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Sep 23, 2011

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Ted Turner's Plans To Save The World
Forbes
I'm a staff writer at Forbes reporting on wealth. I've spent the past few years investigating and number-crunching for our signature Forbes 400 and World Billionaires Lists. Along the way, I've written a cover story on Eike Batista, Brazil's richest ...
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John Henry Rides Red Sox And Liverpool To Billionaire Status
Forbes
Henry raised his global sports profile dramatically last year when FSM purchased Liverpool, one of England's most historic soccer clubs, for nearly $500 million. Henry's collection of sports assets lands him on the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans ...
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Dennis Washington Perfects His Mega Yacht
Forbes
I've tracked the world's wealthiest people for Forbes for 13 years, first as an enterprising reporter and later as the editor who oversees all our global wealth coverage and ultimately signs off on the final ranks of the world's billionaires. ...
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The World's Best Sustainability Ideas
Forbes
Currently a graduate student at Hofstra University, I began writing for Forbes shortly after receiving a bachelors degree from the University of Arizona in 2010. It was just as the economy was starting to perk up and a fascinating time to cover the ...
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Soros joins Forbes top 10 US billionaires list
Reuters India
Billionaire investor George Soros arrives at an event sponsored by the Central European University to deliver the first of five lectures on the global economy and financial markets in Budapest October 26, 2009. By Paula Rogo NEW YORK (Reuters) ...
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Hot Health IT Start-Up ZocDoc Raises $25 Million From Goldman Sachs
Forbes
... edition of Forbes, and oversaw what became highly influential lists in the Middle East, such as the 50 Most Powerful Arab Businesswomen. Qaddafi's daughter really wanted to be on it, and George Bush mentioned the list at the World Economic Forum. ...
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Volcker Warns "No Buoyant Activity" In Global Economy
Forbes
Robert Lenzner writes the StreetTalk column for Forbes.com and anchors the StreetTalk video show. Previously Lenzner was National Editor and Senior Editor at Forbes Magazine, New York Bureau Chief of The Boston Globe and Wall Street correspondent of ...
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Investors To Buy $1.6B Alibaba Stake At $32B Valuation
Forbes
... investors Silver Lake, DST Global, Temasek Holdings and Yunfeng Capital are leading a $1.6 billion tender offer for shares of closely held Alibaba Group, sources say. The news was reported this morning by AllThingsD; Forbes has confirmed the story ...
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The MBA's new dawn
Forbes
Matt also co-organizes international media conferences that bring together business schools and universities with editors from Forbes, FT, BBC, CNN, Bloomberg, WSJ, The Economist and otherglobal and regional media in Europe, Asia and Latin America. ...
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eClerx Ranked in Forbes Asia's 200 Best Under a Billion List
MarketWatch (press release)
This list reflects companies that have navigated the global credit crunch with little to no debt on their balance sheets. The 10th annual AsianMAKE study is an established benchmark to recognize Asia's leading organizations for their ability to ...
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Koh Young named to 2011 '200 Best Under A Billion' List by Forbes
Global SMT & Packaging Magazine
Koh Young Technology has been named to Forbes' annual '200 Best Under A Billion' list of dynamic, emerging global companies for 2011. It is the first year that Koh Young has been so honored by placement on the list among Asia-Pacific companies, ...
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Disney Sees Green In Blue World Of Pandora
Mediapost.com
by Thom Forbes, Today, 8:13 AM Walt Disney Co. has reached an agreement with "Avatar" director James Cameron, co-producer Jon Landau and 20th Century Fox, the movie's financier and distributor, "to bring flying banshees, giant blue aliens and other ...
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Another Recession? The Odds Are 1 In 3, UBS Says
Forbes
Before joining Forbes, I wrote about everything (Seriously-everything) related to financial advisors for a trade pub called Registered Rep. I find Wall Street fascinating. It employs some of the smartest individuals in the workforce who manage ...
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Liverpool FC owner John Henry moves up Forbes rich list
Liverpool Daily Post
LIVERPOOL FC owner John W Henry has made it into the world's top 400 rich list. Forbes has announced that the financier has broken into the exclusive club. The 61-year-old is now ranked 375th, with a net worth of $1.1bn. Henry made his mark in the ...
