COLOMBES, France - Saturday, April 9th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Oberthur Technologies (OT), a leading global provider of embedded security software products, services and solutions, today announced that it will present its first quarter financial results to investors on Tuesday May 3rd, 2016.

Didier Lamouche (CEO) and Anne-France Laclide (CFO) will be presenting these financial results and taking questions the same day at 5pm Paris Time (4pm London Time/11am New York Time).

In order to access the conference call dial-in details, you need to register with Investors Relations: investors@oberthur.com.

If you have already registered, details are available on our website: http://investors.oberthur.com.

ABOUT OBERTHUR TECHNOLOGIES

OT is a world leader in embedded digital security that protects you when you connect, authenticate or pay.

OT is strategically positioned in high growth markets and offers embedded security soft ... Read more »

MUNICH - Saturday, April 9th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

    EBITDA more than doubles to €3.8 million EUR in 2015
    EBIT up 182% to €3.1 million (previous year: €1.7 million)
    FCR yields 32% return on equity

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today FCR Immobilien AG announced its figures for the 2015 financial year, reporting that over the last year it earned by far the highest profits in its history. According to provisional, unaudited figures, the FCR Group managed to increase its earnings before tax (EBT) by 260% last year, achieving a figure of approx. € 1.8 million under consolidated group accounting as per the German Commercial Code (previous year: €0.7 million).

With an overall performance (net sales plus proceeds from the sale of portfolio properties) of approx. €6.9 million (previous year: approx. €3.3 million), the FCR Group took in approx. €4.4 million in gross profits (pre ... Read more »

PUNE, India - Thursday, April 7th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The smart luxury and intuitive service of the Conrad Hotels & Resorts brand debuts in India with the opening of Conrad Pune. Located in the heart of the central business district, the iconic Art Deco inspired Conrad Pune is the epitome of curated experience, services and sophisticated style. The hotel is managed by Hilton Worldwide and owned by Palm Grove Beach Hotels Pvt. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of the K. Raheja Constructions Group.

Poised to become Pune’s most coveted address, the luxury hotel is located on Mangaldas Road near Koregaon Park, the city’s prime commercial, residential and entertainment districts. It offers easy access to the city’s IT and business hubs including Magarpatta, Kharadi, Hinjewadi and Pimpri-Chinchwad, as well as the airport.

“The introduction of the Conrad brand in India marks a significant milestone for the brand’s exp ... Read more »

New Huawei Flagship Device Combines Groundbreaking Innovations and Exceptional Design, Setting a New Standard in Smartphone Photography

LONDON - Thursday, April 7th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today at an exclusive launch event at London’s Battersea Evolution, Huawei Consumer Business Group unveiled the much anticipated Huawei P9 and P9 Plus. Created in collaboration with Leica, the dual-lens P9 sets a new standard in smartphone photography.

The Huawei P9 is the first smartphone co-engineered with the global iconic brand, Leica Camera AG. The P9’s dual-lens camera takes smartphone photography to the next level, allowing people to capture both vivid colors and striking black and white images. Huawei’s new B3 Talkband wearable wristband also made its global debut.

A groundbreaking moment for event guests included a first look at an exclusive trailer of the new Huawei P9 TV commercial starring Henry Cavill a ... Read more »

Doha, Qatar - Wednesday, April 6th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

QNB Group, a leading bank in the Middle East and Africa, announced its results for the three months ended 31 March 2016.

For the first three months of 2016, Net Profit was QAR2.9 billion, (USD 787 million) up by 7.1% compared to last year.

The Group’s prudent cost control policy and strong revenue generating capability allowed it to maintain an efficiency ratio (cost to income ratio) of 22.7%, which is considered one of the best ratios among financial institutions in the region.

Total assets increased by 9.7% from March 2015 to reach QAR550 billion (USD151.1 billion), the highest ever achieved by the Group. This was driven by a growth rate of 16.4% in loans and advances to reach QAR402 billion (USD110.4 billion).

The growth of the Group assets and liabilities has been affected by the sharp devaluation in the Egyptian Pound currency, in which total assets and customer deposits were neg ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Monday, April 4th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

Cataract is an eye disease often affecting elderly people, causing the clouding of the lens, leading to a blurry vision, which must be treated.

No matter how brave we are, the idea of making an incision during an eye surgery is worrying; therefore, and through the advancement of science in eye diseases and surgeries, we reached to the Femtosecond technology. Following years of experimentations, this technology is being utilized to perform cataract surgeries, providing convenience and safe results of the efforts made in this regard.

To those unfamiliar with the measuring unit we are talking about here, we say that the ratio of one second to a femtosecond is similar to the ratio of one second to 32 million years. Using Femtosecond Laser made the surgery results more accurate from other used techniques, due to the high speed and accuracy, in which the Laser makes the surgical incisions. The preci ... Read more »

LUXEMBOURG - Thursday, April 7th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SES Platform Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES S.A. (NYSE Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG), today announced it has entered into a long-term partnership with India's leading media conglomerate, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL), to launch a new free-to-air (FTA) television channel in Germany in both SD and HD by mid-year via SES satellites at Astra 19.2 degrees East. Once launched, Zee One can be received by 18 million households in Germany, as well as 2.5 million German-speaking households in Austria and Switzerland.

This Smart News Release features multimedia. View the full release here: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160407005499/en/

This new channel for the German market will bring high-quality Bollywood films produced by the Indian film industry, as well as popular Indian television series, to German screens for the first time, 24 hours a day.

Under the a ... Read more »