Mercantile Investment Group Hires Telecoms Head

September 30th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO and LONDON - -- Company Also Makes Several Hires to Expand and Deepen Growing Service Offering -- WeissComm Group (WCG) (www.wcgglobal.com/), an integrated communications company focused on the marketing and communications needs of the world's leading businesses, today announced that it continues to expand its online practice and offerings based on its clients' growing needs in these areas. The company has brought in Neville Hobson (www.linkedin.com/in/neville?PHPSESSID=247ecd413b007f9bf684f7c145ee646d), ABC, to head social media in Europe, based in London, and has made several key hires in its New York, San Francisco and Austin offices.

September 14th, 2009 NEW YORK - Knight Vinke is pleased to announce the appointment of three senior members to its management team and the further strengthening of its investment team. James Knowles joins as a Managing Director and will be jointly responsible for managing Knight Vinke's relationships with investors primarily in Europe and the Middle East.

September 9th, 2009 SINGAPORE and LONDON - Telecom executives, investment bankers, law firms and professional intermediaries are gathering in Singapore on November 5-6 at TMT Finance and Investment Asia (www.tmtfinance.com/asia), the global content and networking rich forum. The forum features the Telecom Leadership Round Table chaired by Booz & Co with CEOs and CFOs from the leading international telecom operators; M&A Advisers Panel with Clifford Chance LLP, Goldman Sachs, Barclays, and HSBC and National Broadband Networks, hosted by KPMG.

August 27th, 2009 LONDON - Telephony is integral. Not only for the basic day to day upkeep and management of a company, but for any firm's integrity within the twenty-first century, awash with progress and innovation.

July 27th, 2009 LONDON - - Experienced European Clearing and Risk Management Executive Named CEO, CME Clearing Europe Limited CME Group (Nasdaq: CME), the world's largest and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that it has named Andrew Lamb to the role of Chief Executive Officer, CME Clearing Europe, subject to approval of CME Group's application to the Financial Services Authority to become a UK Recognised Clearing House (RCH). (Logo: www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070712/AQTH147LOGO) In this newly-created position, Lamb will act as a special advisor to CME Group during the RCH approval process and, subject to recognition, will serve as CEO, responsible for the development of strategic initiatives, risk management policies and day-to-day operations for CME Clearing Europe Limited.

June 30th, 2009 LONDON - - More Bulge Bracket Veterans Jump To Independent Firm Pali International, an independent, full-service institutional securities firm and investment bank, announced today the latest in a string of new hires designed to advance the firm's presence in Europe. Simon French, an equity research analyst focused on leisure companies, joined the firm today from UBS.

June 16th, 2009 NEWBURY, England - Vodafone Global Enterprise- - the division of Vodafone which manages the communications needs of the largest multinational companies worldwide - announces the launch of Vodafone telecoms management, a new service which combines and simplifies the management of fixed and mobile telecoms. Vodafone telecoms management is a fully hosted service designed to remove the operational complexity of managing the telecoms environment for multinational businesses.

June 9th, 2009 ATLANTA - The appointment of Jon Gatrell as Vice President of Product Management leads Stonebranch global expansion. Stonebranch(R), Inc.

April 30th, 2009 NEW YORK and LONDON - Pomona Capital, a leading global private equity firm, today announced the appointment of Oliver Gardey as a Partner. Based in London, Oliver will be responsible for Pomona's business in Europe.

April 6th, 2009 NEW YORK - Bank of America Merrill Lynch today announced that Steven J. Niemczyk will join the company's Global Corporate & Investment Banking business as global head of Asset Management Investment Banking in June 2009.

August 14th, 2009 Pimco hires new portfolio managerNEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Pacific Investment Management Co.

July 4th, 2009 BT offers staff time off in exchange for pay cutLONDON — Telecoms company BT Group PLC is offering staff a year off work in return for a 75 percent cut in that year's pay. BT is one of Britain's biggest companies, with more than 100,000 employees.

June 4th, 2009 Recent Census hires by stateA state-by-state breakdown of Census Bureau field employee hires between Feb. 2 and May 2.

June 23rd, 2009 Dun & Bradstreet hires new customer managerSHORT HILLS, N.J. — Business analytics provider Dun & Bradstreet Inc.

May 6th, 2009 EU Parliament rejects law allowing Internet cutoffSTRASBOURG, France — Worried about trampling on the rights of innocent consumers, the European Parliament rejected Wednesday attempts by EU governments to crack down on people who illegally download copyright-protected music and movies over the Internet. The EU assembly voted 407 to 57 to reject a compromise reached with EU governments a few weeks ago.

April 22nd, 2009 14 schools earn top scores on BCA report cardINDIANAPOLIS — Colleges and universities are doing a better job at being inclusive in women's basketball coaching hires, according to the latest Black Coaches and Administrators hiring report card. The latest grades, released Wednesday, showed 14 of 16 schools received A's for their hires in 2007-08.

April 27th, 2009 EU monopoly charges for Polish, Slovak telecomsBRUSSELS — European Union regulators on Monday charged Polish and Slovak telecoms operators with monopoly abuse, saying it suspected that Telekomunikacja Polska and Slovak Telekom both tried to hinder rivals from offering broadband Internet in both countries. The European Commission said it would deal with each case separately and there was no deadline before it took a final decision on whether they broke the law — which could see them fined up to 10 percent of their annual global revenue.

August 19th, 2009 UK airport hires writer to tell travelers' talesLONDON — An author best known for works of philosophy has become the first writer in residence at Heathrow Airport. Alain de Botton is spending a week inside Heathrow's Terminal 5.

March 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Global wireless solutions group, Radio Frequency Systems (RFS), today announced the opening of a new manufacturing plant in Kolkata, for its market-leading microwave antenna systems. The first phase of a major investment by RFS in the country, this state-of-the-art manufacturing plant will enable RFS to meet the burgeoning requirement across India and later the APAC region for microwave connectivity in mobile backhaul and transmission backbone applications.

September 30th, 2009 JPMorgan shuffles investment banking managementNEW YORK — JPMorgan Chase is shuffling the management duties of its investment bank and asset management units. The New York-based bank holding company says Steve Black will become executive chairman of the investment bank business.