St. Peter Port, Guernsey (ots/PRNewswire) - European Capital S.A. SICAR, a wholly-owned subsidiary of European Capital Limited (LSE: ECAS) ("European Capital") announced today that it, together with ECAS S.a.r.l. and ECAS II S.a.r.l., has invested 29 million euro in the buyout of Soflog-Telis, a leading provider of logistics services to major industrial ...
Auburn Hills, Michigan and Stuttgart, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - August 2007 sales grew 26 percent and marked the best August in 10 years - Record 27 consecutive months of year-over-year sales growth - Year-to-date sales increased 19 percent over 2006 - Sales for the Asia Pacific region ...
Auburn Hills, Michigan (ots/PRNewswire) - -- Reports to Michael M. Manley, Executive Vice President -- International Sales -- Growth in International Markets Key to Recovery and Transformation Plan Chrysler LLC today named Philip Murtaugh as CEO -- Asia Operations. In this role, Murtaugh will be responsible for all of Chrysler's Asian operations, including China and India. He will report to Michael Manley, ...
Auburn Hills, Michigan (ots/PRNewswire) - - Chairman and CEO Robert L. Nardelli teams former Toyota chief with Vice Chairman and President Thomas W. LaSorda - "World-class supply and demand leaders" - Joins Nardelli and LaSorda in new Office of the Chairman and on Board of Directors of Chrysler LLC - Press to run North American Sales, International Sales, Global Marketing, Product ...
Zurich (ots) - Returning to the city where he enrolled in his first graphic design course, David Carson has opened a studio in Zurich. Described as the most influential graphic designer working today, Carson has decided to focus his work in Europe on serving agencies and clients alike with his often imitated, but never matched expertise in visual ...
London (ots/PRNewswire) - Governance for Owners LLP (GO), one of the largest institutional shareholders in Koninklijke Wegener NV (Wegener) holding 13.29% of Wegener's ordinary shares, announces its response to the offer by Mecom Group plc for Wegener made on 28 August 2007. GO believes that this offer does not reflect the true value of Wegener and leaves Mecom with all the benefits from acquiring this improving, ...
Geneva, Switzerland and Dalian, China (ots) - Selected by the World Economic Forum as one of the top 500 mould-breaking companies New Champions, WISeKey is present at the Inaugural Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Dalian China and announces today that new WISeKey Affiliates are now in the process of being established in Argentina, Benelux, Brazil, Chile, ...
Vancouver (ots/PRNewswire) - Mawson Resources Limited ("Mawson") TSXv - MAW; Frankfurt - MRY. Michael Hudson, President & CEO, reports on the Company's first quarter, which ended August 31, 2007. Mawson is exploring an extensive uranium portfolio of 19 projects in three European countries, including five 100% ...
Interlaken (ots) - Jungfrau Railways are seeking a new CEO. An advertisement will appear in various Swiss newspapers on 17 and 18 August 2007. As has been known since 2006, Walter Steuri, CEO/Management Board Chairman of Jungfrau Railways will retire at the end of August 2008. The 62-year-old has worked for Jungfrau Railways since 1975, initially as head of finance and from 1994 as chairman of the six-member ...
Auburn Hills, Michigan (ots/PRNewswire) - -- Judith K. Wheeler appointed Director - International Marketing and Communications -- Stephane Labous appointed Chrysler Managing Director - DaimlerChrysler France Chrysler Group has announced a series of senior level appointments within its International Sales, Marketing and Business ...
Maurepas, France (ots/PRNewswire) - - Activity in the First Half of 2007 Up by 73% 1st 2nd 1st 1st quarter quarter half half CA HT in Euros 2007 2007 2007 2006 IFRS ...
Lausanne/Beijing (ots) - Erick Caron, concurrently, CEO of Cognosense SA and Chairman & CEO of its Chinese subsidiary, Cognosense (Beijing) Technology Co. Ltd. is pleased to announce the nomination of Mr. Guowei Yuan effective July 16th, 2007, as Vice President Sales, r Greater China & Asia Pacific region. Mr. ...
Carlyle Capital Corporation Limited
London (ots/PRNewswire) - - Not for Release, Publication or Distribution in the United States, Canada, Japan Or Australia Carlyle Capital Corporation Limited (CCC) today announced that it has received approval on the supplemental offering memorandum dated June 29, 2007 from the Netherlands Authority for ...
Zurich (ots) - As of 1 July 2007, Société International de Finance, the Zurich-based Family Office and securities dealer, is changing its name to Quilvest Switzerland Ltd. This change signals the intention to develop and leverage the Quilvest brand throughout the Group companies. The addition of Switzerland to the name emphasizes the Group's commitment to ...
