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2016.11.01 |
The future of working: Nissan e-NV200 WORKSPACe is the world's first all-electric mobile office
London, UK - October 26, 2016 - Nissan has collaborated with UK-based design workshop Studio Hardie to transform its zero emission e-NV200 van into the world's first all-electric mobile office - the e-NV200 WORKSPACe. This professional office environment on wheels features an integrated fold-out desk, touchscreen computer, wireless internet, smartphone-controlled LED lights, wireless phone charging, Bluetooth audio system, mini fridge and barista-quality coffee machine. The e-NV200 WORKSPACe concept not only highlights the customizable potential of its electric van, it paints a picture of what desk-based employment could look like in the future as hot-desking and flexible working grows in popularity across the globe.
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2016.10.29 |
Qualcomm to Acquire NXP for USD 47 Billion
San Diego, CA, USA and Eindhoven, The Netherlands - October 27, 2016 - Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) and NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) today announced a definitive agreement, unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies, under which Qualcomm will acquire NXP. Pursuant to the agreement, a subsidiary of Qualcomm will commence a tender offer to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of NXP for USD110.00 per share in cash, representing a total enterprise value of approximately USD47 billion. NXP is a leader in high-performance, mixed-signal semiconductor electronics, with innovative products and solutions and leadership positions in automotive, broad-based microcontrollers, secure identification, network processing and RF power. As a leading semiconductor solutions supplier to the automotive industry, NXP also has leading positions in automotive infotainment, networking and safety systems, with solutions designed into 14 of the top 15 infotainment customers in 2016. NXP has a broad customer base, serving more than 25,000 customers through its direct sales channel and global network of distribution channel partners.
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2016.10.29 |
Apple unveils groundbreaking new MacBook Pro
Cupertino, California, USA - October 27, 2016 - Apple today introduced the thinnest and lightest MacBook Pro ever, along with a breakthrough interface that replaces the traditional row of function keys with a brilliant, Retina-quality Multi-Touch display called the Touch Bar. The new MacBook Pro features Apple's brightest and most colorful Retina display yet, the security and convenience of Touch ID, a more responsive keyboard, a larger Force Touch trackpad and an audio system with double the dynamic range. It's also the most powerful MacBook Pro ever, featuring sixth-generation quad-core and dual-core processors, up to 2.3 times the graphics performance over the previous generation, super-fast SSDs and up to four Thunderbolt 3 ports. The Touch Bar places controls right at the user's fingertips and adapts when using the system or apps like Mail, Finder, Calendar, Numbers, GarageBand, Final Cut Pro X and many more, including third-party apps.
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2016.10.25 |
HNA Group Makes Strategic Investment USD 6.5 Billion in Hilton Worldwide Holdings, reducing Blackstone's interest in Hilton
Haikou City, Hainan Province, China - October 24, 2016 - Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HLT), HNA Group and Blackstone (NYSE: BX) announced today that HNA will acquire an approximate 25 percent equity interest in Hilton from affiliates of Blackstone, establishing a long-term strategic investment in Hilton and Hilton's planned spin-offs of Park Hotels & Resorts and Hilton Grand Vacations. The transaction is valued at approximately USD6.5 billion, or USD26.25 per share in cash, reducing Blackstone's interest in Hilton to approximately 21 percent. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2017. Following Hilton's previously announced spin-offs of Park and HGV, which are expected to occur on or about the end of the year, HNA will own approximately 25 percent of all three companies. As part of the transaction, HNA has entered into a stockholders agreement with Hilton, and into similar agreements with Park Hotels & Resorts and Hilton Grand Vacations, effective upon closing.
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2016.10.23 |
AT&T to Acquire Time Warner - a total equity value of USD 85.4 billion and a total transaction value of USD 108.7 billion
Dallas and New York City, USA - October 22, 2016 - AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) and Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX) today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which AT&T will acquire Time Warner in a stock-and-cash transaction valued at $107.50 per share. The agreement has been approved unanimously by the boards of directors of both companies. The deal combines Time Warner's vast library of content and ability to create new premium content that connects with audiences around the world, with AT&T's extensive customer relationships, world's largest pay TV subscriber base and leading scale in TV, mobile and broadband distribution. Time Warner is a global leader in media and entertainment with a great portfolio of content creation and aggregation, plus iconic brands across video programming and TV/film production. The merger is subject to approval by Time Warner Inc. shareholders and review by the U.S. Department of Justice.
