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Director of Financial Services Industry Marketing to Discuss the Impact of Global Expansion, Improved Technology and Shifting Market Forces on Business Banking and Middle Market Clientele Gaithersburg, MD (PRWEB) April 26, 2013 GXS, a leading provider of B2B integration services, today announced its Director of Financial Services Industry Marketing, Patricia Hines will be speaking at the BAFT-IFSA 2013 Global Annual Meeting in Naples, Florida. Hines will co-present “Focus on Regional...

The Company is Now Helping Even More Clients Who Want to Take out an Individual Voluntary Agreement LONDON, April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- IVA Online, a company that specialises in helping consumers on the Individual Voluntary Arrangement debt solution, has announced that it has recently seen an 18 percent increase in enquiries since the news broke about the new Debt Management Plan (DMP) Protocol. The new Protocol was recently announced by Consumer Affairs Minister Jo...

MELBOURNE, Australia, April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Following completion of its acquisition of Allied Gold Mining Plc (Allied Gold) on 7 September 2012, St Barbara Limited (St Barbara) succeeded to Allied Gold's registration under Section 12(g) and its reporting obligations under Section 15(d) of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934. St Barbara will shortly file applications with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to terminate these U.S. registration and...

HONG KONG, April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- China Mobile Limited (the "Company") (HKEx: 941) (NYSE: CHL) announced today that it has filed its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2012 (the "2012 Form 20-F") with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The 2012 Form 20-F is available on the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at http://www.chinamobileltd.com and on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov. Shareholders may also request a...

Sherri Gastelum: According to Accounting Web, those who file taxes may have heaved a sigh of relief too soon. Platinum Tax Defenders outlines some reasons why taxpayers might want to consult a tax resolution firm with a tax attorney in case of IRS notices. Los Angeles, California (PRWEB) April 25, 2013 Even though taxpayers have sent in the majority of personal and business taxes, this doesn't necessarily mean that the IRS will accept everything. Accounting Web listed out a number of...

Urges Shareholders to Vote Before May 7 Annual Meeting AGAINST the Misguided Proposal to Spin-Off the Steel Business CANTON, Ohio, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR; www.timken.com) continues to urge Timken shareholders to support the Company's proven strategy of creating shareholder value, and asks them by letter to vote AGAINST Proxy Statement Item No. 6, the shareholder proposal to spin-off the Steel business. (Logo:...

GREENVILLE, Liberia, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Liberia's President, Her Excellency Ellen Johnson Sirleaf today visited oil palm farms in Sinoe County. Travelling with members of the press, President Johnson Sirleaf made visits to Golden Veroleum Liberia's (GVL) oil palm development sites in Butaw and Numapoh Kpanyan, where, in the last two years, GVL has created over 2,700 new jobs. In a successful repeat visit the President wished to see for herself the oil palm...

WASHINGTON, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA has selected 44 additional proposals from 42 small high-technology companies to enter into negotiations for Phase 2 contract awards through the agency's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) Valued at about $30.7 million, these selections complement 39 Phase 2 proposals announced in November. "These additional Phase 2 SBIR selections continue the...

WASHINGTON, April, 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) announced that a Mexican farm owner was sentenced to serve 60 months' probation for his role in a scheme to defraud Ex-Im Bank of approximately $825,563. Jaime Galvan-Guerrero, 40, was sentenced by Judge Kathleen Cardone in U.S. District Court in El Paso, TX. In addition to his term of probation, Galvan was ordered to pay...

Proposal would give African nations the final say over Security Council actions in Africa. NEW YORK, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea made a plea today to give African nations a veto over UN Security council actions on the continent. He did not give details. "The Republic of Equatorial Guinea asks the international community to...allow Africa to obtain its protection in the Security Council with the right of a veto in its...