Business Press Release – Weekly Newsletter for March 22-29, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
Saxo Bank Launches New Equity Platform Providing Private Investors With Institutional-Style Trading and Analysis Tools
COPENHAGEN, March 22, 2010 – By covering over 11,000 single stocks with in-depth company analysis and
introducing an innovative trading panel, Saxo Bank predicts that its new
Equity Platform will help double its number of clients over the next two
years.
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CIE 2010 Lighting Quality & Energy Efficiency in Vienna
Energy-Efficient Lighting: The Alternative to New Power Station Construction
VIENNA, Austria, March 22, 2010 – For delegates at the CIE 2010 conference organised by the International
Commission on Illumination (CIE), the message was clear: "A more efficient
use of daylight augmented with the use of more efficient lamps and the latest
lighting technology now enable us to save [...]
Oxford College of Marketing Exam Results for the Professional Diploma 40% Above Average CIM Pass Rates
OXFORD, England, March 22, 2010 – Results released this week by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM)
show that Oxford College of Marketing students who took exams in December
2009 achieved on the Professional Diploma in Marketing the following pass
rates:
Marketing Planning 96% ( average CIM pass rate only 53%), Marketing
Research Information 94% [...]
Frost & Sullivan: EU and NA Electric Buses, Vans and Trucks Market – Depot Based Delivery Vehicles Expected to Account for 70 Per Cent of Overall Electrification Share
Frost & Sullivan to Host Analyst Briefing on Electric Commercial Vehicles (e-cvs) on Wednesday, 31 March, 2010 at 3:00pm BST
LONDON, March 22, 2010 – Interest in electric commercial vehicles (e-cv) is driven by fuel costs
and concerns about emissions. Depot based delivery vehicles are ideal
candidates for electrification as they operate on limited range with frequent
stop-and-go [...]
Northern Trust’s Justin Chapman Appointed as Member and Custodian Representative to SWIFT (UK) Ltd Board of Directors
LONDON, March 22, 2010 – Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) announces today that Justin Chapman, global
head of process management at Northern Trust, has been appointed to represent
the securities community on the UK board of the Society for Worldwide
Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT). Chapman, currently the
custodian representative appointed to the Board of 12 directors, is also the
co-chairman [...]
Duluth Metals Announces Higher Grade Assays in First Hole From Nokomis Winter Drilling Program
TORONTO, March 22, 2010 – Duluth Metals Limited ("Duluth Metals") (TSX: DM) (TSX:DM.U) today
announced new assays for the first hole drilled in the 2010 Winter Drilling
Program on the Nokomis Deposit, Ely Minnesota. To date, nine holes have been
drilled, with assay results having been received for one hole. Hole MEX-158,
has intersected 70.0 feet of 1.189% [...]
Egencia Expands Global Alliance With Seven New Countries
Company Grows Footprint to Include Brazil, Mexico and Japan, Among Others
LONDON, March 22, 2010 – Egencia(TM), an Expedia, Inc. company, today announced the expansion of
the Egencia Global Alliance to include strategic partnerships with leading
local travel management companies (TMCs) in Brazil, Mexico, Japan, Czech
Republic, Slovakia, Austria and Malaysia. These additions build on Egencia's
existing points of [...]
Rothstein Kass Approved to Issue Audit Opinions Regarding Irish Stock Exchange Entities
Top Accounting Services Provider Joins a Select Group of Firms as Only U.S.-Based Accounting Firms Granted Transitional Registration as Third-Party Audit Entities by Irish Auditing & Accounting Supervisory Authority
NEW YORK, March 22, 2010 – International accounting, audit and advisory services firm Rothstein Kass
(www.rkco.com) today announced that the firm's application for
Registration of Third-Country Audit Entities [...]
Response to the Loughborough Report on Oxo-Degradable Plastics From Symphony Environmental Technologies Plc
LONDON, March 22, 2010 – On 11th March the Department for the Environment and Rural Affairs
(DEFRA) of the UK Government published a Report from Loughborough University
entitled "Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Oxo-degradable Plastics
Across their Life-cycle."
