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Lloyds pays $350M to US in sanctions case - MSN MoneyCentral


WASHINGTON (AP) - Lloyds TSB Bank has agreed to forfeit $350 million for helping customers skirt U.S. sanctions on business transactions with Sudan and Iran. The bank admitted responsibility for criminal conduct based on court documents filed in U.S ...


9 Jan 2009

Title: # 43 Margie in Tel Aviv - Haaretz.com


You ask Boycott what steps he has taken to lead to peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians. There is only one step. Withdraw to the 1967 borders and end the Occupation. Those who support Israel?s Occupation are complicit in the murder of ...


9 Jan 2009

Palm Beach County Sheriff's office seeks fourth suspect in brutal ... - Palm Beach Post


Palm Beach County sheriff's investigators identified a fourth suspect they are seeking in a brutal late August kidnap-slaying. John Lee Morales Gonzalez, 20, is wanted on murder assault and kidnapping charges in connection with a body found earlier ...


9 Jan 2009

UN: 6 militias killed in Congo fighting - Denver Post


KINSHASA, Congo—Rebels in Congo fought pro-government militiamen in the east Friday in a gunbattle that left six people dead, the U.N. said. The fighting came as the U.N. special envoy for Congo, former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, held ...


9 Jan 2009

TheLadders.com Captures Challenges of $100K+ Job Search in Two New ... - Consumer Electronics Net


TheLadders.com, the leading online platform for the $100k+ job market, today announced the launch of two new television commercials that engagingly communicate the challenges $100k+ job seekers face and why TheLadders.com is the right solution to ...


9 Jan 2009

Electronic Component Orders Continue Downslide in December - PR Inside


Electronic component orders fell in December for the second consecutive month, according to the monthly index compiled by the Electronic Components Association (ECA). The 12-month average, comparing 2008 results to those from 2007, continued a ...


9 Jan 2009

Anger Over Gaza Grows in Arab Street (New York Times)


YAHOO - Anger Over Gaza Grows in Arab Street (New York Times)As the war in Gaza burned through its 14th day, Arab governments have felt their legitimacy challenged with an uncommon virulence.


9 Jan 2009

Lloyds's to pay US fine of 350 mln dlrs in sanctions probe (AFP via Yahoo! News)


YAHOO - LloydsBritish-based Lloyds TSB Bank agreed Friday to pay a 350 million dollar penalty to settle a probe that it illegally handled financial transfers for Iran and Sudan in violation of US sanctions.


9 Jan 2009

Freed's 'You, Nero', a Comedy That Fiddles With History, Opens in CA (Playbill via Yahoo! News)


YAHOO - FreedAmy Freed's You, Nero, a new "Roman romp" about leadership, history and playwriting, opens Jan. 9 after previews from Jan. 4 at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, CA.


9 Jan 2009

Obama mother-in-law to join family in White House (AP via Yahoo! News)


YAHOO - Obama mother-in-law to join family in White House (AP via Yahoo! News)Get ready for the in-law in chief.


9 Jan 2009

Treasurys rise after jump in unemployment rate (AP via Yahoo! News)


YAHOO - Treasurys rise after jump in unemployment rate (AP via Yahoo! News)Treasury prices mostly rose Friday, sending yields lower, after the government reported a big jump in the unemployment rate.


9 Jan 2009

Citi in Talks With Morgan Stanley Over Smith Barney (New York Times)


YAHOO - Citi in Talks With Morgan Stanley Over Smith Barney (New York Times)Citigroup is in talks to sell an interest in its Smith Barney brokerage and asset management unit to Morgan Stanley , according to two people with knowledge of the discussions. Although no deal has been reached, executives at the two banks have been in talks for some time.


9 Jan 2009

Palm CEO says Europe gets Pre in the first half, too - Engadget


That puts the model right in line with the launch window for the CDMA-based Sprint version, giving the carrier virtually zero exclusivity on the global stage -- so if 1337 h4x0rz can figure out how to unlock the thing (and if we were ...


9 Jan 2009

Nick Pope: It's unlikely a wind turbine in Lincolnshire was hit by ...


Nick Pope: Damage to a wind turbine in Lincolnshire is likely to have a prosaic explanation, but that won't stop our UFO fascination.


9 Jan 2009

Why Isn’t Bernard Madoff in Jail? - DealBook Blog - NYTimes.com


It has now come to light that Mr. Madoff and his wife tried to send packages containing valuables worth up to $1 million to his two sons, brother and an unidentified couple in Florida. (Maybe that’s just good ol’ Bernie being Bernie, ...


9 Jan 2009

Brian Klug: In the midst of the carnage in Gaza, it defies belief ...


Brian Klug: In the midst of the carnage in Gaza, it defies belief that my synagogue has asked me to march in solid support of Israel.


9 Jan 2009

Public Domain Works Celebrated in Poland - Creative Commons


From our colleagues in CC Poland, some more exciting Public Domain Day news to ring in the New Year: Poland's Coalition for Open Education (KOED - Koalicja Otwartej Edukacji) has celebrated the Public Domain Day 2009 with a range of ...


9 Jan 2009

Quadrangle’s Rattner Said in Line for Car Czar Position - DealBook ...


That has led Cerberus to declare the Quadrangle-owned magazine company to be in technical default of its loan. “It’s crazy,” The Post’s source said. “Cerberus is about to foreclose on the loan to Quadrangle, and now Steve Rattner is ...


9 Jan 2009