Cachaca Yaguara winner of the 2015 WorldStar Awards: O-I bottle receives highest honor in the packaging industry

June 18, 2015, 3:50 am

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PERRYSBURG, Ohio, Jun 18, 2015 - (ACN Newswire) - The striking bottle developed by O-I for cachaca Yaguara recently won the WorldStar Award, the most important packaging award in the world, organized by the World Packaging Organization. The ceremony was held during the IPACK-IMA fair in Milan, Italy, awarding 148 winners from 33 countries. Eighty-four of those winners attended the ceremony to receive their awards.

Produced in O-I's plant at Soacha, Colombia, the Yaguara package was created in a design partnership between renowned U.K. artist Brian Clarke and the O-I Covet(TM) team. The design of this outstanding bottle was inspired by the iconic Copacabana sidewalks, and supports the high-end positioning of this cachaca brand in the local and global markets.

Since 1970, the World Packaging Organization has given awards to numerous new packages from all around the world. In the WorldStar Awards 2015, 266 entries were received from 38 countries, and Yaguara was one of four Brazilian products that won this important recognition of packaging excellence.

"We have been very pleased with the continuing attention and awards that the Yaguara bottle has gained in many markets," said Stephanie Johnston, Covet's general manager. "We think of this beautiful bottle as a business card for Covet. This WorldStar award reinforces our commitment to continue breaking the boundaries to connect with consumers in a powerful way that only glass can do."

WorldStar awards illustrate the continual advancement of packaging design and technology, and create a living standard of international packaging excellence. "Hearty congratulations to our customer, Carmosina, for this important achievement, and to the team involved in Yaguara's production," said Johnston.

Yaguara is currently available in Brazil, North America, and the U.K.

About O-I

Owens-Illinois, Inc. (NYSE: OI) is the world's largest glass container manufacturer and preferred partner for many of the world's leading food and beverage brands. The Company had revenues of $6.8 billion in 2014 and employs approximately 21,100 people at 75 plants in 21 countries. With global headquarters in Perrysburg, Ohio, USA, O-I delivers safe, sustainable, pure, iconic, brand-building glass packaging to a growing global marketplace. For more information, visit www.o-i.com.

O-I's Glass Is Life(TM) movement promotes the widespread benefits of glass packaging in key markets around the globe. Learn more about the reasons to choose glass and join the movement at www.glassislife.com

About Covet(TM)

Covet(TM) is a collection of luxury glass packaging products and related services that help super premium brands achieve their business objectives and deepen their connections with consumers. Covet brings the best of O-I's global capabilities, including custom glass design and decoration, a collection of classic O-I bottle designs and O-I's innovation portfolio to help high-end brands seize market opportunities.

About Yaguara Cachaca

The creation of Cachaca Yaguara is rooted in the friendship of three young entrepreneurs. Thyrso and Thiago Camargo met Hamilton Lowe during their formative years, becoming fast friends during their time at school together. Over the years, Hamilton often travelled from his native England to visit the brothers at their home in Brazil, when they would occasionally visit Thyrso and Thiago's grandfather - a man who has spent his life perfecting his own cachaca, "Cachaca do Barba." It was on one such visit to Parana that they realized there was an opportunity to bridge that family cachaca tradition with modern Brazil. They hatched a plan to create their own cachaca and Yaguara Cachaca was born.

For more information about the brand visit www.cachacayaguara.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CachacaYaguara
Twitter: yaguaracachaca
Instagram: cachacayaguara

For more information, contact:
Lisa Babington
Director, Corporate Communications
Perrysburg, Ohio, US
+1-567-336-1445
lisa.babington@o-i.com

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Rob Sands, President and CEO of Constellation Brands Meets with President Pena Nieto of Mexico

June 18, 2015, 4:15 am

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Victor, N.Y., Jun 18, 2015 - (ACN Newswire) - Yesterday, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto welcomed Rob Sands, president and chief executive officer of Constellation Brands, to his official residence, Los Pinos, and discussed the significant investments the company is making. Last year, Constellation announced that it planned to invest approximately $2 billion to increase the Nava brewery's production capacity, and expand the glass plant, also located in Nava.

During a press conference in Mexico City yesterday, Sands reinforced the company's commitment to growth in Mexico, and shared that the expansion projects at the Nava brewery and glass production facility are well underway. "Constellation Brands is proud to be in Mexico, and we are here to stay," said Sands. "Our commitment and investments in our Mexican beer portfolio have resulted in record-breaking growth and accelerated U.S. consumer demand that is far ahead of market trends. We are thrilled about the investments we are making in Mexico because we believe Mexican high-end beer will continue to grow and be a leading beer segment in the U.S. for years to come."

When the expansions are complete, Constellation Brands expects that approximately 2,500 people will be employed at the brewery, glass plant and Mexico City office locations.

President Pena Nieto expressed his gratitude during the event. "Thank you for trusting Mexico, thank you for believing in Mexico. We wish the company great success and will support your business plans as you continue to grow."

Also present during the day's events were Mr. Luis Videgaray, Secretary of Finance; Mr. Ildefonso Guajardo, Secretary of the Economy; Mr. Enrique Martinez, Secretary of Agriculture; Mr. Ruben Moreira, Governor of the State of Coahuila, and Mr. Anthony Wayne, Ambassador of the U.S. in Mexico as well as representatives of the Mexican Government.

About Constellation Brands

Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ and STZ.B) is a leading international producer and marketer of beer, wine and spirits with operations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, New Zealand and Italy. In 2014, Constellation was one of the top performing stocks in the S&P 500 Consumer Staples Index. Constellation is the number three beer company in the U.S. with high-end, iconic imported brands including Corona Extra, Corona Light, Modelo Especial, Negra Modelo, Pacifico and Victoria. Constellation is also the world's leader in premium wine selling great brands that people love including Robert Mondavi, Clos du Bois, Kim Crawford, Rex Goliath, Mark West, Franciscan Estate, Ruffino and Jackson-Triggs. The company's premium spirits brands include SVEDKA Vodka and Black Velvet Canadian Whisky.

Based in Victor, N.Y., the company believes that industry leadership involves a commitment to brand-building, our trade partners, the environment, our investors and to consumers around the world who choose our products when celebrating big moments or enjoying quiet ones. Founded in 1945, Constellation has grown to become a significant player in the beverage alcohol industry with more than 100 brands in its portfolio, sales in approximately 100 countries, about 40 facilities and approximately 7,200 talented employees. We express our company vision: to elevate life with every glass raised. To learn more, visit www.cbrands.com.

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This news release contains forward-looking statements. The word "expect" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words. These statements may relate to business strategy, future operations, prospects, plans and objectives of management, as well as information concerning expected actions of third parties. The forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations. All forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in or implied by such forward-looking statements. In addition to risks associated with ordinary business operations, the forward-looking statements contained in this news release are subject to other risks and uncertainties, including other factors and uncertainties disclosed from time-to-time in Constellation Brands, Inc.'s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended Feb. 28, 2015.

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Gemalto Cloud Service Enables Mobile Subscribers in Indonesia to Securely Backup Personal Data

June 17, 2015, 6:00 pm

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AMSTERDAM, Jun 18, 2015 - (ACN Newswire) - Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, has been selected by Elasitas to provide mobile subscribers in Indonesia with LinqUs Smart Backup, offered in SaaS mode by Gemalto Allynis services. Elasitas is a local mobile technology firm that serves all leading operators in the country with a total subscriber base of 270 million[1]. This deal will enable a potential of 40 million Indonesian subscribers[2] to securely back up, synchronize, and restore personal data stored on their handsets. The solution, branded "BackApp" by Elasitas, is completely handset-agnostic, allowing end-users to transfer data across different devices and platforms.

The secure application provides an easy way to store and protect the personal data such as phonebook, photos, videos and music in one single location. Users can download the app from app stores to backup and restore their data to any mobile anytime they lose, damage, or replace their handsets. Depending on storage needs, an end-user can select a plan from the multiple offerings that suits them best.

"Mobiles contain a treasure trove of personal experiences. From messages from friends to favorite music and videos, we form an emotional bond with our mobiles," said Arthur Surya, CEO, Elasitas. "Gemalto's solution is a secured and easy-to-use solution that extends our customers' back up services from just contacts to multimedia content. It is scalable and reliable, and allows our operator customers to expand their footprint to the broadest base of subscribers."

