RAM Group, Singaporean based technology firm, has announced a new breakthrough in biometric authentication based on a novel quantum-state sensor that exploits quantum mechanical properties to perform biometric authentication. These new ...
John Lewis has signalled its commitment to financial services provision by announcing its intention to launch a new John Lewis Finance brand. The brand will encompass John Lewis' growing range of financial services products – which ...
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In a bid to hike its commitment to apparel finance, Wells Fargo said it has opened a new Commercial Banking office in New York City to expand its services to the apparel industry. Spearheading the Commercial Banking apparel initiative is ...
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The Japanese and Singaporean governments are moving to revise the economic partnership agreement they formed in 2002, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his counterpart, Lee Hsien Loong, expected to affirm the plan on Saturday. Japan will ...
India’s government wants to replace 26 million groundwater pumps for irrigation with more efficient pumps that run on solar power, in an effort to relieve farmers of high costs of diesel fuel. Diesel generators are commonly used when ...
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T-Mobile entered the banking business with a MobileMoney service that provides banking services for subscribers on qualifying rate plans. Mobile Money is positioned as an affordable alternative to checking fees for about 68 million adults ...
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We were already aware of the existence of illicit marketplaces teeming with tools for cybercriminals looking to subvert the security of online networks. But one of the latest revelations from the cache of documents stolen by NSA ...
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Skin cancer researchers report in a new study that in the sunny state of Florida, tanning salons now outnumber McDonald's fast-food restaurants. There are also more indoor tanning facilities in Florida than CVS pharmacies as well as some ...
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Skin cancer researchers report in a new study that in the sunny state of Florida, tanning salons now outnumber McDonald's fast-food restaurants. There are also more indoor tanning facilities in Florida than CVS pharmacies as well as some ...
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Meeting with your banker has taken on a whole new meaning at UMB Bank's Kirkwood, Mo. branch, where a robot and computer monitor are used to conduct some account services. UMB is one of a handful of national banks that are investing in ...
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Target shoppers. Just in time for the holidays, your credit card data has been compromised. And according to Brian Krebs, the purloined information has been "flooding underground black markets in recent weeks, selling in batches of one ...
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Novogen, a biotechnology company, has announced the filing of a family of provisional patents in the US covering anti-tropomyosin (ATM) drug technology. ATM drugs represent an entirely novel approach to anti-cancer therapy, blocking the ...
Intel is focusing its attention to small electronics, wearable technology and the do-it-yourself crowd, establishing a new business group to address those market segments. The new IOT Solutions Group will deal in chips such as the ...
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Intel, whose chips have long gone into PCs, servers and mobile devices, has begun chasing the market for the so-called “Internet of things” with new low-power chips and software for connected devices and data-gathering ...
Wall Street plans to hold a simulated cyber-attack against equity markets this month that experts hope will set an example of how industries should test their defences against assailants. Called Quantum Dawn 2, the drill will involve big ...
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