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Tuesday, November 14, 2017
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Thursday, May 25, 2017
Pyongyang gas price surge: Bad news for Kim Jong Un?
May 25, 2017 at 01:28PM
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Tuesday, May 23, 2017
GDPR: vijf aandachtsgebieden voor ROI
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May 23, 2017 at 01:29PM
from Mark-Peter Mansveld
Sunday, May 21, 2017
Intact team named Start Up of the Year
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May 21, 2017 at 12:52PM
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Friday, May 12, 2017
Britain’s builders are shaking off Brexit uncertainty and reporting booming demand
LONDON — Demand for small-scale building work and home improvements is increasing across the country despite continuing uncertainty over the impact of Brexit on the UK’s consumer spending.
A quarterly survey from the Builders Merchant Federation reported in the Financial Times found that current and expected workloads for builders have increased in all UK regions in the first three months of the year.
Growth was particularly strong in the east and north-east of England, where a net 37% and 36% of builders respectively reported an increase in the first quarter.
A net 29% of builders in London said their workloads were increasing.
The robust growth indicates a far more positive sentiment than in the last three months of 2016. Just 4% of builders in east England reported workload growth in the final quarter last year, while workloads in the north-east decreased by a net 3%. London builders reported a net 14% increase.
The survey is the latest indication that Britain’s economy has proven more resilient in the run-up to Brexit than many economists predicted.
PMI figures from IHS Markit published earlier in May showed Britain’s construction sector unexpectedly accelerating in April, coming in at 53.1 for the month of April.
That figure was up from the 52.2 reading in March, and well above the 52 forecast by economists prior to the release.
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May 12, 2017 at 01:33PM
from Thomas Colson
Jeremy Corbyn says he is not a pacifist and would be willing to take military action
LONDON — Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will on Friday insist he is “not a pacifist” and accepts military intervention is sometimes necessary.
In a speech at Chatham House this morning, Corbyn will take on the accusation often levelled at him by critics that he is weak on national security and defence.
He will argue that seeking “peaceful solutions” is a better way of protecting Britain than “the kind of unilateral wars and interventions that have almost become routine in recent times”.
“The ‘bomb first, talk later’ approach to security has failed,” he will add
He will also attack Prime Minister Theresa May for “pandering” to US President Donald Trump.
The Labour leader has been a lifelong opponent of military intervention overseas. He was a vocal critic of the Iraq invasion and has consistently voted against parliamentary motions to launch military campaigns in the Middle East.
Last month he condemned Trump’s missiles attacks on the Assad regime in Syria for having no legal authorisation and escalating tensions in the war-torn country.
Here is what Corbyn will tell Chatham House on Friday morning:
“If elected Prime Minister, I will do everything necessary to protect the safety and security of our people and our country.
“The best defence for Britain is a government actively engaged in seeking peaceful solutions to the world’s problems.
“But I am not a pacifist. I accept that military action, under international law and as a genuine last resort, is in some circumstances necessary.
“But that is very far from the kind of unilateral wars and interventions that have almost become routine in recent times.
“Waiting to see which way the wind blows in Washington isn’t strong leadership. And pandering to an erratic Trump administration will not deliver stability. Britain deserves better than simply outsourcing our country’s security and prosperity to the whims of the Trump White House.
“Britain deserves better than simply outsourcing our country’s security and prosperity to the whims of the Trump White House.
“So no more hand-holding with Donald Trump – a Labour government will conduct a robust and independent foreign policy made in London.
“This is the fourth general election in a row to be held while Britain is at war and our armed forces are in action in the Middle East and beyond.
“The “war on terror” which lies behind these interventions has failed. They have not increased our security at home – rather the opposite – and they have caused destabilisation and devastation abroad.
“The ‘bomb first, talk later’ approach to security has failed. To persist with it, as the Conservative Government has made clear it is determined to do, is a recipe for increasing not reducing threats and insecurity.”
A Labour government would also ban arms sales to Saudi Arabia until their use in Yemen is fully investigated, according to a draft copy of the party’s manifesto leaked earlier this week.
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May 12, 2017 at 01:33PM
from Adam Payne
Thursday, May 4, 2017
‘Creating a better world’: Girl Scout pictured standing up to demonstrator at neo-Nazi rally
May 04, 2017 at 01:34PM
from Helena Horton
UK Services PMI April 2017 beats with 55.8 – GBP advances
A winning streak of three better-than-expected PMIs from the UK. The services sector is also seen as growing at an accelerated pace with Markit’s services PMI beating expectations with 55.8 points. The pound was already bouncing ahead of the publication, leading the normal suspicion about a leak. The UK services PMI was expected to slip […]
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May 04, 2017 at 01:32PM
from Yohay Elam
German April Final Composite Pmi 56.7 (flash 56.3, March Final 57.1)
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GERMAN APRIL FINAL COMPOSITE PMI 56.7 (FLASH 56.3, MARCH FINAL 57.1)
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May 04, 2017 at 01:32PM
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This is an election where the future of British democracy will be decided, and it’s not looking good
I know enough about paranoia to not use the term lightly. For a genuine sufferer it is a ghastly and disabling condition. And there’s no sign that Theresa May is paranoid even if she does like to give the impression that everyone is out to get her.
She’s not paranoid because that’s true: opposition political parties are opposing her.
And the EU is determined that the UK should pay a high price for Brexit.
In both cases that their job. It is what they are required to do.
What is afflicting May is something much more significant. I guess it’s best called mendacity. What she, quite inappropriately, believes is that these people are sabotaging her, and the UK, when all they have done is disagree with her.
