Gartner on Sunday announced the speakers for its first flagship conference in Dubai, called the Gartner Symposium/IT Expo, which will be held from March 5 to 7 at Madinat Jumeirah. The keynote speakers will be Gabor George Burt, an ...
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The findings of a study by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have highlighted the huge benefits that can be reaped by making a switch to energy-efficient lighting. Using Africa as a case study, the report notes that if Kenya ...
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Barclays Pingit has been named in the App Store Best of 2012 list in the UK by Apple. The ground-breaking mobile payments app was selected from thousands in the Apple store for recognition in the awards' 'Disruptive Services' section, ...
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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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Vertex has introduced an innovative solution, dubbed VTXtabletalk, to support maintenance of legacy mainframe table insurance systems. VTXtabletalk is a business-driven, user-friendly technology designed to automate the monthly mainframe ...
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PVI Sun Life Insurance has received regulatory approval from both Vietnam and Canada regulators to operate its life insurance business in Vietnam. Set up as a joint venture (JV) between PVI with 51% stake and Sun Life Assurance Company of ...
Seagate Technology and Virident Systems today announced a strategic partnership to jointly deliver NAND flash-based storage for data centers. Under the agreement, Seagate will immediately offer a complete line of rebranded, flash-based ...
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The CME Group said Friday its European clearing house, CME Clearing Europe, it had added two new over-the-counter European natural gas forward contracts to its clearing portfolio. The two new contracts -- the United Kingdom (UK) ...
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General Electric Company, or GE (NYSE: GE), is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. The company operates through four segments: ...
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Huawei released its preliminary financial performance results for 2012 this week, projecting its global sales revenue to reach $35.5 billion, an 8% year-on-year increase. Net profit is expected to reach $2.4 billion, a 33% increase over the ...
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Multinational insurance holding company , Sequoia Indemnity and Personal Express Insurance (Sequoia), for nearly $60m. Under the terms of the definitive agreement, the transaction is expected to complete after receiving regulatory ...
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The current managing director of Wesfarmers Insurance, Rob Scott, will become finance director of Coles in February. Wesfarmers’ managing director Richard Goyder said Mr Scott has performed extremely well in significantly improving ...
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US-based member owned financial cooperative firm North Carolina State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU) has launched its new business unit known as SECU Life Insurance Company. The insurance firm, which was set up with an initial ...
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The agency responsible for administering the federal program for electronic health records (EHRs) said it plans to address the complaints healthcare providers are making about the implementation process. Additionally, an important ...
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Australian supermarket group Coles has appointed Rob Scott as its finance chief. Scott, currently managing director of Wesfarmers Insurance, will take up the finance director role from February. He replaces the outgoing Tony Buffin who ...
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