Sachin Tendulkar, AR Rahman, Vijay Mallya, Yash Chopra, George Alagiah OBE were all announced winners at the inaugural Asian Awards 2010, in partnership with Lebara, on October 26th at The Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane London.
Presented by Lord Sebastian Coe, The Asian Awards 2010 saw a powerhouse of leaders in business, sport, politics attend to celebrate achievement and excellence among South Asians, including Deputy PM Nick Clegg, Jermaine Jackson, Nasser Hussain OBE, Gurinder Chadha, Christian Louboutin and Sonu Niigaam.
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Avon Products, Inc. launches Avon Voices, its first-ever global online singing talent search for women and songwriting competition for men and women in celebration of its 125th Anniversary. Avon invites people from more than 60 countries, along with its 6.2 million independent sales Representatives, to ignite a global movement through music. A renowned judging panel of music industry leaders from around the world includes: Fergie, six-time Grammy award winner; Diane Warren, legendary songwriter; Natasha Bedingfield, Grammy nominated singer/songwriter; Delta Goodrem, Australian Artist of the Decade; Lea Salonga, Filipina singer and actress; Russian sensation Valeriya; Ivete Sangalo, Brazil’s biggest pop star; Sheila E., breakthrough, Grammy-nominated female percussionist; David Pack, Grammy award-winning singer/composer and music producer; and Maia, Colombian singing star. Highlights of the year-long program will include travel to exciting destinations for nearly 200 global contenders to receive professional coaching and Avon makeovers, and record performance videos. The goal of the Talent Search is to find two talented singers – one an Avon Representative – who may have the opportunity to record a professionally produced album.
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LG Mobile Phones, one of the leading manufacturers of texting devices and a popular brand among teens, joined together with other technology leaders, content providers, students and educators to focus on ways to educate and empower parents on safe mobile phone usage at the inaugural, Generation Mobile Forum, hosted by the FCC on Dec. 14 at McKinley Technology High School in Washington D.C.
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LG Mobile Phones, one of the leading manufacturers of texting devices and a popular brand among teens, joined together with other technology leaders, content providers, students and educators to focus on ways to educate and empower parents on safe mobile phone usage at the inaugural, Generation Mobile Forum, hosted by the FCC on Dec. 14 at McKinley Technology High School in Washington D.C.
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Savvis, Inc. (NASDAQ: SVVS), a global leader in cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprises, today announced that industry analyst firm Gartner, Inc., has positioned Savvis in the leaders quadrant in the Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service and Web Hosting. The report was published on Dec. 23, 2010, and authored by Gartner analysts Ted Chamberlin and Lydia Leong. It can be accessed at www.savvis.net/magic-quadrant-leader, compliments of Savvis.
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LifeWave executives, company ambassador/best-selling author/health advocate Suzanne Somers and hundreds of its distributorship leaders and members recently gathered at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Laguna Niguel, California to usher in a new era in anti-aging with the global launch of the new Y-Age Aeon patch.
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Prominent leaders in the fields of chemical engineering, science, industry and academia convened today for a high-level panel discussion to examine solutions to the pressing issues of energy, safe food and water and human health, at the U.S. launch event for the International Year of Chemistry.
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The world has changed. In Management: A Focus on Leaders (Prentice Hall, 2011), New York Times bestselling business book author, Annie McKee, broadens her reach from business leaders to include students and young managers—combining the best of the old with the best of the new. This book prepares today’s students and young managers to become the leaders of the future.
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Trend Micro Inc. (TSE: 4704) today announced the winners of the company’s second annual “What’s Your Story?” international video contest that empowers youth to be leaders in educating others about being safe online.
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Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, called on government leaders to increase their investments in vaccines and to hold themselves accountable for extending the benefits of vaccines to every child.
In a keynote address at the 64th World Health Assembly, an annual gathering of health ministers and global health leaders, Gates laid out his vision for the impact that broadening access to vaccines can have on the world. “Strong immunization systems will put an end to polio and help us reach all children with five to six new vaccines,” Gates said. “We can save four million lives by 2015, and 10 million lives by 2020.”
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The Asian Awards 2011, in partnership with Lebara, has launched into its second year of celebrating the best in South Asian achievement. The House of Lords recently played host to 20 world-class leaders from the worlds of politics, business, sport, media, arts and technology - who gathered to choose winners from a short-list of inspirational luminaries and pioneers who have carved out their own places in history.
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Today, Target Corp.® (NYSE:TGT) announced 42 new schools from across the country that will receive a new library as part of the 2011 Target School Library Makeover program. Education experts and advocates such as Alma Powell of the America’s Promise Alliance and Sir Ken Robinson, along with elected officials including Congressman John Kline, Chairman of the Education and the Workforce Committee and Congressman Gene Green (TX-29), were invited to celebrate this announcement with the principals at the Library of Congress. Additionally, principals from among the 42 elementary schools participated in a Principal Summit, led by Ralph Smith of The Annie E. Casey Foundation. The summit was designed to inspire school leaders, provide best practices for cultivating reading skills by using their new libraries, and explore how educators approach literacy strategies.
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