Press Releases by Category Business, Economy, Finances, Banking & Insurance
AsiaXPAT Charity Ball Raises over HKD1,000,000
The AsiaXPAT charity ball benefiting the Christina Noble Children's Foundation and honoring the AsiaXPAT of the Year was a huge success raising over HKD1,000,000.
Hong Kong's business elite were on hand to enjoy traditional performances by children from the CNCF Blue Skies Ger village in Mongolia as well as modern dance performances by members of Hong Kong's "Steps Ahead". MC Nuri Vittachi was at his witty best entertaining the well-heeled crowd…
AFFiRiS AG: 1st Place in Venture Capital & Private Equity Awards for MIG Fonds a …
Vienna, 23rd June 2009. MIG Fonds and AFFiRiS AG are this year's winners of the 2009 Venture Capital & Private Equity award competition hosted by the industry magazine Boerse-Express and Junge Industrie. The award recognised the long-standing association between the German venture fund and the Austrian biotechnology company as well as a EUR 430 million deal between AFFiRiS and GSK Biologicals.
Last Tuesday MIG Fonds and AFFiRiS AG were awarded first…
Leszek Balcerowicz is exclusively represented for his speaking engagements by CS …
Sofia, Bulgaria – Leszek Balcerowicz, Former Polish Deputy Prime and Finance Minister & President of the National Bank is exclusively represented for his speaking engagements by CSA Celebrity Speakers. Leszek Balcerowicz is the only Central/Eastern European member of the prestigious “Group of Thirty” and he is a member of the group of trustees of the Institute of International Finance (USA) and also a Professor of Economics at the…
Consolidating international technological leadership in industrial adhesives
AB-Tec develops global markets with new applications
Iserlohn/ Germany, June 18, 2009 - Glued to Germany. German-made industrial adhesive products enjoy an excellent reputation for their outstanding quality the world over. AB-Tec specializes in the production and processing of thermoplastic, heat-activatable adhesive webs and it is one of the first movers in the global adhesive technology sector. The introduction of new applications for TecWeb®, a universal high-tech adhesive by AB-Tec, has…
Financial Guru Who Predicted the Crisis Warns of a New Financial Shock
Las Vegas, NV, June 23, 2009 –International Institute of Management (IIM) announced today that Med Yones, the financial expert who predicted the 2008 financial crisis will be delivering new financial predictions for 2010-2015 to world’s wealthiest families at an exclusive family investment workshop on June 23 & 24 in Geneva, Switzerland.
According to Med Yones, “The government policies are damaging the US financial future. The government bailed out General Motors…
Univenture Announces New UniKeep™ View Case Planner
Portable and Compact Planners are Now Available for Personal and Professional Use
Marysville, OH—June 22, 2009—Univenture, Inc. has yet another addition to its line of user friendly, environmentally friendly, organization products. The UniKeep View Case Planner offers a compact and portable way to keep a schedule and have easy access to it while on the go. The perfect daily planner, the A5 format allows users to organize not only…
Articulon Recognized as a Top Small Business in N.C.
RALEIGH, N.C. (June 18, 2009)—Articulon (articulon.com), a Raleigh-based branding and public relations firm, today announced its selection as one of the top 100 small businesses in North Carolina. Demonstrating significant business achievement and community involvement, Business Leader Media selected Articulon from more than 280 nominations.
"We base our success on the continual support from our clients and the great team behind Articulon," said Cindy Stranad, APR, principal of Articulon.
The…
Datamonitor: Retailing in a Recession - The Opportunities for Outsourcing on rep …
Retailers’ focus in the downturn provides opportunities for outsourcing
Increasing economic pressures affecting the retail industry means companies in Western Europe and North America will increasingly look to outsource technology and business processes in a bid to cut costs, and focus on core skills. This is according to a new report by independent market analyst firm, Datamonitor. The report, “Retailing in a Recession: The Opportunities for Outsourcing”, looks at the…
Paul Sanchez Joins Wolf Management Consultants
(San Diego, Calif.)—Leadership veteran Paul M. Sanchez, formerly a partner at the global HR consulting firm Mercer, has joined Wolf Management Consultants, wolfmotivation.com one of the country’s most comprehensive consulting, coaching and training firms.
