By Matthieu Protard PARIS, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 8:52am EDT PARIS, June 19 (Reuters) – Private equity firms Apax Partners and LBO France have started exclusive talks to sell French furniture store chain Maisons du Monde to Bain Capital, two sources close to the matter said on Wednesday. “LBO France, Apax...
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Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec initiates criminal proceedings against Société …
MONTREAL, June 19, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ – The Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ) has initiated criminal proceedings against the Société des traversiers du Québec (STQ) and four of its employees for the practice of illegal engineering on five ships in its yards. Between March 2011 and April 2012, the STQ knowingly encouraged technicians...
Leo Burnett Worldwide Wins 18 Cannes Lions In Media And Outdoor
CANNES, France, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Leo Burnett Worldwide kicked off day two of the 2013 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity by breaking its overall shortlist record with 193 nominations, compared to 173 total shortlisted campaigns in 2012. The network also added four gold, four silver and ten bronze awards to the...
Seat hopefuls from 108 countries at DU
The Foreign Students Registry at Delhi University has received over 2,500 admission applications from students from over 108 countries, underlining DU’s growing popularity as an international hub of learning. In fact, the number of aspirants from abroad has increased steadily over the recent years. Last year, the university received 2,200 applications from international aspirants...
Painting of the artist’s son wins BP portrait award for Susanne du Toit
It is all about the hands, said artist Susanne du Toit about her striking and powerful portrait of her 35-year-old son Pieter, which last night won her one of the UK’s most prestigious visual arts prizes. Du Toit was named winner of the 2013 BP Portrait Award at a ceremony at the National Portrait...
DU gets 65000 more forms, cut-offs to rise
applications. And with just 54,000 seats on offer, officials say the high number of applications will raise cut-offs for most courses. “Cut-offs are likely to go up for most courses, especially BTech courses, as students now prefer to study pure sciences for four years than opting for traditionnal engineering or medicine courses,” said JM...
A pocket-scaled pairing of ‘L’histoire du soldat’ and ‘Gianni Schicchi’
The InSeries probes the limits of theater, opera and community. Strictly speaking, it is not community theater, except in the sense that the company has developed a community of its own, thereby representing the kind of smaller-scale event essential to the fabric of a city’s musical life. Strictly speaking, “L’histoire du soldat” is not...
DU applications close today
If you have made an error in your Delhi University (DU) application form, there is still a window of opportunity to rectify it. With the application process in its final day, the varsity has extended the time for submission of forms from 1pm to 4pm. However, officials urged students to carefully assess their forms...
DU extends time to submit admission forms
Delhi University today announced extension of time till 4 pm on the last day of submission of admission forms tomorrow in view of inclement weather. “To help the candidates applying for the four-year undergraduate programme, it has been decided to extend time for receiving OMR forms upto 4 pm at all Admission Information Centres,”...
DU colleges hike fees
New Delhi, Jun 18 (IANS): With Delhi University implementing the four-year undergraduate programme from this academic year, several colleges have decided to raise the fees for various courses being offered. The decision to hike the fees is taken by the colleges and the university has nothing to do with it. “There has been no...