fake clicks and purchases, installs other suspicious apps without consent and collects personal users’ information. Consequently, it depletes users’ data allowance and brings unwanted charges.

This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190522005501/en/

With over 500 million downloads reported, VidMate is a popular A ... Read more »

TREMBLAY-EN-FRANCE, France-Thursday 23 May 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ADP Ingénierie, company member of Groupe ADP (Paris:ADP), recently won a series of new international and French overseas contracts to provide design missions, research and technical assistance missions to major international airports.

    China, on the airport area encompassing Hong-Kong and Shenzhen:
    Mission to realize a prospecting study on traffic and airport capacity within the zone in order to help with the development of the international airport of Shenzhen. This region of southeastern China concentrates a high density of aircrafts in flight due to the proximity of several airports with significant traffic.

    Taiwan, for Taipei Taoyuan International Airport:
    Simulation study mission for the development of the air traffic. Taipei Airport welcomed 46.5 million passengers in 2018.

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The award-winning Angels Initiative delivers on its three-year goal to create a network of more than 1,500 stroke-ready clinics across Europe

Since 2016, a total of 2,700 clinics worldwide are now part of the Angels Initiative

The ESO Angels Awards praise 331 clinics in several countries who have made great steps in optimising stroke care for patients locally

 

INGELHEIM, Germany -Thursday 23 May 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Angels Initiative announced today at the European Stroke Organisation Conference (ESOC) 2019 in Milan that their three-year goal to create a network of 1,500 stroke-ready centres and hospitals across Europe has been achieved.

The Angels Initiative is a unique healthcare approach to improve care for people who have just suffered a stroke (acute stroke care) across Europe and in emerging markets. It is run by Boehringer Ingelheim in partnership with the European Stroke Organisation (ESO), the ... Read more »

The second-ever CEO RepTrak® study, performed by the Reputation Institute, states acting responsibly, behaving ethically, and caring about social issues are the most important drivers of CEO reputation

 

DALLAS -Thursday 23 May 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Mary Kay Inc., a global beauty brand, today announced that Chairman and CEO David Holl is among the top ten most reputable chief executives in the world according to the Reputation Institute’s CEO RepTrak 2019. The Reputation Institute, the world’s leading provider of reputation measurement, measured the reputation of more than 140 global CEOs and canvassed more than 230,000 individual ratings among the informed public. The study was conducted in January and February of this year.

“David’s leadership and operational expertise since being named CEO in 2006 has contributed significantly to Mary Kay’s success,” said Richard R. Rogers, son of Mary Ka ... Read more »