The sharemarket rose yesterday as defensive and high-yield stocks had broad-based gains after stronger-than-expected German business confidence data brightened the eurozone economic outlook and US earnings reports beat expectations. The ...
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The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has refused to "confirm or deny" whether it is investigating bankrupt systems integrator 2e2, after Computing asked the regulator whether it had been called in to investigate the defunct company. The ...
The acting CEO of the ACBPS, Michael Pezzullo, has confirmed the arrest of two Australian Customs and Border Protection Service officers from Sydney International Airport. The officers are expected to be charged with drug importation, ...
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The sharemarket fell the most in four weeks yesterday after political uncertainty in Spain and Italy triggered risk aversion in global markets and domestic earnings reports mostly disappointed investors. THE sharemarket fell the most in ...
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An Iraqi telecom company raised nearly $1.3 billion Sunday on Baghdad’s small stock exchange in one of the region’s biggest share offers in years — a sign of investor confidence in the fledgling private sector despite ...
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For weeks, numerous Iraqi politicians have been speaking about a bundle of development projects in the country, including reviving the thousands of border villages that were abandoned and decimated during the Iran-Iraq war. However, some ...
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The CEO of Total, Christophe de Margerie (pictured), is to appear in a Paris court on Monday to fight charges of wrongdoing relating to the United Nations oil-for-food relief program in Iraq. Total, Vitol and 18 individuals, including de ...
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The BBC Inside Out Report, aired before Christmas, provided disturbing evidence of how, despite the best efforts of pharmaceutical manufacturers, the supply chain remains vulnerable. A number of pharmacies in London were allegedly revealed ...
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Microsoft will deviate from its regular Internet Explorer repair schedule today by releasing a patch for older versions of its web browser, which have raised numerous security concerns over the past weeks. The vulnerability, which is ...
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Mining companies would give their eye teeth to exploit Afghanistan’s recently discovered $1 trillion of untapped mineral wealth, but analysts warn that corruption, war and lack of basic infrastructure are likely to continue delaying ...
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In order to conserve iron ore resources of the country for long term domestic value addition, export duty on all varieties of iron ore has been increased from 20% to 30% ad valorem with effect from December 30th 2012. Chrome is used in ...
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IDG News Service - Google on Tuesday released a Chrome upgrade that improves how the browser renders 3D applications, including mouse-controlled games. The improvement comes via the inclusion of the Pointer Lock JavaScript API, commonly ...
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Macworld UK-Yesterday,more than 100 apps began to experience significant corruption problems after Apple had approved their updates,causing some apps to crash nearly instantly when you attempted to launch them.Now,Apple has responded to the ...
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The 2012 cotton harvest in Uzbekistan has concluded, and the system of forced labour of cotton production remained the same as in previous years. The Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights and the Cotton Campaign (of which Anti-Slavery ...
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Speech of the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General at the MOHR Conference, National Centre for Human Rights, Baghdad 19 December 2012. Minister for Human Rights, Engineer Shiya Al Sudaani, Excellencies, Ladies and ...
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