Industry
07.03.2010
With the Corus steelworks – the economic and social heartbeat of the region – mothballed again, Teesside is facing a bleak future. But as Ruth Sunderland, our Business Editor, found on a journey back to her north-east roots, there is steel in the local character – and a powerful spirit of defiance and entrepreneurship Seeing all the fellas come over the hill with their heads bowed, my heart just broke," says Rose Stainforth, whose husband Bob, a steelworker, is leaving the mothballed Corus plant in Redcar after almost 40 years in the industry. The Corus works, which stretches for miles along the bleakly beautiful North Sea coastline, has been at the ce... 
Fighting decline
02.03.2010
With Record Attendee Turn-Out and High Profile Speakers in Place, GlobalOptions Group Kicks-Off its 4th Annual Executive Forum
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GlobalOptions Group (Nasdaq: GLOI), the international risk management and consulting firm, is ready to kick-off this year’s Annual Executive Forum which will run from March 3rd through March 5th, at the Shingle Creek Golf Resort in Florida. The annual event, which reads ...15.03.2010![]()
GDC 2010: BioWare speaks up about Mass Effect 2's localization Joystiq (blog) With 450000 words and 30000 lines of voice-over in the English version, Mass Effect 2 demanded an active approach in its translation to eight languages, ... and more »
GDC 2010: BioWare speaks up about Mass Effect 2's localization - Joystiq (blog)
15.03.2010
Government measures force card providers to reduce the costliest part of a debt first, saving card holders millions of pounds in interest payments Credit card firms will be forced to change the way they make customers pay off their debts, in a move that could save 9 million borrowers a typical £225 each a year, the government announced today. The move is part of a package of measures to tackle indebtedness unveiled this morning by the prime minister, Gordon Brown. Currently, when cardholders transfer a debt to a card provider at a low or zero rate of interest, and subsequently buy item...
Credit card holders given better repayment deal
14.03.2010
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Road Testing Google Translate Atlantic Online (blog) I'm not a linguist nor a translator, but I commissioned translations as a book editor. And I think that just as computer chess has increased rather than ... and more »
Road Testing Google Translate - Atlantic Online (blog)
Atlantic Online (blog) 02.03.2010
One-on-One Partnering Opens Today for the 2010 BIO International Convention Business Forum
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Biotechnology Industry Organization announces that representatives of biotech and pharmaceutical companies, academic research institutions and licensing professionals, as well as investors attending the BIO International Convention Business Forum can now begin to request ...15.03.2010![]()
Chip Industry At Most Profitable Level Since 2000 -ISuppli Wall Street Journal The global semiconductor business is more profitable than it has been at any time in the past decade, according to an industry researcher. ... Chip profitability surge to decade high EETimes.com Semiconductor industry at most profitable level in a decade Electronics Manufacture & Test all 5 news articles »
Chip Industry At Most Profitable Level Since 2000 -ISuppli - Wall Street Journal
15.03.2010
During the recent financial, political and environmental crises social enterprises and civil society organisations have come up trumps time and time again During this election year there has been more talk about civil society than I can ever remember. The main parties have competed with each other to prove their enthusiasm for social enterprises and cooperatives, citizen empowerment and community activism. Yet it\'s less than a year since Jeremy Paxman, on national television, expressed astonishment at the idea that an enterprise could be social. And within the publ...
Civil society is leading the way on societal reform. Let it
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'Islamic finance becomes a viable component of financial system' Arab News Zeti like many other participants in the $1.2 trillion global Islamic finance industry, laud the increasing internationalization of Islamic finance over the ... and more »
'Islamic finance becomes a viable component of financial system' - Arab News