"A Gemalto survey finds that 80 percent of mobile subscribers would use cloud-based data backup services if offered by their operators[3]," said Michael Au, President South Asia and Japan at Gemalto. "In emerging markets like Indonesia where smartphone penetration is exploding, small businesses in particular rely on the integrity of their phonebook contacts, and we offer them a simple way to protect their corporate data. With more than 100 backup solutions deployments, Gemalto protects personal data of hundreds of millions of end-users around the world."

[1] Source: http://bit.ly/1hp6b8P
[2] Source: http://bit.ly/1L1gsYQ
[3] Source: http://www.gemalto.com/mobile/linqus/personal-cloud/survey

Press release (PDF): http://hugin.info/159293/R/1929230/692962.pdf

About Gemalto

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO) is the world leader in digital security, with 2014 annual revenues of EUR 2.5 billion and blue-chip customers in over 180 countries.

Gemalto helps people trust one another in an increasingly connected digital world. Billions of people want better lifestyles, smarter living environments, and the freedom to communicate, shop, travel, bank, entertain and work - anytime, everywhere - in ways that are enjoyable and safe. In this fast moving mobile and digital environment, we enable companies and administrations to offer a wide range of trusted and convenient services by securing financial transactions, mobile services, public and private clouds, eHealthcare systems, access to eGovernment services, the Internet and internet-of-things and transport ticketing systems.

Gemalto's unique technology portfolio - from advanced cryptographic software embedded in a variety of familiar objects, to highly robust and scalable back-office platforms for authentication, encryption and digital credential management - is delivered by our world-class service teams. Our 14,000 employees operate out of 99 offices, 34 personalization and data centers, and 24 research and software development centers located in 46 countries.

For more information visit www.gemalto.com, www.justaskgemalto.com, blog.gemalto.com, or follow @gemalto on Twitter.

Gemalto media contacts:

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Slew Of Celebrated Authors Set For HKTDC Hong Kong Book Fair Next Month

June 17, 2015, 10:00 pm

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Sir David Tang

HONG KONG, Jun 18, 2015 - (ACN Newswire) - The 26th edition of the HKTDC Hong Kong Book Fair on 15-21 July features a star-studded slate of English language authors at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). From fiction and history to biography and philosophy, this event promises to be a real page turner.

Winner of the Booker Prize for Fiction, Ben Okri is among the headlining authors at the Book Fair. The Nigerian-born poet and novelist who lives in the United Kingdom, was awarded for his 1991 novel The Famished Road. Mr Okri is appearing at the Book Fair through collaboration between the British Council and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC).

The HKTDC has also teamed up with renowned entrepreneur and arts enthusiast Sir David Tang to stage the Open Public Forum featuring Swiss writer Alain de Botton, British historian and novelist Simon Sebag Montefiore and biographer Carol Thatcher, the daughter of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

Wise Words

Mr de Botton is a television presenter, philosopher and author of 14 bestselling books including Essays in Love, which was adapted into the film My Last Five Girlfriends. He is known for his philosophical take on everyday situations, and is dedicated to presenting complex issues in a way that appeals to a wide cross-section of readers. He is co-founder of The School of Life, an institution with 10 branches around the world, which promotes emotional intelligence to businesses and individuals. (Watch our interview here https://youtu.be/b5-JYwBoz34 )

Mr Montefiore is known for his historical masterpieces including Young Stalin and Jerusalem. The award-winning author enjoys widespread popularity through his fascinating portrayal of famous and infamous personalities including Joseph Stalin and Catherine the Great. (Watch our interview here https://youtu.be/SSi3uv3d5fw )

Fascinating characters are also the focus of journalist and biographer Ms Thatcher, whose subject for her breakthrough book, Below The Parapet: Biography of Denis Thatcher, was her father. Her other biographical subjects include her mother, Margaret Thatcher and the tennis player Chris Evert. Ms Thatcher also worked as a journalist for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail and BBC. In 2005, she won the popular reality TV show I'm A Celebrity... Get Me out of Here! (Watch our interview here http://youtu.be/m7eNaJdCfhQ )

World Stage

This year's Book Fair will be held under the theme of "Reading the World - Love at First Book". More than 300 events will be organised during the Book Fair with a wide range of authors taking part. As well as Mr Okri, the British Council and HKTDC are arranging a Book Fair appearance by Keith Gray. Meanwhile, the Consulate General of France in Hong Kong & Macau and the HKTDC are arranging for Christian Heinrich, Timothee de Fombelle and Christophe Ono-dit-Biot to share insights with readers at the fair. Local authors Maria Chaudhuri, Jason Ng and Mark O'Neill will also speak at fair seminars.

The week-long Book Fair is expecting more than 580 exhibitors from over 30 countries and regions. The Book Fair's English Avenue will feature more than 30 exhibitors including Commercial Press, Metrobooks, Swindon and PageOne, bringing a range of English titles to the event.

The city-wide Cultural July festival will also take place alongside the Book Fair. The month-long festival includes around 250 events, ranging from seminars and author sessions to cultural tours and other activities at book stores, shopping malls, educational institutions, coffee shops and various venues throughout Hong Kong.

HKTDC Hong Kong Book Fair website: http://www.hkbookfair.com

Photo Download: http://filesharing.tdc.org.hk/hktdc/download.php?fid=_phpV4n8Ih

About HKTDC

A statutory body established in 1966, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) is the international marketing arm for Hong Kong-based traders, manufacturers and services providers. With more than 40 offices globally, including 13 on the Chinese mainland, the HKTDC promotes Hong Kong as a platform for doing business with China and throughout Asia. The HKTDC also organises international exhibitions, conferences and business missions to provide companies, particularly SMEs, with business opportunities on the mainland and in overseas markets, while providing information via trade publications, research reports and digital channels including the media room. For more information, please visit: www.hktdc.com/aboutus. Follow us on Google+, Twitter @hktdc, LinkedIn.

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Contact:
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Tel: +852 2584 4216
Email: joe.kainz@hktdc.org

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Crawford Global Technical Services(R) Announces New Global Aviation Team

June 18, 2015, 11:30 pm

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LONDON, Jun 19, 2015 - (ACN Newswire) - Crawford & Company(R) Global Technical Services(R) (GTS(R)) has officially launched its new Aviation team, following completion of its merger with GAB Robins.

An expanded global team of more than 45 highly skilled surveyors with a wider range of aviation skills now operates as part of Crawford GTS(R), which is led by Chief Executive Officer Trevor Light, and Chief Operating Officer Chris Wright. Both executives are based in the United Kingdom.

With offices across the word, as well as a comprehensive presence across the U.S., GTS' surveyors are trained to the highest standards and come from senior engineering positions within the aviation industry.

Light says the announcement of the new team emphasizes the Company's commitment to the aviation industry: "Crawford is committed to the aviation sector and has plans for future investment. It is one of our key strategic goals to invest in highly experienced specialist skills and to leverage the power of our expanding global GTS adjusting powerhouse."

He added that "Crawford GTS has a proven track record of providing exemplary levels of service within the aviation insurance sector, but we are now able to offer our clients a wider range of disciplines. We appreciate the loyalty that our clients have shown to us over the past few months, and now following the acquisition by Crawford of GAB Robins we have merged the Aviation units of both companies."

"Crawford continually strives to enrich the experience of its clients and to improve the quality of the services it provides. The acquisition of GAB Robins gave Crawford the opportunity to enhance its Aviation capabilities around the world. Our employees now span the globe and are unified in our drive to deliver excellent professional services."

Notes to News Editor:

About Crawford(R)

Based in Atlanta, Ga., Crawford & Company(R) (www.crawfordandcompany.com) is the world's largest independent provider of claims management solutions to the risk management and insurance industry as well as self-insured entities, with an expansive global network serving clients in more than 70 countries. The Crawford Solution(TM) offers comprehensive, integrated claims services, business process outsourcing and consulting services for major product lines including property and casualty claims management, workers compensation claims and medical management, and legal settlement administration. The Company's shares are traded on the NYSE under the symbols CRD-A and CRD-B.

