University of Phoenix moves to new Tempe office towers (www.universityofphoenix.com)
The University of Phoenix; the largest for-profit university in America is planning to increase their presence by moving in to new towers in Tempe. The University of Phoenix last week decided to move a significant amount of their administrative and classroom space to the Fountainhead Corporate Park located in Tempe in a move that is [...]
Visa card spending in Ireland increases by 48 percent (www.visa.com)
Visa is the largest payment processing company in the world and now, it seems that Irish customers are starting to use the service more than ever as Visa has actually announced that spending on Visa cards in the country increased by 48 percent last year. Reports of this were issued by Visa themselves this morning [...]
SOPA Anti-piracy bill loses support following blackouts
Yesterday was one of the biggest days in the history of the internet as many of the most well known websites around the world actually shut down operations in order to protest about a new anti-piracy bill that could be passed in the US. The bill has been drawn up in order to try and [...]
Apple enters 2012 on a high
Apple; the company behind many popular electronics devices including the hugely popular iPad tablet PC and iPhone Smartphone device has entered the year on a high. Apple is later this month expected to announce huge sales of both of these devices for the fourth quarter of last year and analysts believe that their position in [...]
Student loans to be eased in 2014 (www.studentloans.org)
Student loans in the US are out of control at the moment and they actually account for more than $1 trillion of US debt. Now, the Obama administration is actually bringing in measures to ensure that student loans are not such a problem for students. Student loans are something that cripples the economy even when [...]
Apple iPhone 5 to have ’squeeze to unlock’ feature
There are a lot of rumours surrounding the iPhone 5 that is currently in development by Apple and one of the rumours is that it will have a new way of unlocking the phone. Currently, users actually swipe across the screen to unlock the device but now, it is thought that Apple will actually be [...]
Lloyds boss said no to £2 million bonus (www.lloyds.com)
The boss of the Lloyds TSB banking organisation has waived the opportunity to take a £2 million bonus from the company. Horta-Osorio only started in the company less than a year ago and could have actually claimed a bonus of around £2.4 million this year, which is around 225 percent of his basic salary.
The boss [...]
Wells Fargo reports $3.9 billion profit (www.wellsfargo.com)
Wells Fargo has this week reported that they have made a huge profit in the last quarter of the year. Wells Fargo managed to exceed expectations with $3.9 billion in net earnings, slightly beating their previous quarter and seeing their shares rise to 73 cents per share. These are record setting profits for the Wells [...]
Apple iPhone 4S eats into Android sales
Android and Apple are two companies that are currently battling it out for their place in the Smartphone market. Android is a Google product that is currently beating Apple in terms of overall market share but the release of the iPhone 4S device from Apple has seen the company eating into the popularity of Android [...]
Samsung plans $42 billion expansion this year
Samsung is one of the largest manufacturers of electronics products in the world and this year, they are planning to grow even bigger and this week have announced that nearly $42 billion will be invested in the company this year. The investment comes from the group that owns Samsung and will be used to expand [...]
