Press Releases by Category Business, Economy, Finances, Banking & Insurance
FERNBACH wins Banking & Finance ICT Innovation Award once again in 2009
Brussels & Luxembourg, 02 December 2009 – FERNBACH-Software, a global leader in sophisticated component-based solutions for financial institutions, has once again received the Banking & Finance ICT Innovation Award for the Belux region. The internationally-renowned software company with its corporate headquarters in Luxembourg entered this year’s contest with FlexFinance® Analytix Liquidity Reporting, its revolutionary risk management solution that is ideally suited to help firms meet new and upcoming national and…
TargetGov’s “Introduction to Government Contracting” Teleconference Scheduled …
TargetGov’s national teleconference, “Introduction to Government Contracting” will be held on Thursday December 10, 2009. This teleconference is designed to help companies who are newcomers to the federal marketplace. Registrants of this teleconference will also receive a 60 page Toolkit with specific details about the world of government contracting. This teleconference will include what the government is buying and when, how to target the right opportunities, how to reach the…
Dr. Guido Quelle is the Only European Member of Million Dollar Consulting Club
Dortmund, 01 December 2009 - Fall Meeting of Million Dollar Consulting Club in St. Lucia.
For the annual fall meeting of the Million Dollar Consulting Club, an international network of successful, owner-operated consulting companies, the owners of the eight member companies from the USA, Australia, and Germany met on the Caribbean Island of St. Lucia. In addition to using the four-day meeting as a platform to present the development of their…
Taiwan and mainland China ink financial memorandums of understanding
The Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) announced November 16 that it had signed three memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with mainland China. These MOUs will allow for closer cooperation on supervision of the banking, insurance, and securities and futures sectors. FSC Chairman Sean Chen signed the agreements with the heads of the China Banking Regulatory Commission, the China Insurance Regulatory Commission and the China Securities Regulatory Commission, transferring the texts via document…
Nissan of Norwich offers the refreshing 2010 Nissan Altima
Nissan of Norwich,the leading new car, used car & certifiedpre-owned Nissan car dealer in Norwich, CT near Hartford and Middletown is happy to present the all-new Nissan Altima which has received many upgrades inside and out for 2010. Nissan Altima, which had been ranked as the segment leader in the 2009 J.D. Power and Associates Initial Quality Study (IQS), enters 2010 completely prepared. For 2010, Nissan Altima sports a new…
Leadership Essentials Summit Announces Powerful Speaker Lineup for December Conf …
The Leadership Essentials Summit announced today details of its program and speaker lineup for its December 8 – 11, 2009 virtual conference.
Aimed at providing actionable “high-value tools, techniques and insights” to current and emerging leaders, sessions focus on the “building blocks” that are essential to outstanding leadership.
Registrants will not only receive the full benefit of 10 information packed sessions, they also receive a bonus package valued at $600+ consisting of…
ClaimsSolicitors.co.uk Report On The Knock-on Effects Of 'Crash for Cash' Claims
Stockport, UK, Nov 13, 2009 - Innocent victims of road accidents are increasingly being treated with suspicion by insurance companies, according to a spokesperson from claimssolicitors.co.uk, leading UK Accident Claims Solicitors.
"The criminal actions of fraudsters such as the recently convicted 'crash for cash' swindler Mohammed Patel means that people injured in low impact car accidents are now viewed a potential criminals when making personal injury claims." Mr Patel, from Bolton,…
WCS Launch Website to Advise on Software for Small Business
Many small business owners struggle when they come to selecting software for their business. They often choose packages that are inappropriate for the work they have to do. Now World Class Solutions (WCS) have launched a website to help them.
CEO Pat Hough explains the reason behind the site: “We want to help business owners get the right software for their small business. Sometimes that means going with a…
Russell Bedford Costa Rica brings new partner on board
Russell Bedford Costa Rica, a member firm of the worldwide Russell Bedford accounting and audit network, has named Raúl Ruiz Barquero as a partner. He will be in charge of the firm's Business Process Outsourcing division, covering the outsourcing of financial, accounting and payroll services.
Raúl has long experience in the outsourcing area and has successfully implemented many projects relating to the design and supervision of financial processes for…
Russell Bedford Monterrey, Mexico, welcomes a new partner
Russell Bedford Monterrey, a member of the Russell Bedford Mexico national accounting network, has named Andrés Leal Marroquín as a new partner, becoming a four-partner firm.
