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IBM Lotus promises a series of enhancements to better support corporate demands for Microsoft Office capabilities IBMrsquo Lotus division has taken another stab at Microsoft Office, releasing a beta 2 version of Symphony 3.0, its free suite of productivity applications. Released Thursday, the beta is the first version of Symphony that is based on OpenOffice 3.x. Users have been asking the company to make Symphonyrsquo features more competitive with Microsoft Office, the dominant productivity suite among corporate users. Lotus claims more than 12 million users of Symphony, which is available in 28 languages.The OpenOffice 3 code means we pick up a lot of improvements both from the ODF file format as well as the core code base, s stanley thermosflasche ays Jeanette Barlow, manager of Lotus Symphony. She says it is the most significant step forward since the first Symphony beta was released in 2007.[ Discover whatrsquo new in business applications with InfoWorldrsquo Technology: Applications newsletter and Killer Apps blog. ] No alternative to Microsoft Office IBM begs to differIBM Lotus, along with many others, is trying to provide alternatives to Microsoft Office, which has dominated for years. With companies segmenting their user base and assessing needs, many are looking at less expensive alternatives to stanley canada Office.One corporate hook in Symphony 3.0 is support of VB Marcos, which lets users run on Symphony cus stanley isolierkanne tomized applications built on Microsoft Office software. Also new Wuvi Ackman rsquo stock debut flounders
Monday 30 June 2014 12:37 am|Updated:Thursday 06 June 2019 11:33 pmBarclays case to shine more light on dark poolsBy: Tim WallaceShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailSha stanley cana re on EmailDARK pools could be forced to publish more information to investors following the claims made against Barclays in the US, a top finance professor has predicted.The private exchanges can benefit investors by limiting the amount of information published, allowing them to keep their investment decisions quiet and avoid moving markets with big sales or purch stanley cup ases.But Barclays is accused of marketing its dark pool as a safe haven for investors, away from the predatory actions of high frequency traders and others ndash; when in fact, it is alleged, the bank encouraged those traders onto its platform.As a result, dark pools could be forced to publish more information in a crackdown by American regulators.Some light needs shedding on dark pools as they are something of the wild west of trading. The Securities and Exchanges Commission may want to implement new rules following its investigation into Barclaysrsquo; LX dark pool, said Chen Yao, a professor of finance at Warwick Business S stanley uk chool. The data on dark pools is limited, and more data needs to be made available to researchers to further examine the issue.Barclays is understood to have hired law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr to investigate the matt |