29-Jan-2014 14:24

Sprint inches closer to voice-over-LTE, selecting Broadsoft for VoIP :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/r4WLvVgJOns/

Important notes for IT decision-makers from the third-quarter 2013 :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/2a8vghufojs/

VIDEO: 'Leave them crying out for more' :: Sainsbury's chief executive Justin King has been talking about his decision to leave after 10 years as boss saying he hopes he leaves "people crying out for more".
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25945327#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Investors 'returned to equities' :: Individual investors in the UK returned to equities in 2013 as the economy started to pick up, figures suggest.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25946866#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

London Market Report :: The FTSE loses some of its early impetus, despite strong trading updates from mining companies Anglo American and Antofagasta.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11899862#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

CloudLock locks up $16.5M to add staff and expand its SaaS security effort :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/BoZoqsPx-BQ/

Mulberry shares dive on profit alert :: Luxury handbag maker Mulberry says full-year profits will "substantially" miss expectations, sending its shares down by a quarter.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25941857#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Carney enters Scots currency debate :: The Bank of England governor enters the Scottish independence debate by reflecting on the currency implications of a "Yes" vote in the referendum.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-25930075#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

VIDEO: Your views on keeping sterling :: People in Edinburgh share their views on the currency that should be used in an independent Scotland.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-25944900#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

House prices 'up by 0.7% in January' :: UK house prices increased by 0.7% in January 2014, an 8.8% rise from the same month in 2013, according to the Nationwide Building Society.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25930876#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Like, Uh, You Know: Why Do Americans Say 'You Know' And Use Other Verbal Fillers So Often? :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div><div class="field-item odd"> </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"><p>On the evening of Jan. 17, Hollywood film mogul Harvey Weinstein appeared as a guest on Piers Morgan Live on CNN to discuss his plan to make a movie that will attack the National Rifle Association and to respond to accusations that his films portray the Catholic Church negatively.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/uh-you-know-why-do-americans-say-you-know-use-other-verbal-fillers-so-often-1549810

EU acts to curb banks' risky trading :: Proposals to isolate some of the riskier trading activities by the banking sector are unveiled by the European Commission.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25941075#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE: CL) Expected To Report Single-Digit Profit Despite Currency Losses :: <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"><p>Global consumer products powerhouse Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE: CL), which makes Colgate toothpaste and Palmolive dishwashing soap, is expected to report an 8.6 percent fourth-quarter profit increase as product innovation spurred sales growth and offset the drag of a strong dollar.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/colgate-palmolive-nyse-cl-expected-report-single-digit-profit-despite-currency-losses-1549520

The Future For E-Grocery: Amazon (AMZN) Fresh Retains Lead, But Startups Jump In :: <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"><p>Amazon.com, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AMZN) AmazonFresh still leads the field among online grocers, but startups are carving out niches in the challenging industry, according to a recent industry presentation.</p>
<p> Almost 40 percent of e-grocery shoppers preferred <a href="https://fresh.amazon.com/welcome" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AmazonFresh</a> over other online food retailers, according to a survey by retail consultancy Brick Meets Click. The company polled more than 22,000 shoppers.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/future-e-grocery-amazon-amzn-fresh-retains-lead-startups-jump-1549969

US Q4 2013 GDP Preview: Economy Seen Expanding 3.2% On Stronger Consumer Spending :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div><div class="field-item odd"> </div><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"><p>The U.S. economy likely grew at a slightly slower but still robust pace in the fourth quarter of 2013 compared with the prior quarter, as healthy consumer spending more than offset weaker government spending and slower inventory building.</p>
<p>Gross domestic product, the value of all goods and services the nation produced, rose at a 3.4 percent annual rate in the fourth quarter, according to a Reuters survey of economists, after expanding 4.1 percent in the third.</p>
<p>The Commerce Dept. will release its advance fourth-quarter GDP report at 8:30 a.m. ET on Thursday.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/us-q4-2013-gdp-preview-economy-seen-expanding-32-stronger-consumer-spending-1550001

Seattle Seahawks' Marshawn Lynch Has 'Beast Mode' Marijuana Strain Named After Him Ahead Of Super Bowl Showdown With The Denver Broncos :: <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"><p>As far as tributes go, having weed grown and named after you could be seen as one of the more unusual ones, but that's exactly what has happened to Seattle Seahawk's running back Marshawn Lynch, after a Seattle-based marijuana dispensary named a strain of the now-legal drug "beast mode."</p>
<p>Nate "diggity" Johnson, owner of the Queen Anne Cannabis Club, said that the strain was "extremely strong" and that the name "beast mode" was a tribute to Lynch after the Seahawks made the Super Bowl.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/seattle-seahawks-marshawn-lynch-has-beast-mode-marijuana-strain-named-after-him-ahead-super-bowl

1947 Partition Archive: How To Save Memories Of The Traumatic Birth Of India And Pakistan Before Time Runs Out :: <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"><p>The partition of 'British' India in August 1947 not only created two new independent nations, India and Pakistan, but also resulted in one of the greatest forced migrations in human history. Millions of frightened people, displaced from their ancestral homes, fled across newly delineated (and quite artificial) borders depending upon their faiths to start new lives in a strange place often with nothing. Hindus and Sikhs exited from lands demarcated as "Muslim" Pakistan into the "new" India, while Muslims departed Hindu-dominated India into the new state called Pakistan (West and East).</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/1947-partition-archive-how-save-memories-traumatic-birth-india-pakistan-time-runs-out-1550094

Now Your Smartphone Can Unlock Your Hotel Room :: <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"><p>"These days everything you do is smart, from the way you pay to the way you go places to the way you say hello. And now your travels are smart too." So begins a promotional video for the latest innovation from Starwood Hotels &amp; Resorts (NYSE: HOT): a keyless hotel key uploaded to your smartphone.</p>
<p>A Starwood representative told International Business Times in an email Tuesday evening that the company's vision goes beyond just ditching the hotel key. Starwood hopes to completely redefine the age-old arrival experience.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/now-your-smartphone-can-unlock-your-hotel-room-1550162

Poll: What Are The 20 Places Every American Should Visit? :: url: http://www.ibtimes.com/poll-what-are-20-places-every-american-should-visit-1550169

Samsung reveals significant retail push in Europe :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/0KnK3dFjPII/