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I am just one of many artists who have been affected by a new McCarthyism that has taken hold amid a rising climate of intolerance in Germany. Novelist Kamila Shamsie, poet Kae Tempest, musicians Young Fathers and rapper Talib Kwelli, visual artist Walid Raad and the philosopher Achille Mbembe are among the artists, academics, curators and others who have been caught up in a system of political interrogation, blacklisting and exclusion that is...

This article is more than 1 month old A 2019 parliamentary resolution has had a chilling effect on critics of Israeli policy. Now the cultural sector is speaking up Brian Eno at his Light Music exhibition in London, 2018. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA Brian Eno at his Light Music exhibition in London, 2018. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA Thu 4 Feb 2021 12.00 EST Last modified on Fri 5 Feb 2021 04.18 EST I am just one of many artists who have been affected by a new McCarthyism that has taken hold amid a ris...

Successful search for the missing micron 26 January 2021 • In Features ‘To be more innovative than others’ is a mantra that Hannes Fuchshofer adopted during his apprenticeship in the 1980s, and as an independent entrepreneur, he has been living by this philosophy for more than 25 years. Today he runs a highly successful business, underpinned by regular investment in the latest technology – a case in point being a recently purchased ultra high accuracy Kern Micro HD 5-axis machine. PES r...

Mumbai, Bengaluru and New Delhi among world’s worst for traffic congestion in 2020: report At a traffic jam near AIIMS in New Delhi, a file photo. Photo: PTI / Manvender Vashist Mumbai, Bengaluru and New Delhi were among the top 10 cities worldwide in terms of traffic congestion in 2020 despite congestion levels witnessing an abrupt halt owing to the COVID-induced lockdowns, a report has found. According to the 2020 TomTom Traffic Index, Moscow leads the world in terms of traffic congestion...

Location technology specialist, TomTom has published its Traffic Index, a report detailing the traffic congestion in 2020 in over 400 cities in 57 countries,…

NEC Completes Acquisition of Swiss Financial Software Firm Avaloq December 24, 2020 @ 2:50 pm By Samantha Hurst Avaloq, an international fintech providing services and digital solutions to banks and wealth managers, announced earlier this week the closing of NEC’s acquisition of Avaloq. As previously reported, the acquisition was announced in October and NEC purchased Avaloq for around 2.05 billion Swiss francs. Founded in 1985 and headquartered in Switzerland, Avaloq claims it is driving the...

  Japananese NEC Corporation, has finalised its acquisition of Avaloq. The acquisition was first announced in October 2020. NEC, a multinational company that provides the integration of IT and network technologies, now holds 100% of Avaloq’s shares, including the 45% previously held by private equity firm Warburg Pincus, as well as the remaining shares held by Avaloq’s founder Francisco Fernandez and its employees. Avaloq will continue to operate as its own entity, headquartered in Switzer...

External | what does this mean? This content is provided by an external author without editing by Finextra. It expresses the views and opinions of the author. Avaloq’s acquisition by NEC successfully completed 22 December 2020 Source: Avaloq Avaloq, a Swiss-based global leader in digital banking solutions and wealth management technology, and Japan-based NEC Corporation today announced the closing of NEC’s acquisition of Avaloq. Each being a market leader i...

The Israeli newspaper Haaretz has run a fascinating long report this week offering a disturbing snapshot of the political climate rapidly emerging across Europe on the issue of antisemitism. The article documents a kind of cultural, political and intellectual reign of terror in Germany since the parliament passed a resolution last year equating support for non-violent boycotts of Israel - in solidarity with Palestinians oppressed by Israel - with antisemitism. The article concerns Germany but ...

The VBV Vorsorgekasse is responsible for the mandatory part of occupational pensions, the so-called Abfertigung Neu. The 7,000 employees of Porsche Inter Auto, Porsche Holding, Porsche Konstruktionen, Porsche Informatik, Porsche Bank, Volkswagen Insurance Service and the car rental service ARAC, will move to the VBV Vorsorgekasse from the current provider Bonus Vorsorgekasse. “Porsche is one of numerous new customers [for us] in the current financial year,” said Andreas Zakostelsky, general...