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Anthony J. Vardy to Join Korn/Ferry|Whitehead Mann as Managing Director – U.K.

LONDON, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire/ — Korn/Ferry International (NYSE: KFY), a premier global provider of talent management solutions, today announced that Anthony J. Vardy is joining as Head of the Firm’s London office.
Mr. Vardy is joining Korn/Ferry|Whitehe…

[ More ] February 1st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Business |

House price rise hides growing north-south divide

Home buyers in London and south-east drove January’s 0.1% rise while elsewhere the housing market stagnatedHouse prices increased by a modest 0.1% in January, but the rise was entirely driven by activity in London and the south while the market in the rest of the country stagnated, according to property research firm Hometrack.Hometrack’s monthly survey, [...]

[ More ] February 1st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Business, Finance |
 

Glaxo tipped to cut 4,000 jobs

• GlaxoSmithKline expected to announce thousands of job cuts• Drug-maker likely to shrink workforce in Europe and US while continuing drive into Asia• Analysts predict firm will report pre-tax profits of £8.7bnDrug-maker GlaxoSmithKline is expected to announce thousands of job losses alongside its annual results this week, in the latest wave of a £1.7bn cost-cutting [...]

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Business, Finance |

Delta Partners Invests in Aricent

DUBAI, UAE, January 31 /PRNewswire/ — Delta Partners, the leading TMT
advisory and investment firm in emerging markets, is proud to announce it has
become a shareholder in Aricent.

Aricent is a global innovation, technology and services compa…

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Finance, Services |
 

MBEL plans to list subsidy in Singapore

Engineering firm McNally Bharat Engineering Ltd (MBEL) plans to get its wholly-owned overseas subsidiary MBE Holdings Pte Ltd listed in Singapore.

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Business |

Should Proprietary Trading Firms Charge for Their Education?

I notice that several readers have commented upon my recent post that quoted SMB Trading’s Bella. The comments concerned the fees that SMB (and other firms) charge for their training programs. This, to some, smacks of a scam.So allow me to wade in…

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Finance |
 

Nearly 70% of loyal Apple users rally behind iPad survey

(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Nearly 70 percent of users with two or more Apple devices said they will buy the iPad, a survey released by market research firm Insightxplorer said, yesterday.

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Business |

Pali’s future unclear after deal fails

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The future of Pali Capital hung in the balance on Friday after the boutique investment bank said it failed to sell itself to a firm that it had been talking to for months.

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Deals |

Former iSoft executives in court

Patrick Cryne, co-founder of NHS software firm iSoft, appeared in court with three other former executives today to hear allegations that they conspired to deceive auditors and investors by booking millions of revenue in the firm’s accounts relating to a contract that had not been signed with Irish health authorities.All four – none of whom [...]

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Business, Finance |

Nottingham Evening Post stays bound to board

Measure to safeguard paper’s independence should remain, rules governmentYou cannot become editor of the Nottingham Evening Post – or be sacked from the job – without the approval of a board of five local dignitaries. (Including the headmaster of Nottingham High School.) And that rule must stay, Lord Mandelson decided today.The board is a relic [...]

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Business, Finance |