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International

Forward Thinking Telecoms

Executives from the telecoms industry have just met at the closed-door NGT20 meeting to discuss the vision for the future and key growth markets. 2010 so far has been un-momentous in the telecoms industry, but this is about to change if we are to believe (...)

10 Mar. 2010 | | Emma Naylor

International

11 Jan. 2010 | | Emma Naylor

International

Unswayed by Political Risks, Oil Companies Eye Iraq’s Multibillion-Barrel Prize

As multinational military forces have left Iraq, international petroleum companies have eagerly descended — seduced by the long-term potential of vast oil reserves off-limits to foreigners for decades. Yet lingering violence, legal questions and (...)

9 Dec. 2009 | 1 comment | Staffjam

Business

Measuring the move to Digital

Donnelly, Group Director Worldwide Interactive Marketing, Coca-Cola and Michael Buck Global Head SMB Online Dell share their success in moving into the Digital Space The economy is putting ever-increasing demands on marketers to make every euro count and (...)

7 Dec. 2009 | | JF-Online

Business

GDS International talks with Bank of America on Consumer Scam

Ron Green has recently spoken out on his current role as SVP of Customer Solutions for Bank of America (BOA) for GDS International’s Meettheboss TV. Cyber crime is relatively new, but has now grown exponentially. It is an ongoing issue for (...)

30 Nov. 2009 | | Emma Naylor

Arts & Entertainment

Feel Good Tour : on the road again

With Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony Music, it’s steal as much as you can get away with, give back as little as possible, and then sue your own customers, calling them criminals and thieves. Fortunately, however, their attitude (...)

18 nov. 2009 | | Jon Newton

Media

Would you hand your company’s communications over to an amateur ?

I know how to swim, and about 20 years ago I took a CPR course. Do you think this qualifies me to be a lifeguard ? I’m sure I could pick up the other skills on the job, right ? All that rescuing stuff. I can cook. Maybe I should set up shop as a (...)

23 oct. 2009 | | Donna Papacosta

International

Bananas !* vs the Dole Food Company

Today was the day set for the makers of Bananas !* to show their documentary in the Swedish parliament. But it isn’t about bananas. It’s about freedom of speech - about, “efforts by Los Angeles trial lawyer Juan Dominguez to represent (...)

2 oct. 2009 | | Jon Newton

Business

California bleedin’

Bloomberg : Toyota Motor Corp. is assessing the cost of shutting a California auto plant previously shared with General Motors Corp. and is leaning toward closure instead of funding the factory on its own, two people familiar with the plan said. The (...)

16 jui. 2009 | | W.C. Varones

International

Oil and Gas producers must also cut C02 emissions

By Eberhard Rhein. The Middle East oil/gas producer countries- GCC, Iraq and Iran - are among the big C02 emitters on the planet. Jointly they are responsible for more than four percent of global emissions - more than India - due to the nature of their (...)

3 jui. 2009 | | Blogactiv Team

Business

Lear, new victim of automakers’ difficulties

The maker of automotive seats and interior electronics Lear announced today that it would file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection shortly. The group and its lenders found an agreement on this solution. Lear is the biggest collateral victim of the global (...)

2 Jul. 2009 | | NYFP

Business

Porsche and Volkswagen : the wedding is cancelled

The merging of the two German automakers Porsche and Volkswagen has be cancelled today. Porsche owns 51% of Volkswagen, but is going through big difficulties. Volkswagen offered to buy 49.9% of Porsche’s share, but the luxury automaker refused. (...)

30 Jun. 2009 | | NYFP

Health

Why should vaccines be free?

I agree with this company, why on earth should the vaccines be free? Say I am a shareholder of GSK and Novartis (which I am not, btw), and I have invested my money in its stock. Why are you expecting ME to fund the vaccines? What’s the solidarity in (...)

