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July 9 (Reuters) – The European Investment Bank has sold 40 billion yen ($452 million) of 10-year Samurai bonds, lead manager Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities said on Friday.
The coupon was set at 1.165 percent and the bonds were priced at par.
Samurai bonds are yen bonds issued in Japan by non-Japanese entities.
(Reporting by Naoyuki Katayama and Hiroyasu Hoshi: writing by Rika Otsuka)
SOWETO, Afrique du Sud–(Business Wire)–
NIKE, Inc. (NYSE : NKE) et Arsene Wenger, directeur d`Arsenal FC, ont
aujourd`hui lancé « The Chance », une recherche mondiale de footballeurs
talentueux qui pourraient intégrer Nike Academy, un programme d`entraînement de
haut niveau sponsorisé par Premier League en Angleterre.
Nike Academy donne à des joueurs qui ne sont ni sous contrat ni rattachés à des
clubs professionnels, une occasion d`entrer dans le jeu professionnel grâce à un
coaching et des matchs de haut niveau, disputés contre des équipes de réserve
professionnelles et des académies d`élite. Depuis le lancement de l`académie en
2009, huit joueurs au Royaume-Uni ont obtenu des contrats professionnels.
« The Chance » est l`étape suivante de la campagne « Write the Future » de Nike,
au sein de laquelle certains des meilleurs joueurs au monde dont Ronaldo, Didier
Drogba et Wayne Rooney sont filmés dans un court-métrage sur les moments
mémorables du sport, lorsqu`une passe fait la une des journaux ou un tir est
source de bonheur éternel pour toute une nation, alors que les opposants tombent
à genoux, écrasés par la défaite.
Les joueurs peuvent s`inscrire au programme « The Chance » sur nikefootball.com
; ils trouveront sur le site des supports numériques leur permettant de créer
des documents pour une campagne personnalisée qui s`inspirera du thème « Write
the Future ». Pour soutenir leur proposition, les candidats pourront insérer
leur image dans une vidéo qui montre ce à quoi leur avenir pourrait ressembler
s`ils gagnaient « The Chance », tout ceci avec des moments clés typiques de
célébrités de la culture pop. Les candidats créeront également une page pour
leurs fans sur Facebook, afin de susciter l`intérêt et d`obtenir un soutien pour
leur campagne, dans le but de se faire connaître.
Les 100 meilleurs joueurs du monde entier seront sélectionnés par Nike, lors des
entraînements d`élite de Nike, la coupe Nike City Cup, qui aura lieu dans 32
villes, ainsi que grâce à ce qu`ils auront fait pour se faire connaître par le
biais de la plateforme numérique. Ils seront ensuite invités à un concours final
en Angleterre, où ils seront en compétition pour gagner une des huit places
internationales au sein de Nike Academy. Ces huit gagnants pourront venir vivre
au Royaume-Uni tous frais payés, pendant un an, à compter de juillet 2011 et ils
seront membres à part entière de Nike Academy.
« Offrir aux jeunes footballeurs du monde entier l`accès à un coaching de haut
niveau et à des sites d`entraînement de pointe pour qu`ils puissent développer
toutes leurs capacités est une proposition significative », a déclaré Arsene
Wenger, directeur d`Arsenal FC, au moment du lancement de « The Chance » au
centre d`entraînement de football de Nike à Soweto, centre qui propose des sites
d`entraînement de haut niveau et un programme éducatif de lutte contre le
VIH/SIDA au sein de la collectivité locale. « Je suis heureux de pouvoir
participer activement au recrutement et à l`évaluation des jeunes footballeurs
enthousiastes qui entreront dans la compétition, au sein du programme « The
Chance ».
En tant que membres de Nike Academy, les joueurs deviennent participants à plein
temps dans un centre d`entraînement en internat, en Angleterre, où ils ont accès
à des coachs, des diététiciens, des psychologues et des spécialistes du
conditionnement physique de haut niveau, tout ceci dans des sites haut de gamme,
afin d`atteindre le plus haut niveau de performance possible.
