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TORONTO, September 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Harry Winston Diamond Corporation (TSX: HW, NYSE:HWD) (the "Company") today announced its second quarter Fiscal 2013 results for the quarter ending July 31, 2012. Robert Gannicott, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer stated, "This quarter has seen transaction numbers and margins grow in our luxury goods segment even as we have withheld rough diamonds, from a soft diamond market, rather than sell at depressed...

TORONTO, Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Harry Winston Diamond Corporation (TSX: HW, NYSE:HWD) (the "Company") today announced its second quarter Fiscal 2013 results for the quarter ending July 31, 2012. Robert Gannicott, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer stated, "This quarter has seen transaction numbers and margins grow in our luxury goods segment even as we have withheld rough diamonds, from a soft diamond market, rather than sell at depressed prices." Second Quarter...

GENEVA, Aug. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Gunvor Group Ltd, through a 50/50 joint venture with Volga Resources, has completed the acquisition of a stake (60%) in Kolmar Management Company LLC (Kolmar), one of the Russian Federation's leading coal producers. The deal represents Gunvor's first foray into Russian coal mining, and will benefit from the company's superior knowledge of the Russian energy sector and proven commodity trading skills. "Kolmar is focused on the development of a...

New technology alliance partnership pairs premier content platform with leading software solution for end-to-end information governance. Geneva, Switzerland (PRWEB) August 09, 2012 RSD, the leading provider of information governance software solutions, today announced that is has joined the Hitachi Data Systems Technology Alliance Program and has formed a new strategic partnership with Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) to deliver an enterprise-grade end-to-end information governance solution....

GENEVA, August 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Mekong Development Bank triples current account base with launch of Vietnam's first biometric debit card, through TEMENOS T24 Biometrics, at NCR ATMs across Vietnam Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the market leading provider of banking software, today announces the launch of Vietnam's first fingerprint-enabled debit card, at Mekong Development Bank. The bank has implemented Temenos T24...

GENEVA, Aug. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The European Commission has approved regulatory clearance for Gunvor Group Ltd's acquisition of the assets of Petroplus' refinery in Ingolstadt and related German marketing activities. The clearance marks a key milestone for Gunvor in the closing process. Gunvor's purchase of the refinery, which remains subject to additional customary closing conditions and regulatory clearance from competition authorities, is a part of the company's long-term...

Dr. Johnson treats patients of all ages, from infants to senior adults. His areas of special interest include asthma, food allergies, hay fever, eczema, hives, drug allergies, sinus problems, and insect sting reactions. Lake Geneva, WI (PRWEB) July 21, 2012 Mercy Health System welcomes board certified allergist/immunologist, Tad M. Johnson, MD, to the allergy/immunology staff at Mercy Walworth Hospital and Medical Center, Hwys. 50 and 67, Lake Geneva. He joins board certified...

GENEVA, July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- 9th MidEast-North Africa Mediterranean Upstream Conference - focuses on new opportunities With huge gas finds in the Mediterranean, new gas-LNG ventures afoot, accelerating acreage leasing and major capital investment projects across the region, the Middle East and North African oil and gas market remains one of the biggest and most dynamic energy markets in the world. Therefore, the regional exploration, oil/gas-LNG and energy game...

GENEVA, July 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Swiss financial publication L'Agefi has profiled Gunvor Group in a recent article entitled "The emergence of a global player," which describes how the "Geneva-based trading company has in a few years become a world leader in energy trading. And more is expected." The article outlines Gunvor's strategy "of vertical integration illustrated by the recent acquisitions of refineries in Antwerp (Belgium) and Ingolstadt (Germany) sold by the now...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, will present preliminary findings from its search for the Higgs Boson, the so-called ‘God particle’, on July 4 as an international physics conference gets underway, the Geneva-based organization said on Thursday. The announcement will include the latest results from ATLAS and CMS, two major experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) that are searching for the Higgs...