IDG Connect, the data publishing arm of the world’s largest technology publisher IDG, has launched a new website designed to cover the way countries all over the globe are being changed by ICT.

Available at www.idgconnect.com, the IDG Connect site will feature contributions from expert writers on the ground in Asia, Europe, Africa, Australasia and the Americas. It will emphasise ways in which new technology trends are transforming societies and economies in both established and developing countries and regions. It will also feature reports based on unique research conducted"......

Stallion Oilfield Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) announces today that it is seeking commitments for a new senior secured term loan in an aggregate principal amount of up to $350,000,000 (the “Term Loan”) and an increase of commitments under its existing asset-backed loan facility (“ABL”) from $50 million to $65 million. The proceeds from the Term Loan are intended to be used to redeem the remaining $134 million of the Company’s senior secured notes due 2015, fund a portion of an approximately"...

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The LUME-Lung 1 Phase III clinical trial results showed that the novel investigational compound nintedanib*, an oral triple angiokinase inhibitor, extended life by 2.3 months for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) adenocarcinoma patients when added to docetaxel, versus placebo plus docetaxel.1 These results will be presented today at the 49th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago.

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The Gores Group, a global investment firm, and France Telecom-Orange, a worldwide telecom operator, announced today that The Gores Group has completed the acquisition of Etrali, Orange Business Services – Trading Solutions, a subsidiary of France Telecom Orange. Following the acquisition the company will be rebranded as Etrali Trading Solutions.

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High-risk patients are checked regularly for signs of skin cancer. Up to now, these examinations were time-consuming and tended to concentrate on single moles. But that’s all about to change: it is now possible to record images of the entire skin surface in less than three minutes and to monitor it continuously for changes. The new FotoFinder bodystudio ATBM system controls the entire imaging process automatically. This ground breaking procedure has been presented at the Congress of the German Dermatology Society in May 2013.

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- Amira Nature Foods Ltd (the “Company” or “Amira;”) (NYSE: ANFI), a leading global provider of packaged Indian specialty rice, today announced that it has launched its Amira branded products in the United Kingdom. This marks the Company’s first sales into the UK market with five products across over 2,230 retail distribution points, including Morrisons Supermarket, which represents one of the leading supermarket chains operating in the UK with over 400 stores, as well as certain foodservice customers and a Michelin star restaurant.

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Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) today announced that it will start sample shipments of its enterprise SSD (eSSD) "PX02SM" series, including "PX02SMB160", which has a 1.6TB capacity, the largest-class [1] of storage capacity in the market, in July.

Targeted at applications requiring the highest levels of eSSD performance, the PX02SM series is Toshiba's first eSSD to utilize eMLC (enterprise multi-level cell) NAND technology, with capacities of 200, 400, 800GB[2] and 1.6TB[2], and is Toshiba's first offering with a dual-port 12Gb/sec SAS interface with a form-factor equivalent"......

Union Bancaire Privée, UBP SA (“UBP”), one of Switzerland’s leading private banks, is pleased to announce that it has agreed to acquire Lloyds Banking Group’s (“Lloyds”) International Private Banking business. This is a key step in the execution of UBP’s strategy to grow its global presence and to expand its private banking activities.

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Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, is providing its smart card based solution to Dipon Consultancy Services Limited (DCSL) for their financial inclusion project in Bangladesh. DCSL is implementing this project in collaboration with Prime Bank Limited (PBL). The program named Prime Cash which represents over 76% of the country’s 150 million-population1 aims to provide secure access to banking services for people with limited or no access to banking services in both rural and urban areas in Bangladesh.

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The Rolman Group, a Dubai-based company, which is one of the largest and most established distributors of bearings and related technical application-specific services in the Middle East and Africa, announces its move into its new larger state-of-the-art headquarters in the Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority (JAFZA) in Dubai. The lease agreement was signed in JAFZA by Dr. Abdulla Al Banna, Vice President of Commercial Sales and"...