The 9/11 terrorist attack that destroyed the World Trade Centre in New York was at the time the largest single catastrophe ever to hit the London insurance market. In the days that followed, many firms had serious doubts about whether they could pay the claims and still be solvent, and it turned out some couldn’t.
Day: February 1, 2017
MiX Telematics Limited (MIXT) to Release Earnings on Thursday
MiX Telematics Limited will be issuing its Q317 quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 2nd. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $0.75 per share and revenue of $372.07 million for the quarter.
MiX Telematics Limited (MIXT) to Release Earnings on Thursday
MiX Telematics Limited will be issuing its Q317 quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 2nd. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $0.75 per share and revenue of $372.07 million for the quarter.
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Other equities analysts also recently issued research reports about the company. Canaccord Genuity restated a buy rating and issued a $825.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Tuesday, October 4th.
PCI Security Standards Council Issues Guidance For E-Commerce Security
The PCI Security Standards Council has released an update of its 2013 guidance on e-commerce that offers practical advice to merchants on understanding and maintaining a secure e-payment platform. Best Practices for Securing E-commerce is the result of a comprehensive study on payment security challenges by a Special Interest Group that included merchants, financial organizations, and service providers.
PCI Security Standards Council Issues Guidance For E-Commerce Security
The PCI Security Standards Council has released an update of its 2013 guidance on e-commerce that offers practical advice to merchants on understanding and maintaining a secure e-payment platform. Best Practices for Securing E-commerce is the result of a comprehensive study on payment security challenges by a Special Interest Group that included merchants, financial organizations, and service providers.
PCI Security Standards Council Issues Guidance For E-Commerce Security
The PCI Security Standards Council has released an update of its 2013 guidance on e-commerce that offers practical advice to merchants on understanding and maintaining a secure e-payment platform. Best Practices for Securing E-commerce is the result of a comprehensive study on payment security challenges by a Special Interest Group that included merchants, financial organizations, and service providers.
PCI Security Standards Council Issues Guidance For E-Commerce Security
The PCI Security Standards Council has released an update of its 2013 guidance on e-commerce that offers practical advice to merchants on understanding and maintaining a secure e-payment platform. Best Practices for Securing E-commerce is the result of a comprehensive study on payment security challenges by a Special Interest Group that included merchants, financial organizations, and service providers.
Apple Predicts Services Boom as Sales Rise
Apple brought an end to its sequence of quarterly sales declines thanks to strong interest in its recently launched iPhone 7 handset during the October-to-December quarter. The gadget maker also reported double-digit growth from services and said it expects to double the size of that business in the next four years.
Driving theory test cheat Zaid Khalif J Sultan jailed
Zaid Khalif J Sultan, 46, of Calvert Road, Sheffield, used a Bluetooth device in a mobile phone to obtain the answers via an outside source. He was also given a 16-week custodial sentence to be served consecutively for breach of a previous suspended sentence.
Lord Corporation Expands Sensors Line For Unmanned And Autonomous Vehicles
Lord Sensing MicroStrain has expanded its portfolio of sensors for unmanned and autonomous vehicles for air, land, and sea with the introduction of the 3DM-GX5 family of inertial sensors. “We have a large portfolio that shares the same software and protocol, allowing customers to move up and down the product line where they need varying levels of precision with MEMS Inertial Sensors or GNSS,” says Andy Winzenz, Commercial Director, Lord Sensing.
Dido Harding will leave her position at TalkTalk in May
Ms Harding said: “After seven extraordinary and fulfilling years, during which we have transformed TalkTalk’s customer experience and laid the foundations for long-term growth, I’ve decided it’s time for me to start handing over the reins at TalkTalk and focus more on my activities in public service. “I am very proud to be handing over to the next generation of TalkTalk leadership who, together with Charles, have played such an integral part in the success of the business to date.
Buzz Aldrin makes debut at New York Men’s Fashion Week
From the moon walk to the catwalk: Astronaut Buzz Aldrin makes a surprise debut at New York Men’s Fashion Week in a Mars-themed show The former astronaut, along with TV scientist Bill Nye, were the stars of Nick Graham’s Life on Mars: Fall-Winter 2035 show on Tuesday Buzz closed out the fashion show wearing a chrome bomber jacket and sneakers as well as a T-shirt bearing the phrase ‘Get your a** to Mars’ The 86-year-old had to be evacuated during the trip for a medical emergency, but he says it was worth the pain to set the record Designer Nick Graham created a range of garments for the discerning gentleman who may take and adventure to the red planet.
Freshdesk a Winner on 2017 CRM Watchlist
Freshdesk , the leading provider of cloud-based customer engagement software, today announced that it has been named as a winner on the 2017 CRM Watchlist . Freshdesk is one of four new winners to make the list, an award that measures not just company and product success but also industry impact.
Freshdesk a Winner on 2017 CRM Watchlist
Freshdesk , the leading provider of cloud-based customer engagement software, today announced that it has been named as a winner on the 2017 CRM Watchlist . Freshdesk is one of four new winners to make the list, an award that measures not just company and product success but also industry impact.
