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Cubeyou Taps Over 1.6 Million Moviegoers to Uncover Consumer Trends To Market Holiday Blockbusters

Social Data Research from 1,652,725 Film Fans Compares Hunger Games, Thor, and The Hobbit to Reveal Consumers’ Interests in Music, Books, TV, Sports, Brands, and More.

San Francisco, CA, USA (December 10, 2013) — Cubeyou (http://www.cubeyou.com), the revolutionary new research firm that mines social data to reveal consumer social and interest trends, has completed a new Competitive Benchmark study, “How Does The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Benchmark Against The Hobbit and Thor?,” just in time for the holiday movie blockbuster season. This latest custom report collected and analyzed interests, demographics, psychographic trends and MBTI personality traits for 1,652,725 fans of the three holiday releases, and demonstrates the power of using Cubeyou’s social data database to develop research reports to market virtually any consumer product or service.

Among the findings of the Competitive Benchmark study:

– Although 67 percent of ‘Hunger Games’ fans are women under 21, more than 26 percent are hard-core gamers, and 32 percent are basketball fans.
– ‘Hobbit’ fans are into movies and TV but are also fans of documentaries and news and are very interested in social activism.
– ‘Thor’ fans not only love action movies, but also love fine art.
– All three movie’s fans are predominantly ISFJ personality types, as measured using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), so they are empathetic and loyal.

These are just a few of the revelations in the study, which is being offered free from the Cubeyou.com web site. Cubeyou develops research reports from social data taken from 153 million social profiles of consumers in 67 countries. Using a patent-pending algorithm, Cubeyou takes Facebook public data to create updated profiles with inferential information about consumer personalities, interests, psychographics, and more. As a result, the research reports are highly accurate indicators of consumer likes and trends, and can be invaluable to marketing professionals and others seeking to identify new methods and channels to connect with consumers.

“Being able to tap more than a million consumers would be impossible for conventional market surveys. With our methodology, brands, publishers and agencies get accurate insight within a few days into almost any consumer trend for a fraction of the cost of comparable research,” said Federico Treu, CEO of Cubeyou. “We uncover consumer attitudes about products, services, and brands, and most importantly, reveal what you don’t know about your target market so you can dig deeper. As marketing programs need to become more personalized, we see our research as the key to helping clients provide a customized experience and choosing the right market channels to reach customers.”

To illustrate, Treu notes that the new report reveals that 29.3 percent of ‘Hunger Games’ fans also are food lovers. By digging deeper into the social data, Cubeyou can reveal what types of food appeal most to this group, broken down by demographics, geographic area, and even brand. Armed with such data in advance of a movie or product release can help create a more personalized, targeted marketing campaign.

Cubeyou offers six types of market research reports, designed to help clients investigate competitive customer segments, identify, benchmark and execute tactical programs. The most popular is the Competitive Benchmark report (CB) that provides competitive analyses against competitors’ products or services. Segment Analysis (SA) provides a deeper dive into specific demographic or interest categories. Customer Intelligence (CI) reports identify consumer interests and target personas. Content Strategy (CS), Media Planning (MP), and Marketing Opportunities (MO) define consumer interests, marketing channels, and co-marketing opportunities.

From now through January 5, Cubeyou is offering two market research reports, a Competitive Benchmark (CB) and Customer Intelligence (CI) for the price of one. For more information contact Mark Friedler, mfriedler@cubeyou.com.

About Cubeyou

Founded in 2009, Cubeyou is a revolutionary new research firm that assesses consumer social interest to show where brands have a competitive advantage, how to reach their target audience, and what drives customer preferences. Using public data available from Facebook, Cubeyou moves beyond the social graph to tap the consumer interest graph, delivering actionable market research in a matter of days, without expensive and time-consuming surveys. Powered by a unique clustering algorithm, Cubeyou’s Express Intelligence Reports reveal consumer demographics, interests, activities, and personality traits, providing insight that drives more effective marketing and media campaigns.

