Europe

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CIO December 1, 2003 Laura Rohde	Bank Gets Earful for Exporting IT Jobs When it emerged Oct. 17 that the London-based global bank HSBC Holdings planned to move 4,000 data processing and call center jobs to China, India and Malaysia by 2006, the angry reaction from leaders of Britain's big unions was swift and strong.
CIO December 1, 2003 Susannah Patton	Paris Hot Spots In April, the agency that operates the Paris metro, along with partners Cap Gemini Ernst & Young and Cisco Systems, installed a dozen silver Wi-Fi antennae outside subway stations along a north-south bus line, hoping to one day create a giant network of Parisian hot spots.
Information Today December 2003 Marydee Ojala	Czech-ing Out EUSIDIC It was a small but lively group that gathered in mid-October in Prague, Czech Republic, for the European Association of Information Services' annual conference. With "Building Customer Loyalty: The Branding Imperative" as its theme, the event provided a solid 2 1/2 days of talks and discussion.
Insurance & Technology November 25, 2003 Julie Gallagher	Fraud Spurs Analytic Spending Driven by regulatory compliance and risk management needs, European financial services institutions will spend $4.8 billion on business intelligence and analytic technologies by 2006. Insurers will contribute to this trend despite the fact that they are still a little behind other FSIs when it comes to their use of analytics.
BusinessWeek December 8, 2003 Carol Matlack in Paris	The Humbling Of France's Top Tycoon A decade-old criminal investigation involving allegations that formerly state-owned bank Credit Lyonnais illegally acquired a California insurer, Executive Life, casts a pall on Francois Pinault's fortune.
BusinessWeek December 8, 2003 Jason Bush	Russia: Why Business Is Rushing Into Politics Although Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky landed in jail on charges of tax evasion, many observers suspect Putin really wanted to curb the billionaire's growing political influence. Khodorkovsky, after all, was financing the Kremlin's opposition. More businessmen are vying to become Duma deputies than ever.
BusinessWeek December 8, 2003 David Fairlamb	Happy Birthday, Dear Euro Monetary union has been a boon for Europe Inc. and the Continent's economy. But not everyone is a winner
IndustryWeek December 1, 2003 Jill Jusko	Avon Calling -- On Russia Huge market potential brings manufacturing plant to Moscow region.
National Real Estate Investor November 26, 2003	Jones Lang LaSalle Terminates European Executives The head of Jones Lang LaSalle's German operations has resigned, and two other JLL executives have been fired in connection with a criminal investigation.
BusinessWeek December 1, 2003	Germany: Dispensing Bertelsmann's Bounty The Bertelsmann Foundation, Germany's largest company-financed nonprofit. The combined power of company and foundation is impossible to ignore.
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