Intellectual Property Corp of Malaysia (MyIPO) and Multimedia Development Corp (MDeC) are taking firmer steps to promote intellectual property (IP)-based financing in Malaysia.

A tea talk, 'IP System and Valuation', was jointly organised by MyIPO, MDeC and the Association of Islamic Banking Institutions Malaysia (AIBIM), gathering bankers to share and exchange ideas in promoting IP-based financing.

The government has targeted a 90-percent online usage of its services among the public by 2015, said Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan.

Saying websites must be user friendly, he described government portals as mediums which could close the digital divide with society.

The Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) is striving for Intellectual Property (IP) rights to be accepted as assets or collateral through the IP valuation model which is set to be introduced in the first quarter of next year.

India’s Essar which ordered two jack-up rigs from the compatriot ABG Shipyard back in 2008, is expected to take delivery of the first rig in December this year. The second rig is scheduled for delivery by 2Q 2013. Under the original contract, ABG Shipyard was expected to deliver the jack-ups in 2010 and 2011. According [...]

In the 2012 Universum Top 100 Ideal Employer student survey, Aker Solutions, a Norway-based international oilfield services provider, is voted the second most attractive employer in Norway by final-year engineering students. Norway’s oil giant Statoil took the first place. Every year, Universum surveys students and asks them questions about their career expectations, how they perceive [...]

Det Norske’s CFO Teitur Poulsen has decided to resign from his position. Vice President Investor Relations and Corporate Development Knut Evensen (picture) been constituted as the new CFO. “Teitur has done a very good job for Det norske and we regret that he has decided to leave the company to pursue other opportunities. Knut Evensen [...]

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