A detailed response has been prepared by Symphony Environmental
Technologies Plc., a British public company quoted on [...]
Teen Signals End to Male (Grease) Monkey Business
EDINBURGH, March 23, 2010 – A Dundee lass is getting geared-up to receive an award at Parliament -
after putting the brakes on rip-off male car mechanics.
Lisa Keogh is staging a one woman war against sexist grease monkeys by
tooling herself up to become a car mechanic and then opening up her [...]
CSA Group Announces Executive Appointments and Modernized Business Model to Optimize Global Service Offerings
TORONTO, March 23, 2010 – CSA Group President and CEO Ash Sahi today announces strategic
enhancements across the organization's structure, service offerings and
processes to provide stakeholders and clients with more efficient, innovative
and timely sustainable service solutions.
"In this rapidly changing international business environment, for any
global organization it is prudent to periodically review [...]
Investor Perception Breakthrough for Palestinian Companies
NABLUS, Palestine, March 24, 2010 – The Palestine Securities Exchange ("PSE") has completed its
first ever London road show on 17-19 March 2010. Showcasing some of its
leading listed companies, the PSE arranged a seminar and a parallel series of
investor meetings to highlight the real investment opportunity that Palestine
offers. During the three day event, seven of [...]
Gulf Petrochemical Sector Recovers:
GPCA Chairman Sees Growing Role for Association
DUBAI, March 24, 2010 – Economic indicators point to continued recovery for chemical companies in
2010, including a positive development for producers in the Middle East, with
global chemical industry output forecast to increase 4.6%, offsetting a 4.6%
contraction in 2009, Mr Mohammed Al Mady, Chairman of the Gulf Petrochemicals
and Chemicals [...]
Ellis Watson Named CEO of Syco Entertainment
LONDON and NEW YORK, March 26, 2010 – Syco Entertainment, a joint venture recently formed between Simon Cowell
and Sony Music Entertainment, today announced the appointment of Ellis Watson
as CEO of Syco Entertainment Ltd.
In this new role reporting directly to Simon Cowell, Watson will take on
the global development of Syco Entertainment, [...]
Indian Wedding DJs Kudos Roadshow Lead the Way
LONDON, March 26, 2010 – Hot of the heels of winning the title of Best Club DJ at the (UKAMA) UK
Asian Music Awards, DJ H is also riding high with his entertainment outfit,
Kudos Roadshow, which is now one of the most sought after wedding DJ services
in the whole of the UK.
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2010 Social Innovation Award Winners Named
NEW YORK, March 26, 2010 – Tesla Motors, Cisco Networking Academy, Goldman Sachs' 10,000 Women
initiative and eBay's Green Team were among the organizations and initiatives
taking home awards from last night's Justmeans.com/Financial Times 2010
Social Innovation Awards dinner in Manhattan.
A nonprofit organization, the San Francisco-based TechSoup Global,
received the event's Citizen's Choice Award. [...]
Linda Richardson to Provide Keynote Speech at ASTD’s Virtual Sales Coaching Forum
PHILADELPHIA, March 26, 2010 – Richardson, a leading global sales training and performance improvement
firm, today announced that Linda Richardson, Founder and Executive Chairwoman
of Richardson, will be delivering the keynote speech at the American Society
of Training and Development, Sales Training Drivers Online Virtual Sales
Coaching Forum, being held on April 7-8, 2010.
During [...]
Pew Study: United Kingdom Third Among G-20 Members in Clean Energy Investments
Pew finds remarkable growth in the global clean energy economy over the past five years
WASHINGTON, March 25, 2010 – The United Kingdom ranked third among G-20 members in 2009 global clean
energy investments and finance, according to data released today by The Pew
Charitable Trusts. Last year, the United Kingdom invested USD $11.2 billion
in the clean energy [...]
Unruly Media to Catalyse Viral Advertising in France
LONDON, March 25, 2010 – Unruly Media(www.unrulymedia.fr/), the UK's leading exponent of
viral video marketing, announced today the opening of Unruly France, to be
based in Paris and headed up by newly-appointed French MD, Dorota Smaggia.