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Singapore Better for Business than Austria or France According to ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The sources of information used to compare each country's performance are a variety of business surveys and reports issued by institutions such as the World Economic Forum, World Bank, IMD,Forbes and Gallup. Ms. Jacqueline Low, the Director of ...
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New US Ambassador To China Sees Growing Frustration, Lack of Openness
Forbes
Russell is a senior editor and the Shanghai bureau chief of Forbes magazine. A fluent Mandarin Chinese speaker now in his 11th year at Forbes, Russell compiles the Forbes China Rich List, Hong Kong Rich List, and Taiwan Rich List. ...
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An Inside Look at the Tech Awards: Technology Benefiting Humanity
Forbes
My column at Forbes.com, "The Common Good", is focused on leadership in the social sector, social entrepreneurship and innovation, NGOs and civil society, foundations, international development, and many related topics of interest. ...
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Clinton Global Initiative Convenes in NYC to Tackle Global Poverty
The Nonprofit Quarterly (blog)
September 19, 2011; Source: Forbes (Associated Press) | StubHub didn't have any extra tickets for us to attend, so we're staying home and watching the three-day Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting online this week. We do wonder which members ...
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Top athletes making far more today than in '91
Yahoo! Sports
By Kurt Badenhausen, Forbes.com Sep 22, 12:07 am EDT Floyd Mayweather knocked out Victor Ortiz Saturday night in controversial fashion to improve his record to 42-0 as a professional boxer. It marked another mega payday for “Money” Mayweather, ...
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What Entrepreneurs Can Do About The Health Care Crisis
Forbes
At Forbes, I write about entrepreneurs: their ecosystem and how they can help reboot complex industries. The author is a Forbes contributor. The opinions expressed are those of the writer. Ben Franklin said: “Nothing can be said to be certain, ...
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Making money on a down -400 point day.
Forbes
His research has been utilized by over 3500 institutions worldwide, including eight central banks, proprietary trading desks and a large contingent of retail investors and financial advisors The author is a Forbes contributor. ...
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For Superyachts, the Bigger the Better
New York Times
Sales of superyachts correlate directly with the rising number of billionaires in theworld, Mr. Mee said. Forbes, which tracks the superrich, counted 1210 billionaires in March this year, beating even the 1125 counted in 2008, before the financial ...
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New York Times
An Oilman's Green Power Plan
Forbes
Multiply that across the 80 million-plus barrels of crude the world burns through daily and it's an extra $1.2 billion a day tacked on to the global fuel bill. What happens if revolution spreads to Saudi Arabia and Iran? ...
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A Fish App To Show Off Your Catch
Forbes
Entrepreneur, global nomad, cocktail detective, distance swimmer, news & tech junkie, tweet merchant, beagle lover. Georgia girl - via Boston, Amsterdam, France, living in Tuscany. You can follow me on Twitter at @Jennalee The author is a Forbes ...
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Percolating A Sustainable Coffee Cup
Forbes
It's a matter of time--but we've got to move fast. The author is a Forbes contributor. The opinions expressed are those of the writer. It inspires fiercer loyalty and warmer associations than the Stanley Cup, the World Cup and America's Cup. ...
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Megacities could help save the world: forum
Hindustan Times
Mexican telecoms tycoon Carlos Slim, named by Forbes as the world's richest person, said that bringing people into urban areas is the only way for countries to cope with already inevitable population growth. "If there were not big cities the service ...
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webOS' Future Murky Under New HP CEO Whitman
Forbes
En route to the Forbes gadget beat, I worked at Business Week, Time Asia and Random House. I also lived in South Korea and Hong Kong, where I quickly acquired a taste for fast broadband and sleek phones. Now I'm a staff writer focusing on telecom and ...
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Bill Gates Wealth Increase $ 5 Billion | The Daily News Global
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Bill Gates Wealth Increase $ 5 Billion - The Daily News Global Give you the latest news In a minute to your PC ... Gates made ??the ranking this year as the richest man in the U.S. version of Forbesfor 18 consecutive years. Despite the stock ...
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IMF: World economy enters 'dangerous new phase' – Forbes ...
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Financial Newsbusiness news. Stock Market, Forex, Commodities, Business news ... IMF: Worldeconomy enters 'dangerous new phase' – Forbes ... IMF Cuts Outlook for Global Economy; Europe, U.S. are the DangersNASDAQ IMF: World ...