She is suffering a delusion that her interests and those of the UK are the same.
Worse, she has extended that to the idea, propagated (I am sure without coincidence) in the Mail, that to oppose her is to sabotage Britain. It is as if to be something other than a Tory is to now be treacherous.
A week or two ago I was willing to believe that this was not the real line and more just an uncomfortable passing suggestion. But it is is now obvious that is not the case. The contempt for everyone who does not share her view is what now defines May. And it’s deeply dangerous.
She’s already come for immigrants, of course: that happened when she was in the Home Office.
Now she’s coming for the EU and it’s people.
And she is headed for parliament, where in her opinion her version of Brexit must be passed unopposed, whatever the cost to parliamentary democracy.
The march on the universities was, of course, already begun under Cameron, but we can be sure it will continue apace.
And we can also be sure that a large Tory majority will be used to decimate employee and trade union rights whilst free speech, already at risk, will take another kicking.
For all practical purposes May is intent on using Brexit to build what will, as far as she can make it, be a one party state. And most of the media are complicit in the act.
A weak and unco-ordinated left helps her, of course. I won’t pretend otherwise. But I don’t think that’s the big issue. That big issue is her willingness to use the powers of the state to deny choice. That’s not just deeply illiberal, it directly confronts human rights and belief in democracy.
I thought May was talking nonsense when she said this was the most important election in our lifetime. Now I think she is right. This is an election where the future of British democracy will be decided, and it’s not looking good.
May 04, 2017 at 01:33PM
from Richard Murphy
Monday, May 1, 2017
Swiss Retail Sales 2.1 Pct in Mar compared to revised 0.7 Pct in the Previous Month
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SWISS RETAIL SALES 2.1 PCT IN MAR COMPARED TO REVISED 0.7 PCT IN THE PREVIOUS MONTH
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May 01, 2017 at 01:20PM
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Cyber attacks using exploits up by a quarter in 2016
The number of attacks using software vulnerabilities increased by almost a quarter last year, to 702 million, according to a new report by Kaspersky Lab. This comes the same week as the National Crime Agency (NCA) published a report that found that more young people are getting into cyber crime using inexpensive off-the-shelf hacking tools such as DDoS- and ransomware-as-a-service.
According to Kaspersky Lab, there were 702,026,084 attacks using exploits in 2016, up 24.54% on the previous year.
The most exploited applications were browsers, the Windows and Android operating systems, and Microsoft Office. The majority of respondents (69.8%) claimed they encountered an exploit for at least one of these applications in 2016.
By contrast, there was a 20.85% decrease in the number of affected users, to 4,347,966.
One possible reason for this decline could be a reduction in the number of sources for exploits, the report said. Last year saw several large exploit kits, such as Neutrino and Angler, leave the underground market. Kaspersky’s researchers said this significantly affected the overall threat landscape, as many cyber criminal groups appeared to lose their capabilities to spread malware.
Rise in younger cyber criminals and off-the-shelf tools
Meanwhile, the NCA’s report focused on how and why young people – who are the most statistically likely to be cyber criminals – turn to cyber crime.
In 2015, the average suspect in NCA cyber crime investigations was 17 years old, compared to 37 in NCA drugs cases and 39 in economic crime cases.
The NCA found that off-the-shelf tools such as DDoS- and ransomware-as-a-service – which can be used by even unskilled hackers – provide young people with the means to commit attacks.
Their motive is not, as you might expect, ideological or financial. Rather, cyber criminals surveyed by the NCA said they turned to crime because of the lack of alternative opportunities to apply their computing knowledge. Cyber crime provides a community motivated by a sense of belonging, and criminal acts reportedly gave hackers a sense of accomplishment and increased their online reputation.
There is untapped good
The idea that criminals are victims of circumstances is a story we’ve all heard before, as is the claim by Richard Jones, head of the National Cyber Crime Unit’s Prevention team, that all these criminals have the potential to use their powers for good.
Cyber crime can be mitigated, he says, by “highlighting opportunities in coding and programming, or jobs in the gaming and cyber industries, which still give [young people] the sense of accomplishment and respect they are seeking”.
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May 01, 2017 at 01:35PM
from Luke Irwin
What to look for when presented with a power of attorney
From time to time, a credit union is presented with a power of attorney for one of its members. Powers of attorney are simple in concept—they allow a principal (the member) to appoint an agent to transact business on his or her behalf. In practice, however, questions often arise when accepting powers of attorney. Here are some things a credit union should check when presented with a power of attorney:
1. Is the power of attorney subject to the Uniform Power of Attorney Act? To make state laws more consistent with one another, many states have adopted the Uniform Power of Attorney Act. UPOA provides default provisions (such as defining an agent’s duties; see Article 1) that apply to all powers of attorney in the absence of specific language in the document to the contrary. Currently, 22 states have adopted UPOA. While the specific state UPOA statutes are intended to provide consistency, there may be some variations between states. Therefore, it is still important to review the law adopted by the particular state for the power of attorney you are reviewing. References to UPOA provisions below relate to standard provisions, but again, specific states may deviate.
2. Confirm that the power of attorney is signed. All written powers of attorney must be signed by the principal. Not all states require powers of attorney to be notarized. Those states that have adopted UPOA, however, provide additional protections to credit unions if a power of attorney is notarized. Specifically, a credit union is allowed to rely on a notarized power of attorney as valid and proof that the agent is not exceeding or improperly exercising the agent’s authority unless the credit union has actual knowledge to the contrary.
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May 01, 2017 at 01:27PM
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