26 Jun. 2009 | | BD

Comment

When good companies go bad ? How Nokia Seimens helped Iran monitor its citizens

Last week my friend Diederik wrote a blog titled “Twittering to End Dictatorship : Ensuring the Future of Web-based Social Movements” in which he expressed his concern that (Western) corporations might facilitate oppressive regimes in (...)

26 jui. 2009 | 1 comment | David Eaves

Business

German Energy Giant E.ON Might Cut 10,000 Jobs in Europe

According to the German trade-union Verdi, E.ON plans to eliminate 10,000 jobs in Europe. E.ON is the energy leader in Germany. This decision is part of a program called "Perform-to-win", by which the group wants to save 1.5 billion euros until (...)

17 Jun. 2009 | | NYFP

Business

Home Depot : the decrease of the annual profit will be smaller than expected

The American do-it-yourself giant Home Depot revealed today its expectations for annual profit per share for the 2009-2010 term. The group still expects a decrease, but it will be smaller than previously thought. Last term (2008-2009) was a very difficult (...)

11 Jun. 2009 | 1 comment | NYFP

Business

After separating from Opel and Hummer, GM sells Saturn

General Motors announced that it sold its Saturn model and its network to the second-largest American car distributor Prenske. It is the third unit GM sells, after Opel and Hummer. Prenske detailed the agreement, stating that General Motors will (...)

8 Jun. 2009 | | NYFP

Business

Time Warner separates from AOL

Time Warner Inc announced today that it would separate from AOL. Time Warner will introduce it at the Stock Exchange. The CEO of Time Warner declared that this solution was the best for both Time Warner and AOL. The AOL’s shares will be distributed (...)

29 May. 2009 | | NYFP

Comment

Shameless Hedge Funds Force Chrysler into Bankruptcy

As the stake holders in the Chrysler Company convened to negotiate a compromise that would allow Chrysler to avoid bankruptcy, it became clear that the hedge funds would stand in the way. They have been widely criticized all the way up to the President (...)

22 May. 2009 | 2 comments | Pete Latona

Business

Walt Disney : profit decreases but still exists

The American media and tourism group Walt Disney published today its results for the second quarter of its 2008-2009 fiscal year. Its profit fell by 46%. Walt Disney’s profit reached $613 million for the fiscal second quarter, which is better than (...)

6 May. 2009 | | NYFP

Business

IBM proves its optimism

The American computer company IBM announced today that it would increase its dividend and that it would launch a new plan to buy its own stocks. IBM shareholders will see their dividend increase by 5 cents, to reach 55 cents per stock. It is the (...)

29 Apr. 2009 | | NYFP

Business

General Motors presents its viability plan

General Motors presented its viability plan one month before the anticipated June 1st deadline. The automaker plans to eliminate 21,000 jobs by 2010, that is 7,000 more than previously planned. The total number of employees would be 41,000 after these (...)

28 Apr. 2009 | | NYFP

Business

McDonald’s: the crisis, it’s lovin’ it!

The number one fast-food chain in the world, McDonald’s, increased its profit by 3.5% during the first quarter of 2009 compared with the same period last year. The profit reaches $979.5 billion. This positive result is due, in large part, to the (...)

23 Apr. 2009 | | NYFP

Business

IRSN conducts specialised assessment using Talend and Camptocamp

IRSN conducts specialised assessment using Talend and Camptocamp. The Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN) in France has teamed up with Talend, the first provider of open source data integration software and Camptocamp, a (...)

16 Apr. 2009 | | TalendGuru

Business

SupplyFrame Selects Talend for Data Integration

Talend Integration Suite Streamlines Data Collection Processes for Content and Advertising Networks Electronic Components Database Talend, the recognized market leader in open source data integration software, today announced that SupplyFrame, an online (...)

7 Apr. 2009 | | TalendGuru

Business

Recession inspires Hollywood

The reality of the recession and its human consequences are about to be translated on screen. Variety magazine announced today that Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones and Ben Affleck would be part of a movie titled "The Company Men". The shooting (...)

20 Mar. 2009 | | NYFP

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