Restaurants try to score with fantasy football players
CINCINNATI - Fantasy football means real business for restaurants, and some big chains have launched promotional drives to score with dedicated players of the growing pastime. Free appetizers, draft kits, meal discounts, gift cards and contests featuring sports celebrities are among lures for "draft parties" in which fantasy players select rosters of NFL players whose talents on the field equal imaginary glory for their fantasy coaches.
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05/09/2010 20:03
Bron : USA Today
Prescott furious over link to phone-hacking scandal
Documents held by Metropolitan police suggest News of the World targeted former deputy prime minister John Prescott tonight demanded the Metropolitan police reopen its investigation into the News of the World phone-hacking scandal as the Observer revealed that Scotland Yard holds News International documents suggesting that he was a target when deputy prime minister. Two invoices held by the Met mention Prescott by name.
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05/09/2010 00:07
Bron : The Guardian
TaKaDu Saves Water with Data Crunching
Israeli startup TaKaDu uses software analysis to monitor water and wastewater systems for leaks and other faults, saving utilities a bundle
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04/09/2010 14:00
Bron : BusinessWeek
Teaching children about money makes smart financial sense
as the new school year kicks in, it's the one subject that still isn't guaranteed to appear in your children's timetables. Teaching children about money is regularly cited as a critical part of their education, and over 90 per cent of teachers and parents believe financial education should be taught in schools, according to the Personal Finance Education Group (PFEG), an independent charity which helps schools and teachers plan and teach financial capability.
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04/09/2010 02:36
Bron : Independent
Life sciences, regulering, technokring, ondernemerschap, innoveren
'Kun je een koe in een GMP omgeving laten opgroeien?' Als startende ondernemer in de life science sector word je met de meest vreemde vragen geconfronteerd op het gebied van kwaliteit en regelgeving. Je moet aan diverse guidelines, directives, regulations en nationale wetgeving voldoen. Geen gemakkelijke opgave want 'regulators' hebben zo hun eigen kader van waaruit ze naar de onderneming en het product kijken. Stof dus voor een levendige discussie.
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03/09/2010 10:49
Bron : Syntens
ABN Amro verlengt infrastructuurcontract IBM
Ook overeenstemming bereikt met andere partners ABN Amro en IBM hebben overeenstemming bereikt over het verlengen van het infrastructuurcontract. Daarin zit ook het deel van de ict van de voormalige Fortis Bank Nederland. Zo'n 350 Fortis-automatiseerders stappen over naar IBM. De looptijd van de nieuwe overeenkomst is vijf jaar. De definitieve contracten worden binnen enkele weken ondertekend.
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03/09/2010 10:35
Bron : Computable
ABN Amro en IBM geven weer ja-woord
ABN Amro en IBM hebben overeenstemming bereikt over het verlengen van het infrastructuurcontract. Daarin zit ook het deel van de ict van de voormalige Fortis Bank Nederland. Zo'n 350 Fortis-automatiseerders stappen over naar IBM. De looptijd van de nieuwe overeenkomst is vijf jaar. De definitieve contracten worden binnen enkele weken ondertekend.
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03/09/2010 09:53
Bron : Computer Reseller News
ABN Amro verlengt infrastructuurcontract met IBM
Ook overeenstemming bereikt met andere partners ABN Amro en IBM hebben overeenstemming bereikt over het verlengen van het infrastructuurcontract. Daarin zit ook het deel van de ict van de voormalige Fortis Bank Nederland. Zo'n 350 Fortis-automatiseerders stappen over naar IBM. De looptijd van de nieuwe overeenkomst is vijf jaar. De definitieve contracten worden binnen enkele weken ondertekend.
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03/09/2010 09:35
Bron : Computable
How to get ahead in advertising
But for Saatchi & Saatchi, the London advertising agency founded 40 years ago next week, you mightn't be reading this page. Indeed, there just mightn't have been an Independent at all - something in the time-space continuum could've gone slip-sliding away. That's the way The Independent's original 1980s' founding Gang of Three - Andreas Whittam Smith, Matthew Symonds and Stephen Glover - tell it, anyway.
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03/09/2010 01:21
Bron : Independent
TaKaDu Saves Water with Data Crunching
Israeli startup TaKaDu uses software analysis to monitor water and wastewater systems for leaks and other faults, saving utilities a bundle
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02/09/2010 23:05
Bron : BusinessWeek
House price slide sparks predictions split
Economists were today divided over the future direction of the housing market as Nationwide said prices fell for the second consecutive month during August. The group reported a 0.9% slide during the month, leaving the average home costing ÂŁ169,347. The latest drop follows a fall of 0.5% in July, and is the first time that house prices have dropped for two months in a row since February 2009, according to the Nationwide index.
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02/09/2010 14:15
Bron : Independent
Outsourcers warn US producing too few engineers
US universities are producing too few engineers to meet industry demand, Indian outsourcing companies say, leaving such businesses little choice but to hire foreign skilled workers to fill jobs in America
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01/09/2010 21:04
Bron : Financial Times
VMworld: VMware pushes IT-as-a-service
Virtualisation firm launches vCloud, vShield and vFabric
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01/09/2010 18:31
Bron : VNU
Get-rich quick con may undermine Benin's president
The president of the tiny African state of Benin is facing calls to quit after more than 100,000 people lost their savings in a con that he appeared to publicly endorse. Investment Consultancy and Computering Services, which folded taking more than 130 million dollars from investors, featured President Boni Yayi in television, print and radio ads. They showed him and other top government officials posing alongside firm's the managers.