« Nike croit fermement qu`il faut donner aux footballeurs un accès d`initié au
meilleur coaching et au meilleur entraînement au monde, afin d`améliorer leur
jeu et de maximiser leur potentiel », explique Trevor Edwards, vice-président de
la gestion catégorie et marque mondiale. « The Chance » représente une
opportunité unique pour les joueurs de faire leurs preuves sur la scène
internationale, de faire passer leur jeu au niveau supérieur et même d`avoir une
chance d`obtenir un contrat professionnel. »
« Nike Academy a connu un certain nombre de succès, avec des joueurs qui ont
intégré le niveau professionnel, aidés par le superbe environnement qui a été
créé », explique Ged Roddy, directeur de la jeunesse pour Premier League. « The
Chance » est une opportunité exceptionnelle de découvrir de jeunes joueurs doués
qui font montre de leurs talents, se font remarquer et gagnent une place à
l`académie. »
Pour de plus amples informations ou pour s`inscrire à « The Chance », consulter
nikefootball.com. Les joueurs peuvent s`inscrire à partir de 18 h, heure de
Greenwich, aujourd`hui.
À propos de Nike
La société NIKE, Inc., basée près de Beaverton, dans l`Oregon, est la plus
grande société mondiale de conception, de commercialisation et de distribution
de chaussures, de vêtements, d`équipement et d`accessoires de sport authentiques
pour un large éventail de sports et d`activités physiques. Les filiales à 100 %
de Nike comprennent Cole Haan, qui conçoit, commercialise et distribue des
chaussures, sacs à main, accessoires et manteaux de luxe ; Converse Inc., qui
conçoit, commercialise et distribue des chaussures, vêtements et accessoires de
sport ; Hurley International LLC, qui conçoit, commercialise et distribue des
chaussures, vêtements et accessoires de sports d`action, destinés aux jeunes et
Umbro Ltd., une des plus grandes marques mondiales de football, installée au
Royaume-Uni. Pour de plus amples informations, consulter www.nikebiz.com.
Sans obligation d`achat. Certaines restrictions sont de vigueur. Annulation en
cas d`interdiction. Pour connaître les détails des modalités et conditions
relatives à « The Chance », veuillez-vous rendre sur nikefootball.com.
Pour de plus amples informations, y compris des documents multimédias, veuillez
consulter : www.nikemedia.com
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Spain’s Alvaro Quiros claimed his fourth European Tour victory when he defeated Britain’s James Morrison in a sudden-death playoff for the Spanish Open title on Sunday.
Both players had finished a stroke ahead of the Real Club field on 11-under-par 277, Quiros carding a closing two-under 70 and Morrison coming from six strokes behind the third-round lead with a 67.
A safe par on the first extra hole, the 18th again, earned Quiros the first prize of $440,000 dollars after Morrison found water with his approach to double-bogey.
The pair had finished a shot ahead of the overnight leader, Britain’s Mark Foster, and Alejandro Canizares of Spain and Frenchman Raphael Jacquelin.
Foster led by three strokes overnight and was still ahead by two at the turn but the Englishman’s putter betrayed him over the closing holes.
Quiros’s win was reward and justification for supporting his home championship instead of warming up at Quail Hollow for next week’s Players Championship in the United States.
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St. Lucia, Apr 29(ANI): Australian skipper Michael Clarke has made an astonishing claim that Twenty20 cricket has the same status as one-day and Test cricket.
“It’s the same – it’s exactly the same. For me, it’s as serious as a one-day match or a Test match. There are blokes in this squad who haven’t played Test cricket. They haven’t played one-day cricket. It’s the ultimate for them,” the Fox News quoted Clarke, as saying.
“It’s become exactly the same as one-day and Test cricket. It’s a form of the game that we want to be the best in the world at. We’re not there yet, we’re improving, but this is a way for us to start,” he added.
The 29-year-old further said that from a player’s point of view the shortest version of the game is no more a marketing vehicle to swell audiences and attract new fans.
“There’s no such thing as a game of hit and giggle. That’s something that has changed. It used to be about putting on a show, entertaining the crowd. But from a player point of view, that is no longer the case,” Clarke said.
