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189 Results from /people, 2008

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Barclays "playing games" with back office staff - Unite

Barclays has been accused of "playing games" with staff after it told workers at its processing plant in Poole, Dorset, that plans to move to a new site have been axed, raising fears over job losses.

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SunGard to bolster Indian headcount

SunGard is planning to add 300 new hires to its Indian operations in Pune and Bangalore over the next six months.

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Barclays to axe 1800 UK IT jobs in offshoring drive

Barclays will cut around 1800 technology jobs in the UK over the next couple of years as it looks to offshore the work to "centres of excellence" around the world.

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Tora hires Citi auto-trading veteran Lewis

Electronic dealing platform Tora Trading has hired Citi auto-trading veteran Peter Lewis as managing director of its New York office.

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Discover opens IT subsidiary in China

US card scheme Discover has opened a new IT facility in China to support its data analysis and modelling operations.

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Citi hires Lippert to overhaul IT operations

Citi has hired Marty Lippert, formerly of the Royal Bank of Canada, as its new chief information officer, as it bids to turn around its business and develop a new integrated technology infrastructure.

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NCR slammed over Dundee job cuts and cheap labour claims

Ohio-based NCR has been accused of paying staff transferred from India to its ATM manufacturing plant in Dundee, Scotland, well below the minimum wage and then axing 51 jobs at the site.

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SunGard buys Ireland's Delphi Technologies

Fintech powerhouse SunGard has acquired Delphi Technologies, an Ireland-based provider of IT consulting and professional services to banks, insurers and telcos. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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SocGen Securities Services forms global IT and back office units

Société Générale Securities Services (SGSS) is establishing global divisions for its technology and back office operations as part of a major organisational overhaul.

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Nationwide outsources IT networks to BT

The UK's Nationwide Building Society is outsourcing the management of its networked IT services to BT under a seven year, £160 million deal.

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Admiral creates 450 jobs in UK

UK insurance group Admiral is creating 450 jobs over the next three years - of which half will be call centre roles - at a new facility in Newport, Wales.

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Portrait slumps on profit shortfall

Shares in Portrait Software plunged after the UK CRM vendor posted lower full year profit and said its business had been hit by "the turbulence in the investment banking sector".