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01/09/2010 17:37
Bron : Independent
VN: Nederlandse bedrijven halen steeds meer VN-opdrachten binnen
Het VN-jaarverslag over 2009 is onlangs gepubliceerd. Hieruit blijkt dat Nederlandse bedrijven voor een hoger bedrag aan contracten hebben binnengehaald dan in het jaar ervoor: Hun totale verkoop aan VN-instellingen bedroeg in 1998 nog 57,3 miljoen dollar; in 2009 was dit bedrag al opgelopen tot 141 miljoen dollar. Dit is 11 procent meer dan in 2008. Het bedrijf dat het meest heeft binnengehaald is IMRES, dat medicijnen en medische apparatuur levert.
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31/08/2010 14:08
Bron : EVD
Hewlett-Packard pays $55m to settle 'kickbacks' case
US government claims HP defrauded it by paying other companies to recommend its products to federal agencies Hewlett-Packard has agreed to pay $55m ( ÂŁ35m) to settle claims that it defrauded the US government by paying "kickbacks" to other technology companies to recommend its products, and by overcharging federal agencies.
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31/08/2010 10:55
Bron : The Guardian
Confident consumers raise hopes of averting double-dip recession
âEUR¢ Latest GfK NOP consumer confidence index up by four points âEUR¢ Most consumers still pessimistic about buying expensive items Britain's consumer confidence rose in August for the first time in six months, bolstering the incipient economic recovery and raising hopes that the country will not fall into a double-dip recession, economists said.
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31/08/2010 08:55
Bron : The Guardian
Trains offer a truly Russian shopping experience
MOSCOW, Russia - The centuries-old monasteries and country estates on Moscow's outskirts may speak to Russia's history and traditions, but the train trips to get to them say a lot about what Russia is like today. The short-distance electric trains, or elektrichkas, are little changed from Soviet times. They are crowded, stuffy and dirty, with no amenities, just rows of bare benches, sometimes still made of wood. But they have a life all their own.
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31/08/2010 00:09
Bron : USA Today
Clearwire unveils pay-as-you-go 4G
Customers can buy one of two devices to connect to the service: a $150 "Puck" that serves 4G mobile broadband to up to 8 devices or a $100 USB modem called the "Stick." Users can then buy access to Clearwire's 4G network for $5 a day, $20 a week or $50 a month without a contract. Clearwire built the nation's first 4G network, but has so far been unable to make any money off of it. It has been hampered by cost overruns and delays in its rollout.
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30/08/2010 18:42
Bron : CNNMoney
Peer-to-peer lending and saving: Making everyone happy
Funding Circle gives savers interest of up to 9% and small businesses cheap loans. But what are the risks of peer-to-peer lending over the internet? Small businesses are starved of loans from Britain's cash-strapped banks and savers are receiving miserable interest rates on their deposits.
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28/08/2010 01:44
Bron : The Guardian
Big Oil ticked off at new money law
For the first time, firms must report how much they pay to governments in the form of royalties, taxes and other fees. The law is very specific, requiring information about each individual project in countries where they operate, not simply a lump-sum figure. It would apply to U.S.-based firms like Exxon Mobil (XOM, Fortune 500), but also firms with shares that trade in the U.S., like BP (BP) and PetroChina (PTR).
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26/08/2010 20:08
Bron : CNNMoney
Savills profits surge on Asian property boom and London recovery
âEUR¢ Savills reports £14.4m in first-half pre-tax profits âEUR¢ Hong Kong property market and London recovery significant âEUR¢ Property consultancy cautious on prospects for Asia Property consultancy Savills has seen profits surge on the back of the property boom in Asia and the recovery in London. Profit before tax bounced back to £14.4m in the first six months of the year, up from £100,000 in the same period a year ago. Savills booked revenues of £304.4m, up 23% from a year ago.
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26/08/2010 16:13
Bron : The Guardian
Back to school with a bump: Britain's headteachers' associations on spending cuts, Coalition plans and boycotts
Two heads are better than one, or so the saying goes. Nowhere could that be better put to the test at the moment than in the education world, as both of the country's leading headteacher organisations prepare to start the academic year with a new leader at the helm. One of the two has not actually been a headteacher himself.
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26/08/2010 01:42
Bron : Independent
The rise and fall of American Apparel
The ethical clothing firm founded by controversial CEO Dov Charney is facing bankruptcy It wasn't having oral sex with an employee in front of a female journalist that now threatens to undo Dov Charney, founder of American Apparel. Nor was it simulating oral sex with another female member of staff whom he had ordered to pretend to masturbate in front of him.
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25/08/2010 22:13
Bron : The Guardian
3PAR board gives Dell three days to outbid HP
Experts doubt Texas firm will be able to stump up the extra cash by Thursday
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25/08/2010 17:12
Bron : VNU