Sanchez’s career spans more than 25 years, with emphases on opinion research, workforce engagement, organizational communication and change management.
“Paul’s considerable experience will complement our consulting team’s skills, allowing us to better serve some of America’s most…
Financial Oracle Warns of a Deeper Global Financial Crisis
Las Vegas, NV, June 22, 2009 – IIM think tank announced today that Med Yones, the renowned financial expert who predicted the current global financial crisis, will be talking to a group of the world’s richest investors at the exclusive Campden Investment Workshop taking place on June 23 & 24 in Geneva, Switzerland.
"In Jan 2007 our forecasting model predicted the financial crisis with great accuracy, while top financial firms…
Economic Guru Who Predicted the Crisis Warns of a New Economic Shock
Las Vegas, NV, June 21, 2009 –International Institute of Management (IIM) announced today that Med Yones, the expert who predicted the current economic crisis, will release a new report covering the economic outlook for 2010-2015. The report will be published in Q3 2009 on CEO Quarterly Magazine website.
According to Med Yones, “In the short-term (1-2 years): The decline cycle will bottom in 2009 and we will see a modest…
Economic Prophet Predicts Economic Recovery and Crisis
Las Vegas, NV, June 20, 2009 –International Institute of Management (IIM) announced today that Med Yones, the President of the institute and the economic expert who predicted the global economic crisis in Jan 2007, will deliver a keynote speech at the 10th Annual Investment Workshop for the world’s richest families on June 23 & 24 in Geneva, Switzerland.
“Official numbers show that the economic decline is slowing down and consumer confidence…
Datamonitor: Recession & Recovery Research Programme on reports-research.com
Consumers see more retail closures as being inevitable
The shape of the retail landscape across Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the USA will undergo further upheaval before the current economic downturn is over according to consumers surveyed as part of independent market analysis firm Datamonitor’s “Recession and Recovery research programme” which provides an up-to-date view on the effects of the economic downturn on consumers and business across 19 countries.
Results from…
INDEVCO Tissue Mills Achieve Forestry Certifications
(Ajaltoun, Lebanon) 19 June 2009 – Unipak Tissue Mill and Interstate Paper Industries, have been awarded Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) Chain of Custody certifications. The two tissue mills, members of INDEVCO Paper Making, a division of INDEVCO Group, manufacture and distribute parent tissue reels.
BMA Trada granted the certifications to Unipak Tissue Mill (UTM) in Halat, Lebanon and Interstate Paper Industries (IPI)…
Dr. Guido Quelle, founding member of “Strategy Masterminds”. Mandat Managementbe …
Dortmund, June 19, 2009 - Dr. Guido Quelle, managing partner of Mandat Managementberatung GmbH, Dortmund (Germany), is one of the founding members of The Strategy Masterminds, an international network of management consultants from the USA, Canada, the UK and Germany. With his company Mandat, Dr. Quelle is the first and currently only German consultant in this network.
“I was very pleased when I received the offer from the USA to join…
Artamus opens its doors in Kathmandu
Artamus AB, that is based in South-East part of Sweden, has opened their new office in Kathmandu Nepal. The office is managed by the subsidiary company Artamus Nepal (p) Ltd with it's CEO Jonas Lindblom. The company is focusing on search engine optimization, PPC management and web development. The sister company L&L House of Commerce will operate in the same premises with L&L focusing on import and export of…
RateTiger Retains Integration Leadership with 400 Actual Connections
RateTiger today announced that it has just completed connecting the 400th third party website making it the largest number of single OTA website integrations in the channel management industry. RateTiger’s channel list directory counts each OTA only once, regardless of domains available, thereby giving the user a true figure of the number of channel options available.
