Twitter proven to stimulate sales,new study shows. Twitter users who see Tweets from retailers are more likely to make an online purchase,according to results from Twitter's'Tweets in Action:Retail'study. 27 per cent of general ...
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ALL new students who enrol at the University of Western Sydney in 2013 will receive an iPad,as part of a massive rollout announced today. The university said in a statement it would distribute 11,000 iPads to each new student and all ...
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The good news for car buyers: Credit is loosening up, giving more consumers access to financing for buying a new or used car. The bad news? As car prices rise, the terms of the credit are getting worse. That's the conclusion of the latest ...
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Regions Insurance,an affiliate of Regions Bank,is adding Argyle Benefits Consultants,in a bid to continue expansion of its employee benefits practice in Memphis,US. Led by founding partner Philip Johnson,Argyle Benefits,along with its ...
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The Central Bank of Ireland has imposed a monetary penalty of€2.45m against Aviva's two subsidiaries Aviva Insurance Europe and Aviva Life&Pensions Ireland,for violating rules pertaining to stock lending. As per the settlement ...
ChiroFutures Risk Purchasing Group(RPG),a malpractice insurer,has added health plan billing error defense coverage to its Chiropractor's Malpractice Insurance . The ChiroFutures program is designed to provide broad protection and defense ...
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US based diverse financial holding company Markel has inked a definitive agreement to acquire Bermuda-based Alterra Capital in a deal valued nearly$3.13bn in cash and stock. Based on a closing price of$486.05 for Markel common stock on 18 ...
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AmWINS Group(AmWINS)has signed an agreement to acquire Gresham&Associates and is likely to close the transaction by the end of 2012. Under terms of the agreement,more than$7.5bn will be invested by the combined firm in annual premiums and ...
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Legal Document Server, Inc. is pleased to announce the launch of its new online document management and e-service system designed specifically for the legal industry. Legal Document Server (LDS) is an online case management and ...
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Work on the first phase of GCC Development Program funded projects is set to start in Bahrain next month. According to a report in our sister publication,this was announced during a meeting of the ministerial committee for services and ...
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Dr. A. Sakthivel, President, Tirupur Exporters' Association (TEA) has sent a requisition letter to the Hon'ble Chief Minister to provide a special status to export oriented Tirupur industry immediately and instruct to give power supply ...
Gov. John R. Kasich announced approvals by the Ohio Tax Credit Authority (TCA) of eight projects expected to create 526 jobs, retain 752 jobs, add more than $19 million in payroll to the economy, and spur more than $294 million in ...
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CastleLine has launched a new certified Mortgage Loan insurance product and appointed Altisource Portfolio Solutions (ASPS) Fulfillment Operations (AFO) division as the exclusive provider of mortgage fulfillment services. AFO president ...
PartnerRe, a provider of diversified reinsurance services, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Presidio Reinsurance Group. Presidio Reinsurance Group is a specialty accident and health reinsurance and insurance writer, ...
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London based underwriter Aviva has entered into a settlement agreement to transfer its entire holding in Spanish joint venture (JV) Aseval to lender Bankia for 608m (£494m) in cash, which will be held in trust. Pending receipt of ...
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