IN THE PAPERS
In The Papers 19 January
19-01-2010
by Sylvia Leatham
Jobseekers warned of recruitment scam | HarperCollins in talks with Apple
The Irish Examiner reports that Irish jobseekers are being targeted by scam online recruitment firms seeking payment for their services. Concerns have been raised that such firms are increasingly preying on graduates and the unemployed. Reports say that a representative from a fake site is calling jobseekers who register their CVs online and offering courses and help in exchange for a payment. Fergal Brosnan, director of Berkley Recruitment, said it is illegal for a recruitment firm to charge jobseekers a fee to register their details or help them find a job.
The paper also reports on the winner of this year's BT Young Scientist prize, Richard O'Shea, the inventor of a fuel-efficient biomass stove. Check out video coverage of the event on ENN.
The Wall Street Journal reports that HarperCollins Publishers is in talks with Apple to make electronic books available for Apple's new tablet device, according to sources. HarperCollins is expected to set the price of the e-books, which would have added features, with Apple taking a percentage of sales. The details have yet to be ironed out. It is not known whether Apple will sell the HarperCollins titles via a new e-book store or through its existing iTunes Store.
The paper also notes that China has said reports of an attack on Indian government computers by Chinese hackers "are entirely without basis." India suspects that Chinese hackers attempted to gain access to Indian government information at the same time as they have been accused of targeting US companies including Google. Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Ma Zhaoxu said that China is one of the biggest victims of hacker attacks. Hacker attacks on China from outside the country rose 148 percent in 2008, he said.
In other news of China, the Financial Times says that search engine Baidu has announced the second resignation of a senior executive in ten days. Li Yinan, chief technology officer, is leaving the company for personal reasons, the top Chinese search engine said. The move follows the resignation of Peng Ye as chief operating officer on 8 January.
The paper also says that UK firm Carphone Warehouse has raised its full-year profit guidance for the second time. The group said earnings per share for the year ending in March 2010 would be at the top end of its STG0.14 to STG0.15 guidance, and up from STG0.126 a year ago. It also raised its guidance for its share of net income for the period from Best Buy Europe, its venture with the US electronics retailer, from its previous STG30 million to STG40 million range to STG40 million to STG45 million. The group had previously raised guidance for the year in November.
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