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Bill Gates tops Forbes list of richest Americans - World News - IBNLive
Forbes says the Microsoft co-founder saw his wealth increase by $ 5 billion from last year.
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A Boy Suicide, Lady Gaga Angry - The Daily News Global Give you the latest news In a minute to your PC ... body was found lying outside his home on 18 September. Gaga is instantly angry to hear this news and could not keep emotions. ...
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Forbes Unveils List of Richest Americans | G7Finance.com - Finance ...
By Luisa Kroll and Kerry A. Dolan Despite the stalled economy, the nation's wealthiest are worth a combined $1.53 trillion, nearly equivalent to the GDP of our ...
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Global Times > NEWS > Forbes editor responds to criticism
The editor of Forbes China has responded to criticism that the magazine's "Tax Misery Index," which ranked the Chinese mainland second, is based on a flawed ...
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IMF: World economy enters 'dangerous new phase' - Forbes ...
NEWS.com.auIMF: World economy enters 'dangerous new phase' ForbesWASHINGTON -- Theworld economy has entered a.
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UK, London Deals, September Sales, Sep 23, 2011


First Premier Prepaid MasterCard Sales Increase by 230%
PR.com (press release)
London, United Kingdom, September 23, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Sales of the First Premier MasterCard® Prepaid Card, one of the UK's best value pay monthly prepaid MasterCard cards, have gone through the roof with a 230% increase in sales having been recorded ...
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Coldplay UK arena tour tickets to go on sale on September 23rd at 9.30am
Metro
Coldplay fans are preparing to flood ticket websites on Friday morning when the first dates go on sale for their short UK arena tour this December in support of their latest album, Mylo Xyloto. The tour, which takes in Manchester, London and Glasgow ...
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Metro
Canadian retail sales down 0.6% in July
FXstreet.com
UK CBI industrial trends survey found total orders reversing almost all of their August jump, falling from 1 to –9 in September. This continues 2011's seesaw pattern alternating between low positive readings and moderately negative outcomes like in ...
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Alere Inc. Statement Regarding Axis-Shield
MarketWatch (press release)
Between 6 July 2011, being the day Alere announced a possible offer for Axis-Shield and 21September 2011, being the latest practicable date prior to publication of this Announcement, equity markets have been subject to significant volatility with ...
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British designer Ross Lovegrove shares his philosophy as the keynote speaker ...
Vancouver Sun
By LUCY HYSLOP, Special to The Sun September 22, 2011 When it comes to the weird and wonderful in design, there's a good bet you'll be thanking Ross Lovegrove. For three decades, the UKmaestro of form has been musing on the alternative ways we can ...
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Heritage loses bid to stop petition over Uganda tax row
Reuters
"Heritage appealed to the High Court which dismissed the appeal on 13 September 2011," Nyombi said. "The High Court ruled that the tax dispute should be resolved within the Ugandan objection and appeals processes." The government says Heritage must pay ...
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LISTINGS: Events, Exhibitions - September 22 - September 29 2011
Sheffield Telegraph
Paintings and prints are on sale with a donation from each sale going to the Sheffield Hospitals Charitable Trust in conjunction with Zest Arts in Health (www.iangeary.co.uk). Corner Gallery, new art space showcasing work by 30 Sheffield artists and ...
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Sheffield Telegraph
The Business Matrix: Friday 23 September 2011
The Independent
The European Court of Justice yesterday ruled in favour of Budejovicky Budvar, saying UK consumers were aware of the difference between Budvar's and Anheuser-Busch's beers. The bid battle for the Lloyd's of London insurer Omega Insurance heated up ...
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London 2012 Olympics diary: Pamela Anderson coming to the Games?
Telegraph.co.uk (blog)
By Jacquelin Magnay Olympics Last updated: September 22nd, 2011 Pamela Anderson was brought up to date with all things Boris Johnson – and Olympics – when she attended the Vivienne Westwood catwalk show at London Fashion Week on Saturday night. ...
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Three Tiers of Personality: Best Western Announces Major Brand Enhancement
MarketWatch (press release)
LONDON, September 22, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Great Britain's largest group of independent hotels, Best Western, has today announced a change to the structure of its 276 hotels. Today Richard Lewis, newly appointed CEO of Best Western, ...