Clarke also revealed that he has approached the Cricket Australia (CA) management over altering its contract system to include Twenty20 specialists.
“I’ve told Cricket Australia that they should have contracts. I think there should be a Twenty20 contract introduced. I know once you play a certain number of Twenty20 games you can get upgraded to a Cricket Australia contract,” he said. (ANI)
MADRID ET ROUND ROCK, Texas–(Business Wire)–
Dell et Telefónica ont annoncé aujourd`hui avoir formé une alliance stratégique
qui marque le début d`un nouvel effort collaboratif visant au développement de
futurs produits et services conçus pour enrichir les expériences de données qui
permettront à leurs clients d`interagir avec leur famille, amis et contacts
professionnels quand et où ils le désirent.
« La demande pour des appareils omniprésents, instantanés et connectés au Web
s`infiltre partout », déclare Ron Garriques, président, Dell Communication
Solutions Group. « Nous sommes ravis de nous aligner à Telefónica et de
capitaliser sur nos compétences combinées pour créer des produits et des
services offrant à nos clients une expérience simple et transparente. »
« Le nouvel écosystème numérique, en construction, crée des opportunités et des
avantages immenses pour tous les secteurs qui se transforment et s`adaptent au
monde numérique, non seulement en termes de productivité, mais aussi en termes
de nouvelles directions d`initiative, nouvelles applications et nouvelles
opportunités commerciales », explique Vivek Dev, directeur des innovations,
Telefónica. « Et nous sommes ravis de faire équipe avec Dell pour développer ces
solutions. »
L`alliance avec Telefónica cadre avec la cible visée par Dell : la mise au point
de produits et de services mobiles intelligents grâce à des relations à valeur
ajoutée avec des exploitants chefs de file.
L`Alliance s`axe sur trois domaines :
* offrir aux clients les choix qu`ils privilégient dès maintenant ;
* être les premiers à livrer des solutions prochaine génération ;
* potentialiser l`expérience numérique des clients et mener les technologies des
communications de l`information sur le marché.
À propos de Dell
Dell (NASDAQ : DELL) écoute ses clients et utilise les connaissances ainsi
acquises pour simplifier la technologie et créer des solutions innovantes qui
simplifient les activités journalières et aident les gens à rester divertis,
connectés et en contact. Pour en savoir davantage, consultez www.dell.com.
À propos de Telefónica
Telefónica est l’une des plus importantes entreprises de télécommunications au
monde du point de vue de la capitalisation boursière. Ses activités sont
principalement centrées sur les activités de téléphonie fixe et mobile, le haut
débit étant l’outil essentiel du développement de chacune des activités. La
société a une présence significative dans 25 pays et une base clients qui
correspond à 265 millions d’accès dans le monde entier. Telefónica a une forte
présence en Espagne, en Europe et en Amérique latine, où elle concentre une part
importante de sa stratégie de croissance. Telefónica est une société entièrement
cotée en Bourse, avec plus de 1,5 million d’actionnaires directs. Pour en savoir
davantage, consultez www.telefonica.com.
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SEOUL, April 12 (Reuters) – South Korea’s smallest refiner Hyundai Oilbank plans to export 300,000 barrels of spot diesel in May, on par with planned exports for this month, a company source said on Monday.
The source said the refiner, which normally exports up to 1 million barrels of diesel per month, planned lower exports for April and May as a result of reduced operations and the maintenance shutdown of a crude distillation unit (CDU) from mid-April to mid-May. [ID:nTOE62A05W]
Utah (US), Sep.19 (ANI): Restaurant manager Jason Hargett was attending a charity golf event when he made a last minute decision to participate and discovered they were holding a contest: Get a hole-in-one, win a million dollars.
Hargett and five other players at the Mark Eaton Classic charity golf event in Utah who hit the ball closest to the hole on a par 3 were allowed to participate in a one-in 45,000 chance to win the hole-in-one contest.
When it was Hargett’s turn, he made the 150 yard shot with a 9-iron and promptly sent a text message to his wife, Amyee, declaring that their lives had just changed, reports the Daily Telegraph.
