Designers' Doyenne - Ritu Kumar ; Ritu Kumar Kicked off Boutique Culture in...
The story of Ritu Kumar's 46 years at the forefront of haute couture is, in a sense, the history of Indian fashion itself. She kicked off boutique culture in India in 1966 when she opened her first...
View ArticleShort-Changed ; While Unequal Salaries Are a Tricky Area, the Glass Ceiling...
Despite the major inroads working women have made in recent times, they are still paid less than men. The World Bank's latest World Development Report 2012: Gender Equality and Development notes that...
View ArticleApp-Ly Your Mind ; Android Users Need to Be Very Discriminating While...
Since I could not afford a 'smart' TV, I settled for a 'smart' media player for my 'dumb' TV. Like all devices that are considered smart these days, my media player too supports apps - it can play...
View ArticleMaiden over ; after Rejecting the Sole Bid for Deccan Chargers, the Team's...
Uncertainty is growing over the fate of the Deccan Chargers, the IPL cricket team owned by the cash-strapped Hyderabad media company Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd (DCHL). As if the poor response to the...
View ArticleAllied World Europe Launches Corporate Property Line of Business
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Business Weekly -- Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG (NYSE: AWH) announced that Allied World Europe has officially launched its Corporate...
View ArticleAccumetrics Aligned with Medicare's Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Business Weekly -- Accumetrics Inc., developer of the VerifyNow[R] System, the first rapid and easy-to-use point-of-care system for measuring platelet...
View Article'Forget Peak Oil - Oil Will Crash to $50,' Asserts Self-Made...
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Investment Business Weekly -- It's not often you read predictions of falling oil prices but self-made multi-millionaire trader and investor Vince Stanzione is...
View ArticleA.M. Best Affirms Ratings of HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. and Its...
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Business Weekly -- A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of A+ (Superior) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of "aa" of the...
View ArticleA Stellar Line-Up of Celebrity Guests Embarks on Four-City Dreams Protected...
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Business Weekly -- The Dreams Protected Tour, presented by American Family Insurance([R will make appearances in four cities this fall: Phoenix,...
View Article'Everybody Is Going to Die, but I Am Going to Die Last' ; Today, with a...
He started out as a scrap trader in Patna. Today, with a personal fortune of $3.5 billion, Anil Agarwal is one of the richest men in the world. Over the last three decades, he has transformed the...
View ArticleScaling Up - Kirthiga Reddy ; Reddy, the Social-Networking Website's First...
Kirthiga Reddy, who heads Facebook's India operations, is talking scale today. Reddy, the social-networking website's first India employee back in July 2010, built Facebook India from the ground up and...
View ArticleSelling Better Breakfasts - Sangeeta Pendurkar ; Sangeeta Pendurkar, Managing...
Over the past year, Sangeeta Pendurkar, Managing Director, Kellogg's India, has focused on building high-performance teams. She feels her previous experience in pharmaceuticals, finance and consumer...
View ArticleGlobal Strides - Tanya Dubash ; Tanya Dubash, Who Oversees Marketing...
Come 2013, Tanya Dubash, who oversees marketing initiatives for the Godrej companies, will complete 20 years with the group. "Looking back we could have done some things differently, but everything we...
View ArticleHalf Measures ; Prime Minister Manmohan Singh May Succeed in Reviving...
This was an economic cliff-hanger, and Manmohan Singh knows a thing or two about staring into the abyss. A disastrous Parliament session, a brewing divorce from a petulant partner, the bad odour of...
View ArticleWindow to the Future ; Windows 8 Is a Whole New Take on Computing, but Is the...
Software Operating Systems f the legal battles between Apple and Samsung have shown anything to the tech world, it is that innovation always pays in the long run. And this is where Microsoft hopes its...
View ArticleChicago to Audit Parking Meter, Other Asset Leases
Byline: Yvette Shields CHICAGO a Chicago will seek independent audits to assess the operational and financial management of its asset leases, beginning with its controversial $1.15 billion 2009 parking...
View ArticlePressure off Fortescue
Byline: Jamie Freed and Perry Williams Oct 16, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Commissioning of its new Kings iron ore mine by August 2013 will require a capital investment...
View ArticleLend Lease Set to Tighten Reporting
Byline: Ainslie Chandler and Robert Harley Oct 16, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Lend Lease CEO Steve McCann says "discrepancies" in the profit reported on two projects by...
View ArticleCBB Sukuk Al-Ijara Fully Subscribed
The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB)'s monthly issue of the short-term Islamic leasing bonds, Sukuk Al-Ijara, has been fully subscribed by 263 per cent. Subscriptions worth BHD 52.5 million were received...
View ArticleKing and Spalding Update on Saudi Banking Disputes Procedure
The Committee for the Settlement of Banking Disputes, under the aegis of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (the "Committee has traditionally been known to have jurisdiction over banking disputes in...
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