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News The London Stock Exchange (LSE) Group is reviewing its technology strategy, with its TradElect trading platform under particular scrutiny. But it now appears the LSE is considering its tech options: "TradElect has been... [29 Jun 2009]
Intel: From silicon company - to software company?
News Investors weren't sentimental, though: the company's stock jumped from about $8 per share to more than $11.50 in trading on 4 June. This will let us do it a lot faster if we can get the software expertise along with the... [05 Jun 2009]
Bank of Ningbo Improves Service and Profitability With Unified View of Customers
White Paper The Bank of Ningbo is a joint-stock commercial bank with 78 branches in Ningbo and Shanghai. The opening of China's capital markets prompted Bank of Ningbo to rethink the way it sold and marketed... [30 May 2009]
Bangalore bashing: Recession gets nasty
Comment The recession is furthering this antipathy, says Mishra, whose firm licenses software to read the news and analyse its impact on stock markets in Europe and the United States. He says he and his partners... [28 May 2009]
Electronic trades get speed boost
News The 300-year-old London Stock Exchange (LSE) is continuing to update its electronic trading platform. Late last year, the Italian stock exchange's cash equities trading was moved into TradElect. The... [21 May 2009]
'Green shoots of recovery? What green shoots?'
News Mike Cope, IT director of Virgin Atlantic Airways, said: "Stock markets are up but [we're] not seeing this in the real economy", while Neil Harvey, IT director of Sindlesham Court, believes there is... [20 May 2009]
Minority Report: Mac Tablet - to be or not to be?
Comment Its stock price is starting to climb again after being in the doldrums (like just about every other stock price lately). P: All the analysts are talking about it - and they watch the... [07 Apr 2009]
Intel CEO on Sun "shopping around" for a buyer
News Otellini said he thought the IBM effort to buy the company would be successful, as it could get a "100 per cent premium" on what the share price had been before the stock markets fell. Sun had been... [26 Mar 2009]
Testing Dark Pool Trading Systems
White Paper Dark Pool Trading Systems are intended to trade stocks privately with the objective of liquidating large stock positions at lower costs. Recently, the changes in the financial markets in terms of trading... [07 Mar 2009]
Five alternative careers for IT pros
Comment As an equity analyst assigned to cover a segment of the computer industry, you'll assess companies' top management, business plans, marketing strategies, current and planned products and, of course, financial results - with the goal of... [03 Feb 2009]
Barbour waxes lyrical about new retail system
News The retailer, which is best known for it waxed country jackets, has been using a bespoke green-screen application created in the 1980s to manage stock levels and supply chain operations. This will give us the confidence... [30 Jan 2009]
eBay not bidding on positive fourth quarter
News The markets, however, suffered another bloodbath and eBay was in no way the only tech stock that was punished. Online auction giant eBay lowered its fourth-quarter revenue expectations and reported... [16 Oct 2008]
Co-Integration of Stock Markets Using Wavelet Theory and Data Mining
White Paper The most powerful argument for cross-border investing is the risk reduction due to low correlation of world's stock markets. The findings suggest that there is strong to moderate co-integration among... [07 Oct 2008]
Intelligent Stock Market Assistant Using Temporal Data Mining
White Paper Data mining can be used extensively in the financial markets and help in stock-price forecasting. The stock market domain is a dynamic and unpredictable environment. Traditional... [01 Oct 2008]
LSE opens up clearing
News The London Stock Exchange is set to use the post-trade router acquired along with the Bourse Italia to open up its Central Counter Party (CCP) relationships in London. She said: "The basic strategy is to offer options... [30 Sep 2008]
