·Banks are cutting use of bonuses to recruit
Guaranteed bonuses accounted for about 5% of the bonuses paid out for 2009 at 37 leading financial companies surveyed by the Institute of International Finance ·Flash crash probe plays down quote-stuffing
Regulators probing the causes of the May 6 flash crash have concluded that quote-stuffing was not a 'major factor' in the turmoil, a person familiar with the inquiry said ·Lenders shunned on stress tests doubts
Leading UK and continental European companies eschewing banks from Spain, Italy and even Germany because they do not believe the Europe-wide assessments gave a true picture of their financial health ·CD&R to buy Univar stake from CVC
US private equity group is to buy a 42.5% stake in the chemicals distribution group in a deal valuing the company at $4.2bn ·Shinhan Bank in complaint on parent's head
Bank files a complaint with Seoul authorities against the chief executive of Shinhan Financial Group, its parent and South Korea's largest financial company ·Hedge fund closures
Some managers all over the world seem to be a bit world-weary, handing back external capital with a polite 'thanks, but no thanks' ·Silverfleet looks to auction US asset
The private equity owner of Sterigenics, a US medical device sterilisation group, has hired JPMorgan to run an auction of the company that it hopes will raise about $800m ·Couttie resigns as RAB Capital chief
The sudden departure of the UK hedge fund's chief executive is the latest setback for the FTSE-listed group, which has been struggling to recover from a near-disastrous collapse in assets ·Swatch suit ratchets up UBS dispute
Swiss watchmaker files for SFr30m compensation from the country's biggest bank over an unspecified investment in a UBS absolute returnfund made in 2009 ·M&A and hurricanes stalk Lloyd's market
Insurers face a tough investment environment as ultra-low interest rates and a poor economic outlook hit the returns they can make from their mainly fixed-income holdings
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·Plenty of life ahead for RFID and NFC
Radio and tagging technologies have loads of promise - though the applications may not be quite what you were expecting, says Quocirca's Rob Bamforth. RFID and its close cousin near field communications (NFC) have both been touted for great and sexy futuristic applications. These range from the tagging and tracking of all consumer goods to the conversion of mobile phones into all purpose 'super wallets' where simply ... ·Your top HR tech priorities for next year revealed
Working out your budgets and trying to figure out the tech priorities for your HR department in 2010? Nick Heath has a few suggestions for HR directors as to where to invest that cash on technology to get the most benefits for your team and the rest of the business. Consider standardising your systemsTake a look at what you do in the HR department and the chances are a number of companies are doing exactly the same t ... ·Zurich inks$2.9bn outsourcing megadeal with CSC
Zurich Financial Services has announced an outsourcing megadeal. The company said yesterday is has signed a 10 and a half year deal with CSC to supply datacentre and IT services. ·eBay app lets users bid from a BlackBerry
eBay has released an app for BlackBerry. The application, co-developed by the auction site and RIM, lets users search, track and buy items using their smartphone. ·Arrested: Suspected Zeus Trojan distributors
The Metropolitan Police's Central e-Crime Unit arrested two people earlier this month for the suspected criminal distribution of the Zeus Trojan. A spokesman for the Met Police told silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK on Thursday that the man and woman were arrested on 3 November, but have been released on bail and not yet been formally charged. ·Revealed: The apps you'll have on your phone in 2012
Money transfer, location-based services and mobile health monitoring are likely to be among the most widespread mobile applications within the next three years. The increasing adoption of smartphones and the success of app stores has ignited the mobile apps market (follow the link for silicon.com's run down of the top iPhone apps for business). ·Trojan bank fraud gang sentenced
Four men have been sentenced to prison time for being part of a gang that stole just under £500,000 from UK bank customers. The men were sentenced last Friday at Southwark Crown Court in London for their part in an international criminal network that stole the money from 138 account holders. ·Does your business really need an office?
