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Australia's government has taken a step backward by attempting to set up a national censorship system for the Internet.
The government will test the web filter, which would require Australia's Internet service providers to block from view any one of ...
DATE: Dec 17, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Bernard Madoff's financial records were "utterly unreliable" and will take six months to sort out, said Stephen Harbeck, president of the Securities Investor Protection Corp.
"There are some assets, but I have no idea what the ...
DATE: Dec 17, 2008
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A paralegal, recently laid off, wanted to get back at the "establishment" that he felt was to blame for his lost job. So when he craved an expensive new tie, he went out and stole one.
The story, relayed by psychiatrist Timothy F...
DATE: Dec 17, 2008
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LONDON (Reuters) — The outlook for the British economy has worsened in recent weeks and there is a substantial risk inflation could fall below one percent next year, Bank of England Governor Mervyn King said yesterday.
Earlier, official data showed B...
DATE: Dec 17, 2008
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index surged more than three percent in a broad rally yesterday after the US Federal Reserve cut its target for overnight interest rates to a record low range of zero to 0.25 percent and said it would do every...
DATE: Dec 17, 2008
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Bermuda-based Bacardi Ltd., the largest privately held spirits company in the world, has won the Best International Communication Award for its 'Champions Drink Responsibly' campaign at the European Excellence Awards 2008, held in Budapest, Hungary t...
DATE: Dec 17, 2008
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Persistence, flexibility and keeping focused on your own direction those are just some of the qualities and values that have served Myron Binns so well in his 42 years as an accountant.
For Mr. Binns, who celebrated 25 years in business this month, h...
DATE: Dec 17, 2008
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - A surge in surplus US corn supplies due to sluggish demand from an ailing ethanol sector and the economic turmoil portends weaker prices, but could provide some relief to the food and livestock industry.
The US Agriculture Departm...
DATE: Dec 17, 2008
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Flagstone Re remains fully committed to staying in Bermuda, despite questions being raised about the reinsurer's future after it set up its operations base in Switzerland in August this year.
Mark Byrne, chairman of Flagstone Re, called on that Gover...
DATE: Dec 17, 2008
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Bermuda-based reinsurer New Castle Re's A- rating from AM Best has been placed under review as its hedge fund operator owner Citadel deals with redemption requests and dwindling assets.
Chicago-based Citadel has already closed down one Bermuda reinsu...
DATE: Dec 17, 2008
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