India is Losing Out on Talent and Hobbling Global Companies
NEW DELHI, November 30 - Permits Foundation, an international non-profit corporate initiative, has
initiated a campaign directed at changing the existing laws on employment
rights for expatriate spouses through an improved visa regime for those on
intra-corporate transfers. The Foundation promotes access of spouses of
expatriate employees to employment through an improvement of work permit
regulations. The Foundation has made representations to the concerned
ministries and has received the support of the Indian apex industry
associations and the United Nations office in India.
Innovative headset stays charged whenever exposed to sunlight
HONG KONG, November 30 - i.Tech Dynamic announced that its SolarVoice 908 solar-chargeable
Bluetooth headset has earned awards in the United States, Europe and Asia.
Its international recognition includes the CES Innovations 2010 Design and
Engineering award (U.S.), ChannelPartner Four Star Award (Germany), and T3
Singapore's Gold Award and HWM's Silver Award (Singapore).
LE HAVRE, France, November 30 - China Europa is a business convention and exhibition which
aims to foster economic exchanges between China and Europe. This
international event takes place in Le Havre from 8 to 10 December with the
theme of Sustainable Urban Development (SUD). It is a unique opportunity for
Chinese and European communities, companies and experts to exchange and share
ideas, and initiate partnerships.
MANCHESTER, England, November 30 - Co-operative and Somerfield have today (30 November) unwrapped Christmas
price cuts and a promotional package worth over GBP200m in savings to their
customers.
LONDON, November 29 - The Writers' Guild of Great Britain tonight announced the winners of the
13 awards made annually for outstanding script writing in the UK. This year
the spotlight fell on Andrew Davies, the master of UK TV adaptations, who won
recognition for Lifetime Achievement and Sir Terry Pratchett, best-selling
creator of Discworld, who was honoured for his Outstanding Contribution to
Children's Writing.
