The risks associated with privacy and security breaches in healthcare are identified by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, which released a new report Privacy and Security in Health Care: A Fresh Look.
Balasubramanyam Seshan
Feb 21, 2011
Abu Dhabi-based luxury aviation services Royal Jet is in intensified efforts to enter the fast growing private aviation sector in India at the Indian Business Aviation Expo (IBAE).
Monami Thakur
Feb 21, 2011
Chinese President Hu Jintao said Saturday the nation needs a better social management system to ensure harmony and stability as the country is in a stage where many conflicts are likely to arise.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 19, 2011
Full text of G20 Meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Communiqué, from the G20 France 2011 website.
Hao Li
Feb 19, 2011
With growing inflation in China, policymakers are facing tough decisions. This column argues that if the government is to curb inflation without allowing for the deflation of the tradables, it should do so through sector focused policies.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 18, 2011
Walt Disney hosted multiple business sessions on Thursday with Street analysts at the Disneyland complex in Anaheim, California and tackled a myriad of strategic issues facing both the company and the media sector in general, at its 2011 Investor conference.
Balasubramanyam Seshan
Feb 18, 2011
North Carolina's Democratic governor on Thursday proposed eliminating more than 10,000 government jobs and cutting corporate taxes as part of a $19.9 billion state budget. The spending plan Governor Beverly Perdue sent to the Republican-controlled General Assembly in Raleigh is nearly $1 billion higher than the current year's spending plan
Samantha Nolan
Feb 18, 2011
BP had workers on the doomed Deepwater Horizon rig who could have prevented the missteps that led to the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, but they were not consulted, the White House oil spill commission said on Thursday. In an expanded report on the causes of the BP drilling disaster that killed 11 workers and ravaged the U.S. Gulf coast last summer, the commission released new details about the events that preceded the BP accident.
Samantha Nolan
Feb 18, 2011
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke’s prepared remarks at the Banque de France Financial Stability Review Launch Event, Paris, France, Feb. 18, 2011
Palash Ghosh
Feb 18, 2011
A recent survey says the growing demand of security professionals is outpacing the supply.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 18, 2011
Amidst growing political unrest in Algeria, one of the country’s founding fathers has called for a peaceful change in government, accusing the present regime of incompetence.
Palash Ghosh
Feb 17, 2011
Strikes damaged Egypt's vital export industries on Thursday as manufacturers kept factories idle because a nationwide bank shutdown stopped them buying supplies and selling their goods, industry officials said.
Jack Kim
Feb 17, 2011
Leading Congressional Republicans are disputing President Barack Obama's recent statements that under his budget plan for 2012, which includes a 10 year outlook, the government will not spend more money than it's taking in by 2017.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 17, 2011
Apple has released its latest Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 3.6 that offers support to six camera models of Panasonic, Canon, Olympus and Pentax.
Manikandan Raman
Feb 17, 2011
U.S. President Barack Obama's proposed 2012 Federal budget included proposals to improve the inefficiencies in government data centers. The budget outlines the adoption of cloud-computing and virtualization technologies to lower IT spending costs and increase agility.
Balasubramanyam Seshan
Feb 17, 2011
ASX Group Ltd (ASX.AX) eked out a small first-half profit growth, but focus was squarely on the completion of Singapore Exchange's (SGXL.SI) $7.9 billion bid for the Australian bourse operator, a move to help the bourses fight growing competition.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 17, 2011
Three items totaling about $2.4 trillion combine for nearly two thirds of President Barack Obama's proposed $3.7 trillion 2012 fiscal year budget.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 16, 2011
The newly-elected governor of Connecticut, Democrat Daniel P. Malloy, has presented a budget for fiscal 2012 that will increase state income and sales tax by $1.5 billion.
Palash Ghosh
Feb 16, 2011
One of the first things I discuss with my clients pertains to their current career target. Why? Because if I don't understand their target, there is no way I will be able to speak the language of their target audience and fuel desired outcomes. This is never more important than when a client expresses a desire to transition into a new field or industry. To illustrate this point, meet Tricia.
Samantha Nolan
Feb 16, 2011
Try this: pick up your resume and scan it for 15 seconds. Now put it down and write down what you can remember. Now ask yourself, Would I call this person? If your executive resume does not have a clear value proposition that compels someone to call you, then you need to make some changes. Here are 4 ways to do that and immediately improve your results.
Samantha Nolan
Feb 16, 2011
South Africa's rand jumped more than 1.5 percent against the dollar in late trade on Wednesday, helped by an aggressive sell-off in the U.S. currency and better-than-expected local data.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 16, 2011
Egypt's central bank said the country's banks would remain shut for the rest of the week after closing since Monday because of strikes that disrupted business and a public holiday, state television said on Tuesday. Banks had been due to close on Tuesday, which is an official holiday marking the Prophet Mohamed's birthday.
Samantha Nolan
Feb 16, 2011