Press Releases by Category Business, Economy, Finances, Banking & Insurance
Amy Fuller, Ph.D., Joins ForAccess Advisory Board
SAN ANTONIO, TX—ForAccess.com, a consumer advocacy website, is pleased to announce the addition of Amy Fuller to the For Access Advisory Board. Fuller is a licensed professional counselor with a doctorate degree in marriage and family therapy, and an active practice in San Antonio, Texas.
Fuller will provide insight into the needs and challenges of other mental health professionals. She said, \"I have a very positive view of ForAccess because of…
Data Stored on the Desktop is a Major Security Risk says Symbio Technologies
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y.----Symbio Technologies (symbio-technologies.com), an innovator in stateless computing, grew up with PCs. But now the company's co-founders, Roger Del Russo and Gideon Romm, offer some “heartfelt advice” to today’s government and business people, telling them that “data stored on the desktop creates a major security risk.”
Mr. Del Russo and Mr. Romm are advocates of and innovators in stateless computing –where no operating system or any other valuable information…
Former PMI Chair Rebecca Winston named PM Ambassador™
Dallas, Texas – June 29, 2007 — PMForum, Inc. announced today that Rebecca Winston, J.D., Fellow and former chair of the Board of Directors of the Project Management Institute (PMI®), has joined the PM AmbassadorsTM Speakers Bureau recently created by PMForum. She is one of the most respected and best known project management leaders in the United States and an experienced project management expert in the fields of energy,…
direct/ Ferd Equity Partners (NO) - Investor group led by Ferd Private Equity Fu …
(Lysaker, 29 June 2007) An investor group led by Ferd Private Equity Fund II has signed an agreement to acquire oil service company Aibel Limited for USD 900 million in the largest ever buy-out by a Norwegian-based private equity fund.
Aibel has a leading market position within services related to maintenance, modification and operations on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). The company is headquartered in Norway and has operations in…
Computer Innovator Creates Web 2.0 Forum for Rugged Notebooks
Orange, California, June 29, 2007 - Rugged Notebooks, Inc., the company known for \"Extreme Computers for Extreme Conditions\", has launched \"The Rugged Notebooks Forum\" and network. This is a natural extension of the \"The Rugged Notebooks Blog\", an industry first introduced earlier this year.
Company President, Alan Shad, notes \"The company blog and new forum are influenced by the Web 2.0 concept of social networks specific to user group interaction.\"
The…
Virtual Assistant Networking Association (VANA) announces new Premier Partner
VANetworking.com – the hottest, friendliest, informative, educational and resourceful network for VAs – announces Virtual Assistance U (VAU), as a new Premier Partner to the forum.
Virtual Assistance U® is the online, global, virtual training community of the Jordan Group. Virtual Assistance U® is recognized globally as "The Benchmark for VA (Virtual Assistant) Training®."
VAU’s goal is to deliver high quality, affordable virtual assistance training. The rapidly emerging VA technology…
direct/ FORTIS (BE) - Fortis shareholders to vote on 6 August on proposed offer …
Fortis - together with Royal Bank of Scotland and Banco Santander - intends to launch a public offer for 100% of the issued and outstanding share capital of ABN AMRO Holding N.V. As of Monday 2 July, Fortis will invite its shareholders to Extraordinary General Meetings of Shareholders (EGMs) to be held on 6 August 2007 in order to allow them to vote on the proposed offer for ABN AMRO…
direct/ Wereldhave NV: Acquisition Office Building
On June 28, 2007 Wereldhave completed the purchase in the United States of an office building in San Diego, totalling 35,200 qm, with 12 apartments, 1,400 qm retail and 752 parking spaces. The purchase price amounts to USD 210 mln.
