It’s the new reality of IT: working as part of a global team, with coworker and outsourcers all over the world, coordinated by a project manager at headquarters. But that reality can be ugly, as managers are stretched across time zones, with no such thing as being off the clock. Work quality, commitment, and communications […]
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I love living in Shanghai, but there are three things I really miss about the U.S. I miss driving, though I’m sure I’ll change my mind once I get back home and see the gas prices. I miss Chinese food — ironically, American-style Chinese food is the only food that’s not available in Shanghai. Most
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New channels of electronic communication have been a boon to many industries, opening up sales and marketing opportunities, helping improve customer service and speeding up innovation and collaboration. For Wall Street, however, the benefits of technology such as Twitter have to be weighed against the compliance pains. Twitter, launched by San Francisco-based Obvious in late
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OppenheimerFunds used to have a data entry efficiency problem. Address changes that customers made on its Web site had to be manually re-entered into a variety of back-end systems before they went into effect.
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OppenheimerFunds used to have a data entry efficiency problem. Address changes that customers made on its website had to be manually re-entered into a variety of back-end systems before they went into effect. “Our business was growing — that was the good news,” said Geoff Youell, the firm’s assistant vice president of architecture. But due
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New channels of electronic communication have been a boon to many industries, opening up sales and marketing opportunities, helping improve customer service and speeding up innovation and collaboration. For Wall Street, however, the benefits of technology such as Twitter have to be weighed against the compliance pains. Twitter, launched by San Francisco-based Obvious in late
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United Kingdom-based Standard Chartered bank has begun issuing yuan-denominated debit cards in China after signing a card agreement with China UnionPay, a bank spokesperson tells CardLine Global. The bank earlier this month received permission from Chinese financial authorities to issue the cards (CardLine Global, 14 July). The bank is among the first foreign financial institutions
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In an apparent sign of the growing sophistication of the Chinese lending market, Chinese citizens made at least 150,000 inquiries about credit records in June, the People’s Bank of China says, up from 1,000 inquiries in January 2005. The increase in inquiries comes after China’s financial authorities expanded the information included in the country’s credit-information
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As the 2008 Olympics draw closer, the number of shops in Beijing that accept internationally branded payment cards stood at about 110,000 at the end of June, nearly double the number from last year, according to state-owned news media. Games attendees will be able to make card payments at some 90% of Olympic venues, the
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DreamWorks toon grosses $14 mil in 10 days SHANGHAI — DreamWorks Animation’s “Kung Fu Panda” took in 97 million yuan ($14 million) during its first 10 days in China, the state-owned Xinhua News Agency reported Tuesday. Read full article at The Hollywood Reporter.
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Suffering from a lack of liquidity and poor securities processing, Ukraine is hoping that Nasdaq OMX Group can provide some relief and bring the country’s markets more international attention. Nasdaq announced earlier this month that it had signed letters of intent with the National Bank of Ukraine and Ukrainian Interbank Currency Exchange (UICE) to help
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SHANGHAI — Zhang Ziyi, Jackie Chan and Wong Kar Wai opened the 11th Shanghai International Film Festival on Saturday, calling on guests and media to get organized to relieve the victims of China’s devastating earthquake. But the event around them began in disarray as the press screening of the opening film, Chinese documentary “Olympic Dreamers,”
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Music industry groups have called the popular Chinese search engine Baidu “the largest and most incorrigible purveyor of pirated music in China.” Other organizations backing the initiative include the China Audio-Video Copyright Assn. and the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, along with local and international record labels including EMI Music Publishing, Universal Music, Sony
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SHANGHAI — Citing too many billboards that are too densely placed, Shanghai has suspended all new outdoor advertising ahead of the 2010 World Expo, echoing earlier restrictions enacted in Beijing for the lead-up to the Olympics. In a note posted on the city’s Web site Thursday, city spokesman Chen Qiwei called the billboards across China’s
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China’s top video-sharing site, Tudou.com, announced $57 million in new financing Monday, confirming rumors previously circulating online. Investors include IDG, Granite Global Ventures and General Catalyst, all of which have invested in the company before. Previous funding rounds raised $500,000, $8.5 million, and $19 million, respectively. The new investment totals $85 million, the company said,
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