Bill Nye the Science Guy Makes His Fashion Runway Debut
Bill Nye, the beloved science educator and television personality known amiably as “Bill Nye The Science Guy” just made his fashion runway debut. The surprising collaboration happened on the runway for menswear designer Nick Graham, who showcased his latest collection at NYFW.
Online financial cybercrime victims in the UAE struggle to recover all their lost money
Each year thousands of Internet users become victims of a cybercrime that leaves them out of pocket. Research from Kaspersky Lab reveals that 76% of Internet users in the UAE who’ve lost money at the hands of cybercriminals have only got some, or none, of their stolen funds back.
Cloudera: we’ve seen the future and it’s mixed data workloads
Cloudera is an interesting company. Interesting in that it bills itself as a data management, analytics and machine learning specialista three ‘disciplines’ that one might have expected to find in three different firms.
Imagination Technologies Group plc (IMG) Given “Buy” Rating at Liberum Capital
‘s stock had its “buy” rating reiterated by research analysts at Liberum Capital in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday. They currently have a GBX 325 target price on the communications company’s stock.
GSMA: Low Power Wide Area Networks to Lead IoT Connections by 2022
These figures underscore how the industry has aligned behind standardised, complementary LPWA technologies such as NB-IoT and LTE-M, accelerating the development of the market. The GSMA’s Mobile IoT Initiative, which promotes adoption of LPWA technologies, is currently backed by 67 global mobile operators, device makers, chipset, module and infrastructure companies worldwide.
Aussie songbirds believed to be the masterminds behind open-cup nests
Think Australian born ingenuity and wifi or plastic bank notes may come to mind. But around 40 million years ago, hidden in the branches above our heads, some of Australia’s most common song birds were busy building their own creation.
Fake News Inquiry: Old Wine in New Bottles
Any inquiry into fake news is much like having a Royal Commission into the make up and motivation for Halal food. Neither mission is particularly helpful, other than to illustrate a mounting ignorance about a phenomenon that always was.
More on “grim” automation – Notebook
Original Post: More on “grim” automation – Notebook Feed Title: Cote’s Weblog: Coding, Austin, etc. Feed URL: http://feeds.feedburner.com/cote Feed Description: Using Java to get to the ideal state.
Dirty Hacks With Java Reflection
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MD5 Signed JAR Files Treated as Unsigned in April 2017
Oracle currently plans to disable MD5 signed JARs in the upcoming Critical Patch Update slated for April 18, 2017. JAR files signed with MD5 algorithms will be treated as unsigned JARs.
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Hotel restaurant awarded three AA Rosettes for dining options
The Great Western Restaurant’s talented head chef Mark Budd honed his skills at some of the finest hotel restaurants in the world before returning to his home country of Devon. He has adapted the menu to reflect Bovey Castle’s glorious surroundings.
Quatrro Processing Services Announces Partnership With Mastercard for Transaction Processing Services
Quatrro Processing Services , a global fintech company that specializes in full service payment processing, today announced that it has won the contract of being the Type 1 Third Party Processor from Mastercard. As a result of the alliance, Quatrro will provide end-to-end technology and operations support to Mastercard for processing digital payments.
A week on, Saudi labor ministry continues to face disruptions from cyber attack
The Shamoon malware that infected the ministry’s systems is believed to be responsible for a similar cyberattack on state oil giant Saudi Aramco in 2012. Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Labour and Social Development is still unable to renew or transfer residence permits following a devastating cyber attack on January 23. Saudi Gazette reports that the ministry’s office Al-Marwah district branch in Jeddah was chaotic yesterday as visitors sought information on when the network would be fully restored .
Siemens Taps New Boss With Head in the Cloud as Profits Surge
Over the past 170 years, Siemens AG has forged a reputation as a manufacturer of trains, turbines and other huge things that weigh more than a house. So why is it asking a software guy to oversee the place? Siemens on Wednesday introduced Jim Hagemann Snabe, a 51-year-old veteran of software house SAP, as its next chairman, scheduled to take effect next January, according to a statement.
Iraq Plays Ball With OPEC as Tanker Tracking Shows Flows Are Cut
Oil flows out of Iraq suggest that the Middle East country is complying, at least in part, with OPEC’s plan to curb production. Observed shipments in January were 109,000 barrels a day below October’s level, the month used as a baseline for the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries’ reductions plan.
Burning Wood Beats Coal at J-Power Amid Climate Change Fight
Electric Power Development Co., known as J-Power, is looking to build its first major power plant that burns natural gas near cities such as Tokyo as well as use more woody biomass instead of fossil fuels, Executive Officer Hitoshi Kanno said. That’s because even the most advanced coal technology on offer now isn’t enough for companies like J-Power to meet Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s emissions goal, he said.
Norway Salmon Anyone? What to Watch If Russia Sanctions Ease
Stock pickers are already positioning for an event that has the potential to shake up markets from Norway to Brazil: the lifting of sanctions on Russia. Any easing of the restrictions that have isolated Europe’s fifth-biggest economy for nearly three years will be a “shot of adrenaline for the stock market,” according to Luis Saenz, who runs the Russian sales and trading department at BCS Financial Group.