Hong Kong’s Octopus Surfaces in Middle East; Challenges Continue at Home
The United Arab Emirates hopes to complete a contactless smart card system for its roads and public transportation system by the end of 2009 with the help of Octopus Knowledge Ltd. and the Electronic...
View ArticleIntel invests $12 mil in Shanghai Media Group
SHANGHAI — Intel Capital, Intel’s global investment group, has invested $12 million in the Shanghai Media Group for the development of the media conglomerate’s broadband TV services, SMG said late...
View ArticleOlympics equal gold for Baidu Q2
Advertising could slow during Games SHANGHAI — Baidu.com, China’s top search engine, oposted an 87% surge in quarterly profits Thursday, boosted by Internet traffic growth ahead of the Beijing...
View Article‘SpongeBob’ returning to China’s CCTV
Viacom adding ‘never before seen’ episodes for total of 30 SHANGHAI — Nickelodeon’s “SpongeBob SquarePants” will return to China Central Television in January. The American animated children’s series...
View ArticleGlobecast shows CCTV in France
CanalPlus deal brings channel 4 million more viewers SHANGHAI — France Telecom subsidiary GlobeCast will carry Chinese national broadcaster CCTV’s French-language channel CCTV-F in Europe, the...
View ArticleChina’s Youku pacts for 1,000 TV series
Top video site will offer mix of genres SHANGHAI — China’s top video Web site, Youku.com, has inked deals with producers of more than 1,000 TV series producers to put 40,000-plus episodes online,...
View ArticleCME Will Offer Dubai Mercantile Exchange Contracts
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) announced Nov. 10 that all Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME) contracts, including Oman crude oil futures, will begin trading on the CME Globex platform in...
View ArticleOmgeo Launching Korean Trade Processing Bureau
Trade management servicer Omgeo has announced a joint venture with the Korea Securities Depository (KSD) to provide investment firms in that country with automated trade matching and processing. Slated...
View ArticleInstinet Adds Hong Kong Stocks to Asian Venue
Agency brokerage Instinet said last week that it is offering Hong Kong equities on CBX Asia, an alternative trading platform that was previously limited to Japanese stocks. Instinet, a subsidiary of...
View ArticleIBM Supplying Risk System to Chinese Securities Firm
IBM Corp. is building a risk management system for Guotai Junan Securities in collaboration with Algorithmics, a Toronto-based provider of enterprise risk solutions. IBM says that the risk system for...
View ArticleChina Opens Avenues for Foreign Companies
China has taken major strides toward opening up its financial markets, allowing foreign companies to issue stocks and bonds on the mainland, tripling the allotment for foreign investors, and easing...
View ArticleOn-Demand CRM Model Is In Demand
Web-based applications offer a customizable alternative Customer relationship management (CRM) company Salesforce.com’s software-as-a-service model went a long way toward showing major Wall Street...
View ArticleOn-Demand CRM Model Is In Demand
Customer relationship management (CRM) company Salesforce.com’s software-as-a-service model went a long way toward showing major Wall Street firms that Web-based applications can be useful and...
View ArticleNew Zealand Readies Infrastructure for Australian ECN
Bolstering its infrastructure in anticipation of the launch of the AXE electronic communications network (ECN) in Australia, the New Zealand Exchange (NZX) has added hardware from Stratus Technologies...
View ArticleIBM Supplying Risk System to Chinese Securities Firm
IBM Corp. is building a risk management system for Guotai Junan Securities in collaboration with Algorithmics, a Toronto-based provider of enterprise risk solutions. IBM says that the risk system for...
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