Monthly archive August, 2012
5 Reasons Why Software Testing Is Being Outsourced
Experts in the software testing field predict that outsourced testing projects to countries like India will increase by 9 percent in 2012, while many developed nations will reduce onshore testing by as much as 5 percent in 2012 alone. Irrespective of how many feel, outsourcing of software testing is a growing trend and at the...
Pawnbrokers: fact vs. fiction
It is fair to say that pawnbrokers don’t exactly have the best image in the UK. Tacky looking stores with windows filled to the brim with ghastly gold jewellery that looks like it has come from a Christmas cracker is the picture many people imagine when they think of pawnbrokers. Now, there is some truth to this...
Small businesses ignoring online business opportunities at their own peril
Those were the good old times when you needed both publicity via people and the local newspaper to ensure that your little business gets put on the map. But with a change both in the perception of firms and the technology that has brought the world closer, both advertising and market reach have changed vastly...
Global Economic Slowdown Hits Japan
TOKYO – Japan’s local assessment of the economy has put pressure on exports and industrial production. Due to the global economic slowdown, they have advised companies to cut back on their production until trends pick up. This of course, poses as a problem for manufacturers because that would mean that they will have trouble recovering...
France Has Worst Unemployment in 13 Years
PARIS – The number of jobless people in France rose for the fifteenth consecutive month in July to reach its highest level in over 13 years, in the latest bad news for the French economy stagnated. Labour Ministry data released on Monday showed the number of registered jobseekers in France rose by 41.300 people...
Hertz to Buy Dollar Thrifty
NEW YORK – The car rental company, Hertz, to buy rival Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group by 2.300 million, bringing hope to achieve more business and customers as well as expand its international presence. Hertz Global Holdings Inc announced on Sunday night that will pay 87.50 dollars for each share of Dollar Thrifty, a bonus...
Spain Grew Less Than Expected
MADRID – The Spanish economy has fared worse than originally estimated in 2010 and 2011, according to revised figures released Monday that suggest the country may have more difficulty getting out of a recession that threatens to force him to ask ransom. Amid the second recession in the Spanish economy in three years,...
Oil Rises Fed Boost
NEW YORK – The chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, may or may not provide more clues about a possible third round of bond purchases (QE3) in his speech at Jackson Hole next week. But investors are clearly betting on more quantitative easing or other forms of stimulation, how do I know?...
Apple-Samsung Case in Hands of Jury
NEW YORK – After 50 hours of testimony, hundreds of tests , millions of dollars in fees for lawyers and expert witnesses, 84 court instructions and four hours of closing arguments in the trial, for violation of patents that Apple filed in against Samsung on April 15, 2011 is now in the hands of...
Apple vs Samsung Battle: In the Final Stretch
SAN FRANCISCO - The multimillion-dollar patent dispute between the leading manufacturers of smartphones in the world, Apple and Samsung, is coming to an end. Lawyers for both sides are scheduled to present in federal court closing arguments on Tuesday, and a jury of nine people begin deliberating Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday morning. Apple sued...
Greece Wants More Time and More Money
BERLIN – Greek Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, wants international lenders give more time to his indebted country to complete the reforms demanded as a condition for more financial aid, told the German newspaper Bild. Samaras, who will meet Wednesday with the head of the Eurogroup, Jean-Claude Juncker, and French President François Hollande and...
GM is Flawed in the United States and Canada
DETROIT – General Motors and Isuzu are asking the owners of more than 258,000 SUVs in the U.S. and Canada to bring their vehicles to repair shops to fix a problem of short circuit power window switches and the door locks that can cause fires. The call involves Chevrolet TrailBlazer trucks, GMC Envoy, Buick Rainier,...
