Monthly Archives: November 2010

Ex-Deloitte partner charged with insider trading (AP)

AP – Federal regulators on Tuesday charged a former partner at Deloitte & Touche LLP and his wife with insider trading, accusing the couple of providing confidential information on company acquisitions to relatives overseas. Continue reading

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Leaked documents discuss Cuban spies, US concerns (AP)

AP – Cuban intelligence agents have deep involvement in Venezuela and enjoy direct access to President Hugo Chavez, the U.S. Embassy said in a 2006 diplomatic cable. Continue reading

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MLB players, umps, executives meeting postponed (AP)

AP – Major League Baseball says Friday’s meeting among management, players and umpires has been postponed because of a death in the family of one of the participants. Continue reading

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WikiLeaks: Espionage? Journalism? Something else? (AP)

AP – The government’s decisions about whether or how to bring criminal charges against participants in the WikiLeaks disclosures is complicated by the very newness of Julian Assange’s Internet-based outfit: Is it journalism or espionage or something in… Continue reading

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Wall Street slips late on Portugal fears (Reuters)

Reuters – Stocks fell in a choppy session on Tuesday as news late in the session that Portugal’s debt could be downgraded reignited selling in a high-volume flurry that may bode ill when markets reopen. Continue reading

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INTERPOL issues global arrest request for WikiLeaks’ Assange (AFP)

AFP – The global police agency INTERPOL said Wednesday it had alerted member states to arrest WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange on suspicion of rape on the basis of a Swedish arrest warrant. Continue reading

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Might be more to Tom Brady’s hair than eye can see (AP)

AP – Take heart, guys. Tom Brady may not be perfect, after all. Continue reading

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Fabregas will not rush comeback

Arsenal’s Cesc Fabregas insists he will not rush his return from injury, prompting boss Arsene Wenger to admit there is no timescale for the midfielder’s recovery.This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC i… Continue reading

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State Street to cut 1,400 jobs in reorganization

[AP] – State Street Corp. says it will cut 1,400 jobs, or 5 percent of its work force, beginning immediately as part of a massive reorganization. Continue reading

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Big US ‘crystal meth’ haul seized

Police seized 983lb (445kg) of methamphetamine, an addictive stimulant also known as crystal meth Related stories Investigators seized close to half a tonne of the drug methamphetamine just outside the city of Atlanta in one of the biggest such finds… Continue reading

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