[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.(http://www.heidrick.com/) (Nasdaq:HSII), the premier professional services firm focused on serving the leadership needs of top organizations globally, today announced that Tracy R. Wolstencroft has been named President and Chief Executive Officer. He has also joined the Heidrick & Struggles Board of Directors. Jory Marino, who has been serving as Interim CEO, will continue with the firm in a leadership role. Wolstencroft, 55, joins Heidrick & Struggles following a 25-year career at Goldman, Sachs & Co. A partner at Goldman from 199
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]In the pachinko/pachislot business, 4 pachinko and 3 pachislot titles were sold in the third quarter under review, and major pachinko titles, including the latest offering in the “Evangelion” pachinko series, were steadily launched. This resulted in an increase in the total number of pachinko and pachislot machines sold year-over-year. Moreover, a variety of initiatives based on the “Ultraman” series owned by the Group company, Tsuburaya Production Co., Ltd. were successfully deployed, including a TV series and events to mark the 50th anniversary of Tsuburaya Production,
[BY NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Cegedim Relationship Management(http://goo.gl/h19843), the worldwide market leader in healthcare compliance solutions, today announced the release of a new integration in partnership with Concur. The innovative solution will help ensure any expense tied to a Healthcare Professional (HCP) or Healthcare Organization (HCO) is accurately assigned upfront in Concur using a Cegedim OneKey global ID. Data is then seamlessly integrated into Cegedim’s AggregateSpend360 - the industry’s leading aggregate spend transparency and disclosure reporting solution. Concur is the leading pr
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]22nd Century Group, Inc. (OTCQB: XXII, http://goo.gl/7CavNZ) today announced that Goodrich Tobacco Company, its wholly-owned subsidiary, has delivered an additional 5.5 million SPECTRUM® government research cigarettes. SPECTRUM was developed by 22nd Century for NIDA, a department of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). As the only company in the world capable of producing very low nicotine (VLN) tobacco products, 22nd Century was chosen by NIDA to supply its proprietary cigarettes as a subcontractor under a federal government contract. The main SPECTRUM product l
[BY NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Oberthur Technologies, a world leader in digital security solutions for the mobility space, today announced the release of the fastest MasterCard dual interface payment card on the market. Chrysalis Fly v3.0 reaches unprecedented contactless performances. In the urban transport, contactless technology has always been challenged for its speed performances and its level of security. Indeed, the most difficult challenge of the Open Payment is the transaction speed during validation at the gate. It must be very fast to ensure maximum fluidity of commuter’s traffic and fulfil
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]FreedomPay, creator of the world's most innovative commerce platform, today announced the addition of payments industry veteran Brian Voigt to its executive team as Senior Vice President of Strategic Partnerships. Bringing nearly 25 years of payments industry experience, Voigt has proven success in building relationships and product innovation that bring key partners and customers to the table. He will be responsible for engaging, recruiting and establishing product-complementary and revenue-generating relationships with global partners engaged in the commerce ecosystem.
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook] SES S.A.(NYSE Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) announces that the SES-8 satellite has been successfully co-positioned with SES’s NSS-6 satellite at the orbital location of 95 degrees East and is now fully operational to serve the thriving markets in the Asia-Pacific region. SES-8 was launched on December 3, 2013 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on board a SpaceX/Falcon 9 booster in SpaceX’s maiden launch into geostationary transfer orbit. Since then, extensive in-orbit tests have confirmed the flawless functioning of the spacecraft. SES-8 was manufactured by Orbital Sciences Corpora
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]BOARD are pleased to confirm their latest client, Clear Channel Outdoor, one of the world’s largest outdoor advertising businesses have chosen BOARD as their Business Intelligence and Performance Management solution to manage Reporting, Analytics, Dashboards, KPI’s, and Forecasting. BOARD (www.board.com) provides one analytical version of the truth across the business and offers real-time analytical access to all company information from across Clear Channel’s international business (including Finance, Sales, Operations, Marketing, Spend, Market data etc.). BOARD’s ease o