Reduces On-Resistance by approximately 24%

TOKYO - Monday, July 22nd 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) today announced that it has launched a new series of high voltage MOSFETs, "πMOS VIII" series, and introduced "TK9J90E" as the initial product of the series. Mass production is scheduled to start in August, 2013.

Optimization of chip design reduces Ron·A (on resistance per area) by approximately 24% compared to a product1 with an equivalent voltage. Reduction of Qg (gate charge) performance by approximately 24% improves turn off time (toff) by approximately 28%.

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Note: 1. Compared to "2SK3878".

For more information about the product, please see the product page. http://www.semicon.toshiba.co.jp/eng/product/new_products/transistor/1324090_37649.html

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LONDON - Monday, July 22nd 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- EY announced today that Felice Persico has become its Global Vice Chair for Assurance. Felice will lead a business of over 65,000 professionals worldwide, providing services that include: financial statement audit; fraud investigation and dispute services; financial accounting advisory services; and climate change and sustainability services.

Felice was previously the Assurance Leader for EY’s Europe, Middle East, India and Africa (EMEIA) business. He joined EY in 1986 and has served as Assurance COO for EMEIA as well as Assurance Leader for Italy and Continental Western Europe. Felice is the global lead audit Partner for several global Fortune 100 companies and also has extensive experience in assisting companies with capital market transactions, as well as in financial due diligence and valuation services.

Felice says: "The dynamic global business landscape is reshaping the financial and reporting en ... Read more »

New App Connects Single Images to Multiple Interactive Behind the Scenes Content

MIAMI - Sunday, July 21st 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Reel Code Media, a new app, is making a splash during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim, Miami’s most anticipated fashion event. The innovative app lets attendees view and control multiple types of interactive behind the scenes content after scanning a single framed image.

For users the app is simple to learn. To activate content such as videos, links, promotions and more; users scan any Reel Code Media image, select one of the four corners of the frame and drag it to the center of their viewing screen. For advertisers there's no need to change signage to deliver new updates because the content can be customized at the back end - even after the image using Reel Code technology has been released to the public - allowing promotion and advertising to be updated daily. A major benefit of the app is the ability to serve multiple in ... Read more »

SUMMIT, N.J, - Sunday, July 21st 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) today announced that after consultation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Celgene will discontinue treatment with REVLIMID® (lenalidomide) in the open-label, phase III ORIGIN® trial, which enrolled 450 patients in over 100 sites in 26 countries. An imbalance was observed in the number of deaths in patients treated with lenalidomide versus patients treated with chlorambucil.

The FDA placed the ORIGIN study on clinical hold on July 12, 2013, with the discontinuation of lenalidomide treatment. All clinical investigators in ongoing chronic lymphocytic leukemia studies using lenalidomide will be officially advised of this action and instructed to inform their patients accordingly.

REVLIMID is not approved as a treatment for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

The ORIGIN study was designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of lena ... Read more »

SUMMIT, N.J, - Sunday, July 21st 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) today announced that after consultation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Celgene will discontinue treatment with REVLIMID® (lenalidomide) in the open-label, phase III ORIGIN® trial, which enrolled 450 patients in over 100 sites in 26 countries. An imbalance was observed in the number of deaths in patients treated with lenalidomide versus patients treated with chlorambucil.

The FDA placed the ORIGIN study on clinical hold on July 12, 2013, with the discontinuation of lenalidomide treatment. All clinical investigators in ongoing chronic lymphocytic leukemia studies using lenalidomide will be officially advised of this action and instructed to inform their patients accordingly.

REVLIMID is not approved as a treatment for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

The ORIGIN study was designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of lena ... Read more »

Digital Marketing Technology Veteran Tapped to Run AOL’s Global Platform & Programmatic Businesses

NEW YORK - Saturday, July 20th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) AOL Inc. (NYSE:AOL) today announced that Bob Lord is joining the company as CEO of AOL Networks, effective August 1. Lord most recently was Global CEO of Razorfish and CEO of Publicis Groupe’s Digital Technologies Division.

