According to a survey of 56 corporate and governmental organisations conducted by the Ponemon Institute, the average amount paid for all the costs associated with cyber attacks was $8.9 million during the past year. That’s up 6% from ...
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Dutch insurance conglomerate ING is planning to reduce approximately 2,400 positions in insurance and banking arms over the next two years, in a bid to save €460m annually. The firm will eliminate 1,350 jobs in its insurance arm, ...
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Dutch insurer ING has inked an agreement with Pacific Century Group (PCG) to dispose of its underwriting business units in Hong Kong, Macau and Thailand for a combined consideration of $2.14bn (€1.64bn) in cash. Its insurance ...
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About 100 people waited outside Boston’s Microsoft Store Friday to buy the company’s new Surface tablet, which runs a new version of Windows. Unlike previous versions of the operating system, Windows RT runs on an ARM ...
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A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics (IME) has entered into a research collaboration agreement with Delta Networks to develop a metamaterial (MTM) antenna. Designed for wireless applications, MTM antenna will provide improvements in ...
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Los Angeles-based NeuroSigma, a developer of early stage neuromodulation technologies, has won ISO 13485: 2003 certification. The certificate indicates that the company meets the quality standards to design, and manufacture its external ...
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This was the title of the paper given to approximately 280 attendees at the third Cooperation Forum Biopolymers in Straubing by Dr. Haio Harms, CEO of Kelheim Fibres GmbH. The paper illustrated impressively the versatility of viscose fibres ...
OSI Systems' Optoelectronics and Manufacturing division has won orders of approximately $2m for various optical sensors from other healthcare OEM providers. OSI Systems is involved in designing, manufacturing as well as selling ...
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The latest batch of reports from the just-food research store includes seafood processing in the UK, the ethnic/traditional snack market in the US and functional food and drinks. SEAFOOD Seafood (Frozen, Canned and Fresh) This report ...
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The global software market grew 4.7 percent in the first half of this year to US$167 billion, with CRM (customer relationship management), virtualisation and collaboration coming in as the fastest-growing segments, according to figures ...
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Neusoft Positron Medical Systems, a joint venture between China's Neusoft and America's Positron has obtained two key certifications for its Attrius Positron Emission Tomography (PET) systems. The new certifications comprise CE mark ...
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Life Ball Fashion Show 2012 20 years on, the Life Ball in Vienna has become an internationally acclaimed major event and an established recognized platform in the fight against the HI virus. This year’s Vienna Life Ball has ...
US based health insurer UnitedHealth has entered into an agreement with Brazil's Amil Participações, pursuant to which 90% of the 359 million outstanding common shares of the latter is likely to be purchased for approximately ...
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US-based HeartSine Technologies has appointed Declan O'Mahoney as the company's new chief executive officer (CEO). Previously, O'Mahoney served as CEO at Firecomms, where he attracted major investments from Irish, European and ...
Criminals broke into an Adobe server and provided two pieces of malware with a digital certificate that attest to them being legitimate code. As a result of the breach, the company will revoke the certificate next Thursday and will update ...
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