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Windward, the Predictive Intelligence company applying AI to the maritime industry, announced the launch of Company Risk Insights, providing risk insights into every company in the maritime domain.The capability utilizes a new ownership data repository, risk indicators, data sets and behavioral models to provide Windward users with a complete risk assessment of all maritime related entities including a beneficiary list up to and including the Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO), Windward said…

Dun & Bradstreet Chairman of the Board, Christopher Coughlin, will be honored later this evening by the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) as Director of the Year. "Dun & Bradstreet is extremely proud to have Chris as our Chairman of the Board," said Bob Carrigan, Chief Executive Officer and Director, Dun & Bradstreet. "Having worked with Chris for the past two years, I sincerely admire his abilities as a leader and strategist. He has built an inclusive board of directors here, and we all benefit from the wealth of knowledge and experience that he brings. Coughlin has years of experience in senior leadership roles which included serving as Chief Financial Officer of Tyco International Ltd.

Dun & Bradstreet today announced the departure of Mark Geneste, the company's chief sales officer. "I thank Mark for his contributions to Dun & Bradstreet," said Bob Carrigan, President and CEO of Dun & Bradstreet. "He played an important role in globalizing our sales and service organization, and strengthening our solutions-based selling to meet new customer needs." On an interim basis, the global sales and service team will report to Carrigan. Geneste joined Dun & Bradstreet in August 2013 as sales leader for Europe and has served as chief sales officer since February 2014.

Dun & Bradstreet nnounced today the appointment of Cindy Christy, president and chief operating officer of Asurion Corporation, to the company's Board of Directors, effective immediately. In this role, Christy will share her broad experience and functional expertise with management in the areas of product development, operations, compliance, market research, management, strategy, and sales. "Cindy is a highly accomplished leader who excels in product strategy and partnership development," said Bob Carrigan, president and CEO of Dun & Bradstreet. "Cindy's current role at Asurion and prior experiences bring to the board a results-oriented approach with broad functional experience in product management, operations, marketing, strategy and sales.

Dun & Bradstreet will acquire the entirety of Dun & Bradstreet’s ANZ business, including consumer risk and debt collection, and commercial solutions, for AUD $220 million. As part of the agreement, pending regulatory approval, Credit Data Solutions will become a partner within Dun & Bradstreet’s Worldwide Network to continue to provide commercial solutions in the region. This decision supports Dun & Bradstreet’s long-term growth strategy. Today, approximately two-thirds of the ANZ business is consumer-related, which is inconsistent with Dun & Bradstreet’s established business-to-business focus. “We’re excited to welcome Archer Capital’s Credit Data Solutions as the newest member of our Worldwide Network.

Essar Ports Limited today announced its unaudited results for the full year and quarter ended March 2015. ·         Essar Ports takes over the Vizag Iron Ore outer harbor terminal with 2 berths on 14th May 2015. Existing operational terminal with no gestation period. Refurbishment of terminal to happen alongside operations. 1.    Revenue for FY’15 is Rs. 1,741 cr, an increase of 6% against Rs 1,637 cr in FY’14. 2.    EBITDA for FY’15 is Rs. 1,416 cr, an increase of 7% against Rs 1,327 cr in FY’14. 3.    PAT for FY’15 is Rs. 391 cr, an increase of 2% against Rs 384 cr in FY’14. 4.    Earnings Per Share for FY’15 were Rs. 1.    Revenue for the quarter is Rs. 440 cr, an increase of 1% against Rs 434 cr in Q3FY’15 and 6% increase against Rs 416 cr in Q4FY’14. 2.    EBITDA for Q4 FY’15 is Rs.

Dun & Bradstreet, the world's most trusted source of commercial data and insight, today became the first certified vendor of the Small Business Financial Exchange, Inc.'s wholly owned subsidiary SBFE, LLC. As an SBFE Certified Vendor™, Dun &Bradstreet gains access to the SBFE Data ™ on more than 24 million small businesses. Combined with Dun & Bradstreet's global commercial data and analytics, the enhanced information will allow Dun & Bradstreet's financial services customers who are also SBFE Members - many of whom are among the nation's largest small business lenders - to gain increased visibility on small businesses to better assess their performance, credit line utilization, and payment delinquency.

