The Chief Executive of Aviva, Andrew Moss had resigned from his position with immediate. The resignation comes just days after shareholders voted down the insurance company’s pay policies. As per Aviva’s current chairman, Lord Sharman - Andrew Moss tendered his resignation since – "he felt it was in the best interests of the company that…
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CallidusCloud acquires 6FigureJobs
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6FigureJobs to be Enhanced with Sales Selector to Enable Social Hiring in the Cloud for Executives, Sales and Marketing Professionals PLEASANTON, CALIF., May 7, 2012 – Callidus Software Inc. (NASDAQ: CALD), the leader in sales effectiveness and cloud computing , announced its acquisition today of a premier executive career community and job board, 6FigureJobs. The…
Did you expect CEO at Yahoo ! to add fake credentials to his resume ..
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Almost all employers across the globe face the issue of potential employees faking their credentials. These could be academic credentials, work experience related credentials, and performance related credentials. How many of us would normally expect that professionals who have been faking credentials would reach to the level of CxO – specially for one of the…
Intuit Ranked 2nd in ‘India’s Best Companies for Rewards and Recognition 2012’
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Intuit India has been named one of the country’s top two Best Companies for Rewards and Recognition in 2012. A leading provider of business and financial management solutions, Intuit was honored for its innovative and structured rewards and recognition programs for its employees in India. The award was presented by Edenred, – International leaders and…
TCS recognized as “Big Four” IT Services brand
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Bengaluru, Karnataka, May 7, 2012 – Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS) a leading IT services, consulting, and business solutions organization, announced, today, that it has been named the 4th most valuable IT services brand worldwide by Brand Finance, the world leading brand valuation firm. Brand Finance assesses the dollar value of the…
Glancee is joining Facebook
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Facebook Inc. has a lot of updates for market these days. After its $1 billion purchase of the start-up behind the photo sharing smartphone application ‘Instagram’ and a multi-billion-dollar debut on the stock market, it has acquired the "social discovery" startup Glancee. This is dubbed as Facebook’s second major acquisition this year after Instagram, and…
LinkedIn to acquire SlideShare–transaction valued at approx $118.75 million
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Mountain View, Calif. – May 3, 2012 – LinkedIn (NYSE:LNKD), the world’s largest professional network on the Internet with 161 million members worldwide, today announced it agreed to acquire SlideShare, a leading professional content sharing community. The transaction is valued at approximately $118.75 million, subject to adjustment, in a combination of approximately 45 percent cash…
Aditya Birla Nuvo appoints Ashish Dikshit as CEO of Madhura Fashion & Lifestyle
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Aditya Birla Nuvo has appointed Ashish Dikshit as the CEO of – Madura Fashion & Lifestyle, the lifestyle garments business of Aditya Birla Nuvo. Madura Fashion & Lifestyle dominates the premium lifestyle apparel retail through its brands – Louis Philippe, Van Heusen, Allen Solly, Peter England and The Collective. The company is picking up a…
Max Bupa appoints Manasije Mishra as CEO Designate
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Max Bupa has appointed Mr. Manasije Mishra as the Chief Executive Officer Designate. The appointment of Mr. Mishra will be subject to requisite regulatory approvals. He will succeed Mr. Damien Marmion, the founding CEO of Max Bupa. Mr Mishra would be working with the incumbent CEO for next few months and would subsequently take over…
MindTree appoints Ravi Shankar as EVP & Chief People Officer and Greg Blount as SVP & Head of US Strategic Accounts
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MindTree Limited, a global IT and Product Engineering Services Company, has appointed Ravi Shankar as Executive Vice President & Chief People Officer and Greg Blount as Senior Vice President & Head of US Strategic Accounts. “Addition of the leaders of the stature of Ravi and Greg is significant for MindTree in its journey to become…
First Solar appoints Sujoy Ghosh as the Country Head for India
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First Solar, has appointed Sujoy Ghosh as its country head to lead and manage the Indian operations as well as business development in India. First Solar is a US based company and one of world’s premier provider of fully integrated solar solutions, creating value-driven renewable energy projects that represent the leading edge of utility-scale solar…
InMobi leadership appointments – Sandeep Deshpande and Vishal Nongbet
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InMobi the largest independent mobile ad network has appointed Sandeep Deshpande as its country General Manager, India. Sandeep has over two decades of experience in working with and supporting the growth of new businesses in Internet, Gaming, Telecom space. He has previously been associated with Yahoo, Alibaba, Rediff , Birla AT & AT. He has…
K Subramanya resigns as CEO of Tata BP Solar
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Ramesh Ramanathan, Co-founder-Janaagraha Joins MindTree Board
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MindTree Limited, has appointed Ramesh Ramanathan as an Independent Director to its Board of Directors with effect from May 2, 2012. Ramesh is a co-founder of Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy, a non-profit organization focused on transforming quality of life in Urban India, Chairman of Janalakshmi Social Services and is also the National Technical…
Sher Singh expands its Leadership Team
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Sher Singh (http://www.shersingh.com/) has announced the appointment of Mr. Shyam Sukhramani as its Chief Merchandising and Marketing Officer. Shyam has over 17 years of rich experience in the retail and fashion industry and, most recently ran the Global Fashion Jeans business for Levi Strauss & Co based out of its headquarters in San Francisco. Shyam…