Accor Services and MasterCard Europe Create a Leading Joint Venture in the European Prepaid Market.
PARIS and BRUSSELS, Belgium, Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Accor Services and MasterCard Europe today announced a strategic alliance resulting in the creation of a new company, PrePay Solutions. The joint venture makes Accor Services the majority shareholder at 67 percent, while MasterCard Europe holds a 33 percent stake in...

CEO of Norske Skog to Deliver Keynote Presentation at RISI European Pulp and Paper Outlook Conference.
Joins Program Filled with High-Profile Speakers BRUSSELS, Belgium, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- RISI today confirmed that Christian Rynning-Tonnesen, CEO of Norske Skog, will give the keynote speech at RISI's 11th European Pulp and Paper Outlook Conference in Berlin, Germany, to be held March 29-31, 2009. Rynning-Tonnesen was...

EE Times Europe Online News Network Reports Double Digit Traffic Growth.
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- TechInsights Europe, the leading dedicated media and marketing services business serving the European electronics market, announces record online traffic for its flagship news network eetimes.eu, reporting year-on-year page view growth of 13% (Note 1). Compared to the most recent three months average, the...

WABCO Marks Another Milestone as Global Technology Leader; Supplies its Highly Advanced Modular Transmission Automation System to CNHTC, China's Largest Manufacturer of Heavy Duty Trucks.
BRUSSELS, Belgium, January 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WABCO Holdings Inc. [http://www.wabco-auto.com]/ , a global technology leader and tier-one supplier to the commercial vehicle industry, has begun supplying its new modular automated manual transmission (AMT) system to China National Heavy Truck Corporation (CNHTC). CNHTC is the largest producer of heavy duty...

EABIS and EFMD Launch Gateway to Profile Corporate Responsibility in Management Development.
New Web Site Features World's First Directory of CSR in Business Education and Research BRUSSELS, Belgium, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The European Academy of Business in Society (EABIS) and the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) are pleased to announce the formal launch of their new Business...

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index for the Euro Area Shows Continuing Contraction.
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The Conference Board Leading Economic Index (LEI) for the Euro Area declined a further 0.9 percent in December to 93.3 (2004 = 100), following a 1.7 percent fall in November and a 2.5 percent drop in October. Falling economic sentiment and stock prices...

Effortel Selects Amdocs Compact Convergence to Support the Launch of Low-Cost MVNO in Taiwan.
Amdocs enables Effortel to support real-time charging and service delivery ST. LOUIS and BRUSSELS, Belgium, Feb. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Amdocs , the leading provider of customer experience systems, and Effortel SA, a mobile virtual network enabler (MVNE), today announced that Effortel has deployed Amdocs to support a...

Christian Rynning-Tonnesen of Norske Skog Wins RISI's European CEO of the Year Award.
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- RISI today announced that Norske Skog's CEO and President, Christian Rynning-Tonnesen, has been selected as European CEO of the Year for the pulp and paper industry. Rynning-Tonnesen will be presented with the award at RISI's 11th European Pulp & Paper Outlook Conference in...

WABCO's Q4 and Full Year 2008 Earnings Conference Call Set for February 5.
BRUSSELS, Belgium, January 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WABCO Holdings Inc. [http://www.wabco-auto.com]/ , a global technology leader and tier-one supplier to the commercial vehicle industry, will hold its Q4 and full year 2008 earnings conference call at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, February 5. Jacques Esculier, Chief Executive Officer, and...