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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. - Saturday, November 23rd 2013

Quintiles has received Scrip Awards’ Best Contract Research Organization honors for the second year running, and Best Technological Development in Clinical Trials for Quintiles Infosario Safety System for the first time. The Scrip Awards acknowledge excellence in the biopharmaceutical industry, based on judging by an independent panel of 15 life sciences experts. The 9th annual awards ceremony, held in London, UK, was attended by more than 400 industry leaders from around the world.

"Scrip’s Best Contract Research Organization Award is designed to acknowledge the critical role that CROs play in drug development and is always a very fiercely fought category. Quintiles impressed our judges to claim the trophy for the second year running with its commitment to innovation, particularly with Infosario Safety System. It remains the CRO to beat,” said Mike Ward, chief content officer f ... Read more »

New partnership encourages Hilton HHonors members to earn points and travel in style

MCLEAN, Va - Thursday, November 21st 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Hilton HHonors, the loyalty program for Hilton Worldwide’s 10 distinct hotel brands, today announced a new partnership with Priority Pass™, the world’s largest independent airport lounge access program. Through the partnership, which launched today, Hilton HHonors members can earn points for purchasing a Priority Pass membership or redeem HHonors points for a membership subscription. A Priority Pass membership grants Hilton HHonors members access to over 600 airport VIP lounges in more than 100 countries worldwide and over 300 cities, including London’s Heathrow Airport, Chicago O’Hare International Airport and Tokyo’s Narita International Airport, regardless of the airline flown or fare class.

"This Hilton HHonors partnership with Priority Pass gives our members new options to earn and redeem their HHonors P ... Read more »

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NEW YORK - Saturday, November 23rd 2013

Multi Packaging Solutions, Inc. ("MPS”) announced today that, in connection with the previously announced entry into the combination agreement with Chesapeake Services Limited ("Chesapeake”), MPS is soliciting consents from holders of its 8.500% Senior Notes due 2021 (the "Notes”) to approve amendments (the "Proposed Amendments”) to certain provisions of the indenture (the "Indenture”) governing the Notes.

The adoption of the Proposed Amendments requires the consent of holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes voting as a single class.

The Proposed Amendments will be effective once a majority of noteholders have submitted their consents and not validly revoked them prior to the Revocation Deadline (as such term is defined in the consent solicitation statement (the "Consent Solicitation Statement”) dated November 21, 2013) and the related supplemental ind ... Read more »

NEW YORK & BATON ROUGE, La - Thursday, November 21st 2013 [ME NewsWire]

 (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Sumitomo Corporation ("SC”) and Sumitomo Corporation of America ("SCOA”), collectively "Sumitomo”, today announced that it has closed its acquisition of Edgen Group Inc. ("Edgen Group”) for US$12.00 per share.

Dan O’Leary, President and Chief Executive Officer of Edgen Group, will continue to lead Edgen Group’s strategic growth initiatives. Mr. O’Leary stated, "This transaction gives us the capacity to serve the expanding needs and complex procurement requirements of the global energy infrastructure industry on an even greater scale. We look forward to leveraging the value of this new partnership on behalf of our customers around the world.”

"As a leader in the supply of steel products across the upstream, midstream and downstream oil and gas market in the United States, the acquisition of Edgen Group gives us a broader global distribution platform, including experie ... Read more »

Further establishes company’s leadership and commitment to regulatory and health issues


SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Friday, November 22nd 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NJOY, America’s number one independent electronic cigarette company, today announced the addition of two members to the Company’s senior leadership team, adding Dr. Joshua Rabinowitz as Chief Scientist and David Graham as Senior Vice President for International Regulatory Affairs. The addition of these highly-respected and experienced executives to oversee the company’s scientific research and international regulatory affairs reflects the commitment of NJOY to leadership in obsoleting tobacco cigarette smoking worldwide.

