personal financial
Making something out of nothing
Comment Find.co.uk is a directory of financial websites and it monitors which areas in the world of finance prove most appealing to its users. Still, just like the sports fan that'll put money on his team losing in the knowledge that he'll have financial... [07 Sep 2001]
Toshiba cuts 18,800 jobs
News The Japanese firm which earlier this year predicted profits of around £300m for the financial year has since acknowledged that the year to March 2002 is likely to produce losses in the region of Y115bn (£664m). [28 Aug 2001]
Cisco thieves banged up
News Osowski, ex-financial analyst at Cisco, and Tang, previously one of its accounting managers, were fired from the company in February after it reported suspect trading activity to the FBI. At the hearing, former Cisco employees Geoffrey Osowski and... [21 Aug 2001]
The best of 'Reader Comments': Hotmail security fears and PC birthday arguments
Comment And this is the company that wants us to give them all of our personal and financial data to use with Hailstorm? IBM introduces the Personal Computer. Hotmail falls to Code Red http://www.silicon.com/aa46400 [16 Aug 2001]
Ebusiness Despatches: Leading and learning from failure
Comment One of the guests was Alan Murphy, IT director of the Financial Times. American entrepreneurs tend to see their personal standing rise after a business failure, provided of course they learn from their mistakes. [25 Jul 2001]
IT directors told: 'Stop spending, start thinking'
News But a CIO in a Dutch-based financial services company, who wished to remain anonymous, told silicon.com: "It's a great idea but many CIOs are not equipped to do the job as they are not trained as fund managers and if they even have a mere affinity... [13 Jul 2001]
Financial services at home on the web
News A survey conducted by NOP revealed that young professionals in the UK are increasingly turning to the web for financial services such as car insurance, which accounts for 39 per cent of finance-related transactions, and current accounts (29 per... [13 Jul 2001]
Which? hadn't even approved its own failed site
News Ironically the flawed site, TaxCalc, was excluded from the Consumers' Association's own Web Trader Scheme, which vets e-tailers who offer secure online shopping and financial services. Nokia flaw leaves your personal details online http://www... [22 Jun 2001]
John Lamb's Week: Cyber terrorism and a ship full of IT directors
Comment On Wednesday, Mike Alford of software company Alaric will be talking about how his company's new Fractals product is being used by financial companies to combat credit card fraud by allowing them to spot unusual patterns of behaviour quickly. [15 Jun 2001]
Microsoft hopes McAfee will allay security fears
News Both companies will collaborate on Hailstorm - Microsoft's new idea for global dominance, which aims to eventually control all of an individual's web use, from personal calendar to financial details and transactions through a single sign-on. [23 May 2001]
The Bloor Perspective: CNET money troubles, IT board strategies and CA's productivity
Comment It has just announced its financial figures for the last quarter. Last weekend an article appeared in the New York Times that questioned CA's financial and technical performance. None of these claims help its arguments very much and, even if they... [08 May 2001]
Gates gets more for his Money
News The software giant is to merge the internet arm of the US financial news cable station CNBC into its own personal finance offering, MSN Money Central. The new offering, CNBC Money Central will continue to use the CNBC.com address, according to... [24 Apr 2001]
The best of 'Reader comments': Electoral liberties, 'rip-off Britain' and farewell to the paperclip
Comment Just because it's the government which holds this information does that give them authority to trample on my rights to determine who does and doesn't have access to my personal details for financial gain? [19 Apr 2001]
Contractors force taxman to rewrite the rulebook
News The revisions will also take time to draw up, meaning that contractors who have been affected by the legislation this financial year must complete tax returns as if nothing had changed. However, legal expert Kevin Barrow, partner at Tarlow Lyons... [02 Apr 2001]
Dot-com casualty sues analyst for $10m
News Merrill was acting as a financial adviser to another internet company, Go2Net, which was later acquired by Infospace - a fact, Zamansky alleges, Merrill culpably failed to disclose when advising Kanjilal to buy shares. [06 Mar 2001]
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