Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO), a US motor insurer, has appointed Seth Ingall as the new senior vice president of the company to manage claims home office, staff counsel, communications and the GEICO philanthropic ...
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Systema Software has signed a strategic alliance agreement with Instec, a provider of policy administration services and technology to the commercial property and casualty insurance industry, to offer an integrated insurance platform. ...
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The Glass Systems Group, the UK’s largest independent sealed unit manufacturer, is successfully expanding its customer base to include the East of England. Glass Systems already has 30 customers in the area they supply to on a ...
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Microsoft's anti-Google "Scroogled" campaign is a battle for hearts and minds as much as for search and email market share, an analyst said today, but its effectiveness can be measured. "Scroogled is an attempt to change hearts and ...
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It may not be "feasible" to complete a gigantic SAP software project meant to unify California's many public employee payroll systems, according to a report issued this week by the state's Legislative Analyst's office. California ...
Software engineers are using Intel tools to explore new ways people can use their voices, hand gestures and head-and-eye movements to operate computers. In coming years, their research is expected to yield tools that could help developers ...
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Despite Yahoo's efforts to quell some of the furor, the news that it was calling telecommuters back into the office stirred up a heated debate in the tech sector and beyond. Last month, Yahoo management told employees that the company ...
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Struggling Hewlett-Packard has taken several steps this year to assure users and investors that it's working to put past distractions behind it while bolstering its full product line. In an earnings call last month, CEO Meg Whitman ...
SAGE, the world’s leading manufacturer of dynamic glass for windows, skylights and curtain walls, is giving visitors of Ecobuild in London the opportunity to experience firsthand its electronically tintable glass and glazing ...
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BUILDING products company CSR is cutting 150 jobs from its glass business in response to the high Australian dollar and low construction activity. CSR will close its glass manufacturing facility at Ingleburn, in Sydney's south west, in ...
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Lottie dolls will head to the US exclusively via distributor Schylling. Arklu announced the signing of the new distribution agreement. The distribution company will begin shipping the London-based toy developer's dolls from June this ...
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Howrad Stringer, who fought to bring a divided and struggling Sony together as the Japanese electronics and entertainment company's first foreign president, is retiring as chairman in June. He announced his departure in New York in a ...
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Foodservice supplier Brakes has put 90 jobs at risk by deciding to outsource desserts production from its subsidiary division Creative Foods in Cornwall to Greencore’s Ministry of Cake company in Devon. Greencore is picking up ...
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Amazon.com's application for top-level domain strings, including for ".book" and ".read," has come under attack from publishing industry groups and competitor Barnes & Noble. Authors Guild in New York, for example, said it objected to the ...
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A judge in California has ruled that a patent infringement lawsuit between Apple and Samsung Electronics will continue, after indicating earlier that she would like to put the case on hold pending resolution of an appeal in another patent ...