Andrés Leal is a certified public accountant and registered auditor with more than 18 years of professional experience in matters relating to financial statements, audit, tax and social security. He has been an audit manager in Russell Bedford Monterrey for the last six years,…
Giunti Labs presents new ePortfolio, Skills and Competency Management solutions …
Standards, tools and techniques for competency and skills based learning content personalisation are beginning to emerge – which is just as well because they can help organisations perform better in the increasingly competitive global labour marketplace and world economy. This is the message that Giunti Labs, a leading global vendor of learning content management solutions (learn eXact LCMS) and digital repository platforms (HarvestRoad Hive), will outline at this year’s Online…
TROOP BUSINESS SERVICES BROKERS THE SALE OF ELEMENT COMPUTERS
Rodd Feingold, Certified Business Broker at Troop Business Services, recently closed the sale of Element Computers at 354 Central Avenue, Fillmore, California 93015.
Despite the current economic climate, Element Computers has continued to grow by offering competitive pricing and skilled computer repairs.
“Some business owners are hesitant to put their businesses up for sale during this economic crisis, however, it can be an excellent time for both buyers and sellers of small…
Signazon.com Christmas banner light up town winter events.
Maryland, November 26 - Signazon.com joins in for some small town Christmas decorating. A small town just outside of Baltimore, Maryland has been dedicated year after year to creating a winter wonderland for the Christmas season. This year, after check Signazon review, that town decided to incorporate Signazon.com to help make their event come to life.
As they begin to decorate and prepare for the upcoming holiday chaos, they are…
The amazing world of citrus flavours
Frutarom shows a whole wealth of new premium citrus flavourings with sophisticated sensory profiles: For fresh and tasty clean label products
Wädenswil/Switzerland, November 2009 – By using its global expertise and decades of know-how in its unique sourcing, processing and refining of citrus raw materials from the trees to the finished flavour profile, Frutarom has created a broad portfolio of natural and authentic citrus tonalities to excite the consumer of today.…
Quest CE Releases 2010 Financial Advisor Education Survey Results
Milwaukee, WI – November 25, 2009 - Quest CE recently invited over 30,000 financial advisors to participate in their annual survey on advisor’s perceptions of value-added insurance and professional designation continuing education (CE).
The survey focused on advisors’ opinions on the insurance and designation continuing education (CE) sessions offered in their branch offices by wholesalers and of the wholesalers themselves.
Results showed 88% of the advisors who responded make time to attend…
Royal Sundaram, Geojit BNP Paribas in deal to sell policies - Business Standard
"Royal Sundaram Alliance Insurance Company a non-life insurance joint venture between Sundaram Finance and UK's RSA today tied-up with with Geojit BNP Paribas-financial services provider, to offer savings and investment solutions. Geojit BNP Paribas will distribute all the personal lines general insurance products of Royal Sundaram across its 500 plus offices. The insurer aims at reducing the turnaround time by issuing policies at the point of sale and, therefore, enhances…
CoCoNet at EuroFinance 2009 in Copenhagen
At this year’s EuroFinance International Cash and Treasury Management in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 21–23 October 2009 with the innovative e-banking solution MULTIVERSA IFP International Finance Portal CoCoNet could give many answers to the open questions of treasury departments in international corporations.
Among the most important topics experts for treasury and cash management discussed in this panel were the centralisation of the company-wide payment transactions, the direct SWIFTNet connectivity and the…
CoCoNet's e-banking solutions support new SEPA order types
CoCoNet’s finance portals and e-banking servers support the new SEPA order types in all customer and bank systems according to ZKA specifications of data formats version 2.4.
The ZKA (Zentraler Kreditausschuss) representing the German Banking industry has defined new SEPA order types and thus incorporated the new rulebooks 3.x for SEPA payment instruments of the EPC (European Payment Council). The new order types based on the existing order types for…
Telesens International expanding to Middle Eastern, Western European, Russian ma …
Telesens International Ltd, a European billing systems provider with a development center in Ukraine, has taken part in many major specialized exhibitions and conferences in autumn 2009, all over the world.
The company is currently being represented in two major forums: the IMS Global Congress 2009, Vienna, November 23-24, as well as at the tenth anniversary of the Billing OSS in Moscow, November 24-25.
In addition, the Company President Mr. Martin…
SEO Company India provides affordable SEO services from India
SEO Company India ExcelFish now has the right SEO Solutions for companies and businesses looking for superlative SEO services on the Internet. Business leaders and CEO’s can now fully rely on this dependable company to get surefire search engine rankings in the present competitive Internet scenario. ExcelFish can devise custom-made SEO programs that push up rankings, obtain conversions, and also exactly fit with their business needs.
