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GfK integrates Global Innovation Practice

Marilyn Raymond to lead integration of market opportunities and innovation research Nuremberg, 12 November 2012 – Today, GfK announced the formation of a new global practice to help marketing professionals get the critical foresight needed to successfully tap into future markets. “Innovation is hard work. Having a fact-based strategy for what you want to accomplish …

World Economic Forum Global Experts Poll: Economic Confidence Firms in Fourth Quarter, but Gloom Prevails

56% of respondents lacked confidence in global economy in fourth quarter, down from 72% Respondents in North America more worried about an economic shock than those in Asia Sixth quarterly Global Confidence Index polled 460 experts from business, government, international organizations and academia who are members of the Forum’s Network of Global Agenda Councils Access …

President Unveils Aakash Version 2.0 Tablet on National Education Day Launches Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development

The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee took the occasion of National Education Day to release and dedicate to the nation, the innovative and modestly-priced Aakash Version 2.0 tablet in New Delhi today. Unveiled in the presence of Dr. M.M. Pallam Raju, Union Minister of Human Resource Development, Sh Jitin Prasada and Dr Shashi Tharoor, …

FM Chairs Fifth FSDC Meeting; Discusses Issues Relating to Addressing of External Sector Vulnerabilities, Development of Corporate Bond Market and Report of the FSDC Sub- Committee to the Council

The Fifth Meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) was held here today under the Chairmanship of the Union Finance Minister Shri P. Chidambaram. The meeting was attended by Dr. D. Subbarao, Governor, RBI, Shri U. K. Sinha, Chairman, SEBI, Shri Yogesh Agarwal, Chairman, PFRDA, Shri R.K.Nair, Member, IRDA, Dr. Arvind Mayaram, Secretary, …

Urine-Powered Generator

At the Maker Faire Africa in Lagos, Nigeria, four teenage girls came up with a rather remarkable invention: urine-powered generator. Possibly one of the more unexpected products at Maker Faire Africa this year in Lagos is a urine powered generator, created by four girls. The girls are Duro-Aina Adebola (14), Akindele Abiola (14), Faleke Oluwatoyin …

New Mastercard has LCD screen and keyboard

The card may eventually display a holder’s remaining balance and other information…..A credit card with an LCD display and built-in keyboard has been launched in Singapore by Mastercard. The card has touch-sensitive buttons and the ability to create a “one-time password” – doing away with the need for a separate device sometimes needed to log …

Platinum Group Metals; Vital to Manufactured Goods, International Platinum Group Metals Association celebrates its 25th Anniversary

BILLINGS, MT–(Marketwire – November 09, 2012) – STILLWATER MINING COMPANY (NYSE: SWC) (TSX: SWC.U) has posted on its website at (http://www.stillwatermining.com/market.html) a report entitled “25 Prominent and Promising Applications Using Platinum Group Metals” just released by the International Platinum Group Metals Association (IPA). Stillwater Mining Company is a member of the IPA which is celebrating …