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Bloomberg has drafted in the help of a former head of IBM to undertake an internal review following damaging revelations that journalists with its news agency accessed private information about how users of its financial terminals used the commercial service.

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Surprise profit warning sends MDIS skidding

Saturday 06 February 1999

MDIS - the former McDonnell Information Systems - threatened yesterday to return to its former accident-prone form after a surprise profits warning sent its shares skidding 12 per cent before they recovered to close 3.5p lower at 42p.

Network: Desmond Morris My Technology: The naked photocopier

Monday 11 January 1999

The anthropologist Desmond Morris made his name with pop-science bestsellers such as `The Naked Ape' and `People Watching'. But he is also an artist who finds colour copying a boon

AT&T forges $5bn link with IBM

Wednesday 09 December 1998

AT&T, the US telecommunications giant, yesterday forged close links with IBM, the computer group, in a clutch of deals which will see thousands of staff move between the two companies, writes Peter Thal Larsen.

IBM weighs sale

Tuesday 15 September 1998

IBM weighs sale

CWC and IBM sign pounds 1.8bn IT contract

Thursday 03 September 1998

CABLE & WIRELESS Communications yesterday linked up with IBM in a pounds 1.8bn 10-year deal which will see the computer giant take over 1,000 of the cable group's employees, writes Peter Thal Larsen.

A-Z of Employers: IBM

Thursday 03 September 1998

Age: Over 40.

Books: A space dog's view of human chaos

Saturday 15 August 1998

David Papineau is blasted into orbit with a debut novel of soaring ambition; Habitus by James Flint Fourth Estate, pounds 16.99/pounds 10.99, 480pp

Olympic Games: Major sponsor ends backing after 38 years

Saturday 08 August 1998

THE MULTI-NATIONAL corporation, IBM, is ending its 38-year relationship with the Olympic Games, deciding after months of negotiations not to sign an eight-year deal with the International Olympic Committee, the company announced yesterday.

The judgements of Scottish business are what matter

Thursday 06 August 1998

From his days in the shipyards of the Clyde, Gus Macdonald has shown his value

IBM goes for mini microchips

Tuesday 04 August 1998

A NEW generation of even smaller, even faster microchips will soon be incorporated into consumer items after years of development by the computer giant IBM.

Goldman committee meets to decide on market float

Monday 15 June 1998

PARTNERS OF Goldman Sachs were reported last night to have voted in favour of floating the 127-year-old investment bank at a marathon two- day meeting just outside New York at the weekend.

Where networking is child's play

Tuesday 09 June 1998

You make your first friends in the schoolyard. Many women are now finding their first business contacts here, too. By Kathy Harvey

Palm print i.d. to replace passports

Sunday 03 May 1998

IMMIGRATION officers are to be replaced by machines at a major UK airport - probably Heathrow - in a trial of a computerised passport control system that identifies travellers by their palm prints.

Meet your new employees

Thursday 19 March 1998

African Caribbean finance forum
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