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  • Telefónica seeks O2 engagement

    Telefónica seeks O2 engagement

    January 21, 2015 Harry Joiner
    Concerns rise about owning a shrinking mobile-only business as rivals bolster broadband and TV Source: Companies
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    January 21, 2015Telefónica seeks O2 engagement
    Obama Seeks to Burnish His Climate Legacy, But Will His Oil and Gas Policies Haunt Him?

    Obama Seeks to Burnish His Climate Legacy, But Will His Oil and Gas Policies Haunt Him?

    January 21, 2015 Harry Joiner
    In at least three previous State of the Union speeches, President Barack Obama placed great emphasis on his "all of the above" energy strategy — one that includes both aggressive pursuit of…
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    January 21, 2015Obama Seeks to Burnish His Climate Legacy, But Will His Oil and Gas Policies Haunt Him?
    Windows 10's Cortana: A Solution Without A Problem?

    Windows 10's Cortana: A Solution Without A Problem?

    January 21, 2015 Harry Joiner
    A large focus of Microsoft's press event today other than high-concept holograms and Windows 10 itself was the personification of the OS, Cortana. We've seen the Halo-themed AI (complete with original…
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    January 21, 2015Windows 10's Cortana: A Solution Without A Problem?
    Microsoft Augments Reality With Windows Holographic

    Microsoft Augments Reality With Windows Holographic

    January 21, 2015 Harry Joiner
    Microsoft debuted its new augmented reality tech at the Windows 10 live event today. Source: Technology
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    January 21, 2015Microsoft Augments Reality With Windows Holographic
    With Windows 10 You Can Stream Any Xbox One Game To Your PC Or Tablet

    With Windows 10 You Can Stream Any Xbox One Game To Your PC Or Tablet

    January 21, 2015 Harry Joiner
    Xbox One users are gaining the ability to stream any Xbox One game to an in-network tablet or PC running Windows 10. Source: Technology
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    January 21, 2015With Windows 10 You Can Stream Any Xbox One Game To Your PC Or Tablet

Question Mark, Belgrade

July 21, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Popular with old-school business people and politicians, this traditional venue reflects the Serbs’ view of a tavern as an extension of the office Source: Management
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UK's Serious Fraud Office may announce FX probe by end-July-FT.com

July 20, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
NEW YORK, July 20 (Reuters) – The Serious Fraud Office, the UK’s main anti-fraud agency, could announce a formal investigation into alleged manipulation of the global foreign exchange market by the end of this month, the FT.com reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the situation. Source: Financials
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Insurers ‘dispute half of business claims’

July 20, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
New research raises pressure on government ministers to the reform 100-year-old legal regime governing business insurance contracts Source: Companies
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Smiths clocks up stock exchange centenary

July 20, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Centenary celebrations on the London Stock Exchange come as the engineering conglomerate once again attempts to reinvent itself Source: Companies
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Dropbox steps up international expansion

July 20, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Fast-growing cloud storage group plans to open offices in the UK and other major European centres as it shifts focus to business customers Source: Companies
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KKR poised to acquire stake in The Hut

July 20, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Consortium led by private equity group to pay £100m for 20% of Manchester-based UK business, two months after the retailer ruled out an IPO Source: Companies
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UPDATE 2-Oman fund working to rescue Bulgaria's Corpbank-source

July 20, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
* Omani sovereign wealth fund owns 30 pct of Bulgarian bank Source: Financials
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Emerging market bond sales hit record high

July 20, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
International sovereign bond sales by emerging markets hit $69.47bn, a year-on-year jump of 54%, as low rates push investors into riskier assets Source: Companies
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GDP: A Brief But Affectionate History

July 20, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
“Measurement theory shows that strong assumptions are required for certain statistics to provide meaningful information about reality. Measurement theory encourages people to think about the meaning of their data. It encourages critical assessment of the assumptions behind the analysis. “In ‘pure’ science, we can form a better, more coherent, and objective picture of the world, based on the information measurement provides. The information allows us to create models of (parts of) the world and formulate laws and theorems. We must then determine (again) by measuring whether these models, hypotheses, theorems, and laws are a valid representation of the world.” – [...]
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UPDATE 4-Ukraine plane crash victims put in refrigerated wagons

July 20, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
* Rebels said Kiev investigators have not yet arrived (Updates with Kerry on drunken separatists, grotesque scenes) Source: Financials
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India's Kotak Mahindra Bank to buy 15 pct stake in MCX

July 20, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
MUMBAI, July 20 (Reuters) – Private sector lender Kotak Mahindra Bank has agreed to buy a 15 percent stake in Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) for 4.59 billion rupees ($76.1 million), the bank said in a statement late on Sunday. Source: Financials
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Oman sovereign fund working to rescue Bulgaria's Corpbank -source

