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Six in 10 Heads of Japanese Companies Expect The Economy to Recover
Dec 26, 2013Six in 10 heads of Japanese companies expect the economy to have recovered half a year after this coming April's consumption tax hike, a Nikkei survey finds. The quarterly poll of presidents or chairmen at key domestic corporations found ...
Tags: Japanese companies, April's consumption tax hike, economy recovery
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DDoS Attackers Attempted to Bring Down an Unnamed Financial Services Firm
Jun 3, 2013DDoS attackers attempted to bring down an unnamed financial services firm earlier this week using one of the largest traffic bombardments ever recorded, mitigation firm Prolexic has reported. The 167 Gbps peak attack hit what is being ...
Tags: DDoS Attack, Financial Firm
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ING Agreed to Dispose of Its 49% Stake in Korean Joint Venture
Apr 22, 2013Dutch financial conglomerate ING, has agreed to dispose of its 49% stake in Korean joint venture (JV), KB Life Insurance Company (KB Life), to venture partner KB Financial Group. A total consideration of KRW166.5bn (€115m) will be ...
Tags: ING, KB Life Insurance
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IBM Has Rolled out a Tool It Says Can Cull Massive Terabytes of Data
Feb 1, 2013IBM has rolled out a tool it says can cull massive terabytes of data, including email — to help customers detect external attacks aimed at stealing sensitive information or insider threats that might reveal corporate secrets. The ...
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PCs Were Upstaged by Tablets, Smartphones and TVs at This Year's International CES Show
Jan 15, 2013PCs were upstaged by tablets, smartphones and TVs at this year's International CES show, with some companies maintaining a smaller presence or holding back product announcements for a later date. There were fewer product announcements ...
Tags: PC, tablets, smartphones, TVs, CES show
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Qualcomm Has Agreed to Invest up to $120 Million in Struggling Japanese Firm Sharp
Dec 28, 2012Qualcomm has agreed to invest up to $120 million in struggling Japanese firm Sharp, with the two companies to work together to develop low-power displays for mobile devices. Qualcomm will invest half of that amount by Dec. 27, with the ...
Tags: Qualcomm, mobile devices, Sharp, low power displays
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FSC Has Agreed to Allow Banks Buying Into Mobile Payment Platform Company
Dec 24, 2012Taipei, Sept. 11, 2012 (CENS)--The Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) has agreed to allow banks buying into mobile payment platform company organized by five major telecom carriers and EasyCard Corp, so as to tap the massive ...
Tags: Taiwan, FSC, mobile payment, EasyCard Corp, mainland China
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Sunny Nair Knew He Wanted to Move to VMware's Virtualization Technology
Dec 19, 2012From the moment he walked in the door at BancVue in December 2010, Sunny Nair knew he wanted to move the financial services software company from Microsoft's Hyper-V to VMware's virtualization technology. The company was having trouble ...
Tags: Microsoft, VMware, virtualization technology, financial firms
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Samsung and Osram Agreed to Settle All of Their Ongoing Patent Suits Globally
Nov 6, 2012According to Maeil Business Newspaper reported Monday, citing securities and information-technology industry officials, Samsung Electronics and Osram AG have scrapped earlier plan to set up a joint venture to develop LED technology. ...
Tags: LED
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The Port of Kalama Facility Made Its First Production-Quality Wine Bottles
Sep 6, 2012KALAMA,Wash.—It was hotter inside the Bennu Glass factory than outside last week,but the workers here aren't complaining. The Port of Kalama facility made its first production-quality wine bottles last Wednesday,ushering in a new ...
Tags: Bennu Glass, Kalama, wine bottle, glass
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A Landmark Mortgage Law Approved by Saudi Arabia Would Tackle Soaring Property Prices
Jul 12, 2012A landmark mortgage law approved by Saudi Arabia on Monday would tackle soaring property prices, spur lending and give a strong boost to the economy but it will take time before its full results are felt, a local study said on Wednesday. ...
Tags: market view, cement
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Apple Has Disputed Ownership of a Domain Associated with One of Its Products
Jul 1, 2012For the second time in two months, Apple has disputed ownership of a domain associated with one of its products. The company has filed a claim for the ipad3.com domain with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a United ...
Tags: Apple, domain, smartphones, tablet
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Veeco Instruments Has Announced Lower Revenues in The Last Quarter of 2011
Feb 15, 2012Veeco Instruments has announced lower revenues in the last quarter of 2011 despite new tool orders from Taiwan and Korea. Aixtron has partnered with a financial firm to provide leasing options on MOCVD equipment. Aixtron offers MOCVD ...
Tags: Market View, mocvd