ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Wednesday, March 30th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

The Ministry of Interior, represented by the Directorate General of Strategy and Performance Development at the General Secretariat of the Office of H.H Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, recently honored coordinators and organizers of complaints from the different sectors of the Ministry of Interior and police general headquarters across the country. The ceremony, which was organized by the Complaints Department, was held in El Etihad Hall at the Ministry of Interior’s Headquarters.

Major General Dr. Nasser Salem Lakhrebani Al Nuaimi, Secretary General of the Office of HH Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, stressed the police leadership’s commitment to provide high-quality services to community members, in order to protect the achievements made in terms of security and safety.

Major General Al Nuaimi also highlighted the MoI's efforts to impro ... Read more »

HOUSTON - Saturday, April 2nd 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB) announced today that it has closed its merger with Cameron International Corporation. As previously announced, each Cameron stockholder is entitled to receive 0.716 shares of Schlumberger common stock and $14.44 in cash, in exchange for each Cameron share. Schlumberger has issued approximately 138 million shares pursuant to the merger. As a result, former Cameron stockholders own approximately 10% of Schlumberger’s outstanding shares of common stock.

The transaction combines two complementary technology portfolios into a pore-to-pipeline products and services offering to the global oil and gas industry. The merger will create technology-driven growth by integrating Schlumberger reservoir and well technology with Cameron wellhead and surface equipment, flow control and processing technology. This will result in the industry’s first complete drilling and produ ... Read more »

LONDON - Thursday, March 31st 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Panasonic Corporation has been awarded a Gold Recognition Level in sustainability performance survey conducted by EcoVadis. This excellent result also places Panasonic among the top 5% performers in the survey.

EcoVadis is a collaborative platform enabling companies to monitor the sustainable performance of their suppliers. EcoVadis uses their unique CSR assessment system with a methodology covering 150 purchasing categories, 110 countries, and 21 CSR indicators. The system analyses and evaluates company performance over 4 major categories, i.e. Environment, Labour Practices & Human Rights, Fair Business Practices and Sustainable Procurement.

Ensuring sustainability in business is of growing interest in the current world. Business is expected to be sustainable and transparent in their performance both in their own organisation and global supply chains.

Since its founding in 1918, P ... Read more »

LONDON - Friday, April 1st 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ITS TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS (INCLUDING PUERTO RICO, THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS, GUAM, AMERICAN SAMOA, WAKE ISLAND AND THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS), ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (THE "UNITED STATES") OR TO ANY U.S. PERSON (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (EACH A "U.S. PERSON")) OR TO ANY PERSON LOCATED OR RESIDENT IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE IT IS UNLAWFUL TO DISTRIBUTE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. OTHER RESTRICTIONS APPLY (SEE "DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTIONS" BELOW).

Vedanta Resources plc (the "Company") announces that, prior to the commencement of its scheduled close period on 1 April 2016, it intends to enter into irrevocable arrangements with one or more third party brokers (the "Brokers") to ... Read more »