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Facebook tops General Electric in market value
November 6th, 2015
Facebook surpassed General Electric, which traces its history back to Thomas Edison and the first light bulb, in market value Thursday as the U.S. economy sheds the last of its industrial influence and moves firmly into a digital age decades in ...
Asian stocks advance on China rate cut, U.S. tech earnings
October 26th, 2015
Asian stocks on Monday were close to wiping out all their losses since China’s shock currency devaluation in August, as global equities rallied after the Chinese central bank cut rates and U.S. tech giants provided upbeat earning guidance. MSCI’s ...
Lawyers in large financial organisations have particular issues protecting data
October 23rd, 2015
Can a company have too much data? Yes, if you’re not careful, according to a panel of in-house lawyers speaking on Tuesday at the annual Association of Corporate Counsel meeting in Boston. Large financial institutions that have experienced data ...
EU Court Says Data-Transfer Pact With U.S. Violates Privacy
October 7th, 2015
Decision will affect about 4,500 companies that move, store personal data The European Union’s highest court on Tuesday struck down a trans-Atlantic pact used by thousands of companies to transfer Europeans’ personal information to the U.S., throwing into jeopardy ...
IMF: Uncertainty, Complex Forces Weigh on Global Growth
October 7th, 2015
Global growth moderate and uneven, forecast at 3.1 percent this year, 3.6 percent in 2016 Disparate fortunes between the advanced and emerging market and developing economies Lower commodity prices weigh on commodity exporters The IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) foresees ...
“Bitcoin’s PayPal” : Why the Cryptocurrency Is Not a Good Payment Mechanism
September 30th, 2015
Leading Bitcoin startup BitPay is cutting costs, suggesting that the currency won’t be catching on soon. In 2014, a Bitcoin startup called BitPay raised $30 million from investors and was dubbed the “PayPal of Bitcoin” for helping companies such as Microsoft ...
Google Said to Be Under U.S. Antitrust Scrutiny Over Android
September 28th, 2015
New FTC inquiry comes years after it closed search-engine case Lingering skepticism meets probe over access to phone platform Google Inc. is back under U.S. antitrust scrutiny as officials ask whether the tech giant stifled competitors’ access to its ...
Acca And Ima Explore Future Challenges Facing The Accounting Profession
September 16th, 2015
Signature research agenda launches with new website and SoMoClo report ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and IMA® (Institute of Management Accountants) explore the future of the accounting profession with the launch of a new multi-year signature research ...
KPMG gets Hands-on with systems integration
September 8th, 2015
KPMG Australia has announced its acquisition of Hands-on Systems, adding powerful execution capability to its technology-based transformation services. The acquisition strengthens KPMG’s global alliance with Microsoft, with KPMG today also being announced as a Gold competency partner for Microsoft ...
History of Bitcoin: The journey of a virtual currency
September 3rd, 2015
The biggest thing to hit the global market since the invention of currency is the word “Bitcoin”. What started merely as an alternate electronic payment system soon became the seventh wonder of modern economy. But while most of us ...