She knew prior to the text that he was one of six contestants, but she didn’t know if his follow-up message was legitimate until she called his cell phone for confirmation.
When he answered the phone she heard the crowd going wild and knew he had won the money.
It will take the couple 40 years to reap the entire fortune, which will be paid at a rate of 25,000 dollars a year.
The father of four children claims the extra money each year will come in handy with expenses. (ANI)
New Delhi, Sep.7 (ANI): The Anil Kapoor produced film ‘Gandhi, My Father’ has won two National Awards while the Shahrukh-starrer ‘Om Shanti Om’ has won in the Best Art Direction category, and Shahid Kapur-starrer ‘Jab We Met’ won the award in Best Choreography category in the 55th National Awards that were announced on Monday.
Gandhi, My Father was pitted against commercial successes like Taare Zameen Par and Chak De.
Feroz Abbas Khan, the director of the Gandhi, My Father won the National Award for Best Screenplay and Darshan Zariwala bagged theaward for the Best Supporting actor for portraying Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation who strives hard to have a normal relationship with his son in the film.
Meanwhile, actor Prakash Raj has won the Best Actor award in the 55th National Awards for his sterling performance as a silk weaver in Priyadarshan’s Tamil film Kanchivaram, which has been adjudged as the Best Film of 2007.
“It’s a very human story of pre-partition time about Kanjivaram. The film’s script was written so well that I didn’t require any homework. It is
It is Prakash Raj’s second National award. The previous one was in the Best Supporting Actor category for Mani Ratnam’s Iruvar in 1998 and a special jury award in 2003.
Directed by Priyadarshan, the film depicts the lives and times of silk-weavers of Kancheepuram in pre-Independent India.
Actor Umashree has won the Best Actress award for her performance for her lead role ‘Gulabi’ in Girish Kasaravalli’s Kannada film “Gulabi Talkies”.
The Gulabi Talkies, which was made in the coastal dialect of Kannada is based on the communal tension in Karnataka.
The best child actor award has gone to Sharad Goyekar for his role in the Marathi film “Tingya”.
Darshan Zariwala has got the best supporting actor award for his role in Feroz Abbas Khan’s film “Gandhi My Father”.
There is also a special jury award for this film, which explores the troubled relationship between Harilal Gandhi and Mahatma Gandhi.
“Chak De” has got the award in the wholesome entertainment category and “Taare Zameen Par” in the family welfare category.
Playback singer Shankar Mahadevan has won the award for the song “Meri Maa” from the film “Taare Zameen Par”.
The jury members for the National Awards headed by Sai Paranjpe included Ashok Viswanathan and Namita Gokhale. About 102 films and 106 non-feature films were considered.
The list had been finalized last week but because of the death of Andhra Pradesh chief minister YSR Reddy, the announcement was postponed. (ANI)
New Delhi, Sep. 4 (ANI): Dr. Arvind Lal, Chairman and Managing Director of Dr. Lal Pathological Laboratories, has been awarded the Honorary Rank of Brigadier by the Armed Forces Medical Services.
President Pratibha Patil, the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, granted this award to Dr Lal in recognition to his outstanding contribution in the field of health care.
Dr Lal, alumni of the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), is a pioneer in bringing Laboratory services in India at par with the Western world.
Dr Lal also worked as a Demonstrator (Lecturer) in the Department of Pathology in AFMC.
In 1977, Dr Lal took charge of the Pathology Laboratory founded in 1949 by his late father.
Dr Lal has revolutionized laboratory medicine in the country by introducing new tests, instruments and ICT systems i.e. Information, Communications-Technology systems.
A member of many expert and advisory bodies set up by the central and state governments and on the panel of several professional bodies and institutes, Dr Lal has served as a pathologist to many present and past Prime Ministers of India.
Conferred with the Padma Shri award by the President this year, Dr Lal is also a recipient of the Indira Gandhi Solidarity Award in 1994, Delhi Ratan Award in 2005, Lifetime Achievement Award in Medicine in 2003 and the International Business Council Award 1994. (ANI)
New Delhi, Sep 3 (ANI): To empower soldiers educationally and to provide them with an opportunity of a second career option after retirement, the Indian Army has come out with a plan according to which soldiers who join service after school can study for a degree in market driven courses.
