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• Method used by hacker who stole 130m credit card IDs common, experts say

  BNET - 2009-08-18

  US companies and law enforcement agencies face questions over security after biggest credit card scam in historyMajor US companies and law enforcement agencies are facing fresh questions today about the ease with which hackers can penetrate their defences and make off with vital data about consumers following the arrest and...

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• Sage bucks losing trend on Footsie

  BNET - 2009-08-14

  A weak US confidence reading left the FTSE 100 showing its first weekly loss in five weeks yesterday but Sage Group beat the trend. The software maker gained 1.9 per cent to 212¾p after Panmure Gordon moved to a "buy" rating in advance of results next week from Intuit, its...

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• Proofpoint Survey Says: State of Economy Leads to Increased Data Loss Risk for Large Companies

  - 2009-08-10

  In its sixth annual study ( http://www.proofpoint.com/outbound ) of outbound email and data loss prevention issues, Proofpoint , Inc. found that US companies are increasingly concerned about a growing number of data leaks caused by employee misuse of email, blogs, social networks, multimedia channels and...

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• Electronic Content Management Could Save $Billions for US Companies

  - 2009-08-04

  MarketResearch.com has announced the addition of TowerGroup's new report "Beyond the Paper Scourge: Unleashing the Business Value of Electronic Content Management" to their collection of Banking & Financial Services market reports. For more information, visit http://www.marketresearch.com/redirect.asp?progid=67618&productid=2283245 Each year, manual processes, paper documents, and mailing...

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• Offshoring by US companies surges: survey

  - 2009-08-03

  WASHINGTON AFP â?? US companies are increasingly turning to offshoring their functions to achieve cost savings, and few plan to bring those jobs back to the United States, the Conference Board said Monday.The number of US companies with a corporate offshoring strategy in place more than doubled in the past...

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• Europe stocks dip as investors book profits

  - 2009-07-22

  LONDON AFP â?? European shares declined on Wednesday, with many investors taking profits, as the second-quarter earnings season continued apace in the United States.Big-name US companies with upcoming results include Boeing, eBay, Morgan Stanley, PepsiCo, Pfizer and Wells Fargo.In late morning European trade, London's FTSE 100 index of top shares...

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• European shares climb before US results

  - 2009-07-16

  LONDON AFP â?? Europe's leading stock markets rose on Thursday, although London struggled into positive territory on investor caution ahead of earnings news from major US companies, dealers said.Dealers in Europe were awaiting the publication on Thursday of second-quarter earnings from major US companies, Google and IBM."We have some more...

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• US slips, China soars in Fortune company rankings

  - 2009-07-08

  WASHINGTON AFP â?? The number of US companies featured in a emminent business magazine's annual list of the world's top 500 global companies fell to its lowest level ever, Fortune magazine has said, while more Chinese firms appeared than ever before.Signaling the effects of the devastating financial crisis on the...

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• INTERVIEW WITH JORDI LESAFFER, ANALYST AT VIGEO BELGIUM : CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY VITAL TO ENERGY SECTOR.

  - 2009-07-08

  The oil and gas sectors face considerable corporate social responsibility CSR challenges. The sector includes some of the world's biggest polluters. Social issues abound as companies in the sector operate in some of the world's most sensitive regions. These CSR-related risks should grow in...

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• Tycoons hope Obama can boost US-Russia business

  - 2009-07-07

  MOSCOW AFP â?? Russia's top tycoons on Tuesday expressed hope that US President Barack Obama's visit to Russia would help boost lacklustre business ties as Moscow and Washington seek to warm up diplomatic relations.A host of Russian and US companies are aiming to capitalise on a "reset" of political ties...

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