July 20, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
MUSCAT, July 20 (Reuters) – Oman’s State General Reserve Fund (SGRF) is seeking with other shareholders to stabilise Bulgaria’s Corporate Commercial Bank and hopes a feasible plan will be put together within three months, an SGRF source told Reuters on Sunday. Source: Financials
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Feedback: Ditch the pitch

July 20, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Readers reacted in a variety of ways to Lucy Kellaway’s column criticising beauty parades as a way of hiring service providers Source: Management
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Manage the reshuffle rumour mill

July 20, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
As the UK prime minister’s reorganisation showed last week, what you say, and how you say it, matters as much as what you do when moving people on Source: Management
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Talk of loo rolls trumps reviewing jobs

July 20, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
People feel compelled to write about everyday items but are more reticent when it comes to reviewing their work Source: Management
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JC Flowers: deals after the storm

July 20, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
The private equity investor, who specialises in the financial services sector, is upbeat despite knocks taken during the global crisis Source: Management
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Embrace All-Time High Growth Stocks, Like Marriott

July 20, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
All-time high stocks scary? They can be winners in this market, especially when company has growth catalyst. Source: Markets
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Week Ahead: Apple, Facebook, Microsoft Earns — and IMF Outlook

July 19, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
The coming week sees more than one quarter of the companies in the S&P 500 reporting earnings including Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, Starbucks, Boeing and Caterpillar. Source: Markets
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Last Week's Message: Don't Get Caught Short In U.S. Stocks

July 19, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Last week’s adverse news failed to dampen stock investors’ spirits. Here’s why that’s a good sign. Source: Markets
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Transcorp to expand Nigerian hotel, power investments – CEO

July 19, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
LAGOS, July 19 (Reuters) – Nigerian conglomerate Transcorp plans to invest around $110 million to expand its hotel network in Africa’s biggest economy as it seeks to tap into a growing market for business travellers, its chief executive said on Saturday. Source: Financials
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Angola's president ordered $5.7 bln guarantee of BES-linked loans-newpaper

July 19, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
* No immediate comment from Angola’s presidency, government Source: Financials
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Mexico Senate gives final approval to key energy reform bill

July 19, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
MEXICO CITY, July 19 (Reuters) – Mexico’s Senate gave final approval early on Saturday to a bill to regulate the opening of the oil and gas industries to private investment, the centerpiece of President Enrique Pena Nieto’s economic reform agenda. Source: Financials
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Companies to spend less on cable TV advertising -WSJ

July 19, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
July 19 (Reuters) – Advertisers could cut their spending on cable networks by 4 percent as part of a trend that is shifting ad dollars to the Internet, the Wall Street Journal reported. Source: Financials
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UPDATE 1-Germany's Merkel urges Putin to influence separatists over Ukraine

July 19, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
BERLIN, July 19 (Reuters) – Germany’s foreign minister said on Saturday now may be Moscow’s last opportunity to prove it is serious about peace in Ukraine as Chancellor Angela Merkel reiterated her call on Russia’s Vladimir Putin to use his influence over pro-Moscow separatists. Source: Financials
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The Worst Investment You Can Make: Buying a Home

July 19, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Real Estate, Investing Basics, Stock Markets, Investing Jupiterimages Dreams die hard. None of us want to give up the belief that we could be a rock star, a billionaire or even the president of the United States. Right now, nearly every 40-something man in this country believes, somewhere deep in the recesses of his mind, that given the chance, he could still play pro ball (some form of ball) — no [...]
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Why the iWatch is the Lebron James of Tech (Yes, Seriously)

July 19, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Company News, Technology, Apple, Rumors, Investing Tony Gutierrez/APLeBron James and Apple’s rumored iWatch have more in common than you think. It’s inevitable. It would be a shock if Apple (AAPL) didn’t finally get into the wearable computing market in the coming months by rolling out a smartwatch. The latest scuttlebutt suggests the consumer tech giant will put out not just one, [...]
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The Week Ahead: Bond Market Mystery Solved

July 18, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
The volatility certainly increased last week as Thursday?s decline was the largest in several months. The decline was consistent with the divergences in many of the daily technical studies that have been recently observed. This combined with the high bullish sentiment of financial newsletter writers and TV pundits?made me conclude last week that a more defensive posture was warranted. During the next few weeks, the technical readings should provide us a clearer picture of whether we will see a deeper market correction. Source: Markets
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Fox lines up funds for Time Warner siege

July 18, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
The $25bn financing secured from Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan would be one of largest takeover loans ever written Source: Companies
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Espírito Santo parent seeks creditor protection

July 18, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Luxembourg-based ESI said it had applied to be placed under controlled management to prevent a fire sale of assets Source: Companies
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Should Target Cut And Run In Canada?

