Agri-giant Bunge has announced chief executive Alberto Weisser plans to retire at the beginning of June, to be replaced by the CEO of its North American arm Soren Schroder. Weisser has worked at Bunge for nearly 14 years, having joined ...
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The Charles Schwab has introduced a new Schwab Retirement Income Variable Annuity (SRIVA) to provide guaranteed income stream, investment diversification, and professional guidance for investors. The SRIVA helps to generate guaranteed ...
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HTG, Inc., a Vancouver, WA based technology integration firm, has been awarded a multi-million dollar nationwide contract with a well-known early education giant, in what CEO Kermit Macaulay calls another "David and Goliath" experience. ...
An Iraqi telecom company raised nearly $1.3 billion Sunday on Baghdad’s small stock exchange in one of the region’s biggest share offers in years — a sign of investor confidence in the fledgling private sector despite ...
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Principal Financial Group (PFG) has completed acquisition of Chile’s AFP Cuprum, following Empresas Penta and Inversiones Banpenta Limitada sold their 63% ownership in Cuprum. Initially, PFG acquired 90.4% ownership stake in Cuprum ...
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On Monday, US Steel said that Patrick Mullarkey has been named plant manager--Fairfield Tubular Operations, part of US Steel Tubular Products Inc., located in Birmingham, Alabama, effective February 1, 2013. Mullarkey will succeed Dennis ...
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Microsoft's XNA development environment-a platform popular with independent videogame programmers for the Xbox 360 console-has been marked for retirement by the company. In an email sent to Microsoft MVPs(most valued professionals)on ...
ASI customers able to simplify tax printing process with a simple 3-step, web-based solution SACRAMENTO, CA, January 31, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ -- ASI, the leading provider of retirement plan benefit disbursements, tax reporting, ...
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Allianz Life Insurance (Allianz Life) has introduced a new fixed index annuity (FIA) for field marketing organizations, broker/dealers, and agents associated with the Allianz Preferred platform. Allianz Life chief distribution officer Tom ...
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Lincoln Financial Group has selected Fiserv's new retirement income technology, Retirement Illustrator, to support its advisors and increase participant experience in retirement plan services business. Fiserv has worked closely with ...
Life and health insurer, Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services has introduced a new and innovative retirement savings statement for its group retirement plan members. The new statement is expected to serve as a simple, easy ...
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AkzoNobel announced that Graeme Armstrong will become managing director Surface Chemistry and country director for North America. Armstrong is currently executive committee member responsible for Research, Development and Innovation ...
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Norway's largest food company Nortura has appointed Arne Kristian Kolberg as CEO. Kolberg, VP and executive director of production and processing for Nortura, will take up the post from 15 February. He succeeds Runar Larsen who recently ...
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Dutch financial conglomerate ING has agreed to dispose of its 26% stake in Indian joint venture (JV), ING Vysya Life Insurance Company, to its partner Exide Industries, for an undisclosed sum. As part of a previously disclosed divestment ...
Chris Barry had just returned from two years hitchhiking around the world when he was offered his first job with Pilkington, in Canada. Dismayed by this evidence of a free spirit, one of his new bosses warned: "He's not stable - he's not ...
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