Today, the office is 80% leased to several tenants with long term leases. Amongst these tenants are several law firms and financial services institutions. Only 12% of the leased floor…
Industry Competition Paving The Way For A New Generation Of E-Commerce
Kaunas, Lithuania, 22 June 2007 - - Competing developers of e-commerce software applications are becoming engaged in a process of benchmarking and surpassing in their perpetual attempts to release more secure, user friendly applications. According to a recent industry study, e-commerce (smart-shop.com ) technology is moving at a rapid speed requiring absolute focus and dedication to innovation and product development in order to remain competitive. As consumers require more from…
Rdestiny launches a unique service company which offers both business and travel …
St. Peters, MO, 28 June 2007 - Rdestiny, LLC a uniquely qualified company has launched a new consulting business to help there clients create either a new business, improve productivity or heighten their vacation getaway experience. They have extensive expertise in both the business and travel sectors which allows them to work with people who either have an idea, need assistance with their current business or desire to become more…
direct/ BioProgress PLC: BioProgress PLC announces Acquisition of Melbrosin
BioProgress acquires the OTC trading assets of the Melbrosin Group of companies (´Melbrosin´)
This announcement is not for release, publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States, Canada, South Africa, Australia, Japan or any jurisdiction in which the same would be unlawful. This announcement is not an offer of securities in the United States, Canada, South Africa, Australia, Japan or any jurisdiction in which the same…
Dippy Chick Chris Hanisco Featured in Entrepreneur Success Interview Series
In a full length feature interview published this week by business blog Create Business Growth.com, Chris Hanisco shares tips with entrepreneurs learned through her experiences with starting The Dippy Chick Company (http://www.dippychick.com). The interview reveals how she took her company’s specialty dip mixes from the kitchen to the shelves of grocery stores throughout the United States and offers 4 success tips for other aspiring entrepreneurs based on her lessons…
i1connect Contacts 2008 Presidential Candidate on Antitrust, Snow, Quayle, and C …
New York, NY – June 27, 2007 – During the second half of the recent Daniel Imperato Chrysler interview, i1connect focused on potential antitrust issues along with the involvement of political players in the Cerberus-Chrysler buyout deal.
When asked about potential antitrust concerns, Imperato stated, "If the Chrysler buyout were to go through, there is a huge antitrust concern in the area of auto leasing and financing. Cerberus…
PriceForSure.com Announces Partnership With MerchantAdvantage
( EMAILWIRE.COM, June 27, 2007 ) Rincon, Georgia – PriceForSure.com, the leader of next generation comparison shopping websites announces today that we have become partners with Merchant Advantage. We are launching internationally on July 4, 2007.
Our partnership with MerchantAdvantage provides PriceForSure.com’s registered merchants with the business tools to manage their marketing campaigns, product catalog feeds, and customer feedback at an affordable price. Efficient management of data is…
iHipo.com - Social Network for international Jobs, Internships and Career Networ …
Three entrepreneurs from Germany, the Netherlands and Singapore have launched a new career platform catering to the fast-growing market of students and young professionals seeking international careers.
iHipo.com is innovative in the sense that it combines an online job-board with social networking, two components which are highly popular in today’s internet environment. iHipo (deriving its name from International High-Potentials) offers its users a versatile job-board, enabling high-potentials to search via…
INS Digital Media Launches New Website insWebsites.com
June 19, 2007 - INS Digital Media LLC, an insurance industry web design and marketing company, today officially announced the launch of their new website - insWebsites.com. The website launch is part of a larger effort to further inform and connect with the insurance community by offering focused solutions for insurance agencies and other financial services firms.