Cubeyou has its headquarters in San Francisco with research offices in Milan, Italy. For more information, visit http://www.cubeyou.com.

COPIES OF THE REPORT AVAILABLE AT http://www.cubeyou.com/hungergames.

Contact:
Tom Woolf
Woolf Media & Marketing
(415) 259-5638
tomw@woolfmedia.com

Amar Naher joins Virtus Data Centres as Head of Strategic Business Development

Virtus Data Centres, London’s flexible and efficient data centre specialists, appoints new Head of Strategic Business Development.

London, UK, December 09, 2013 – Virtus Data Centres Ltd, (Virtus), London’s flexible and efficient data centre specialists announced today that Amar Naher has joined Virtus as its new Head of Strategic Business Development.

With over 15 years of experience developing strategic relationships within the Enterprise sector including time at Misys, Interxion and CBRE, Amar will focus mainly on three key areas; to strengthen Virtus’ presence in the Global Enterprise markets and further develop Virtus’ Strategic Partnerships and Channel Alliances.

Neil Cresswell, CEO of Virtus, commented: “I am absolutely delighted that Amar has joined our team. His breadth of experience working within the Enterprise sector is a valuable addition to our current skills and capabilities and will allow us to address new markets and opportunities more efficiently.

Virtus is committed to providing its customers with the most intelligent data centre solutions in the market, as well as, the most eco-efficient. Work has now started on LONDON2, our flagship data centre in West London and we are looking at sites for LONDON3. Although we are expanding fast, we will not lose sight of our core values – service, flexibility and efficiency, but ultimately lowest TCOs for our customers.”

About Virtus:
Virtus, London’s flexible and efficient data centre specialists, help customers optimize their IT for today’s challenges. We assist clients to power their 24/7 IT operations with enough flexibility to enable IT expansion and consolidation, which helps businesses to run smoothly and grow securely.

Our data centre and connectivity solutions provide the foundation for technology which is increasingly at the front and centre of every successful, connected business and helps make IT more efficient, flexible and more cost-aligned to changing requirements.

In the last five years we have built a reputation for exceptional service and value. We specialize in the middle-market for data centre solutions in London, incorporating the best of wholesale and retail models. Virtus solutions are ideal for businesses that need scalable, reliable and efficient colocation, with the convenience and rich connectivity of London locations. They are uniquely flexible solutions supported by honest, responsive customer support, at the lowest TCO available in London.

Virtus is London’s fastest growing specialist data centre provider. Our highly experienced management and operations team has a perfect track record of delivering 100% availability to our cloud, MSP, financial, media and education customers. All our solutions are delivered from large eco-efficient data centres that have been designed, built and operated by Virtus on land that we own. Our expanding portfolio currently comprises 28 MVA of power in 21,242 sq. m. of data centre space located in outer London’s Zone 5 and interconnected to key sites in London by 20 leading network carriers.

Today, we continue to innovate in the way businesses of all types deploy and acquire colocation and connectivity services.

Virtus is London’s flexible and efficient data centre specialists for IT Service providers and Enterprise IT Companies.

For more information please go to: www.virtusdatacentres.com or contact us on twitter: @VirtusDCs.

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First BPM Summit in Eastern Europe – AuraPortal awarded “Best BPM Vendor”

AuraPortal awarded “Best BPM Vendor” during the first edition of the BPM Eastern Europe Summit 2013.

Woburn, MA, December 07, 2013 – AURA (www.auraportal.com), a global provider of AuraPortal. Business Process Management (BPM) software, has announced that it has been presented with the “Best BPM Vendor” award in the first edition of the BPM Eastern Europe Summit 2013, which took place in Bucharest on November 21.

AuraPortal has been distinguished with great advantage over its competitors by Ovum in its Decision Matrix (2011) report and by other renowned analyst firms.

