Plessey’s Innovative MAGIC High Brightness LEDs win the Solid-State Lighting Application Category in Elektra Awards 2012

Plymouth, ENGLAND – 17 December 2012 – Plessey today announced that its new innovative MAGIC™ (MAnufactured on GaN ICs) High Brightness LED (HBLED) products have won the Solid-State Lighting Application Category of the Elektra Awards 2012. The winners were revealed last week at the European Electronics Industry Awards ceremony in London.  Barry Dennington, Plessey’s COO, …

Gaetano Cavalieri outlines comprehensive jewellery industry CSR doctrine, founded on defensive, proactive and disclosure principles

MILAN, ITALY: DECEMBER 17, 2012 – Gaetano Cavalieri, the president of CIBJO, has outlined a comprehensive doctrine for Corporate Social Responsibility in the greater jewellery industry. He was speaking on December 12 at the 3rd International Gem and Jewellery Conference GIT 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand, where he was the keynote speaker and delivered the opening …

Suzlon Group wins 105 MW order for projects in Canada

* REpower and wpd europe GmbH enter into contract for six projects in Ontario * Order for 51 units of MM92 – 2.05 MW turbines * Service and maintenance agreement for 15 years Hamburg/Toronto: Suzlon Group subsidiary, REpower Systems SE, has concluded a contract with wpd europe GmbH, a subsidiary of project developer wpd AG, for the delivery …

Linde acquires homecare company Calea France SAS

• Annual revenue in 2011: EUR 28 m • Will complement Linde’s existing operations in the European homecare market Munich, 17. December 2012 – The technology company The Linde Group has signed an agreement to acquire the homecare company Calea France SAS (Sèvres, France). Calea generated revenue in the 2011 financial year of EUR 28 …

Gitanjali Hosts Mumbai’s Most Awaited Racing Event – Gitanjali 1000 Guineas

MUMBAI, December 17, 2012: Gitanjali Group, India’s leading Jewellery & Lifestyle brand hosted the Gitanjali 1000m Guineas at the Turf Club, Mahalaxmi Race Course in Mumbai today. The high-profile extravaganza witnessed a blend of luxury, glamour, sports and music. New generation bollywood actress Shazahn Padamsee was present to give away the trophies to the winners. …

CensusInfo India Software to be Launched Today

The CensusInfo India Software will be launched today jointly by Dr. C.Chandramouli, Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India, the country chief(s) of UNFPA, UN Women and the representative of UNICEF in a function organized at the hotel LaLiT, New Delhi. The specially developed CensusInfo India Software is an innovative and flexible database technology used for …

How did markets fare in 2012? Dheer Kothari

December 17, 2012 As 2012 draws to a close, it would be useful to analyse what moved the markets during the year and which sectors performed better than the rest. More importantly, what lies in store in the forthcoming year as far as market direction is concerned? Interestingly, in the current year markets have bounced …

Prime Minister’s Speech at FICCI AGM

Following is the text of the speech of the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh at 85th Annual General Meeting of FICCI in New Delhi today: “I am delighted to be with you in this 85th annual general meeting of FICCI. It is almost five years since I was last here in this building for a …

Nifty bulls should pause: Umesh Shanmuham

The bears are still in play as resistance on the Nifty is still intact and the index has been unable to break out of the level for a few days now. The resistance level for the Nifty is between 5,861 and 5,955. Resistance levels are price zones where the number of sellers far exceeds buyers, …