Dr. Joshua Rabinowitz, currently serving as a consultant, will join NJOY full time effective February 1, 2014. Dr. Rabinowitz is responsible for all science-related aspects of the business, including the laboratory and clinical testing of NJOY products, and oversight of product m ... Read more »

The leading supplier of vehicle license plates and registration systems will exhibit at the Gulf Traffic 2013 Fair

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SIEGEN, Germany - Thursday, November 21st 2013

Gulf Traffic 2013

Traditionally, the Middle East has been an important marketing area for Utsch. For this reason Utsch, the German company known as the world's leading supplier of vehicle license plates and registration systems, will once again have a stand at the Gulf Traffic Exhibition (December 9 to 11, 2013, hall 3, stand 3A21). The presentation on the innovative U-Press and intelligent RFID license plates will be the focus of the appearance at the exhibition.

The network-compatible U-Press is the lastest development by Utsch. It bridges the gap between manual and automatic embossing presses and prevents deliberate and unintentional embossing errors. This makes the U-Press a key element in an extensive system which seamlessly combines registration, license pla ... Read more »

GENEVA - Thursday, November 21st 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Developed countries’ equity markets are set to continue their upward trend. "In 2014 the Fed should be the first to reduce its liquidity injections; the markets are likely to welcome this as the economy is on the mend – you can’t stay in intensive care forever!”, says Jean-Sylvain Perrig, Chief Investment Officer at Union Bancaire Privée (UBP). That being said, central bank support will continue for developed economies, helping them through their gradual recovery, so equities are anticipated to thrive in 2014.

Growth settles in

The world economy’s wounds are healing. 2014 should see more of the same as 2013: a speed-up in growth, a stronger G7 recovery and continued dovishness from the central banks. The market cycle should enter a more mature stage under the impetus of brisker world trade and, above all, a rebound in corporate capital expenditure. This will restore developed countries to ... Read more »

Delivers Process Improvement Frameworks with Proven Business Results

PITTSBURGH - Wednesday, November 20th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) The CMMI Institute announced today its strategy to extend the reach of the CMMI model to enable businesses of every size in every industry to elevate performance and to provide tools that equip CMMI practitioners to begin and to grow their journey with CMMI.

The CMMI Institute, established by Carnegie Mellon University, is home to the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI), a gold standard of excellence in software and systems development. The Institute will continue to help this market to solve business problems while advancing the use of the model to new industry sectors around the world.

CMMI is used by some of the world’s most admired and innovative organizations, including Samsung, Accenture, Proctor & Gamble, and Siemens. CMMI adoption has been a powerful differentiator for businesses and a catalyst fo ... Read more »

CARPINTERIA, Calif - Wednesday, November 20th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) CKE Inc. ("CKE” or the "Company”) announced today that an affiliate of Roark Capital Group has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in the Company with senior management retaining a minority stake. CKE is currently majority-owned and controlled by investment funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management, LLC (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, "Apollo”) (NYSE: APO). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2013, subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.

Headquartered in Carpinteria, California, CKE, through its subsidiaries, owns, operates and franchises some of the most popular brands in the quick-service restaurant industry, including the Carl’s Jr.®, Hardee’s®, Green Burrito® and Red Burrito® restaurant brands. The CKE system includes 3,400 r ... Read more »

MILAN - Wednesday, November 20th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

    Equipolymers’ "BISNEINEX” outperforms traditional PET and provides a practical alternative to PC
    BPA-Free product
    Patent pending

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Equipolymers today unveiled its new BISNEINEX™ polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin, an innovative Bisphenol-A free solution that is designed for large bottling applications including the home and office delivery (HOD) water bottle market. BISNEINEX™ offers converters a new, cost effective solution with no impact on raw material cost and potential improved processing cost conditions due to lower energy usage for large container sizes including 5 gallon and 20 liter applications. The resin will be available in limited quantities 4Q13, with expanded production targeted for 2014.

BISNEINEX™ is optimized specifically for injection molding (IM) and stretch blow molding (SBM) processes (two stage process) as wel ... Read more »