US-based life insurer MetLife has inked a definitive agreement to purchase BBVA’s private pension fund administrator in Chile, AFP Provida (Provida), in a deal valued at almost $2bn. Based on the terms of the deal, the acquirer will ...
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Personal and corporate consultancy Jelf Group has completed acquisition of Howell Shone Insurance Brokers for an undisclosed sum. As part of the acquisition, Howell Shone will join Jelf Insurance Brokers, to bring insurance clients from ...
Tags: Insurance, healthcare, employee benefits
Pinnacle Brokers Insurance Solutions has appointed Employee Benefits insurance and consulting expert Lisa Volkov, for new business development at its Tustin California, US office. In the new role, Volkov will lead employee benefits group ...
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Images purportedly revealing the planned design of the never-released 2013 Saab 9-3 have been leaked by a Swedish automotive website. Three low-resolution screenshots of the next-generation Saab 9-3 were published by Auto Motor und Sport, ...
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TowneBank has completed the acquisition of Greenville-based insurance agency The Clement Companies, in a bid to expand into North Carolina. Following this acquisition, The Clement Companies will affiliate with the acquirer's wholly-owned ...
The BRAIN Dealer Tour of San Francisco wrapped up Thursday with a 20-mile jaunt around the city, ably led by folks from the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, who for the most part managed to route us around the steepest hills as we visited ...
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ownCloud Inc., the company behind the world's most popular secure open source file sync and share software, announced today the forming of a board of directors, and named several leading industry executives to the board. Led by ...
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Hewlett-Packard researchers are developing a cloud-based "avatar" to manage all of a user's mobile devices and wireless networks. Their idea is to give individual users an identity that transcends the many smartphones, tablets and other ...
The Wet Seal, Inc. a leading specialty retailer to young women, announced a corporate workforce reduction and certain other cost-saving and investment initiatives. The Company also announced the resignation of President and Chief Operating ...
Computer Generated Solutions (CGS), a leading global provider of technology solutions and services, announced that they will be participating in this year’s ExpoProducción event at the World Trade Center in Mexico City, Mexico ...
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It seems counterintuitive, but last year, Aberdeen Group found that the costs for a company with 1,000 mobile devices go up by $170,000, on average, when they adopt BYOD. Why? Hidden costs. Premiums go up because employees no longer have ...
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Avery Dennison Corporation announced preliminary, unaudited fourth quarter and full-year 2012 results. All non-GAAP financial measures referenced in this document are reconciled to GAAP in the attached tables. Unless otherwise indicated, ...
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Ontario’s Infrastructure Health & Safety Association (IHSA) has presented the Certificate of Recognition (COR) to Aecon, a construction and infrastructure development company. The Ontario designation adds to Aecon’s COR ...
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The BRAIN Dealer Tour went multi-model on its first day Tuesday, visiting shops in Berkeley and Oakland by bike, with transfers across San Francisco Bay via ferry and the BART rail. The day wrapped up with a reception at the Chrome ...
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Microsoft will begin selling worldwide on Tuesday the new consumer version of the Office suite, making it available both via a subscription model and perpetual licenses. Consumers have historically bought Office in the traditional way, ...