The Co-operators Group, a multi-product insurer, has selected Guidewire Software’s Rating Management and Reinsurance Management solutions. Guidewire Reinsurance Management will manage Co-operators Group's ceded property/casualty ...
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The European Commission has imposed a €561 million fine on Microsoft for failing to comply with its commitments to offer users a browser choice screen enabling them to easily choose their preferred web browser. In 2009, the Commission ...
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Megaupload lost a bid on Friday to see a trove of evidence held by U.S. prosecutors prior to extradition proceedings expected to begin later this year in New Zealand. The country's Court of Appeal rejected two lower court rulings from ...
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A cyber espionage operation dubbed MiniDuke has targeted government organisations in as many as 23 countries, security vendors said on Wednesday. The malware uses well-crafted PDF documents to trick recipients into opening the malicious ...
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Indian textile and garment industry is seeking relief inUnion Budget and is expecting exemption of customs duty on man-made fibre, removal of levy of excise duty on readymade garments, allocation of more fund for Technology Upgradation Fund ...
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Nokia said Tuesday it filed letters of objection in India to protest actions by the country's income tax authorities, including a raid on its factory, which it claimed ran counter to domestic laws and international standards. The Espoo, ...
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Countries that have signed on to international cybersecurity agreements tend to have fewer malware infections among their citizens, according to new research released by Microsoft and George Washington University. Countries that have ...
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Countries pushing for international regulation of the Internet through the U.N. International Telecommunication Union will not quit after a partial victory at an ITU meeting in December, some Internet government experts told U.S. lawmakers. ...
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An industry group called the Initiative for a Competitive Online Marketplace (ICOMP) has claimed that Google's dominant position in online search and advertising was generated as a result of a "broad-ranging and illegal network of ...
Nokia said on Tuesday that it has filed letters of objection in India to protest actions by the country’s income tax authorities. These included a raid on its factory, which, the vendor claimed, ran counter to domestic laws and ...
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Bermuda-based AXIS Capital has reported net income available to common shareholders of $495m, or $4 per diluted common share for the year 2012, against $9m or $0.07 per share during the same period earlier year. The increase in net income ...
Public policy formulation in all domains, including the Internet, is the sovereign right of member states, said ITU Secretary General Hamadoun Toure on Wednesday, suggesting that a debate over control of the Internet is far from over at the ...
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A cyber espionage network has been allowed to flourish in Eastern Europe, former Soviet republics and Central Asian countries since 2007, security firm Kaspersky Lab reported this week. The group, called Red October, has been stealing ...
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PartnerRe, a provider of diversified reinsurance services, has completed acquisition of California-based Presidio Reinsurance Group. Presidio Reinsurance Group is a specialty accident and health reinsurance and insurance writer, ...
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ACE Tempest Re, the global reinsurance business of the ACE Group, has appointed David Mann as senior underwriter, structured and medical malpractice reinsurance, effective from 1 January 2013. Based in London, Mann in his new role will be ...
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