The BPM Eastern Europe Summit 2013 is an international conference, attended by researchers, professionals, consulting firms, main players in the industry –both vendors and users— and analysts, that has seen the inauguration of the Eastern Europe BPM Awards in collaboration with KPC-Group, IAMCP and CIO Council.

The opening session was presented by Felix Enescu, Executive Partner of KPC Group (GARTNER representative for Eastern Europe), Cristian Ivanus, Vice President of ABPMP Romania, and Gheorghe Dobre, President of IAMCP Romania.

Following this, Pablo Trilles (Vice President of AuraPortal) made an introduction to Business Process Management, pointing out that the future of business process management is in the Cloud, and highlighting the position that AuraPortal has achieved in this field.

Find out more about BPM Eastern Europe Summit at http://bpmsummitee.com

About AURA (http://www.auraportal.com)
AURA is a global BPM (Business Process Management) software provider delivering a solution that creates, without the need of IT programming, Business Process Workflow Execution Models. AuraPortal is 100% Web-based, and is complementary to existing ERP and CRM systems.

AURA has a presence in 40 countries with more than 300 customers including, among others: Walmart, Toyota, General Motors, Pemex (Petroleos Mexicanos), Carrefour, ArcelorMittal, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Danone, INCAE, Kimberly-Clark, Yamaha,Royal KPN, Bristol-Myers Squibb, etc., as well as many Government Agencies and Departments in several countries. All of these customers benefit from maintenance contracts.

Its headquarters are in Europe (Spain and Holland) with an executive branch in North America (Florida). It also has offices in several countries and a vast network of partners who locally attend customers throughout the world.

Contact:
John Charles
AuraPortal
400 Trade Center
Woburn, MA 01801-7472
978-808-6340
john.charles@auraportal.com
http://www.auraportal.com

Business Meets Pleasure at Sugar Daddy Extravaganza

The Empowered and Elite Holiday Networking Extravaganza takes place on December 18, 2013, at La Nuit in Manhattan.

San Rafael, CA, December 04, 2013 – Business Meets Pleasure at Sugar Daddy Extravaganza.

Wealthy men and beautiful young women looking to self-start their own businesses are invited to the Empowered and Elite Holiday Networking Extravaganza, Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 7pm, at La Nuit, 1134 1st Avenue, New York City, to benefit Toys for Tots.

“Who says you can’t mix business with pleasure?” asks Alan Action, Spokesman for SugarDaddyForMe.com, the world’s largest dating website for prosperous men and beautiful women. Alan Action is a self-made promoter, entrepreneur, and entertainment aficionado who hosts a series of annual events for real estate professionals, financiers, and self-made millionaires designed to cross promote initiatives, stimulate business, and give back to the community amidst a throng of gorgeous female Sugar Babies, and Sugar Daddies looking to support them. Alan Action is available to the news media for interviews by calling 1-888-611-8267, extension 5.

This event is sponsored by SugarDaddyForMe.com, with over four million members. Tickets are available for $50 at http://alanactionholidayevent.eventbrite.com/. Vendor Sponsor Tables are also available.

Contact:
Tom Andrews
Richard Gosse & Associates
205 Mark Twain Avenue
San Rafael, CA 94903 USA
415-507-9962
tomandrewspr@gmail.com
http://www.sugardaddyforme.com

Plessey Releases New Generation of GaN-on-Si LEDs

Samples now available of LED p/n PLW114050.

Plymouth, England (December 3, 2013) — Plessey announced today availability of its next generation GaN-on-Silicon mid-power LEDs. The product family doubles the efficacy of Plessey’s first generation MAGIC™ (Manufactured on GaN-on-Si I/C) products released in February 2013. Using standard silicon semiconductor production techniques, Plessey is able to achieve high flux output LED products at substantially lower cost. The PLW114050 is the first in a family of entry level LED lighting products that will be released.

