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Federal Court Approves MBF, BUPA Merger: Health insurer MBF Australia Ltd and BUPA Australia Health Pty Ltd have received the green light from the Federal Court of Australia to combine their businesses.On Monday, MBF policyholders voted in favour of the $2.4 billion friendly takeover by BUPA Australia, the domestic arm of the British owned BUPA...; Tags: AAP, Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd., Merger, Policyholder, Mergers & Acquisitions, Insurance, Benefits, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software; News items 2008-05-14
Grant Kenny Buys Private Aviation Firm: Olympian and former ironman Grant Kenny has acquired Western Australia's largest privately owned aviation company, Slingair Heliwork WA, in a multi-million transaction.The Kununurra-headquartered company comprises two divisions, Slingair fixed-wing aircraft and Heliwork WA helicopters.It provides scenic air tours and safaris, and operates charter services, such as mining exploration and...; Tags: AAP, East Coast, Acquisition, Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd., Aircraft, Business, Aerospace & Defense, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Manufacturing, Investment, Finance, Business Operations; News items 2008-05-06
Ami Kassar: Innovation in Small Business finance: Ami Kassar is Chief Innovation Officer at Advanta, one of the country’s largest credit card issuers to small businesses. Kassar talks about why it’s important to stay innovative in the world of finance and the benefits of investing in small businesses.; Tags: small business, credit card, finance, benefit; Videos 2008-05-02
U.S. Rice Jumps to Record High on Supply Fears: By Miho Yoshikawa and Nigel Hunt TOKYO/LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. rice futures rose to a fresh all-time high on Wednesday on worries about supply shortages which have triggered political unrest and export restrictions designed to protect dwindling domestic stocks. Chicago Board of Trade...; Tags: Financial accounting, curb, unrest, food, stock, financial market, Thomson Reuters Corp., analyst, leader, financial; News items 2008-04-23
UK and France Urge EU to Do More to Help Small Businesses: By Adrian Croft LONDON (Reuters UK) - The leaders of Britain and France urged the European Union on Wednesday to do more to help small businesses and to boost firms' access to finance at a time when funds are scarce because of the credit crunch. "We...; Tags: Small And Medium Enterprise, Small Business, Finance, European Union, Smb/Sme, Oukbs; News items 2008-04-30

Citigroup to Cut 9,000 Jobs After Posting Loss: By Jonathan Stempel and Dan Wilchins NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc C posted its second straight quarterly loss on Friday, hurt by more than $16 billion of write-downs and costs related to credit losses, and said it will cut another 9,000 jobs....; Tags: Mortgages, Recruitment & Selection, Financial services, Financial Planning, Financial accounting, Citigroup Inc., quarterly loss, mortgage, commercial lending, commercial real estate, New York, job, dividend, bank, analyst, Thomson Reuters Corp., leasing, risk management; News items 2008-04-18
Shovelanna Before the High Court: Cazaly Resources Ltd's three year battle with Rio Tinto Ltd over the ownership of the Shovelanna iron ore deposit entered its final chapter Friday with the stoush going before the High Court of Australia.The junior explorer swooped on Shovelanna, which is located in Western Australia's Pilbara region, in 2005...; Tags: AAP, Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd., Financial Accounting, Finance; News items 2008-04-18
Aligning an Organization's Leadership Style Through Executive Education: A publisher of scientific journals, textbooks, and web-enabled research products built its business through acquisition ultimately operating in Europe, North America, and Asia. To ensure the new global company's success, management realized all senior officers would have to understand and support the company's strategy, management philosophy, and mission. Because growth...; Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, Mercer, acquisition, business strategy, leadership, leader, strategy, team, Web; Case studies
Charting a Course for Executive Leadership: A large financial services company developed a new strategic direction in response to a changing financial marketplace, but it lacked the right leadership to compete in the context of the new business design. Mercer found that the company lacked hiring practices geared to securing the right talent, criteria to identify...; Tags: Financial Planning, Workforce management, Mercer, leadership, business strategy, financial service, talent, financial, hiring, training, leader; Case studies
