INGELHEIM, Germany & INDIANAPOLIS, US. - Monday, December 2nd 2013 [ME NewsWire]

    More than 10,000 people with Type 2 Diabetes and more than 6,500 treating physicians from 26 countries are to take part in new survey
    Survey to investigate how early conversations between people with Type 2 Diabetes and physicians can be optimised
    Insights from survey will be used to develop solutions to support primary care physicians and people with Type 2 Diabetes

(BUSINESS WIRE) Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company today announced the launch of the largest multinational survey to investigate early conversations between physicians and people living with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D). The survey was developed in partnership with the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and will include more than 10,000 people with T2D and more than 6,500 treating-physicians across 26 countries worldwide. The findings will provide in-dep ... Read more »

TOKYO - Saturday, November 30th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TOKYO:6302) announced today that it had received US FDA 510(k) clearance of its Proton Therapy System. It is the first 510(k) cleared medical device for Sumitomo. Proton therapy is a form of radiation therapy, which employs proton beams to kill cancer cells with better dose distribution in comparison with conventional x-rays. Currently 12 facilities are operational and several more are under construction in the United States, and the U.S. proton therapy market is expected to expand in the future.

Proton beam has a unique characteristic called the "Bragg Peak”. More absorption dose is delivered as the proton loses its energy; consequently, the maximum dose is deposited just before the beam stops, and there is no radiation dose to normal cells behind the target tumor volume. This unique characteristic is especially advantageous for cancers around critical organ structures and ... Read more »

With over 20,000 visitors, CARTES Secure Connexions Event 2013 confirmed its leading position on the market of secure solutions for payment, identification and mobility

PARIS - Friday, November 29th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

CARTES Secure Connexions Event 2013

(BUSINESS WIRE) The 28th annual of CARTES Exhibition successfully demonstrated its ability to bring together professionals of smart technologies around innovative know-how and prospective exchanges with industry experts.

450 exhibitors, from all over the world

This year, and for the first time, more than 20,000 visitors from nearly 140 countries attended the event. The 3 days of the show were, for them, the opportunity to meet 450 French and foreign exhibitors, to discuss the challenges and prospects of the sector, to present future deployments as well as 2013’s major trends in terms of payment, mobility, security and identification.

The Smart Shopping Area, mutations in the heart of commerce
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Technology enables mobile payments using the mobile phone


AMSTERDAM - Thursday, November 28th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Regulatory News:

Vivo has selected Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, to provide the TSM (Trusted Service Manager) platform. With the Gemalto platform, the operator can offer mobile payment products and services using Near Field Communications (NFC) technology, which makes it possible to carry out financial transactions by simply tapping a mobile phone near a specific terminal.

The initiative reinforces the positioning of the company, a "Telco Digital”, and represents a further step towards the democratization of electronic payments - adding mobility, security and convenience for its users.

With the solution in place and together with Gemalto’s UpTeq multi-tenant NFC SIM cards, Vivo will be able to expand its product portfolio for m-payments, offering services to mobile customers ... Read more »

WELLINGTON, Fla. - Thursday, November 28th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival to Have Five CSI 5* Events and a Record 51 FEI Ranking Classes Over the Circuit

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Equestrian Sport Productions (ESP) and Rolex SA signed an unprecedented 10-year sponsorship agreement to make Rolex the "Official Timepiece” of the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) and of the world-renowned FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF). The FTI WEF serves almost 6,000 horses and 2,000 riders from 50 states and over 30 countries.

