The sharemarket has closed at a fresh four-year high as gains by financial stocks offset falls by the big miners. At close today, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index had risen 16.8 points, or 0.33 per cent, to 5098.7 points, while the broader ...
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The U.S. Mission in Iraq, through the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Financial Development Project, is working with the Iraqi banking industry to help banks improve best practices. The U.S. Mission ...
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By Omar al-Shaher, for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Privately held Iraqi banks have almost entirely relinquished their traditional functions ...
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Microsoft Gulf and Union National Bank (UNB) on Monday announced a partnership that will see UNB upgrade parts of its IT infrastructure to Windows 8. UNB said that, when it is completed, the IT model will be the first of its kind in the ...
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Hacktivist group Anonymous claims it brought down government websites in protest at the UK’s handling of the asylum case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The group targeted the websites of No. 10, the Home Office, the Ministry ...
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IDG News Service - A partnership of New York City businesses has put out a call for innovative financial technologies. Sponsored by The Partnership for New York City Fund and Accenture, the FinTech Innovation Lab seeks novel technologies ...
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Police have arrested a 41-year-old man in connection with a cyber attack on websites connected to home secretary Theresa May. He was arrested in Stoke-on-Trent for questioning under the Serious Crime Act on suspicion of assisting or ...
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New partnership will enable AVT to offer a broader range of solutions including voice recording technologies used by most of the world's leading financial institutions for compliance applications WARWICKSHIRE, UK, August 04, 2012 ...
The UK's financial services sector needs urgent investment in its IT infrastructure in order to identify and mitigate systemic risks,according to a report by the trade association for the UK technology sector,Intellect. In its Biting the ...
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New social channels and the explosion of video content have opened up doors for brands to own the conversation with their audience and bypass traditional gatekeepers (and in the process save millions of dollars in ad spend). goviral ...
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THE Australian share market opened marginally higher with gains in the financial sector offsetting falls by mining companies. At 10.15am AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 2.7 points, or 0.06 per cent, at 4585.5, while the broader ...
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II . Economy i. GDP figures Shanghai GDP In 2005, the GDP of shanghai municipality reached 914.395 billion yuan. The city has further optimized its industrial structure, accelerating the development of modern services and advanced ...
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(i) GDP Data In 2005, GDP of Tianjin reached 369.762 billion yuan, with per capita GDP of US$ 4,322. The proportions of the primary, secondary and tertiary industries were 3 percent, 55 percent and 42 percent respectively. Growth of GDP ...
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Computerworld-The financial services sector in New York City and New Jersey are dusting off disaster recovery plans and bracing for a storm that could bring 80 m.p.h.-plus winds and major flooding. Hurricane Sandy could not have been ...
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As every company industry is suffering from present international crisis and everybody is talking of slowly down in company,still in Indian there are few areas which will develop in this adverse scenario.Let's have a look. 1.Meals No ...
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