RateTiger’s 12 member integration team completed 150 connections in the last year and has now…
Travel insurance industry meets in Neunkirchen-Seelscheid
Neunkirchen, 19 June 2009 - On 5 June, insurance broker Dr. Walter GmbH celebrated its 50th anniversary with a festive event. More than 300 guests met at the company’s headquarters in Neunkirchen-Seelscheid to celebrate Germany’s travel insurance expert and its founder Dr. Siegfried Walter.
The event in Neunkirchen saw the who’s who of the travel insurance industry. Apart from numerous of Dr. Walter’s clients, representatives of all large travel insurance…
HPG Partner Heather Dean is Recognized for Career Successes
Presented 40 Under 40 Award by The Triangle Business Journal
RALEIGH, N.C. (June 18, 2009)—Hughes Pittman & Gupton, LLP (hpg.com), the largest locally owned and managed, independent CPA firm in North Carolina, congratulates Heather Dean on receiving 40 Under 40 recognition from the Triangle Business Journal as one of the area's most influential and highly accomplished young leaders.
"Heather continually provides timely and personalized service to her clients leading to her…
Otto Group follows Amazon as world’s second largest E-Commerce retailer
yStats.com publishes first ranking of top E-Commerce providers. The international market is dominated by E-Commerce companies from the US. The German Otto Group ranks second place.
Amazon’s online sales figures total more than twice the market share of the world’s second and third largest E-Commerce providers. This is the result of a current survey conducted by the research company yStats.com. The survey is based on an analysis of the sales figures…
Effective decision support for E-Commerce managers
The Hamburg-based market research company, yStats.com, is a provider of international market reports on electronic commerce. It offers access to a valuable pool of comprehensive and up-to-date facts and information allowing top managers to push their E-Commerce business forward.
E-Commerce is the sales channel of the future. However, even the brightest prospects will not materialize, unless providers keep track of trends, consumer demands and competitors in this challenging market environment. The…
Karura Adds New Models to Flight Case Family
Karura Case Co., manufacturers of The Musician’s Flight Case, is pleased to announce the addition of several new models to its line of best-selling classical guitar flight cases. In response to customer demand, Karura is introducing flight cases for banjos, violins, OM, dreadnought and archtop guitars that withstand all the hazards of travel. Designed in close consultation with leading luthiers, KARURA has fast become the case of choice among professional…
Atrion Leverages its Content Expertise to Launch New Generation of RegDBOnline D …
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 17, 2009— Atrion International launches the next generation of RegDBOnline™, a premiere online database for Environment, Health, Safety and Transport information. Designed for users involved in the implementation of GRC strategies, RegDBOnline simplifies the complexity of monitoring changing global regulations by providing a comprehensive, single-source database of up-to-date government and industry guidelines. The application features an intuitive, easy-to-use interface, powerful search capabilities in 44…
CODIXX is introducing next generation of colorPol® MIR
In 2008 for the first time CODIXX presented a colorPol® polarizer which has been developed especially for the mid infrared range - colorPol® MIR.
With the steady raise of applications in the MIR range like matter analysis, spectroscopy or thermography, the polarizer is thrusted into the spotlight.
CODIXX was rising the increasing challenges.
The next generation of the successful colorPol® MIR provides excellent prerequisites to meet the demands.
The polarizer now…
Appia Partners with Falkor Group to Expand Managed IT and Telecom Services in Ch …
Falkor Group will add Appia’s proven solutions in voice, data, video and networking to its Assured-IT Managed Services.
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – June 17, 2009 – Appia Communications announced today that Falkor Group of Chicago has joined Appia’s rapidly-growing nationwide network of partners.
Falkor Group is one of the newest partners to join Appia, a leading provider of managed IT and telecom services to small and midsize companies and organizations.