The long-term partnership will facilitate a record US $1.63 million dollar increase in prize money bringing the grand total to over US $8 million dollars at the FTI WEF, making it one of the richest circuits in the world. Three new FEI-rated CSI 5* events will be added to the schedule, which will make five of the 12 weeks during the circuit at the highest level in Show Jumping. There will also be ... Read more »

TOKYO - Wednesday, November 27th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) today received a Promotion of Electrical Science and Engineering Award from the Promotion Foundation for Electrical Science and Engineering for "Development of CoPt-SiO2 granular medium for perpendicular magnetic recording”. This follows on from the September award to Toshiba of the "Innovative Technology & Product Award 2013" by the Magnetic Society of Japan for "Development of CoPt-Oxide/Ru granular magnetic film for perpendicular magnetic recording media”. These achievements underline Toshiba’s leadership in the development of advanced magnetic materials and manufacturing processes for perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology.

The principle of PMR was proposed in 1977 by Dr. Shunichi Iwasaki, now Professor Emeritus at Tohoku University, who received the Japan Prize in 2010 and the Order of Culture in 2013 for his distinguished services in inventing the te ... Read more »

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BAAR, Switzerland - Wednesday, November 27th 2013

Angel Telecom Holding AG located in Baar, Switzerland and traded on the Third Market of the Vienna Stock Exchange under the symbol AGLT announced today that Roland Josef Bopp joined Angel Americas LLC, New York as the new Chief Executive Officer, effective August 5, 2013. Mr. Bopp’s appointment by the Board of Director’s is a strategic response to the expected dynamic growth and expansion in the Americas. Angel Americas LLC acquired the assets of several companies during the first half of 2013. The Company markets prepaid calling cards, and other prepaid voice and mobile products and is a dominant player in the U.S. retail voice product market targeting immigrant communities in the United States.

Prior to joining Angel Americas LLC, Mr. Bopp served in leadership roles of major established, early stage and emerging telecom service organizations in the Americas and Europe.

Mr. Bopp br ... Read more »

Reduction in Number of Signals Contributing to Simplification of Systems

TOKYO - Wednesday, November 27th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) today announced the launch of the latest addition to its lineup of high voltage and high current stepping motor driver "TB67S10xA” series, the "TB67S103A” which can drive motors by signals through a serial interface. Mass production shipments of devices in QFN48 packages will start today, followed by shipments in HTSSOP48 packages scheduled to start in February 2014.

The reduction of power consumption for applications, such as office automation equipment, banking terminals, amusement equipment and home appliances, needs optimized control of motor drives. This requires independent control signals for torque, rotation speed and rotation direction, for each individual motors, which increases the number of signals for applications with multiple motors and makes the system complicated.

The ... Read more »

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - Wednesday, November 27th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will host a leading international forum, on brain research and personalized healthcare: The Brain Forum- Challenging the Future. The forum is the first-of-its-kind in the Middle East; KSA will welcome some of the world’s most progressive thought leaders in the field of brain research and the technology associated with this field of neuroscience. The event, which will cover Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s, and epilepsy among others, will take place from the 3rd – 4th of December at the Laylati Hall in Jeddah. Created by founder of W Science Dr. Walid Juffali, this forum will bring together 16 speakers discussing the topic of brain technology, diseases, and personalized healthcare.  

Commenting on the event, Dr. Walid Juffali stated: "This event convenes some of neuroscience’s greatest minds under one roof. It creates the opportunity for intellectual dialogue and insights th ... Read more »

G-STAR 2013

SEOUL, South Korea - Wednesday, November 27th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) ‘G-STAR 2013’, which was attended by 512 game-related enterprises from 32 countries in the world, ended in great success after 4 days of ‘dreamful game culture festival’ with 188,707 visitors, a record number of actual people viewing the exhibition.

This year is the second year the K-IDEA(hereinafter referred to as ‘the Association’) sponsored the G-STAR event since it was transferred to a private organization, and it is considered that the Association has developed G-Star 2013 into the game business market of the largest scale in Asia and laid the foundation for the leap toward the globally leading exhibition event. It has also provided many diverse exhibition contents in addition to B2B and B2C Halls by starting the G-STAR Conference and through the expansion of G-STAR investment market.

This year, B2B Hall used the entire exhibition area of the new BEXCO building, ... Read more »