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Brookfield Asset Management Appoints Jeff Kendrew as Chief Development Officer
Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (TSX: BAM.A)(NYSE: BAM)(EURONEXT: BAMA) is pleased to announce that Jeff Kendrew has joined the firm as Chief Development Officer of its global infrastructure platform. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Kendrew served as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Prime Infrastructure (ASX: PIH), which he oversaw during Brookfield’s sponsorship of... »
Gaurav Chiripal awarded “Young Entrepreneur of the Year”
Gaurav Chiripal, CEO, Quadlabs Technologies was recently awarded “Young Entrepreneur of the Year”, at the “3rd International India Innovation Summit”, held at Taj Lands End, Mumbai on the 11th of February 2010. The award is in recognition of Quadlabs contribution to Travel Technology in the form of innovative features &... »
Tadasuq & Pallavi top the South Zone Finals of SMU-DE VIDYADEEP, a national level case study competition.
Bangalore, Monday February 22nd 2010: Vidyadeep, a national level case study competition by Sikkim Manipal University, Directorate of Distance Education (SMU-DE), has announced the winner of South Zonal finals held yesterday in the city. Tadasuq Rehman Bhat and Pallavi Singh, MBA Finance (4th semester), have been declared the winners of the Zonal level finals. They... »
EU condemns passport use in Dubai killing
EU foreign ministers in Brussels have “strongly condemned” the use of forged European passports in the assassination of Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh. The statement made no direct reference to Israel, whose secret services are widely accused of having carried out last month’s killing in Dubai. Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman met some foreign ministers on the... »
No shortage of legal cases against Anil Ambani
It’s hardly news that Anil Ambani has a major D6 gas pricing dispute against his brother Mukesh awaiting judgement in India’s Supreme Court. But PETROWATCH learns the younger son of legendary Indian industrialist the late Dhirubhai Ambani – and the world’s third richest Indian after brother Mukesh and steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal – has... »
Nita Ambani: Geared up for the IPL
Indian Premier League is back and so is Nita Ambani. To be one of the most influential business women in the nation and have a passion for the game of cricket is a boon and especially for someone of the stature of Nita Ambani. She has taken Reliance’s social responsibility to the next... »
Rupali’s Cookery Classes awarded “The Best Cooking Classes.” in Gurgaon, Haryana
“Rupali is taking cookery classes for the last 7 years, over these years, she has been teaching a variety of cuisines from the world over. She possess extensive experience in diverse culinary traditions and are committed to the health supportive principles upon which the Rupali’s Cookery Classes were founded”. She is very instrumental... »
Person of interested named in Somer Thompson case
A man in custody is now being called a person of interest in the death of Somer Thompson. Authorities arrested Jarred Herrell, calling him a person of interest in the abduction and murder of Somer Thompson. The seven-year-old disappeared on her way home from school in October. Investigators had Herrell’s former home in northern Florida roped off... »
Record blizzard shuts down the government
“…three straight days of closings and Friday’s half day will cost taxpayers an estimated $350 million in lost productivity by federal employees,” reports Washington Post Federal Eye reporter/blogger Ed O’Keefe. The figure is based on an estimate calculated by career OPM employees. John Berry, director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the... »
Bill Clinton Hospitalized with Chest Pains Results in Stents in Arteries
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton was hospitalized today in New York with chest pains. The doctors put stents into two of his arteries. No heart attack was diagnosed according to reports for the former president. Clinton had quadruple bypass at the same hospital he is in now. That surgery was performed in... »

