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DGAP-News: Grammer AG / Key word(s): Miscellaneous AGCO Group honors Grammer AG

11.12.2013 / 10:20

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AGCO Group honors Grammer AG

AGCO honors Grammer with the EAME Supplier of the Year Award in the Logistics category

Amberg, Germany / December 11, 2013 - The AGCO Group, one of the world's largest manufacturers of agricultural machinery, invited its suppliers to the annual AGCO Supplier Day in Breganze. At the event, Grammer AG was awarded with the EAME Supplier of the Year in the Logistics category.

Grammer was praised as an 'outstanding supplier with high-class, flexible logistics, full transparancy, and high reliability in its daily deliveries'. In 2014 Grammer will also become the first supplier to provide the agricultural machinery producer with components on a just-in-sequence basis.

The AGCO Group, which includes brands such as Fendt, Massey Ferguson and Valtra, is one of the largest customers of Grammer's Seating Systems division. The CEO of Grammer AG, Hartmut Mller, expressed his great pleasure with the award: 'Grammer attaches enormous importance to being optimally attuned to its customers' logistical requirements. We are proud to be awarded for this by one of the leading manufacturers of agricultural machinery.'

Representatives of some 300 companies gathered for the AGCO Supplier Day. Award were given for the best European suppliers in the categories of Innovation, Quality, Cooperation and Logistics.

Company Profile Grammer AG, Amberg, Germany, specializes in the development and production of components and systems for automotive interiors as well as driver and passenger seats for offroad vehicles (tractors, construction machinery, forklifts). The Seating Systems division comprises the truck and offroad seat segments as well as train and bus seating. In the Automotive division, we supply headrests, armrests and center console systems to premium automakers and automotive system suppliers.

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10-Dec-2013

Contact: Mary-Ann Twist JCR@bus.wisc.edu 608-255-5582 University of Chicago Press Journals

When do you complain about a faulty product or a bad shopping experience? Do you tell your friends or does a total stranger hear the brunt of your rant? According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, it turns out that men and women engage in negative word-of-mouth advertising in very different ways.

"Negative word-of-mouth advertising is the most persuasive form of marketing communication. Whether or not you engage in this type of behavior depends on whether you are a male or a female, whether the person you are talking to is a close friend or just an acquaintance, and whether or not you are concerned about impairing your image (that is, admitting you are not a smart consumer)," write authors Yinlong Zhang (University of Texas, San Antonio), Lawrence Feick (University of Pittsburgh), and Vikas Mittal (Rice University).

The authors conducted a series of experiments to study the behavior of men and women, asking them to recall a dissatisfying retail experience and indicate how likely they were to tell others about it. The researchers manipulated how the message was transmitted and also measured the varying levels of concern around what other people thought of them.

Results from one study showed that men were sensitive to impairing their image, but did not show any preference in who they complained to. If they had high concern about what other people thought of them, men were less likely to complain at all. In contrast, females showed a remarkably different pattern. Only when they had a high concern about their reputation were they less likely to complain to strangers. Otherwise, women had a higher likelihood for complaining to close friends.

"Prior research has assumed that negative word-of-mouth transmission is largely a function of product performance, and that social factors play a negligible role. Our research, in contrast, shows that social factorsparticularly those related to a person's gendercan crucially affect whether or not people will complain," the authors conclude. "Moreover, there may be some product categories (fashion goods, for example) where people may be more concerned about their image and less likely to admit when something went wrong."

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Yinlong Zhang, Lawrence Feick, and Vikas Mittal. "How Males and Females Differ in Their Likelihood of Transmitting Negative Word of Mouth." Journal of Consumer Research: April 2014. For more information, contact Vikas Mittal (vmittal@rice.edu) or visit http://ejcr.org/.

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CTVNews.ca Staff Published Monday, December 9, 2013 12:05PM EST Last Updated Tuesday, December 10, 2013 7:37PM EST

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford stands by every word he said in a TV interview in which he appeared to infer that a Toronto Star reporter is a pedophile.

Ford was asked about the interview with former media baron Conrad Black during a news conference Tuesday afternoon that focused on the city budget.

I stand by every word I said with Mr. Black in my interview, Ford said, before quickly exiting the news conference.

During the TV interview, which aired Monday night, Black asked Ford about his privacy and media scrutiny. Ford spoke about a May 2012 incident in which he confronted Star reporter Daniel Dale, who was on public land near his Etobicoke home, working on a story about Ford trying to buy public land.

I guess the worst one was Daniel Dale in my backyard taking pictures, Ford said. I have little kids. When a guys taking pictures of little kids, I dont want to say that word but you start thinking, Whats this guy all about?

Dale has denied setting foot on Fords property. He also denied taking any pictures, and a police investigator found no evidence that he had. In an interview with The Canadian Press Tuesday, Dale called Fords comments to Black categorically false.

Its amazing. I dont know what to say about it, Dale said. In the calmest terms possible, it is unpleasant when the mayor of the biggest city in Canada essentially accuses you, or suggests, you are a pedophile.

In a later interview with CP24, Dale called Fords comments defamatory and said hes considering possible legal action, but has not made any decision.

I did talk today to a Star lawyer about my options here, he said.

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PRESS RELEASE: ADLER Real Estate AG: Subscription period for second convertible bond has started

DGAP-News: ADLER Real Estate AG / Key word(s): Capital Reorganisation ADLER Real Estate AG: Subscription period for second convertible bond has started

10.12.2013 / 16:49

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ADLER Real Estate AG: Subscription period for second convertible bond has started

- Issue of up to 1.0 million convertible bonds

- Placement agreements for 2.0 million convertible bonds already concluded

- Issue price of EUR 3.75 per note

- Financing of investments in residential portfolios

Hamburg, 10 December 2013. The subscription period for the second convertible bond of ADLER Real Estate AG, Frankfurt/M., (ISIN DE0005008007) has started. Following the approval of the prospectus required for the rights offer, investors can subscribe for the company's convertible bond in the time from 10 December until 23 December 2013. Subject of the rights offer are 1,000,000 notes in bearer form. With respect to further altogether 2,000,000 notes in bearer form, placement agreements already exist with two investors, to whom a corresponding number of subscription rights, conditional to the start of the rights offer, have been transferred by shareholders of the company.

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PRESS RELEASE: Biotest AG: Clinical Study with Indatuximab Ravtansine (BT-062) in Multiple Myeloma shows good Tolerability and encouraging Efficacy in Combination with Lenalidomide and Dexamethasone

DGAP-News: Biotest AG / Key word(s): Study Biotest AG: Clinical Study with Indatuximab Ravtansine (BT-062) in Multiple Myeloma shows good Tolerability and encouraging Efficacy in Combination with Lenalidomide and Dexamethasone

10.12.2013 / 01:30

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Clinical Study with Indatuximab Ravtansine (BT-062) in Multiple Myeloma shows good Tolerability and encouraging Efficacy in Combination with Lenalidomide and Dexamethasone

- Efficacy and tolerability data from combination therapy study 983 presented at 55th annual conference of the American Society of Hematology (ASH)

- Good tolerability of combination therapy with indatuximab ravtansine (BT-062) at a dosage up to 100 mg/m2

- Clinical benefit seen in all evaluable patients

- Complete response observed in individual patients

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