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SEEDCO FINANCIAL WINS BEST OVERALL COMPANY OF THE YEAR IN 6TH ANNUAL STEVIE AWAR …
NEW YORK, NY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009 -- Seedco Financial, a financial services organization providing funding and resources to support economic and social development, won a Stevie Award for “Best Overall Company of the Year” in the Service Business category. Seedco Financial was also a finalist in the “Best Executive” category. Winners were announced following a judicial process that reviewed more than 1,100 entries, awards were conferred at a…
RIAS Supports Marie Curie Cancer Car by calling out for Christmas Choirs
Employees from local specialist insurer RIAS started their festive season earlier than usual this year in a bid to raise money for their 2009 Charity of the Year, Marie Curie Cancer Care.
The 25 volunteers donated their time to make outbound calls to over 150 UK choirs, encouraging them to take part in ‘Sing Out for Marie Curie Cancer Care’, a fundraising initiative which encourages people to dedicate a Christmas performance…
A Fresh Face in Foil Packaging
Baltimore Innovations Ltd, the UK based desiccant specialist, is recruiting Simon Poulter to head up their new Foil Packaging Division. He joins Baltimore as they undergo a period of rapid expansion, which is in marked contrast to the contraction and headcount reductions seen in other parts of the industry this year.
“It was just too good an opportunity to miss” says Ted Valentine, Managing Director of Baltimore Innovations “We knew of…
VITRUVIUS WEB SOLUTIONS: CREATING OPPORTUNITIES DURING A RECESSION
IF COMPANIES WERE MORE CREATIVE THEN THEY WOULDN’T HAVE TO OUTSOURCE OVER SEAS
Saturday 21st November 2009
Warwickshire
Vitruvius Web Solutions is a brand new Web Design Company based in Warwickshire and they believe that if companies were more creative then they wouldn’t have to outsource their work over seas.
Being creative is exactly what Vitruvius Web Solutions are doing by utilizing the power of the Internet and the latest forms of networking online…
Office Depot Selects Perfect Translations
MIAMI, FL, November 17, 2009 – Office Depot, the nationwide retailer of office supplies and furniture has selected South Florida-based Perfect Translations as its translations vendor for its private label products. “We are very excited to be given the opportunity to serve a great such as Office Depot.” said Amiel Moskona, President of Perfect Translations. “We have already delivered projects in Spanish and French, and look forward to serving…
Blackburn Group Inc. Recently Acquired A Worldwide Insurance Underwriting Capabi …
Rochester, NY. (USA) - Blackburn Group. Inc.’s Enterprise Risk Management partners are pleased to announce they have acquired a worldwide insurance underwriting capability to offer placement services to various insured in the Property, Casualty, and Workers Compensation risk business. The facilities can assist clients reduce self insured and insured risk costs by 10-40% over the current programs by reducing intermediary and loss costs for the programs. With over 30 years…
Online ticket for the Prolight + Sound and Media Systems Prolight + Sound 2010 n …
Buy tickets online and reduce the waiting time at the fair
Online tickets in German, English and Italian
Visitors can now purchase their admission tickets for Prolight + Sound and Media Systems Prolight + Sound 2010 via the internet.
Prolight + Sound is the world’s leading trade fair of technologies and services for events and entertainment. Media Systems Prolight + Sound is the international fair and congress for media technology and systems integration.…
Online tickets for the International Musikmesse 2010 now available
Buy tickets online and save!
Online tickets available in German, English and Italian
All visitors can now purchase their admission tickets for Musikmesse 2010 online and take advantage of the lower online-ticket prices.
The Musikmesse is the world's leading trade fair for musical instruments, sheet music, music production and music business connections and will next be held in Frankfurt am Main from 24 to 27 March 2010.
Admission tickets can be purchased quickly…
Further expansion at Russell Bedford Texas and San Francisco firm
PMB Helin Donovan LLP, the fast-growing Russell Bedford member firm in Texas and San Francisco, has opened an office in Dallas and has appointed two new partners. The firm now has 15 partners and a total of 92 employees.
Jeffrey Jamieson has been brought on board as a new audit partner in the newly-opened Dallas office. Jeff was previously with the Dallas office of a Big-4 firm, where he worked…
Companies Move to Mentoring for Employee Development, Says Insala
London, UK - 18 November, 2009 - Insala announced a marked increase in mentoring product interest as corporate training spending and staffing declined 11 percent, according to Bersin & Associates' 2009 Corporate Learning Factbook.
The global provider of talent management and career transition solutions reports that companies are seeking other ways to develop staff as an alternative to costly traditional training.
