20-Mar-2013 17:58

EMC's Paul Maritz: it takes leadership to move companies toward a data-driven future :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/5qML1-TEiEM/story01.htm

New help for home-buyers outlined :: Chancellor George Osborne announces a new Help to Buy scheme, aimed at helping people to buy their own homes. He has also launched a mortgage guarantee scheme, to increase mortgage availability.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21849974#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Royal Ascot offers record $7.5M prize money :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/zmgWa-wp2r0/index.html

Walmart inches toward mobile checkout with Scan & Go app for iPhone :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/edELxrZceuo/story01.htm

Concurrent gets $4M for higher-level Hadoop :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/dX9jA-84hpg/story01.htm

If you think big data is big now, just wait for the internet of things :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/6OYsShmn4Ss/story01.htm

Is Microsoft the Next Apple? :: url: http://www.ibtimes.com/microsoft-next-apple-1139917

National Insurance cut to boost jobs :: Companies in the UK are to get up to £2,000 off their National Insurance Contributions (NIC) in an attempt to boost job creation, the chancellor announces.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21857641#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Cyprus holds bailout crisis talks :: Political leaders in Cyprus are meeting for emergency talks after its parliament overwhelmingly rejected an international bailout deal.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21855163#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Arsenal Transfer News: Sanchez, Jovetic, Cech And Aubameyang Discussed In Latest Speculation :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech has dismissed speculation linking him with a summer move to Arsenal, saying "I can't even imagine it."</p>
<p>On Tuesday, the <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2295484/Arsenal-target-Chelseas-Petr-Cech-replace-form-Wojciech-Szczesny.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Daily Mail reported</a> that Arsenal had put the 30-year-old on their shortlist to replace Wojciech Szczesny, with the suggestion that Cech could be replaced by Thibaut Courtois at Chelsea next season. The Belgian 20-year-old is currently on loan at Atletico Madrid.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/arsenal-transfer-news-sanchez-jovetic-cech-aubameyang-discussed-latest-speculation-1139879

Samsung Galaxy S4 Sees Four Times More Pre-Sale Interest Than Galaxy S3 In The UK :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The <a href="http://www.samsung.com/global/microsite/galaxys4/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Samsung Galaxy S4</a> seems already to be in competition with its older sibling, the <a href="http://www.samsung.com/global/galaxys3/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Galaxy S3</a>, as the recently unveiled handset is gearing up to be another bestseller well before it's released, or even available for pre-order.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/samsung-galaxy-s4-sees-four-times-more-pre-sale-interest-galaxy-s3-uk-1139725

VIDEO: Budget: OBR halves growth forecast :: The official forecast for growth in the UK economy this year has been halved, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has confirmed.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21867562#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Xbox 720 Rumors: Release Date May Introduce Install-Only Games, Always-On Console Specs In 2013 :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>For a few months now, it's been rumored that Microsoft's next-generation gaming console – unofficially dubbed "Xbox 720" by fans, but codenamed "Durango" by developers – but on Tuesday evening, <a href="http://www.vgleaks.com/durango-xdk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">VGLeaks decided to release</a> an alleged Xbox Development Kit for the apparent console, which reinforces a great deal of what we've already heard about the Xbox 720.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/xbox-720-rumors-release-date-may-introduce-install-only-games-always-console-specs-2013-1139811

U.S. Oil Stocks Drop for First Time in 9 Weeks :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>U.S. commercial crude oil inventories fell for the first time in nine weeks, though supplies remain "well-above the upper limit of the average range" for this time of year, according to the Energy Information Administration.</p>
<p> Nationwide crude supplies, excluding the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, totaled 382.7 million barrels during the week ended March 15, down 0.3% from the previous week, the administration said March 20 in its Weekly Petroleum Status Report.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/us-oil-stocks-drop-first-time-9-weeks-1139813

Panasonic Rumored to Sell Local Asset to HTC or TSMC :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p>
<p>First Panasonic (NYSE: <a href="http://www.benzinga.com/stock/pc#NYSE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PC</a> <a href="http://www.benzinga.com/stock-trends/PC/NYSE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">[FREE Stock Trend Analysis]</a>) closed a <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324081704578234920278808676.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">plasma TV factory</a> in Shanghai.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/panasonic-rumored-sell-local-asset-htc-or-tsmc-1139801

Did British spies shoot down BlackBerry 10 for security reasons? Not quite :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/47A1y0KmBzU/story01.htm

Lufthansa calls off 500 flights :: German airline Lufthansa, Europe's largest by revenue, cancels more than 500 flights in advance of a mass walkout on Thursday.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21866022#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

NCAA Tournament 2013 TV Schedule: What Channel Are The First Round March Madness Games On? :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The 2013 NCAA Tournament officially got underway on Tuesday with the first two first-round games of March Madness. Two more games will follow on Wednesday, and the field of 64 will begin on Thursday.</p>
<p>The first few days of the NCAA Tournament are some of the best in sports. Cinderellas are born, as several top seeds are bound to slip up and lose their first game.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/ncaa-tournament-2013-tv-schedule-what-channel-are-first-round-march-madness-games-1139741

Tiger Woods' Ex-Mistress, Devon 'XXX' James, Gives Lindsey Vonn Some Advice :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>One of Tiger Woods' former mistresses, an ex-porn star named Devon 'XXX' James, has some cautionary words for his new girlfriend, Olympic alpine-skiier Lindsey Vonn.</p>
<p>According to the <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/tiger_ex_nexxxt_WGjWxdzPAl7MCe9wVZTu9O" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NY Post</a>, James, who is better known as the 16th woman to come forward in the Tiger Woods sex scandal in 2009, was shocked by the news that Woods and Vonn are dating because she doesn't believe that the skier is Woods' type. James also suggested that Woods might already be cheating on Vonn.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/tiger-woods-ex-mistress-devon-xxx-james-gives-lindsey-vonn-some-advice-1139737

Infrastructure spend boosted by £3bn :: The government says it will spend an extra £3bn a year to fund infrastructure projects in hope of boosting economic growth.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21860615#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa