Two-month deadline which Serbia has to answer the EC questionnaire was set by the commission, says Director of the EU Integration Office Milica Delević.
The question is whether the government will manage to answer over 2,000 questions in such a short time.
The second-half of the financial year will be a challenging one for Singapore banks with net interest margin still under pressure, loan growth moderating, says DBS Vickers, according to Dow Jones.
With provisions almost at all-time lows, non-interest income will be key factor determining earnings performance. Expects fee income to remain robust in 2H10 given strong capital markets.
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Google makes its most aggressive move against Facebook and Twitter yet, launching Google Buzz to let users post status updates and share Picasa photos, YouTube videos, links and other content inside Gmail. Google Buzz will automatically push updates to Gmail users from fellow users with whom they exchange e-mail and engage in chat sessions. Responses to Buzz posts appear in real time, making the feature more relevant now that users have become accustomed to instant feedback on Twitter, Facebook, FriendFeed and other messaging and collaboration sites.
– Google Feb. 9 made its most aggressive move against Facebook and Twitter
yet, launching Google Buzz, which lets users post status
updates and share Picasa photos, YouTube videos, links and other content right in
Gmail.
Rolling out over the next few days to Gmail’s 176 million users (according
t…
Amazon reportedly acquired Touchco, a small startup focusing on multitouch technology, in a deal that if confirmed would allow the online retailer to leverage new technology for its line of Kindle e-readers. Doing so would allow Amazon to more robustly compete against not only Apples multitouch iPad tablet PC, announced on Jan. 27, but also newer e-readers such as Barnes Nobles Nook e-reader, which utilize an iPhone-like multitouch screen for navigation and e-text purchasing.
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Amazon.com has reportedly acquired Touchco, a New York-based
startup that focuses on multitouch technology, in a move that if confirmed will
likely affect future versions of the online retailers Kindle e-reader.
Specifically, Touchcos technology allows for an unlimited
amount of…
A new report from Morgan Stanley Internet shows that the iPhone and iPod Touch have fueled the mobile Web to outstrip the growth of the Web on the desktop. After only eight quarters, the iPhone and iPod Touch have 57 million users. That is more than twice as many users as NTT Docomo’s imode mobile, but 5 times as many users as Netscape’s 11 million and 8 times as many users as AOL’s 7 million users. Can anything challenge the iPhone’s throne? The Google Android-based Verizon Motorola Droid might have the best shot to date, if it tackles mobile social networking and location-based services.
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Even as bloggers are championing Verizon’s Motorola Droid
as the first bonafide challenger for Apple’s iPhone, a new report shows the iPhone has boosted the mobile Web to unprecedented
heights.
A new report from Morgan Stanley Internet analyst Mary
Meeker shows that the iPhone…
Google’s Marissa Mayer Oct. 21 unveiled Google Social Search, a pending opt-in service that will let users with Google accounts, profiles and contacts find content created by people in social networks such as Twitter and FriendFeed.
The news came just hours after Microsoft executives announced that Bing would be surfacing search results with Twitter tweets and Facebook status updates in real time.
Google already has millions of users for its general search engine. If even a fraction of these millions begin using Google Social Search, it might not leave much room for challengers such as Aardvark, Mahalo and ChaCha.
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A key Google search executive unveiled Google Social
Search at the Web 2.0 Summit Oct. 21, attempting to upstage significant
announcements from search challenger Microsoft Bing.
Marissa Mayer, vice president of search products and user
experience at Google, got permission to make a…
CHICAGO (AP) — Green Party candidate Matt Reichel has announced plans to once again run for the congressional seat vacated by Rahm Emanuel.
Former Cook County Commissioner Mike Quigley, a Democrat like Emanuel, went on to win the seat in an …
Programs that allow governments to spy on their own citizens are often directed against writers and intellectuals and pose a serious threat to the intellectual and creative freedoms of all citizens.
MARION, Ill. (AP) — A retired southern Illinois judge says he wants to be a U.S. senator.
Sixty-two-year-old Don Lowery of Dixon Springs in Pope County says he’ll be running as a Republican for the Senate seat now held by Roland Burris.
He …
