Claude Penland: Actuary & Partner, Ezra Penland Actuarial Recruitment

Prudential plc, the London-based parent company of Jackson National Life Insurance Company(R) (Jackson), has appointed Jackson Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer Mike Wells to the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of Jackson and as an Executive Director of the Prudential plc Board of Directors. Wells will succeed Clark Manning, who will step down as CEO at the end of 2010.

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The company offers marketing products that combine social media with original, targeted content to engage consumers based on their profession or geographic location.

At the highest end, DeusM offers Community in a Box (CiaB), which develops a website and social network for clients, with regularly updated content.

Japanese startup companies news and information at TokyoStartup.com.

Chief Risk Officer at AWAC, Barry Zurbuchen

“Left-handers have more enthusiasm for life. They sleep on the wrong side of the bed, and their head gets more stagnant on that side.” – Casey Stengel

BAT, whose founders Chad and Ryan Steelberg are Google alumni, has come up with netBAT, a creative new way to search and aggregate content on the Web. NetBAT finds and presents various types of information from different sources and brings it directly to a user’s screen.

UberCab, an app that lets users request a car service to pick them up wherever they are right now, closed a $1.25 million angel financing round.