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2016.10.22 |
Mitsubishi Motors Joins Renault-Nissan Alliance
Tokyo, Japan - October 20, 2016 - Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) announces that Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (Nissan) has become its largest shareholder after completing the purchase of 34% of MMC-issued stock for 237 billion JPY. As part of Nissan's strategic investment, MMC will become a full member of the 17-year strong global alliance between Nissan and Renault - paving the way for synergies to enhance profit margins and earnings per share. Nissan Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Carlos Ghosn has been nominated to become chairman of the Board. Ghosn will be joined by three other Nissan nominated directors, including Mitsuhiko Yamashita, Nissan's former executive vice president of research and development, who joined MMC earlier this year as head of development. The other nominees are Hitoshi Kawaguchi, Nissan chief sustainability officer and head of global external affairs, and Hiroshi Karube, Nissan global controller and global asset manager. Trevor Mann, currently Chief Performance Officer of Nissan, will become Chief Operating Officer of MMC.
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2016.10.21 |
CodiLime is second fastest-growing tech firm in Central Europe - 2016 Deloitte Central Europe Technology Fast 50 list announced
Menlo Park, CA, USA and Warsaw, Poland - October 21, 2016 - Menlo Park, CA and Warsaw-based CodiLime ranks 2nd in this year's Deloitte Central Europe Technology Fast 50 list of the region's fastest-growing tech companies. CodiLime provides IT consulting and software engineering services in three core areas: networks, security as well as Big Data & deep learning through its deepsense.io subsidiary. The company's ranking on the Technology Fast 50 list was based on its revenue growth over the previous four financial years (2012-2015). In 2015, the company placed second in Deloitte's Central Europe Rising Stars list of young high-growth tech companies. Additionally, CodiLime co-founder and CEO, Tomasz Kulakowski, has received numerous awards as one of Poland's and Central Europe's top tech entrepreneurs. Earlier this year, he captured the Polish Business Roundtable's Jan Wejchert Award for Vision and Innovation, one of the most prestigious prizes in Poland's business community. In 2014, Kulakowski was selected as the 2014 EY Entrepreneur of the Year in the New Business category.
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2016.10.20 |
The Deloitte Technology Fast 50 in Central Europe: First place in the 2016 ranking goes to the Polish business Codewise, the second-placed CodiLime also from Poland
Deloitte - October 20, 2016 - The Deloitte Technology Fast 50 in Central Europe is a programme that recognises and profiles fast growing technology companies in the region. The programme, which is now in its 17th year, ranks the 50 fastest growing public or private technology companies. First place in the 2016 ranking goes to the Polish tech marketing hub and software business Codewise, whose amazing three-year growth rate of 13,052% eclipses the still highly impressive 4,555% it recorded in 2015 when winning the Rising Stars award. Unsurprisingly given this growth rate, Codewise also won the Big Five award this year. In any other year, the second-placed CodiLime software business, also from Poland, would have dominated proceedings with its exceptional three-year growth rate of 5,038%.
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2016.10.16 |
Tech Leaders Unite to Enable New Cloud Datacenter Server Designs for Big Data, Machine Learning, Analytics, and other Emerging Workloads, called OpenCAPI
San Jose, CA, USA - October 14, 2016 - Technology leaders AMD, Dell EMC, Google, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IBM (NYSE: IBM), Mellanox Technologies, Micron, NVIDIA and Xilinx today announced a new, open specification that can increase datacenter server performance by up to 10x, enabling corporate and cloud data centers to speed up big data, machine learning, analytics, and other emerging workloads. Servers and related products based on the new standard are expected in the second half of 2017. The new standard, called OpenCAPI and released today by the newly formed OpenCAPI Consortium, provides an open, high-speed pathway for different types of technology - advanced memory, accelerators, networking and storage - to more tightly integrate their functions within servers.