INS Digital Media is continuously improving and expanding its products and services and…
GOIP Launches New SMS Product
NEW YORK, NY--(MARKET WIRE)--Jun 25, 2007 -- GoIP Global, Inc. (Other OTC:GOGB.PK - News), a specialized mobile media company, has announced the launch of www.goipinform.com, a new portal website that enables any public or private organization to mass text message to users of any mobile device. "Businesses large and small," said GoIP Global CEO, Ike Sutton, "will particularly benefit from the opportunity to send text messages to their customers, clients…
ESTABLISH BUSINESS IN GERMAN SPEAKING MARKETS WITH EXPAND AND INNOVATE
Timing is ripe to take advantage of solid German economic growth
Munich, 20 June 2007, expand & innovate, a leading business consulting group today announces a new initiative designed to enable small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) around the globe to successfully enter German speaking markets and profit from the steady economic boom. Founded with local expertise and knowledge, expand and innovate offers a full service helping establish companies wishing to trade…
direct/ Enceladus Pharmaceuticals BV (NL) - Clinquest takes stake in Enceladus
Investments provide boost for clinical development of Enceladus´ Nanocort®
Amsterdam, the Netherlands June 26th 2007 - Enceladus Pharmaceuticals and Clinquest Group, both based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, today announce the signing of an investment and collaboration agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Clinquest acquires a stake in Enceladus and has led a syndicate of investors to provide additional funding. Financial details are not disclosed. Enceladus will use the new funds…
Do I Need a Virtual Assistant?
Leading Virtual Staffing Agency Responds to Small Business Owner’s Burning Question through Use of Online Self-Administered Quiz
Lodi, WI, June 24, 2007 - International virtual staffing agency, Team Double-ClickSM frequently replies to beleaguered prospective clients who ask, “Do I Need a Virtual Assistant?” Gayle and Jim Buske, founders, CEO and CFO, respectively, offer a remarkably straightforward means to answer this critical question.
Team Double-Click’s recent unveiling of the company’s easy-to-navigate…
Majority of Email Marketers Not Aware of CAN-Spam Regulations
Free CAN-Spam Checklist Allows Emailers to Verify Message Before Hitting "Send" - And Avoid Huge Fines
83.2% of marketers surveyed chose email marketing as the most important advertising medium for 2007 according to Datran Media Research. The average company sends 23 million email messages per year (Forrester Research).
Despite this high reliance on email, according to WebSurveyor Corp, 81% of email marketers are unaware of the CAN-Spam Act and 84% have…
Strategic tie - up of NCDEX with Polymerupdate.com
Futures contracts in 3 most versatile Polymers viz Polypropylene (PP), Linear Low density Polyethylene (LLDPE) & Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) were launched for trading on the NCDEX platform by Shri Mukesh D. Ambani, CMD, Reliance Industries Limited on the 16th of April 2007. Since then NCDEX has received encouraging responses from the Industry participants as well as other market participants who actively contribute in the derivatives markets.
With a motive to…
New Water Mutual Fund to Invest in Companies in Purification, Disinfection, Desa …
Water-Stocks.com Investor Podcast with Neil Berlant, Manager of the PFW Water Fund, Discusses the Focus on Vigorous Water Stock Selection to Ensure a Portfolio of the Best Companies in the Water Industry
POINT ROBERTS, WA and DELTA, BC – June 25th, 2007, Water-Stocks.com, an investor and industry portal for the water sector, presents an investor podcast with Neil Berlant, Senior Vice President of Crowell, Weedon & Co.’s Water Group, to discuss…
TRADERS BRACED FOR NEW EU CUSTOMS PROCEDURES
Shippers, and their freight forwarding partners in the EU, have been warned that they should conduct an impact self-assessment to ensure procedures and documents are in place before deciding whether to apply to become an ‘Authorised Economic Operator’ (AEO), when this becomes possible from 1st July.
Speaking at the recent Security Without Barriers to Trade conference, Colin Davis, senior policy advisor of the UK’s HM Revenue and Customs, with specific responsibility…
Robert Kaplan joins Motif, Inc. Board of Directors
Bob Kaplan, formerly with McKinsey and Co., has joined the board of directors of New Jersey based Motif, Inc., a specialized business process outsourcing provider. Bob Kaplan has been a senior executive and management consultant for the past 30 years, and now serves as an advisory member to the board of Motif.