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Swisscom Launches Strategic Initiative for Migration to Cloud-Based Applications and Virtualized Infrastructure with NEC and NetCracker

June 19, 2015, 3:52 am

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TOKYO, Jun 19, 2015 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation and NetCracker Technology have announced that Swisscom AG has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with NEC and NetCracker as a part of its major cloud-based transformation. NEC and NetCracker will assist Swisscom to transform its business to a full cloud environment by jointly developing next-generation IT solutions, accelerating Swisscom's development of its virtualization capabilities and assisting it to showcase and operate a world-class hybrid network and access layer.

The first phase of this transformation will focus on the migration of IT applications to the cloud and virtualizing IT in order to accelerate speed to market for new services, increase operational agility and reduce CAPEX and OPEX. As part of the initiative, Swisscom is also planning to build a series of Centers of Excellence focused on the next generation of business transformation. Under this MOU, NEC, NetCracker and Swisscom will partner to build a Center of Excellence for SDN/NFV and cloud transformation. This will enable Swisscom to optimize the use of SDN/NFV and support the testing and operationalizing of both physical and virtualized network components in real-world environments.

During the first phase of this transformation, NEC and NetCracker will migrate Swisscom's NetCracker OSS (fulfillment and assurance) solution to the cloud by leveraging the capabilities from NetCracker's latest product suite NetCracker 10, which will result in greater flexibility and cost savings. NEC and NetCracker will also deliver their end-to-end Service and Network Orchestration solution and Transport SDN Controller to virtualize, integrate and manage Swisscom's diverse underlying infrastructure and services and enable its seamless migration to a fully virtualized environment. The Orchestration solution is optimized to support Swisscom's hybrid network and cloud access management capabilities.

Swisscom is Switzerland's leading telecommunications service provider, offering customers throughout the country a full range of sophisticated products and services, including fixed-line and mobile telephony and Internet services, as well as digital television, IT and networking solutions.

"Our Cloud Strategy is foundational to delivering the quality and innovation that our customers have come to expect from Swisscom," said Heinz Herren, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Officer at Swisscom. "We are partnering with NEC and NetCracker to put in place the key elements of our Cloud Strategy due to their track records of innovation and delivery."

"NEC and NetCracker have already delivered SDN/NFV solutions for commercial networks and we are confident that we can help Swisscom leverage the cloud and orchestration solutions needed to achieve its business transformation goals," said Shunichiro Tejima, Executive Vice President at NEC Corporation. "By combining NEC's expertise in infrastructure technologies with NetCracker's end-to-end suite of award-winning OSS solutions and IT background, we are thrilled in supporting Swisscom's journey to the cloud and virtualization."

"Swisscom's innovative nature combined with new cloud-based solutions and hybrid network capabilities will introduce the next-generation flexibility and agility required in Switzerland's fast-paced telecommunications market," said Andrew Feinberg, President and CEO at NetCracker. "We are excited to expand our long-term partnership with Swisscom and create the foundation for innovation and operationalization in this mission-critical domain."

About NEC Corporation

NEC Corporation is a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies that benefit businesses and people around the world. By providing a combination of products and solutions that cross utilize the company's experience and global resources, NEC's advanced technologies meet the complex and ever-changing needs of its customers. NEC brings more than 100 years of expertise in technological innovation to empower people, businesses and society. For more information, visit NEC at http://www.nec.com.

Based on its Mid-term Management Plan 2015, the NEC Group globally provides "Solutions for Society" that promote the safety, security, efficiency and equality of society. Under the company's corporate message of "Orchestrating a brighter world," NEC aims to help solve a wide range of challenging issues and to create new social value for the changing world of tomorrow. For more information, please visit http://www.nec.com/en/global/about/solutionsforsociety/message.html.

Contact:
Seiichiro Toda         
s-toda@cj.jp.nec.com 
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Indonesian BKPM Partners with Bank of China to Promote Investment in Indonesia

June 19, 2015, 12:00 am

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JAKARTA, Jun 19, 2015 - (ACN Newswire) - The Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) will cooperate with the Bank of China in promoting Indonesia's investment potential in China next July, BKPM Chief Franky Sibarani said on Wednesday. In its July investment road-show the BKPM would meet with the regional governments and local businessmen in Zhejiang and Fuijian provinces.

"Cooperation with the Chinese bank is effective in reaching potential investors in that country because the bank has extensive networks of customers and partners," Sibarani said.

He said that BKPM had also cooperated with the Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi (BTMU) when it was visiting Japan last May. The event was attended by some 600 investors who were customers and partners of BTMU.

China has so far become a strategic partner of Indonesia in the economic field. Chinese investment in Indonesia is made directly from China or from other countries (special purpose vehicle countries) such as investment from Singapore, Cayman Island, British Virgin Island, Seychelles and others.

Over the past five years, China has invested US$1.61 million in 1,427 projects in Indonesia. Although the Chinese investment plan in Indonesia shows an upward trend over the past five years, reaching US$23.3 billion, yet only about seven percent are realized.

"Therefore, we are intensifying investment promotional activities in China. We held a business forum in Beijing last May when we were able to attract five Chinese companies to make investment commitment worth US$16.7 billion in Indonesia," the BKPM chief said.

Of their US$16.7 billion commitment, investors have sought principle permits for projects valued at US$700 million and have earmarked US$16 billion for exploring projects in the sectors of energy, mining, and infrastructure, as well as the processing and automotive industries.

The business forum was aimed at providing firsthand information to Chinese businessmen about the potential areas of investment and procedures in Indonesia," he stated. Moreover, it was also expected to increase the value of realized Chinese investment in Indonesia, he emphasized.

The BKPM has planned to open a representative office in China to increase the realization of Chinese investment plans in Indonesia, he added. --Antara.

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Richard Curtis & Sir John Hegarty to Unveil 'First Ever Global Cinema Ad Campaign' at Cannes Lions

June 19, 2015, 4:30 am

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LONDON, Jun 19, 2015 - (ACN Newswire) - The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, which starts on Sunday, will this year welcome advertising legend and BBH founder Sir John Hegarty, and celebrated filmmaker and humanitarian Richard Curtis, as they unveil details of the creation and distribution of the First Ever Global Cinema Ad Campaign.

In September 2015 193 world leaders will adopt The Global Goals for Sustainable Development at the United Nations in New York. The goals are a series of ambitious targets to end extreme poverty and tackle climate change for everyone by 2030. Project Everyone, founded by Richard Curtis, aims to share these global goals with 7 billion people in 7 days.

At a seminar hosted by SAWA - the Global Cinema Advertising Association, founding partners of Project Everyone, Richard Curtis and Sir John Hegarty will discuss the 'First Ever Global Cinema Ad Campaign' #WEHAVEAPLAN and the power of cinema in delivering social good. They will be joined by internationally renowned actors Freida Pinto and Chiwetel Ejiofor who will share their experiences of how cinema can create waves for social change. The conversation will be chaired by British journalist and TV presenter Mariella Frostrup.

Richard Curtis said, "2015 is an incredibly important year for everyone. All 193 world leaders are coming together to set out the new Global Goals - a "to do list" for the people and the planet, to end extreme poverty, to fight injustice and inequality and to defeat the threats of climate change. Project Everyone has a big vision for getting the plan to everyone in the world - and that big vision needs a big screen."

Sir John Hegarty added, "Getting such an important message out around the world is a difficult brief and so global cinema is the perfect medium. I have had a life-long love of cinema and I have always believed that a big idea needs a big screen."

The seminar will take place during Cannes Lions on Wednesday 24 June, from 10:00-10:45, in the Grand Audi of the Palais des Festivals. SAWA's General Manager, Cheryl Wannell said, "We are excited by the hype that these icons will bring to the Seminar which will see them announce the first ever 'Global Cinema Ad Campaign' that from September 2015 SAWA will be facilitating through its Cinema advertising company members' countries."

Cannes Lions takes place from 21-27 June in Cannes, France. Further information on the full content programme, networking events and how to join 13,000 global industry members can all be found at www.canneslions.com.

About Project Everyone

Project Everyone was founded by Richard Curtis, filmmaker and founder of Comic Relief. This is why...
In September 2015, the United Nations are launching global goals, a series of ambitious targets to end extreme poverty and tackle climate change for everyone by 2030. If the goals are met, they ensure the health, safety and future of the planet for everyone on it. And their best chance of being met is if everyone on the planet is aware of them.
So the simple but mighty ambition of Project Everyone - is to share the global goals with 7 billion people in 7 days.

