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Friday, June 19, 2009
USA Forex
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Froxe United States
The following data have been gathered by Capgemini and are part of the World Retail Banking Report published annually in March.
Macro economic indicators (2006)
| GDP at current prices | $13,225 billion |
| Inhabitants | 299.7 million |
| GDP per head | $44,071 |
| Economic growth rate | +3.3% |
| Consumer confidence indicator | 99.6 |
| Unemployment rate | 4.7% |
| Consumer Price Index | 4.0% |
| Banking Importance | 20.8% |
| Number of branches | 92,000 |
| Number of ATMs | 420,000 |
| Households savings ratio | 0.5% |
| Inflation rate | +3.2% |
| Interest rate, consumer credit | 13.21% |
| Interest rate, residential | 6.22% |
| Number of credit cards | 1,46 billion |
Type and size of players
Total Banking Income and Cost/Income Ratio
(Operating Expenses/Total Banking Income)
Products
U.S. retail banking market is highly fragmented. This is illustrated by the fact that the top 10 U.S. Banks held only about 36% of the market share based on total U.S. deposits.
Total Deposits in US$ (31.12.2006 )
Trends
Customer Experience
• Banks are beginning to design products that cross customer silos:
- Customers in the past have had varying experiences and disparities in service quality across channels (branch, phone, internet) and across products (mortgage, etc.)
- Banks are beginning to improve and align processes like product applications and cross-selling
• Interactive products are increasing as customers become more comfortable using the internet:
- Banks expected to offer new products geared towards online self-service interactions
• Branch locations are increasing in number and being renovated:
- Self-service channels (ATM, phone, internet) are not effective for customer acquisition and cross-selling
- Branch locations are to be used as sales platforms by leveraging retail practices such as product displays, merchandising and layouts (demographic targeting)
Marketing / Target Products
• Faced with strong competition, banks are becoming more proactive with their marketing initiatives:
- Customer acquisition strategies being replaced by efforts to cross-sell products and services with marketing campaigns around specific customer interactions
• Continued investment in non-core product offerings:
- In redefining their marketing strategies, banks remain attracted to products traditionally offered by Financial Services companies
• Competition with Financial Services firms for retirement assets:
- Banks are marketing 401K programs to corporations in order to gain access to their employees in expectation of cross-selling other products and services
M&A Overload
• Recent acquisitions have resulted in some large banks having huge asset totals that must be earning returns for investors:
- Heated competition and sophistication in targeting loan offers to consumers
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
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NEW YORK, May 29, 2009 (Reuters) — The dollar hit a five-month low against a basket of major currencies on Friday and the euro rose above $1.41 for the first time this year as investors bought higher-yielding currencies and assets on hopes of a global economic recovery.
A bank employee counts one hundred dollar notes at a bank in Seoul February 26, 2009. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won
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Sterling approached $1.62, almost an eight-month high, and capped its best month since 1985, while data showing the U.S. economy shrank less than expected in the first quarter lifted global stocks and dulled the dollar's safe-haven allure.
Concern about the expanding amount of debt needed to fund a record $1.8 trillion U.S. budget deficit added to dollar woes this week and put the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield en route to its biggest two-month spike since 2004.
Those worries amplified a report that South Korea's National Pension Service intends to reduce exposure to U.S. government bonds and equities in its five-year portfolio.
"There's a visceral concern about the debasement of the U.S. currency because the United States has a lot of debt to finance" and may have to print more money to do it, said Alan Ruskin, chief international strategist at RBS Greenwich Capital in Greenwich, Connecticut.
He said dollar weakness was driving up the price of oil, which is priced in dollars, and leading investors to bet that "emerging markets will lead the way to recovery." That lifted commodity currencies at the expense of the dollar and yen.
The euro peaked at $1.4168, its best level since December, and last traded up 1.4 percent at $1.4137. Sterling rose 1.6 percent to $1.6169 after hitting $1.6199, its highest since early October.
The dollar also fell 1.7 percent to 95.25 yen while the Australian dollar rose above $0.8000 for the first time since September, leaving it on pace for a record monthly gain of more than 10 percent. The dollar fell 2.1 percent against its Canadian counterpart to C$1.0908.
An index that measures the dollar against six major currencies <.DXY> fell 1.5 percent and suffered its worst month in May since March 1985.
