European mobile operators will cooperate with banks to let consumers make payments from their mobile phones. The GSM Association GSMA is partnering with the European Payments Council to accelerate the take-up of mobile payment. Together, the two plan to establish common standards to distribute and configure mobile payments using...
UBS says tax credit will offset losses *UBS is likely to break even or record a small loss in the second quarter of the year, the Swiss investment bank said yesterday, but only because a SFr3bn (1.50bn) tax credit will wipe out further writedowns of its credit-linked...
ALPTRANSIT Gotthard has awarded an SFr 1.69 billion (1.05 billion [euro]) contract to build the railway infrastructure of the Gotthard Base Tunnel to the Transtec consortium, which includes Balfour Beatty, Alcatel-Lucent, and Thales. The contract involves laying track in the two 57km single-bore tunnels and on their approaches,...
SAN FRANCISCO -- EuroStart, a San Francisco-based venture fund, announces today their list of prestigious speakers at the California Tech Showcase, a unique technology transatlantic gathering, (www.californiatechshowcase.com) during the World Investment Conference in La Baule, France, June 4th to June 6th 2008. The event is designed to encourage...
Norman Foster's revamp of Zurich's venerable Dolder Grand hotel is the latest example of cutting-edge regeneration in Switzerland's largest city, says Sophie Lam It all fell into place when the amuse-bouche arrived at the Dolder Grand Restaurant: a tiny scoop of foie gras ice-cream. Here in Zurich,...
UBS yesterday launched a bigger-than-expected Sfr16bn (7.8bn) rights issue to shore up its balance sheet but analysts warned that the capital boost had only begun to draw a line under the woes of Switzerland's biggest bank. The bank said last month that it would raise about Sfr15bn....
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c92434) has announced the addition of new IE Research report "2Q08 France Mobile Forecast, 2008 - 2010: France Will See Significant Increase In Mobile Penetration Rates Over The Next Three Years To Reach 95.7% In 2010" to their offering. This Mobile Forecast...
NICE, France -- Today at Management World 2008, a global operations and management event, HP (NYSE:HPQ) showcased some of the more than 400 communications service providers that are deploying its solutions to assure high quality of service for mobile and fixed customers while reducing their own cost and risk. ...
Diversity of Newest Membership Intake Illustrates Powerful Momentum within the LiMo Ecosystem LONDON & TOKYO -- LiMo Foundation, a global consortium of mobile leaders delivering an open handset platform for the whole mobile industry, announced today the addition of Infineon Technologies, Kvaleberg AS, Mozilla Corporation, Red Bend Software,...
GREENWICH, Conn., May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Call in Europe, the first of its kind mobile service offering competitive cellular rates and premier customer service support to international business and leisure travelers, is proud to announce today the launch of its UK service with O2 UK. Turnkey, mobile telephony solutions...
Business News IN BRIEF *Societe Generale, the bank rocked by the largest ever rogue trading scandal, has been slapped with a Sfr30,000 (14,380) fine by the Swiss stock exchange after breaking its trading rules. The French bank was fined after violating provisions relating to the "registration and...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] LAST year was a mixed year for Switzerland's two biggest operators, with Swiss Federal Railways SBB seeing an increase in passenger and freight traffic but incurring massive financial losses in its freight subsidiary. BLS Cargo meanwhile has achieved an increase in profits for the seventh successive...
Engelby Sebastian Faulks [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A man devoid of scruple or self-pity, Engleby gives a frank account of English education. Yet underneath his disturbing observations a mystery unfolds. One of his contemporaries disappears, and as we...
Stalin's Ghost Martin Cruz Smith [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Moscow lies deep in snow when Renko is called to check on a sighting of Stalin's ghost on a metro platform. But during this blizzard, nothing is as it...
Brida Paulo Coelho [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This is the story of Brida, a young Irish girl, and her quest for knowledge. She was always interested in magic, but is searching for something more. She is led to...
Ritual Mo Hayder [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Police divers find two hands in the water near Bristol. The hands belong to a recently disappeared boy. The search for him, and his abductor, leads DI Caffery into Bristol's seedy...
A Partisan's Daughter Louis de Bernieres [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Chris is in a loveless marriage when he meets young Roza from Yugoslavia. She has already lived a life of danger, romance and tragedy. Roza tells Chris stories...
A Cure For All Diseases Reginald Hill [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] There are grand plans for Sandytown, a quiet resort devoted to healing. But the squabbling owners can't agree, so someone must go. DCI Pascoe investigates with patient...
Chip Kidd The Learners [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] From the acclaimed graphic artist and book-cover designer comes this dark, sharp and funny satire of 1960s advertising. It is 1961 and Happy is fresh out of college. He lands...
Louis de Bernieres A Partisan's Daughter [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The new novel from the acclaimed author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin is a love story at once raw and sweetly funny, wry and heartbreakingly sad. Chris is bored...
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