Brewer Heineken is using videoconferencing from Polycom to improve communications between its London and Edinburgh offices and reduce travel. The Polycom RealPresence video collaboration product is being used to increase communication ...
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The government lacks a clear evidence-based policy on whether or not to charge for data and should investigate the economic benefits of making all data free, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has said in its report on the government's ...
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Deutsche Welle writes reported that German steel casting giant ThyssenKrupp is suspected of a major bribery in Kazakhstan, as well as in Uzbekistan and China. Prosecutors of Essen, where the company’s head office is located, have ...
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The Cabinet Office has named Bill Crothers as government chief procurement officer following the departure of incumbent John Collington. Bill Crothers is currently executive director for commercial relationships at the Cabinet Office. He ...
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Fubon Financial Holding will foray into the banking market in southwestern China, as Xiamen Bank, under the auspices of the financial holding, will buy into a municipal commercial bank in the southwestern region, said Daniel Tsai, chairman ...
London's buses will be the first mode of transport to accept contactless bank card payments,starting today. The whole fleet of London buses will accept the payments,meaning that passengers can use an American Express,MasterCard,Maestro or ...
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The Magic Whiteboard product itself is quite simple. It is a 23.4″ high roll of 10 31.5″ wide sheets of a very thin material that uses static electricity to cling to any smooth flat and hard surface, and because there is no ...
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French outsourcer Steria has posted steady growth in the UK for its second quarter, driven by an improvement in public sector sales. For the three months to June the company saw sales in the UK increase by 3.4% to euro 190m (pound 148m). ...
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Over the past 17 years Studio-29 founder Tony Rimmer has transformed the lit appearance of London's prestigious Regent Street with a challenging lighting scheme adding depth and consistency to Regency thoroughfare's Grade-II listed facades. ...
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The Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS) in Israel has awarded $3m NIS grant to support BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics' research and development program for stem cell therapy candidate, NurOwn. NurOwn is an autologous, adult stem cell ...
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Hacktivist group Anonymous has claimed responsibility for outages to several government websites last night. Various Twitter accounts that belong to the group were awash with the claims yesterday,including Anonymous Operations,an account ...
Bunna International Bank announced today it has partnered with Infosys to deploy Finacle core banking solution, as it attempts to transform its banking experience. Finacle will enable the bank to integrate its front and back office ...
Infor today announced it is reinventing the look and feel of application interface models. Speaking at the Infor partner conference in Paris, CEO Charles Phillips and President Duncan Angove, demonstrated a new social business platform ...
Euro area1 annual inflation was 2.2% in November 2012, down from 2.5% in October2. A year earlier the rate was 3.0%. Monthly inflation was -0.2% in November 2012. EU3 annual inflation was 2.4% in November 2012, down from 2.6% in October. ...
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T-Shirtshack.com, the popular online community for custom designed T-Shirts, has just got a brick and mortar office at 1111 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach. This online store previously operated under the name SonicShack, and is one of the most ...
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