| Business: Bank's meeting place for bosses
THE Lord Mayor of Coventry, Cllr Dave Batten, has officially opened a new business lounge aimed at city executives. Cllr Batten cut the ribbon at Lloyds TSB's High Street branch which now offers the bank's customers from Coventry, Nuneaton and Rugby a place to meet. The lounge has a boardroom for up to 14 people, tea and coffee facilities, a chill-out zone and wi-fi. Use of all the facilities is free for customers. Business advisers will also be on hand to offer assistance. Chris Tucker, area director of Lloyds TSB in Coventry and Warwickshire, said: "Lots of small companies lack the space to break away from their desks or hold meetings with clients so we have established the lounge to provide our customers with a great alternative environment. "The new lounge will provide an excellent opportunity for our customers to network with other local business people, talk to a member of our team about their banking requirements, or simply take a break from the office." .
China's trade, finance, politics revolution: entrepreneurship, law, family business, jobs
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Applied Digitals sells part of reseller business
Applied Digital Solutions said it has sold certain assets of a subsidiary's value added reseller business to Avtex for an undisclosed price. The business is part of the Delray Beach-based identification and security technology firm's wholly owned Perimeter Technology subsidiary. .
Bad banking, building news hits markets
New York Stocks resumed their slide Monday as Wall Street absorbed a gloomy outlook for the banking sector as well as bleak news from the National Association of Homebuilders. The major stock market indexes each fell more than 1.5 percent, with the Dow Jones industrial average giving up more than 200 points. Concerns about the banking sector dominated the session. Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s downgrade of large banks, and its estimate Citigroup Inc. would have to write down $15 billion due to its exposure to risky debt in the next two quarters, unnerved Wall Street. .
South Africa: Tools to Bust Cabals Are Sharp Enough
DO THE competition authorities need more tools in their tool box, or is it simply a matter of sharpening the ones they already have? Developments in bread and in banking in the past week have highlighted the way the Competition Commission is increasingly sharpening its tools in an effort to curb abuses and bring about more of a culture of competition. .
Cybercom Group: Cybercom Drives Vehicle Communication Development
Cybercom (STO:CYBE) plays a key role in a development project that will stimulate co-operation between the vehicle and telecom industries. The project's purpose? To implement new functions and services in vehicles.
Cybercom is co-enabling a development project called open platform for nomadic devices (OPND). This project is part of VINNOVA's larger vehicles' IT and telematics (V-ICT) programme. Appello, Saab Automobile/GM, Scania, the Viktoria Institute, and Volvo Technology AB are also participating in the OPND project. "Greater responsibility in the OPND project was a natural evolution for Cybercom," says Ingemar Soderlund, Saab Automobile. "The company has extensive vehicle expertise coupled with telecom, Internet, and media expertise."
The OPND project's goal is to create a platform that is aligned with vehicles' electrical architectures and to enable integration and services usage, which is driven by the electronics and mobile services (consumer) markets.
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