Unruly Media are no strangers to French campaigns and were instrumental
in seeding the spectacularly successful Evian Roller [...]
Alcan Engineered Products Opens its Outstanding Research and Development Capabilities to Industry Third Parties
PARIS, March 25, 2010 – Alcan Engineered Products – a business unit of Rio Tinto – is opening to
other companies the use of its cutting-edge R&D centre dedicated to aluminium
and its alloys.
Based in Voreppe (France), this European leading research and development
centre is unequalled and has gained international renown since its [...]
Frost & Sullivan Survey Reveals: Marketers on the Road to Rebound From Economic Downturn
LONDON, March 25, 2010 – Identifying new opportunities, cultivating innovation, and harnessing
competitiveness: These are the three forces that are empowering marketers to
transform their performance in a global environment tainted by the economic
downturn. In a recent survey of marketing professionals at companies in the
European Union, Frost & Sullivan finds that marketing executives are shifting
focus to [...]
A Unique Opportunity to Purchase A1 GP – the ‘World Cup of Motorsport’
LONDON, March 25, 2010 – Leading global asset sales and valuations company, GoIndustry DoveBid, is
offering a unique opportunity to acquire the assets of A1 GP, better known as
the 'World Cup of Motorsport'.
GoIndustry DoveBid has been appointed to market the assets of A1 Holdings
Ltd [UK parent company in liquidation] and A1 [...]
New Magazine Launch Provides Everything for Your Perfect Day
MACCLESFIELD, England, March 25, 2010 – Practical Publishing today launches Perfect Day, a unique new magazine
that helps readers plan their dream wedding day, for less.
With the average wedding in the UK costing around GBP14,000 and the
economic climate still tough, it's no wonder that more and more couples are
looking to save [...]
Is South Africa’s Industrial Policy a Realistic Growth Strategy or a Dead End? Frost & Sullivan Examines IPAP2
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, March 25, 2010 – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) unveiled South Africa's
2010/11 Industrial Policy Framework Action Plan (IPAP2) to Cabinet on 18
February. While IPAP2 focuses on improving growth in key manufacturing
sectors, the main thrust of the policy is to create sustainable employment.
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Frost & Sullivan: Global Automotive Transmission Technologies Mix – How ‘Green’ is it Getting?
Frost & Sullivan to Host Analyst Briefing on automotive transmission technologies on Tuesday, 6 April, 2010 at 3:00pm BST
LONDON, March 25, 2010 – The need to reduce fuel consumption and consequently CO2 emissions has
driven OEMs to introduce new transmission technologies that are lighter, more
efficient and more expensive than previous generation transmissions. This has
led to [...]
North Sea Group Announces Creation of new Ethanol Subsidiary
ZUG, Switzerland, March 25, 2010 – North Sea Group, the largest independent fuel supplier in the
Benelux, is pleased to announce that it has set up a new subsidiary that will
focus on ethanol sales and distribution. The new venture, which is called
North Sea Global Ethanol (NSGE), has its headquarters in Zug, Switzerland,
and initially a subsidiary [...]
Frost & Sullivan: Global Automotive Transmission Technologies Mix – How ‘Green’ is it Getting?
Frost & Sullivan to Host Analyst Briefing on automotive transmission technologies on Tuesday, 6 April, 2010 at 3:00pm BST
LONDON, March 25, 2010 – The need to reduce fuel consumption and consequently CO2 emissions has
driven OEMs to introduce new transmission technologies that are lighter, more
efficient and more expensive than previous generation transmissions. This has
led to [...]
North Sea Group Announces Creation of new Ethanol Subsidiary
ZUG, Switzerland, March 25, 2010 – North Sea Group, the largest independent fuel supplier in the
Benelux, is pleased to announce that it has set up a new subsidiary that will
focus on ethanol sales and distribution. The new venture, which is called
North Sea Global Ethanol (NSGE), has its headquarters in Zug, Switzerland,
and initially a subsidiary [...]