NRI billionaire Lakshmi Mittal, who has created an empire through mergers and acquisitions, has failed in a deal that involved selling a plant in order to get the necessary regulatory nod for his $35-billion Arcelor takeover. This is the second time in less than a week that Mr Mittal has announced the termination of a […]
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Managing Small Businesses, One Byte At a Time The Internet has become a complex marketplace of ideas, products, and services. If you don’t know the detailed ins and outs of integral online business processes such as accounting, e-commerce, reporting, order processing, and customer support, you may want to check out NetLedger, a powerful small business […]
Security Concern Throughout System Development Life Cycle
Defining a general structure for a security architecture is challenging because each organization attempts to tailor security according to its needs. To develop a secure system, a thorough understanding of the desired security properties and functional and non-functional properties of the system is required. What is Security Confidentiality – Ensuring that there is no deliberate […]
Inquiry body expanded
The Azad Kashmir government has inducted a fourth member in a committee to probe alleged financial irregularities into a festival held in Mirpur earlier this year. According to a notification issued here by the Services and General Administration Department, Mr Farooq Hussain Gardezi, additional accountant-general of the AJK, has been inducted into the inquiry committee […]
AIDS Education Key to Empowering Internally Displaced Populations
The power of education in fostering a better and effective response to HIV and AIDS is undeniable. Education promotes knowledge; and with knowledge about HIV and AIDS, individuals, families and communities have the ability to make informed choices and behaviours. However, governments and international donor organizations often underplay this important intervention, particularly in the emergency […]
Most dangerous city in U.S.? Detroit, data say
In another blow to the Motor City’s tarnished image, Detroit pushed past St. Louis to become the nation’s most dangerous city, according to a private research group’s controversial analysis, released Sunday, of annual FBI crime statistics. The study drew harsh criticism even before it came out. The American Society of Criminology launched a pre-emptive strike […]