Thursday, January 30, 2014

Google sells Motorola to Lenovo for $2.91 billion

Google is selling Motorola Mobility to Lenovo, giving the Chinese smartphone manufacturer a major presence in the US market. 
Lenovo will buy Motorola for $2.91 billion in a mixture of cash and stock. Google will retain ownership of the vast majority of Motorola's patents, while 2,000...

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Με διάταγμα η μείωση μισθών ΣΚΤ

Στο πρωτοφανές μέτρο της μείωσης των μισθών των υπαλλήλων της συνεργατικής κεντρικής τράπεζας με διάταγμα προχώρησε σήμερα το υπουργείο οικονομικών. 

Το υπουργικό διάταγμα προνοεί μείωση των αποδοχών και ωφελημάτων του προσωπικού της ΣΚΤ και καθορίζει τη συμμετοχή του κράτους στο συνεργατισμό σε ποσοστό 99%. 
Με βάση το διάταγμα, μειώνονται κατά 3% οι... ακαθάριστες αποδοχές των υπαλλήλων της 
ΣΚΤ. 

Το διάταγμα προνοεί επίσης κλιμακωτές μειώσεις μισθών από 0 μέχρι 25% μετά από ακαθάριστες απολαβές €13 χιλ. 

Προνοείται επίσης η μείωση των εισφορών του εργοδότη κατά 7%, «ποσοστό το οποίο υπολογίζεται στο σύνολο των ακαθάριστων αποδοχών όπως προκύπτει μετά την μείωση που αναφέρεται πιο πάνω». 

Η έκδοση διατάγματος ακολουθεί την αποτυχία των διαπραγματεύσεων με την ΕΤΥΚ, η 
οποία εκπροσωπεί τους 300 υπαλλήλους της ΣΚΤ. Οι 2700 υπάλληλοι των συνεργατικών πιστωτικών ιδρυμάτων αποδέχθηκαν εθελοντική μείωση των μισθών κατά περίπου 15%, που επίσης θα εφαρμοστεί κλιμακωτά.

Source:http://www.stockwatch.com.cy/nqcontent.cfm?a_name=news_view&ann_id=190995

Ενδείξεις σταθεροποίησης στις τράπεζες


Ενδείξεις σταθεροποίησης του χρηματοπιστωτικού συστήματος δίνουν νέα στοιχεία της Κεντρικής Τράπεζας, που δείχνουν μικρή μείωση των καταθέσεων και των δανείων. 

Οι καταθέσεις στο χρηματοπιστωτικό σύστημα το Δεκέμβριο του 2013 μειώθηκαν κατά €165 εκ., σύμφωνα με την Κεντρική Τράπεζα. 

Παρά τη μείωση, οι καταθέσεις των κυπρίων σημείωσαν άνοδο για δεύτερο συνεχή μήνα, ενώ μικρή αύξηση σημειώθηκε και στις καταθέσεις των κατοίκων τρίτων χωρών.... 

Ην. Βασίλειο: Άλμα 6 ετών για οικονομία

Ανάπτυξη 0,7% σημείωσε το τέταρτο τρίμηνο η οικονομία του Ην. Βασιλείου σε σχέση με το προηγούμενο τρίμηνο, κλείνοντας την καλύτερη χρονιά από το 2007. 

Ανάπτυξη κατέγραψαν όλοι οι τομείς εκτός των κατασκευών...

GIGANTIC RATE HIKE IN TURKEY

The Central Bank of Turkey just announced massive rate hikes.
It raised the overnight lending rate to 12%, from 7.75%.
It raised the  benchmark repurchase rate to 10%, from 4.5%...

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

$9.84 credit card charge could be indicator of fraud

Internet commerceIf you see a $9.84 charge on your credit card statement, you should give it a hard look.

The Better Business Bureau says scammers are charging stolen credit card numbers for a small amount of money, and many recent victims were charged $9.84. 

The scammers believe few cardholders will review purchases involving such small amounts -- and that credit card companies won't aggressively...

