Accenture Military Career Coach to Support Veterans Seeking Employment
NEW YORK; May 21, 2013 – Accenture (NYSE:ACN) today announced the launch of the Accenture Military Career Coach, an online tool for veterans transitioning out of the military and seeking employment in the private sector. 
 
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Public Transportation Users Predict Big Increases in the Use of Smartphones, Paperless Travel and Social Media, New Accenture Survey Reveals
LONDON; May 21, 2013 – Three out of four travelers (75 percent) who use public transportation in some of the world’s major cities believe that electronic ticketing would make travel easier, and an overwhelming 92 percent would welcome paperless travel, a new global survey by Accenture (NYSE:ACN) reveals.
 
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Accenture Grants Back On My Feet $300K to Expand Skills Based Training Initiatives
NEW YORK; May 20, 2013 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Back on My Feet (BoMF) today announced Accenture has awarded Back on My Feet – a national nonprofit organization that uses running to help those experiencing homelessness transform their own lives and achieve employment and independent living – $300,000 to expand the organization’s skills based training initiatives. This grant brings Accenture’s support of BoMF to $619,000 since 2011.
 
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Accenture’s Property & Casualty Insurance Claims Software Receives Industry Awards for Functionality and Service
NEW YORK; May 20, 2013 – Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) property and casualty (P&C) insurance claims management software, Accenture Claim Components, received two XCelent Awards in Celent’s latest report titled “Claims Systems Vendors: North America P/C Insurance 2013¹.”
 
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Accenture Selected by Tokyo Metropolitan Government to Recruit Foreign Companies to Locate Their Asian Regional Headquarters in City’s Special Zone
TOKYO; May 20, 2013 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has been selected by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) to recruit 10 or more foreign companies to establish their Asian regional headquarters or research and development (R&D) centers in Tokyo’s Special Zone for Asian Headquarters by March 2014. The TMG plans to recruit 500 foreign companies, with an initial target of establishing 50 regional headquarters, in the Special Zone by 2016.
 
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