Kaushal Mehta, Founder & Chairman of Motif, Inc. said, "Bob Kaplan's 30 years of industry experience on the…
direct/ All Nippon Airways co Ld: ANA Notice of AGM Resolution
Notice of Resolution at the 62nd Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
We are pleased to announce that the items were reported and approved at the 62nd Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held today as follows:
Reported Items:
Reports were presented on the following items:
1. Business Report, Consolidated Financial Statements and Audit Reports of Consolidated Financial Statements by Independent Auditor and the Board of Corporate Auditors for the 57th term (from…
direct/ ASSA ABLOY (SE) - ASSA ABLOY announces tender offer to acquire leading S …
ASSA ABLOY announces tender offer to acquire iRevo Co. Ltd., a Seoul-listed company and market leader in the world´s largest market for digital door locks*. ASSA ABLOY has agreed with Mr Jae Hong Ha, the largest shareholder, founder and CEO to acquire his 33% stake in the company. The company brings great benefits to the ASSA ABLOY group, including
- a market leading position in Korea,
- access to efficient…
Virtual Assistant Support Without The Cost, No More Screening, Hiring and Traini …
Bristol, Virginia (June 25, 2007) – Eagle Wings Business Solutions, LLC, a Virginia-based Virtual Assistant Practice, provides business support services on demand to local and national clients. President, Kim Tester, possesses over 15 years of experience as an administrative assistant, paraconsultant. Tester has experienced and understands the day-to-day challenges that arise in an office environment and the importance of daily business communication to ensure good results. Tester…
IT Hiring Up Reports Janco in its Mid Year 2007 Salary Survey
Janco has found the IT is up slightly. Victor Janulaitis, the CEO of Janco said, “Hiring is up across the nation as companies begin to focus on business expansion.”
The summary findings in Janco Mid Year 2007 IT Salary Survey are:
1.) The mean compensation (which includes bonuses) for executive IT positions surveyed now is $143,243 in large enterprises and $127,439 in mid-sized enterprises. (Large enterprises have over $500 million in…
Global Brand Implementation Company awarded at the Prestigious Premiers of Queen …
( EMAILWIRE.COM, June 22, 2007 ) Belrose, Australia -- A Brisbane-based company, known as the market leader in Global Brand Implementation Projects, has been recognised as one of Queensland’s smartest businesses.
Queensland Premier, Peter Beattie, announced that Signmanager Pty Ltd had been awarded as a finalist at the 2007 Premier of Queensland’s Smart Awards.
Mr Beattie said that the Smart Awards, now in its fifth year, continued to…
On-Demand Accounting - The Future for Accountants
Friday, 22nd June 2007 – 90% of Accountants see On-Demand Accounting/ERP Products being the way forward for businesses.
New research from Tallia – the new on-demand accounting system for businesses – has found that 90% of Accountants foresee that businesses want to manage their accounts via the internet in real-time by 2008.
Sending accountants your data by exporting and importing data is inefficient and time consuming and sometimes confusing for businesses.…
Hany Abou-El-Fotouh speaks at 2nd Annual Middle East Anti-Money Laundering Forum …
The 2nd Middle East Anti-Money Laundering Forum, which concluded recently in Bahrain, has highlighted the need to ensure that financial institutions pursue more efforts to combat money laundering. Some 60 specialists from the GCC and Middle East countries took part in the three-day event. Hany Abou-El-Fotouh, Head of Compliance of Oman International Bank (OIB) has delivered a presentation at the forum.
Addressing the delegates, Abou-El-Fotouh said: we have agreed upon…
ForAccess Invites the Busy Woman to Present Webinar: 'Blocking Time to Increase …
SAN ANTONIO, TX— Susie Glennan, better known as The Busy Woman of TheBusyWoman.com, will present a free webinar on how to increase productivity by blocking time. This presentation will help harried professionals handle those pesky to-do items without sacrificing personal time. The seminar is part of ForAccess.com and VAisBorn.com summer experts’ series and is free to all members and visitors this summer.
