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 ...
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...
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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 ...
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 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...
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 ...
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...