The Indian Army will tie up with the Indira Gandhi National Open University to set up community colleges on the pattern of the US system of community colleges in its cantonments and other defence establishments to impart education in market-driven courses and soft skill programmes.
The Army will sign an MoU with IGNOU on September 4 to give academic diploma or associate degree and graduation degree to soldiers, which is seen as a step towards empowering the soldier to live a life with dignity and confidence after retirement.
The project named ‘Gyan Deep’ will benefit many of the 1.2 million soldiers of the Army. Nearly 50,000 trained soldiers retire every year from the army after an average of 15 years of service.
“The jawans will be given BA, BBA, BSc and BCom degrees depending on their area of work,” a senior officer said.
For soldiers who join after Class 10, the army will be organising bridge courses to bring them at par with those who have completed Class 12.
The Army-IGNOU Community colleges will function as autonomous bodies conducting examinations and their courses are hitherto fore. By Praful Kumar Singh (ANI)
New Delhi, Sep 2 (ANI/Business Wire India): BMW India announced the opening of the new showroom and workshop facility by Deutsche Motoren in West Delhi.
Located at Shivaji Marg, Moti Nagar, West Delhi, this is the second facility in New Delhi from Deutsche Motoren. The showroom and workshop are headed by Yadur Kapur, Dealer Principal, Deutsche Motoren.
Peter Kronschnabl, President, BMW India said, “BMW India dealerships are presently leading in offering high quality services that are at par with international standards. Deutsche Motoren is our flagship dealership in New Delhi, and we are pleased to see further expansion of Deutsche Motoren in order to support our growing sales in the region.”
Deutsche Motoren is fully equipped to manage this 4S facility comprising of sales, service, spare parts and business systems to ensure that customers receive best-in-class pre and post sales ownership experience.
Yadur Kapur, Dealer Principle, Deutsche Motoren said, “Our partnership with BMW India has consistently been successful with premium customers in New Delhi. In order to serve our growing clientele with the same enthusiasm and passion we are proud to launch our second BMW showroom and workshop facility in Delhi.”
The facility is spread over 11,500 sq ft. The showroom can display up to three BMW cars and offers the customers a unique retail environment. The showroom is evolved on the signature-BMW concept of street display and the pavement flanking alongside as the customer area. All operations related to sales are efficiently covered from the space, which ensures comfort to the customer at the point of sales.
The workshop has 3 service bays and offers customers a high quality service experience which ensures comfort at all times. The facility will have a staff of 15 people.
As with every other BMW dealership, Deutsche Motoren has provided its staff intense training in management of sales, service, spare parts and business systems to ensure that customers receive best-in-class pre and post sales ownership experience. A team of service engineers have also been trained at BMW’s training centers in Singapore, Malaysia and Germany. (ANI)
London, September 1 (ANI): An attempt to have the most number of Elvis Presley impersonators bit the dust after only 29 people turned up.
Organisers of the event had their fingers crossed to beat a previous world record with 148 people dressed as ‘The King’ to sing ‘Viva Las Vegas’ at The Ship Inn at Par, Cornwall.
Pauline Giles, who ran the attempt, held the poor turnout on a combination of bad weather and the credit crunch responsible for the failed bid.
“It’s been raining all day which puts people off. Things are also a bit tight at the moment so all in all it was a slightly poor show,” the Telegraph quoted her as saying.
The existing record was set by 147 Australians eight years ago. (ANI)
Chaska (USA), Aug 18(ANI): American golfer Tiger Woods shocked TV viewers when he let out a foul-mouthed rant during the final round of the US PGA.
The world No.1 missed seven putts from inside 10 feet to finish three strokes back after a final-round 75 to lose to an unheard of South Korean golfer Y E Yang.
According to reports, after missing his par putt at the 17th, he shouted the word “f***” on television.
The 33-year-old did admit to his ranting.
“I hit the ball great off the tee, hit my irons well. I did everything I needed to do except for getting the ball in the hole,” The Mirror quoted Woods, as saying.