About the Speakers

Chiwetel Ejiofor CBE - actor, writer, director
Freida Pinto - actor, Girl Rising India Global Ambassador & Producer, Global Ambassador Plan International
Sir John Hegarty - Founder, Creative BBH
Mariella Frostrup - Journalist, Presenter
Richard Curtis - Writer, Director & Comic Relief Co-Founder

For media requests for Project Everyone and seminar figures please contact Carina McKeown, Project Everyone Press Manager carina@project-everyone.org, +44 (0)7483 913614 www.project-everyone.org

For information on SAWA please contact
Cheryl Wannell, SAWA.com Tel: +61 406215561
E-mail: cwannell@sawa.com

About Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity

The 62nd Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, this 21-27 June, also known as Cannes Lions, is the world's leading celebration of creativity in communications. Founded in 1954, the Festival takes place every June in Cannes, France.

As the most prestigious international annual advertising and communications awards, close to 37,500 entries from all over the world are showcased and judged at the Festival. Winning companies receive the highly coveted Lion trophy, a global benchmark of creative excellence, for Film, Print, Outdoor, Interactive, Radio, Design, Product Design, Promo & Activation, Film Craft, Mobile, Branded Entertainment and Integrated advertising, as well as the best Media, Direct, PR, Titanium, Creative Effectiveness, Creative Data and Innovation ideas. The Festival is also the only truly global meeting place for advertisers, advertising and communication professionals. More than 12,000 delegates from 95 countries attend a week-long programme of exhibitions, screenings and talks by worldwide thought leaders. As the networking and learning opportunity of the year, Cannes Lions is the must-attend event for anyone involved in brand communications.

Lions Festivals

Lions Festivals is the organiser of Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, Lions Health, Lions Innovation and Eurobest, as well as co-organisers, with its joint venture partners, of Dubai Lynx International Festival of Creativity, Spikes Asia Festival of Creativity, and the Asian Marketing Effectiveness & Strategy Awards. www.lionsfestivals.com. Lions Festivals is powered by Top Right Group.

Contact:
Camilla Lambert
Press & PR Manager
camillal@lionsfestivals.com
+44 20 3033 4016

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Marathon Petroleum Corporation to Announce 2015 Second-Quarter Financial Results July 30

June 19, 2015, 11:00 pm

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FINDLAY, Ohio, Jun 20, 2015 - (ACN Newswire) - Marathon Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: MPC) will host a conference call on Thursday, July 30, at 10 a.m. EDT to provide an update on company operations and to discuss 2015 second-quarter financial results, which will be released earlier that day.

MPC participants will be Gary R. Heminger, president and chief executive officer; Don Templin, executive vice president of Supply, Transportation and Marketing; and Tim Griffith, senior vice president and chief financial officer. The call will be hosted by Geri Ewing, director of investor relations.

Interested parties may listen to the conference call on MPC's website at http://www.marathonpetroleum.com by clicking on the "2015 Second-Quarter Financial Results" link. Replays of the conference call will be available on the company's website through Wednesday, Aug. 12. Financial information, including the earnings release and other investor-related material, also will be available online.

About Marathon Petroleum Corporation

MPC is the nation's fourth-largest refiner, with a crude oil refining capacity of approximately 1.7 million barrels per calendar day in its seven-refinery system. Marathon brand gasoline is sold through approximately 5,500 independently owned retail outlets across 19 states. In addition, Speedway LLC, an MPC subsidiary, owns and operates the nation's second-largest convenience store chain, with approximately 2,750 convenience stores in 22 states. MPC also owns, leases or has ownership interests in approximately 8,300 miles of pipeline. Through subsidiaries, MPC owns the general partner of MPLX LP, a midstream master limited partnership. MPC's fully integrated system provides operational flexibility to move crude oil, feedstocks and petroleum-related products efficiently through the company's distribution network in the Midwest, Southeast and Gulf Coast regions. For additional information about the company, please visit our website at http://www.marathonpetroleum.com.

Investor Relations Contacts:
Geri Ewing +1-419-421-2071
Teresa Homan +1-419-421-2965

Media Contacts:
Chuck Rice +1-419-421-2521
Jamal Kheiry +1-419-421-3312

MPC Earnings Call Announcement: http://hugin.info/147922/R/1929860/693446.pdf

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Omnicare's Series A and Series B Trust PIERS to Accrue Contingent Interest

June 19, 2015, 11:05 pm

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Cincinnati, Jun 20, 2015 - (ACN Newswire) - Omnicare, Inc. (NYSE: OCR) (the "Company") announced today that, for the period from June 15, 2015 to September 14, 2015, its Series A and Series B Trust Preferred Income Equity Redeemable Securities (NYSE: OCR.PRA and OCR.PRB) (the "Trust PIERS") will, subject to the terms of the Trust PIERS, accrue contingent interest at a rate of 0.125% of the average trading price of the Trust PIERS for the five trading days ended June 11, 2015, in addition to the continued accrual of regular cash interest. As previously announced, the Trust PIERS have accrued and paid contingent interest (ranging from $0.07 to $0.11 per $50 stated liquidation amount of Trust PIERS) for each quarterly interest period since June 2013.

Contingent cash interest, which Omnicare has determined to be approximately $0.145 per $50 stated liquidation amount of Trust PIERS for the current interest period, will be payable to holders of the Trust PIERS as of the record date of September 14, 2015. The payment of contingent cash interest is expected to be made on September 15, 2015.

About Omnicare

Omnicare, Inc., a Fortune 500 company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, provides comprehensive pharmaceutical services to patients and providers across the United States. As the market leader in professional pharmacy, related consulting and data management services for skilled nursing, assisted living and other chronic care settings, Omnicare leverages its unparalleled clinical insight into the geriatric market along with some of the industry's most innovative technological capabilities to the benefit of its long-term care customers. Omnicare also provides specialty pharmacy and key commercialization services for the bio-pharmaceutical industry through its Specialty Care Group. For more information, visit www.omnicare.com.

Contact:
Patrick C. Lee
+1-513-719-1507
patrick.lee@omnicare.com

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Lions Health Announces Winners

June 20, 2015, 11:00 pm

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CANNES, FRANCE, Jun 21, 2015 - (ACN Newswire) - Winners of the 2015 Pharma and Health & Wellness Lions have been announced at the Lions Health Awards Ceremony where in this, the second year of the competition, a total of 86 Pharma and Health & Wellness Lions were presented.

Pharma Lions

From the 432 entries submitted, 25 Lions were awarded in the Pharma section and DigitasLBI New York's "Take it from a fish" for Astra Zeneca claimed the section's first Grand Prix.

Commenting on the choice, Jury President Rob Rogers, Chief Creative Officer and Co-CEO, Sudler, said that the jury had been captivated by the standard of work, which he described as being of greater variety and quality this year and a sign that the competition had come of age.

The Grand Prix winner, he said, "blew the door off the category" and dispelled the myth that a challenging environment was a barrier to ideas. "Regulations don't define creativity. Constraints can sometimes help creativity."

Health & Wellness Lions

In another first, Leo Burnett Mexico claimed the country's first ever Grand Prix for Proctor & Gamble Always' "Intimate Words" in the Health & Wellness section.

Jury President, Andrew Spurgeon, Executive Creative Director, Langland, UK, said that the campaign provided otherwise silent women, the voice they needed to help protect their health.

"Even more incredible is the capacity for this idea to span women of all ages, and ultimately be passed down the generations. Always has managed to create a legacy by supporting this individual community, which in turn demonstrates the brand's commitment to women the world over. A fantastic example of a brand that seeks to deliver life-changing creativity."

61 Lions in total were handed out in this section, from a total of 1,430 entries.

Young Lions Health Award

The winner of the Young Lions Health Award, also launched this year in partnership with UNICEF and Unilever, was announced at tonight's Awards Ceremony. The jury chose the team from Mr. President, Ryan Price and Cece Chu, for their ad 'The Essentials'.

Special Awards

Finally, also announced were a series of Special Awards.

The Lions Health Grand Prix for Good - open to Gold Lion winning entries ineligible for a Grand Prix in their section - was judged by members of the Pharma and Health & Wellness Juries as well as representatives from the United Nations Foundation. Together, they chose FCB INFERNO London's "This Girl Can" for Sport England.

The inaugural Healthcare Agency of the Year was given to Langland, Windsor, second to CDM London and third to Medulla, Mumbai. While the first ever Healthcare Network of the Year went to CDM Group, second to McCann Health and third to Publicis Healthcare Communications Group.

