Taipei,Sept.7,2012--In the face of the sluggish economy and rising inflation,the Central Bank of China(CBC)tends to keep the existing low rates,to bolster economic growth,while tightening fund control,to avoid its flow to the realty market ...
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Taipei,Sept.7,2012--The Financial Supervisory Commission(FSC)and the China Banking Regulatory Commission(CBRC)will sign memorandum of cooperation for"offshore discretionary-account wealth-management operation,"allowing China's banking ...
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Amazon on Thursday heated up the tablet competition with the introduction of new Kindle Fire HD tablets, including a model with LTE capabilities and another model with an 8.9-inch screen that can display images at a resolution of ...
Dutch insurer ING has decided to offload all of its 54 million shares in Capital One Financial, a US based financial holding company, after disposing its US online banking unit earlier this year. The deal will be carried out at current ...
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Taipei,Sept.5,2012--In line with the establishment of cross-Taiwan Strait currency clearance mechanism,listed companies will be allowed to float renminbi-denominated international bonds in Taiwan,giving them an extra channel for fund ...
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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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Scientists from the University of Bristol have developed a quantum silicon chip that they say guarantees"absolute security"for computers and smartphones.The technology could be available commercially in less than five years. Unlike ...
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Warren East,CEO of chip designer ARM(pictured),has warned that sales growth will slow in the second half of 2012 due to increasing global economic uncertainty and,in particular,the rising expectation of recession and renewed financial ...
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Malware is able to infect other malware and in some cases make it easier for anti-virus software to detect,an incident response investigation by data-security firm Trustwave Spiderslabs has discovered. The research looked at two pieces of ...
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Disability activists intend to protest against Olympic sponsor and IT supplier Atos Origin for the way it carries out work capability assessments. Activists say Atos mistreats disabled people when assessing them for disability employment ...
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The LED Street Lighting Alliance is banking on a street lighting demonstration project in China's Fujian Province to help it make inroads into the Chinese market, alliance officials said Friday. The alliance has struck a deal to ...
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Home furnishings industry veteran Ron Downs announced the launch of The Downs Group, providing senior financial consulting services to the furniture and home furnishings industry working with manufacturers, distributors and its suppliers. ...
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The latest update for the Philippine GPS Maps include new points of interests, details on municipal and barangay boundaries, major and minor streets in key areas, and supplementary layers for waterways. MAKATI, PHILIPPINES, August 24, ...
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Hain Celestial,a US-based natural and organic products company,has entered into an agreement to acquire leading packaged grocery brands from UK-based Premier Foods in a£200m cash and stock deal. Under the agreement,Hain will ...
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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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