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ICE Announces 2013 UK Auction Calendar for EU Allowances

2012-12-13 12:20:55

LONDON, Dec. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global markets and clearing houses, today announced the calendar for emissions auctions taking place on ICE Futures Europe in 2013. The auctions will be hosted by the Exchange on behalf of the UK's Government Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). The 2013 UK Phase III auctions of European Union Allowances (EUAs) are expected take place every other Wednesday from January 16,...

ICE Recognised for Leading Role in Emissions Markets for Third Consecutive Year

2012-12-13 08:21:42

LONDON, Dec. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global markets and clearing houses, has been recognised as the "Best Exchange - EU Emissions Trading Scheme" in the carbon emissions market for the third time by Environmental Finance and Carbon Finance Magazine in its 13th Carbon Finance Annual Market Survey. "ICE is delighted to be recognised for its leading role in the emissions markets for the third year running. 2012 has been a...

First Warning Systems and Unicorp Biotech International Strategic Partner Letter of Intent Signed Breast Cancer Early Detection

2012-12-12 20:21:56

RENO, Nev., Dec. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- First Warning Systems, Inc. announced a Letter of Intent with Budapest, Hungary, European Union based medical products marketing partner, UniCorp Biotech. "We look forward to productive developments regarding the regulatory advise, marketing and distribution resources of UniCorp Biotech", says Jim Holmes, Chairman and CEO of First Waning Systems. "The Letter of Intent outlines a mutually beneficial process for defining how the capabilities of...

German MP: Germany Wants to Conclude Asssociation With Ukraine Next Year

2012-12-06 16:23:13

KYIV, Ukraine, December 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- "The European way is wide open for Ukraine and Germany supports it," stated the spokesman on foreign policy for Germany's ruling Free Democratic Party (FDP) Rainer Stinner. German government wants to sign Association Agreement with Ukraine in 2013, however, there are some issues, noted the MP. "In general, we [FDP - Ed.] are set very positively... We would like the Germany-Ukraine ties to be closer. The door is open; now...

Aleratec Announces New Manager of EU Channel Sales

2012-12-06 05:01:41

Aleratec announces Andy Williams has joined its team as Manager of EU Channel Sales. Williams will be working with Aleratec on the company’s expansion throughout Europe by developing and managing channel sales relationships to build on the growing reach of Aleratec’s products across European markets. Aleratec’s products include professional-grade hard disk drive duplicators, USB flash drive duplicators, optical disc duplicators and mobile and tablet accessories. Chatsworth,...

2012 EU-U.S. Energy Council Meeting in Brussels

2012-12-04 16:23:14

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tomorrow, December 5, 2012, the EU-U.S. Energy Council will meet in Brussels for the fourth time since it was established in November 2009. The European Union High Representative and Vice President of the European Commission Catherine Ashton and the Commissioner for Energy Günther Oettinger will welcome the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who will be accompanied by Deputy U.S. Secretary for Energy Daniel Poneman, at the...

New EU Rules for Hire Cars Will Mean Futuristic Cars That Tell You to Change Gear Will be Mandatory by 2014

2012-12-04 12:20:47

LONDON, December 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- New EU regulations regarding newly built cars and mandatory safety requirements have been announced for all vehicles sold in Europe, including Britain, from 2014. These new requirements mean car hire providers will have to ensure hire vehicles meet even stricter safety regulations, and consumers should know what requirements are needed to ensure they drive legally. The regulations mean all new cars will have; driver seatbelt...

Game on for Millions of Smokers Across EU as European Commission and FC Barcelona Launch 'Quit Smoking With Barça'

2012-12-01 08:20:05

BARCELONA, December 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- - Pioneering campaign focuses on benefits of becoming an ex-smoker - Smokers to receive personalised advice from Barca stars From today, smokers across Europe will be able to 'Quit Smoking with Barca' as a unique public health programme goes live. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121201/580157 ) The campaign, a joint initiative of the European Commission and FC...

EU Commissioner: EU, Ukraine May Sign Association Agreement Next Year

2012-11-30 04:20:24

KYIV, Ukraine, November 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy, Stefan Fule, believes that the European Union is likely to sign the Association Agreement with Ukraine in November 2013. This was stated at the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum in Stockholm, Sweden. "If we maintain the current pace of negotiations of Association Agreements, including the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Areas with these three...

Heptares Provides GPCR Expertise to New European Drug Discovery Consortium

2012-11-29 08:28:47

WELWYN GARDEN CITY, England and BOSTON, November 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Consortium supported with over EUR20 million funding from EU Innovative Medicines Initiative and big pharma Heptares Therapeutics, the leading GPCR drug discovery company, is joining a group of leading European academic and industry researchers known as the 'K4DD' ('Kinetics for Drug Discovery') Consortium to investigate binding kinetics or 'kinotypic'...