[By NBC-1TV E. H KIm] THIS ANNOUNCEMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF A FIRM INTENTION TO MAKE AN OFFER UNDER RULE 2.7 OF THE CITY CODE ON TAKEOVERS AND MERGERS (THE “CODE”). THERE CAN BE NO CERTAINTY THAT ANY OFFER WILL BE MADE NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION. On 23 February, SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (“SS&C”) made a proposal to the independent directors of GlobeOp (the “Independent Directors”) regarding a possible cash offe
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]Citibank Korea (CEO Ha, Yung-ku, www.citibank.co.kr) had a signing ceremony for “Think Money – financial education through learning and experience” with National YWCA of Korea (President Cha, Kyeong-ae, www.ywca.or.kr) at the auditorium of YWCA bldg. in Myeongdong on Mar. 8 and delivered USD 400,000 of Citi foundation fund. “Think Money – financial education through learning and experience” has been jointly run by Citibank Korea together with the National YWCA of Korea since 2006 with an aim to help teenagers have the right perception about and realize the impo
[By NBc-TV E. H Kim]Freescale Semiconductor is expanding its successful VortiQa networking software product line beyond traditional security and networking functionality. To help speed development and boost performance of embedded software for Freescale’s highly advanced multicore QorIQ and QorIQ Qonverge products, Freescale is introducing the VortiQa™ Platform Services Package (PSP), the industry’s first comprehensive embedded networking software framework for programming in the Linux® user space. VortiQa PSP streamlines development by minimizing bare-metal coding tasks and shifting more appl
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., today announced financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2011, ending March 31, 2012, as well as for the first nine months. In the third quarter (October-December 2011), Nissan reported an operating profit of 118.1 billion yen (US$1.53 billion, euro 1.13 billion) up 3.6% compared to the same period in FY2010, and an operating profit margin of 5.1%. Third quarter net revenue was 2.331 trillion yen (US$30.12 billion, euro 22.35 billion), up 10.9% year-on-year. Ordinary profit reached 121.5 billion yen (US$1.57 billion, euro 1.16 billion)
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]Kia Motors Corporation announced today its global sales figures (export sales, domestic sales and sales from overseas plants) for passenger cars, recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial vehicles for January 2012, recording a total of 185,284 units sold. This figure represents a year-on-year increase of 3.3%. In January, Kia posted strong double digit year-on-year sales increases in two of its major sales regions – 33.2% in Europe* (35,852 units sold) and 27.4% in North America (39,291 units sold). It was the highest total global January sales ever for Kia. Kia’s b
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]Wireless communication device specialized company Motonet Co., Ltd. (CEO In-Soo Park, www.motonet.kr) revealed that they “released Bluetooth multi-headset for motorcycle which integrates wireless communication and short-distance wireless communication system.” ‘BiTalk’ is a multi-product which enables not only wireless communication, but also navigation(GPS), cell phone calls, MP3 music playback, radio playback and such, and Motonet is known to have succeeded in the development for the first in the world. This communication device is especially necessary when motorcycles (
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI), a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software, today announced that it is driving its model of easy to use, powerful and affordable software solutions even deeper into the systems management market. Through two acquisitions and upcoming releases of existing SolarWinds products, the company now offers a more comprehensive suite of highly regarded, highly-effective products for sysadmins in organizations of all sizes. “Over the past year, we've extended our reach into the server and app management market by leveraging our unique
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]Callidus Software Inc. (NASDAQ: CALD), the leader in sales effectiveness and cloud computing, announced today that Systems Information Technology (HK) Limited (“Digital China SIT”), from Digital China Holdings Limited, China's leading integrated IT services provider, has selected the CallidusCloud™ WebSource CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote) solution to automate and accelerate the quotation and proposal generation process for its sales team in Hong Kong. The agreement was signed in the fourth quarter of 2011. WebSource CPQ provides a 100% multi-tenant, SaaS solution that simpl
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]Korea Customs Service(Commissioner Joo, Yung Sup) held the opening ceremony for the World Customs Organization(WCO) Regional Intelligence Liaison Office for Asia and the Pacific(RILO AP) in the Imperial Palace, Seoul at 10 am on Thursday, Feburary 2. To celebrate the opening of the Seoul Office, about a hundred guests from home and abroad participated in the event including Zhu, GaoZhang, Director of WCO Compliance and Facilitation Directorate, 25 customs investigation officers from the Asia-Pacific region and foreign customs attachs. RILO AP, located in Customs Brokers As
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]KT Skylife, the sole 3D broadcaster in Korea, has received the I3DS‘s (International 3D Society) “Jury Prize (The Society’s Special Prize)” from the 3rd 3D Creative Arts Awards of I3DS with its 3D micro-space episode “Forest of Fireflies.” I3DS: The International 3D Society was founded to advance the arts and technologies of stereoscopic 3D content and its professional innovators through education, hands-on demonstration and recognition. This year‘s 3D Creative Arts Awards bestowed a prize for 15 fields of work including movie, documentary and television broadcasting and t