July 18, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Target has lost about a billion dollars since it began operating in Canada and, while it has pledged to do better, not everyone is convinced it will. In fact, Credit Suisse has gone so far as to suggest that Target’s new CEO, whomever that turns out to be, should seriously consider getting out of the Canadian market altogether. Source: Markets
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Without An Exit Strategy You Will Lose At Investing

July 18, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
It is normal and understandable that investor confidence grows as paper profits in a long rally or bull market pile up. It’s therefore normal and inevitable that investor sentiment will be at its most bullish for that cycle by the time a rally or bull market tops out. Source: Markets
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Weekly Market Wrap: July 18, 2014

July 18, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
The twenty ninth trading week of 2014 comes to a close with US markets higher in the last hour. Source: Markets
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BNY Mellon shelves sale of trust unit

July 18, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
The bank, under pressure to boost flagging returns to shareholders including the activist investor Nelson Peltz, has shelved the sale of its corporate trust business Source: Companies
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GE to float credit business this month

July 18, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
The US company is refocusing on its industrial activities as it moves to exit consumer finance and absorb parts of France’s Alstom Source: Companies
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How A Misleading Headline on Mammography Generates Confusion

July 18, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
The study is strictly about screening women over the age of 65. But where digital mammography offers diagnostic value is in improving accuracy of screening younger women with dense breasts. Source: Technology
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Alibaba discloses blackmail attempt

July 18, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Company said unnamed authors of research report demanded $300,000 to stop publication of negative information, mainly rehashed from Chinese press Source: Companies
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Despite Privacy Concerns, It's Time to Kill the Password

July 18, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
I know it is easy to be skeptical of government initiatives, but a burgeoning federal initiative to help us better manage our online identities deserves our attention—and trust. Source: Technology
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Facebook clicks on the ‘buy’ button

July 18, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
The social network is trialling a new facility that will show how online ads affect in-store sales – something the advertising industry has never been able to do Source: Companies
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7 Sure-Fire Steps To A Speech That Produces Action

July 18, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Public speaking is often cited as the number one most common fear, even before death itself. Source: Technology
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COMPLY-How an adviser's 'bulletproof' marketing strategy backfired

July 18, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
July 18 (Reuters) – Self-promotion through efforts such as writing “how-to-invest” books and hosting radio shows can help financial advisers drum up business – unless the wrong people notice. Source: Financials
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UPDATE 2-Argentina bonds rally on chatter of "holdouts" flexibility

July 18, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
BUENOS AIRES, July 18 (Reuters) – Argentine dollar-denominated bonds rallied on Friday in over-the-counter trading on market chatter that “holdout” investors suing for the full payment of bonds were open to the idea of reinstating a court stay. Source: Financials
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Nvidia Announcing New Product Next Tuesday, And You Can Play A Twitter Text Adventure To Win It

July 18, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Nvidia is launching a new product on next Tuesday, and have created an elaborate, 5-day text adventure game to promote it. Source: Technology
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Argentina debt holdout: Argentina "appears determined to default"

July 18, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
BUENOS AIRES, July 18 (Reuters) – A lead holdout investor in the Argentine debt dispute said on Friday that Argentina still refused to meet with it and negotiate a settlement before a July 30 deadline, after which the country faces a new default. Source: Financials
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Lawmakers urge SEC chair not to allow choice of accounting rules

July 18, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
WASHINGTON, July 18 (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is urging Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Jo White not to allow companies to choose between U.S. and global accounting standards, a move they said could confuse investors and lead to legal challenges. Source: Financials
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'Areal' Kickstarter Finally Gets Some Gameplay Footage

July 18, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
The developer behind the controversial Areal Kickstarter has finally released gameplay footage for the project. Source: Technology
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Fitch: Morgan Stanley 2Q'14 Performance Demonstrates Strategic Execution

July 18, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
(The following statement was released by the rating agency) NEW YORK, July 18 (Fitch) Morgan Stanley (rated ‘A/F1’) reported solid second quarter 2014 (2Q’14) results overall, despite weaker fixed income and commodities revenues (FIC), according to Fitch Ratings. More importantly from a rating perspective, however, continued improvement of the Wealth Management profit margin, growing client assets and increasing but measured loan growth all support potential medium term upward momentum to M Source: Financials
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Week in Review, July 19

July 18, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Wall St banks impress; Airbus, Liberty Global and rate-fixing also in the news Source: Companies
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After Market: A Well-Earned Rebound for Investors

July 18, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Earnings, Market News, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investing Investors brushed aside geopolitical concerns Friday and focused on the fundamentals: earnings, which overall looked pretty good. That explains why, just one day after the S&P 500’s largest drop in three months, stocks bounced back in force. The Dow Jones industrial average (^DJI) gained 121 points, the Nasdaq composite (^IXIC) picked up [...]
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AbbVie rounds on US tax laws over Shire

July 18, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
US pharma group’s chief executive says ‘tax inversions’ are symptom of problems in tax system and urges politicians to consider reform Source: Companies
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Imperial Tobacco puffed with success

July 18, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Cigar-smoking chief Alison Cooper is applauded for £4.2bn buyout of Lorillard brands, making the UK company the third-largest cigarette seller in the US Source: Companies
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