“We have made great strides forward in refining, productising and improving our patented MAGIC™ technology,” said Dr. Keith Strickland, Plessey’s Chief Technology Officer. “We have a roadmap that puts MAGIC™ ahead of the efficacies achieved by sapphire-based LEDs and, thereby, sets a new milestone in terms of Lm/$ performance. By approaching efficacy parity, we are accelerating the widespread adoption of GaN-on-Si LED-based lighting products. Our MAGIC™ LED products have a cost advantage over comparable sapphire-based LEDs as we use 6-inch, high yield, standard, automated silicon manufacturing technology.”

Dr. Jose Lopez, Plessey‘s Chief Commercial Officer, said, “Customers are delighted that a European company is committed to developing and manufacturing world class GaN-on-Si LEDs. The market currently has many suppliers of LEDs but the quality and reliability can be variable. Plessey is a trusted brand with a 50-year plus track record of manufacturing products to the highest standards. Our aim is to light the world with MAGIC™ LEDs.”

The PLW114050 product is available in a CCT range from 6500K to 2700K, with a Lambertian distribution in an industry standard 3020 package. With a drive current of 60mA, the PLW114050 has a typical forward voltage of 3.2V. A full datasheet is available on the Plessey website. Plessey also supply the blue LED PLB010050 in sawn-wafer die form. Additional package options will be made available.

For sample requests, please go to the Plessey website, http://www.plesseysemi.com.

About Plessey
Plessey is an innovator and manufacturer of technology based electronic solutions. Plessey uses their understanding of electronics and their expertise in micro-electronic product design and manufacture to radically enhance the human experience with micro-electronics. Plessey’s products help people to achieve move than they thought possible. Plessey is a UK based manufacturer with offices in US, Europe and Asia.

Media contact:
Nigel Robson, Vortex PR, Tel: +44 1481 233080, Email: nigel@vortexpr.com

URALCHEM and Stamicarbon will develop a New Technology for Urea Production

URALCHEM signed a joint technology development agreement for the synthesis of urea with Stamicarbon, the world’s top developer and licensor of urea processes.

Moscow, Russia (December 2, 2013) — URALCHEM, a leading Russian producer of nitrogen fertilizers, signed a joint technology development agreement for the synthesis of urea with Stamicarbon, the world’s top developer and licensor of urea processes.

The agreement should result in the creation of a new technology that will be available for commercial use globally. It is being built on both Stamicarbon’s intellectual property and URALCHEM’s research cooperation with the Moscow State University Department of Chemistry. URALCHEM has been working with the MSU Dept. of Chemistry on the concept of 100% CO2 conversion since 2008. The new technology will allow producing higher quality urea with less capital expenditure.

Within this joint project, URALCHEM will build, at its Perm Mineral Fertilizers site, a pilot unit designed by Stamicarbon, using the new technology. Subject to the positive evaluation of the pilot plant operations, Stamicarbon will proceed to the basic design of a commercial scale plant.

“This is one of those unique examples in modern Russian history in which a prominent western engineering company utilizes scientific findings of Russian fabricators and academic institutions”, noted Valeriy Lunin, Dean of the Moscow State University Department of Chemistry, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

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PR department
URALCHEM, OJSC
Tel: +7 (495) 721 89 89
Email: pr@uralchem.com
Web: http://www.uralchem.com

URALCHEM, OJSC is one of the largest producers of nitrogen and phosphate fertilisers in Russia and the CIS with production capacities of over 2.5 million tonnes of ammonium nitrate, 2.8 million tonnes of ammonia, 0.8 million tonnes of MAP and DAP, 0.8 million tonnes of complex fertilisers and 1.2 million tonnes of urea. URALCHEM, OJSC is the second largest ammonium nitrate producer in the world and number one in Russia, the second largest producer of nitrogen fertilizers in Russia. URALCHEM, OJSC is the world’s #2 and Russia’s leading ammonium nitrate producer.

