THE founder of SheFighter, a company that trains women in Jordan in self-defence techniques, Lina Jalil Khalifeh, has won the first place in UNCTAD’s Empretec Women in Business Awards.
Category: International
BoE Sets Out Overhaul Of Deposit Guarantee Protection
DEPOSITORS temporarily sitting on large balances following house sales and personal injury payouts are to have extra cover if their bank fails.
Senior Banker Pleads Guilty To Libor Fixing
A senior banker from a leading British bank has become the first person in the UK to plead guilty to conspiracy to defraud in connection with manipulating Libor.
US Largest Bank Compromises Data On 76m Customers
HACKERS, thought to be based in Southern Europe, accessed around a dozen JP Morgan servers and gained access to the names, addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses of swathes of its customers, the bank said.
Banks’ £14bn Penance For Credit Crisis Sins
THE three British banks accused of rigging the foreign exchange market are facing a total of about £14bn in fines to settle a welter of investigations into their conduct in the run-up to the financial crisis.
It’s Time For Tesco To Stock A New Brand Of Auditor
The shortage of retail experts on Tesco’s board gave cause for concern long before the black hole was discovered, writes James Quinn EVEN before last week’s stark admission that Tesco had overstated its accounts by £250m, questions had been circling around the make-up of its board.
China Drives Global Auto Sales Growth, As US Declines
CHINA will continue to drive global auto sales growth over the next 12 to 18 months, while shipments of US-made vehicles will slow, Moody’s Investors Service says in a new report.
Barclays Orders To Pay €10m After ‘Misuse’ Of Documents
BARCLAYS has been ordered to pay a former client €10 million after losing a court case over claims that it misused confidential information gleaned from a customer to buy a Swedish carbon trading business four years ago.
The Tree That Recharges Your Phone
MILENA Ristovic, a secondary school teacher in the Serbian capital of Belgrade, suffers from a complaint common to millions around the world. “My battery-hungry devices run out so quickly,” she laments.
Oracle Buys Media Content Storage Firm
ORACLE, a leading U.S.-based multinational computer technology corporation has signed an agreement to acquire Front Porch Digital, a provider of content storage management solutions that help companies migrate, manage and monetize large-scale media assets.