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Government data showing the U.S. economy contracted slightly less than initially estimated in the first quarter encouraged investors to take on more risk.
"Money is flowing out of the dollar," said Jessica Hoversen, fixed income and currency strategist at MF Global. "There was a lot of institutional money sitting on the sidelines during the worst of the crisis that now is looking for (higher) yields."
Another report showed U.S. business activity contracted in May at a sharper rate than expected.
While the dollar has typically attracted safe-haven flows on bad economic news, some analysts said deficit worries have weakened that relationship.
Boris Schlossberg, director of FX research at GFT Forex, said that as global risk appetite increases, the dollar may start selling off on lackluster domestic economic reports.
Bond yields retreated on Friday, though they are still up sharply since mid-March, when the Federal Reserve announced plans to buy longer-dated Treasuries to keep rates low.
With long-term yields higher and the dollar under pressure, analysts at Barclays Capital say global investors "are demanding a greater risk premium for holding U.S. assets."
(Additional reporting by Vivianne Rodrigues; Editing by James Dalgleish)
Sunday, June 14, 2009
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How to tackle fake security softwares
With the number of fake security software rising each day, scammers are getting more aggressive in their attempts to scam people out of their money. While fake security software looks like the genuine article, the fake software generates messengers every 30 seconds telling the user their system is compromised by an infection which the fake software will gladly “remove” if the user purchases the full version. While computersavvy users will see through this right away, many are frightened by what this these programs “find” on their computer and purchase it, which is the it is often called “scareware”. If the victims are lucky, they may be sent a completely worthless activation code after the payment have gone through but all of them are left out of pocket, with a fake program that continues to tell them to purchase the full version to remove their infections.
Originally these scams would simply pop up messages every thirty seconds, making it difficult to continue with whatever you were doing, however an increasing number are taking over the computer as soon as you log on. You get the past the Windows splash screen and all you see is the fake program which will only let you click the “buy now” button. There is no Windows task bar and you can’t do anything in Windows.
If this is happening to you, then the following directions will help you fix the problem:
1. Hold down Ctrl +Alt+ Delete. If Windows Task Manager doesn’t immediately appear, click the Task Manager button.
2. Click File > New Task (Run..) type explorer.exe and click OK.
3. You should have the Windows tool bar back now. Press “Windows Key” + R. Type msconfig and click OK. Uncheck load startup items and click Ok. Restart the computer when prompted.
4. After you have restarted, you are either going to see your Windows Desktop or the same infection which is continuing to hijack your computer. If you are seeing your Windows Desktop, close the msconfig message that pops up and move onto step 10. Everyone else move onto 5.
5. Once again, hold down Ctrl +Alt+ Delete. If Windows Task Manager doesn’t immediately appear, click the Task Manager button. Click File > New Task (Run..) type explorer.exe and click OK.
6. Press “Windows Key” + R. Type regedit and click OK.
7. Navigate your way by clicking the + symbol to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion. Click the WinLogon folder.
8. In the right hand pane of “registry editor“, you will see an entry called “Shell“. Shell will most likely be pointing to wherever your infection is stored on the hard drive. Double click shell, type in explorer.exe and click OK.
9. Close registry editor and restart your computer. After the restart you will see your Windows Desktop again.
10. Now that you have control of your computer again, it’s time to remove the infection. You can visit various anti-spyware sites to get step-by-step instructions to remove scareware, such as 411-Spyware’s guide toSystem Protect 2009 removal, the Conficker-related rogue.
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Monday, June 1, 2009
Ways to increase Windows XP speed
Since defragging the disk won’t do much to improve Windows XP performance, here are 23 suggestions that will. Each can enhance the performance and reliability of your customers’ PCs. Best of all, most of them will cost you nothing.
1.) To decrease a system’s boot time and increase system performance, use the money you save by not buying defragmentation software — the built-in Windows defragmenter works just fine — and instead equip the computer with an Ultra-133 or Serial ATA hard drive with 8-MB cache buffer.
2.) If a PC has less than 512 MB of RAM, add more memory. This is a relatively inexpensive and easy upgrade that can dramatically improve system performance.
