US life insurer MetLife is likely in the process of selling its UK bulk annuities business, MetLife Assurance Limited, in a deal which might be valued around pound 1bn, in a bid to consolidate its operations. The sale is part of the ...
Marjan Oudeman, AkzoNobel executive committee member responsible for organizational development and human resources, has accepted an offer to become president of Utrecht University, one of Europe's leadinguniversities. She will leave ...
Citrix on Wednesdy announced XenMobile, a rebranded and integrated mobile device management (MDM) software, which the company acquired through its acquisition of Zenprise last year. “What we’ve been doing is integrating ...
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Google's famed "triumvirate" -- Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt -- will give oral statements over the coming weeks as part of a private antitrust suit brought against Google and six other technology companies by former employees. ...
Employee benefits-only agency Digital Insurance has purchased North Carolina based insurance brokerage and consulting agency, Benefit Services & Design (BSD), for an undisclosed sum. Based on the terms of the agreement, the acquired ...
Air filtration specialist RoboVent Products Group Inc has acquired Bisco Systems, the dust and fume collection system manufacturer based in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. “Our acquisition of Bisco Systems stands as a testament to our ...
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A TV report into the lives of migrant workers employed at Amazon.com distribution centers in Germany has prompted the government to call for an investigation, and is pushing other companies to change their practices. German TV channel ARD ...
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CHICAGO, IL, February 19, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Cameleon Software, the global leader in product design, sales configuration, quotes, and proposals software, today announced its net income for fiscal 2012, as approved by its Board of ...
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IDG News Service - Facebook said Friday it had been the target of a sophisticated hacking attack but that it had no evidence any user data had been compromised. The attack comes two weeks after Twitter asked 250,000 of its users to reset ...
Bürkert, the German fluid technology specialist, has developed an automated system for continuously monitoring reverse osmosis systems for the desalination of seawater. Filtration+Separation reports. Reverse osmosis is the most ...
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Lextar Electronics applied with the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) under the Ministry of Economic Affairs for 174 patents of which 125 ones were invention patents (the other two types of patents are utility and design) in 2012, ...
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Facebook has admitted that laptops belonging to its employees were recently infected by malware, blaming a zero-day Java exploit for the incident. Users of the social network will be concerned that their private data may have been ...
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Zurich Insurance Group has reported a business operating profit (BOP) of $4.1bn for the full year 2012, down by 4% from $4.24bn during the same period last fiscal. Net income after tax attributable to shareholders (NIAS) stood at $3.9bn, ...
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Workplace administration tasks are a drain on employee productivity and impacting employee work/life balance, according to a new study from Canon Business Australia. Canon’s ‘Automate My Admin’ study found that workplace ...
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Multifamily Ancillary Group, LLC (MAG), the leading ancillary service provider for the multifamily industry, today announced a number of employee promotions. Todd Clark has been promoted to Director of Operations for MAG. Clark joined the ...
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