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1 hr ago | Freshnews

Accenture Completes Acquisition of Fjord, Expanding Digital and Marketing Capabilities

Accenture has completed its acquisition of Fjord, a London-based global service design consultancy that specializes in creating wide-ranging digital experiences and services for consumers - including new ways to shop, better ways to communicate and collaborate, and innovative ways to manage their health - across platforms including smart devices, ... (more)

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Related Topix: Accenture, Marketing, Outsourcing

5 hrs ago | Bloomberg

Hedge Funds Trail S&P 500 by 10 Percentage Points, Goldman Says

Hedge funds' returns have stayed "lackluster" this year, with the $2.3 trillion industry trailing the gains of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index by about 10 percentage points, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

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Related Topix: Goldman Sachs, Financial Services, Investment Services, Cohen Group, Financial Markets, Johnson & Johnson, Biotech, Johnson and Johnson, Medicine, Johnson and Johnson Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Industry

7 hrs ago | Patch.com

Get to Work! Job Openings in Columbia and Howard County

Looking for a new job? Your first job? Patch is searching local employment ads and will feature, weekly some local opportunities.

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Related Topix: Howard County, MD, Columbia, MD, GP Strategies, CPU, Science / Technology, Home, Mortgage

10 hrs ago | The Guardian

First, David Cameron should bring his own tax havens to book | Simon Jenkins

Pressing the G8 to get tough on avoidance is hypocrisy while British dependencies like the Caymans are still in business 'Dependencies' like the Caymans enjoy the benefits of citizenship and yet harbour people who are lifting billions from UK taxpayers.

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Related Topix: Tax, Cohen Group, Emerging Technology, Search Engines

13 hrs ago | MarketWatch

Stocks to Watch: H-P, Target, Saks are Wednesday's stocks to watch

Dow component Hewlett-Packard Co. and Target Corp. are among the high-profile companies in the queue to report quarterly results on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Retail, Saks, Financial Markets, HP, Computers, Goldman Sachs, Financial Services, Investment Services, Cohen Group, Burbank, CA

15 hrs ago | Digital Post Production

Insatiable Appetite for Content Drives Consumer Video Devices Market, finds Frost & Sullivan

The industry is on a remarkably growth spree, driven by soaring consumer demand for a ubiquitous video experience and growing affordability.

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Related Topix: Frost and Sullivan, TV, Electronics

Tue May 21, 2013

MacLeans

U.S. ambassador to Canada David Jacobson to join BMO in October as vice-chairman

Here at Maclean's, we appreciate the written word. And we appreciate you, the reader.

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Related Topix: Bank of Montreal, Banking, Financial Services, Canada, North America, World News, US News, 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, Barack Obama, Cohen Group

Connecticut Post

Gupta challenges insider conviction and use of wiretaps

Rajat Gupta , former Goldman Sachs director and former senior partner at McKinsey & Co., exits Federal court with his lawyer Gary Naftalis after being sentenced to two years in prison on Oct.

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Related Topix: Goldman Sachs, Financial Services, Investment Services, McKinsey & Company, McKinsey, Prison, Second Circuit Court of Appeals, US News

Reuters

Global Markets-Shares end higher as eyes turn to Fed

The Dow Jones industrial average and S&P 500 ended at all-time highs, while the dollar rose and gold fell.

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Related Topix: Reuters, Goldman Sachs, Financial Services, Investment Services, Cohen Group, Ben Bernanke, Financial Markets

Wall Street Journal

In Brazil, Industry Suffers While Inflation Hits the Roof

Brazil's battered economy, bruised by uncompetitive manufacturing and an inflation rate that flirts month-by-month with government tolerance levels, may be heading for the dreaded condition known as stagflation.

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Related Topix: AT Kearney, Dilma Rousseff

Fox News

Stocks Flat; Telecom, Staples Slump

The markets swung around the unchanged line on Tuesday as traders continued mulling corporate and Fed-related headlines, along with bullish commentary from Goldman Sachs.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Goldman Sachs, Financial Services, Investment Services, Cohen Group, Business News

Freshnews

Digital River to Exhibit and Speak at Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition 2013

Digital River, Inc. , the revenue growth experts in global cloud commerce, will speak and exhibit at the Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition 2013 .

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Related Topix: Digital River, Software, Marketing, Internet, Science / Technology

CNN

Where online shopping is killing retail

Just as cash-strapped consumers in the developing world bypassed so-called landline phones in favor of mobile devices, so China's lower-income consumers are skipping physical stores in favor of e-commerce sites.

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Related Topix: Internet, Science / Technology, McKinsey, McKinsey & Company

Mon May 20, 2013

AmericanBankingNews.com

Bed Bath & Beyond Rating Lowered to Hold at Jefferies Group

They currently have a $71.00 target price on the stock, down from their previous target price of $76.00. The analysts wrote, "We are lowering our rating on the shares of Bed Bath & Beyond to Hold from Buy while taking down the price target to $71 from $76. Although we believe this company has all the potential to become an omni-channel leader in ... (more)

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Related Topix: Beyond Corp, Financial Services, Investment Banking, Jefferies Group, Investment Services

AdWeek

WPP Created One Big Digital Shop From 8 Smaller Ones

WPP Group, like most rival holding companies, is perfectly willing to acquire a big digital player like AKQA.

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Related Topix: WPP Group, Advertising, AKQA, Games, Card Game, Marketing

MarketWatch

Financial Stocks: Bank of America leads financials higher

Financial stocks were up in early trades on Monday, continuing their winning streak ahead of Fed Chief Ben Bernanke's testimony to Congress on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Publishing, Media, New Times, Independence Community Bank, Banking, Financial Services, Goldman Sachs, Investment Services, Salt Lake City, UT, Cohen Group

The Standard

Goldman makes final exit from ICBC with $8.5b gain

Goldman Sachs is selling the rest of its stake in the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China at a discount of 2.5 to 3 percent to yesterday's closing price to pocket about HK$8.58 billion.

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Related Topix: Goldman Sachs, Financial Services, Investment Services, Cohen Group, Independence Community Bank, Banking

Government Computer News

5 keys to getting big data under control

Agencies will face a lot of challenges with forthcoming big data projects, but one of them will not be generating enough data.

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Related Topix: Gartner

ESPN

Fans buy items on RG III's wedding registry

The link to the Bed Bath & Beyond registry had been posted last week by The Washington Post.

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Related Topix: Wedding, Beyond Corp

Business Journal

Israel tops U.S. in drone exports

Israel tops all other nations, including the United States, in exporting drones and drone technology, according to a new study.

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Related Topix: Frost and Sullivan

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