Bryan, Garnier & Co, acts as Sole Financial Advisor and Placement Agent of the syndication, gathering leading corporate and financial institutions.

LONDON-Tuesday 6 November 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Bitfury Group, the world’s leading full-service blockchain technology company, has closed a $80 million USD Private Placement with global institutional and corporate investors.

Since 2011, Bitfury has been at the forefront of the blockchain revolution, providing high performance computing technologies and processing capacities, as well as some of the most advanced software solutions for governments and corporations to deploy real life blockchain business solutions. Bitfury employs 700 people in 15 countries across North America, EMEA and Asia, and operates 5 data centers located in Iceland, Canada, Georgia and Norway. Bitfury leveraged on a strong momentum characterized by a triple digit growth and more than half a billion dollars in re ... Read more »

Company’s historic gas strategy will enable the UAE to become gas self-sufficient, with the potential to become a net gas exporter

Oil production capacity to increase to 4mmbpd by end of 2020 and 5mmbpd by 2030

ADNOC to sustain LNG production to 2040

Discovery of 1 billion barrels of oil and 15 trillion square cubic feet of additional gas
    

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates-Monday 5 November 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company’s (ADNOC) announced, today, its plans to launch a new integrated gas strategy and increase its oil production capacity to 4 million barrels per day (mmbpd) by the end of 2020 and 5mmbpd by 2030, following approval from the Supreme Petroleum Council (SPC), the highest governing body of the oil and gas industry in Abu Dhabi. The company also announced capital investment growth of $132.33 billion between ... Read more »

LUXEMBOURG-Saturday 3 November 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Luxembourg Space Agency and the Space Frontier Foundation are organizing the 2nd NewSpace Europe conference on November 27 and 28, 2018 in Luxembourg City. NewSpace Europe is the only annual space conference in Europe to focus solely on the newspace industry and the emerging opportunities in the space sector. Leaders from industry and major corporations, entrepreneurs, investors and representatives from Government Agencies meet in Luxembourg to explore how the space industry can break down barriers to economic growth and fuel the expansion of the commercial space industry with a focus on launch, remote sensing, investment, space-based economy and communications.

Marc Serres, CEO of the Luxembourg Space Agency, stated: “Since decades, Luxembourg’s frontrunner approach to focus on supporting commercial space activities has been successful for the country, as demonstrated by its status ... Read more »

Oskar Fischer Prizes to be incubated by The University of Texas at San Antonio

SAN ANTONIO-Monday 5 November 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- To expand the understanding and explanation of Alzheimer’s disease, United States businessman James Truchard has given a $5 million USD gift to The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) College of Sciences to establish the Oskar Fischer Project. The initiative will engage the world’s brightest minds in a comprehensive literature review with the goal of synthesizing that information into one simple explanation for the cause of Alzheimer’s disease. The challenge was announced today during the Society for Neuroscience’s annual meeting, an international gathering of nearly 30,000 scientists taking place through Nov. 7 in the United States.

Truchard, retired president and chief executive officer of United States-based technology company National Instruments, conceptualized and establi ... Read more »

LONDON-Monday 5 November 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Arthur D. Little (ADL) today published a new research report that highlights the impact digital technology such as AI, advanced analytics, self-learning systems and the Internet of Things will have on the innovation process. 93% of respondents in its global survey agreed that digital innovation will fully or partly transform their organization. Leaders will benefit from a 1.7x increase in innovation performance, rising to 2.4x for those that are able to optimize their operations through digital.

This is leading to 95% of companies from across all industries to aim to fully digitalize their innovation engine or entire company. However, respondents recognize that this entails transformative change – 89% say that successful digital innovation will require a new approach to innovation management.

Not every company will be able to achieve this. The report sees the emergence of four clear archety ... Read more »

 • Empagliflozin was associated with a 44 percent reduction in relative risk of hospitalization for heart failure (HHF) compared with commonly used dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors1

 • Effect of empagliflozin on HHF was consistent in patients with and without established cardiovascular disease1

 • Findings support data from the landmark EMPA-REG OUTCOME® trial, in which empagliflozin reduced the relative risk of HHF by 35 percent in people with type 2 diabetes and established cardiovascular disease2 

INGELHEIM, Germany & INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.-Monday 5 November 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Initial effectiveness results from the real-world EMPagliflozin compaRative effectIveness and SafEty (EMPRISE) study showed empagliflozin was associated with a 44 percent relative risk reduction in hospitalisation for heart failure (HHF) compared with dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors in routine clinical pract ... Read more »