Wood’s outburst came after his controversial criticism of referee John Paramor, after the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational last week.
Woods was seeking his first Major win of the season after missing the cut in the British Open and sharing sixth at the Masters and U.S. Open. He did not play in last year’s PGA, as he was recovering from reconstructive knee surgery. (ANI)
Islamabad, Aug.18 (ANI): Disappointed over the disastrous tour of Sri Lanka, Pakistan cricket team’s manager Yawar Saeed has admitted that the team under-performed during the recently concluded series.
“Yes I’m disappointed and frustrated with the overall performance. It was an under par performance,” Saeed said.
When asked about the match fixing allegations during the series, Saeed told PakPassion.net that all stories regarding the issue were baseless.
“There was nothing untoward regarding the players, they behaved impeccably. I spoke to all of the players and instructed them not to associate themselves with any individuals whom they were not familiar with and they followed my instructions. I have no idea whether any bookies were stopping at the hotel or not,” Saeed said.
Saeed said he has given his report to the International Cricket Council (ICC) regarding the match fixing issue, and was pleased to know that the apex cricketing council endorsed his views that no Pakistani cricketer was involved in the issue.
“I gave my report to the ICC and they investigated matters and I’m pleased that they concluded that there was no such incident involving Pakistan players and any bookmakers,” he said. (ANI)
New Delhi, July 15 (ANI): IBM today announced that it has signed a 10-year information technology (IT) services agreement with Delhi Stock Exchange, one of the leading stock exchanges in India. As part of this Rs 11 crore agreement,
IBM will provide business continuity and disaster recovery services to DSE as well as remotely host and manage its IT infrastructure.
This will help the exchange meet the stringent business continuity guidelines as laid out by Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) before it could resume its operations after a hiatus of six years. By engaging with IBM in a complete operational expenditure (pay-as-you-go) model, DSE will also save 100 percent capital expenditure on IT.
Signed in June 2009, this agreement demonstrates IBM’s focus to help clients ‘Do more with Less’ by engaging in an increasingly popular operational expense (opex) model. It also leverages IBM’s global experience of over 40 years to provide business continuity and resiliency services to help clients minimize the costs and time-frames associated with recovering business operations in the event of a disaster.
DSE was one of country’s largest stock exchanges – almost at par with Bombay Stock Exchange in the 90′s, and has been in existence for over 60 years.
In 2002, however, the exchange became inactive due to negligible trading volumes. Seven years later, the exchange is now looking at resurrecting itself to its former glory-one where it used to be bustling with over 2,800 companies listed.
IBM will play a key role in helping DSE go live for trading by providing a highly secure environment and a robust resiliency solution with the goal of zero data loss once the exchange becomes operational later this year.
“As DSE looks to claim back its position as one of country’s leading stock exchanges, the agreement with IBM couldn’t have happened at a better time,” said Mr HS Sidhu, Executive Director and CEO, Delhi Stock Exchange. “As the world’s leading IT services company, IBM will bring immense value to the exchange by providing time-tested and world-class managed services-that would help DSE become operational and successful once again.”
Vijay Gupta, Chairman – Business Development Committee, Delhi Stock Exchange remarked, “DSE will play a key role in the stock trading landscape of India, once re-launched. IBM’s commitment to helping DSE achieve that goal is commendable. IBM’s strong value proposition of providing managed services in an opex model was also one of the key reasons why DSE decided to choose IBM for this strategic relationship.”
Under this agreement, IBM will build, host and manage the entire disaster recovery infrastructure for DSE from its data center. IBM will also provide 24×7 monitoring services for hardware and networking devices from its command center.
Neeraj Sharma, Director, Integrated Technology Services, IBM India/South Asia, “Companies today want to do more with less in these economically challenging times. DSE’s trust in IBM is a testament to IBM’s value proposition and world-class capabilities to help its clients improve the operational efficiency and cost effectiveness as well as accelerate time-to-market for services.” (ANI)
New Delhi, July 8 (ANI/Business Wire India): Volkswagen India today announced the appointment of Volkswagen Delhi West as its third authorized dealer in New Delhi and NCR region.
