The Africa Middle East Investment Forum is a timely event that aims to show case investment opportunities in Africa and Middle East as a practical and significant stride towards opening new markets that will encourage investment and trade ...
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TWO million people in the UK face increased risk of health problems, campaigners have warned, following a European ban on incandescent bulbs starting today. While the move to energy-saving bulbs has been widely welcomed, there are ...
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A European ban on incandescent bulb takes effect in the UK since 1, September, despite the move to energy-saving bulbs has been widely welcomed, campaigners have warned that there are concerns about the impact on people who are sensitive to ...
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Taipei,Sept.4,2012--As a further step for foreign exchange liberalization,the Central Bank of China(CBC)is studying the feasibility of expanding the scope of financial institutions for engaging in forex business,a move which may be ...
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Taipei,Sept.4,2012--Terry Guo,chairman of Hon Hai Group,expressed yesterday(Sept.3)that Hon Hai intends to get involved in the management of Sharp,in the hope of helping Sharp cut production cost and turn profitable. Guo noted that Hon ...
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To bolster economic development and improve foreign investments,the Ministry of Economic Affairs(MOEA)has decided to step up effort in soliciting foreign investments,such as acquisition by foreign strategic investors.As a result,it has ...
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Perng Fai-nan, governor of the Central Bank of China (CBC), announced on August 31 that Taiwan and China have signed the memorandum of understanding for cross-Taiwan Strait currency clearance and will select the clearance bank in the next ...
Data security breaches across private-and public-sector organisations in the UK have risen by an average of 1,000 per cent over the past five years,according to figures obtained from the Information Commissioner's Office(ICO). According ...
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IBM has announced a smaller, faster, more secure mainframe computer to compete with increasingly popular, lower cost, PC-based enterprise servers. The move is aimed at countering a long-term decline in the sales of mainframes and securing ...
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Troubled Japanese LCD and TV panel maker Sharp said Tuesday it will cut 2,000 jobs domestically,or about 6%of its local workforce,as part of ongoing restructuring efforts. The company said the reduction in staff would come through a ...
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The LED Street Lighting Alliance has kicked off a street lighting demonstration project in Fujian Province,China help it to enter into Chinese market. According to Chien Yu-mei,deputy head of the alliance,the alliance has struck a deal ...
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PayPal and Discover said 7 million merchants accepting Discover credit cards will begin accepting payments for in-store purchases from PayPal's 50 million users starting in the second quarter of 2013. PayPal called the announcement an ...
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David Weymouth, group director of operations and risk at insurance giant RSA, talks to Computer Weekly about the importance of training the next generation of IT leaders; the key changes affecting finance technology; and why a government ...
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With housing on the rebound in the United States, the exchange traded fund for lumber, Guggenheim Lumber (NYSE: CUT) is also rising. Jumping too is the exchange traded fund for oil, United States Oil (NYSE: USO). As the chart below reveals, ...
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Computerworld Hong Kong - Apple's iCloud service, which was recently forced upon former-users of mac.com (including myself), has not proven to be a shiny seamless service. Many tech journos complain that iCloud doesn't represent the ...
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