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News IT contractors are finding it harder to secure work, with the joblessness rate among temporary tech staff increasing - an ominous omen that the chill economic winds from the global credit crunch are... [28 Mar 2008]
MiFID compliance warning
News In the near future algorithmic trading and smart order routing are predicted to be priorities along with efforts to cut tech costs due to the credit crunch. He added: "Despite their general travails from... [13 Mar 2008]
Banks lay off IT staff as big tech projects get the chop
News Tech jobs in the financial services sector are being hit by the credit crunch, with many companies cancelling or postponing large-scale IT change programs.silicon.com Financial Services Get the latest... [22 Feb 2008]
The Brampton Factor: Do great firms innovate?
Comment But in these days of credit crunch, investors are looking askance at innovation, preferring a more mundane perspective. Despite the rhetoric, most large firms are simply poor at innovating. Microsoft is... [20 Feb 2008]
Fixed-income electronic trading faces bleak 2008
Comment As a result of the recent credit crunch, electronic trading of fixed-income securities looks set to fall behind foreign exchange markets in wider scale adoption in 2008, certainly until liquidity eases... [30 Jan 2008]
Recession fears squeeze tech budgets
News Tech budgets are starting to feel the squeeze on the back of the credit crunch crisis and fears of a recession. But the credit crunch isn't yet hitting tech budgets... [24 Jan 2008]
Software sector 'worst performing in UK'
News John Hughman, senior technology analyst at Ernst & Young, warned the problems could continue next year as IT vendors curb their spending in wake of the global credit crunch. The software and computer... [16 Jan 2008]
2008: Crunch time for IT jobs?
News The worldwide credit crunch could be starting to impact on IT jobs but prospects for a new year job change look good going into 2008. Julia Bosworth, a manager on the contract staff side of the business... [10 Jan 2008]
North-South pay gap narrows
News Butterfield said IT pros in London are "highly dependent on the health of the financial services industry" - which means the credit crunch could hit London tech workers harder than those in the North. [02 Jan 2008]
Bank IT spend to rise despite credit crunch crisis
News As the UK banking sector steadies itself in response to the US sub-prime mortgage crisis, IT suppliers will be pleased to learn tech spending in the sector will rise over the next three years. Software and services spend in the sector... [11 Dec 2007]
Fresh tech talent in demand next year
News The survey of 50 UK organisations found the vast majority (94 per cent) are not planning to change their hiring plans in light of the credit crunch in the banking sector. The UK economy may be shivering... [23 Nov 2007]
Credit crunch hits tech contractors
News Just 22 per cent of IT contractors are working in the sector, according to contractor services company giant group, which blames the recent credit crunch in the financial services industry. And separate... [31 Oct 2007]
Steve Ranger's Notebook: The oldest gadget still wows
Comment According to stories collected by calculator maker HP, over the last 25 years the gadget has helped fight crime ("I heard a 'crunch' sound, saw the motorcycle lurch forward and saw the purse drop to the ground");... [13 Sep 2006]
