Monthly archives: April, 2014

#NoMakeupSelfie Fails to Stall Soaring Cosmetics Brand Values

The Brand Finance Cosmetics 50, released today, is an annual study conducted by leading brand valuation consultancy Brand Finance. The World’s biggest cosmetics brands are put to the test and evaluated to determine which are the most powerful and most valuable. The total brand value of the World’s top 50 cosmetics brands is up from …

Iron Ore Handling Commenced at Mormugao Port

Iron Ore Handling has commenced at Mormugao Port. This followed easing of the ban by the Supreme Court on the sale of iron ore which has already been mined while continuing the ban on extraction of Ore. The Mechanical Ore Handling Plant of Mormugao Port is highly versatile capable of loading a Panamax size vessel …

The unsung story of the Dance of Democracy: On Foot for Democracy Polling Parties Walk Up to 46 Kms in Lower Dibang Valley

The General Elections of 2009 was the world’s largest democratic exercise so far. More than 8.3 lakh polling stations, one crore personnel on poll duty (including police personnel), 46.9 lakh polling staff and 20.9 lakh electronic voting machines were deployed to enable more than 71.7 crore registered electors to elect 543 representatives from among 8,070 …

Thomson Reuters India DCM Review for first quarter 2014

OVERALL INDIA BOND ISSUANCE DROPS 48.6% AFTER RECORD HIGH IN 1Q2013 Primary bond offerings from Indian issuers stood at US$10.8 billion during the first quarter of 2014, down 48.6% after reaching a record start last year (US$21.0 billion). Total proceeds this quarter also declined 24.1% sequentially compared to fourth quarter of 2013 (US$14.2 billion). Indian …

ISS announces Brazil nomination for offshore project

Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world’s leading maritime services provider, has announced another nomination to provide support services to an offshore pipelaying project at Rota Cabiunas in the Santos Basin Pre-Salt region, Brazil. Following a number of recent offshore agency logistics successes, ISS has now been appointed by Van Oord, the leading international marine contractor, …

Message from Kosei Shindo, President, NSSMC

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation was established on October 1, 2012 by a merger of Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metals. I believe that we have made an excellent start and a steady progress in the first 18 months, toward our aim of becoming the “Best Steelmaker with World-leading Capabilities.” I would like us to …

Nokia will be the preferred provider of Smartphones for CaixaBank with Nokia Lumia

Madrid, Spain and Espoo Finland – Nokia today announced that CaixaBank, a leading financial group in the Spanish market both in banking and insurance, has chosen Nokia as the preferred provider of smartphones for its employees. The agreement includes the purchase of approximately 30,000 Nokia Lumia devices. The close collaboration between CaixaBank, Nokia, and Microsoft …