Web threats to continue – security vendors
Vendors of security software have warned that Web threats will continue to plague Internet users. Increasingly, their concerns focus on the theft of confidential information.
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Web threats to continue – security vendors
Posted on 05 September 2010 by admin
Red Tape: When your bank is out to kill you
Posted on 04 September 2010 by admin
Red Tape: When your bank is out to kill you
Judy Rivers went to the bank with a simple request last April: She wanted to open a safe deposit box. The response, while equally simple, was a complete surprise. The bank turned her down. Why? She was dead. And she couldn’t get anyone to believe otherwise. So began a mysterious red tape journey that she says has led to multiple denials of credit, extreme difficulty in accessing her own money …
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Mercy Relief sends 2nd team, supplies to Pakistan
Posted on 04 September 2010 by admin
Mercy Relief sends 2nd team, supplies to Pakistan
SINGAPORE: Non-Governmental Organisation Mercy Relief has sent a second relief team and S$450,000 worth of supplies to affected communities in flood-ravaged Pakistan.
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HFC Bank launches 2010 Homesave Promotion
Posted on 03 September 2010 by admin
HFC Bank launches 2010 Homesave Promotion
Accra, Aug. 31, GNA – The management of HFC Bank on Tuesday launched its 2010 Homesave Promotion, which aims at rewarding customers with their own homes at affordable price and convenient place in the country.
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Home loans not cast in stone
Posted on 03 September 2010 by admin
Home loans not cast in stone
With a family of six and a sizeable mortgage, Mark and Brigitte Kandalaft were keen to look at ways to lessen their financial burden.
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China’s state-mandated lunge break
Posted on 02 September 2010 by admin
China’s state-mandated lunge break
Daily fitness routines, broadcast on radio, are to be compulsory for all state employees by next year. Some bemoan the return to such regimentation. Each morning before the doors of the department store where she works swing open to a teeming public, Nie Yingchao engages in a bit of pregame warm-up.
Read more on Los Angeles Times
DBS’ Rajan Raju resigns
Posted on 02 September 2010 by admin
DBS’ Rajan Raju resigns
VETERAN banker Rajan Raju is saying goodbye to DBS Bank on Tuesday after more than a decade at Singapore?s largest bank. Officially, his last day is Sept 30, but he will be vacating his office on Tuesday after resigning as the bank’s group executive and head of consumer banking.
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NIH teams with Pay.gov to speed tech-transfer payments
Posted on 01 September 2010 by admin
NIH teams with Pay.gov to speed tech-transfer payments
A new payment site within Pay.gov will make it easier for companies that license inventions owned by the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration to make their royalty payments.
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Senior Citizens, Other Older Adults Catching Up Fast in Use of Internet Social Media
Posted on 01 September 2010 by admin
Senior Citizens, Other Older Adults Catching Up Fast in Use of Internet Social Media
Social networking use among internet users ages 50 and older has nearly doubled — from 22% to 42% over the past year.
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NZ Dollar Outlook: Kiwi supported at 70 US cts
Posted on 31 August 2010 by admin
NZ Dollar Outlook: Kiwi supported at 70 US cts
The New Zealand dollar is finding support at 70 U.S. cents after U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke stoked investors’ appetite for risk on Friday by saying he would stand by the U.S. economy and print more money if need be.
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