[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]U.S. RE Companies, Inc., an international financial services and reinsurance brokerage firm, has joined with one of China's leading brokers, Shanghai Transceed Insurance Brokers Co., Ltd., in a strategic partnership to provide brokerage and consulting services in the insurance and reinsurance sectors. The announcement was made jointly by Tal P. Piccione, Chairman/CEO of U.S. RE, and Chen Hui Xin, President of Transceed. In a joint statement, Mr. Piccione and Mr. Chen said, “We are pleased to enter into a joint undertaking between Transceed and U.S. RE., which among other
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Callidus Software Inc. (NASDAQ: CALD), the leader in Sales Performance Management (SPM), announced today it has acquired leading Learning Management Systems (LMS) vendor, Litmos Limited. “Today, learning and development must be delivered fast and on the move. Mobile professionals consume training the same way they access music, video, and print -- anywhere, anytime, and on any device,” said Leslie Stretch, President and CEO, Callidus Software. “With Litmos, we will address the learning and development needs of mobile sales forces, we will embed interactive learning in our
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]LG Electronics (LG) continued its push to dominate the home 3D TV market with a grand event at Ferrari World in exotic Abu Dhabi to introduce its patented Film Patterned Retarder (FPR) CINEMA 3D TV to a discerning Middle East audience for the first time. Megan Fox, star of the Transformers movie series, headlined the posh event at the sprawling Ferrari World, billed as “the world’s largest theme park”. More than 3,500 guests were treated to a visual spectacle, only possible due to CINEMA 3D’s Flexible Viewing Positions and Wide Viewing Angle features which create the perf
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG), Kia Motors Corp’s vehicle production facility in the U.S., has begun a series of expansion projects in each of the plant’s four main shops – stamping, welding, paint and general assembly – to raise annual capacity to 360,000 vehicles starting in 2012. The growth follows Kia Motors’ announcement at the 2011 New York International Auto Show that the award-winning Optima midsize sedan will be added to the plant’s production line. Beginning in September 2011, the 2012 model year Optima will be built alongside the Kia
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]The 2011 EU Gateway Programme Construction & Building Technologies and Environment & Energy-related Technologies business mission, comprising 51 specially selected European SMEs, will visit Korea 6–10 June. The mission week in Seoul will include an exhibition at the COEX Convention Center Grand Ballroom on Tuesday 7 and Wednesday 8 June, business meetings with potential Korean partners throughout the week, and tours of sector-related Korean facilities. Funded and managed by the European Union, the EU Gateway Programme is a business development programme that promote
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]In its effort to continue reaching out to its customers, GM Korea Company is updating its service centers nationwide based on Chevrolet’s new global standards for ensuring the highest level of customer value. This follows on the heels of the introduction of Chevy Care 3-5-7, the most comprehensive automotive customer care program in Korea. GM Korea opened its first Chevrolet Aftersales (A/S) center that adopts the new global brand standards in Incheon yesterday. Located close to GM Korea’s headquarters, the Chevrolet A/S center integrates service, information technology a
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]AMD (NYSE: AMD) is awarded today with the highest industry honor, “2011 Best Choice of Computex TAIPEI Award” for its Fusion Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) in the Computer & System category. The award is given by Taipei Computer Association, a key player in IT industry and exhibition in Taiwan, and appraised by a panel of government representatives, academicians, research analysts, oversea media, editors-in-chief and industry experts. AMD Fusion APUs offer a brand-new approach to processor design and better address users‘ needs to handle more demanding workloads and
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Thousands of booksellers, publishers, authors and agents are at Book Expo America, the annual national convention, which is North America's largest gathering of book trade professionals attracting an international audience, on May 24, at the Jacob K. Javits Center, New York. Featured authors include Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Jeff Eugenides, Man Booker Prize winner Anne Enright and South Korean evangelical author Dr. Jaerock Lee, who has been chosen as Top 10 most influential Christian leader. In the New Title Showcase, Dr. Lee's representative book “Understanding th
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications and a leader in semiconductors for automotive systems, has extended its range of STripFET™ VI DeepGATE™ power MOSFETs with the introduction of nine new automotive-grade devices that will deliver energy efficiency, size and cost benefits to cars in the near future. Energy-efficient electrical systems are increasingly important to car makers. These systems manage equipment from window winders, wipers and heater blowers to engine controllers, starter-alternators
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Displaybank, a global authority in market research and consulting for the display industry, today announced that due to Foxconn plant explosion in Chengdu, China on May 20, total of 350,000~400,000 units of iPad2 production will be disrupted. Shenzhen and Chengdu are mainly producing iPad2 and Chengdu plant is producing about 32%. Due to this explosion, about 3~5% of total production disruption is expected. Chengdu plant, in charge of parts and assembling of iPad2, is in operation for total of 24 production lines. A05 plant, where explosion occurred, produces iPad2 back c