Essar Ports Ltd. (Essar Ports), part of the Essar, today announced its unaudited results for the quarter ended September 2014. *Revenue for the quarter increased by 1% at Rs. 435.3 crore as against Rs. 431.6 crore during previous quarter (Q1 FY15)and  increased by 7% from Rs. *EBITDA for the quarter increased by 4% to Rs. 361.4crore from Rs. 346.8 crore during the previous quarter (Q1 FY15) and increased by 9% from Rs. *Net Profit for the quarter has increased by 4% to Rs. 96.1crore from Rs. 92.2 crore during the previous quarter (Q1 FY15) and reduced by 1% from Rs. *Earnings per Share as at Q2 FY15 were at Rs 2.25. Mr. Rajiv Agarwal, Managing Director, Essar Ports Ltd.

Dun & Bradstreet, the world's leading source of commercial information and insight on businesses, today reported results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2014. "We continue to make good progress against our strategy and we are beginning to build momentum on our top line," said Bob Carrigan, President & CEO of Dun & Bradstreet. Free cash flow for the first nine months of 2014 was $237.6 million, compared to $263.0 million in the prior year similar period; net cash provided by operating activities for the first nine months of 2014 was $276.7 million, compared to $299.3 million in the prior year similar period. See attached Schedules 3, 4, and 5 for additional detail.

Oracle and Dun & Bradstree, the world's leading source of commercial information and insight on businesses, today announced they have partnered to extend Oracle's Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) offerings by integrating Dun & Bradstreet's commercial business, social and professional contact data into Oracle's cloud applications. The strategic relationship is an extension of both companies' shared goal to enable their customers to make smarter, more informed decisions across the enterprise. "Today's customers are seeking solutions that natively integrate external curated content and other third-party data directly into their applications to enhance the effectiveness of the applications - and of the user…

Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE:DNB), the world's leading provider of commercial business intelligence, today announced the appointment of Curtis Brown to the role of Chief Information Officer (CIO), reporting to Chief Operating Officer Josh Peirez, effective immediately. Brown, who most recently served as Global Chief Technology Officer at AOL, assumes global responsibility for Dun & Bradstreet's expanding portfolio of technology, proprietary data and related intellectual property. "As we continue to innovate our technology offerings and revolutionize the delivery of our data and services for our Customers, we need leaders with a proven record of addressing complex business problems at scale," said Peirez. Brown joins Dun & Bradstreet at a transformational time in its 173-year history.

Dun & Bradstreet, world's leading source of commercial information and insight on businesses, announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.44 per share. This quarterly cash dividend is payable on September 12, 2014 to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 27, 2014.

ONGC was honored with the prestigious corporate award – ‘The Dun & Brandstreet Corporate Excellence Award’ for its stellar management and leadership on May 28,2014. ONGC received the award for excellence in the Oil and Gas Production sector. Mr A K Jain, Executive Director, Chief- Offshore Engineering Services, received the award on the behalf of the organization. In all, there were 46 sectors which were recognized for their excellence and these were chosen among the top 500 companies of India, by the primary yardstick of their contribution to India’s GDP. These 500 companies contribute to over 20 percent of the nation’s GDP and are the pillars of economic progress of the country.

Mumbai,  April 27, 2011: Dun & Bradstreet (D&B), the world’s leading provider of global business information, knowledge and insight, announced the Dun &  Bradstreet - Rolta Corporate Awards 2010. The awards felicitated 54 of India’s leading corporate names across sectors. The occasion also marked the launch of the eleventh edition of Dun & Bradstreet’s premier publication, ‘India’s Top 500 Companies 2010’.The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd., was honoured with the Dun & Bradstreet – Rolta Corporate Awards 2010 in the Shipping sector.

Editor-in-chief Amund Djuve in Dagens Næringsliv handing the Gazelle Award to Ulstein Design´s managing director Rolf Inge Roth. Photo: Jens Sølvberg. Dagens Næringsliv announced that Ulstein Design had won its annual Gazelle award at a gala event in Oslo’s SAS Plaza Hotel on Thursday, 29th November. Ulstein Design’s managing director, Rolf Inge Roth, and three of his colleagues were on hand to accept the prize from Dagens Næringsliv’s editor-in-chief Amund Djuve. Gazelles refer…