The UK Defence Committee is urging the Government to be more vigorous in its approach to cyber threats. A new report released by the Committee says that the British military is now too dependent on information and communications ...
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SURREY, ENGLAND, January 09, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Gazetteer specialists Aligned Assets have released guidance to assist both public sector and private sector organisations in implementing AddressBase Premium from the Ordnance Survey. ...
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UK-based insurer Aviva has sold its remaining stake of 19.4% in Dutch insurer Delta Lloyd for 353m, as part of its strategy to reorganize operations. Aviva sold all its 34 million shares in Delta Lloyd for €12.65 per share, ...
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Canada based Western Financial Group has added Alberta-based Craig Insurance to its family of insurance brokerages, effective 01 January 2013. The addition provides customers with access to a broad spectrum of insurance and banking ...
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Bloomberg reported that Citic Trust Co a unit of China's biggest state owned investment company missed a bi annual payment to investors in one of its products after a steel company missed interest payments on the underlying loan. ...
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Singapore escaped a technical recession after the economy grew in the fourth quarter thanks to a boost from services, government data showed yesterday, but prospects for 2013 remain gloomy. The Ministry of Trade and Industry said that ...
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Ms Tamara Weinert has been appointed as vice president investor relations at Outokumpu as of December 28th 2012. She reports to Kari Tuutti EVP Marketing, Communications and Investor Relations. Ms Weinert is responsible for ...
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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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Economic Times reported that iron ore is rallying the most in about 2 years as analysts predict that China, the biggest buyer, will import a record amount in 2013 as its accelerating economic growth spurs demand for steel. According to ...
Australian markets got off to a roaring start to 2013 yesterday, with the avoidance of the January 1 US fiscal cliff of tax increases and spending cuts combining with rising iron ore prices to send the stockmarket on its biggest one-day ...
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Retailers have had another rocky year with more high street closures piling up, while online spend continued to enjoy double digit growth. As consumer spending remained stagnant, companies looked to their digital channels to bolster sales. ...
China's competition officials are still weighing Dole Food Co's deal to sell its global packaged food and Asian fresh businesses to Japan's Itochu Corp, forcing the two firms to delay completion of the sale. Dole had hoped to sign-off ...
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The U.S. Embassy to Iraq hosted a workshop at Iraq’s Judicial Development Institute from December 17-20 on the role of judges in adjudicating disputes involving letters of credit. U.S. Federal Judge Jed S. Rakoff, representing the ...
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The festive period brought the inevitable slowdown in the number of new deals concluded - after the record-breaking year about to finish. As such, local markets could perhaps be forgiven for the break in pace. Deliveries continued aplenty ...
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Iron ore prices have been hurtling along in December at an amazing pace even outracing the finished price levels. Whopping 18% growth in December has baffled all market estimates. On the hindsight finished market could creep merely 1%. ...
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