Commenting on all the results announced at the Awards Ceremony, Lions Health Festival Director, Louise Benson, said, "Tonight has shown that the healthcare communications industry is innovating, breaking boundaries and making their mark in creative excellence. We thank the jury for judging with integrity and passion and are pleased that in its second year, Lions Health is providing the arena to recognise the industry's achievements."

About Lions Health

Lions Health is a global annual awards for creative excellence in pharma and healthcare & wellness communications, judged by international industry professionals. The awards form part of a two-day Festival of content, learning and debate that will explore the essential and unique issues relating to the world of healthcare communications, present exhibitions and screenings of the work being judged, and offer unrivalled networking opportunities. Lions Health 2015 will be held 19 & 20 June, Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France. Lions Health is organised by Lions festivals. www.canneslions.com/lions_health/.

About Lions Festivals

Lions Festivals is the organiser of Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, Lions Health, Lions Innovation and Eurobest, as well as co-organisers, with its joint venture partners, of Dubai Lynx International Festival of Creativity, Spikes Asia Festival of Creativity, and the Asian Marketing Effectiveness & Strategy Awards. www.lionsfestivals.com. Lions Festivals is powered by Top Right Group.

Contact:
Camilla Lambert
Press & PR Manager
camillal@lionsfestivals.com
+44 20 3033 4016
www.lions-health.com
http://press.canneslions.com

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Wonderful Sky Financial Group (1260.HK)'s Revenue and Profit Hit Record Highs, Development of O2O Financial Service Platform Builds a Brighter Future

June 22, 2015, 1:00 am

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HONG KONG, Jun 22, 2015 - (ACN Newswire) - Wonderful Sky Financial Group Holdings Limited (1260.HK) announces the consolidated financial results for the year ended 31 March 2015. For the year ended 31 March 2015, the revenue and the profit for the year both hit record highs. The total revenue amounted to approximately HK$523.6 million, and the profit for the year amounted to approximately HK$199.0 million, representing a year-on-year increase of approximately 14.2% and 29.3% respectively. Earnings per share increased from HK15.4 cents for the year ended 31 March 2014 to HK19.9 cents for the year ended 31 March 2015.

- Recorded a total revenue of HK$523.6 million, representing a year-on-year increase of 14.2%;
- The profit for the year amounted to HK$199.0 million, representing a year-on-year increase of 29.3%;
- Earnings per share increased from HK15.4 cents for the corresponding period of last year to HK19.9 cents;
- Recorded a gross profit of HK$283.6 million, representing a year-on-year increase of 25.0%;
- Maintained a high payout ratio of 60% and paid a final dividend of 4.0 cents and a special dividend of 2.0 cents, while final and special dividends of 3.7 cents and 1.7 cents respectively were paid for the corresponding period of last year.

During the year under review, the improvement of overall business environment and good news including the launching of Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect have brought along vigor and opportunities for the two capital markets, which also created long-term and healthy growth potential for the financial PR industry both in Mainland China and Hong Kong.

During the review period, 32 IPO clients of Wonderful Sky were successfully listed on the Stock Exchange or overseas, and over 30 IPO clients are in the progress of listing application as at the date of 19 June 2015. In order to tailor to the dynamic business environment of the capital market, Wonderful Sky capture the industry opportunity, continue to develop cross-border business platform which facing home and abroad market with Hong Kong and mainland teams collaborate seamlessly, thereby providing more services to the clients.

Some time earlier, Wonderful Sky entered into a strategic agreement with Ipreo Holdings LLC, the provider of software for transaction execution and market information. Followed by the step, Wonderful Sky continue searching for development in the area of data and information technology, and established a financial service platform, the "Wonderful Cloud". By combining both online and offline services, the new mobile/web based platform provides the professionals in capital market and executives of listed companies with professional data services and a communication platform. It is expected that the step will not only help to expand new online business for Wonderful Sky, but also contribute to increasing the client loyalty as well as helping regional expansion.

Looking forward, Wonderful Sky is gradually expanding its business in China and overseas countries while actively seeking for M&A opportunities in upstream and downstream sectors both domestically and overseas. It is expected that the Company will continue to secure new customers both at home and abroad, and even in the global capital market. The Group will incessantly exploit new growth momentum by its experience, skills and knowledge, so as to develop services with strong competitiveness and to solidify Wonderful Sky's leading position in the industry.

Wonderful Sky Financial Group (1260.HK) is a financial public relations (PR) firm providing professional service which is integrated with the five aspects, namely, financial PR, investor relations, international road show, financial printing and brand creativity. Wonderful Sky has a leading position in the financial PR market in Hong Kong. The Company, with its shares listed on the main board of Hong Kong Stock Exchange since 30 March 2012, is currently the sole listed financial PR consultancy company.

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Fukushima Experimental Offshore Floating Wind Farm Project Second Phase Update

June 22, 2015, 4:30 am

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7MW Oil Pressure Drive-Type Floating Wind Turbine "Fukushima Sinpuu"

TOKYO, Jun 22, 2015 - (JCN Newswire) - A consortium comprised of Marubeni (project integrator), the University of Tokyo (technical advisor), Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan Marine United, Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal, Hitachi, Furukawa Electric, Shimizu, and Mizuho Information & Research, has been participating in an experimental offshore floating wind farm project sponsored by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry since March 2012. Assembly works of the 7MW oil pressure drive-type wind turbine, which is the world's largest scale one, on the three-column semi-sub floater at Onahama port has been successfully completed and delivery of the floater to testing area is going to start shortly as part of the second term.

1. Outline of construction works in the second term:
- Assembly and setting of 7MW oil pressure drive-type and 5MW downwind-type floating
wind turbines, delivery of the facilities to the testing area, and connection to the undersea cable.
- Operation & Maintenance of the facilities
- Data acquisition and analysis.

2. Work progress to date:

- Preceding works i.e. installation of chains, anchors and undersea cables at the testing area has been successfully completed.
- Delivery of the three-column semi-sub floater from Nagasaki to Onahama port has been successfully completed.
- Installation of 7MW oil pressure drive-type floating wind turbine on the floater at Onahama port has been successfully completed.

- Procurement of chains and anchors, and production of high-voltage riser cable have been successfully completed.
- Parts procurement and construction of 5MW downwind-type floating wind turbine is in progress.

3. Next Step
The following activities need to be completed to start operation of the power facilities:
- Schedule will be changed depending on the meteorological and sea conditions

About Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TSE: 7011, 'MHI'), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is one of the world's leading heavy machinery manufacturers. MHI's diverse lineup of products and services encompasses shipbuilding, power plants, chemical plants, environmental equipment, steel structures, industrial and general machinery, aircraft, space rocketry and air-conditioning systems. For more information, please visit the MHI website at www.mhi.co.jp.

Contact:
Hideo Ikuno
h.ikuno@daiya-pr.co.jp 
+81-3-6716-5277

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AIR Continues to Deliver on Software Road Map; Releases New Version of Catastrophe Modeling Platform Touchstone

June 21, 2015, 10:35 pm

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Boston, MA, Jun 22, 2015 - (ACN Newswire) - Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide released Version 3.0 of its catastrophe modeling software platform, Touchstone(R). Touchstone is a total risk management solution designed to perform advanced analytics to help companies better own their risk. Touchstone is a scalable platform on which companies can build a broad analytics infrastructure. The latest version offers companies additional tools to test, compare, and modify model output to develop their own view of risk. AIR Worldwide is a Verisk Analytics (Nasdaq:VRSK) business.

Touchstone 3.0 offers comparative loss analytics that allow companies to evaluate multiple sets of loss results simultaneously, including results between model versions, between different exposure sets, or using different policy terms - comparisons that, in the past, had to be performed outside of the software. Also in this release is access to detailed hazard data for simulated events to give users even more insight into the drivers of loss and to further facilitate model validation as required by regulatory regimes such as Solvency II. Touchstone 3.0 also provides expanded loss modification capabilities to allow companies to develop their own view of risk.

"Today, more than 120 companies are benefiting from the advanced capabilities of Touchstone for catastrophe risk analysis," said Bill Churney, COO, AIR Worldwide. "With this release, AIR continues to execute on its technology road map by introducing important new functionality. With the new features and significant workflow enhancements, Touchstone version 3.0 offers even more flexibility, a broader range of analytics, and more efficient workflows to our rapidly growing client base. Next-generation catastrophe modeling is a reality; companies are seizing the opportunity now, not waiting, to perform more advanced analytics to better own their risk."

