Mawtani reports that the Iraqi government has approved the construction of a private free-trade zone south of Baghdad. Sabah al-Qaisi(pictured),the chairman of the Ministry of Finance's General Commission for Free Zones,told Mawtani: ...
Virtual Instruments is opening an office in London’s Tech City hub to develop new products and revamp old ones. The building on Rivington Street will initially house 20 software developers, with a further 10 being added by the end ...
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Hewlett-Packard has agreed to transfer 3,000 of its employees to General Motors, as the automaker moves IT operations in-house, the two companies announced. The HP workers are part of a team running GM's IT operations under outsourcing ...
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The United States is honoring its role, to the best of its ability, as the world's locomotive, although despite the positive performance of the real estate market, America seems to be recovering slower than expected. The stumbling block ...
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Apple's executive shake-up earlier this week is a sign that design is the "tip of the spear" for the company, but the reorganization won't disrupt the firm's product delivery and may produce some groundbreaking moves, analysts predicted ...
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Credit card issuer Visa USA plans to create a global IT center in Austin and hire about 800 people to run it. Visa's agreement with the state of Texas for its Global IT Center sets year-by-year average annualized compensation levels ...
UK technology companies are expecting to expand despite concerns about the economy. According to a survey of 86 senior UK IT company executives conducted by IT industry body Intellect, 43% say their organisations are very likely to ...
Tags: IT industry, UK technology companies, budget deficit, Intellect
RIVERSIDE, CA (BRAIN) — After more than four decades in business, California Cyclery & Supply Riverside Schwinn in Southern California's Inland Empire is closing as the shop's rented building changes ownership to become a McDonald's. ...
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Search Engine Optimization firm, Brick Marketing is proud to announce full-day SEO Training Classes in Miami, Florida. Each Miami Florida SEO Training Class is designed for both small business owners and marketing professionals who are ...
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Yahoo has acquired a video chat startup OnTheAir as the company focuses on mobile applications and services. "When we first met with the team at Yahoo!, it was clear that everybody there is committed to making mobile products the backbone ...
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has voted to approve an agreement that will bring an end to a 15-year fight over interference concerns over mobile broadband service in the 2.3GHz band of spectrum. The FCC's vote Wednesday will ...
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Resource developers, especially in the rare earths space, are suffering from the market's obsession with immediate results, says Byron King, writer and editor for Agora Financial's Outstanding Investmentsand Energy & Scarcity Investor ...
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Apple supplier Foxconn has denied forcing vocational school students in China to work at its factories, following claims that the students must remain employed at the company or lose school credit. Foxconn said in a statement on Tuesday ...
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A Republican-led effort to issue up to 55,000 STEM visas a year to students who earn advanced degrees at U.S. universities was defeated Thursday in a House vote. Because the bill was brought up on the suspension calendar, it needed a ...
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A group that monitors IT help wanted advertisements claims that there are many job ads specifically designed to recruit visa holders and not U.S. workers, a practice it charges is discriminatory. These IT companies often express in the ...
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