[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]The Alpari World Match Racing Tour (AWMRT) has today unveiled a partnership with leading Swedish clothing brand Pelle P as part of its continued drive to introduce more commercial partners to the world's leading professional match racing series. The deal was announced at the headquarters of Pelle P in Sweden close to Gothenburg. The 4 year partnership will see Pelle P supply AWMRT with a range of technical and casual gear, with plans to develop an official line of AWMRT merchandise. Pelle P will be seen at the opening stage of the forthcoming AWMRT season in Langernagen,
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]On 14th November 2012, e2v image sensors on board the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) Hinode satellite captured an image of the moon travelling across the front of the Sun. Launched in 2006, Hinode (formerly known as Solar-B) is a mission to explore the magnetic fields of the Sun. By studying the Sun's magnetic field, scientists hope to shed new light on explosive solar activity that can interfere with satellite communications and electric power transmission grids on Earth. e2v supplied Charge Coupled Device (CCD) image sensors for all three of the science
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Index Asia -- Virtualisation specialist VMware has announced a meagre increase in quarterly profits of just two per cent, despite sales being up by 22 per cent. The firm, which is currently led by ex-Intel executive Pat Gelsinger, has also stated that 900 jobs are set to go. Despite the impressive increase in revenue, profits were only up by three per cent to $745 million compared to the same period last year. Chief executive officer Gelsinger remained upbeat about the results, and said he was confident the fortunes of the company would soon turnaround. He said: “2012 was
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Finspreads: Four banks have been told by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) to compensate thousands of small businesses for mis-selling complicated insurance deals. The FSA found that 90 per cent of the deals sold to smaller clients broke at least one rule. Around 40,000 “interest rate hedging products” (IRHPs) have been sold to such clients since 2001. The decision to order banks to deliver compensation was made last summer. The FSA has told the four big banks involved to work out how much their customers lost. But the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has already
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]City Index UK: Most European markets pushed higher on Friday as investor risk appetite increased following strong Chinese data which underpinned mining stocks, and on encouraging European manufacturing figures. Spanish markets bucked the trend after a short selling ban was lifted and the IBEX declined 1.5%. Read Full Article by Fiona Cincotta at cityindex.co.uk: Strong manufacturing data pushes markets higher ahead of US payroll figures(http://www.cityindex.co.uk/market-analysis/market-...) Although the manufacturing figures for Europe showed that the sector continued to
[NBC-1TV 박승훈 기자]국가보훈처(처장 박승춘)는 청소년들의 나라사랑 정신 함양을 위한 다양한 체험 프로그램을 제공하고자 2013년 제2회「민간기관 나라사랑 체험프로그램」공모사업을 시행한다고 4일(월) 밝혔다.이 공모사업은 민간기관의 청소년 전문가들이 학생들의 눈높이에 맞는 다양한 지역밀착형 나라사랑 체험프로그램을 개발하여 청소년들이 생활 속에서 나라사랑을 실천할 수 있는 환경을 조성하는 데 그 의의가 있다.체험 프로그램은 독립․호국․민주, 안보의식, 대한민국에 대한 자긍심 함양 등 나라사랑과 관련된 세부 주제 중의 하나를 심화시킨 것으로 신청기관의 지역적 특성이 반영된 것이어야 한다.사업시행 공고문은 국가보훈처 홈페이지(www.mpva.go.kr)에 2월 한달 간 게시되며, 공모 신청을 원하는 청소년 시설, 단체 및 법인 등은 2월 말까지 사업계획을 포함한 신청서를 국가보훈처 나라사랑교육과에 제출하여야 한다. 국가보훈처는 학계‧교육계‧언론계 등 각계 전문가로 구성된 심사위원회의 심사를 거쳐 3월 중순에 총 20여개의 지원기관을 선정, 발표할 예정이다.다만, 동일‧유사 사업으로 국가나 지방자치단체,
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]The Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) announced today that it will be holding a demonstration day at the world's largest mobile industry event, Mobile World Congress on Wednesday, February 27, 2013. The event will give an insight into innovative mobile technologies from OMA members and global industry leaders including: Huawei, Telecom Italia, Interop Technologies, Comverse, CSR, Sensinode, Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems (FOKUS), Gemalto, Red Bend and Invisitrack. Visitors to Hall 8.0, Theatre C of the Fira Gran Via, Barcelona will see a variety of groundbre
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]City Index Asia -- Stocks in Japan were given a huge boost on Wednesday (January 30th), as its Nikkei share average climbed above the 11,000 points mark for the first time in 33 months, with exporters making gains, along with the real estate sector, as the country prepares for more monetary easing by the Bank of Japan. At the close of trading in Tokyo, Yahoo Japan Corp and Softbank Corp made gains of 17.14, and 3.59 per cent respectively. Real estate companies also climbed, seeing gains of 3.5 per cent, making it the top sectoral performer, with many investors expecting J