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Germany, France launch new finance tax drive

Germany and France have made a fresh appeal to the European Union executive to pave the ground for a tax on financial transactions. They hope it can be introduced in at least nine of the...

Spain’s stricken banks need more than 50 billion euros

Spain’s banks need to be recapitalized to the tune of more than 50 billion euros, according to an independent report released on Friday. As high as this figure may sound, it has led to a...

Up inside Iceland’s green cloud

Its power grid is virtual emissions free and there’s plenty of cool air to keep a data center from over heating – and now Iceland wants to become the “green hard drive” of the world....

Shaji Farooq appointed Global Head of Adv Technologies at Wipro

Wipro Technologies, the Global Information Technology, Consulting and Outsourcing business of Wipro Limited today announced the appointment of Shaji Farooq as the Senior Vice President for the company’s newly created Advanced Technologies service line, which...

Samsung to launch Windows 8 phone

Samsung Electronics has today at the IFA Berlin electronic show announced a smartphone using Microsoft’s latest mobile software. Here is the catch – todays announcement of Samsung is coming  just a few days before the...