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The Rise Of Social Trading
November 10th, 2014
Social media platforms have billions of active users. People use them to share thoughts, put up pictures, and play games, among other activities. With all sorts of discussions going on at these platforms, the use of social media for ...
Ireland Vies to Remain Silicon Valley’s Low-Tax Home Away From Home
November 10th, 2014
In a sprawling conference center on the outskirts of the Irish capital, more than 20,000 people from the global tech industry gathered last week to sign deals and swap contacts. Despite the throngs of start-ups, American heavy hitters like ...
Microsoft busts down $400B barrier
November 7th, 2014
Technology giant Microsoft (MSFT) Thursday surpassed $400 billion in market value, marking its return to the top tier of the most valuable companies in the world. Powered by news the company is making its popular Office suite of products more widely available on ...
Smartphone woes drag Samsung Electronics third-quarter profit to more than three-year low
October 30th, 2014
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) on Thursday said it would revamp its smartphone line-up to take on competitors in the rapidly growing mid-to-low range segment, after third-quarter earnings set it on course for its worst year since 2011. The ...
Twitter seeks developers and acquisitions
October 23rd, 2014
Twitter is trying to grow beyond its main messaging app and use acquisitions to become a mobile platform capable of competing with its larger rivals Google, Apple and Facebook. The company will unveil a suite of tools for app ...
Stocks fall as S&P 500 breaks 4-day winning streak
October 23rd, 2014
Dow drops 153 points and falls back into the red for the year. Stocks fell Wednesday, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average back into the red for the year and breaking the S&P 500’s four-day winning streak. The market ...
Stocks rise: S&P 500 up for 3rd straight day
October 21st, 2014
Nasdaq also rises for a third straight day and the Dow comes back from a 120-point drop. Stocks closed higher Monday, adding to Friday’s strong rally as investors shake off last week’s volatile trading. The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock ...
Modern accountancy firms
October 20th, 2014
At the 2020 Group annual conference last week, US chairman Chris Frederiksen spoke about how to build a modern firm. Based on the group’s research and Frederiksen’s own experience of firms around the world, he came up with five ...
Microsoft plans to launch smartwatch soon
October 20th, 2014
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O) is on track to launch a smartwatch within the next few weeks that will passively track a user’s heart rate and work across different mobile platforms, Forbes reported on Sunday. The wearable gadget’s battery life will ...
Ireland to abolish controversial ‘double Irish’ tax arrangement
October 15th, 2014
Ireland has officially announced the phased abolition of its controversial “double Irish” tax scheme that has enabled multinationals such as Apple to dramatically cut down their tax bills. The arrangement, which has drawn the wrath of the US Senate ...