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Honda Opens Uk's First Hydrogen Power Station
IBTimes
By Alistair Charlton | September 22, 2011 2:36 PM GMT Honda is paving the way for hydrogen power, opening the UK's first open-access refuelling station in Swindon as the company pushes to bring hydrogen powered cars to the masses. ...
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Heidelberg fine-tunes the WorldSkills 2011 finalists
Graphic Repro
... young printers' skills as a member of the judging panel in London. Preparations for WorldSkills 2011 are being run in close co-operation with the Heidelberg sales team in the UK to create the ideal environment for the participants as they compete. ...
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FTSE dives back towards 5000 after Fed's warning
Citywire.co.uk
Data published today by the CBI showed a continuation in these poor conditions in the UK, with its industrial trends survey showing declines in orders in September. UK investors reacted to this stream of bad news by selling off equities, dragging the ...
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£700000 JD stock looted in the riots
Yorkshire Post
JD Sports took comfort from trading in the seven weeks to September 17, which showed net like-for-like sales at UK and Ireland stores rose 1.6 per cent. “The last seven weeks trading have been very encouraging and although the riots took place in one ...
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New video urges firms to take on electric cars
IBTimes
By Alison Bell | 22 September 2011, 07:42 BST Should we increase production of renewable and clean sources of electricity before increasing electric vehicle (EV) numbers in the UK? The Energy Saving Trust is urging businesses to look at cutting carbon ...
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Alamo Targeting Continued Growth With Further Well Completions
MarketWatch (press release)
Headquartered in London, England and with operational offices in Knox County, Kentucky and Houston, Texas, Alamo Energy Corp. /quotes/zigman/580622 ALME -2.88% is an independent company focused on the exploration, development and production of onshore ...
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Zamir Telecom Places #13 in The Sunday Times Tech Track 100
PR.com (press release)
London, United Kingdom, September 22, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Zamir Telecom is honoured by The Sunday Times Tech Track 100 league, this year placing 13th. The Sunday Times Tech Track 100 champions the UK's top-performing private businesses by looking at ...
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Britannia still cool for foreign fashionistas
Management Today
By Emma Haslett Thursday, 22 September 2011 A survey suggests small businesses in the fashion sector are thriving, thanks to their foreign exports. Which is exactly what the Government wants... London Fashion Week's designers of may have packed up ...
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August 2011 Burnham-On-Sea News Archive
Burnham-On-Sea
THE countdown has begun to the sixth annual Burnham-On-Sea FolkFest, which is being held this weekend (September 2nd-4th). Vibrant young folk trio Uiscedwr will play at the FolkFest 2011 grand opening concert at the Princess Theatre this Friday, ...
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Soaring profits ... easyJet
The Sun
THOMSON HOLIDAYS-owner TUI TRAVEL is upping the cost of a package deal next summer by five per cent. Tui yesterday said it had to "recover" the rising price of fuel and accommodation. It signalled the higher prices had already meant UK sales for Summer ...
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The Sun
hybris supports international e-commerce expansion at Lebara
Econsultancy (blog) (press release)
London – 22 September 2011 hybris, a global leader in multichannel commerce solutions, has today announced that Lebara, one of Europe's leading telecoms operators for migrant communities has based its growing eCommerce platform on the hybris B2C ...
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Ammonium Nitrate, a double-edged sword
The News International
In books, the Explosives Act of 1884 (enacted by the British in the undivided India probably amended several times in the last 127 years), is also being used in Pakistan to regulate the manufacture, possession, use, sale, transport, import and export ...
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Arsenal ticket tout has £12000 confiscated
Islington Gazette
“With tickets for the Paralympic Games now on sale, don't get caught out. Follow our simple and easy advice to make sure the ticket you buy is real. “In the UK the only official place to apply for tickets is through the London 2012 application process. ...
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Islington Gazette
You better stand up for this
CanadianBusiness.com
By Adam McDowell | September 21, 2011 Nobody thought of office work as a life-threatening activity three decades ago. Back in 1981, we had not yet begun seriously fretting about the health effects of sitting at our desks all day, staring at blinking ...
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Newspaper Briefing, including 'Tesco declares war on rivals with £500 million ...
