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IRS Employee Took Home Data on 20,000 Workers at Agency
March 20th, 2014
A U.S. Internal Revenue Service employee took home a computer thumb drive containing unencrypted data on 20,000 fellow workers, the agency said in a statement today. The tax agency’s systems that hold personal data on hundreds of millions of ...
ASIC reports on penalties for corporate wrongdoing
March 20th, 2014
ASIC, the Australian Securities and Investment Commission, has released Report 387 Penalties for corporate wrongdoing (REP 387). REP 387 reviews penalties in Australia for corporate wrongdoing to assess whether they are proportionate and consistent. It compares ASIC’s penalties with: ...
European Central Bank: review mission to Greece
March 20th, 2014
Staff teams from the European Commission (EC), European Central Bank (ECB), and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have concluded their review mission to Greece. The teams have reached staff-level agreement with the authorities on policies that could serve as the ...
Son-in-law’s testimony quotes bin Laden after 9/11: ‘We are the ones who did it’
March 20th, 2014
The defendant’s testimony in a stilled Manhattan courtroom Wednesday took a federal jury half a world and many years away, to a mountain cave in the desolation of Afghanistan, to the hours after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks. ...
Dubai Banking Analysts Seen Earning Double Bonus of London Peers
March 20th, 2014
Junior bankers in the United Arab Emirates are reaping almost 36 percent more salary than their counterparts in London, with bonuses almost double those paid in the U.K. capital, compensation data provider Emolument said. Fixed salaries at the analyst ...
Asia Stocks Drop on Fed; H-Share Index Near Bear Market
March 20th, 2014
Asian stocks fell, with a gauge of Chinese shares in Hong Kong poised to enter a bear market, after the Federal Reserve signaled it may raise U.S. interest rates from the middle of next year. Newcrest Mining Ltd. (NCM), ...
Q&A: Counting the cost of the new £1 coin
March 19th, 2014
The Royal Mint is taking on the counterfeiters by replacing the humble £1 coin – but businesses say there is a flipside In today’s budget, the UK Chancellor, George Osborne, will announce the replacement of the £1 coin from ...
Hacker Andrew ‘Weev’ Auernheimer attempts to overturn conviction
March 19th, 2014
Lawyers say conviction under Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is flawed and raises questions for civil liberties online Lawyers for hacker Andrew “Weev” Auernheimer, who is serving a 41-month prison sentence, will appear in a US court on Wednesday ...
Dollar Strengthens as Gold Declines Before Fed Decision
March 19th, 2014
The dollar gained against most major currencies and gold fell for a third day before the Federal Reserve decides monetary policy. The ruble strengthened for a fourth day and Russian stocks fell as the nation pushed on with the ...
Bank of England launches strategic plan
March 19th, 2014
The Bank of England today launched its Strategic Plan, following a six month exercise led by the Executive Committee of the Bank. The Plan, to be implemented over the next three years, provides an ambitious agenda to transform the ...