Touchstone 3.0 supports the ability to integrate non-AIR models, thereby extending the range of exposures that can be modeled in Touchstone and providing alternative views of risk. In this release, risk assessment company ERN's Mexico earthquake and hydro models are seamlessly integrated into Touchstone.

Other new functionality includes the Reinsurance Submission Pack Wizard, which ensures the fidelity of reinsurance submissions by streamlining the import and export of data needed to model reinsurance submissions in Touchstone. This enhancement helps alleviate the business delays often associated with sending or receiving incompatible files within a reinsurance submission.

Touchstone 3.0 has a new ring accumulation method as part of its Geospatial Analytics Module. The new Dynamic Ring accumulation algorithm identifies maximum exposure concentration rings using a technique that can deliver more accurate accumulations than traditional methods. Traditional methods are often limited to finding rings with the constraint that one of the risks is at the center of the ring. The Dynamic Ring tool removes this constraint and can find the maximum exposure accumulation ring even when a risk is not located at the center. Also, functionality within Underwriting Mode continues to expand to include new analytics and data, such as the ability to assess the marginal impact of policies under consideration and the ability to analyze additional noncatastrophe sources of loss.

"Touchstone 3.0 contains many enhancements that serve to increase transparency and usability in an already robust platform," concluded Churney. "In addition to offering new features on comparative analytics and the ability to access and analyze stochastic hazard information, AIR continues to provide choice in deployment by giving companies the ability to burst to the cloud within Touchstone 3.0 during times of peak activity, opt for full deployment in the cloud, or host on premises."

The new and updated models included in the Version 3.0 release of Touchstone and/or Version 17.0 of CATRADER(R) represent the culmination of major research and development efforts at AIR. They include updates to the U.S. hurricane model, such as a new hydrodynamic storm surge module; comprehensive updates to the hazard and engineering components of the Canada severe thunderstorm model; new tropical cyclone and winter storm models for Canada; an expanded global pandemic model that includes coronaviruses and filoviruses; an expanded European inland flood model to include Austria, the Czech Republic, and Switzerland; a significant update to the South America earthquake models that include the ability to assess tsunami risk and that adds Ecuador to the model domain; and new flood hazard maps for Brazil. Later this year, AIR plans to release an update to its Japan typhoon model to include storm surge.

About AIR Worldwide

AIR Worldwide (AIR) is the scientific leader and most respected provider of risk modeling software and consulting services. AIR founded the catastrophe modeling industry in 1987 and today models the risk from natural catastrophes and terrorism in more than 90 countries. More than 400 insurance, reinsurance, financial, corporate, and government clients rely on AIR software and services for catastrophe risk management, insurance-linked securities, detailed site-specific wind and seismic engineering analyses, and agricultural risk management. AIR Worldwide, a Verisk Analytics (Nasdaq:VRSK) business, is headquartered in Boston with additional offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. For more information, please visit www.air-worldwide.com.

For more information, contact:
Kevin Long
AIR Worldwide
+1-617-267-6645
klong@air-worldwide.com

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Fujitsu Laboratories Develops Data Transfer Technology that Increases Speed of Remote File Access

June 22, 2015, 9:00 pm

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Kawasaki, Japan, Jun 23, 2015 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu Laboratories has developed a software-based technology to increase data-transfer speeds for accessing files on remote enterprise file-sharing servers.

When accessing remote file-sharing servers in the cloud, slow upload and download speeds for typical file-sharing systems due to network latency has been an issue.

By using a newly developed software that relays communications between the client and server, the number of communications made has been significantly reduced, lowering the effects of network latency. This communication frequency occurs when obtaining information on multiple file names and file sizes on a remote network. In an internal experiment, file transfers were confirmed to be up to ten times faster when dealing with multiple small files. Transfers of large files can be up to twenty times faster when combined with the deduplication technology(1) Fujitsu Laboratories announced last year.

By simply installing this software on a client and server, increased speeds for file access for existing file-sharing systems can be achieved.

Background

In file sharing, files are stored on server connected to a network and multiple clients can share the same files. This is used by enterprises to share information and manage documents. Previously, Individual locations have maintained their own file-sharing servers on-site, but in order to improve security and reduce operating costs through combined management, server consolidation has become more common as have opportunities to remotely access file-sharing servers.

With two network file-sharing protocols that are widely used in file-sharing systems, CIFS and SMB(2), the effects of network latency can impose significant wait times for accessing files, creating a demand for improving speed.

Technologies Issues

Fujitsu Laboratories has already developed a deduplication technology for use with remote data transfers, which accelerates the process by avoiding retransmissions of previously sent data. This technology can be applied to a variety of situations, but it has had limited effectiveness with the CIFS and SMB file-sharing protocols because of their unique processes. Improving networks and installing specialized hardware are other ways of increasing speeds, but these are expensive, and installation of specialized hardware has limited effectiveness when handling large numbers of small files only a few kilobytes in size.

The CIFS and SMB file-sharing protocols have the following unique processes and challenges.

- When copying a folder containing a large number of files, all of the file-attribute information is requested for each file, and the accumulation of these requests in a remote network causes significant latency (Figure 1).
- When sending relatively large files, their data is split into pieces tens of kilobytes in size, and header information is attached to each data. Because this header information is updated each time, the transmitted data becomes different even if it sends the same file, which makes deduplication ineffective.

About the Technology

Fujitsu Laboratories has developed a technology that accelerates data transfers for file-sharing servers using only software. Key features of the technology are as follows.

1. Collectively proxy read-ahead for multiple files and proxy response

With this technology, a module is installed on both the client and server that accelerates data transfers (Figure 2).

The server-side module: 1) identifies when a folder containing multiple files starts to download; 2) read-ahead on the client proxy the batch of all the files downloaded; 3) these read-ahead files are bundled together and transmitted to the client-side module; and 4) the client-side module then replies to a request to get data with its server proxy.

In this way, the amount of communications generated by obtaining file attributes, such as multiple file names and file sizes, is greatly reduced, as are the delays influenced by network latency.

2. Effective deduplication due to header separation

Fujitsu Laboratories developed a technology that works on the server-side module to separate the transmitted data into the headers and the contents of file. This makes deduplication of retransmitted data more precise, leading to more effective network traffic reduction.

Results

In Fujitsu Laboratories' internal experiment, software that implements this technology was found to have the following effects.

- Increase in speed of multiple small file transfers: In a test environment that simulated the network latency for accessing a file-sharing server in Kawasaki from a location in Kyushu, batch downloads of folders containing one hundred 1-KB files was found to be ten times faster.
- Increase in speed of large file transfers: In the same test environment, a download of a single 10 MB file was found to be as much as twenty times faster (compared with having no acceleration technologies such as deduplication).

This technology is implemented as software and can be installed on existing file-sharing systems. It can also be applied to cloud and server-virtualization environments, mobile devices, etc., and can be extended to a variety of network services. This technology enables more efficient file sharing and joint development between remote locations.

Future Plans

Fujitsu Laboratories plans to implement this technology into a product as a function for a WAN optimization solution during fiscal 2015, after internal testing at Fujitsu.

Read the full release, with figures, at: http://bit.ly/1JeLa1p

[1] Deduplication technology: Deduplication and compression reduce the volume of data being transmitted, effectively increasing data-transmission speeds as much as ten times. See April 8, 2014, press release: http://bit.ly/1Fx8Sya.

[2] CIFS and SMB: CIFS stands for Common Internet File System; SMB stands for Server Message Block. Both are widely used communications protocols for file sharing. Strictly speaking, CIFS represents SMB 1.0, but is widely referred to as SMB.

About Fujitsu Laboratories

Founded in 1968 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. is one of the premier research centers in the world. With a global network of laboratories in Japan, China, the United States and Europe, the organization conducts a wide range of basic and applied research in the areas of Next-generation Services, Computer Servers, Networks, Electronic Devices and Advanced Materials. For more information, please see: http://jp.fujitsu.com/labs/en.

About Fujitsu Ltd

Fujitsu is the leading Japanese information and communication technology (ICT) company offering a full range of technology products, solutions and services. Approximately 162,000 Fujitsu people support customers in more than 100 countries. We use our experience and the power of ICT to shape the future of society with our customers. Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.8 trillion yen (US$46 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014. For more information, please see www.fujitsu.com.

