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SOASTA Brings CloudTest To HP Cloud Services

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 10, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) –
SOASTA, the leader in cloud and mobile testing, today announced the
company will offer HP Cloud Services as one of the public cloud choices
available for the SOASTA Global Test Cloud. Now application developers,
performance engineers and operations professionals can rapidly implement
production scale tests on web and mobile applications across thousands
of servers utilizing HP Cloud Services (
http://hpcloud.com ).

“The...

Recruitment Advertising Strategies to Attract the Best Candidates

Craig Freitag,
Executive Vice President
Creative Services,
CKR Interactive

Twitter @CKR_Interactive

Recruitment Advertising Strategies to Attract the Best Candidates

Join Us - Wednesday, June 13, 1:00PM - 2:00PM EDT
Courtesy of Glassdoor

Recruitment advertising has evolved dramatically in recent years to accommodate new technologies like social media, mobile recruiting, and niche job boards. But effective recruiting requires determining where candidates and hires coming from are–and what sources are providing the best ROI. Answers can easily be obtained by asking the proper questions and putting the right measures in place...

OBC home loans, car loans get cheaper

Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) has slashed interest rate on home and car loans by up to 1.5 per cent. Besides, the bank has also announced loyalty benefit of 0.25 per cent on the card rate for existing customers with satisfactory track record.

“We have not only reduced interest rates for new customers but have decided to reward our esteemed customers by offering concessions on such loans, OBC chairman and managing director SL Bansal said.

Loyalty benefit would be available to customers who have good repayment tack record for past 24 months. Depositors with annual saving account balance of Rs 1 lakh for a year will also get benefit of lower interest rate on loans.

As...

Payday loans set for parliamentary vote

An attempt to give regulators the power to cap the cost of payday loans and other high-cost forms of borrowing will be voted on in parliament today.

The Walthamstow MP, Stella Creasy, has tabled an amendment to the Financial Services bill calling for the new financial regulator to be given the power to set a maximum amount lenders can charge for credit, in a move she says will offer greater protection to consumers even if it is never used.

The bill, which covers a range of measures including a reform of how banks are regulated, will see the creation of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to replace the Financial Services Authority. This body will also take regulation...

Cheasapeake Board Called on to Fire CEO McClendon

A leading fund manager called on the board of Chesapeake Energy to fire its chief executive on Monday, after it revelations that he had taken $1.1 billion in personal loans against his stakes in the energy company.

HD Advertising for Hispanic TV Audiences Lags Behind National Averages

NEEDHAM, Mass.–(EON: Enhanced Online News)–Despite strong high-definition TV adoption by Hispanic audiences,
Hispanic broadcast stations and networks lag behind non-Hispanic
broadcast TV outlets in HD adoption and viewers of Hispanic television,
experience the lowest rate of HD advertising among all TV audiences,
according to the Q1 2012 HD Advertising Trends Report released today by
Extreme Reach, a leading provider of HD video advertising distribution
services. New to the Extreme Reach report, now in its 7th quarterly
edition, is an analysis of the opportunity presented by targeting large,
growing...

Banks Launch Advertising Campaigns, Deals to Grab HSBC Customers

(Source: Ted Booker Watertown Daily Times, NY (MCT) — Competition among banks in the north country will heat up this summer.

The goal is to reel in droves of HSBC customers who might want to shop around when First Niagara completes its takeover of 195 HSBC branches in New York state.

Under the $1 billion deal, which is slated to be approved Friday, First Niagara Group will buy the branches, then sell 64 branches to Community Bank, KeyCorp and Five Star Bank.

Five HSBC branches in Jefferson County — one each in Adams, Lowville and Alexandria Bay and two in Watertown, on Washington and Arsenal streets — will close July 20 and open as Community Bank branches...

Bethel Park family charged in car loan scheme

Washington County officials today announced the filing of racketeering and theft charges against four members of the LoCastro family of Bethel Park and Peters for allegedly obtaining fraudulent loans to buy cars.

Vincent LoCastro, 48, of 203 Spartan Drive, Bethel Park, was charged with two counts of corrupt organizations, two counts of criminal conspiracy, 18 counts of theft by unlawful taking, and 18 counts of defrauding secured creditors. If convicted on all charges, LoCastro could face up to 206 years in prison.

Also charged with LoCastro were:

Frank LoCastro, 151 Carol Drive, Peters (brother of Vincent LoCastro): two counts of corrupt organizations, two counts...

Chesapeake to halt CEO well stakes, review personal loans

Chesapeake Energy Corp. will abandon a program that allows Chief Executive Officer Aubrey McClendon to buy stakes in company wells. Directors also plan to review personal loans the CEO obtained using those stakes as collateral.

The board and McClendon have agreed to negotiate an early termination of the well-investment program that was scheduled to expire at the end of 2015, Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake said in a statement today.

Although the company was “generally aware” that McClendon had used his interests in company-operated wells as collateral for personal loans, it didn’t review or approve any of the individual transactions, according to the statement.

Chesapeake,...

Nation’s First Legal Crisis Concierge Launches for Athletes and Entertainers

ATLANTA, May 10, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) –
Today Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP (Lewis Brisbois) announced the launch of ESQ365(R), the nation’s first full-service legal crisis concierge. The service specializes in crisis management and legal services for businesses, athletes, entertainers and other high-profile individuals. Membership offers 24/7 access to ESQ365’s team of legal and communications experts who specialize in crisis prevention, preparedness and response to sensitive...