[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]GM Korea Company announced today that it sold 13,005 vehicles in the domestic market and exported 54,566 vehicles in May. Total sales for the month were 67,571 vehicles. Once again driven by strong demand for the Chevrolet Spark mini-car, Cruze compact sedan and Orlando Active Life Vehicle, domestic sales in May exceeded 13,000 vehicles for the third consecutive month. Domestic sales in May were up 4.9 percent from the same month last year. "Our sales results over the first five months of 2012 indicate growing interest in GM Korea’s full product lineup and the increasing p
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]The largest global football follower survey ever conducted has today named Manchester United the world's most popular club, with 659 million followers worldwide. The survey was carried out by leading market research agency, Kantar, and gathered 54,000 respondents from 39 countries. The club that Forbes recently named the most valuable in world sport was identified as the favourite team of 659 million followers around the world. Kantar found that football remains the world's most popular sport, with 1.6 billion followers globally, reinforcing the results of a recent FIFA su
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]The International Vaccine Institute (IVI), an international organization devoted to research in vaccine development and introduction for the developing world, will hold its “Annual International Advanced Course on Vaccinology in the Asia-Pacific Region” during May 14-19, 2012 at its headquarters in Seoul, Korea. Now in its 12th year, the popular week-long course was the first-ever vaccinology course of its kind in the Asia-Pacific region. The course aims to build capacity of health professionals, especially those from developing countries, in all areas of the vaccine spect
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]Mercuria Energy Group, one of the world‘s largest energy & commodities trading companies, announces an expansion of its global trading activities into base metals. The business will be located in both London and Shanghai and will be staffed through several experienced high profile hires from major existing market participants. The London operations will be led by Ben Green and Liam Brown, both previously senior metals traders with Goldman Sachs commodities group. During his time with Goldman’s, Ben also held the position of Chairman of the LME Traded Options Committee. The
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]iGATE Corporation, the first integrated technology and operations company providing Business Outcomes business based solutions, today announced its new brand name as ‘iGATE’. The name ‘Patni,’ representing Patni Computer Systems Limited, a majority owned subsidiary, has been removed from its brand identity. Unveiling the brand, Phaneesh Murthy, CEO, iGATE said, “I have always articulated that Patni, being a family name, is difficult to protect in several of our markets. This brand change is in line with our vision of ‘one company’ that will follow the successful delisting
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]Samsung SDS (President & CEO, Alfred S. Koh) is advancing into the Middle East with the DSC (Digital Space Convergence) business experience that has been applied to entities such as major domestic universities and museums. Samsung SDS has announced on 7th May that they will be participating in the Saudi Aramco's King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture’s DSC business. The Center's project includes three parts: Building, IT and Exhibits. Samsung SDS is participating in the IT package. Samsung SDS - with experience in the DSC business, including its work in the National Museu
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]GuestLogix Inc. (TSX: GXI), the leading global provider of onboard retail and payment technology to airlines and the passenger travel industry, today celebrates the opening of its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Hong Kong, reinforcing the Company‘s commitment to expand its global reach and better serve the Asia-Pacific airline market. Collectively, the region’s airlines represent more than 700 million passenger-trips(i) annually, translating to almost one-third of the global passenger traffic. “The presence of GuestLogix in Asia-Pacific underscores the Company‘s continued foc
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]United Vision Marketing Firm announces today that it has plans to develop a hit reality TV show called The Making of a Mogul. The show is staring Dr. Nono C. Pearson also known as Big Reality. The content of the will be about the CEO of UVMF, along with his team, in the attempt to acquire RIM BlackBerry and making other big deals with known celebrities, politicians, financial people and educators. The reality show is designed to reveal to the public on what it takes to build an empire from the ground up in today's tough economic conditions. The show will be targeted to the
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]SolarWinds® (NYSE: SWI), a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software, announced today the release of SolarWinds Mobile Admin™ software v.7. SolarWinds acquired the new mobile IT management product from Rove. SolarWinds Mobile Admin software is designed specifically for mobile devices, with native applications for the most common mobile operating systems, and an extensive list of remote fix capabilities. “As everyone knows, the new business reality is one of mobility. The same holds for the modern IT guy. Whether they are managing a server on anothe
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]FPX, the pioneering innovator of Configure-Price-Quote® (CPQ) applications, announced today that Fujitsu Network Communications has completed training their extensive sales users groups in the use of FPX CPQ OnDemand® and has formally adopted the solution enterprise wide. “FPX CPQ OnDemand gives our sales force a substantial competitive advantage,” said David Hawkins, vice president, sales engineering and operations at Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc. “The FPX solution empowers our sales engineers to be more independent by placing a significant portion of the product d