Proactive Investors UK
The sector's reputation had been wounded by sales scandals. The gravy train of traditional UKpension fund management was jolting to a halt as maturing final salary schemes became net sellers of equities. Mr Breedon has brought the dispassionate logic ...
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RL Solutions Chooses Tenrox Cloud Professional Services Automation
MMD Newswire (press release)
They are headquartered in Toronto, Ontario with a remote office in Bedford Park, South Australia andsales offices in Cambridge, MA, and London, United Kingdom. The Tenrox solution will be utilized in the Canadian and Australian locations. ...
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Firms 'request unreasonably-sized offices'
inspiresme.co.uk
By Paul Pearce-Couch | September 22, 2011 Business owners are letting their egos get in the way when hunting for a new office, it is claimed, with many requesting more than double the space they actually need. Data released by officebroker.com, ...
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Launch of New Homes in Suffolk
Free Press Release Center (press release)
Major rail and road routes are also accessible to Ipswich, Norwich and London. Hopkins Homes are also offering part exchange and assisted sale schemes on the new homes. The company, who has been building homes since 1992, specialise in recycling and ...
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Glee club owner sues TV's Glee
Prfire (press release)
By Newsteam on Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 at 11:05 am. A BRITISH comedy club owner is suing the makers of TV mega-hit 'Glee' after he accused them of stealing his venue's name. Founder of comedy chain Glee Club, Mark Tughan, has said that ...
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COMPANY SNAPSHOT: TUI Travel, easyJet, Providence Resources, S&U, ValiRx ...
Proactive Investors UK
The sale is expected to be completed in November this year. Sage Software Healthcare offers practice management and electronic health record solutions to US physician practices. Moving to small caps, ZOO Digital (LON:ZOO), which develops software to ...
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Proactive Investors UK
BDM migration within the industry
Bridging and Commerical
West One wants me to develop new broker relationships across the UK and in particular outside of the London region. That's a great remit. “Second, I liked the team - Manish Babla, a fellow BDM here, made me feel very welcome when I came in for my ...
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Companies Lose out to Competitors Because of Online Inadequacies
Response Source (press release)
London, (22 September, 2011) – Over complicated call management systems, emails that take an age to get a response and a desire for immediate information is driving consumers online to find the answer to their queries – and to a competitor's website if ...
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Jones Day adds to City team with hires from Simmons and Addleshaws
The Lawyer
There will be more to come as we build further on our resources and expertise in the London market” Earlier this month Jones Day lost restructuring partner Paul Bromfield to Weil Gotshal & Manges (7September 2011). In April, Jones Day's London ...
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RateTiger and Institute of Hospitality (UK) launch the 'Aspiring Online ...
Travel Daily News International
Nominations are open from today until 30th September 2011, and can be made either by the hotel or the manager directly. The 'Aspiring Online Distribution Manager's Award 2011' will be announced at the inaugural IoH Chairman's Ball on 28th October 2011 ...
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Interview: Sir Martin Sorrell
Jewish Chronicle
By Candice Krieger, September 22, 2011 Assessing global markets is not that different to football, according to Sir Martin Sorrell, one of the world's most accomplished businessmen. Head of advertising giant WPP –- which last month reported a 37 per ...
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Jewish Chronicle
Vical reports positive test results; Judge orders SIGA to split drug profit ...
BioMedReports (subscription)
Impax Laboratories, Inc.(NASDAQ: IPXL) today announced that the Company will present at the Jefferies 2011 Global Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, September 27, at 1:00 pm BST (8:00 am ET). The conference will be held at the Waldorf Hilton in London. ...
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Singularity VP Co-Authors Latest Adaptive Case Management Book
Newsday (subscription)
Nation Newsday > News > Nation Singularity VP Co-Authors Latest Adaptive Case Management Book Published: September 22, 2011 10:03 AM By The Associated Press LONDON - --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 22, 2011-- The rapidly growing market for Adaptive Case ...
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EQUITY DERIVATIVE SALES | Urgent Vacancies | September 2011 ...
EQUITY DERIVATIVE SALES | Urgent Vacancies | September 2011 in UK. Equities jobs and careers in London from eFinancialCareers.co.uk. ... All these roles offers a very rewarded compensation package with usual banking benefits and ...
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