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The hands of a cyberathlete hover over mouse and keyboard during the preliminary round of the Cyberathlete Professional League World Tour New York Finals at web2zone in New York, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2005. Launched in 1997, the Cyberathlete Professional League World Tour Finals is the world's first computer game sports league. At this event, thirty two players from accross the globe will compete over three days, Nov. 20-22, for a total purse of $500,000, with the winner receiving $150,000. The final round will be played at the Nokia Theater in New York's Times Square on Nov. 22, 2005.
(photo: AP Photo / Jason DeCrow)
Banking fraudsters 'switch to raiding online accounts'
BBC News
| Fraudsters are continuing their switch from traditional card fraud to raiding online bank accounts, according to new research. | Fraud losses on UK credit and debit cards totalled £440m in 2009 - a drop of 28% compared with the previous year - the UK Cards Association said. | But the number ...
A cane cutter works in Batatais, Brazil, in this Aug. 28, 2007 file photo. Booming Brazil is in overdrive with test drilling at a potentially mammoth offshore oil field, trucks jamming ports to offload soy shipments for China, biofuel production galore and plenty of cash for mega-infrastructure projects ranging from bridges to dams
(photo: AP / Andre Penner)
EU faces court challenge over biofuels reports
Daily Star Lebanon
| Wednesday, March 10, 2010 | - Powered by | Pete Harrison | Reuters | BRUSSELS: Four environmental groups have sued the EU’s executive for withholding documents they say will add to a growing dossier of evidence that biofuels harm the environment and push up food prices. | The lawsuit, lodged...
Lindsay Lohan's a milkaholic cry baby with $100 million lawsuit against E*Trade
The Daily Telegraph Australia
| LINDSAY Lohan is suing for $100 million after a financial corporation used a baby who looked like her and dubbed her a "milkaholic". | Lohan alleged that online brokerage's use in the ad the girl, also named Lindsay, improperly invoked he...
A Consumer Bill Gives Exemption on Payday Loans
The New York Times
| WASHINGTON — Senator Bob Corker, the Tennessee Republican who is playing a crucial role in bipartisan negotiations over financial regulation, pressed to remove a provision from draft legislation that would have empowered federal authorities t...
Toyota, U.S. officials investigate runaway Prius
The Times Of India
LOS ANGELES/DETROIT: U.S. safety regulators and Toyota dispatched teams on Tuesday to inspect a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway a day earlier, as the automaker struggled to reassure consumers shaken by its recall crisis. | U.S....
Elumelu: Court Asks EFCC to Produce Evidence
This Day
A Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to furnish the court with the proof of evidence with which it intends to prosecute Chairman, House of Representatives Committee  on Power, Ndidi El...
Facebook Account - Networking - Internet
WN / Rubielyn Bunag
Cyber-bullying cases put heat on Google, Facebook
Zeenews
Los Angeles: Internet was built on freedom of expression. Society wants someone held accountable when that freedom is abused. And major Internet companies like Google and Facebook ...
Cattle - Cows - Animal - Livestock - Agriculture
WN / Sweet Radoc
Oklahoma Livestock: Tuesday, March 9, 2010
The Oklahoman
| LIVESTOCK Monday's closing cattle and hog quotations from the Oklahoma National Stockyards. | CATTLE Estimated Receipts: 15,600; last week: 12,765; year ago Monday: 12,126. | Com...
Toyota - Automaker - Logo
WN / sweet
Toyota finds no flaw with safety electronics
The Guardian
* Toyota: no flaw found with real-world safety systems * Judge orders Toyota executives to testify in lawsuit * House panel asks for reported 2006 Toyota letter (Adds details from ...
TV producer admits attempting Letterman shakedown
China Daily
| NEW YORK – A former television producer pressured by debt and riven by jealousy admitted Tuesday he tried to extract vengeance and money by shaking down David Letterman in a case that bared the late-night icon's affairs with staffers. | Robert "J...
Court To Move Quickly On Pratt & Whitney's Appeal On Plant Closures
Hartford Courant
A federal appeals court on Tuesday granted Pratt & Whitney an expedited review for its challenge of a lower-court decision barring company plans to close its factory. | The order from the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in renews the possibility th...
Producer in plea deal
The Boston Globe
| A former television producer admitted yesterday that he tried to shake down David Letterman in a case that bared the late-night icon's affairs with staffers. Robert "Joe'' Halderman, 52, pleaded guilty to attempted grand larceny, acknowledging he t...
Domain Law
Facebook Page - Networking
(photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Cyber-bullying cases put heat on Google, Facebook
The Times Of India
LOS ANGELES: The Internet was built on freedom of expression. Society wants someone held accountable when that freedom is abused. And major Internet companies like Google and Facebook are finding themselves caught between those ideals. | Although Google, News Corp's Facebook and their rivals have enjoyed a relatively "safe harbor" from prosecution ...
Funds Management
Annie Leibovitz talks about the exhibit of her photos at the Experience Music Project in Seattle Nov. 6, 2003
(photo: AP / John Froscauer)
Annie Leibovitz Makes Deal With Colony Capital To Manage Debt, Keep Portfolio
Huffington Post
| NEW YORK — Annie Leibovitz, the photographer who mismanaged her fortune so badly that she faced losing legal rights to some of pop culture's most enduring images, has reached a long-term agreement with a private investment firm to help manage her debt and market her vast portfolio, both sides said Tuesday. | Leibovitz, 60, will retain total...



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