Solar-Powered Laptop with Dual-Sided Display Detailed in Apple Patent

apple_solarpowered_macbook_1Apple has been awarded a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (viaAppleInsider) detailing an "electronic device display module" for a laptop that would include the ability to act as a secondary rear display featuring touch controls. 

The patent also details a...

Κινήσεις ματ αξίας €4 δισ. από Τράπεζα Κύπρου

Κινήσεις για ενίσχυση της ρευστότητας της Τράπεζας Κύπρου βρίσκονται σε εξέλιξη. Η πρώτη αφορά την πώληση της ουκρανικής θυγατρικής της PJSC Bank of Cyprus στο πλαίσιο του σχεδίου αναδιάρθρωσης και η δεύτερη την παραχώρηση κυβερνητικών εγγυήσεων ύψους €2,9 δισ. 

Χθες η κοινοβουλευτική Επιτροπή Οικονομικών, μετά από αίτημα του υπουργού Οικονομικών Χάρη...

Παραιτήθηκε ο Πρωθυπουργός της Ουκρανίας

Ο πρωθυπουργός της Ουκρανίας Μικόλα Αζάροφ υπέβαλε σήμερα την παραίτησή του, σύμφωνα με ανακοίνωση που αναρτήθηκε στην ιστοσελίδα της ουκρανικής κυβέρνησης, την ώρα της έναρξης της έκτακτης συνεδρίασης του ουκρανικού κοινοβουλίου για την αντιμετώπιση της πολιτικής κρίσης...

Facebook update allows you to hide certain stories and people from your news feed

photoFacebook for iOS update that was released earlier today includes the ability to hide certain people from your main news feed...

Former American intelligence contractor Edward Snowden accuses US of industrial espionage

NSA whistleblower Edward SnowdenThe United States has been accused of engaging in industrial espionage as well as using mobile phone apps such as Angry Birds to scoop up personal data.
In the latest revelations by whistleblower Edward Snowden, he says the National Intelligence Agency (NSA) spies on big companies that compete with US firms.
During a recorded, six-hour interview...

Monday, January 27, 2014

Apple reports $57.6B revenue for Q1 2014: 51M iPhones, 26m iPads, 4.8m Macs


Apple has just released its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2014, which runs from the beginning of October to the end of December. 
The company earned $13.1 billion in profit on a record $57.6 billion in revenue. Both the revenue numbers and the company's 37.9 percent gross margin were in line with the guidance Apple released at the end of last quarter...

Grammys Red Carpet 2014 Photos: See All The Wild Dresses From Music's Big Stars

If you want sophisticated gowns with understated silhouettes and classic colors, go to the Golden Globes or the Oscars. 
The Grammys are a wilder game, with unexpected fashion statements that always get us talking...

Google reportedly buying AI startup DeepMind for over $400 million

Google appears to be building on its already massive interest in AI and robotics. Re/codereports that the search company is in the process of acquiring DeepMind Technologies for $400 million as part of a concerted talent acquisition effort. We've reached out to Google for confirmation.
According to the startup's website (which is currently only a placeholder), DeepMind combines machine learning and neuroscience to create...

The GRAMMYs winners




The GRAMMYs winners list:..

Πώληση BOCY στην Ουκρανία για €225 εκ.

Πολύ κοντά στην πώληση της ουκρανικής θυγατρικής της PJSC βρίσκεται η Τράπεζα Κύπρου, μετά από πολύμηνες συζητήσεις με επίδοξους αγοραστές. 

Οι διαβουλεύσεις για την πώληση της PJSC είναι προχωρημένες και υπολογίζεται ότι είναι θέμα λίγων ημερών να ανακοινωθεί επίσημα η τελική συμφωνία, αφού γίνει ο απαραίτητος έλεγχος των στοιχείων ισολογισμού της τράπεζας...