“Falkor Group…
Giunti Labs launches state-of-the-art Enterprise ePortfolio software
Giunti Labs, a leading online and mobile content management solution provider, is launching a state-of-the-art set of Portfolio and Skills management modules as part of its new learn eXact Enterprise LCMS Suite. The products – currently known as ‘eXact Portfolio’ – are being unveiled for the first time at the ePortfolio conference (www.epforum.eu) being held in London from 22nd to 24th June.
Fabrizio Cardinali, Giunti Labs’ CEO, will discuss ePortfolios during…
VALUESCOPE LAUNCHES PUBLIC VERSION OF FINSIGHTS
SaaS Application Consolidates Financial Technology News of over 4,000 Global Institutions in a Single User Interface
MUNICH, Germany, 17 June 2009 – valuescope GmbH, a specialist in semantic web business applications, today launched Finsights, its online news aggregation suite for the financial technology industry.
Finsights is particularly targeted at senior management, sales and marketing professionals and industry researchers who rely on and subscribe to several online sources for news and information…
Med Yones to Give Keynote at Geneva Conference
June 16, 2009 - Geneva, Switzerland, Med Yones, the renowned economic expert who predicted the global economic crisis, will give a keynote speech at the 10th Family Investment Workshop taking place on June 23 & 24 in Geneva.
The workshop provides an exclusive forum for world's leading families. This year's conference will address the new global investment environment and the changing world order. Mr. Yones will speak about investment best…
Bob Coleman to Speak at Coleman's SBA District Tour in Milwaukee, WI
Small Business Administration industry expert Bob Coleman will be the featured speaker at Coleman's 2009 SBA District Tour in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Wednesday, June 17. Speaking with Coleman will be Tom Wallace, President, IDS Corp.
Coleman, the editor of the Coleman Report, will be discussing his SBA BDO and SBA manager compensation study results published in the Coleman Report. He will address the impact of TARP and TALF on SBA's secondary market.…
Author Ethan Casey and Fawad Butt To Speak at World Affairs Council of Pittsburg …
Ethan Casey, author and journalist, and Fawad Butt, managing partner of Zeus Capital Advisers, will speak at the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh’s “Summer Seminar on World Affairs,” held at Duquesne University from June 15 to 19. The seminar will cover current international issues confronting the United States. Butt and Casey will speak on the topic of “Pakistan and Afghanistan: New Strategies” on July 17.
Casey is the author of the…
BBB Warns of Robocalls Claim to Lower Credit Card Interest Rate
Telemarketers Selling Dubious Debt Assistance Plague Consumers
RALEIGH, N.C. (June 11, 2009)—In January 2009, the White House reported a 25 percent increase in credit-card debt over the past 10 years, totaling $963 billion. Credit card debt per household now averages nearly $9,000. Better Business Bureau of Eastern North Carolina (www.bbb.org) warns consumers across the state of incessant automated telemarketing calls promising to lower interest rates on their credit cards. Several companies…
More simplifications for companies in Poland
Jelenia Gora/Poland, 15.06.2009 – With the beginning of 2009 Polish “Commercial Companies Code” has changed in few issues. Starting from 8th of January 2009 managers will find their life easier.
Some of the novelties are as follows:
- the amount of share capital has been reduced: from 50000 PLN to 5000 PLN (for limited liability companies) and from 500000 PLN to 100000 PLN (for joint-stock companies).
- professional partnership treaty will no longer…
txtNation Strengthens its Offerings
LONDON, ENGLAND. Leading mobile messaging and billing solutions provider txtNation has reported additional services to its existing platform in the face of global economic woes. Going from strength to strength despite the global crisis, txtNation has invested in new SMS connectivity in China and the USA and has launched the latest version of its award-winning software.
