Apple today announced a Sept. 12 event in San Francisco to unveil its newest iPhone. Invitations to the media and analysts went out Tuesday for the long-expected event next week, and hinted at the likely name for the iPhone refresh. ...
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Regulators must force banks to overhaul complex IT infrastructures which risk causing further large-scale system outages, IT trade body Intellect has urged. The UK’s financial IT infrastructure is no longer fit for purpose and risks ...
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Towers Watson has struck a deal with US based Medicare insurer Extend Health to acquire the firm for about$435m in cash,less net debt and certain transaction costs. The acquirer said that it anticipates the acquisition will be dilutive to ...
The UK's financial services sector needs urgent investment in its IT infrastructure in order to identify and mitigate systemic risks,according to a report by the trade association for the UK technology sector,Intellect. In its Biting the ...
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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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Robert Youngjohns HP has acquired the services of Microsoft executive Robert Youngjohns to lead its Autonomy information management software division, HP announced Friday. Former Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch left the company in May. As of ...
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Mobile operators in the UK are not known for being the best of friends. Be it fighting for the latest exclusive handset or threatening court action over 4G rollouts, the big guns have never been at the top of each other's Christmas lists. ...
Epicor has acquired ERP (enterprise resource planning) software vendor Solarsoft Business Systems from investment firm Marin Equity Partners in a bid to increase its presence in a number of vertical industries, the companies announced ...
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Rival soft drinks firms Britvic and AG Barr have finally agreed a merger to create a £1.5bn business,which will trade under the name Barr Britvic Soft Drinks. The new firm will be led by ceo Roger White,formerly the ceo of AG ...
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Telefonica and Vodafone are partnering in the UK to extend network infrastructure to reach 98% of the UK population. The partnership will rival Everything Everywhere, which formed in March 2010 following the merger of Orange and T-Mobile ...
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Mobile operator Vodafone has said it fears that Ofcom's decision to allow Everything Everywhere(EE)to repurpose its 1800MHz spectrum could lead to the 4G auction,which is set to begin at the end of the year,being delayed. The mobile ...
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Lextar Electronics Corp. and Wellypower Optronics Co. Ltd. today announced that they have entered into an amalgamation agreement. The merger agreement was approved today by the Boards of Directors of both Lextar and Wellypower. The ...
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Germany based insurer Allianz is likely to merge its two operations in Belgium (including Luxembourg) and Netherlands, in a bid to boost its footprint in the Benelux region. The integrated entity will be named as Allianz Benelux and ...
The Directors of Chinalco Yunnan Copper Resources Limited have pleasure outlining the path forward for the Company. CYU continues to maintain the full support of its major shareholder, Chinalco, which holds 43% of the issued shares ...
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National Oilwell Varco, Inc. announced that Clay Williams has been named President and Chief Operating Officer of National Oilwell Varco. Mr. Williams has served as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer ...
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