workinproperty (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
MITIE Group PLC announced today that for the six months to Sept. 30 pretax profit stood at £39.6 million versus a previous profit figure of £36.2 million a year earlier; the company said it confident of delivering full year earnings in line with management expectations and is very well placed for the future. The key financial headlines are: -Revenue stood at £801.1 million versus...
Luxist (Free subscription) | yesterday
From the LA Times Hot Properties: --A 13,500-square-foot home in Tarzana with a tennis court and koi pond, an underground garage that fits 16 cars is being put up for auction. It was once listed at $9.775 million and cost more than $7.5 million to build. The minimum bid will start at $2.1 million on Dec. 5. The property website is here. --Personal trainer Bob Harper of "The Biggest Loser"...
Maritime News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Intertek Group plc (“Intertek”), the leading provider of quality and safety services to a wide range of industries around the world, today announces that it is in discussions with Det Norske Veritas (“DNV”) in relation to acquiring the vast majority of its Business Assurance division.
market folly (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
On Wednesday we took a look at Lone Pine’s holdings in the US and today we are going to follow that up with an update on their UK positions. We last looked at Lone Pine’s UK holdings back in August . Since then, most of the action has been in one direction: Stephen Mandel’s Lone Pine has been selling out of UK companies. There are no new positions and only one increased position...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
SUGAR LAND, TX (MARKET WIRE) Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- International consulting, engineering, and project management company AMEC plc (LSE: AMEC) (London, England) has been awarded a $93 million contract by Packaging Corporation of America (NYSE: PKG) (PCA) (Lake Forest, Illinois), a containerboard and corrugated products producing company. The contract involves...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Safety services provider Intertek Group said Friday that it is in discussions with Det Norske Veritas to acquire the vast majority of its business assurance division. It is expected that the consideration will be settled in Intertek shares, resulting in DNV becoming a substantial shareholder in Intertek. The revenue of the business that may be acquired is expected to be around...
Paramus Post (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Property Managers Learn Cost-Efficient Energy Management GSH Group, Inc., an international building engineering and energy management provider throughout the United States and Europe, recently held energy efficiency seminars in the New York Metropolitan area. Targeted to educate real estate owners and managers in the region, seminars were held at One Garret Mountain Plaza, Woodland Park, N.J., which...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
DALLAS, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Regus Group (LSE: RGU), the world's largest provider of workplace solutions, and BlueSteps, the career management service that provides senior executives with continual exposure to the world's leading executive search firms, announced the launch of an alliance that will offer BlueSteps members substantial benefits from Regus.
News from People Management (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Pace plc scooped first place in the prestigious CIPD People Management Awards, held last night at the institute's annual conference and exhibition.
buyside (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Follows a selection of stocks from the FTSE 100 offering good value on a fundamental basis. The Fundamental Evaluation approach reviews stocks in a relative (as opposed to absolute) way, comparing stocks relative attractiveness against 5 criteria: Present Value of Future Dividends Present Value of Future Earnings Current Book value Current Cash Flow Price / Earnings / Earnings Growth ratios We rank...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Forget the Queen’s Speech. It was Paul Pindar, the chief executive of Capita Group, who provided a more rousing take on the public finances yesterday. “When you look at [central government], which is now spending in excess of £620 billion a year, much of it is spent on administrative process,” he said. “In my 22 years at Capita, it is at the most inefficient and the fattest...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
VAN BUREN TWP., Mich., Nov 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Ricardo, Inc., the US subsidiary of Ricardo plc, the leading independent provider of technology, product innovation and engineering solutions to the world's automotive, defense, transport and new energy industries, has announced today that its parent company has released details of an important aerospace development program.
CIPD Annual Conference 2008 Harrogate towards... (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Rober Browton – Hay group insight Clare Marriot – Rentokil pest control Robert started by saying “hello Manchester”.. unfortunately the audience were not as engaging. We were given the opportunity to talk with the person sitting next to us about yesterdays and our experience. Robert wants our views on things.. is he expecting these things to be blogged or tweeted? Today is about...
bse (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
UK Event Calendar for today INTERIMS Experian Group, Land Securities Group, Mothercare, UK Mail Group INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE British Polythene, Scisys, Staffline Group, Total INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE Cable & Wireless, DCC, Great Portland Estates, HSBC Infrastructure Company Ltd., Printing.com, ProVen Health VCT, Sainsbury (J), Straight, Unilever, Victoria, Vodafone Group QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND...
Pine River World News (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
IntelTrends - The following article is from Fars News Agency (FNA), Tehran. Commander: Muslims' Massacre in Yemen Endangering Islam, Region © Fars News Agency November 17, 2009 TEHRAN (FNA) - Iran's Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major General Hassan Firouzabadi stressed on Tuesday that the killing of the Yemeni Shiite Muslims by Saudi Arabia is the beginning of Vahhabis' ['Wahhabi'] state terrorism...
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