3.) Ensure that Windows XP is utilizing the NTFS file system. If you’re not sure, here’s how to check: First, double-click the My Computer icon, right-click on the C: Drive, then select Properties. Next, examine the File System type; if it says FAT32, then back-up any important data. Next, click Start, click Run, type CMD, and then click OK. At the prompt, type CONVERT C: /FS:NTFS and press the Enter key. This process may take a while; it’s important that the computer be uninterrupted and virus-free. The file system used by the bootable drive will be either FAT32 or NTFS. I highly recommend NTFS for its superior security, reliability, and efficiency with larger disk drives.
4.) Disable file indexing. The indexing service extracts information from documents and other files on the hard drive and creates a “searchable keyword index.” As you can imagine, this process can be quite taxing on any system.
The idea is that the user can search for a word, phrase, or property inside a document, should they have hundreds or thousands of documents and not know the file name of the document they want. Windows XP’s built-in search functionality can still perform these kinds of searches without the Indexing service. It just takes longer. The OS has to open each file at the time of the request to help find what the user is looking for.
Most people never need this feature of search. Those who do are typically in a large corporate environment where thousands of documents are located on at least one server. But if you’re a typical system builder, most of your clients are small and medium businesses. And if your clients have no need for this search feature, I recommend disabling it.
Here’s how: First, double-click the My Computer icon. Next, right-click on the C: Drive, then select Properties. Uncheck “Allow Indexing Service to index this disk for fast file searching.” Next, apply changes to “C: subfolders and files,” and click OK. If a warning or error message appears (such as “Access is denied”), click the Ignore All button.
5.) Update the PC’s video and motherboard chipset drivers. Also, update and configure the BIOS. For more information on how to configure your BIOS properly, see this article on my site.
6.) Empty the Windows Prefetch folder every three months or so. Windows XP can “prefetch” portions of data and applications that are used frequently. This makes processes appear to load faster when called upon by the user. That’s fine. But over time, the prefetch folder may become overloaded with references to files and applications no longer in use. When that happens, Windows XP is wasting time, and slowing system performance, by pre-loading them. Nothing critical is in this folder, and the entire contents are safe to delete.
7.) Once a month, run a disk cleanup. Here’s how: Double-click the My Computer icon. Then right-click on the C: drive and select Properties. Click the Disk Cleanup button — it’s just to the right of the Capacity pie graph — and delete all temporary files.
8.) In your Device Manager, double-click on the IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers device, and ensure that DMA is enabled for each drive you have connected to the Primary and Secondary controller. Do this by double-clicking on Primary IDE Channel. Then click the Advanced Settings tab. Ensure the Transfer Mode is set to “DMA if available” for both Device 0 and Device 1. Then repeat this process with the Secondary IDE Channel.
9.) Upgrade the cabling. As hard-drive technology improves, the cabling requirements to achieve these performance boosts have become more stringent. Be sure to use 80-wire Ultra-133 cables on all of your IDE devices with the connectors properly assigned to the matching Master/Slave/Motherboard sockets. A single device must be at the end of the cable; connecting a single drive to the middle connector on a ribbon cable will cause signaling problems. With Ultra DMA hard drives, these signaling problems will prevent the drive from performing at its maximum potential. Also, because these cables inherently support “cable select,” the location of each drive on the cable is important. For these reasons, the cable is designed so drive positioning is explicitly clear.
10.) Remove all spyware from the computer. Use free programs such as AdAware by Lavasoft or SpyBot Search & Destroy. Once these programs are installed, be sure to check for and download any updates before starting your search. Anything either program finds can be safely removed. Any free software that requires spyware to run will no longer function once the spyware portion has been removed; if your customer really wants the program even though it contains spyware, simply reinstall it. For more information on removing Spyware visit this Web Pro News page.
11.) Remove any unnecessary programs and/or items from Windows Startup routine using the MSCONFIG utility. Here’s how: First, click Start, click Run, type MSCONFIG, and click OK. Click the StartUp tab, then uncheck any items you don’t want to start when Windows starts. Unsure what some items are? Visit the WinTasks Process Library. It contains known system processes, applications, as well as spyware references and explanations. Or quickly identify them by searching for the filenames using Google or another Web search engine.
12.) Remove any unnecessary or unused programs from the Add/Remove Programs section of the Control Panel.