Combining Management Pay Programs in a Merger of Equals: Two leading telephone companies announced merger plans that would take advantage of operating synergies and allow them to compete better in the new telecommunications environment. Management immediately appointed organizational design, staffing, technology, and compensation teams to develop procedures to support the combined company's new business strategy. The compensation team quickly...; Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Team management, Benefits, Telecom & Utilities, Mercer, business strategy, compensation, organization design, merger, team, staffing, telecommunications, environment, phone; Case studies
Recruitment: What Is the Return on Your Investment?: Organisations are starting to find that, with some skill, it is possible to assess the return on investment. It is possible to define the business benefits required, and track the results. This is not just a bean-counting exercise aimed at proving that one is right - it points the way...; Tags: Recruitment, Human Resources, Investment, ROI, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting; White papers
The Role of Equity in Employment Noncompetition Cases: This paper will explain the evolution of restrictive covenants in the employment setting and then analyze an overlooked aspect of covenant-not-to-compete enforceability - the role of equitable doctrines. The second part of this article describes the genesis of postemployment restrictions and the surrounding jurisprudence. The third part of this paper...; Tags: Gale Group, equity; White papers
Retirement and Wealth: This paper analyzes the relationship between retirement and wealth. Using data from the first four waves of the longitudinal Health and Retirement Study - a cohort of individuals born from 1931 to 1941- reduced-form retirement and wealth equations are estimated. The results show that those who retire earlier do not...; Tags: Gale Group, Social Security, analysis, health care; White papers
Does Retirement Education Teach People to Save Pension Distributions?: This paper is the first to examine the relationship between retirement education - specifically, meetings sponsored by employers or by public and private institutions- and the saving of lump sum distributions. Two definitions of saving are used: one that includes reinvestment only in tax-deferred saving vehicles, and a broader one...; Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Investment, Gale Group, tax, bond, women, analysis, stock; White papers
Evaluating the Initial Impact of Eliminating the Retirement Earnings Test: How did workers aged 65-69 respond to the removal of the retirement earnings test in 2000? Using Social Security administrative data matched with data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation, the author finds that the higher earners in this group increased their earnings, while the lower earners did...; Tags: Gale Group, earnings, worker, income, survey, benefit; White papers
The Strategic Imperative in Talent Planning: In the space of seven years and through aggressive acquisitions, Valero has gone from a bit player with one oil refinery to a Fortune 15 company with the largest number of refineries in North America, filling stations nationwide and 22,000 employees. As late as the fourth quarter of 2002, Valero...; Tags: Workforce management, refinery, talent, recruiting, agent, Human Resources, acquisition; White papers
Military Leave: Rights and Practices in the U.S.: With the activation of military reservists, a variety of questions have surfaced surrounding military reservists' employment, reemployment, and benefits. Some key information for employers and employees is available from the sources provided in this paper. To assist both employees reservists and veterans and employers, the U.S. Department of Labor's Veterans'...; Tags: Hewitt Associates LLC, advisor, training, benefit, Web site, Web; White papers
Argentina's Pension System: The economic crisis in Argentina is affecting the country's pension system. The International Monetary Fund IMF withheld a US$1.3 billion loan in December 2001 because it was dissatisfied with the government's progress toward fiscal reform. As the Argentine government struggled to avert default on its foreign debt, it undertook a...; Tags: Benefits, Vertical industries, Gale Group, Argentina, pension fund, government, bond, tax, asset, bank; White papers
Individual Accounts in Other Countries: The International Social Security Association classifies an individual account as "An arrangement in which capital belonging to an individual person accumulated from mandatory or voluntary contributions is recorded so that it may be withdrawn in the case of certain specified future contingencies" (ISSA and INPRS 2003). Many countries have voluntary...; Tags: Gale Group, worker, financial; White papers
Pros and Cons of a Post-Retirement Career: With the recent ups and downs of the stock market, many pre-retirees are considering putting off retirement, or working at a new, second or part time career once they do retire. Over 60% of U.S. pre-retirees 55-63 believe they will now have to find a part time job or business...; Tags: Professional development, Investment, Investopedia, career, stock market, stock; White papers