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2016.10.15 |
Intel Announces Commercial Drone: Intel Falcon 8+ System
Santa Clara, Calif., USA and Hamburg, Germany - October 11, 2016 - Today, at the 2016 INTERGEO drone conference in Hamburg, Germany, Intel Corporation announced the Intel Falcon 8+ system, an advanced drone with full electronic system redundancy that is designed with safety, ease, performance and precision for the North American markets. The Intel Falcon 8+ is outfitted for industrial inspection, surveying and mapping geared toward professionals and experts. This sophisticated system also includes the Intel Cockpit for ground control and the Intel Powerpack smart battery as the power supply. The system provides detailed images down to millimeter accuracy and gives valuable structural analysis that helps users detect and prevent further damage to infrastructure. Operators will have tremendous opportunities to generate valuable aerial precision data.
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2016.10.14 |
Boeing, China Southern Airlines Finalize Order for 12 787-9 Dreamliners, valued at USD 3.2 Billion
Guangzhou, China - October 12, 2016 - Boeing (NYSE: BA) and China Southern Airlines today finalized an order of 12 787-9 Dreamliners, valued at USD3.2 billion at current list prices. China's largest airline by fleet size, China Southern Airlines currently operates 700 aircraft, including Boeing 787, 777, 747, 757 and 737s. By 2020, the airline expects to have a fleet of 1,000 aircraft with passenger traffic surpassing 160 million annually.
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2016.10.08 |
Electric mobility. Mercedes-Benz flips the switch: Generation EQ - mobility revisited
Paris, France / Stuttgart, Germany - September 29, 2016 - With "Generation EQ", Mercedes Benz shows how electric cars can soon move into the fast lane: the concept vehicle, with the appearance of a sporty SUV coupé, gives a preview of a new generation of vehicles with battery-electric drives. The dynamic exterior design with its new electro-look underlines the focus on the powerful electric drive system: two electric motors, with a system output that can be increased to up to 300 kW thanks to scalable battery components, and permanent all-wheel drive deliver the guarantee of dynamic high-level performance. With a range of up to 500 kilometers and the typical Mercedes strengths of safety, comfort, functionality and connectivity, "Generation EQ" meets every demand in terms of contemporary, sustainable mobility. Also on the inside, the vehicle offers innovative solutions, including a completely new interior concept. Celebrating its world premiere at the Paris Motor Show, "Generation EQ" is the forerunner of Mercedes-Benz's new product brand for electric mobility, EQ. The name EQ stands for "Electric Intelligence" and is derived from the Mercedes-Benz brand values of "Emotion and Intelligence".
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2016.10.08 |
World Premiere of Lexus UX Concept
Paris, France - September 29, 2016 - A new Lexus compact crossover concept vehicle, the UX Concept, makes its world debut at the 2016 Paris motor show, showcasing Lexus' vision for a compact SUV of the future. Designed by ED2, Lexus' design centre in the South of France, the UX Concept represents a new step in the company's design journey and a redefinition of the driving experience. A powerful reinterpretation of the Lexus design signatures, the UX Concept reflects the brand's determination that each of its models should have a unique, stand-alone character with a strong concept behind it; here represented by the powerful, inside out design concept and deconstructed interior styling.
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2016.10.08 |
Tech Data to Acquire Technology Solutions Business from Avnet for USD 2.6 Billion
Clearwater, FL, USA - October 08, 2016 - Tech Data this week celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Tech Data European Vendor Partner Summit with a special performance by the Barcelona English Choir at the event's gala dinner. Tech Data announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Technology Solutions business from Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT) for USD 2.4 billion in cash and 2.785 million shares of Tech Data common stock, in a transaction valued at approximately USD 2.6 billion. With Technology Solutions, Tech Data will be one of the world's premier global IT distributors with the most diverse end-to-end solutions, from the data center to the living room, with operations in 35 countries. With Technology Solutions, Tech Data will be one of the world's premier global IT distributors with the most diverse end-to-end solutions, from the data center to the living room, with operations in 35 countries.
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2016.10.01 |
Amazon, DeepMind/Google, Facebook, IBM and Microsoft Establish Partnership on Artificial Intelligence Best Practices
New York, USA - September 28, 2016 - Amazon, DeepMind/Google, Facebook, IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Microsoft today announced that they will create a non-profit organization that will work to advance public understanding of artificial intelligence technologies (AI) and formulate best practices on the challenges and opportunities within the field. Academics, non-profits, and specialists in policy and ethics will be invited to join the Board of the organization, named the Partnership on Artificial Intelligence to Benefit People and Society (Partnership on AI). The objective of the Partnership on AI is to address opportunities and challenges with AI technologies to benefit people and society.
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