Sunday, January 26, 2014

Pitbull teams up with Jennifer Lopez for official 2014 World Cup song

Pop star Jennifer Lopez will feature in the official song for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Lopez follows in the footsteps of Shakira by working on a song for football's biggest tournament.Four years ago it was Shakira telling the world to "Waka Waka" ahead of South Africa 2010.
Now, with Brazil 2014 just months away, FIFA has announced U.S. artist Pitbull will team up with Jennifer Lopez for "We Are One (Ola Ola)," the official song of this year's World Cup...

Apple could take on PayPal, Square, and Isis with its own mobile payments business

Apple Inc. AAPL -1.82% is laying the groundwork for an expanded mobile-payments service, leveraging its growing base of iPhone and iPad users and the hundreds of millions of credit cards on file through its iTunes stores.
Eddy Cue, Apple's iTunes and App Store chief and a key lieutenant of Chief...

French President Francois Hollande Splits From His Partner

HollandeFrench President Francois Hollande confirmed his split from partner Valerie Trierweiler on Saturday, the BBC reports
Hollande, 59, was expected to announce the separation in a formal statement on Saturday, but instead, saying he was speaking in a personal capacity, told the AFP: "I am making it known that I have put an end to my shared life with Valerie Trierweiler."...

Steve Jobs' First Public Demonstration of the Macintosh, Hidden Since 1984 (video)

Steve JobsOn January 24, 1984, Steve Jobs famously demonstrated the Macintosh for the first time at Apple's shareholders meeting at the Flint Center in Cupertino.

Less than a week later, Jobs again showed off the Mac. But this time, instead of showing it to Apple's investors, he showed it to his potential user base at the monthly general meeting of the Boston Computer Society.

This lesser known introduction actually comes off more polished than the January 24 version,..

Friday, January 24, 2014

Fearless man plays with grizzly bears like you play with your dog (video)

Fearless man plays with grizzly bears like you play with your dog
Oh, nothing to see here. Just a guy playing wrestle with a grizzly bear and letting it fake swallow his head. Wait, what? Mmhmm. Bear trainer Doug Seus plays around with an 8 foot tall behemoth of a beast the same way you would mess around with your dog. It's stunning to see...

What's eating the gigabytes in Samsung's 16 GB Galaxy S4?

412194875527FORTUNE -- No 16 GB smartphone on the market actually delivers 16 GB of usable storage, but some come closer than others.
Of the eight models evaluated by the British product-testing charity Which?, Apple (AAPL)'s iPhone 5C scored the highest with 12.6 GB (79%) of free memory...

Apple Mac turns 30 (video & timeline)

Thirty years ago, Apple introduced the Macintosh with the promise to put the creative power of technology in everyone’s hands. It launched a generation of innovators who continue to change the world...

Thursday, January 23, 2014

IBM sells its x86 server business to Lenovo for $2.3 billion

IBM logoGiving up a years-long fight for profits in a highly competitive part of the market for powerful networked machines, IBM has agreed to sell its x86 server business to Lenovo for $2.3 billion, the companies announced Thursday...

Juan Mata's £37million transfer to Manchester United accepted by Chelsea

Juan Mata - Chelsea have accepted a £37million bid for Juan Mata and immediately released the Spanish international to join Manchester United to complete the most dramatic deal of the transfer window.
Mata will undergo a medical on Thursday at United before completing the move that will see him more than double his £70,000-a-week Chelsea salary at Old Trafford...

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

How to create and manage multiple user profiles in Chrome

chrome logoOne of Google's Chrome's flagship features is the ability to sign in with your Google account and sync your history, bookmarks, apps, and extensions across multiple PCs. Signing in also helps improve your Google Now suggestions, and automatically signs you in to Google services like Gmail, Drive, and Google+.
The downside: If you share a PC at home, other family members can...

Three-year, 27,000 drive study reveals the most reliable hard drive makers

If you’re looking to upgrade your PC’s hard drive in the next few months, you might want to take a look at an interesting blog post from online backup provider Backblaze.
 After shining a general light on how long hard drives actually last late last year, the company took to its blog on Tuesday to provide a detailed look at how consumer-grade hard drives...
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