spread betting
Will software be Motorola's saviour?
News Motorola is betting the company - or at least the mobile division - on its own blend of software and online services spread across a series of phones, rather than trying to mimic Apple's approach in... [15 Sep 2009]
Irish Trader puts a Coda on financials software
News The implementation will allow Delta Index's in-house developed trading platform to get a more accurate idea of performance across broker management systems as well as various finance and accounting functions as the company, which... [20 Jan 2009]
Betfair spins into financial trading
News The website currently only offers financial spread betting - and a high low betting game based on movements of the FTSE 100 - as it awaits authorisation from the FSA, expected in early... [10 Nov 2008]
Traders move online for share deals
News Nachbaur said: "Spread betting and CFDs are proving very attractive to anyone interested in investment because of their apparent simplicity and the prospects of high gains. The research says CFDs account... [29 Aug 2006]
Virus hijacks open source servers
News Cyberciminals used the threat of DoS attacks to blackmail several high-profile online betting companies last year. Malware monitoring company Prevx has been watching the worm spread on the internet since... [28 Jan 2005]
CIO Jury: Ageism is not a problem in IT
News Hugo Smith, IT director at online spread betting firm Sporting Index, agreed ageism is a problem but said it is not widespread. Over a third of participants in silicon.com's annual Skills Survey claim to... [17 May 2004]
KPNQwest customers abandon ship
News One such customer to move over to an ISP is IG Index, a UK spread betting service. The online bookie discovered KPNQwest had gone bankrupt on 31 May, coinciding with the start of the World Cup and the... [26 Jun 2002]
Another big name crashes out of the World Cup
News In its favour Sportingindex.com offers high-risk, high-return, spread betting, while most other online bookies offer fixed odds betting. As such its faithful users will most probably... [19 Jun 2002]
BTopenworld bets on gambling
News BTopenworld is to add online betting to its content offering through a partnership with portal ukbetting.com. BTopenworld will offer sports betting, lotteries, bingo and casino games on a new portal site. [17 Apr 2002]
Judgement day looms for Legacy, Napster and Orange
News Spread-betting agency predicts Orange shares will end the day around the 680p mark, thereby giving investors a 'healthy, if unspectacular' return. Legacy, which hopes to turn the attraction into a... [12 Feb 2001]
LIFFE hit by the latest in a string of technical failures
News Spread betting company Cantor Index said LIFFE should install a duplicate system to protect against failures. The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) was forced to delay... [14 Nov 2000]