Stamicarbon B.V., the licensing and IP Center of Maire Tecnimont, is the global market leader in licensing of urea technology and services with more than 50% market share in synthesis and 32% market share in urea granulation technology. Stamicarbon has more than 65 years’ experience in licensing its urea technology and services, delivering optimum environmental performance, safety, reliability and productivity at the lowest investment level. Over 260 urea plants are using its technology. In addition, it has completed over 90 revamp projects in Stamicarbon and non-Stamicarbon plants. Since 1947, Stamicarbon has been the world’s leading authority and innovator in the field of urea in close co-operation with research institutes, suppliers and customers. Stamicarbon has offices in Sittard (The Netherlands), Beijing (China) and Moscow (Russia).

The Chemistry Department of the Moscow State University is a world-known center for Chemistry education. Chemistry education at the University started from 1755, the year it was founded. The Department of Chemistry includes 17 university chairs, 83 laboratories. 1048 students and 283 postgraduates, that study at the Department. 11 Full members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 4 corresponding members and 202 professors holding PhD and Doctoral Degrees in Chemistry are now preparing students to become high class specialists in modern Chemistry.

AURA Sponsors the BPM Eastern Europe Summit 2013

The BPM Eastern Europe Summit is the most important event ever held in the region of Eastern Europe for the Business Process Management industry.

Woburn, MA, November 29, 2013 – AURA (www.auraportal.com), a global provider of AuraPortal.(*) Business Process Management (BPM) software, has announced its participation as a Gold Partner in the “BPM Eastern Europe Summit 2013” which will be held in Bucharest on November 21, at Howard Johnson Grand Plaza Hotel.

AuraPortal has been distinguished with great advantage over its competitors by Ovum in its Decision Matrix (2011) report and by other renowned analyst firms.

The Summit covers all aspects of BPM, including theory, models, techniques, architectures, systems, and empirical studies, and engages the most renowned representatives of the BPM community worldwide in talks, tutorials, and scientific discussions.

The conference attracts delegates from all across the globe. Industry delegates range from representatives of major BPM vendors and consultancy firms to process owners and analysts from various companies engaged in BPM programs.

The core technical program will be surrounded by conferences, workshops, industrial panels, tutorials and demonstrations.

This event will be held biannually and the nominated locations for the 2015 edition include Budapest, Prague and Krakow. This edition, hosted in the capital of Romania, is organized by Agora Group, a leading media company and trust specializing in information technology, communications and business. This 2013 Summit is supported by two of the most important independent organizations in Eastern Europe, CIO Council (Romanian Association of Directors of ITC) and KPC Group (the exclusive GARTNER representative for Eastern Europe).

The Summit will inaugurate the Eastern Europe BPM Awards and will host the 2013 Gala, and also, in order to help and give a boost to BPM culture and its best practices in all sorts of organizations, the finalist companies and organizations and award-winning case studies will be included in the publication “BPM EE-book: the best practices around Eastern Europe” (biannual publication).

Pablo Trilles, Vice-President of AURA, will present a main conference called “Process automation (BPM) today and tomorrow”, and Cristóbal Toro, Executive Manager for Eastern Europe, will participate in a panel of experts about the latest BPM trends.

For further information about the event, please see www.bpmsummitee.com.

About AURA (www.auraportal.com)
AURA is a global BPM (Business Process Management) software provider delivering a solution that creates, without the need of IT programming, Business Process Workflow Execution Models. AuraPortal is 100% Web-based, and is complementary to existing ERP and CRM systems.

AURA has a presence in 40 countries with more than 300 customers including, among others: Walmart, Toyota, General Motors, Pemex (Petroleos Mexicanos), Carrefour, ArcelorMittal, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Danone, INCAE, Kimberly-Clark, Yamaha,Royal KPN, Bristol-Myers Squibb, etc., as well as many Government Agencies and Departments in several countries. All of these customers benefit from maintenance contracts.