The Bersin & Associates research reveals that the U.S. corporate…
Ex-Aviva Investors Derivatives Head Joins RFQ-hub
Dr Jeremy Bezant, who was previously head of structured products and business management for Aviva Investors (Morley Fund Management), has joined RFQ-hub as partner. RFQ-hub was founded earlier this year by David Sagnier, an ex-JP Morgan Managing Director. The derivatives request-for-quote electronic trading platform for listed and OTC equity derivatives allows fund managers and their banks to automate their equity derivatives price discovery, dealing and processing.
Dr. Bezant said "Having spent…
Netsize Expands into South Africa and Russia
Netsize acquires mobile services provider Africa2you’s assets and extends Netsize mPayment with full coverage of mobile network operators in South Africa
-Netsize mPayment offers subscription services billing with MTS in Russia
Netsize, a leading mobile commerce and communications enabler, today announces that it has extended the network coverage of Netsize mPayment, its solution for global remote payments, with three mobile network operators in South Africa, Vodacom, MTN, and soon, Cell-C.
The expansion follows…
Giunti Labs’ latest solutions on show for the Ministry of Defence
Giunti Labs, a leading global vendor of learning content management solutions (learn eXact LCMS) and digital repository platforms (HarvestRoad Hive), has its latest, state-of-the-art learning content solutions on show at the Ministry of Defence (MoD) Modern Learning Symposium Event (MLS).
The MLS, which is being held on HMS SULTAN at Gosport near Portsmouth, on 19th November, provides an opportunity for the defence sector to explore and examine some of the…
Financing Local Authorities - the European Investment Bank
The European Investment Bank will organise a conference on “The EIB – Partner to Towns and Municipalities”.
The presentations and discussions will provide an opportunity to exchange ideas on current urban development issues with representatives of the worlds of politics, management and finance against the backdrop of the financial crisis. The emphasis will be on the financing and implementation of municipal transport, education, energy efficiency, water and waste management projects.
The German…
Iksanika Re-enforces Cooperation with Software Products Vendors
Iksanika, a high-end US-based software development company with R&D center in Belarus, has announced today the extension of its vertical practice by offering outsourced software development to Software Products Vendors.
Over the last 9+ years Iksanika has been focusing on technological support of companies seeking for time- and cost-effective services. Its strong outsourcing software development process is based on clear communication, high response, quality and development management processes. Company engineers have…
NET Marketing Consulting Group Announces Bold New Program For SEO.
Today, NET Marketing Consulting Group announced a bold new program that guarantees businesses two of the top 20 placements on search engine results in only six months.
Using their proprietary SEO strategies, NET Brandcasters promise to gain these coveted placements, going so far as to offer 25 percent off the client’s next month’s billings if the results don’t appear after the six-month trial is over. NET states that billings will…
Giunti Labs and Florida Virtual School Partner to build next generation of onlin …
Florida Virtual School (FLVS), an established leader in developing and providing virtual K-12 education solutions, announced today at the 2009 Virtual School Symposium a strategic partnership with Giunti Labs, a leading global provider of learning content management and digital repository solutions, to create a state-of-the-art Learning Content Management System (LCMS).
Working together, Giunti Labs and FLVS will create a new LCMS that will enable FLVS to repackage current course content…
Nautical Structures launches a user-friendly website designed by Jctweb
A professionally designed Web site is an important step to getting found online, especially for one of the world’s largest high-end yachting supply and accessories manufacturers.
Nautical Structures, a construction and manufacturing business of yachting supplies based in Largo, FL, recently launched its Web site, www.nautical-structures.com. Rick Thomas, Vice President of Sales of Nautical Structures, chose JCTWEB.com to design, develop, and optimize the company’s user-friendly and highly-interactive Web site.
The new…
South contributes most to direct selling
South India is the largest contributor to the revenues of the direct selling industry
of India, according to the annual survey of Indian Direct Selling Association and Ernst & Young. The region has been the top performing area for 58 per cent of the respondent companies. The report says that the industry stands at Rs 33,300 million and is expected to grow by 17 per cent in 2008-09. The industry…
The Washington Network, Inc. Adds Ian Monteith and John Hollar
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA (November 16, 2009) The Washington Network, Inc., a provider of computer networks and telephone systems for Washington, DC Metro-area businesses and associations, today announced the appointment of Ian Monteith and John Hollar as Network Engineers. They will work with telephony and computer networking clients.