“ForAccess.com strives to provide its members and visitors…
Open Source A.I. Software and simulated Buffett responses
Labitan Partners and Bud Labitan are pleased to announce the release of new open-source software that may have spin-off benefits for Northwest Indiana. New Open Source A.I. Software with simulated Warren Buffett responses in basic sensible investing. Bud Labitan and Greg Binning have combined their open sourced vb code and investing workbook into a free software application called archbot. Archbot A.I. open source software combined with xml brainfiles provides simulated…
direct/ Eureko B.V. (NL) - Eureko and Garanti Bank Announce Final Closing of Par …
Developing our Strategic European Focus
Eureko B.V. and T.Garanti Bankasi A.S. ("Garanti") of Turkey have today announced that they have concluded the final steps in the agreement (announced 21 March 2007), whereby Eureko has acquired 80% of Garanti´s Non-Life insurance business - Garanti Sigorta A.S. ("GS"), as well as a 15% stake in Garanti Emeklilik ve Hayat A.S. ("GE"), Garanti´s Life and Pensions business. In addition, the transaction includes an…
Mobile access to scalable
Krakow, June 21, 2007 -- At the forthcoming International Supercomputing Conference in Dresden (26-29th of June), GridwiseTech, a vendor-independent expert on scalable solutions, will present demo versions of applications for selected business sectors. At the booth D16, visitors will have a unique chance to see mobile access to grid-complied applications.
The engineering demo will present how the process of creating the visualisation of sophisticated simulations can be reduced dramatically. This feature…
direct/ Glitnir (IS) - Glitnir signs first real estate joint venture in China wi …
Reykjavik/Shanghai - 21 June 2007 - Glitnir, the leading Icelandic financial services group, has today announced a joint venture project with CGCOC (CGC Overseas Construction Co. Ltd), for the development of a residential compound in a prime location in the heart of Shenyang city, the capital of Liaoning province in northeast China.
The development site covers 230,000 square metres, of which 85 percent will be committed to housing and 15…
Wild Women Entrepreneurs Launches New Chapter in Los Angeles
Los Angeles (June 21, 2007) – Spurred on by the success of their chapters worldwide and interest from local businesswomen located throughout the Los Angeles and Orange County areas, Wild Women Entrepreneurs (Wild WE) is launching a chapter Los Angeles.
“The mission of the Wild Women Entrepreneurs is to have women taking care of business on their own terms. These women are fearless, fun and fabulous. They are able to take…
Local Business Consultant Joins the Wild Women Entrepreneurs' As Area City Leade …
Los Angeles (June 20, 2007) –Wild Women Entrepreneurs (Wild WE) announced today that Cynthia Butman has been appointed Los Angeles-area city leader.
“The mission of the Wild Women Entrepreneurs is to have women taking care of business on their own terms. These women are fearless, fun and fabulous. They are able to take the risks needed to be the Wild Women they are without compromise,” says Ja-Naé Duane, president and…
StrataGenie.com Introduces High-frequency Quantitative Trading System Supercompu …
StrataGenie.com, introduced today the world’s first virtual supercomputer designed to evolve and distribute intraday trading strategies. By harnessing the power of subscriber’s computers linked together over the internet to form a massive grid, StrataGenie is able to sift through years’ worth of intraday stock market data to create profitable high-frequency trading algorithms. The initial product alerts subscribers precisely when to buy and sell symbol QQQQ, the Nasdaq index tracking exchange…
direct/ Imtech N.V. (NL) - Imtech: Chinese maritime order book grows to 120 mill …
Growth is up more than 50 percent compared to two years ago
Gouda, The Netherlands, 20 June 2007 - Imtech N.V. (technical services provider) announces that its maritime order book in China is growing rapidly. Growth is up more than 50 percent compared to two years ago. The Chinese order book currently includes orders for providing technological solutions for more than 240 ships - projects worth a total of over…
Subprime Market Slowly Collapsing
Salt Lake City, UT -- Like a dormant volcano that suddenly spews ash and lava the loosely regulated sub-prime mortgage market is a sleepy giant no more. Late last week the U.S. sub-prime lending market which has been forecasted by some as in recovery stages proved once more that the depth and scope of damage caused by sub-prime lending has yet to be truly realized.