As a measure of the resilience of the mobile sector to keep innovating and exploiting…
Jacob Fleming’s Contemporary Internal Audit Conference 2009
With the slowing economy it is imperative to sharpen risk assessment practices to focus on the ever expanding range of strategic, operational and business risks. With expanding financial and market risk, internal audit is subjected to enhanced expectations from audit committees and face growing pressure to reduce audit cycle times and costly audit processes.
The increasing rate of merger and acquisitions in current state of economy coupled with the recent…
1Q09: The "Bottom" of the Current Semiconductor Industry Cycle
ELECTRONICS.CA PUBLICATIONS, the electronics industry market research and knowledge network, announces the availability of a new report entitled "The McClean Report 2009 Edition".
In order to compile "real time" evidence that a cyclical bottom was reached in 1Q09, gathered semiconductor company financial data from Strategic Reviews Online Database is presented in a market research report available at Electronics.ca Publications "The McClean Report 2009 Edition". Second-quarter 2009 guidance from 48 semiconductor suppliers…
USB 8 Amp SPDT Relays with multi function IO options Model MCSB2101
J-Works has started shipping Model MCSB2101 USB controlled high current relays (8 amp) with optional digital and/or ADC inputs. The module can have 2 optional IO configurations. Each of the configuration options can be any of the following: 8 bit Digital IO, 8 bit Darlington output drivers, 8 bit differential input or output, or 4 channels of ADC input. Digital IO is 3.3v (LVTTL) and is 5V Tolerant.…
Delta Electronics’ Shareholders Approve NT$3.5 Cash and 2% Stock Dividend
Amsterdam, June 12, 2009 -- Delta Electronics has held a general shareholders’ meeting. The results of the meeting are as follows:
1. Shareholders approved the 2008 Financial Reports. Consolidated sales revenues for 2008 totaled NT$142,644 million and net income after tax was NT$10,250 million, with earnings per share of NT$4.69.
2. Shareholders approved the dividend for shareholders. Each one thousand shares shall receive stock dividends of 20 new shares (10 from…
txtNation Widget Launches
txtNation has today officially released their new billing widgets, targeting social networking, gaming and blog type websites, launched on the back of the ever popular micro-billing solution for websites, mENABLE.
Director Michael Whelan quotes: "We're delighted to release the Widget, a streamlined billing option based on our well established mENABLE software. We encourage webmasters and site owners to start to look at these powerful billing options.
The Widget is a radically different…
Bigmouthmedia responds to European attack on digital marketing
Bigmouthmedia has warned that a proposed European legal move to regulate the use of cookies could have a profound negative impact upon the some of the world's biggest businesses.
In a move that threatens affiliate marketing, bid management and web analytics, proposed amendments to the 2002 European Communities Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications would mean that in future, websites would only be able to place cookies on visitors' computers if…
eOneNet.com Receives Distinguished Brand Award in Hong Kong
eOneNet.com, the top Internet marketing company in Asia, with offices in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore, recently received the Distinguished Brand Award under the category of eCommerce and Internet Marketing from the Capital Entrepreneur Magazine in Hong Kong. The award was presented at an event held on 25 May. Fione Tan, President and CEO of eOneNet.com accepted the Award on behalf of the company and made a speech sharing the…
Facility Management Industry in Transformation
EFMC 2009 - THE European Facility Management Conference
16th and 17th June 2009, Okura Hotel, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Duesseldorf/Amsterdam, June 2009. Turbulent times mean changes for several commercial sectors, so for the facility management (FM) industry. "Facility management is a constantly evolving profession, and FM trends are increasingly driven by technology," declares Wim T. Jansen (Dutch Ministry of Transport and Water Management). "Developments are about doing more with less, automation, outsourcing,…
Open day at the iX-factory GmbH – A successful Meeting
Dortmund, 26th May 2009 – iX-factory invited guests from industry, research and development and public administration for a festive open day. Numerous guests honoured iX-factory at their premises in the competence centre at MST.factory at Phoenix West in Dortmund, Germany.
