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Artificial Intelligence to tackle rogue traders

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

As the Credit Crunch continues to affect the worldwide markets the need for efficient methods to combat financial fraud has become more important than ever. Now researchers at the University of Sunderland are working on ...





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Insider trading: Another glass ceiling?

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 08, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Martha Stewart notwithstanding, female executives who legally trade on inside information make nice, tidy profits—but not as much as men in the same positions, say researchers at the University of Michigan's ...


Report: AMD ex-CEO said linked to Galleon case

Technology / Business

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is "thoroughly reviewing" published reports fingering former chairman and CEO Hector Ruiz as the AMD executive who gave confidential company information to a defendant in the ...


IBM puts executive on leave after charges

Technology / Business

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- IBM Corp. has placed a top executive on leave after he was charged in an insider trading scandal for allegedly leaking secrets about IBM's earnings and financial dealings with corporate partners.


Adobe Systems announced on Tuesday it was cutting some 680 jobs worldwide

Adobe cutting 680 jobs

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created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Adobe Systems, known for its Photoshop editing program and Acrobat document software, announced on Tuesday it was cutting some 680 jobs worldwide, about nine percent of its workforce.


Researchers: EU must allocate fewer emission allowances and stop making free allocations

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

EU emissions trading has put a price on something that used to be free - the right to pollute the atmosphere.


Oracle says Justice Dept allows $7.4B Sun deal

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created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Business software maker Oracle Corp. said Thursday it has received the Justice Department's approval to move forward with its $7.4 billion acquisition of former dot-com-era star Sun Microsystems Inc.


Shanda Games IPO gets tepid reception

Technology / Business

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Shanda Games Ltd., a Chinese video game company, raised $1 billion Friday in the largest initial public offering of the year.


'World of Warcraft,' the magazine

Technology / Internet

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Media group Future announced Thursday it has teamed up with videogame publisher Blizzard Entertainment to launch an official magazine about the hugely popular videogame "World of Warcraft."


Australia's Parliament defeats global warming bill

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 7

(AP) -- Australia's plans for an emissions trading system to combat global warming were scuttled Wednesday in Parliament, handing a defeat to a government that had hoped to set an example at international climate change ...


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Soft PC sales send Microsoft profit down 29 pct

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created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 2

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. said Thursday its profit in the last quarter plunged 29 percent because of weak computer sales, ending a fiscal year in which the software maker's revenue fell for the first time since ...



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