[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Iran and Russia clinched one gold medal and one bronze medal each on the third day of competition at the 9th World Junior Taekwondo Championships at the Sharm El Sheikh Covered Hall in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt on April 6, 2012. Azerbaijan and Korea won one gold medal each, while France, Germany, the United States and the Netherlands grabbed one silver medal each. In the men’s -55kg category, Korea’s Yeong-seok Kim easily beat France’s Dylan Chellamootoo in the final match 13-2 to grab the gold medal. The bronze went to Italy’s Marcello Porcaro and Poland’s Karol Robak. In t
[By NBC-1TV H. J yook]Audyssey, the leader in audio technology for the home theater, TV, automotive, mobile and theater markets, today announced that Audyssey Dynamic EQ will be a standard audio technology in media players for NTT DOCOMO's extensive smartphone lineup. Audyssey Dynamic EQ preserves bass and surround sound at every volume level and is a standard feature in many premier home theater systems. The mobile application of Dynamic EQ in NTT DOCOMO smartphones is customized for its media players. It solves problems often seen in content playback on mobile phones, such as distorted and u
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Citibank Korea (CEO Ha Yung-Ku) launches a cashback credit card named Citi Cashback Card fully accommodating demands of Self-employed on April 5, 2012. As baseline features, Citibank provides Cashback Card holders with support with filing for VAT refund and issuing electronic tax invoice free of charge, both of which are core business processes to running proprietary business. Citi Cashback Card allows unlimited accumulation of Citi Cashback points for up to 1% of card spending depending on the amount of spending in the previous month and additional accumulation of cash b
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Dachis Group, the world‘s leading social software and solutions firm, today announced the launch of Advocate Insight, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering that identifies brands’ advocates across social channels and measures each individual's brand impact. With the enormous opportunity presented by engaging with the millions of fans and followers a global brand has across the social web, many CMOs, brand managers and social community managers are beginning to understand both the promise and the enormous challenges of unprecedented access to customer engagement at scale
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]The World Taekwondo Federation approved four new members at its General Assembly in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt on April 3, 2012 to increase its global membership to 201. The approved new full member countries are the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau and Seychelles. With the new additions, the WTF ranks among the top eight International Sport Federations, in terms of the number of affiliated member associations. The WTF General Assembly took place at the International Congress Center in Sharm El Sheikh, one day before the opening of the 9th WTF World Junior Taekwon
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Ssangyong Motor, part of the US$14.4 billion Mahindra Group, announced on Apr 3 that it launched in late March and would start full-scale sale of the manual transmission (M/T) Korando C CHIC model that boasts the best fuel efficiency among domestic SUV brands. The latest Korando model runs 20.1 km/l, a milestone for SUVs made by Korean carmakers. Ssangyong Motor said that the improved fuel efficiency is intended to meet the increasing demand of M/T models amid rising oil prices. The fuel efficiency of the Korando C is 2.7 km/l higher than the previous best (among small-si
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]The Mexican city of Puebla won the right to host the 2013 WTF World Taekwondo Championships as it outvoted Croatia’s candidate city of Split at its Council meeting at the Renaissance Hotel in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt on April 2, 2012. The proposed dates for the biennial championships are June 17-23, 2013. Chinese Taipei grabbed the right to host the 10th WTF World Junior Taekwondo Championships in 2014 in New Taipei City on July 23-27, 2014. Senegal earned the right to host both the 2013 WTF World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships and the 4th WTF World Para-Taekwondo Champio
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Citibank Korea Inc., (CKI, CEO YK Ha) today reported net income of KRW 31.5 billion for the fourth quarter 2011 on revenues of KRW 419.6 billion. This compared to net income of KRW 83.1 billion in the fourth quarter 2010 on revenues of KRW 387.6 billion. CKI’s net income for the full year 2011 was KRW 456.8 billion on revenues of KRW 1,714.9 billion compared to net income of KRW 504.6 billion on revenues of KRW1,579.3 billion for the full year 2010. Full Year 2011 return on assets (ROA) and return on equity (ROE) were 0.77% and 8.18% respectively compared to 0.53% and 6.0
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Further to the framework agreement signed on March 24, 2011, Jin Zhuanglong, Chairman, Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd (COMAC) and Pierre Beaudoin, President and Chief Executive Officer, Bombardier Inc. signed today a definitive agreement covering program commonalities between the C919 and CSeries aircraft. More specifically, the two leading aircraft manufacturers have agreed to cooperate on four distinctive projects to be executed as part of the first phase of COMAC and Bombardier's long-term collaboration on the C919 aircraft and the CSeries families of com
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Comverse Technology, Inc. (“CTI”) (Nasdaq:CMVT), a global leader in BSS, mobile Internet and value-added services, today announced that three members of CTI‘s management have resigned from the Board of Directors of Verint Systems Inc. (“Verint”) (Nasdaq:VRNT), a majority-owned subsidiary of CTI, and have been replaced on Verint’s Board by three members of CTI‘s Board of Directors. The three former Verint directors are Charles Burdick, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of CTI, John Bunyan, Senior Vice President, Strategy & Innovation of CTI, and Paul D. Bak