SAP is to circumvent any spying by the US National Security Agency (NSA) in Brazil by building data centres in the South American country. In documents aired by Brazil's biggest television network, Globo, the NSA had a presentation dated ...
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The National Security Agency (NSA) has tapped into the networks of Google, Brazilian oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA, and systems operated by France's foreign ministry, according to leaked US documents. The documents were aired by ...
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MMC Rus, a Russia-based official distributor of Mitsubishi Motors, has supplied 70 units of the all-electric vehicle, i-MiEV, to the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation. With this move, i-MiEV will be the first ...
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Ashgabat and Beijing have signed a number of deals on development of the supergiant Galkynysh gas field in Turkmenistan and related infrastructure during a visit by China's President Xi Jinping to the Central Asian state Tuesday. The ...
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China and Turkmenistan vowed on Tuesday to be "long-term, stable and reliable" energy partners and ensure the annual transport of 65 billion cubic meters of natural gas to China by 2016 through the world's longest natural gas pipeline. ...
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Telstra and its subcontractor Motorola, have been chosen to design, build, operate and maintain a new Queensland government wireless network (GWN) in a deal worth $457.3 million covering a 15-year period. Telstra beat other candidates in ...
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Global efforts to battle trade protectionism need to be reinforced to help shield the fragile economic recovery across the world. In a report released today, the European Commission identified about 150 new trade restrictions introduced ...
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The federal governments proposed changes to the fringe benefits tax might pass through the senate before the election, if Kevin Rudd has his way. Mr Rudd has been in contact with numerous world leaders in regards to the G20 summit and is ...
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The US has blocked proposals for tough new global rules intended to reduce the tax avoidance policies of multinational companies, such as Apple, Amazon and Google. Instead, watered down proposals will be presented to the G20 summit this ...
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Smartphone maker BlackBerry, which enjoys a particularly strong niche in the enterprise due to its security claims, has defended itself against allegations that its security was penetrated by the spies at GCHQ. According to the Guardian, ...
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Fresh from yesterday's revelations about BlackBerry security holes discovered by GCHQ at 2009's G20 meetings, BlackBerry is fighting similar claims against its newest BlackBerry 10 platform. BlackBerry posted an advisory on its Knowledge ...
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SHARES climbed yesterday following a rally in Japanese stocks and as some analysts saw potential for the Reserve Bank to cut interest rates next month. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed up 0.7 per cent at a two-day high of 4966.6. The ...
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THE Australian market has opened higher, with gains in all sectors but retail. RBS Morgans private client adviser Bill Bishop said the market was off to a promising start considering it had only received modest overseas leads. "Here, we ...
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SECURITIES regulators should avoid a race to the bottom when it comes to agreeing on controls on the $600 trillion over-the-counter derivatives market, the chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Elisse Walter, said ...
The Reserve Bank of Australia's computer systems have fallen victim to cyber hacking in at least two highly sophisticated online attacks. Documents released by the RBA show that the central bank was the victim of a "highly targeted" email ...
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