Hackers take aim at the GSM

Photo sxc.huW next six months promises to be a wave of hacking into mobile phones. Hackers Group focuses its efforts on chinese food Hotels compare discount breaking the security code of the GSM system, which uses about 3 billion people around the world.

Immutability of Japan

Photo: Everett Kennedy Brown, the PAP / EPAKiedy last year began a great recession, the fate of Japan was often cited as a serious warning to the West. If the United States and the European Union failed to bring an appropriate policy - said - that can wait for them "lost decade" in the Japanese style, to be followed by years of weak growth.

Swiss banks are expecting to avoid inquiry

AFP senior Swiss bankers are convinced that they can avoid a devastating investigations of their activities, carried out by U.S. authorities as a result of a tax dispute with UBS. In an interview with the FT two senior management staff, one of Credit Suisse, the second of Julius Baer said it is optimistic.

Central banks below zero

Border scratch is one of the biggest myths of monetary economics. This means that interest rates may not fall below zero, because otherwise people gathering cash. Entire generations of central bankers considered it as equivalent to zero degrees Kelvin - the lowest temperature theoretically possible.

We will reduce number of banks and bonuses

George Osborne unless policies must be right: the government should impose a limit on the amount of bonuses for bankers. But wait: executive director of financial services supervisory authority (FSA) Hector Sants also certainly have some arguments, he contends that it is not the task of government to set the wages. Politicians in London and not just trying to solve Squaring the circle.

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 About motivate heard all the praise. But how effective will stimulate workers to work in a more unconventional manner?  Contrary to appearances, this is not so difficult. Helpful action is inconsistent with drawings, more and more attention, for instance, and the interior design office.

 
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