13.) Turn off any and all unnecessary animations, and disable active desktop. In fact, for optimal performance, turn off all animations. Windows XP offers many different settings in this area. Here’s how to do it: First click on the System icon in the Control Panel. Next, click on the Advanced tab. Select the Settings button located under Performance. Feel free to play around with the options offered here, as nothing you can change will alter the reliability of the computer — only its responsiveness.
14.) If your customer is an advanced user who is comfortable editing their registry, try some of the performance registry tweaks offered at Tweak XP.
15.) Visit Microsoft’s Windows update site regularly, and download all updates labeled Critical. Download any optional updates at your discretion.
16.) Update the customer’s anti-virus software on a weekly, even daily, basis. Make sure they have only one anti-virus software package installed. Mixing anti-virus software is a sure way to spell disaster for performance and reliability.
17.) Make sure the customer has fewer than 500 type fonts installed on their computer. The more fonts they have, the slower the system will become. While Windows XP handles fonts much more efficiently than did the previous versions of Windows, too many fonts — that is, anything over 500 — will noticeably tax the system.
18.) Do not partition the hard drive. Windows XP’s NTFS file system runs more efficiently on one large partition. The data is no safer on a separate partition, and a reformat is never necessary to reinstall an operating system. The same excuses people offer for using partitions apply to using a folder instead. For example, instead of putting all your data on the D: drive, put it in a folder called “D drive.” You’ll achieve the same organizational benefits that a separate partition offers, but without the degradation in system performance. Also, your free space won’t be limited by the size of the partition; instead, it will be limited by the size of the entire hard drive. This means you won’t need to resize any partitions, ever. That task can be time-consuming and also can result in lost data.
19.) Check the system’s RAM to ensure it is operating properly. I recommend using a free program called MemTest86. The download will make a bootable CD or diskette (your choice), which will run 10 extensive tests on the PC’s memory automatically after you boot to the disk you created. Allow all tests to run until at least three passes of the 10 tests are completed. If the program encounters any errors, turn off and unplug the computer, remove a stick of memory (assuming you have more than one), and run the test again. Remember, bad memory cannot be repaired, but only replaced.
20.) If the PC has a CD or DVD recorder, check the drive manufacturer’s Web site for updated firmware. In some cases you’ll be able to upgrade the recorder to a faster speed. Best of all, it’s free.
21.) Disable unnecessary services. Windows XP loads a lot of services that your customer most likely does not need. To determine which services you can disable for your client, visit the Black Viper site for Windows XP configurations.
22.) If you’re sick of a single Windows Explorer window crashing and then taking the rest of your OS down with it, then follow this tip: open My Computer, click on Tools, then Folder Options. Now click on the View tab. Scroll down to “Launch folder windows in a separate process,” and enable this option. You’ll have to reboot your machine for this option to take effect.
23.) At least once a year, open the computer’s cases and blow out all the dust and debris. While you’re in there, check that all the fans are turning properly. Also inspect the motherboard capacitors for bulging or leaks. For more information on this leaking-capacitor phenomena, you can read numerous articles on my site.
Following any of these suggestions should result in noticeable improvements to the performance and reliability of your customers’ computers. If you still want to defrag a disk, remember that the main benefit will be to make your data more retrievable in the event of a crashed drive
source : www.comptalks.com
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Sunday, May 31, 2009
Manage your daily tasks with FruitfulTime Taskmanager
How do you manage your daily tasks ? Do you keep reminders on your cellphone or you write them on paper and paste them on the wall? All you need is a task list software which can handle your daily tasks with ease and you don’t need to worry about them. Task Software is used by different type of professionals in their field like bloggers,entrepreneurs, students, Office Workers and lot more professionals.
It really have some cool features including the priority list where you can assign priority order for the tasks like High, Normal and Low.And you can add tags to your tasks and there is also a option of adding subtask to Tasks so that you can arrange where work.
# You can add and view tasks with a single keystroke.
# There is a search option which helps you in searching the tasks.
# As mentioned above in the paragraph you can add a subtask to your task
# Cloning of the tasks can be done.
# You can group tasks into projects using keywords.
# You can add contacts, notes, file and website links to your tasks.
# You can password protect your tasks.
# You can access your tasks by installing on USB flash drive.
# There is also a progress indicator of the tasks
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