At the conclusion of its activities in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Saturday, October 18th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

The Pan Medical Conference on Women’s Health, which is organized by the Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters, represented by the Medical Services Department, called for conducting a comprehensive survey to identify the major endemic diseases in the region. This would help to create a database aimed at measuring improvement and development of efforts and resources in the fight against these diseases with a view to eradicate them completely. It also recommended encouraging health authorities to develop national programs, by which the diseases prevailing in the region are thoroughly studied with the aim of combating them.    

On the closing day of the conference, which took place on Saturday at the Rosewood Hotel in Abu Dhabi, participants indicated that early health care for woman will protect them against several ag ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, October 16th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

The Strategy and Performance Development Department at Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters carried out a successful mock drill to extinguish a ‘fire’ that broke out at the Abu Dhabi Police GHQ building. Top officers at the Department took part in the drill, which was conducted in collaboration with the General Directorate of Civil Defense and the Emergency and Public Safety Department; during which rescue teams evacuated staff members from the building and managed to extinguish the fire in record time.

As per the scenario, the Abu Dhabi Police’s Operations Room received a tip-off at 8:00 a.m. on the outbreak of the ‘fire’.  As soon as the fire alarm sounded, safety officials evacuated the building and escorted employees and workers to the muster points pending the arrival of Civil Defense and rescue teams.

The evacuation plan was conducted accordin ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, October 16th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Al Majid Motors- Spare Parts Division, the exclusive distributor of Kia vehicles in UAE, was awarded by Kia and Mobis “the Excellence In After Market & Accessory Business Development’’ for its outstanding performance and continuous efforts to enhance the spare parts sales performance.

Mr. Chiwan Yoon, Managing Director of Mobis Parts Middle East (MPME), has given the award to Mr. Salah Al Dein, Spare Parts Dept. Manager, during the '2014 Kia Annual Parts Conference held at Shanghai-China recently.

Mr.Salah Al Dein is glad for this great achievement and quoted:" I am very grateful to Kia and Mobis Middle East for this appreciation given to our Company and I share this to Spare Parts Dept. team whose collective efforts made it possible to be recognized".

Contacts

Mr. Salah Al Dein Yousef

Al Majid Motors

+971 4 285 1399

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Implements Global FX Solution with MaxxTrader, A Turnkey ASP Front-End For Trading Spot Currencies & Precious Metals, & FlexTCA

SINGAPORE - Monday, October 20th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- FlexTrade Systems, Inc., a global leader in multi-asset execution and order management systems, has announced today that Blackwell Global has deployed MaxxTrader as its full STP and white label FX trading system to process spot currencies and precious metals, as well as FlexTCA for its analytic platform for real-time and historical transaction cost analysis.

Michael Chai, CEO of Blackwell Global, shares, “We’re confident that the new partnership with FlexTrade is a big step forward in strengthening our trade executions, offering clients access to better prices and deeper liquidity."

“We are very pleased that Blackwell Global has chosen FlexTrade to handle its trading needs in FX and transaction cost analysis,” said Manis ... Read more »

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Friday, October 17th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

The mid-semester exams kicked off at the Police College for the batches 25, 26, 27 and 28 of recruits, as well as the 25th batch of male university graduates and the 9th batch of female university graduates. The exams will continue until the 26th of October and fall in line with the academic and training plan for the 2014-2015 academic year.

Colonel Saif Ali Al Ketbi, Police College Director, inspected the progress of the exams, and stressed the need to create a convenient environment for students to take their exams and overcome any obstacles they may face. He also urged students to pursue further efforts in their quest of academic and professional excellence; wishing them the best of luck and success. Heads of departments and chiefs of sections accompanied Colonel Al Ketbi during his inspection tour.

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TOKYO - Monday, October 20th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Konica Minolta, Inc. (Konica Minolta) (TOKYO: 4902) (ISIN: JP3300600008) is pleased to announce that it has signed a “Global Leasing Framework Agreement” with De Lage Landen (DLL). This is a significant milestone for both companies and marks the formalization of an already mutually beneficial working relationship.

Konica Minolta is a global manufacturer and service provider in the imaging industry and has been engaged in providing OPS (Optimized Printing Services) and committed to premier customer partnership through its group companies in 45 countries and sales and service outlets in more than 150 across the world.

“We are rapidly expanding the contracts and execution of our OPS business with global major account (GMA) customers to meet their growing needs,” said Jun Haraguchi, Senior Executive Officer, Konica Minolta. “One of the fundamental requirements by GMA ... Read more »

BOUDRY, Switzerland - Monday, October 20th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Celgene International Sàrl, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ:CELG), today announced that results from a double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter phase II trial of GED-0301 in 166 patients with active Crohn's disease will be presented at the United European Gastroenterology Week in Vienna, Austria.

The abstract titled, MONGERSEN, AN ORAL SMAD7 ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE, IN ACTIVE CROHN'S DISEASE, can be viewed here.

“GED-0301, a first-in-class oral antisense therapy, has the potential to change the treatment landscape for Crohn’s disease,” said Scott Smith, President, Celgene Inflammation and Immunology. “Celgene is excited to pursue the clinical development program for this novel therapy in phase III trials in the near future.”

About GED-0301

The investigational oral drug GED-0301 is an antisense o ... Read more »

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Saturday, October 18th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

His Excellency T. P. Seetharam, Ambassador of the Republic of India to the UAE praised the advanced levels of services provided to the inmates of the Punitive and Correctional Establishments in the UAE, as shown in the survey conducted by the embassy of its national inmates incarcerated in the UAE in order to identify their conditions and needs. Only 10% of the responders expressed their wish to spend their remaining sentences in their home country when the Prisoners Exchange Agreement signed between the two countries comes into effect; which indicates the level of general satisfaction among inmates regarding their conditions.

The Indian Ambassador also noted that the surveys conducted regularly by the embassy to review the conditions of its nationals incarcerated at the Punitive Establishment in the UAE have always yielded positive results; whereas no complaints were registered with respect ... Read more »

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Friday, October 17th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

The Ministry of Interior, represented by the Sharjah Air Wing Section, concluded a training course on air ambulance and emergency airlift service from external roads. A total of 34 staff members from the Sharjah Police General Headquarters, the National Ambulance Company, and ‘SANID’ took part in the specialized training course.

Major Mohammed Al Hammadi and Major Tareq Matar Fairouz from the Ministry took part in presenting the program through theoretical and practical lectures to provide participants with the necessary skills to operate the vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) helicopters. It also included a practical training conducted on one of the external roads on how to deal with accidents, such as closing the road to traffic in order to arrange an improvised landing site for the emergency helicopter, as well as training on the means to tend to the injured and how to transpor ... Read more »

SUWANEE, Ga - Sunday, October 19th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Following the announcement in Meggitt PLC’s first-half results and after action by the U.S. General Accounting Office denying the protest of another bidder, Meggitt Training Systems has been reaffirmed as the supplier of the US Army’s next generation virtual small arms trainer, EST (Engagement Skills Trainer) II, in the $99 million contract announced on June 18, 2014.

The five-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract from the US Army Program Executive Office for Simulation and Training (PEO STRI) covers 1,000-plus new and upgraded systems and simulated weapons for US Army facilities worldwide.

Won for ‘Best Value’, the Meggitt solution represents a significant step forward in technology and capability over the incumbent EST 2000 system.

Meggitt’s scalable and robust FATS® M100 open architecture frees customers to readily integr ... Read more »