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CFA Institute Welcomes Enhanced Risk Disclosures of Enhanced Disclosure Task Force report

London, United Kingdom, 1 November 2012 As the need for better risk disclosures has been evident throughout the financial crisis, CFA Institute supports the recent Enhanced Disclosure Task Force (EDTF) report, which encourages large banks to improve communications around their key risks and makes recommendations which are both implementable by banks and useful to investors. The …

Gaetano Cavalieri hands out awards to Gem-A graduates, praises efforts of British industry to create ethical supply chain

LONDON: NOVEMBER 6, 2012 – Gaetano Cavalieri, the president of CIBJO, was the guest of honour yesterday evening at the 2012 Graduation Ceremony of Gem-A, the Gemmological Association of Great Britain, where he presented diplomas and awards to this year’s graduates. The ceremony was held at the Goldsmiths’ Hall in London, during the Gem-A Conference …

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde Names Alejandro Werner as Director of the Fund’s Western Hemisphere Department

Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), named today Mr. Alejandro Werner to the position of Director, Western Hemisphere Department. His appointment will become effective early in January 2013. Mr. Werner succeeds Mr. Nicolas Eyzáguirre, who resigned effective July 26, 2012. “Alejandro Werner has extensive public policy experience and a deep understanding of …

ESCATEC Design Services designs innovative dual ventilator – The TwinStream Superimposed High Frequency Jet Ventilator

ESCATEC at booth N11 in Hall 8a at COMPAMED, 14-16 November, Dusseldorf ©Carl Reiner GmbH Heerbrugg, Switzerland – 6 November, 2012 – ESCATEC Design Services was given an unusual challenge. How todesign a ventilator for use when performing an operation on a patient’s throat where the normal techniques of a pipe inserted into the throat …

Crews should triple check Advance Passenger Information System data to avoid US CBP penalties advises ISS

Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world’s leading maritime services provider, is advising all crew, vessel owners, masters and operators to triple check passenger data before submitting Electronic Advanced Notice of Arrival (E-NOA) and Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) reports to US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to avoid financial penalties. While errors such as misspelled …

How to get rid of unwanted SMSs: All you need to know

 Subscribers have been facing the menace of receiving unsolicited promotional SMSs from unregistered tele-marketers who often take the advantage of concessional SMS offers by telecom operators. In an effort to curb pesky messages from unregistered telemarketers, TRAI has come up with new measures. Here is everything that you need to know:  1. To prevent unregistered …

TMK Holds Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders

TMK announces that its shareholders duly approved all the resolutions proposed at the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (EGM), which took place on November 2, 2012, in the form of an absentee voting. The following were approved by shareholders: – Decision to approve interim dividends, for the first 6 months of 2012, of RUR 1.50 …