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Ex-Merrill boss takes over at CIT
The former chief executive of Merrill Lynch, John Thain, was at the heart of the bonus row - now he has a new job as boss of US lender CIT.

Xstrata resumes dividend payments
Mining group Xstrata is to resume dividend payments despite reporting a drop in full-year profits.

Indian economy 'to grow by 7.2%'
India's economic growth forecast raises the chance that state support could be withdrawn.

SAP chief Leo Apotheker resigns
The chief executive of SAP unexpectedly resigns after his contract is not renewed, the company says.

Tullow close to Ugandan oil deal
Heritage Oil says the sale of its assets in Uganda to the UK's Tullow Oil will be approved "imminently".

Japanese brewers call off merger
Japanese brewing and food groups Kirin and Suntory call off merger talks having failed to agree terms.

Toyota 'planning recall of Prius'
Toyota is planning to recall the latest model of its flagship Prius cars because of braking problems, reports from Japan say.

Nokia dismisses US legal action
Nokia says it will defend itself "vigorously" against a class action filed in New York alleging the firm misled investors.

Ex-IMF economist warns on UK debt
Britain should be seen in the same category of highly indebted countries such as Greece, a leading economist says.

G7 pledges to cancel Haiti debt
The world's top seven industrialised nations vow to cancel Haiti's debts in the wake of its devastating earthquake.

Australia in huge China coal deal
An Australian firm signs a $60bn deal to supply coal to Chinese power stations from a mine to be built in Queensland.

Finance minister falls foul of 'welcome' igloo
A Canadian minister was lucky not to get a frosty reception after wrecking an igloo built by Inuit to welcome officials to G7 talks.

Olympic firms in £1bn loan pledge
Lloyds Bank says it is earmarking a special fund to alert businesses around the country to Olympic-related opportunities.

Groups 'express Pompey interest'
Portsmouth are approached by "two or three" groups interested in taking over the club, claims executive director Mark Jacob.

West Ham seek financial backers
West Ham United's owners ask professional investors for a cash injection of up to £40m in the east London football club.

Guidelines for financial journalists


Racing ahead
India looks to make Formula 1 breakthrough

Hewitt on Europe
Is the euro being stretched to breaking point?

Poverty & power
Real change still long way off for India's poor

Business elan
France rediscovers its entrepreneurial spirit

Hitting home
Recall tarnishes Toyota's image in company city

Hidden jobless
US unemployment is much higher than the official figure

January chill for housing market
Activity in the UK housing market was frozen by the snowy weather although prices continued to rise, surveyors say.

Shop sales 'worst for 15 years'
UK retail sales described as 'awful' as the icy weather and the unsteady economy keep shoppers at home.

More pay freezes expected in 2010
Workers face a second year of pay freezes despite rising inflation and the UK's emergence from recession, a report says.

Administration for Ethel Austin
Clothing retailer Ethel Austin and its sister firm Au Naturale go into administration, raising fears about the future of 3,700 staff.

UK firms 'cut dividends by £10bn'
Shareholders in UK companies saw their dividend payments cut by £10bn last year, according to a report.

Santander fault hits customers
A power cut knocked out cash machine and online services for customers with Santander bank on Sunday.

SA probes World Cup price-fixing
Six South African airlines are being investigated for allegedly colluding to hike fares for local flights during the football World Cup in June.

Tullow Oil eyes Uganda expansion
UK explorer Tullow Oil is seeking to take full control of two sites it co-discovered in Uganda, in a move that would block Italy's Eni.

BAE handed £286m criminal fines
Defence group BAE Systems is to pay fines of £280m after pleading guilty to criminal charges in Britain and the US.

Euro MPs shun data deal with US
A committee of Euro MPs moves to block the renewal of a deal allowing US anti-terror officials to access Europeans' bank data.

Panasonic profits after cost cuts
Electronics group Panasonic reports strong profits after heavy cost-cutting and steady sales.

China to put duties on US chicken
China is to enforce anti-dumping duties on US chicken imports, accusing poultry firms of exporting at unfairly low prices.

Greece to face economic scrutiny
The European Commission says it supports Greece's plans to reduce its deficit but will closely monitor its progress.

Greece unveils austerity measures
Greece's prime minister announces tough austerity measures aimed at cutting his country's soaring public debt.

Shell signs Iraq oil field deal
Oil giant Shell and Malaysia's state-run Petronas finalise a contract to develop Iraq's large Majnoon oil field.

Iraq oil contract goes to Angola
Angola's state-owned oil company, Sonangol, has signed a deal to produce oil in one of the most dangerous parts of Iraq.

India bids to contain inflation
India's central bank holds interest rates but increases cash reserve requirements for lenders in a bid to contain inflation.

Jaguar Land Rover boss to depart
The chief executive of Jaguar Land Rover, David Smith, is to stand down, the Indian-owned carmaker confirms.

Pensioners warned over tax codes
Pensioners have been warned to look out for mistakes in the millions of tax code notices being sent out by HM Revenue & Customs.

IT glitch causes more tax errors
Revenue staff tip off Radio 4's Money Box that there are more tax code problems than their bosses are admitting to.

Personal insolvency 'record high'
The number of people who were declared insolvent in England and Wales hit a record high in the last quarter of 2009, figures show.

Challenge to debt payoff tactics
People who face losing their homes because of debts on credit cards or loans could get greater protection.

About the company

Ardin Software Oy is an international Software  and ICT service  company based in Helsinki, Finland, with offices in Technopolis  Lappeenranta and in Espoo.

Through our partners in Russia we assist Finnish companies to use high quality and  cost effective Russian SW/ICT resources to

  • implement their solutions with our reliable Russian partners for Near shore outsourcing activities.
  • enter to the Russian and CIS markets with their own solutions.

We also assist High quality Russian companies to offer their services to Finnish and EU market.

Ardin Software Oy is "Local in Finland and local in Russia", as stated in the banner on top.

Ardin Software Oy was founded in 2002. Prior to that, in 1993, Arcady Khotin, one of the founders of Ardin Software Oy, founded  in St Petersburg a software company Arcadia,Inc,  which now has more than 120 employees and customers in Finland and other Nordic countries. Arcadia, Inc. is one of  Ardin Software Oy's signed partners.

The other Russian signed partners of Ardin Software Oy cover many industrial vertical segments (including  banking, trade, telecom etc), all main technologies,  and cover most important geographical areas (including the Moscow and St Petersburg Regions). Presently Ardin Software Oy's partners employ more than 1000 SW developers, architects and project managers.

Scandinavian GroupRusSoft

Presently RusSoft and The Scandinavian Group    are represented in Finland by Ardin Software Oy

Please visit http://www.russian-programmers.org to learn more.

 

Ardin Software's new address and service phone as of 1.6.2008:

ARDIN SOFTWARE OY
Annankatu 7 C 19
00120 Helsinki
Finland

Service telephone number: +358 (0)9 2289 0565