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RSS termsQuick Start: Real World Definitions of Financial Terms
White Paper Real-world definitions of financial terms Return on investment have become such a crucial tool for businesses that several techniques have been developed to measure it. ROInow! uses Generally Accepted Accounting... [28 Mar 2008]
Union hails Lloyds TSB and Fujitsu transfer terms
News Around 300 staff from the bank's group IT helpdesk will move across on 1 May and the trade union involved in the negotiation of transfer terms has hailed it as the "best so far" in any of the bank's outsourcing deals. [29 Apr 2005]
Glossary of Common T1-PRI Terms
White Paper This white paper glossary contains terms common to T1-PRI signaling; "PRI" meaning "Primary Rate Interface", which is a form of ISDN service. [10 Nov 2006]
Microsoft and Sun to thrash out Java injunction terms
News Having taken the Christmas period to work out the specific terms of an injunction handed down last month, Sun Microsystems and Microsoft are now scheduled to appear before a federal judge to detail their proposals. [15 Jan 2003]
5 years ago: Terms of Y2K bill agreed upon
News 30.06.99: The US government and consumer groups agree on terms of a bill to protect companies against Y2K-related lawsuits. The legislation gives IT firms 90 days to fix millennium bug-related problems before customers... [30 Jun 2004]
Barclays agrees staff transfer terms for £450m Accenture deal
News Barclays bank is close to finalising a potential £450m offshore outsourcing deal with Accenture after agreeing redundancy and transfer terms for 1,400 staff.silicon.com broke the story last year that Barclays had... [25 Mar 2004]
Microsoft to clarify its licensing terms
News Microsoft is to group its products into separate categories based on how they are priced and what rights are offered, in an effort to make its complex product-licensing terms a bit more clear, the company has said. [12 May 2005]
Microsoft could face court over 'misleading' XP terms
News Ben Goodger, partner with law firm Willoughby Partners, warned that disgruntled XP customers could have strong cases claiming they were misled on terms of use. John Armstrong, a lawyer with CMS Cameron Mckenna, also... [11 May 2001]
Facebook embraces old terms in privacy revolt
News The policy had seemed to grant Facebook perpetual rights to content uploaded by users, and the threatened complaint from the Electronic Privacy Information Center (Epic) had demanded, essentially, that the social networking service... [18 Feb 2009]
100+ Telecom terms explained
White Paper This 10-page telecom glossary covers more than 100 telephony-related and data-networking terms. It has been updated to reflect:Additional telecom terms covering new technologyImproved PDF formatNew... [19 May 2006]
Terms and conditions but no date for Riverstone IPO
News The company will offer 10 million common shares that could sell for $12 to $14 each. Once the IPO is completed it will have more than 102 million common shares. It is hoping to raise around $200m to use for working capital and research... [06 Nov 2000]
EC sets out ecommerce terms
News The EC released a draft directive on electronic commerce yesterday which aims to set up a single market for online services. The legal framework - if approved by the European Parliament - will be based on the guiding principle that... [18 Nov 1998]
MySQL lifts restrictive licensing terms
News The open-source database firm has updated a licensing provision that forbade a common software combination. MySQL, an open-source database company, has taken a step to mend a rift in the open-source world by updating a controversial... [15 Mar 2004]
Public sector struggles to come to terms with B2B
News On the day it launched a major project with Royal & SunAlliance (RSA) designed to save the insurance firm £20m per year, Ariba admitted that online marketplaces are running into problems in the public sector. [10 Aug 2000]
Industry comes to terms with Vodafone-Mannesmann merger
Comment Within hours of Mannesmann succumbing to Vodafone AirTouch's record breaking E180bn merger offer, attention turned to what the deal means for the telecoms industry as a whole. Stocks in telcos such as Colt, Energis and Telewest were... [07 Feb 2000]