Monteith, formerly a senior technician with Lockheed Martin, has deep experience in Microsoft applications and solutions, including MS Windows Vista, MS Windows XP, MS…
Reach The Globe Through Web Conferencing Services
Houston, Texas, November 16, 2009 - The facility to communicate globally through web conferencing has set a new trend of contacting offshore clients in international business platform. A Plus Conferencing has brought about a radical improvement in conference calling technology. With a wide spectrum of conference call services, we have restructured the online conferencing systems with enhanced features.
The affordable web video conference calling services offered by A Plus Conferencing has…
SOS Introduces Modification Accounting Programs Suite
Option exchange programs have driven demand for automated modification accounting solution; SOS promises to replace spreadsheets with system
San Jose, California, November 2, 2009 - Stock & Option Solutions (SOS), a leading provider of stock plan management, administration and consulting services, today announced the release of its equity compensation modification accounting suite of programs.
Modification accounting is triggered by a change in the terms of a stock option or restricted stock…
Coester Appraisal Group Releases FHA, HVCC Compliant Platform Early
Coester Appraisal Group announces the release of an FHA HVCC compliant platform ahead of schedule.
Gaithersburg, MD, November 13, 2009 - Coester Appraisal Group is pleased to announce an early release of its HVCC compliant vendor management platform specifically targeted towards upcoming changes effective Jan, 1 2010 when FHA adopts the HVCC.
CEO Brian Coester was quoted as saying "FHA is over 60% of lending today. With the adoption of…
Dan Goldie Financial Services Continues to Recommend 529 Plans
Menlo Park, CA, November 13, 2009 -- Dan Goldie Financial Services LLC (dangoldie.com) announced today that the firm continues to recommend that investors include 529 college savings plan accounts as part of their overall educational savings strategy. Poor stock market returns have caused some people to shy away from 529s recently according to data from Financial Research Corporation in Boston. New contributions are down by two-thirds from two years ago.
“529…
COMPONENT HARDWARE GROUP APPOINTS PIM ZUURVELD AS NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR FOR EURO …
Lakewood, N.J. – Nov.12, 2009 – Component Hardware Group (CHG), the leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of premium plumbing and hardware products for commercial, foodservice, institutional and healthcare applications, is pleased to announce the appointment of Pim Zuurveld as the new managing director for its European division. Zuurveld will serve as the leader of a group of industry experts at CHG Europe, which is headquartered in Breda, Holland.
As the new…
Switch and Extension Innovator Adder Technology Celebrates 25th Anniversary
Computer Peripheral Innovator Continues Legacy
Newburyport, MA – Nov. 12, 2009 – This year Adder Technology is celebrating its 25th anniversary as a leading manufacturer and developer of KVM switches, extenders and KVM-over-IP solutions. Over the past quarter century, Adder has gained a reputation as a pioneer in KVM switching and extension technology, and particularly in the area of audio and video.
“This milestone would not have been possible without…
Incentive travel of a special kind Dancing Tango at La Rogaia, soft coaching for …
Everybody who really can dance Argentine Tango knows, that Tango is an excellent training for emotional intelligence, leadership and social competence.
Tango, beyond the clichés of macho dance and underworld (though these can be amusing every now and then) requires the ability to make quick decisions, flexibility, emotional intelligence and the ability to listen. Qualities, nobody can renounce, who wants to be a successful leader, as is common knowledge today.
Therefore a…
HangTag Design Offering Multiple Label Production Processes to Choose From
Tuen Mun, N.T. , 11 November 09 : HangTag Design, the premier tags and labels manufacturer is receiving applause from clients because of the flexible production options it is providing them. Having the freedom to choose the manufacturing procedure for your products is in itself a great thing for customers, which is also providing HangTag more recognition in the market.
“Our aim is not only to become the biggest tags and…
Reliable Manufacturing helps power up performance for Sembcorp
With the help and expertise of change management consultants, Reliable Manufacturing, the Sembcorp power station on Teesside has dramatically improved the efficiency of its operations and is looking forward to expansion in the UK and Europe.
Sembcorp UK is a leading supplier of utilities to UK industry. Its power station at the Wilton International site on Teesside provides steam, power and other utilities to all the other major manufacturing…
Navigant Technologies (P) Limited Announces Expansion Plans to a 500 Seater Faci …
The Navigant Group of Companies, comprising of the parent corporation and its subsidiary, Navigant Technologies (P) Ltd. and Navigant Technologies Inc. recently announced the expansion goal of their outsourcing facility in Gurgaon, India to an ambitious 500 seater by December 2010. With a vision to be “the undisputed choice for companies looking to outsource by applying cutting edge technology, highest standards of customer service levels and leveraging cost benefits”,…