The announcement came at a time when the company is witnessing an upsurge in demand from across the country and its plant at Chakan, Pune is ready for manufacturing the Polo December onwards.
Volkswagen Delhi West showroom is spread over an area of 6000 sq. ft. and is located at Main Najafgarh Road, Near Moti Nagar. The showroom would offer premium buying experience to its customers, at par with the Volkswagen’s global standards of sales and services. The facility has become operational from July 2009.
Commenting on Volkswagen’s dealer network strategy Neeraj Garg, Member of the Board and Director, Volkswagen Passenger Cars said, “The partnership with Volkswagen Delhi West reiterates our strong focus on widening our presence across key markets and supporting customers with prompt and efficient services.
This is in addition to both our partners M/s Kashyap Motors and DD Auto World who have supported Volkswagen since its entry to India. We are confident that these partnerships will be major milestones for our expansion plans in India.”
Volkswagen currently operates 17 franchises in the cities of Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Jaipur, Cochin, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Goa, Kolkata, Lucknow, Pune, Coimbatore, Surat and now adds its third facility in Delhi NCR. In the year 2009, Volkswagen aims to take up its total number of dealer outlets in India to 40.
According to Kirti Singhania, Dealer Principal, Volkswagen Delhi West, “We are pleased to partner with Volkswagen and look forward to building strong relationships with our premium customers in New Delhi. We are confident of providing Volkswagen’s global standards of experience to our customers as any other Volkswagen international dealership”.
As with every other Volkswagen dealership, Volkswagen Delhi West has been provided intense training in management of sales, service, spare parts and business systems to assure customers of the best-in-class pre and post sales ownership experience. (ANI)
New Delhi, July 6 (ANI): For modernization of police force in the States, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has proposed an additional amount of Rs. 430 crore over and above the provision in the Interim Budget.
While presenting the Budget proposals for the year 2009-10 in Lok Sabha today, Mukherjee said that the Government has also sanctioned special risk/hardship allowances to the personnel of Para Military Forces at par with Defence Forces.
“Provisions for payment of these allowances are also being proposed in the Budget, he added.
For strengthening Border Management, Mukherjee proposed an additional amount of Rs. 2,284 crore over and above the provision for construction of fences, roads, flood-lights on the international borders.
Keeping in view, the significant augmentation in the strength of Para Military Forces, Mukherjee called for more investment in creating the necessary infrastructure, particularly in the area of housing.
He said the Government proposed to launch a massive programme of housing to create one lakh dwelling units for Central Para Military Forces Personnel.
“This will not only enhance the morale of the forces, but will also enable leveraging of Government’s annual budgetary resources and create an innovative financing model,” he added. (ANI)
Peshawar, June 30 (ANI): In the times when Pakistan is facing severe economic hardships, the country’s Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has given a whopping windfall to all the lower house members by doubling their annual development fund to 20 million rupees.
He gave no reason for the hike, and made a single sentence announcement before the 19-day budget session.
“I announce to double the MNAs’ fund of one crore rupees,” the Dawn quoted Gilani, as telling the National Assembly on Tuesday.
It was not immediately clear if the 100 per cent increase in the fund would apply also to the 100 members of the Senate, who until now had been on a par with their lower house counterparts for these allocations.
The practice, continuing since late 1980s, has often been described by critics as a kind of political bribe to lawmakers.
However, former PM Shaukat Aziz stopped giving funds to the opponents of military president Pervez Musharraf.
Although the hike was greeted with desk-thumping from both ruling coalition and opposition, many questions are likely to be raised about the jurisdiction of such a move by Gilani when Pakistan was facing financial stringency.
The new move was neither mentioned by the government in the fiscal budget nor was it asked for in budget debates. (ANI)
Peshawar, June 29 (ANI): Pakistani people diaplaced due to ongoing offensive of the Army against the Taliban in the Swat Valley are selling relief goods to pay for their routine expenses.
Each of the displaced families having, seven members, has been receiving 40kg wheat flour, 5kg sugar, 10kg rice, 5kg pulses, 5kg ghee, four soaps and 1kg dry milk per month from the government since May 13.