Joe Astornia, director…
Intersil Introduces First-Ever VDSL2 Line Driver in Small 4mm x 5mm QFN Package
MILPITAS, CA, Month Day, 2007 – Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ Global Select: ISIL), a world leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance analog semiconductors, today announced the ISL1539, the latest addition to Intersil’s family of line drivers featuring low power, very small footprint and extremely good linearity. The ISL1539 is the first monolithic, dual port, DSL line driver for 100 Mbps VDSL2 Central Office (CO) applications.
The new ISL1539 uses proprietary…
Invitation to Join Research on Chances & Challenges of Offshore R&D in India
Hamburg (19.06.2007): Currently, a strong trend of internationalization of innovation (\"global innovation\") can be observed over many countries participating in the global economy. This tendency is reflected in the increasing number of offshore research and development (R&D) centres located in emerging economies such as China and India. Whereas global innovation was until recently limited to multinational corporations (MNCs), an increasing number of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is following this…
Atlanta Airport Marriott Accommodates the Big Business of Small Meetings
[Atlanta, GA – June, 2007] – The Atlanta Airport Marriott Hotel announces its newest offering for the business-savvy traveler – small business facilities and service that’s unparalleled in the area. Be among the first to experience the latest plug in state-of -the art technology in the Atlanta Airport area. Whether it’s an on-the-go gathering, a higher-level meeting, or focused interviews, the VIP boardrooms at the Atlanta airport…
Nicholas Lovell joins nDreams Board
Farnborough, Hampshire – 19th June 2007 - nDreams Ltd, the casual game developer/publisher formed last year by former SCi and Eidos Creative Director, Patrick O’Luanaigh, today announces the appointment of Nicholas Lovell as Non-Executive Director. Lovell is CEO of the fast-growing Internet service GameShadow, and was previously Chief Financial Officer of ShopSmart, which was sold to Barclaycard in 2001. He also spent eight years at Deutsche Bank, both in equity…
DVB Bank AG chooses FERNBACH Liquidity Management
DVB Bank AG increases visibility and economics of risk management processes with FERNBACH Liquidity Management
Frankfurt and Luxembourg, 19 June 2007 – International transport finance specialist DVB Bank AG (DVB) has deployed a liquidity solution from FERNBACH-Software to enhance its risk management decision-making processes.
FERNBACH is a leading provider of Enterprise-wide Value and Risk Management and liquidity management software solutions. The company’s flagship product, FlexFinance® Liquidity, enables financial organisations and banks…
Ri$k Capital and Credit Risk 2007
IRIS will exhibit at Ri$k Capital 2007. Visit our stand in Hilton Paris from June 25 to 28.
Join the experts on practical drilldown, implementation techniques and methodological advances in risk management and capital allocation for credit, market and operational risks.
Information and registration to the event under: http://www.icbi-uk.com/riskcapital/
Or visit IRIS integrated risk management at Credit Risk 2007: the 12th European Credit Risk Conference, Marriott Vienna!
This year, the…
Kaupthing Bank acquires a 20% stake in FiNoble Advisors in India
Kaupthing Bank has signed an agreement to acquire a 20% stake in the Indian investment services company FiNoble Advisors Private Ltd. (FiNoble) with an option to acquire the remaining 80% in five years. The investment creates a foothold for Kaupthing in the fast growing Indian financial market.
FiNoble was founded in 2004 and presently operates out of its office in New Delhi. It has 25 employees and its main…
Role of Takaful (Islamic Insurance) in the Islamic Financial Services Industry
The Takaful and retakaful businesses play a crucial role in managing and mitigating the risks in Islamic finance. Takaful operators assume an important role as economic or financial intermediaries as they essentially mobilise long-term funds in the form of policy-holder contributions and invest them in the available Shari’ah compliant investments.
• Absence of clear regulatory frameworks, prudential standards and codes of good practice, hinder the Takaful industry’s potential…
