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Wednesday, 10 March 2010
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.
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 of...
Full Story: BBC News
 
Michelle and Barack Obama descend the Grand Staircase of White House.j
CHICAGO - With the public still furious over bank bailouts, Democrats desperate to keep President Barack Obama's old Senate seat are scrambling to counter revelations that a bank owned by their candidate's family may be nearing collapse. Alexi Giannoulias, the first-term Illinois state treasurer and...
Full Story: Star Tribune
 
 
The view of a complex where Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas or Central Bank of the Philippines and the Department of Finance or DOF is seen from the road leading to SM Mall of Asia in Bay City, Manila, Philippines on August 28, 2009. Bank lending grew by 5% in Jan. to P2.08T, BSP saysInquirer2010-03-09
MANILA, Philippines--Loans extended by universal and commercial banks reached P2.08 trillion as of January this year, up 5 percent from the P1.99 trillion recorded in the same month last year....
 
A federal police officer arranges packages of marijuana and a bag of cocaine seized in a house allegedly occupied by drug dealers during an operation in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Monday, March 9, 2009. Traces of Cocaine Found on 99 Percent of British Bank NotesPravda RU2010-03-09
Cocaine is cheaper than a cup of coffee in a London restaurant, authors of the parliamentary report made to estimate the government’s struggle against the import of heavy drugs in the country said....
 
KLdy1 - Mar08 - Aluminium - steel - metal - metal prices. (dy1) Weak banks, miners push FTSE down 0.7 percentThe Guardian2010-03-09
* Banks lower on Moody's and Credit Suisse caution * Miners weak after recent gains; metal prices down By Tricia Wright LONDON, March 9 (Reuters) - Weak banks helped drive Britain's top share index...
 
Poland. Coal miners walking to canal. December 2009. Banks, miners pressure European shares; EADS dropsThe Guardian2010-03-09
* FTSEurofirst 300 down 0.8 percent * Banks fall; miners drop on lower metals prices * EADS posts loss; A380 production to hit profit in 2010 By Harpreet Bhal LONDON, March 9 (Reuters) - European...
 
The Central Bank of the Philippines - Bankgo Sentral Bank lending up 5% January—BSPInquirer2010-03-09
MANILA, Philippines – Lending by the country's commercial and universal banks continued to grow in January, but the pace of expansion slowed down substantially in what industry players said was a...
 


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