Its headquarters are in Europe (Spain and Holland) with an executive branch in North America (Florida). It also has offices in several countries and a vast network of partners who locally attend customers throughout the world.

Contact:
John Charles
Auraportal
400 Trade Center
Woburn, MA 01801-7472
978-808-6340
info@auraportal.com
http://wwww.auraportal.com

Wearable Computing Conference 2014 Goes Global, New York City, San Francisco, London, Seoul & Munich

Building off of the momentum of past successful conferences, Golden Networking takes Wearable Computing Conference 2014 (www.wearable-computing-conference.com) global: New York City, San Francisco, London, Seoul and Munich, “How Wearable Technologies are Revolutionizing Mobile Wireless Internet, Healthcare and Fashion”.

New York City, NY, USA (November 26, 2013) — An impressive lineup of experts ready themselves to engage with hundreds of business and technology enthusiasts at Golden Networking’s Wearable Computing Conference 2014 (http://www.wearable-computing-conference.com), “How Wearable Technologies are Revolutionizing Mobile Wireless Internet, Healthcare and Fashion”, forums to be held throughout 2014 in New York City, San Francisco, London, Seoul and Munich.

The future is here, with the production of a new generation of technologies such as Google Glass, Apple “iWatch” and Samsung Galaxy Gear, among others, that will allow users to interact with computing devices that are worn by the bearer under, with or on top of clothing. The introduction of smart watches and glasses bring upon economic, social and personal effects that will revolutionize the human experience.

The use of technology has greatly expanded out of the workplace into users’ daily lives. Now the integration of human experience and wearable computing will allow users to enhance each experience. This new wave of technologies will ignite an explosion of innovation which will be the key to advancement for mankind.

Now we are at an inflexion point in the advancement of the adoption of wearable computing. To expand the market for wearable technologies, it is necessary for developers and manufacturers to lead the world to show how the usage of these technologies can revolutionize every aspect of the human experience.

Golden Networking’s Wearable Computing Conference 2014, “How Wearable Technologies are Revolutionizing Mobile Wireless Internet, Healthcare and Fashion,” will examine wearable technologies’ functions, application, the competition and possibilities for economic and personal growth.

Wearable Computing Conference 2013 is produced by Golden Networking (http://www.goldennetworking.net), the premier networking community for business and technology executives, entrepreneurs and investors.Panelists, speakers and sponsors are invited to contact Golden Networking by sending an email to information@goldennetworking.com.

Media Contact:
Julia Petrova
Media Relations Coordinator
Golden Networking
+1-414-FORUMS0
jpetrova@goldennetworking.com
http://www.goldennetworking.com

URALCHEM has obtained a Syndicated Loan

The URALCHEM group, a leading Russian producer of mineral fertilizers, has refinanced part of its loan portfolio by procuring a 5-year unsecured syndicated loan.

Moscow, Russia (November 21, 2013) — The URALCHEM group, a leading Russian producer of mineral fertilizers, has refinanced part of its loan portfolio by procuring a 5-year unsecured syndicated loan. The proceeds of the loan have been used to refinance the current syndicated loan deal, concluded in December 2012, under which the Group used assignment of rights on its export contracts as security interest for the loan.

The syndicated loan was obtained on 18 November 2013 from a pool of leading international and Russian banks. Nordea Bank AB (publ), HSBC Bank PLC, Raiffeisenbank and and Rosbank (Société Générale Group) were Mandated Lead Arrangers. Within the framework of the deal, OJSC Nordea Bank acted as Documentation Agent and Nordea Bank AB (publ) acted as Facility Agent. The deal was closed within a very short time, only four weeks from the date of the official invitation to the banks.

The plant in Kirovo-Chepetsk acted as the borrowing party from the URALCHEM Group. URALCHEM OJSC, the plant in Voskresensk, the plant in Perm, SIA URALCHEM Trading in Riga and URALCHEM Trading House were the guarantors of the loan.

