b

Wintrust Financial Corporation Announces Precautionary Decision to Help Achieve Community Health Objectives By Temporarily Closing Selected Branches

To view more press releases, please visit http://www.snl.com/irweblinkx/news.aspx?iid=1024452.








b

Academy welcomes budget announcements on infrastructure and research




b

New ‘Great Exhibition at Home’ challenge launched to inspire young innovators




b

New Engineering X Pandemic Preparedness programme to support global innovation and knowledge sharing




b

HP's COVID-19 Response: There Should Be an Award for This

Some of the troubling reports of corporate responses to COVID-19 include forced work in unsafe areas, not enough -- or any -- protection gear, massive layoffs and furloughs, and the sense that a critical mass of well-paid CEOs and politicians don't get that many people live paycheck to paycheck. There are exceptions though, and HP stands out, thanks to HR VP Tracy Keogh and CEO Enrique Lores.




b

Bottom Line: iPhone SE Packs Great Value for the Money

Apple's new iPhone SE delivers incredible value and performance, has a surprisingly good camera, and handles videos well. Reviewers were impressed by the phone's A13 chipset. However, criticisms include insufficient battery life, absence of night mode, and lack of 5G support. "For those of us concerned about money ... the SE provides the greatest bang for the buck," said tech analyst Rob Enderle.




b

How to Fix Your Phone or Tablet's Broken Screen

Cracked or broken mobile device screens can be costly to fix, but a few inexpensive DIY strategies can eliminate a repair shop visit and salvage your tablet or phone. It is relatively easy and cheap to replace the glass on a phone once you get the hang of it. Tablets are a bit more involved because of the larger size and added components. Tools might require an additional monetary outlay.




b

EndeavourOS 2020: Possibly the Best Arch Linux Option

EndeavourOS is a rolling release Arch Linux-based distribution with some handy new features that improve the user experience. This latest version comes with graphical install options and preconfigured desktop environments. Several new in-house utilities improve package management and error reporting. There are lots of installation tips with the Calamares installer, which has a new look and feel.




b

How to Stay Safe on the Internet, Part 3: Drive the Black Hatters Mad

Like conventional criminals, criminal hackers choose easy, lucrative targets. One group in the crosshairs is made up of companies that have data on millions of users, such as private sector entities with a Web presence. Why go after one user at a time when data is collected in one place? Criminal hackers also like to hunt small organizations that have modest capital but weak information security.




b

Linux Foundation Leads Initiative for Better Digital Trust

The Linux Foundation will host ToIP, a cross-industry effort to ensure more secure data handling over the Internet. This new foundation is an independent project enabling trustworthy exchange and verification of data between any two parties on the Internet. The ToIP Foundation will provide a robust common standard to instill confidence that data is coming from a trusted source.




b

Oculus Quest Production Stymied by Pandemic

The next generation of Oculus Quest virtual reality headsets is in the works, but pandemic-related product development and supply chain problems may delay market arrival. Oculus reportedly has multiple potential Quest successors on the drawing board. Smaller, lighter versions with a faster image refresh rate for more realistic rendering are in the advanced testing stage.




b

Microsoft Covers All the Bases With Impressive Surface Lineup

Microsoft has introduced a slew of new products, including the Surface Go 2, the Surface Book 3, Surface Headphones 2 and Surface Earbuds. Both the Surface Go 2 and the Surface Book 3 come in consumer and corporate versions. "The two products are very different," noted Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "The Go 2 is a high-value product -- the Surface Book 3 high innovation."




b

6 Signs You May Be Ready for a CRM Switch

In today's evolving business environment, every operational decision is critical -- and that includes best practices for managing the customer journey. The CRM platform is an integral part of the process. In fact, 91 percent of companies with more than 11 employees use a CRM system. Because of the time it saves and the structure CRM delivers, it can seem daunting for businesses to make a switch.




b

Zoho's Noble Endeavor

Edge conditions and the change they drive are fascinating. Some people use the word "margin" because it's at the margin that things change. A situation exists more or less in equilibrium with the rest of its environment until in one way or another the stresses become so great that change happens. We have lots of metaphors, like "tipping point" and "the straw that broke the camel's back."




b

Health Insurance, Banking, Oil Industries Met with Koch, Chamber, Glenn Beck to Plot 2010 Election




b

Timothy Egan: John Roberts' America




b

Carl Paladino vs. the blacks




b

Roger Ebert: Hefner as cultural hero




b

Rod Watson: Collins keeps grabbing, but we just watch




b

Betrayed by a Mafia Underboss




b

Keith Olbermann: If the Tea Party wins, America loses




b

The lawyer who laundered political contributions




b

Donations Dropped 11% at Nation's Biggest Charities Last Year




b

Roger Ebert: Why I Loathe Top 10 Films




b

Uri Avnery: Bread and the Circus




b

Robert Fisk: The Shaming of America




b

Arts Council's budget cut by 30%




b

Israeli Jews at odds with liberal brethren in US




b

Mary Elizabeth Williams: The clumsy, beautiful Rally to Restore Sanity




b

Bruce Jackson: Where the Buffalo went.





b

Mama Mirabelle




b

The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!




b

The Hayloft Gang: The Story of the National Barn Dance




b

Objects and Memory




b

Architect Robert A.M. Stern: Presence of the Past




b

DocBook: The Definitive Guide




b

Learning Debian GNU/Linux




b

Programming the Be Operating System




b

labs.oreilly.com






b

New art added to art web!




b

The quest for financial integration in Europe and globally

Speech by Mr Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the BIS, at the Eurofi Financial Forum, Helsinki, 12 September 2019.




b

Crisis management framework: what remains to be done?

Welcoming remarks by Mr Fernando Restoy, Chairman, Financial Stability Institute, Bank for International Settlements, at the FSI-IADI conference on crisis management, resolution and deposit insurance: what's next and how to prepare, Basel, 4 September 2019.




b

BIS Quarterly Review, September 2019 - media briefing

On-the-record remarks of the September 2019 Quarterly Review media briefing by Mr Claudio Borio, Head of the Monetary and Economic Department, and Mr Hyun Song Shin, Economic Adviser and Head of Research, 20 September 2019.