Computerworld - Though U.S. officials blamed Iran for an ongoing stream of distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) against major U.S. banks, security experts say there's not enough evidence yet to assign blame. The security experts ...
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The Pantry has named B Clyde Preslar as SVP and chief financial officer. Preslar joints The Pantry from RetailAmerica, where he served as finance chief since 2008. Previously he held financial positions with Cott Corp and Lance. He will ...
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U.S. banks and their customers are doing a better job of protecting themselves against cyber attacks that result in thieves taking over commercial accounts, according to a survey released by the Financial Services-Information Sharing and ...
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A cybersecurity proposal released Wedneday by the influential Business Roundtable supports many of the provisions contained in the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act(CISPA)that was passed by the U.S.House of ...
US-based insurance brokerage and risk management firm Marsh & McLennan Agency (MMA) has completed acquisition of employee group benefits consulting and brokerage firm McGraw Wentworth. Terms of the transaction were undisclosed. Founded ...
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Computerworld - LAS VEGAS -- LaCie today announced at CES the 5big storage box, a RAID array with Thunderbolt that comes in 10TB and 20TB capacities. The LaCie 5big array comes with dual-core 2.13GHz Intel processors. The dual Thunderbolt ...
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The Hilb Group (THG) has acquired CSE Insurance Agency and CSE Financial Services and B&H Insurance Services of Virginia and North Carolina respectively. The two deals were concluded in the last quarter of 2012. Founded in 1925, CSE ...
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For the 14 week period to December 29th 2012, ex VAT sales for the Group were +4.5% and for the UK were +4.0% and +3.7% LFL. Additionally gross margin was significantly ahead of last year as a result of tight management of stock, and lower ...
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Kumba appoints new CFO Kumba Iron Ore Limited today announces the appointment of Frikkie Kotzee as Chief Financial Officer,effective 1 June 2012.Frikkie,who is currently the Group Financial Director of African Oxygen Limited,replaces ...
The inventor of the Dyson vacuum cleaner, Sir James Dyson, has urged the government to do more to help engineering and science firms and focus less on the "glamour of web fads" coming out of Silicon Roundabout. Dyson believes that ...
Recently,Baosteel and China International Marine Containers(Group)Co.,Ltd.strategic co-exchange high-level annual meeting is held in Shenzhen.The two sides sign"2013 Baosteel-CIMC strategic cooperation memorandum".Both sides assert that ...
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On December 21,2012,Bank of China and Baosteel Group global cash management service overall framework agreement signing ceremony is held in Shanghai.As one of the first batch of"multinational company headquarter funds centralized ...
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Cold-call phone scams have switched from traditional sales staples, such as unlisted shares in obscure companies, to novel new get-rich investment options such as land, wine, and lumps of rare earth metals. The Independent reports that ...
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A top businessman said that the volume of overall investment is expected to top USD 45 billion over 5 years in Bahrain. Dr Essam Fakhro chairman of Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry said that public sector investments are expected ...
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For all the apocalyptic prognostications, 2012 turned out to be a relatively uneventful year from an information security standpoint. A cyber Pearl Harbor did not happen. Stuxnet and its kin did not take out any power grids or shut down ...
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