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.

Halo effect in business

Halo effect, it was nothing less than the cognitive distortion, namely that on the basis of one or more individual items assess the whole event in a certain way. The assessment may be positive - then known as the halo effect is not the case as a result of Galatei effect Polyanny effect or halo effect nimbu), or negative - effect of Golem.   The halo effect is seen on a daily basis for a fault it has the rather, our brain's tendency to improve the cognitive processes and to go to shortcuts. In other words, saying, in our mind, there are associations that are culturally conditioned, the result of our experience or education that you can easily occur if you are determined stimulus. These associations which usually is given as an example of halo effect is the appearance of association between a man and his personality: for example blonde - good; ore - false, glasses - smart. For it must be especially careful negotiators since the halo effect of easily manipulated. Taking into account the most popular combination, you can deliberately cause an appropriate and desired effect. Halo effect is also used in advertising and marketing (and it is a daily shopping)-will be a flagship example of a nice package, which suggests a good and nice content. Halo effect seen even in a restaurant in which the given course may well be less tasty, but it will be considered as excellent. To the halo effect, therefore, must be considered, but use it as far as possible - that is almost always-from an interview, by setting up deals for the customer, after contract negotiations ending.

 

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