Weak US Data Weighs, Seoul Leads Asia's Fall
CNBC
Japan's largest brokerge posted a second straight quarterly profit due to robust sales of investment trusts and gains from trading commissions. Fujitsu, the country's biggest IT services firm, logged a smaller-than-expected fall in quarterl...
WireHead Security Launches Consulting Services
Enterprise Security Today
RALEIGH, NC – August 17, 2009 – Start-up professional services firm WireHead Security (www.wireheadsecurity.com) today introduced its suite of information security and consulting services aimed at helping the SMB , education and government ...
World Business Quick Take
Taipei Times
Indian software services firm HCL Technologies Ltd said quarterly profit fell 12.3 percent as foreign exchange losses dented rebounding revenues from the US and from media and financial services clients. “Though there are signs of an early ...
KBR to provide services for Angolan refinery
AP via Yahoo! Finance
KBR said Wednesday it has been hired to provide engineering services for a proposed refinery in Lobito, Angola. KBR, an international construction and engineering firm, didn't say how much it would earn from the contract with Angola's state...
Raising money for battered women’s services
The Sparta Independent
Sparta residents Barbara Maglin and Tracey Grant recently participated in the Verizon Wireless Corporate Classic 5K race in Morristown and joined 3,000 other participants in raising money for Jersey Battered Women’s Services. Maglin is the ...
New Private Equity Firm To Focus On Cleantech Sector
FINalternatives
Investments will target clean energy, energy efficiency, environmental services, waste management, water and sustainable ... Investors this week announced the formation of NewWorld Capital Group, a private equity firm that will invest in mi...
Number of Companies Planning to Reverse Salary, Hiring Freezes Jumps ...
MSN Money
The firm's global services include: managing the cost and effectiveness of employee benefit programs; developing attraction, retention and reward strategies; advising pension plan sponsors and other institutions on optimal investment strate...
Insurance Firm Swinton To Refund Customers
Ananova
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) said Swinton automatically added PPI in quotes for two years - without finding out whether customers needed the cover. The firm generated around £7.8m from its PPI sales but pulled out of the PPI marke...