In this age of mobile working, should businesses consider ditching their offices? Richard Leyland weighs up the pros and cons. At the recent Workplace Trends conference, one speaker dared to ask: "Do we even need an office these days?" ·UK ID cards rollout hit by delay as launch date revealed
The controversial ID project has hit another delay, with the government missing its own deadline to get the cards into the hands of Manchester residents. The Home Office announced today that people living or working in Manchester will now be able to enrol their details for an ID card from 30 November, with the first cards issued around 10 days after enrolment. ·Digital Dilemmas: Should your business be on Twitter?
As the hype around microblogging builds, should your business join the tweet-fest or keep schtum? silicon.com's Natasha Lomas deconstructs this Digital Dilemma. So you've heard about Twitter. You might even know what the word 'tweet' means. Well done. Your finger is well and truly riding the social media pulse. But here's the rub: should your business join the tweet-fest and set up shop on Twitter? Is microblogging t ...
·Deep NHS IT cuts could hurt frontline healthcare, doctors warn
NHS IT projects could be in line for cutbacks following this week's pre-budget report. Chancellor Alistair Darling told The Andrew Marr Show yesterday that the report, due to be published on Wednesday, will provide guidance on which areas of public spending were likely to be cut. ·Outsourcing: UK carbon control plan needs a rethink
Encouraging businesses to go green is good but the government must better incorporate outsourcing in its carbon control scheme, says the NOA's Mark Kobayashi-Hillary Much is being said about the UK government's upcoming Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) scheme but it remains unclear how much of this talk is translating into action and what impact the scheme will have on the outsourcingand offshoring industries. ·Your top HR tech priorities for next year revealed
Working out your budgets and trying to figure out the tech priorities for your HR department in 2010? Nick Heath has a few suggestions for HR directors as to where to invest that cash on technology to get the most benefits for your team and the rest of the business. Consider standardising your systemsTake a look at what you do in the HR department and the chances are a number of companies are doing exactly the same t ... ·Recession fuels fears of UK jobs being sent offshore
With recession leading businesses to cut IT costs as much as they can, tech workers are increasingly feeling the impact of offshoring, results from the exclusive 2009 silicon.com Skills Survey show. Almost half (47.5 per cent) of respondents said their organisation has probably offshored IT jobs - up from more than a third (36 per cent) who thought that was the case last year. ·Zurich inks $2.9bn outsourcing megadeal with CSC
Zurich Financial Services has announced an outsourcing megadeal. The company said yesterday is has signed a 10 and a half year deal with CSC to supply datacentre and IT services. ·Bangalore blooming into innovation hothouse
No longer just the domain of call centres, Bangalore has matured into the place for world-class research and development, says Saritha Rai. Years ago, when the world pictured Bangalore they imagined an outsourcing hub full of call centre agents and paid-by-the-hour software workers. How that has changed. ·Marketing chiefs: Are you spamming your customers?
Marketing emails are at risk of being blocked as spam because businesses are not correctly managing the email communications they send out, a survey has found. More than half of the 157 marketing managers surveyed by the DMA Email Marketing Council said their business did not restrict the number of messages that could be sent to an email account in a given period. ·Outsourcing: CIOs' tips on getting it right
Outsourcing deals typically promise to deliver cost savings and increased efficiency - but all too often the promises fail to match the reality. At the National Outsourcing Association's Sourcing Summit last week, two heads of IT shared their experiences of how to get the best out of outsourcing agreements and make sure they're delivering long-term value. ·How to squeeze the last drops of savings from an outsourcing contract
How does a business pay less for its IT services when it's already getting them at rock bottom prices? It takes a long hard look at whether it needs to be gobbling up so many services in the first place. ·Outsourcers to fall victim to cloud computing rush?
Could some of the big names inoutsourcing be among the victims of the much-hyped shift to cloud computing? As businesses begin to host their IT systems in the cloud - instead of hiring outsourcers to maintain and integrate their systems - outsourcers could start to feel the pain, according to author and technology thinker Nicholas Carr.
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