Bright sunshine supported the event, organized in an open ambience with the at-mosphere of a summer festival. The guests had excellent possibilities to get to know the team, the location and…
AVISTA SOLUTIONS ANNOUNCES INTEGRATION WITH LOAN DOCUMENT PREPARATION COMPANY ID …
Due to popular demand, services of Utah-based company now available to Avista customers
COLUMBIA, SC, JUNE 9, 2009 – Avista Solutions is expanding its loan document preparation service offerings by announcing a new integration with International Document Services (IDS), Inc., a Utah-based mortgage document preparation company that provides closing documents, initial disclosures, fulfillment documents, high cost checks and document delivery.
Avista’s newest loan document preparation company integration was completed after the…
First Atlantic Commerce and Promocion y Operation S.A de CV (PROSA) collaborate …
Hamilton, Bermuda. June 2, 2009. First Atlantic Commerce (FAC), a leading, international, multi-currency payment and risk management solutions provider, and Promocion y Operation S.A de C.V (PROSA), the largest provider of electronic transactions in Latin America, and one of the largest such companies in the world, have collaborated to reduce online credit card fraud in the region.
FAC has implemented a unique, Verified by Visa and MasterCard SecureCode™ cardholder “authentication-only" solution…
OrangeHRM releases version 2.4.2 of the Open Source HRM solution
SEACAUCUS, NJ (June 09, 2009) – OrangeHRM, a leading provider of opensource HR Management solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises worldwide, is delighted to announce the newest stable version of its product: OrangeHRM 2.4.2
The new version comes to make the installation easier for the all range of users.
In the past, when installing OrangeHRM, its installer used to create the required MySQL database and for this it required MySQL administrator…
Sagem Orga and MorphoTrak Approved as Official Source for PIV Products for the U …
Paderborn / Alexandria, Virginia, June 8 2009 – Sagem Orga and MorphoTrak (both SAFRAN Group) announce the Federal Information Processing Standard Publication 201 (FIPS 201) approval of solutions for the Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Program.
The General Services Administration (GSA)-approved products include smart cards and readers that satisfy security standards of the U.S. Government PIV program. With the GSA certification, Sagem Orga and MorphoTrak are now an official source of…
LANXESS Acquires Polyol Specialist in China
Further milestone in company’s BRIC strategy
Shanghai – The specialty chemicals company LANXESS AG is strengthening its market presence in the important Asia region by acquiring the business and production assets of Jiangsu Polyols Chemical Co. Ltd. in Jiangsu province, China. Both parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price. Closing is expected in the third quarter of 2009.
Jiangsu Polyols mainly produces trimethylolpropane (TMP) that is used in lubricants,…
UniKeep to Display Green Products at GSA Expo 2009
Eco-Friendly Office Solutions for Government Procurement Agencies
Marysville, OH – June 8, 2009 -- UniKeep is a Univenture company and an award-winning Ohio Small Business with products made in the USA. The company is an inventor and manufacturer of innovative, eco-friendly products for media and document storage, presentation, packaging and marketing mailers. The company will feature its environmentally responsible office solutions June 9-11 in Booth 2426 at the…
Royal seal of approval for Arizona businesses
His Royal Highness Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, made the rounds at Arizona businesses from Superior to Scottsdale on Tuesday to promote international trade between the USA and the UK. As special representative for international trade and investment, the Duke of York is responsible for helping British businesses grow and expand, meeting with influential trade partners and promoting the UK as a centre for new investment.
"I'm always delighted to…
BBB Warns of Local Computer Repair Scams
Computer Service Companies Highlighted in June Consumer Alerts
RALEIGH, N.C. (June 5, 2009)–The Better Business Bureau of Eastern North Carolina (bbb.org) warns consumers to use caution when selecting service companies that have failed to properly register with government agencies, or have a history of reports regarding unethical business practices. Several complaints have been filed against two Wake County computer service companies highlighted in the June 2009 BBB Consumer Alerts.
“Unethical…
