6 March, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Slide Show: State of pay: An overview of mobile payments
Slide Show: State of pay: An overview of mobile payments
Pulling out cash or writing a check at the Whole Foods checkout counter are outmoded ways of paying for goods.
6 March, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: Staples swings to loss on write-down of international businesses
The Wall Street Journal: Staples swings to loss on write-down of international businesses
Staples’ write-down of international business leads to loss, but results excluding special charges were in line with expectations.
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6 March, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Apple allows app fine-tuning before watch debut
Apple allows app fine-tuning before watch debut
Apple has allowed some companies to test their apps on its Apple Watch and adjust the tools to the watch’s design, Bloomberg reported.
6 March, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Apple Pay hit by fraudulent transactions: Report
Apple Pay hit by fraudulent transactions: Report
Apple Pay has been hit by a wave of fraudulent transactions using stolen credit-card data from breaches at retailers, the WSJ reported.
6 March, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Tougher test awaits Deutsche Bank after clearing first Fed check
Tougher test awaits Deutsche Bank after clearing first Fed check
Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) AG has passed the first “stress test” set by U.S. regulators but is unlikely to clear the next hurdle as the German bank struggles to tighten compliance fast enough to appease controllers at the Federal Reserve. Deutsche was the target in 2014 of punishing criticisms from U.S. regulators for “low quality, inaccurate and unreliable” financial reports at some of its U.S. divisions, showing the scope of the task ahead to bring those operations up to snuff.
6 March, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on SAP to cut 2,250 posts while creating similar number in refocusing
SAP to cut 2,250 posts while creating similar number in refocusing
Business software maker SAP SE (SAPG.DE) will cut about 2,250 posts, or around 3 percent of its global workforce, while creating a similar number in expanding parts of the company, as it accelerates a push to sell its products via the Internet. Last year SAP, Europe’s largest software maker, which employs about 75,000 workers worldwide, cut a similar percentage of posts, said Stefan Ries, SAP’s chief of human resources.
6 March, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Iran would sell more oil if Western sanctions lifted: Mehr agency
Iran would sell more oil if Western sanctions lifted: Mehr agency
Iran said oil prices would not rise above $60 a barrel until 2016 and that it would increase crude exports if Western sanctions over its nuclear program were lifted, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported on Friday. “We’re not expecting oil prices to go over $60 until 2016. What will happen after that is not clear,” Mehr quoted National Iranian Oil Co’s head of international affairs, Mohsen Ghamsari, as saying.