After a recent change in the creative and media agencies of the consumer, business and industrial electronic goods bigwig Panasonic, Percept's IBD has been handed over the Viera - LCD and plasma TV range - and Lumix businesses including Limux camera range; while Percept's media agency, Allied Media, has bagged the company's media buying mandate.

Punjab National Bank (PNB), India’s second largest public sector bank, has entered into an alliance with four brokerage firms, including Networth Stock Broking and SMC Global Securities, to strengthen its online securities trading services.  
 
Currently, PNB in association with IDBI Capital Market Services, offers online securities trading services to its clients through 139 branches spread across 60 centres all over the country.  
 

London, Apr. 14 : A search of the homes of 11 terror suspects has revealed the presence of bags of sugar — a common ingredient used for making home-made bombs.

According to The Sun, sugar can be mixed with chemicals to create an explosive for use in bombs and grenades.

Scientists were last night analysing it to determine if it was a secret bomb ingredient.

Anti-terror officers are still quizzing eleven men —aged between 22 and 41

Islamabad, Apr. 14 : Qazi courts have started functioning with full authority following the National Assembly’s nod to implement the sharia law in the Malakand division, The News reports.

The sharia courts were already functioning in Barrikot, Kabal, Matta, Khawazakhel, Bahrain and Babuzai tehsils of Swat from March with limited authority, but after the approval of Nizam-e-Adl regulation they now have full authority to decide over different matters.

London, Apr. 14 : Tom Watson is regarded as ruthless political hard man and a key ally of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

He sits feet away from Brown each day in his open-plan Downing Street war room.

The Cabinet Office minister has also been one of Labour’s leading bloggers — and was mentioned in one of shamed McBride’s emails suggesting dirty tricks against top Tories.

But Watson insists he knew nothing about the Internet smear conspiracy.

Melbourne, Apr 14 : IBM worldwide has begun cost cuts in order to battle the effects of the global financial crisis and will scrap office amenities such as tea and coffee, and even company-funded home internet access.

From May 1, IBM will cease to reimburse Internet access for staff working from home. Direct pay corporate managed and contracted home Internet services will also be scrapped.

"IBM will cease the reimbursement of home internet access for employees," The Australian quoted the company, as saying in an email to staff.