Contact:
Fujitsu Limited
Public and Investor Relations
Tel: +81-3-3215-5259
URL: www.fujitsu.com/global/news/contacts/

Technical Contacts

Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.
Monozukuri Technologies Laboratory
E-mail: CIFS2015@ml.labs.fujitsu.com

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Applied Materials to Host Analyst Meeting on Monday, July 13

June 23, 2015, 12:15 am

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Santa Clara, Calif., Jun 23, 2015 - (ACN Newswire) - Applied Materials, Inc. will hold its 2015 Analyst Meeting on Monday, July 13 in San Francisco, California. Presentations by Applied's management team will begin at 2:00 p.m. PT (5:00 p.m. ET) and conclude at approximately 4:30 p.m. PT. The presentations will include discussions of Applied's industry and business outlooks, strategies, opportunities, products and financial performance.

Presenters at the Applied Materials Analyst Meeting will include Gary Dickerson, President and CEO, and Bob Halliday, CFO.

The presentations and related materials will be available via a live video webcast on the company's investor relations website at http://www.appliedmaterials.com/company/investor-relations, and a replay will remain available for at least three months.

Applied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMAT) is the global leader in materials engineering solutions for the semiconductor, flat panel display and solar photovoltaic industries. Our technologies help make innovations like smartphones, flat screen TVs and solar panels more affordable and accessible to consumers and businesses around the world. Learn more at www.appliedmaterials.com.

Contact:
Kevin Winston (editorial/media) +1-408-235-4498
Michael Sullivan (investment community) +1-408-748-5227

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AerCap Holdings N.V. Announces Proposed Public Offering of $800 Million Aggregate Principal Amount of Senior Notes

June 23, 2015, 12:25 am

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AMSTERDAM, Jun 23, 2015 - (ACN Newswire) - AerCap Holdings N.V. ("AerCap" or the "Company") (NYSE: AER) announced today that AerCap Ireland Capital Limited and AerCap Global Aviation Trust (together, the "Issuers"), each a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, propose to offer $800 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes, consisting of two tranches of varying tenor in an underwritten public offering (the "Notes"). The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by the Company and certain other subsidiaries of the Company. The Issuers intend to use the net proceeds from the Notes for general corporate purposes.

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co. are serving as joint book running managers for the underwritten public offering.

The Company has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) on Form F-3 with the SEC for the underwritten offering to which this communication relates. The registration statement automatically became effective upon filing on June 18, 2015. Investors should read the accompanying prospectus dated June 18, 2015, the preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the offering that the Company will file with the SEC and other documents the Company has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Company and this offering. These documents may be obtained for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

The prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from: Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC at Prospectus Dept., One Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010 or by calling toll-free at 1-800-221-1037; Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. Attn: Prospectus Group, 60 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005-2836, by calling toll-free at 1-800-503-4611 or by email at prospectus.CPDG@db.com; and Goldman, Sachs & Co. Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, by calling toll-free at 1-866-471-2526, by facsimile at 212-902-9316 or by emailing prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes or any other securities, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation or sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About AerCap

AerCap is the global leader in aircraft leasing with approximately 1,800 owned, managed or ordered aircraft in its portfolio. AerCap serves over 200 customers in 90 countries with comprehensive fleet solutions and provides part-out and engine leasing services through its subsidiary, AeroTurbine. AerCap is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (AER) and has its headquarters in Amsterdam with offices in Dublin, Los Angeles, Shannon, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Singapore, Shanghai, Abu Dhabi, Seattle and Toulouse.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains certain statements, estimates and forecasts with respect to future performance and events. These statements, estimates and forecasts are "forward-looking statements". In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "might," "should," "expect," "plan," "intend," "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "predict," "potential" or "continue" or the negatives thereof or variations thereon or similar terminology. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this press release are forward-looking statements and are based on various underlying assumptions and expectations and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions, may include projections of our future financial performance based on our growth strategies and anticipated trends in our business. These statements are only predictions based on our current expectations and projections about future events. There are important factors that could cause our actual results, level of activity performance or achievements to differ materially from the results, level of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. As a result, there can be no assurance that the forward-looking statements included in this press release will prove to be accurate or correct. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the future performance or events described in the forward-looking statements in this press release might not occur. Accordingly, you should not rely upon forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results and we do not assume any responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of any of these forward-looking statements. We do not undertake any obligation to, and will not, update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

For Investors:
John Wikoff
Tel. +31 6 31 69 94 30
jwikoff@aercap.com

For Media:
Frauke Oberdieck
Tel. +31 20 655 9616
foberdieck@aercap.com

AerCap Launch Senior Notes Offering June 2015: http://hugin.info/149317/R/1930251/693771.pdf

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Source: AerCap Holdings N.V. via Globenewswire

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AerCap Holdings N.V. Announces Pricing of $1.0 Billion Aggregate Principal Amount of Senior Notes

June 23, 2015, 12:35 am

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AMSTERDAM, Jun 23, 2015 - (ACN Newswire) - AerCap Holdings N.V. ("AerCap" or the "Company") (NYSE: AER) announced today that AerCap Ireland Capital Limited and AerCap Global Aviation Trust (together, the "Issuers"), each a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, priced their previously announced offering of senior notes, consisting of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 4.250% Senior Notes due 2020 (the "2020 Notes") and $500 million aggregate principal amount of 4.625% Senior Notes due 2022 (the "2022 Notes" and, together with the 2020 Notes, the "Notes"). The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by the Company and certain other subsidiaries of the Company. The Issuers intend to use the net proceeds from the Notes for general corporate purposes.

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co. are serving as joint book running managers for the underwritten public offering.

The Company has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) on Form F-3 with the SEC for the underwritten offering to which this communication relates. The registration statement automatically became effective upon filing on June 22, 2015. Investors should read the accompanying prospectus dated June 22, 2015, the preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the offering dated June 22, 2015 and other documents the Company has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Company and this offering. These documents may be obtained for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

The prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from: Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC at Prospectus Dept., One Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010 or by calling toll-free at 1-800-221-1037; Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. Attn: Prospectus Group, 60 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005-2836, by calling toll-free at 1-800-503-4611 or by email at prospectus.CPDG@db.com; and Goldman, Sachs & Co. Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, by calling toll-free at 1-866-471-2526, by facsimile at 212-902-9316 or by emailing prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes or any other securities, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation or sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About AerCap

AerCap is the global leader in aircraft leasing with approximately 1,800 owned, managed or ordered aircraft in its portfolio. AerCap serves over 200 customers in 90 countries with comprehensive fleet solutions and provides part-out and engine leasing services through its subsidiary, AeroTurbine. AerCap is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (AER) and has its headquarters in Amsterdam with offices in Dublin, Los Angeles, Shannon, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Singapore, Shanghai, Abu Dhabi, Seattle and Toulouse.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains certain statements, estimates and forecasts with respect to future performance and events. These statements, estimates and forecasts are "forward-looking statements". In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "might," "should," "expect," "plan," "intend," "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "predict," "potential" or "continue" or the negatives thereof or variations thereon or similar terminology. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this press release are forward-looking statements and are based on various underlying assumptions and expectations and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions, may include projections of our future financial performance based on our growth strategies and anticipated trends in our business. These statements are only predictions based on our current expectations and projections about future events. There are important factors that could cause our actual results, level of activity performance or achievements to differ materially from the results, level of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. As a result, there can be no assurance that the forward-looking statements included in this press release will prove to be accurate or correct. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the future performance or events described in the forward-looking statements in this press release might not occur. Accordingly, you should not rely upon forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results and we do not assume any responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of any of these forward-looking statements. We do not undertake any obligation to, and will not, update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

For Investors:
John Wikoff
Tel. +31 6 31 69 94 30
jwikoff@aercap.com

For Media:
Frauke Oberdieck
Tel. +31 20 655 9616
foberdieck@aercap.com

AerCap Pricing Senior Notes Offering June 2015: http://hugin.info/149317/R/1930460/693848.pdf

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Source: AerCap Holdings N.V. via Globenewswire

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CropLife Asia Presents in Hanoi on ASEAN Food & Agriculture's Sustainability, Global Competitiveness

June 23, 2015, 5:00 am

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Hanoi, Vietnam, Jun 23, 2015 - (ACN Newswire) - As the Responsible Business Forum on Food & Agriculture commenced today in Hanoi, Vietnam, CropLife Asia Executive Director Dr. Siang Hee Tan took the opportunity to highlight the need for crop protection regulatory harmonization in ASEAN as a means to elevate all aspects of agriculture across the region. The two-day Forum commenced today at the Melia Hotel in Hanoi, bringing together more than 350 representatives from multiple sectors of the food and agriculture industries.