Lord will oversee all aspects of AOL Networks, AOL’s flagship technology stack that services more than 22,000 publishers and 4,000 advertiser and agency clients. Lord will be based in New York City, report to AOL Chairman and CEO, Tim Armstrong, and be a member of the AOL corporate leadership team.

"Bob is clearly one of the most impressive executives in our industry,” said Armstrong. "He’s been a digital marketing and technology leader for nearly two decades and has worked with some of the world’s most renowned agencies and brands throughout his career. He has a proven t ... Read more »

In the new global advertising contract with Neymar Jr., in addition to promoting its B2C businesses, Panasonic will also begin advertisements for its B2B solutions businesses

         
OSAKA, Japan - Saturday, July 20th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Panasonic Corporation today announced at Santos, Brazil, the renewal of its global advertising contract with Brazilian national soccer team and FC Barcelona player, Neymar da Silva Santos Junior. The new contract will last for four years from April 2013. Neymar Jr. will also appear in new advertisements for the company’s B2B solutions to be rolled out in 193 countries and regions, starting in Japan from July 22, 2013. By sponsoring Neymar Jr., who is popular all over the world, Panasonic is aiming to develop a youthful, dynamic and swift global brand image for the company.

In March 2010, Panasonic became the first Japanese company to sign an advertising contract with Ney ... Read more »

BAAR, Switzerland - Saturday, July 20th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) 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 it acquired Next Communication, Inc.’s interest in Next Angel LLC, New York USA in a friendly transaction. Following this transaction, Angel Telecom will hold a majority of Next Angel, which will be renamed to Angel Americas LLC. [Marcatel will remain a partner in Angel Americas LLC.]

Angel Americas LLC 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 ethnic communities in the United States. Angel Telecom’s increased investment in Angel Americas LLC follows the company’s strategy to strengthen its presence in the United States.

Angel Telecom has just completed its fiscal year 2012/13 with a significant increase in revenues and noticeable ... Read more »

PARIS & NEW YORK - Saturday, July 20th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

- Companies to Build First Global Live Digital Advertising Product with Live Syndicated Distribution and Real-Time Consumer Connection Tools and Metrics –

- Bob Lord to Chair Partnership with Publicis Groupe Executives –

(BUSINESS WIRE) Publicis Groupe [EURONEXT PARIS: FR0000130577, CAC 40] and AOL Inc. [NYSE: AOL] today announced they will launch the industry’s first global live advertising partnership for today’s multi-screen marketing era – PAL (Publicis AOL Live). PAL will be co-managed by AOL and Publicis Groupe and will offer marketers an end-to-end solution to deliver and manage live advertising on a global basis to digitally connected consumers.

Bob Lord, who will join AOL from Publicis Groupe on Aug. 1, will manage the partnership as part of his new role as CEO of AOL Networks. He will co-chair the partnership with three top Publicis Groupe executives: Rishad Tobaccowala, Chair of Razorfi ... Read more »

Elevance-Wilmar Joint Venture Produces Renewable Performance Specialty Chemicals, Olefins and Oleochemicals

WOODRIDGE, Ill. & SINGAPORE - Thursday, July 18th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Wilmar International Limited, Asia’s leading agribusiness, and Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc., a high-growth specialty chemicals company, announced today that they have begun shipping commercial products, including novel specialty chemicals, to customers from their first world-scale joint venture biorefinery, located in Gresik, Indonesia. The biorefinery is the first based on Elevance’s proprietary metathesis technology.

"We are pleased to have successfully and safely completed construction, commissioning and startup, allowing us to commercially supply partners with better-performing, cost-competitive renewable alternatives to petrochemicals across multiple industries,” said Elevance CEO K’Lynne Johnson. "We have now turned our attention from construction and startup ... Read more »