MCLEAN, Va - Friday, December 7th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Hilton Worldwide issued the following statement today from President & CEO Christopher J. Nassetta:

"Hilton Worldwide commends the U.S. Senate for voting to extend Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) to Russia, which is very much in the interest of the United States and American companies conducting business there. PNTR will enhance transparency and rule of law in Russia and allow international service providers like Hilton Worldwide to compete on a fair playing field.”

Russia has become Hilton Worldwide’s fastest growing market in Europe, after opening its first hotel in Russia only four years ago. The total number of the company’s hotels operating or under development in Russia has already reached 32.

Hilton Worldwide is committed to playing an active role in supporting Russian tourism over the long term. This year the company conducted an in-depth, independent study titled, "Ba ... Read more »

Latest 8th generation process products for use in lithium-ion battery protection circuits and mobile phone power management switches

TOKYO - Friday, December 7th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) has launched a low ON-resistance MOSFET, TPN2R503NC, fabricated with the latest 8th generation process, for use in lithium-ion battery protection circuits and mobile phone power management switches. Two other 8th-generation products, TPN4R203NC and TPN6R303NC, have also been added to the line-up as successors to existing models. All three products can contribute to the reduction of device thickness and overall size and improve efficiency.

Applications

1. Lithium-ion battery protection circuits

2. Mobile phone power management switches

Key Features

1. Lower ON-resistance over existing Toshiba secured with the latest 8th generation process.

2. TSON Advance package, which offers good heat radiation perform ... Read more »

SÃO PAULO - Friday, December 7th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Regulatory News:

Cinterion, Gemalto’s (Euronext NL 0000400653 GTO) machine-to-machine (M2M) business segment and the global leader in cellular M2M communication technology, announces that its TC65i quad-band wireless module has been fully integrated in the AirGate-GPRS system for remote monitoring and site automation. Developed by Novus Automation, a leading manufacturer of supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), the system links industrial equipment to backend computer systems providing 24/7 remote supervision.

The Cinterion high-performance plug-in and play module provides secure wireless connectivity for remote monitoring and management of industrial processes in manufacturing and building automation environments.

With a powerful embedded Java™ engine, the Cinterion solution runs AirGate software directly on the module freeing up valuable computing power for innovative automat ... Read more »

TOKYO - Thursday, December 6th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

TCR2DG Series achieves low-noise, high ripple rejection ratio, and excellent responsiveness under high-speed loads

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) will launch a 200mA output single LDO regulator fabricated with a newly developed micro-CMOS process. Its features include low-noise output, high ripple rejection ratio, excellent responsiveness under high-speed loads and low drop-out.

The new LDO regulator achieves a low-noise output of 18μVrms (2.5V output), an excellent ripple rejection ratio of 62dB at high frequency (2.5V output, f = 10kHz), excellent responsiveness under high-speed loads of ΔVOUT = ±65mV (IOUT = 1mA ⇔150mA, COUT = 1.0μF), and low drop-out characteristics of 80mV (2.5V output, IOUT = 100mA).

Integration into an ultra-small WCSP4 package (0.79mm × 0.79mm × 0.5mm) ensures suitability for applications demanding high-density packaging, such as mobile devices.

Samples are ... Read more »

MIAMI - Thursday, December 6th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Isaac Daniel Group Management International (IDGMI) – announces the launch of Galaxier.com™, and its acquisition of SocialCodeMobile.com.

Galaxier.com is a new site where members have all the features they need to control and enjoy their social universe - in one space. The free site offers an online networking platform that brings together key interactive features that revolve around the user’s daily online activities. The acquisition of SocialCodeMobile.com allows Galaxier.com to acquire its popular private, custom-coded, micro-blogging feature.

"We are excited to be able to offer our members such a feature-rich site. With the explosion of social networking across the world, having one site that brings together so many tools differentiates us from older social networks,” said Isaac Daniel, CEO of IDGMI.

Within Galaxier.com, registered members can send out private customizable coded messages ... Read more »

Project Expected to Help Alleviate Current Electricity Problems in Iraq

HOUSTON - Thursday, December 6th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KBR (NYSE: KBR) today announced that it has been awarded the Mansuriya Full Field Development contract to perform front end engineering and design (FEED) studies and Quality Control Support Services (QCSS) for the Turkish Petroleum Overseas Company (TPOC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO), in Diyala Province, Republic of Iraq. The Mansuriya project is expected to help alleviate current problems with intermittent electricity experienced in Iraq by supplying fuel to power stations and feedstock for industrial plants.

KBR will perform FEED studies and QCSS during the EPC phase for the field’s production and export systems, which systems extend from immediately downstream of the well up to and including the road-loading gantries at the liquefied petroleum gas storage and loading facility and sulph ... Read more »

IT security specialist presents innovation – now callers can make encrypted calls even to people not using secure telephones

MUNICH - Thursday, December 6th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SecurStar (www.securstar.com) is a pioneer in encrypted voice communication. The big advantage of its brand new PhoneCrypt Universal is that secure voice communication is now possible even with parties who do not use an encryption device. This has not previously been possible, as both parties needed to have a special phone to establish an encrypted connection. The SecurStar office telephone for secure communication in real time encodes data with military-grade encryption and is easy to use.

Conventional mobile and landline phone networks are not secure. Protection of data and privacy should be the basis for secure business and private communication.

More convenience with encrypted voice communication

For this purpose, IT security specialist SecurStar developed ... Read more »

ME Newswire / Business Wire

SAN ANTONIO - Thursday, December 6th 2012

The Board of Directors of the parent company of Kinetic Concepts, Inc.and LifeCell Corporationis pleased to announce that Timothy E. Guertin has agreed with the parent company’s financial sponsors to join the Board of Directors.

Mr. Guertin has been involved in the healthcare industry for over 35 years. He is the former president and chief executive officer of Varian Medical Systems, Inc. During his career at Varian Medical Systems, Mr. Guertin served in several key management positions, including as Chief Operating Officer from October 2004 to February 2006 and as Corporate Executive Vice President from October 2002 to August 2006. Prior to that time, he was President of Varian’s Oncology Systems business unit from 1992 to January 2005 and a Corporate Vice President from 1992 to 2002. Mr. Guertin is also a member of the board of directors of Varian Medical Systems, Inc. and Teradyne, Inc. In add ... Read more »