Dr. Tan also commended the conference's host country of Vietnam in its agricultural sustainability advancements as the nation approaches its 10-year regulatory anniversary with respect to plant biotechnology.

"Sustainable agriculture in ASEAN is not a preference or a hope, it's a necessity and shared responsibility," said Tan. "With the world changing around us, the demands we put on agriculture here in our region and around the world are changing as well. As we ask our farmers to feed more people, with less impact to the environment and fewer resources, equipping them with the latest tools and technology is essential.

"In ASEAN, it's important to take stock of the progress that's been made in advancing sustainable agriculture given its role in ensuring food security. With Vietnam poised to recognize a decade of regulatory work in support of the nation's developments in plant biotechnology, it represents a critically important and commendable step for the country and region.

"An opportunity for ASEAN to take a collective leap forward in agriculture sustainability exists in the area of crop protection regulatory harmonization," added Tan. "Bringing a harmonized regulatory framework to crop protection technology would deliver a slew of top-tier benefits to ASEAN agriculture, and the plant science industry for our region is advocating for its inclusion with AEC (ASEAN Economic Community) 2015. The stakes are simply too high to not take this critical step forward."

Agriculture is woven into the fabric of the cultures, traditions, and societies of the nations of Southeast Asia; and ASEAN is often recognized as the world's most productive food basket. However, among the top eight agro-producing countries of ASEAN, agriculture accounts for around 20% of national GDP on average, while the labor force working within the industry stands at a staggering 46% average.[1] The disparity between the two figures highlights the opportunity that exists within the ASEAN agricultural sector to realize greater efficiency and robustness.

As Dr. Tan pointed out during today's session, "The difference between those two numbers tells a story of opportunity. And unfortunately, by not seizing that opportunity fully, it keeps our region farther from the short term sustainability we're discussing today as well as food security for the future."

With AEC 2015 at hand, the ASEAN crop protection community is advocating the inclusion of regulatory harmonization for the industry as a means to support the region's countries in their pursuit of unique national agendas and agricultural goals. This important step will have a positive impact in this respect by:

- Ensuring ASEAN farmers have greater access to the latest in crop protection technology and innovations;
- Easing the burden for the Governments of ASEAN by enabling shared regulatory capacity, knowledge, and data among ASEAN members states - leading to minimized costs, redundancy, and waste;
- Helping fuel the ASEAN economic engine of agriculture by reducing barriers to trade and investment while protecting farmers from poor quality, illegal, and/or counterfeit chemicals which can reduce yield and harm the environment; and
- Positioning ASEAN member states to better meet the food security challenges of the next decade and beyond through the benefits of crop protection advancements.

The opening session of the Responsible Business Forum on Food & Agriculture began today, Tuesday, 23 June, at 9am. The Forum is scheduled to conclude on the afternoon of Wednesday, 24 June.

[1] Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook.

About CropLife Asia

CropLife Asia is a non-profit society and the regional organization of CropLife International, the voice of the global plant science industry. We advocate a safe, secure food supply, and our vision is food security enabled by innovative agriculture. CropLife Asia supports the work of 15 member associations across the continent and is led by ten member companies at the forefront of crop protection, seeds and/or biotechnology research and development. For more information, visit us at www.croplifeasia.org.

Contact:
Duke Hipp
Director, Communications and Outreach
CropLife Asia
Tel: +65 6221 1615
duke.hipp@croplifeasia.org

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Cannes Lions Opens and Announces First Winners

June 23, 2015, 5:00 am

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CANNES, FRANCE, Jun 23, 2015 - (ACN Newswire) - Following Saturday's conclusion of a second, successful Lions Health, the doors of the Palais des Festivals have opened for the 62nd Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity.

Tonight, the red carpet was laid up the steps of the Grand Audi for the first Awards Ceremony of the week where winners of the Promo & Activation, Direct, Mobile and Press Lions were announced.

From a total of 3,196 entries in Promo & Activation this year, 117 Lions were awarded. The Grand Prix was claimed by Grey London for Volvo UK, "Lifepaint" which, said Jury President Matt Eastwood, Worldwide Chief Creative Officer of J. Walter Thompson, had not only raised the bar creatively, but also made a positive contribution to humanity. "It reinforces a life-long commitment to a strategy of safety and then elegantly turns that to a guiding purpose not just for the cars, but for all of society. It's a simple, easy to apply solution that will genuinely save lives."

The Direct Lions saw Volvo pick up a second Grand Prix via Grey New York for "Interception". In a section with 2,813 entries, 83 Lions were presented. "Smart, strategic, creative and real-time, Volvo zagged and created a new conversation which hijacked The Superbowl. It pushed and rethought what you can do in direct," said Jury President, Judy John, CEO and Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett Canada. "Interception is a deep example of what's going on. It's an exciting time in the category and the business."

In Mobile, 57 Lions were narrowed-down from 1,246 entries, with Google Mountain View taking home the Grand Prix for Google "Cardboard" - an idea that almost rendered the technology invisible in order to allow the experience to seem natural. Jury President Joanna Monteiro, VP Creative Director, FCB Brazil said that it had made virtual reality far more accessible. "The jury believed that this is a game-changer since it democratizes VR. Cardboard costs about $20 and will allow brands to engage many more consumers, offering them a different level of experience."

Finally, in Press there were 79 Lions were awarded from 4,470 entries. "Dog", "Baby", "Squirrel" and "Moths", a campaign for the City of Buenos Aires by The Community/La Communidad Miami, triumphed.

Jury President Pablo del Campo, Worldwide Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi, Argentina said that the jury had seen many entries which had "brought light" to the category, but the Grand Prix stood out for its freshness, originality and, ultimately, creative bravery. "There were other great ideas that we loved, but we thought that this one was the most challenging and farthest away from the comfort zone."

Not only has the Festival experienced record entry numbers, but with around 13,500 pass-holders descending on Cannes, delegate numbers are also at an all-time high. Jam-packed auditoriums were experienced on days 1 and 2 of the content programme as Tinder Founder and President, Sean Rad revealed how to swipe right for success; the team behind AMC's The Walking Dead provided insights into how to survive a zombie attack (and harness cultural trends for brand growth); Dazed's Jefferson Hack and actress Samantha Morton talked about female creativity revolutionising film, and in the 9th Annual Grey Music Seminar, Grey Group's CCO, Tor Myhren had a "conversation with the antichrist" when he appeared onstage with Marilyn Manson.

About Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity

The 62nd Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, this 21-27 June, also known as Cannes Lions, is the world's leading celebration of creativity in communications. Founded in 1954, the Festival takes place every June in Cannes, France.

As the most prestigious international annual advertising and communications awards, close to 37,500 entries from all over the world are showcased and judged at the Festival. Winning companies receive the highly coveted Lion trophy, a global benchmark of creative excellence, for Film, Print, Outdoor, Interactive, Radio, Design, Product Design, Promo & Activation, Film Craft, Mobile, Branded Entertainment and Integrated advertising, as well as the best Media, Direct, PR, Titanium, Creative Effectiveness, Creative Data and Innovation ideas. The Festival is also the only truly global meeting place for advertisers, advertising and communication professionals. More than 12,000 delegates from 95 countries attend a week-long programme of exhibitions, screenings and talks by worldwide thought leaders. As the networking and learning opportunity of the year, Cannes Lions is the must-attend event for anyone involved in brand communications.

Lions Festivals

Lions Festivals is the organiser of Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, Lions Health, Lions Innovation and Eurobest, as well as co-organisers, with its joint venture partners, of Dubai Lynx International Festival of Creativity, Spikes Asia Festival of Creativity, and the Asian Marketing Effectiveness & Strategy Awards. www.lionsfestivals.com. Lions Festivals is powered by Top Right Group.

Contact:
Camilla Lambert
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camillal@lionsfestivals.com
+44 20 3033 4016
www.canneslions.com
http://press.canneslions.com

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