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Alright, I have to admit that sometimes a news story comes across the wire that is so patently absurd or bizarre that I cannot resist the urge to consider it and then comment. ATM machines that are t
I watched an interesting debate on Newsnight last night, on the subject of youth unemployment. It made me wonder whether the UK Government was becoming ageist, especially when it comes to employment
Twitter has suffered an embarassing security lapse after a hacker stole hundreds of confidential documents and released them in the blogosphere. Explaining the break-in, Twitter CEO Biz Stone writes...
A spate of recent news reports highlight growing ATM fraud. Law enforcement in New York City reported a gang had stolen $500,000 from bank accounts via ATM skimming. They installed cameras and skimm...
FX markets remained open for business throughout the credit crisis, although volume growth may have slowed. Across the board market participants continue to embrace eFX for many reasons. While risk ma...
If you work in a bank, you're probably using a browser that hasn't been updated since Bill Clinton was in the White House. That's about to change, and it's going to transform the way the web is used i...
Global recession is an era, in the lifetime; when expatriates revert to their hometown to revamp their citizenship.
Money Laundering - as we know - is one of the most thriving businesses the world over. In these troubled times, it is all the more prevalent with newer players and more creative means cropping up ever...
The state of New York, Office of the Attorney General plans to sue the social-networking site Tagged.com for allegedly using deceptive e-mails in order to gain new users. It is alleged that the socia
The US justice department's investigation of the CDS market is probably more a reflection of the changing political attitudes surrounding credit derivatives rather than a discovery of criminal behavio...
Many of us are familiar with the following chestnut, but for those who are not: A man is walking one afternoon and comes upon a snake writhing in the road, obviously wounded by a passing car. The snak...
You've got to feel for the Madoffs and Stanfords of this world. Federal prison is no country club and you suspect that these well-to-do white collar crooks are in for a bit of a shock when they get th...