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Official: FBI bug didn't have incriminating words from mayor (Oct 24 2003 23:26 GMT) - PHILADELPHIA - An FBI bug discovered more than two weeks ago in Mayor John Street's office did not record any incriminating words from him, a federal government official speaking on condition of anonymity told The Associated Press on Friday. |
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Riksskattechefen höjer sin lön med 15 procent (Oct 24 2003 23:26 GMT) - Guldregnet fortsätter över de svenska generaldirektörerna. Och Ams-chefen Anders L Johansson är inte längre värst med ett lönepåslag på 14,6 procent. Riksskattechefen Mats Sjöstrand är statens värsting och höjer sin lön med 15,1 procent. |
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FI starkt kritiskt till dubbla vd-stolar (Oct 24 2003 23:26 GMT) - Tore Anderson är vd för både Folksam Liv och Folksam Sak. Det borde han inte vara. Det är andemeningen i ett brev som Ingrid Bonde, generaldirektör för Finansinspektionen (FI), skickat till Folksam Livs styrelseordförande, Nina Jarlbäck. |
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Allt talar för att Skandiachefer kommer att åtalas (Oct 24 2003 23:26 GMT) - Allt talar för en rättslig prövning av de personer i Skandias ledning som misstänks för att ha låtit företaget betala renoveringar av lägenheter. Någon förlikning är inte aktuell. Kostnaderna för renoveringarna doldes i bokföringen sedan de godkänts av personer i koncernledningen. |
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Civilingenjörernas löner har stått stilla (Oct 24 2003 23:26 GMT) - Många av landets civilingenjörer får ingen löneökning i år. Och det får konsekvenser i den kommande avtalsrörelsen, enligt Civilingengörsförbundets nya förhandlingschef Christina Nygårdh. |
The Imaging Resource News Page
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Full production-level update to Minolta DiMAGE Z1 posted! (Oct 24 2003 23:24 GMT) - I was pretty impressed with the specs and performance of Minolta's new little DiMAGE Z1 long-zoom camera back when I first previewed a prototype unit, particularly in light of the unit's low selling price. Now that I've fully tested a production-level model, I like the camera more than ever. A very nice little 3-megapixel, 10x-zooom model, the Z1 uses an unusual "flipping LCD" design to cut costs by using the same LCD panel for both eyelevel and rear-panel... |
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Symbology (Oct 24 2003 23:21 GMT) - So since this site will often have poker related posts, I thought I'd probably want nifty little graphic doohickies to represent the suits. I grabbed Brad Choate's MTMacro package and we'll see if that works. I'll just give a sample... |
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California Chalks Up a Spam Win (Oct 24 2003 23:21 GMT) - The Golden State wins its first antispam judgment, against marketing firm PW Marketing. The company is fined $2 million under a 1998 statute; the state expects spammers will be easier to prosecute under its tougher new law. |
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ID Cards Aim to Speed Security (Oct 24 2003 23:21 GMT) - Writer and publisher Steven Brill launches a company that will issue identity cards to speed people through security checkpoints at airports, office buildings and sports arenas. The cards, although voluntary, raise privacy concerns. |
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Yo, Mr. CEO, Get Our Point Now? (Oct 24 2003 23:21 GMT) - A privacy group wants banks to know that they shouldn't be allowed to pass customer information around so easily. So they made their point above New York City by having a skywriter paint a bank CEO's Social Security number in the sky. By Kim Zetter. |
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Google Raring to Go Public (Oct 24 2003 23:21 GMT) - Google is auditioning dozens of banks for an initial public offering, possibly in the first half of 2004. Some say the company is aiming for a market value of $16 billion, putting the search engine in league with Yahoo and Amazon.com. |
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Copyright Catch-Up in E. Europe (Oct 24 2003 23:21 GMT) - Countries in Eastern Europe and former Soviet republics are scrambling to enact laws to prevent the distribution of pirated music and movies. But they have their work cut out for them. Roxanne Khamsi reports from Riga, Latvia. |
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Spammers Clog Up the Blogs (Oct 24 2003 23:21 GMT) - Ever searching for paying customers, spammers have turned their attention to blogs, where they mass-post target URLs in the comments section. By Chris Ulbrich. |
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