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RSS floatMicrosoft in $40bn stock buyback programme
News In addition to the stock buyback programme and increased quarterly dividend, Microsoft is also planning to float out corporate debt of up to $6bn. Microsoft on Monday announced a new stock buyback programme of up to... [23 Sep 2008]
Cheat Sheet: Faster Payments Services
Cheat Sheet For consumers it's a nice thing to have and it makes them feel better that the banks aren't earning millions of pounds in interest on a float of other people's money. The combination of the words 'faster' and 'payment'... [22 Sep 2008]
Faster payments ends wait for bank clearance
News In addition, it wipes out the need for banks to keep a cash float, estimated by the OFT to be £30m. Consumers will be celebrating the end of the three-day wait for payments clearing with the launch of the new faster... [27 May 2008]
Photos: Floating computers keep an eye on the oceans
Photo Each float is designed to repeat this cycle around 150 times during its lifetime. After between six and 12 hours, the float then descends back to its operational depth. This diagram shows how the Argo... [21 Nov 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 19.10.07
Round-Up For starters he isn't going to be rushed into a sale for Facebook, neither is he planning to float the company for a good few years. When a 23-year-old college drop-out with a novelty website is voted the most... [19 Oct 2007]
Larry Ellison
AS Profile Ellison is also the majority shareholder of NetSuite, a CRM and ERP software-as-a-service vendor, which announced its intention in July to float on the stock market. Larry Ellison has been perhaps the most colourful... [12 Oct 2007]
Lastminute.com CTO on web 2.0 and hack days
video Founded by Brent Hobermann and Martha Lane Fox the company went on to float on the stock market before being taken over by travel group Sabre Holdings, which itself has just been bought out by a private equity consortium. [11 Jul 2007]
The Road to Ruby From C++
White Paper Its hybrid object orientation means that it defines non-object primitive types such as int and float, and functions can exist outside of objects. C++ is a statically typed, compiled language that has hybrid object... [11 Jul 2007]
The Value of Cash and Procurement
White Paper Late payments can yield the best float by delaying funds withdrawal, but at the expense of lower discounts and possible penalties. Payment timing can make a significant effect on cash flow. Early payments can yield the... [09 Jun 2007]
The Value of Cash and Procurement
Late payments can yield the best float by delaying funds withdrawal, but at the expense of lower discounts and possible penalties. Payment timing can make a significant effect on cash flow. Early payments can yield the... [09 Jun 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 13.04.07
Round-Up Alternatively, the survey could represent a triumph for the unstructured beauty of the world wide web, allowing the mind to float free through hyperlinked virtual worlds. For reasons that will become obvious in a moment,... [13 Apr 2007]
The Yearly Round-Up 2006
Round-Up OK, the Round-Up knows the "Ernie" in Benny Hill's song of the same name was actually the proud owner of the fastest milk float in the west, rather than Ernie (Electronic Random Number Indicator Equipment) which decides... [21 Dec 2006]
Microsoft's Virtual Earth goes '3D'
News Virtual Earth 3D also includes fixtures that might not necessarily be visible in the real world: "virtual billboards" float above buildings with ads on them as part of a pilot advertising programme, said Stephen Lawler,... [07 Nov 2006]
Strengthen software security with best practices from Gary McGraw
White Paper Gary McGraw, author of Software Security: Building Security In, offers strategies and best practices for software security.player */ul.play {position:relative;float:none;background:#F3F7FB;border-bottom:0px solid... [18 May 2006]
Improve end-user/IT relations with these communication tips
White Paper During this 5-minute podcast, Bill Detwiler talks about the importance of end-user/IT communication and offers advice on communicating effectively.player */ ul.play { position:relative; float:none; background:#F3F7FB;... [17 May 2006]
