— Strong growth in net sales of major product categories —

TOKYO-Wednesday 8 August 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:7272)(ISIN:JP3942800008) announced today that in the first half of its fiscal year ending December 31, 2018, consolidated net sales of 851.3 billion yen were up 2.8% from the previous year. The company achieved all-time highs in operating income of 82.2 billion yen (up 0.1%), however saw a 5% decrease in ordinary income to 79.3 billion yen and 6.3% decrease in net income for the period attributable to parent company shareholders to 57.0 billion yen.

Net sales increased thanks to healthy results in the emerging markets motorcycle business, the marine business, and the industrial machinery and robots business.
Operating income increased on the back of motorcycle product mix improvements in emerging markets and the industrial machinery and robots business absorbing decreased income in the ... Read more »

CHIASSO, Switzerland & BOSTON -Tuesday 7 August 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Leading analyst and advisory firm Gartner has named decision-making platform provider BOARD International as a Visionary in both its 2018 Magic Quadrant for Cloud Financial Planning and Analysis Solutions & Magic Quadrant for Cloud Financial Close Solutions.

The Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Financial Planning and Analysis Solutions (Christopher Iervolino, John Van Decker, 24 July 2018) states that “Financial planning and analysis solutions support the office of finance's efforts to manage financial planning and budgeting as well as financial modeling and performance reporting.” BOARD International was positioned in the Visionaries quadrant.

The Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Financial Close Solutions (John Van Decker, Christopher Iervolino, 26 July 2018) states that “Financial close solutions help the office of finance manage the financial ... Read more »

 • This new collaboration unites leaders in cystic fibrosis gene therapy, lentiviral development and production, and the treatment of respiratory diseases to develop the first gene therapy for cystic fibrosis.

• Boehringer Ingelheim steps into the field of gene therapy, a focus area of its Research Beyond Borders initiative, with experienced partners, in an effort to bring to cystic fibrosis patients a long-term treatment aimed at correcting the underlying genetic causes of this devastating disease. .

• Boehringer Ingelheim will collaborate with the UK Cystic Fibrosis Gene Therapy Consortium on research and development and has option and license agreements with Imperial Innovations and Oxford BioMedica on the viral vector as well as production technology, while Oxford BioMedica will manufacture the viral vector; the UK CF Gene Therapy Consortium will lead the development and completion of the preclinical studies and bring together a package to sup ... Read more »

SAN FRANCISCO-Wednesday 8 August 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Andersen Global expanded its presence in Europe this week through a collaboration with LANSKY, GANZGER + partner (LGP), one of the largest independent law firms in Central Europe. The Collaboration Agreement includes three related entities located in Vienna, Austria; Bratislava, Slovakia; and Astana, Kazakhstan. LGP was founded by Gabriel Lansky and Gerald Ganzger.

The firm advises companies and public institutions in all areas of business. Since the appointment of lawyer Julia Andras as a partner in January 2018, the management of LGP consists of four partners in Vienna, four partners in Bratislava and three partners in Astana. The firm specializes in corporate, M&A, labor law, migration law, real estate law, litigation and arbitration, criminal law, compliance, IP, environmental law, and anti-trust and competition law. Other services include tax planning relating to personal residential taxe ... Read more »