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Naked access now 38 percent of U.S. trading: report | ReutersA report says that 38 percent of all U.S. stock trading is now done by firms that have "naked sponsored access" to markets, the controversial trading practice said to imperil the marketplace, and which faces a regulatory crackdown. Naked access gives trading firms, using brokers' licenses, ...
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Exclusive: IRS hires hundreds for new wealth unit | ReutersA new Internal Revenue Service unit set up to catch rich tax cheats hiding their wealth in complex business entities is rapidly taking shape with the hiring of hundreds of employees. The IRS high wealth unit, part of a broader effort to combat international tax evasion, is focusing on "the ...
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Snow at Highest Elevations No Longer Pure - Yahoo! NewsThe pure white snow atop the Andes Mountains may not be so pure after all. Scientists have found traces of toxic pollutants called PCBs in snow samples taken from Aconcagua Mountain, the highest peak in the Americas. While the overall PCB levels were quite low, the results show that these ...
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Organizations: sign onto letter opposing secret copyright treaty! Boing BoingA worldwide coalition of Non-Governmental Organizations, consumers unions and online service providers associations publish an open letter to the European institutions regarding the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) currently under negotiation. They call on the European Parliament and ...
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In India, Anxiety Over the Slow Pace of Innovation - NYTimes.comIn the United States and Europe, people worry that their well-paying, high-skill jobs will be, in a word, “Bangalored” — shipped off to India. Even as the rest of the world has come to admire, envy and fear India’s outsourcing business and its technological prowess, many Indians are ...
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EU antitrust chief slams senators on Oracle dealThe European Union's antitrust chief said Tuesday that U.S. senators who pressed her to approve Oracle Corp.'s takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc. should stop interfering in Europe's affairs and prioritize U.S. health care reform."Is this really more important than fixing your own health care ...
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Rule-of-law extremism engulfs primitive Eastern Europegovernment crimes should be disclosed, investigated and punished only when they occur during a time other than the Past.
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BBC NEWS | Business | 'Banks on steroids' worry FranceFrench Finance Minister Christine Lagarde has warned that huge bailed-out banks created by the financial crisis could abuse their new power. She has asked other countries to look at the lack of competition from banks "on steroids, relying on public money". Governments have stepped in to lend ...
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France: 'autistic Tories have castrated UK in Europe' | Politics | The GuardianFrance: 'autistic Tories have castrated UK in Europe' French Europe minister says David Cameron's pledge to reclaim EU powers is 'pathetic' and will leave Britain isolated The Conservatives were accused by the French government tonight of "castrating" Britain's position within the EU by ...
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Fix climate change or else, say military top brass - environment - 04 November 2009 - New ScientistIF THE world fails to act soon on climate change, "preserving security and stability even at current levels will become increasingly difficult". That's the blunt message of a statement released in Washington DC (PDF) last week by 10 high-ranking military officials from Africa, Asia, Europe, ...
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