Siemens

Siemens strengthened after scandal

Financial Times (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Two years ago, Peter Löscher inherited a group paralysed by a scandal over bribes. His subsequent restructuring has stood Siemens in good stead

New Technologies And Media By George Siemens, 07-05-09

graphics and innovation (Free subscription) | yesterday

The term ’sneeze page’ is enought simple in concept - Is a page that drives people in different pages within your blog by highlighting all of old posts that you’ve written. Just...

Siemens' Corruption Issues

SeekingAlpha Energy Stocks (Free subscription) | yesterday

Wisdom vs. Information submits: Siemens (SI) has been fined 100 million dollars over fifteen years, and barred from bidding on the World Bank's portfolio. The World Bank's portfolio is worth about 140 million dollars sales a year to Siemens. SI's PM is usually below 5%, but let's be conservative and reduce Siemen's profit 10% PM. Subtract the present value of 100 million dollars fine at 10% over fifteen...

Ex-Siemens executive seeks to avoid extradition to Greece: report

The Age (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009

Siemens' former Greek country director, arrested in Germany for alleged corruption in Greece, has begun making a "confession" in order to avoid extradition to Athens, reports said Saturday.

• Ex-Siemens executive seeks to avoid extradition to Greece: report - Sydney Morning Herald

Nokia Siemens Tries to Play Nice with Canada

SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

Mark Evans submits: Nokia Siemens Networks’ ([[NOK]], [[SI]]) efforts to win public support for its $650-million bid for Nortel’s (NRTLQ.PK) CDMA wireless business and LTE R&D unit went on the offensive last week when NSN CFO Luca Maestri told a press conference in Toronto that the company not only plans to keep all 800 wireless jobs in Canada but add more as its makes Canada a global...

Greek Siemens suspect reportedly confessed to corruption charges

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009

Munich - The former director of industrial giant Siemens AG in Greece, Michalis Christoforakos, has apparently confessed to charges of bribery, German media reported Saturday. The Greek manager, on remand in a Munich prison, reportedly described payo...

Dodge Circuit EV test drive video

Web Wonderings (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

Dodge Circuit EV test drive video : "Take a ride along in cab in the future sports car from Dodge that is solely powered by lithium ion battery and an electrical engine. Turning out over 268 horse power and nearly 500 foot pounds of torque, this sporty electric vehicle is similar to the Lotus Elise but better. Nearly identical interior with slightly different outer trim and lights, the Dodge Circuit...

CBI floats alternative to redundancy that 'could save jobs'

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

BUSINESS leaders today urged the government to do more to help stem the tide of job losses, including a scheme aimed at providing an alternative to redundancy.

CBI to unveil plans to reign in jobless total

The Independent (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

Britain's leading business organisation has unveiled a series of labour market reforms, including an alternative-to-redundancy scheme, that it believes could prevent the economy from surging towards unemployment of more than three million.

CBI outlines radical 'semiredundancy' plan

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Businesses struggling with a drop in demand should be allowed to suspend employees' contracts for six months and pay them the equivalent of twice the rate of Jobseekers' Allowance the CBI will say today.

USA: Concerns in Congress over use of Deep Packet Inspection (DPI)

3wan.net (Free subscription) | yesterday

[wired] Following a report last week that Iran is spying on domestic internet users with western-supplied technology, advocacy groups are pressuring federal lawmakers to scrutinize the use of the same technology in the U.S. The Open Internet Coalition sent a letter to all members of the House and Senate urging them to launch hearings aimed at examining and possibly regulating the so-called deep-packet...

50 reasons why Waxman-Markey is a bad, bad, bad idea

Raționalitate (Free subscription) | yesterday

I can't recommend this article enough for those looking for all the arguments against the Waxman-Markey climate change bill. Bottom line: the law may very well do nothing to reduce carbon emissions, and even make the problem worse, all while adding tons of cruft and handouts to an already-byzantine system of energy/agriculture regulation. There are literally 50 reasons on that list why Waxman-Markey...

What Is the Value of Nortel's LTE Patents?

SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

Mark Evans submits: Nortel (NRTLQ.PK) may be trying to sell its LTE R&D unit to Nokia Siemens ([[NOK]], [[SI]]) but there’s a lot of chatter about what’s not part of the deal: some LTE patents. The talk was triggered by a recent estimate from JP Morgan Chase analyst Ehud Gelblum could be worth as much as $2.9-billion in terms of royalty payments. Complete Story »

Interview with OLED100.eu's project manager

OLED-Info (Free subscription) | yesterday

The OLED100.eu project is a European 3-year OLED lighting project. The 30M$ project is a followup to the OLLA project, ended in June 2008, and it is lead by Philips , OSRAM , Siemens, Novaled and the Franhofer IPMS . Dr. Stefan Grabowsky, the project's manager has been kind enough to talk to us, answer a few questions and give us more info on the project. Dr. Stefan has a Ph.D in Physics, from the...

Electric Roadsters - The Dual-Motor RUF Porsche eRuf Greenster for 2010 Production (VIDEO)

TREND HUNTER Magazine (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009

(TrendHunter.com) The ‘Greenster’ is an all-electric green car married to a classic-looking roadster design. It is the result of a collaboration between RUF Automobile and Siemens Corporate Technology. The Greenster concept…

BenQ Siemens EF51 WHITE

petercruise | 08/06/2009

The EF51 from BenQ-Siemens is the ideal music player with integrated mobile phone for heavy music users on the move. The EF51 is the ultimate listening experience that cuts no corners in comparison to standard music players ?whether in design, feature configuration or operation.

Siemens AL21 Black Unlocked at keepontalking.com

georegeparke | 02/06/2009

Siemens AL2I is the wonderful gadget presented by the company for you to create a new profile in your friend circle with its amazing look and great features. With its cool design, this small, slender phone with integrated antenna will turn heads in any situation. Programmable keypad sounds let users personalize their AL21 as they desire. Targeting fashion-conscious youth, BenQ announced the new Siemens...

BenQ-Siemens EF71 Silver

petercruise | 11/05/2009

The benq Siemens EF71 is a combination of a music phone and designer phone with great looks. The metallic silver clamshell looks elegant and its upper panel has a bright external display, this phone falls in the category of designer phones with its slim and silver metal design.