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Police & Ibac To Investigate Transaction
The government of Victoria has asked the police and integrity bodies to investigate recent revelations that the chief of staff for the opposition leader proposed to ask a Liberal party donor to make payments totaling more than one hundred thousand dollars to the business of the chief of staff'...
Only 20% of Americans work three or more days a week: IBM's CEO
Major American businesses were shocked to see that fewer staff than they anticipated wanted to return to their offices as they started to welcome back employees in the spring. Ford stated that the initial numbers were "lower than we expected" back in April, and more recent remarks from ...
Terry Sweeney has joined EY's healthcare digital consulting division
Terry Sweeney has joined EY as a partner in Adelaide after stepping down as the CEO of the Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre in March.
The Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre, founded in 2018, is a $200 million national organisation that fast-tracks technology and digita...
MIZUHO BANK EXECUTIVES TO TAKE PAY CUTS OVER ATM SYSTEM FAILURE
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- Mizuho Bank executives to take pay cuts over ATM system failure.
- Mizuho Group’s President and Group CEO Tatsufumi Sakai and 10 other executives will take pay cuts.
- Mizuho Bank will recruit executives from IBM Japan ...
MIZHUO BANK ATM FAILURE DUE TO POOR OPERATION & MANAGEMENT
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- Mizhuo Bank ATM failure due to poor operation & management.
- A third-party panel concluded the same on Tuesday.
- The panel consisted of lawyers and system management experts.
- On Feb. 28, its systems were over...
EAST JAPAN CITY GOVT. TO REVOKE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH DHC CORP.
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- East Japan city govt. to revoke partnership agreement with DHC Corp.
- The Shimotsuma Municipal Government in Ibaraki Prefecture gave the decision.
- The company's website is said to have discriminated against Korean peop...
IBM AND UK GOVERNMENT TOGETHER TO BUILD AI & QUANTUM COMPUTING CENTRE IN DARESBURY
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- Government of UK and IBM together to build an AI and quantum computing centre in Daresbury, Cheshire
- UK government will invest 172 million pounds and IBM will invest 38 million pounds in the centre
The government of the U...
TOYKO STOCKS FALL OVER CORONAVRIUS IMPACT ON DOMESTIC BUSINESS
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- Toyko stocks fall over coronavirus impact on domestic business.
- The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average lost 166.11 points, or 0.58 percent.
- Stocks declined in companies that were led by iron and steel, pharmaceutical and serv...
UK: LIVERPOOL FC AGREES DEAL TO SIGN IBRAHIMA KONATE
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- The football club of Liverpool agrees the deal for signing Ibhrahina Konate from RB Leipzig football club
- The defender has agreed for a long-term contract with Liverpool FC from 1st July 2021
The Liverpool Football Club h...
19 OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES TO BE INSTALLED BY TOKYO GAS CO.
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- 19 offshore wind turbines to be installed by Tokyo Gas Co.
- The wind turbines will be located near the coast of Ibaraki Prefecture.
- The wind turbines are expected to generate a maximum of 159.6 megawatts.
- Japan ...
IBM JAPAN LTD. TO INSTALL THE COUNTRY’S FIRST LEADING-EDGE QUANTUM COMPUTER
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- IBM Japan Ltd. to install the country’s first leading-edge quantum computer.
- The quantum computer will be in place in few months, and will be operation by end of year.
- The first machine will be a "gate-model qu...
IBERDROLA SEEKS EU FUNDS TO BUILD LARGE-SCALE FLOATING WIND ENERGY FARM IN SPAIN
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- The company Iberdrola has been planning to spend more than 1 billion euros on the large-scale floating wind power farm
- The company from Spain also has not confirmed that, where it is going to build the floating wind farm
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IBM PLANNING TO CUT ABOUT 10,000 JOBS IN EUROPE
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- The company IBM is planning to cut around 10,000 jobs in the continent of Europe
- The company is taking this step in an attempt for reducing the costs at its slow-growth services unit
The International Business Machines Co...
SOFTBANK CORP. SUBSIDIARY TO LAUNCH THE FIRST AUTONOMOUS BUS SERVICE IN JAPAN
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- SoftBank Corp. subsidiary to launch the first autonomous bus service in Japan.
- The company will launch the starting Thursday.
- The passenger bus can carry 9 people and drive around 20 kms per hour.
- The autonomou...
TOKYO POLICE ARRESTS 2 MEN OVER FRAUDULENT USE OF ‘PAYPAY’ MOBILE PAYMENT SERVICE
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- Tokyo police arrest 2 men over fraudulent use of ‘PayPay’ mobile payment service.
- The suspects fraudulently charged about $4,300 after stealing money from another person’s bank account.
- The two suspects ...
KANTO RAILWAY CO. SELLING DIESEL LOCOMOTOVE DD502 FOR 2 MILLION YEN
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- Kanto Railway Co. selling diesel locomotive DD502 for 2 million yen.
- The railway firm’s media post for the locomotive has gone viral among railway fans.
- The firm is said to have received numerous inquiries surroundi...
SPANISH FIRM IBERDROLA IS AIMING TO BECOME GREEN HYDROGEN LEADER IN EUROPE
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- Spanish company Iberdrola is aiming to become one of the top green hydrogen producers in the continent of Europe
- The company Iberdrola have a 200-megawatt electrolyzer project and is planning for an electrolyzer of 600 megawatts more ...
BIDEN’S TRIUMPH IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS MAY SPELL TROUBLE FOR KOREAN BANKS IN US
- The triumph of Democratic candidate Joe Biden in the U.S. presidential election has brought a ray of hope for both the U.S. and the global community, but his attitude towards stricter financial regulations is apparently weighing on Korean banks doing business in the world's largest ma...
JAPAN’S IBM CORP. UNIT DVELOP AN AI SUITCASE TO ASSIT BLIND PEOPLE
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- Japan’s IBM Corp. unit develop an AI suitcase to assist blind people.
- A pilot test of a prototype was conducted at an airport in Japan earlier this month.
- The AI suitcase successfully navigated itself to an All Nipp...
MAJOR FOREIGN IB’S RECALIBRATE GROWTH PROSPECTS IN KOREAN ECONOMY TURNAROUND
- Major foreign investment banks (IBs) have recalibrated their forecasts for South Korea's economic growth for 2020 on rising expectations for an economic turnaround, a report showed Friday.
- Until late October, nine principal global IBs, including Barclays and Goldman Sachs, ...