ATLANTA - Thursday, January 10th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- HD Supply, Inc. ("HD Supply”) today announced that it intends to commence a private offering of $650,000,000 of Senior Subordinated Notes due 2021 (the "Notes”). There can be no assurance that the proposed offering of Notes will be completed.

HD Supply intends to use the proceeds from the sale of the Notes to redeem a portion of its outstanding 13.5% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015 and to pay related fees and expenses.

The Notes will be offered in a private offering exempt from the registration requirements of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act”). The Notes will be offered only to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A and to certain persons outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S, each under the Securities Act.

The Notes will not be and have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the ... Read more »

TOKYO - Thursday, January 10th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

14th IC PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY EXPO

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Toshiba Corporation(TOKYO:6502) today announced that Shozo Saito, Corporate Senior Executive Vice President responsible for Toshiba Group's electronic components business, will make the opening keynote speech at 14th IC PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY EXPO, on Thursday, January 17.

Mr. Saito will speak on "Toshiba's Semiconductor and Storage Products Strategy and Expectations of Packaging Technology." He will introduce Toshiba's strategies for total innovation in storage in the coming age of smart communities and the company's expectations of semiconductor packaging technologies necessary for success in its wide ranging semiconductor business.
 

Keynote speech at IC PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY EXPO

Date:
          

Thursday, January 17

Time:
          

10:00-10:45 ... Read more »

SHENZHEN, China - Thursday, January 10th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

2013 International CES

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ZTE Corporation ("ZTE”) (0763.Hong Kong /000063.Shenzhen), a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment, network solutions and mobile devices, today announced the global launch of the T82, an Android™ mobile handset designed to help mobile phone users make the transition to their first smartphone.

The phone, and customised UI (User Interface), was designed together with Australian carrier, Telstra.

Released as EasyTouch® 4G in Australia, the T82 is the first smartphone in a series of ’Easy’ devices from ZTE and Telstra. It sits alongside two feature phones designed for the older demographic, the Telstra Easy Discovery® 3 and the Telstra EasyCall® 2, which are also being made available to carriers globally today.

Mr. He Shiyou, ZTE EVP and Head of the Terminal Division said "This next stage in the development of ‘Easy’ devices s ... Read more »

LAKEWOOD, Colo - Wednesday, January 9th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Terumo BCT announces the Call for Expressions of Interest for the Plasma Exchange Innovation Award. This award is designed to fund science and research that furthers greater understanding of the use of plasma exchange, or plasmapheresis. Work may be in the areas of neurology, nephrology, immunology, hematology or other fields of medicine. Terumo BCT will award $100,000 to one recipient or smaller grants (totaling up to $100,000) to multiple recipients. Expressions of Interestwill be accepted until 29 April, 2013.

KEY FACTS:

    The Plasma Exchange Innovation Award is intended to encourage the investigation of novel scientific ideas, best practices and standards that have the potential to advance the understanding and the use of plasma exchange.
    Applicants must submitan Expression of Interest, a short two-page form, by 29 April, 2013 to be considered for ... Read more »

Online soccer community Transfermarkt successfully completes beta test of DeviceAtlas module for the NGINX Web server

DUBLIN - Wednesday, January 9th 2013

(BUSINESS WIRE/ ME NewsWire)-- Nginx, Inc., provider of the high-performance NGINX Web server, and mobile Web technology specialist dotMobitoday announced the immediate availability of a device detection module for NGINX using dotMobi’s DeviceAtlas®solution.

Speedy, accurate and reliable device detection is critical for serving customers across an increasingly fragmented Web landscape of desktop, mobile and gaming devices. Now, a new DeviceAtlas module for NGINX allows the task of real-time device detection to shift to the server layer from the traditional application layer in the "technology stack.” This means all applications above the server layer of the technology stack benefit from world-class device intelligence in real time, which reduces infrastructure costs and optimizes application loads.

Ig ... Read more »

Recognized for its visionary approach and technologies in the mobile consumer storage category

TOKYO - Wednesday, January 9th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Storage Visions 2013

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) is pleased to announce that its MQ01ABDH hybrid drive series was awarded the Storage VisionsTM Visionary Award in the Mobile Consumer Storage product category at the 12th annual Storage Visions Conference, held in Las Vegas, U.S.A. from January 6th to 7th . Storage Visions is an annual storage products technical event covering hard disk drives (HDD) and solid state drives (SSD), and the award recognizes excellence in embedded storage solutions in mobile consumer devices.

Today's PCs must meet increasingly strong demands for storage capacities that can handle multiple HD videos and other data-rich sources, and deliver read/write speeds that support excellent performance. Toshiba's MQ01ABDH hybrid drive integrates NAND flash memory with a hard dr ... Read more »

ACEA Sets Aside East Coast Regatta to Focus on San Francisco

ME Newswire / Business Wire

SAN FRANCISCO - Wednesday, January 9th 2013

In an effort to retain a sharp focus on the centerpiece of sailing’s most prestigious trophy, the America’s Cup Event Authority (ACEA) will shift its attention from the America’s Cup World Series (ACWS) events contemplated for later in the spring. Instead, the ACEA will turn its full focus to San Francisco’s "Summer of Sailing,” starting with the Louis Vuitton Cup beginning July 4th and culminating with the America’s Cup finals that start September 7th.

"The America’s Cup regattas on the San Francisco Bay this summer will be spectacular,” said ACEA chief executive officer, Stephen Barclay. "The Louis Vuitton Cup, the America’s Cup Challenger Series, will feature three very competitive challengers. They will compete to become the ultimate challenger to take on the current America’s Cup champions, ORACLE TEAM USA.”

The AC ... Read more »