PPR announces the appointment of Marie-Claire Daveu as Chief Sustainability Officer and Head of international institutional affairs of PPR,and member of the PPR executive committee.Reporting to François-Henri Pinault,PPR CEO and ...
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Government’s addiction to mega-contracts has been pegged as a key factor in the exclusion of small to medium-sized enterprises (SME) from the public sector IT market. Deputy government CIO Liam Maxwell (pictured below) and a number ...
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The plan for the hike of basic monthly pay will be shelved until the improvement of the economy,although the basic hourly pay will be raised according to the original schedule,concluded a meeting of the Executive Yuan(the ...
Taipei,Sept.24,2012(CENS)--The Executive Yuan(the Cabinet)will finalize the major port construction for international harbora program this week,which calls for NT$65.975 billion of investments in five years.Sixty-five percent of the budget ...
The Government of India has issued a notification allowing global multi-brand retailers to open their outlets in India. The notification issued by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion(DIPP)said 51 percent foreign direct ...
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Taipei,Sept.21,2012(CENS)--The Financial Supervisory Commission(FSC)publicized Taiwan-based wealth-management platform program for local people yesterday(Sept.20),which will meet wealth-management demand of local people via five major ...
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If you're only going to choose just one lighting feature to add your kitchen, make it under cabinet lighting. It provides task lighting for your countertops to make them ideal for food preparation and cooking, it illuminates the backsplash ...
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Taipei,Sept.19,2012(CENS)--Premier Sean Chen finalized the Taoyuan aviation city plan yesterday(Sept.18)and listed it as a national flagship project,for which the government and the private sector will jointly invest NT$463 billion.After ...
The recent decision of the Indian Government to allow up to 51 percent foreign direct investment (FDI) in the country's multi-brand retail sector has a condition that the consent of state governments would be necessary. Until now, ...
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The government has saved £41m in website costs since July 2011, with the total number of sites down by 61 to 383, according to official figures. The news comes as the government moves to accelerate the closure of its website estate ...
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The NHS is working with the US government to pioneer open-data strategies in the US public sector. This was the claim of Chris Vein, deputy US chief technology officer for government innovation – working in the executive office of ...
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Stephen Kelly, former CEO of technology company Micro Focus, has taken over as chief operating officer (COO) at the Cabinet Office and head of the Efficiency and Reform Group in Ian Watmore's former role. Stephen Kelly is understood to ...
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Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Electric Corp has been designated as a'Green Asia Special Global Strategy Synthesis Area'company in Japan's Fukuoka Prefecture. Kitakyushu and Fukuoka cities in Fukuoka Prefecture have been designated as Green Asia ...
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The labelling of two IT suppliers as high-risk by government is part of a tightening-up of outsourcing,but how far can the government practically address the problem of failing outsourcing contracts? Fujitsu is among the companies ...
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An ex BT programme manager has branded the government's plans–and BT's part in them–to have superfast broadband available to 90 per cent of the UK by 2015 a"Westminster myth",accusing those in charge of trying to base"internet ...
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