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The District's office of the chief financial officer, which was shaken by a massive scandal in its tax and revenue branch, has failed to adequately check the backgrounds of employees in another branch, the city's auditor concludes in a new report.
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McCain attacks Obama on Bill Ayers; Obama slams McCain's mortgage proposal and healthcare tax credit.
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If he looked at its pupil intake, Alastair Campbell would quite likely decide that Kingsbury High School was one of those infamous "bog standard" comprehensives he talked about.
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The Brong-Ahafo Regional Chairman of the Ghana National Association of Private Schools (GNAPS), Nana Kwadwo Kwakyie II, has criticised the government for excluding teachers in private schools, from benefiting from the National Teachers Awards.
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Hello, I am one of the directors of Work Rest And Play Plus Sized Clothing - Sizes 12-36 (http://www.plussizedclothing.com.au) We have been...
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Nearly £1bn of mid-market private business sales are known to have been postponed so far in October, as the credit crunch wrecks private equity's ability to finance bids.
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Rival Greek- and Turkish-Cypriot leaders held private talks on Friday in a bid to speed up slow-moving negotiations on reunifying the divided Mediterranean island. President Dimitris Christo-fias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat met alone for a hour before
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Premier Foods which owns Hovis bread and Branston pickle, is in talks with private equity groups over a cash injection in the latest move to shore up its balance sheet
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US officials worked around the clock over the weekend to finalise plans for a financial sector recapitalisation programme, wrestling with the dilemma of how to make it both genuinely voluntary and effective
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A Conservative candidate's suggestion that a private clinic be used as a model for health delivery across Canada prompted opposition charges that Prime Minister Stephen Harper wants to expand for-profit health care outside the public system.
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Dear Liz: My wife and I have two young children, a mortgage and two financed cars. We also have more than $100,000 of debt, mostly on credit cards that are in my wife's name. Our savings are gone. I have never been in this situation before. I am self-employed and bring home about $6,000 a month. My wife doesn't work. Personally, I don't think I will ever pay off this debt, and I don't know if I should call a financial advisor or a lawyer. What do you think of my situation?
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SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) -- Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden on Sunday accused the McCain campaign of trying to distract Americans from their economic woes by launching "unbecoming personal attacks" at Barack Obama....
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MySpace has launched a new online display advertising tool for small businesses and individuals called "MyAds." The service is similar to the Beverly Hills, Calif.-based social network's ad platform for large businesses, HyperTargeting, which made its debut in November 2007.
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Recent studies suggest considerable benefits from increased levels of B12, especially in adults over 50, but they cannot prove cause and effect.
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Music lovers risk permanent hearing loss from blasting their MP3 players too loud for too long, according to a European report, and authorities are considering a reduced limit on sound volumes.
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Deciding what to click on next when searching the internet may help stimulate the brain of middle-aged and older adults beyond the benefits of reading alone, researchers have found.
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Does anyone here know of a shopping cart application that can be private labelled and resold as a different brand? It should be easy to use, have...
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Cybercrime is becoming more personal as criminals collect data form social networking sites, data breaches, and other sources, according to a new report from McAfee.Cybercriminals Getting More Personal "Cybercriminals are crafting attacks that are virtually impossible for computer users to identify," said Jeff Green, senior vice president, McAfee Avert Labs. "Phishing scams, e-mail attacks, Trojan horses, and other attacks are so personalized that even someone with the most watchful eye could fall for a carefully socially-engineered trap." In the past six months, cyberscammers have exploited human emotions and curiosity in an effort to attract victims and steal personal information. Recent scams have involved news and events such as the Olympics, natural disasters, and the U.S. presidential election. McAfee says the depth of personalized attacks will increase, as users become more comfortable posting information about themselves online. With the increase in user-generated applications, cybercriminals are u ...
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A private jet and multimillion pound sponsorships such as Formula 1 are likely to be early casualties of the Government taking a majority stake in Royal Bank of Scotland.
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Just how many private jetties exist in the country? The poser has pitched the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Ahmed Bello Ahmed, against the Minister of Transportation, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke.
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Transportation Minister Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke and the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service yesterday disagreed at the public hearing of the Ad-hoc Committee of the Senate investigating the transportation sector over the number of jetties in Nigeria.
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Six Chinese central agents had jointly issued an urgent notice demanding thorough checks on all milk powder and liquid milk products made before Sept. 14, Xinhua has learnt on Tuesday. The notice was jointly published by the General Administration of
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When it comes to newspapers, there's nothing like the thrill of defeat. Scott Sperling, co-president of private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners, sounded anything but disappointed on stage Tuesday at the Dow Jones Media and Money conference when he told Wall Street Journal reporter Peter Lattman about dropping out of the bid for the [...]
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As the economies of various African nations continue to strengthen, and foreign direct investment rises, the private and public sectors in the U.S. and Africa are increasingly focusing their attention on the impact that current healthcare systems and their infrastructure
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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) -- John McCain told Barack Obama to his face Wednesday night, "You didn't tell the American people the truth" about a key campaign pledge as the two presidential rivals slung accusations at close quarters in the final debate of their campaign for the White House....
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A state judge reaffirmed Wednesday that government-related e-mails Gov. Sarah Palin and her staff sent from private accounts must be preserved and ordered further arguments over whether to halt the use of such accounts for state business....
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Plans to gather and record millions of pieces of information about everyone's internet and telephone habits were condemned as "Orwellian" last night.
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Gov't officials admit private sector moving more quickly to rebuild New Orleans.
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The final debate between Barack Obama and John McCain at last produces a showdown worthy of the name, the BBC's Kevin Connolly says.
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Not one but two kinds of repudiation, a congressman, a plumber, and Bob Schieffer.
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City officials are considering an increase in the city’s personal income tax as they confront multibillion-dollar budget gaps in coming years.
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