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APAC businesses showing strong agility: Oracle says

Today, Oracle announces the results of its “Oracle Cloud Agility” study and revealed that businesses across Asia Pacific (APAC) are showing strong signs of agility in some areas and clearly recognise the business benefits of agility (i.e., able to adjust quickly to new business opportunities or to iterate new products and services quickly). However, Oracle’s research also highlights a clear lack of awareness among businesses around oracle_summit_09252013_620_412_100how technology, like Platform-as-a-...

Two US TV journos shot dead on air

Two journalists have been shot dead during a live TV report in the US state of Virginia, their employer confirms. WDBJ7 TV reporter Alison Parker, 24, and cameraman Adam Ward, 27, were killed during an interview in Moneta, Bedford County, the TV station said. tv journoDuring the live broadcast, shots could be heard, sending the reporter and the person she was interviewing running. Police say they are investigating the incident and still searching for the suspect. “We do not know the motive. We do not know who the suspect or who the killer i...

Army tightens grip in Myanmar

The leader of Myanmar’s ruling party was ousted by the country’s president in a dramatic swoop Thursday as the army and its allies strengthened their political grip ahead of crucial elections. The ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) has been gripped by in-fighting in the run up to the November polls—billed as the freest and fairest for decades in the former-junta ruled nation. After a night of high political drama which saw security forces enter the USDP base in Naypyidaw, Shwe Mann—who is also the parliamentary speaker—was ousted in an unexpected party putsch. The USDP, which served as a vehicle for former junta figures to transform into MPs, issued a statement

Philippines 4th fastest-growing economy in 2015

Philippine economic growth this year is projected to be the fourth fastest in the world, data compiled by CNN Money showed. The chart showed the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth has been forecast at 6.7 percent, which is below the government’s seven to eight percent target for the year. The figure trails behind China’s estimated economic expansion of 6.8 percent, Qatar’s 7.1 percent, and India’s 7.5 percent. Economy PhilipinesThe Philippines’ projected economic growth is higher than Bangladesh’s 6.3 percent, Viet...

‘Better Regulation’ is progress towards EU reforms

We know that EU rules can all too often thwart firms’ best efforts to grow their business and to create new jobs. The UK has not been shy in pushing for the change that is long overdue and we have led the debate in Europe about reducing the burden on business. That’s why, as part of our long term economic plan, I set up a taskforce of British business leaders in 2013 to look at the kind of reforms that we need to sweep away poorly-understood and ineffective rules and do away with the creep of similarly pointless regulation in the future. CamronThat tas...

Lafarge merges with Holcim

LafargeHolcim yesterday (July 15, 2015) officially launched the new Group around the world and announced key elements of its ambitions for the future. Following the successful completion of the merger between Lafarge and Holcim and the listing of the new LafargeHolcim shares in Zurich and Paris, the new Group will now work towards creating the highest performing company in the building materials industry. LafargeHolcim CEO Eric Olsen says: “Now as LafargeHolcim, we will step into LSC Logothe next phase of our transformation to become the leader in eve...
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