The amount of the loan in Euros is the equivalent of US $200 million. The interest rate is Euribor 3m + 2.5%. The loan documentation made provision for an option of a drawdown in Euros, which the company used. The loan period is 5 years with a grace period of 2 years. This was the debut unsecured syndicated loan for the Group, and it made it possible to release secured assets on the assignment of rights on export contracts. The new deal has allowed for reduction of the interest rate on the loan by more than 1.5%, as well as the increase of the average time frame for repayment of the loan.

Dmitry Konyaev, CEO of URALCHEM OJSC commented, “Our mutually beneficial cooperation with the leading banks that form the syndicate has been going on for years. The terms of the new deal and the efficiency of its closing show the high confidence that the banks have in the Group and the sustainability of its financial position. We are grateful to our creditors and appreciate our partnership with them.”

PR department
URALCHEM, OJSC
Tel: +7 (495) 721 89 89
Email: pr@uralchem.com
Web: http://www.uralchem.com

URALCHEM, OJSC is one of the largest producers of nitrogen and phosphate fertilisers in Russia and the CIS with production capacities of over 2.5 million tonnes of ammonium nitrate, 2.8 million tonnes of ammonia, 0.8 million tonnes of MAP and DAP, 0.8 million tonnes of complex fertilisers and 1.2 million tonnes of urea. URALCHEM, OJSC is the second largest ammonium nitrate producer in the world and number one in Russia, the second largest producer of nitrogen fertilisers in Russia. Key production assets of URALCHEM, OJSC include Azot Branch of URALCHEM, OJSC in Berezniki, Perm Region; OJSC Minudobrenia, Perm; MFP Kirovo-Chepetsk Chemical Works, OJSC Branch in Kirovo-Chepetsk, Kirov region; Voskresensk Mineral Fertilisers, OJSC in Voskresensk, Moscow region.

Some of the information in this press release may contain projections or other forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future financial performance of URALCHEM. We wish to caution you that these statements are only predictions. We do not intend to update these statements and our actual results may differ materially from those contained in our projections or forward-looking statements, including, among others, the achievement of anticipated levels of profitability, growth, cost and synergy of our recent acquisitions, the impact of competitive pricing, the ability to obtain necessary regulatory approvals and licenses, the impact of developments in the Russian economic, political and legal environment, financial risk management and the impact of general business and global economic conditions.

Behind-the-scenes with Edgar Perez: The 11th-Hour Deal to End the Government Shutdown of October 2013

Edgar Perez, Celebrated Book Author of The Speed Traders and Knightmare on Wall Street, Presents The 11th-Hour Deal, Behind Washington’s Closed-doors During the 16-day Government Shutdown of October 2013.

New York City, NY, USA (November 18, 2013) — Edgar Perez, the celebrated author of The Speed Traders, An Insider’s Look at the New High-Frequency Trading Phenomenon That is Transforming the Investing World, and Knightmare on Wall Street, The Rise and Fall of Knight Capital and the Biggest Risk for Financial Markets, is presenting his newest book, The 11th-Hour Deal, Behind Washington’s Closed-doors During the 16-day Government Shutdown of October 2013 (http://www.The11thHourDeal.com), the behind-the-scenes story of the dramatic days between October 1st and 16th. The 11th-Hour Deal, to be released on February 7, 2014, will provide a comprehensive day-by-day account of what happened behind closed doors in Washington when the political class negotiated in fits and starts reopening of the government and raising the debt ceiling to ultimately arrive to an agreement at the 11th-hour.

On October 17, 2013, just minutes into the day, President Barack Obama signed the bill that ended a 16-day partial government shutdown and raised the debt ceiling, after weeks of negotiations that gave way to a frenzied Wednesday night in Washington as Congress finally passed the bill that would prevent the country from crashing into the debt ceiling. Members of both the Senate and House of Representatives had worked dangerously close to the midnight debt ceiling deadline amid warnings the government of the United States of America could run out of money to pay its bills if Congress didn’t raise the debt ceiling.