San Francisco (ots/PRNewswire) - Visa announced today that Hans Morris has been appointed President of Visa Inc., effective September 1, 2007. Morris fills this newly created post following a distinguished career at Citi that spanned 27 years. The organization will officially begin conducting business as Visa Inc. following a series of mergers involving Visa Canada, Visa USA and Visa International. Visa Europe ...
Shizuoka, Japan (ots/PRNewswire) - Hideo Ishii has been named president and co-CEO of Asahi Tec Corporation, the company announced today. He will also become director and representative executive officer. Ishii assumes these positions after the general shareholders meeting on June 28. He will be responsible for the Metal Forming Group and Diversified Business Group. These businesses represent the operations of ...
San Francisco (ots/PRNewswire) - Visa Inc. today filed a registration statement with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) related to the series of transactions for the planned combination of Visa Canada, Visa International and Visa USA into a single private stock company, Visa Inc. Visa Europe will remain a membership association and will become a licensee of, and own a minority interest in, ...
- Indication: More information regarding this press release is available as pdf at http://www.presseportal.ch/de/pm/100009387/ - St. Gallen (ots) - Wegelin & Co. Private Bankers have elected three new Managing Partners with unlimited liability and for the first time in the history of the bank have also elected seven Partners with limited ...
St. Peter Port, Guernsey (ots/PRNewswire) - European Capital Limited ("European Capital") (LSE: ECAS) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared an interim dividend of euro 0.10 per ordinary share in respect of the second quarter of 2007. The dividend is payable on 27 July 2007 to holders of ...
Entwistle & Cappucci LLP and The Garden City Group
New York (ots/PRNewswire) - Entwistle & Cappucci LLP, Lead Plaintiffs' counsel appointed by the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, issues this informational release concerning the current projected timing of payment of claims in the Settlement of the class action against Royal Ahold N.V. ("Ahold") in the United States. The Garden City ...
Geneva (ots) - WISeKey announces achievement of Microsoft Gold Certified Partner status, reaching the highest level in the ISV/Software Solutions competency as a result of its success in delivering solutions to customers. "We greatly appreciate the ongoing investment of WISeKey in the partnership with Microsoft and congratulate WISeKey for the recently acquired Microsoft Gold Certified Partner status. The ...
Geneva/Dubai (ots) - Mirabaud has been granted approval by the authorities of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) on 30 May 2007 to establish a company providing wealth and asset management for private clients in Dubai. Mirabaud is the only bank to adopt a business model where an asset management company works in partnership with several custodians. The new company bears the name Mirabaud (Middle East) ...
Trappes, France (ots/PRNewswire) - Nissan Europe reported total sales of 50,083 vehicles (X) in May 2007, an increase of 3.6% compared to the same month last year. The success of Nissan's compact crossover, QASHQAI, continues with an impressive order bank which has now reached 60,000 units. Despite the run-out phase of the current X-TRAIL, the compact SUV saw a strong performance in May. This popular model has consistently been among the best-selling compact SUVs ...
Auburn Hills, Michigan and Stuttgart, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - Unprecedented 24 consecutive months of year-over-year sales gains - Record number of exports from North America since continuous sales momentum began in 2005 - 2007 marked the best May in Chrysler International's history - ...
Lausanne / Beijing (ots) - Erick Caron, concurrently, CEO of Cognosense SA and Chairman & CEO of its Chinese subsidiary, Cognosense (Beijing) Technology Co. Ltd. is pleased to announce the nomination of Mr. Kevin Tsui, as new Managing Director, China & Asia Pacific region. Effective July 1st, 2007, Mr. Tsui will ...
New York (ots/PRNewswire) - Duff & Phelps Corporation (the Corporation) today announced it filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to the proposed initial public offering of its Class A common stock. Upon consummation of the offering, the Corporation will become the parent company of Duff & Phelps, LLC. ...
Commercial Industrial Finance Corporation
London and New York (ots/PRNewswire) - Commercial Industrial Finance Corporation, ("CIFC") announced today the launch of its international investing operations, CIFC International ("CIFC Intl."). CIFC Intl. will be based in London and will be led by Cheryl Boucher, Senior Partner, and Ruth Traugott, Senior Partner. Ms. Boucher and Ms. Traugott are seasoned bankers who together bring over forty years of experience ...
San Francisco (ots/PRNewswire) - Visa announced today that Joseph (Joe) W. Saunders has been named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Visa Inc. Visa's regional boards of directors unanimously approved Saunders's appointment after an extensive six-month search. Saunders previously had been named the designated Executive Chairman of Visa Inc.'s Board of Directors, a role he assumed in February 2007. Visa ...
Mclean, Virginia (ots/PRNewswire) - Mars Incorporated announced plans today to unify its regional corporate brands under the single corporate brand name, Mars. By the end of 2007, with a few exceptions, all of the company's units operating in more than 65 countries will be referred to as Mars. "A single corporate brand name will consolidate and leverage the credibility and goodwill that Mars has earned ...