March 27--PRNewswire/AsiaNet
NEW YORK: PwC Consulting will change its name and brand identity, in step with plans announced earlier in the year to divorce its management consulting business from parent company PricewaterhouseCoopers, the company announced today. "Creating a new name will help differentiate us from PricewaterhouseCoopers and embody the personality, culture and values of our new organization”, CEO Tom O’Neill said.
AUCKLAND: Dairy Partners Americas, the US$ 1.4 billion dairy joint-venture between New Zealand’s Fonterra Cooperative Group and Nestle SA, has launched this week, the two companies said today. The company will operate across North, South and Central America and will cover branded chilled products and liquid milk, ingredient milk powders and milk management, the statement said.
NEW YORK: The 25th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death will be commemorated by global music producer BMG with a worldwide multi-medium marketing and promotion campaign to honour the singer, Chairman and CEO Rolf Schmidt-Holtz has announced. Strategic marketing alliances will span automotive, sports, credit card, apparel, retail, food and beverage organisations, BMG said.
HONG KONG: Hong Trade Development Coucil Internet portal tdctrade.com has launched an electronic guide to doing business in China, a media release from the organisation has said. “It's a practical guide that serious businessmen planning to venture into the China market cannot afford to ignore. The guidebook contains virtually everything an entrepreneur needs to know about trading in China -- from the very basic, practical things to complex and procedural matters”, a spokesperson from the Council said.
SAN JOSE: Brocade Communication Systems’ told industry specialists today that its network storage platform would “simplify delivery of storage virtualisation, deliver next-generation SAN security and accelerate the deployment of enterprise SAN”.
FREMONT: Two Chinese companies, ChipPAC and Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, today announced a non-exclusive alliance to provide their collective customers “wafer probe, packaging, assembly and testing of semiconductor devices”.
MELBOURNE: Advanced Communications Technologies said today that US-based EntrePort Corporation would take “substantial equity” in the Australian company but that they would remain the major shareholder.
HONG KONG: Money transfer company Western Union Financial Services said today that its Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) contract had been renewed for five years. “The contract has been extended because Western Union's early results in China have exceeded ABC's expectations", said Charlie Fote, President and CEO of parent company First Data Corporation.
NATANYA: Emblaze Research will change its name to Emblaze Semiconductor to better represent its core business, CEO Alon Ironi said today.
TOKYO: Internet security company Trend Micro said today that its issue of bonds with subscription warrants to employees with go ahead, after several resolutions were passed during the company’s board meeting yesterday.
PASADENA: Eupa International Corporation today reported total revenue of $US 9.9 million for January-March, citing transportation and warehousing products as their chief sources of revenue.
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Bangkok--Nov 1--IBM Thailand IBM today announced the completion of its acquisition of PwC Consulting, the global management consulting and technology services unit of PricewaterhouseCoopers in Thailand. "This union creates a new category in the consulting field. We've combined two organizations with complementary skills and cultures, and which share a vision of fusing business insight and technology in a way that can significantly benefit a client's bottom line," said Songtham Phianpattanawit,