According to the UN estimates, 87 per cent of the internally displaced persons live with host communities in schools, hospitals and houses and, so, were being provided food by their hosts. Therefore, they receive relief goods, but sell the same in local markets to pay for other expenses.
“We sell the relief items because my mother is suffering from diabetes and she needs regular medication. We are not getting medicines from anyone,” said Gul Rahim, 38, a labour from Saidu Sharif now living in a school in Par Hoti, Mardan, along with his wife, three children and mother.
The Dawn quoted him as saying that he was selling the relief goods to local shopkeepers at throwaway prices, but said he had to purchase medicines for his ailing mother for which he had no other option.
“I receive the stuff every month and make Rs.3,000 from its sale. This month, I bought a pedestal fan and a gas cylinder for cooking,” said 21-year-old Javed Ali from Ambela in Buner.
Mohammad Idrees Khan, nazim of the Rustam Union Council where an estimated 30,000 IDPs from Buner and Swat have taken refuge, said that the displaced people had been getting a lot of relief goods at the start of the conflict, but now they were entirely dependent on the aid given by the government.
Jamil Rehman of Kabal, Swat, said he purchased books and notebooks for his two children from the money he received from the sale of wheat and ghee last month. “Next month, I will buy clothes and some other things for my wife and children,” he added. (ANI)
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EXCLUSIVE – Players put the knife in, says disappointed Els
Ernie Els has hit out at players who criticised his redesign of Wentworth’s West Course this week, saying they had “put the knife” into him.
Wentworth owner Richard Caring, who spent 6.5 million pounds ($9.34 million) on the changes, had been “kicked in the teeth” by the players, Els told Reuters in an exclusive interview .
“If they had criticisms they could’ve handled it differently. That’s the sad part of the whole week, a lot of the guys I’ve known for a very long time came out and basically put the knife in and I don’t really appreciate that,” Els said on Sunday.
The redesign left few of the 18 holes untouched and several players at the PGA Championship complained in the media about the changes, especially the new moat and elevated green at the 18th.
“There is going to be criticism with any new design but I really wasn’t expecting the backlash I got,” Els said. “I don’t think anybody deserved it.
“If the people who made all those comments, especially the players, look back at what they said and what they achieved this week, it was all negative,” said Els after finishing well down the field following a closing 72 for 287, three over par.
“The tour doesn’t need it, the club doesn’t need it, the owner who has put all this money in doesn’t need it, I don’t need it.”
Caring acknowledged mistakes had been made with the redesign of the famous West Course and told reporters on Friday that he would take the blame.
“It’s unfortunate he had to come out (and say that),” said Els. “He is the guy who spent 6.5 million pounds on the changes.
“Who on earth is going to spend that money to enhance a golf course on television and make the sponsor happy, make the players happy and then the players kick him in the teeth because they don’t like a couple of holes?
CRITICAL COMMENTS
“For all this money we are playing for (a $5.63-million prize fund) we could be playing down the road…not come in here like a bunch of spoiled golfers,” said the world number seven.
“This guy is enhancing the flagship event, the whole tour, and players come in and criticise that. That’s amazing — how must he feel?”
Els said he could not understand why some players had not spoken to him directly.
“Some players who made critical comments came to me, some players haven’t come to me — and I don’t understand that.”
The 40-year-old South African added: “Obviously the 18th didn’t quite come out the way we wanted…but we didn’t need a bunch of know-all people to criticise everything — that is the disappointing part.
“These greens were only laid in November and December and we are now holding the biggest tournament on tour on these greens. I think it’s a hell of a feat by the whole team.”
Els said he would make some changes for the 2011 PGA Championship, particularly the eighth and 18th holes.
“Definitely 18. I can show you the plans I drew for it at the get-go,” said Els. “I’d also like to make changes on eight, I don’t like the heather on the mounds there.
“I’d even like to change the eighth green because that’s another one I wanted lower.
“But for the rest I think it’s unbelievable. The green superintendent Chris Kennedy has really got these bunkers almost the way we want them,” added the triple major winner.
(Editing by Clare Fallon; To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)