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Slated for May, VoicED will offer students a way to stand out and succeed with public speaking workshops structured to bring out a healthy self-image.

The popular Senior dating app, SeniorMeetMe, (SMM) is introducing its new feature this October – Voice Chat – to its existing suite of features on the mobile app.

The Indian Ministry of Finance has proposed certain amendments to the Union Budget 2012-13, which introduced certain provisions to check tax evasion.

India’s plans to introduce amendments to its tax laws that include powers to retroactively overturn recent court rulings has sparked off a new contention between the government and Vodafone with the telecommunication company challenging the new retrospective tax legislation.

NextPlane, Inc., the market leader in cloud-based federation services for unified communications (UC), has just launched a new service to federate video and voice across disparate enterprise UC networks. The first stage of the new voice/video Federation-as-a-Service (FaaS) solution will provide voice and video federation between Microsoft (Lync and OCS) and Google Apps.

Microsoft-qualified APV Series appliances optimize and scale unified communications for any user, anywhere on any device

New changes to the social security contribution for Brazilian employers may take effect from August 1, 2012, subject to Congress' approval.

A Brazilian Supreme Court ruling declared that a taxpayer can be charged with criminal charges even if the tax debt is not confirmed by the administrative courts. This is a major shift from its earlier stand where criminal charges could be filed against a defaulting taxpayer only on confirmation of the actual debt.

The Brazilian government introduced changes to transfer pricing rules which includes a range of fixed profit margins for various industry sectors

The Brazilian Government has introduced new amendments to the regulations on financial transactions tax (IOF) imposed on foreign exchange transaction with effect from March 1, 2012.

Intilop extends their lead by delivering ‘Game Changing Nano TOE Hardware Technology’ that is 1000 X faster than Software and is revolutionizing the Financial, HFT, HPC, Cloud Servers, wireless base stations, Storage, defense and other networking markets today.

A federal court ruling involving employee termination in Australia demonstrated that following the right procedures and maintaining proper records related to long-term employee issues including workplace rights and absence from work, can protect the employer when facing an adverse action claim.

UK has introduced changes to its immigration rules which would affect foreign nationals residing or entering the UK on employer-sponsored visas as well as the employers.

Australia will soon launch the National Business Names Register which will enable companies to use a single form to register a business name across all Australian states and territories.

The Australian Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) law recently underwent a series of changes, violations of which could result in fines of up to $600,000 and/or imprisonment of up to five years for corporate as well as individual executives.

Forty-one outstanding executive women from Silicon Valley will be honored by the YWCA Silicon Valley, May 10, 2012 at the 28th Annual Tribute to Women (TWIN) Awards Program at the San Jose Fairmont. The YWCA Silicon Valley’s TWIN Awards Program honors not only women who demonstrate excellence in executive-level positions, but also the companies that employ these women. “I continue to be amazed at the extraordinary contributions and impact that these executive women have in their organizations and thus in our community. The talent of women executives is second to none. We are privileged to honor these 41 inspirational women and to have so many supportive sponsors investing in the YWCA.” said Dr. Keri McLain, Chief Executive Officer of the YWCA Silicon Valley.

IndiaNIC, a complete software solution company, unveiled a new logo. Through the new logo, the company intends to revitalize its corporate identity, strengthen brand identity, and increase brand recall.

Rosendin Electric, one of the nation’s largest private electrical contractors and a 100% employee-owned company, was back again this year with an extended program to support construction management students participating in the Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) Western Region Student Competition held in Reno, Nevada. Rosendin Electric has committed to support the student teams by offering assistance to any school participating in the competition.

Hong Kong’s Inland Revenue has released its long-awaited Advance Pricing Agreement guidelines, which will initially focus on negotiating bilateral and multilateral APAs specifically with jurisdictions with which Hong Kong has a Double Tax Agreement.

The Canadian Finance Minister announced details of the new tax measures which include an expanded list of medical devices and prescription drugs that are free from Goods and Services Tax/ Harmonized Sales Tax.

Anvato Inc., today announced a partnership with EndPlay Inc. a Los Angeles-based provider of content management, engagement and monetization solutions delivered as software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications in the cloud.

When managing a large network environment, having quick access to necessary hardware is essential. IT professionals everywhere are under pressure to manage infrastructure of ever-increasing complexity. Ensuring these systems remain operational in all circumstances is something which requires a secure, responsive pipeline of various networking components. There isn’t a networking administrator alive who hasn’t faced the difficulty of finding out that an essential piece of hardware is out of stock or on back-order from a key supplier. If something fails and a replacement transceiver or Sun memory module is required, today’s fast-paced business climate dictates that it needs to be available yesterday.

Switzerland and United Kingdom signed a protocol of amendment that supplements their withholding tax agreement of October 6, 2011. The agreement is awaiting approval from the Parliament of both, Switzerland and United Kingdom, to take effect at the beginning of 2013.

China’s pilot scheme for VAT which is intended to replace the current business tax in Shanghai is likely to be extended to Beijing in July, this year. Currently, VAT is being applied only to the manufacturing industry. The pilot VAT rates of 11% and 6% are mainly being introduced to support the services sector such as transportation. China commenced the VAT pilot scheme in Shanghai earlier this year with the aim to start unifying all turnover taxes into VAT and reduce the tax burden on the services sector. The pilot scheme is likely to be extended to other Chinese cities of Tianjin, Chongqing and Shenzhen, and Jiangsu Province.

India’s Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) in a recent notification has provided detailed information that foreign companies with representative or liaison offices must provide to tax authorities in accordance to a 2011 tax law amendment.

TripInsurance.com, the most trusted online resource to help travelers find the trip coverage they need at savings of 40% or more, today announced that LeaderSail, a leadership development program that trains JROTC cadets at sea, has signed TripInsurance.com as the Preferred Provider for travel insurance for students participating in their programs.

IndiaNIC has introduced reforms to the hired services for CakePHP developers. These reformations have provided more flexibility to the hiring options, and would help the clients to hire CakePHP application developers in accordance with their time zones.