Archive for May, 2010

ICE Corp Announces Its Next Generation Transaction Authentication System

Intelligent Communication Enterprise Corporation (OTCBB: ICMC), (ICE Corp) announced today that it has successfully completed the installation of its new iCEmat authentication platform. iCEmat which stands for ICE Mobile Authentication Technologies is a more advanced version of the previously known PIVOT system. The company will launch commercial operation of iCEmat in August 2010 and will [...]

HSBC Global Asset Management appoints new World Selection(TM) sub-advisor

HSBC Global Asset Management (Canada) Limited has added a new sub-advisor to the group of best-in-class investment managers for the World Selection(TM) Portfolios. Effective May 18, 2010, Picton Mahoney Asset Management was appointed sub-advisor to HSBC MultiAlpha Canadian Equity Pooled Fund, and will co-manage this Fund with Toronto-based Scheer Rowlett & Associates Investment Management Ltd. [...]

Hire Car Drivers Urged to Take Out Insurance With Cancellation Cover

Drivers of hire cars are being urged to take out cancellation cover with their car hire insurance to avoid expensive charges if they have to cancel at short notice. The volcanic ash cloud and the BA strike action have affected hundreds of thousands of people, and many car rental contracts have had to be cancelled [...]

Tampa doctor sues starlet to get $98,000 ring back

It was a storybook romance once, between a soap opera star and a Tampa oncologist she called Dr. Phil. Now it’s a lawsuit over a $98,000 engagement ring and $43,000 worth of furniture – even a ceiling fan. The physician, Dr. Philippe Spiess, a urological specialist at H.Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, sued Crystal Hunt, who [...]

Proposed Collection; Request for Comments on a Revised Information Collection

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for comments on a revised information collection. This information collection, “Designation of Beneficiary: Federal Employees’ Group [...]

China’s insurers earn US$83 bln in premium income in 1st 4 mths

China’s insurance industry raked in 565.5 billion yuan (US$82.8 billion) in premiums income in the first four months of this year, an increase of 36.58 per cent on year, said the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC). The outstanding insurance capital in operation hit 3,970.245 billion yuan by the end of April, and the average investment [...]

Baucus, Levin To Release Job Creation, Tax Cut, UI Extension Legislation

Contact: Scott Mulhauser / Erin Shields (Baucus) (202) 224-4515 Matthew Beck (W&M) (202) 225-8933 BAUCUS, LEVIN TO RELEASE JOINT LEGISLATION TO CREATE jobs, EXTEND TAX CUTS FOR FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES, SUPPORT AMERICANS LOOKING FOR WORK Finance, Ways and Means Package Will Extend Tax Cuts, Small Business Loans, Eligibility for Unemployment Insurance, COBRA Health Care Tax [...]

March qtr profits up 9% for Sri Lanka’s Ceylinco Insurance

Sri Lana’s CEYLINCO INSURANCE COMPANY said net profits for the March 2010 quarter were up 9 per cent to 110.5 million rupees (US$971,847) from a year earlier, though gross written premiums were flat at 4.4 billion rupees with lower general business. Basic earnings per share were 4.19 rupees for the quarter, interim accounts filed with [...]