The Republican-led House had given the final stamp of approval voting 285 to 144 for the bill brokered by the Democratic-led Senate, which had voted on Wednesday evening, 81 to 18. The proposal had been hammered out by the chamber’s Republican and Democratic leaders after continued resolutions approved by the House that defunded Obamacare, President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare initiative, went nowhere. The debt cushion was extended through February 7, with current spending levels being authorized through January 15.

The 16 days of the partial government shutdown had come at a steep cost. Standard and Poor’s estimated it took $24 billion out of the economy; Fitch Ratings had put the U.S. AAA credit rating on watch for a potential downgrade. The possibility of a debt default spooked investors on Wall Street and hiked interest rates. Furthermore, it impacted American’s top-notch financial and business global preeminence; China, America’s largest foreign debt holder with $1.28 trillion of U.S. bonds, was already calling for considering building a de-Americanized world.

Perez (http://www.MrEdgarPerez.com) is widely regarded as the preeminent global expert in investing and high-frequency trading. Perez has been interviewed on Sina Finance, CNBC Squawk On The Street, Bloomberg TV’s Market Makers, CNN en Español’s Dinero, FOX Business’s Countdown to the Closing Bell, CNBC Worldwide Exchange, CNBC Cash Flow, CNBC Squawk Box, BNN Business Day, CCTV China, Bankier.pl, TheStreet.com, Leaderonomics, GPW Media, Channel NewsAsia Business Tonight and Cents & Sensibilities.

In addition, Perez has been globally featured on FXFactor, Columbia Business, OpenMarkets, Sohu, News.Sina.com, Yicai, eastmoney, Caijing, ETF88.com, 360doc, AH Radio, CNFOL.com, CITICS Futures, Tongxin Securities, ZhiCheng.com, CBNweek.com, Caixin, Futures Daily, Xinhua, CBN Newswire, Chinese Financial News, ifeng.com, International Finance News, hexun.com, Finance.QQ.com, Finance.Sina.com, The Korea Times, The Korea Herald, The Star, The Malaysian Insider, BMF 89.9, iMoney Hong Kong, CNBC, Bloomberg Hedge Fund Brief, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Dallas Morning News, Valor Econômico, FIXGlobal Trading, TODAY Online, Oriental Daily News and Business Times.

Perez has been engaged to present at the Council on Foreign Relations, Vadym Hetman Kyiv National Economic University (Kiev), Quant Investment & HFT Summit APAC 2012 (Shanghai), U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Washington DC), CFA Singapore, Hong Kong Securities Institute, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University, University of International Business and Economics (Beijing), Hult International Business School (London and Shanghai) and Pace University (New York), among other public and private institutions.

He has spoken at a number of global conferences, including Emerging Markets Investments Summit 2013 (Warsaw), CME Group’s Global Financial Leadership Conference 2012 (Naples Beach), Harvard Business School’s Venture Capital & Private Equity Conference (Boston), High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum (New York, Chicago, London), MIT Sloan Investment Management Conference (Cambridge), Institutional Investor’s Global Growth Markets Forum (London), Technical Analysis Society (Singapore), TradeTech Asia (Singapore), FIXGlobal Face2Face (Seoul) and Private Equity Convention Russia, CIS & Eurasia (London).

Perez was a vice president at Citigroup, a senior consultant at IBM, and a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Co. in New York City. Perez has an undergraduate degree from Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima, Peru (1994), a Master of Administration from Universidad ESAN, Lima, Peru (1997) and a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School, New York, with a dual major in Finance and Management (2002). He belongs to the Beta Gamma Sigma honor society. Perez resides in the New York City area and is an accomplished salsa and hustle dancer.

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