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Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, May 20th 2014

Dubai Film and TV Commission (DFTC) has released the first ‘Film Dubai Production Guide’ – a

comprehensive resource listing information about locations, talent and advice on filming and

producing in Dubai. DFTC has launched the guide at Cannes Film Festival, one of the most

prestigious events on the film calendar, where it is participating with other UAE film industry entities

to showcase what the UAE has to offer international filmmakers.

The directory is the first guide of its type in the emirate and forms part of DFTC’s ongoing strategy

to simplify and streamline film and TV production in the emirate. It will act as a one-stop resource for

information about filming in Dubai, connecting professionals from across every aspect of the

production process.

The guide contains in-depth information on all aspects o ... Read more »

ISS World Europe 2014

HAYWARD, Calif. - Tuesday, May 20th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Glimmerglass Cyber Solutions, a leader in developing and marketing solutions for a safer and more reliable cyberspace, today announced the availability of Sapience™ Release 1.2. The latest Sapience™ software release includes enhancements in high-value features that enable security analysts to gain instant insight into entities of interest communicating over IP networks.

Sapience™ R1.2 provides robust capture, search, and entity relationship mapping through an intuitive interface. With less than a day of training, analysts can use Sapience to analyze threats, perform network forensics, and instantly discover links and relationships among entities communicating over the network. Sapience™ requires minimal setup and configuration. The enhanced entity relationship map tool provides a snapshot of the all activities conducted by the entity of inter ... Read more »

Polish CDN leader Atende Software utilizes Deutsche Telekom NetAnalyze to validate global competitiveness and improve performance

BONN, Germany. - Tuesday, May 20th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Business Development and Innovation (BDI), an integral part of Deutsche Telekom’s International Wholesale Business Unit, announced today that Atende Software, one of the top IT companies in Poland, is a new customer for BDI’s NetAnalyze product. Atende Software selected BDI’s advanced data services solution for its redCDN platform in order to validate and publish Atende’s web scale performance using the Cedexis Radar public CDN benchmarking.

Recognizing that its CDN customers are increasingly concerned with the holistic quality of experience of their end users, including ISP “last mile” performance, led Atende Software to NetAnalyze. NetAnalyze uses a unique crowd-sourcing approach that provides millions of real-user dat ... Read more »

BEIRUT. - Tuesday, May 20th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Africell Holding signs an agreement with the Orange Group to acquire its majority stake in Orange Uganda.

The transaction upon completion, following regulatory approval, would bring Africell’s portfolio to 4 operations with a total market potential of over 120 million inhabitants.

“Uganda with a population of over 37 million and a penetration rate of 50% was well within the criteria we had set to further expand in Africa targeting high potential and high growth markets” says Ziad Dalloul, Chairman and C.E.O of the Africell Group.

Africell would still be looking to add one more market to its portfolio before end 2015 to further expand and diversify its portfolio to cover West, Central, and East Africa.

Africell holds a dominant leading market share in Gambia and Sierra Leone and was able to achieve a 20% market share in the DRC in less than two years of operations ... Read more »

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Tuesday, May 20th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NetJets® Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway company and the worldwide leader in private aviation, will celebrate its 50th anniversary on May 21 with employees at an event at its headquarters in Columbus, Ohio. NetJets was incorporated as Executive Jet Airways, Inc. on May 21, 1964.

NetJets is the largest company in private aviation with more than 700 aircraft in its fleet worldwide, approximately 6,000 employees around the world and operations in the U.S., Europe and China. The company’s focus on safety and service over 50 years makes it a leader in the private aviation industry.

“NetJets is the iconic brand in private aviation and is responsible for many firsts in private aviation,” said NetJets Chairman and CEO Jordan B. Hansell. “Very few companies in any industry reach the golden anniversary milestone, and through the years NetJets has flourished since it was incor ... Read more »

June 3, 2014

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C - Monday, May 19th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Jefferies 2014 Global Healthcare Conference

(BUSINESS WIRE) Quintiles CFO Kevin Gordon will present at the Jefferies 2014 Global Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, June 3, 2014 in New York City at the Grand Hyatt New York.

The Quintiles presentation will begin at 1:30 p.m. (EDT). Investors may access a live audio webcast of the presentation on the Quintiles’ investor relations website at www.quintiles.com/investors. An archived audio version of the presentation will be available later that day.

About Quintiles

Quintiles (NYSE: Q) is the world’s largest provider of biopharmaceutical development and commercial outsourcing services with a network of more than 29,000 employees conducting business in approximately 100 countries. We have helped develop or commercialize all of the top-50 best-selling drugs on the market. Quintiles applies the breadth and ... Read more »

GENEVA. - Tuesday, May 20th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Growth in developed economies continues to firm up. The United States briefly lost some momentum as a result of tough winter weather but the general trend remains good and the latest data shows that the economy has recovered from this soft patch. The euro area is still showing signs of improvement driven by the strong economic recovery in peripheral countries. Meanwhile central banks remain extremely cautious: the ECB and the BoJ have both intimated that they are prepared to implement extra and extraordinary stimulus measures. The Fed is to carry on gradually trimming its asset-buying program (so-called “tapering”) and any rise in rates is still a long way off.

This is a positive environment for risky assets and high-yield spreads in particular, which continue to offer attractive valuations via high-yield CDS indices. They remain undervalued, as highlighted by the 6.4% implied default rate whi ... Read more »

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OSAKA, Japan - Tuesday, May 20th 2014

Panasonic partners with Churchill Downs to engineer a better fan experience with the world’s largest* 4K LED video board, known as the "Big Board," measuring 171-feet wide by 90-feet tall and sitting 80 feet above the ground.

Video Report from Churchill Downs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MC4k5Z-Ed0

Panasonic Solutions for Fan Excitement

The Kentucky Derby which is known in the United States as "The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sport" and "The Run for the Roses", named for the blanket of roses draped over the winner, was held at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, on May 3rd.

Until last year, tens of thousands of visitors to the Derby who were in the low-lying infield of Churchill Downs usually went home from the event without ever having actually seen the horses or felt the excitement of the race.

This year, at the 140 ... Read more »