25 February 2013 Last updated at 19:03 ETBy Simon Gompertz Personal finance correspondent, BBC NewsFraud experts are warning that hundreds of thousands of people are in danger of being duped into laundering money for fraudsters.They are being recruited as unwitting “money mules” who allow their own bank accounts to be used to disguise the proceeds of crime.The study was carried out by Financial Fraud...
Community college grads out-earn bachelor’s degree holders
Label: WorldBerevan Omer graduated on a Friday in February with an associate’s degree from Nashville State Community College and started work the following Monday as a computer-networking engineer at a local television station, making about $ 50,000 a year.That’s 15% higher than the average starting salary for graduates — not only from community colleges, but for bachelor’s degree holders from four-year universities.“I...
Feb
27
Benedict: Pope aware of his flaws?
Label: LifestylePope Benedict XVI delivers his last Angelus Blessing to thousands of pilgrims gathered in Saint Peter's Square on February 24.STORY HIGHLIGHTSSister Mary Ann Walsh: Pope Benedict acknowledged that he made mistakesWalsh: In firestorm over scholarly quotes about Islam, he went to great lengths to atoneWalsh: Similarly, he quickly reversed a decision that had angered Jews and repaired tiesEven his stepping...
Cellar victim Kampusch raped, starved in film of ordeal
Label: HealthVIENNA (Reuters) – A new film based on the story of Austrian kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch shows her being repeatedly raped by the captor who beat and starved her during the eight-and-a-half years that he kept her in a cellar beneath his house.Kampusch was snatched on her way to school at the age of 10 by Wolfgang Priklopil and held in a windowless cell under his garage near Vienna until she escaped...
Wall Street rises on Bernanke, Italian bond auction
Label: WorldNEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street rose on Wednesday as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke reaffirmed his support of the Fed's stimulus policy, the latest U.S. earnings showed strength and an Italian bond auction drew ample demand, reassuring investors. In his second day before a congressional committee, Bernanke repeated testimony in which he defended the Fed's policy of buying bonds...
Warning about student ‘money mules’
Label: Business25 February 2013 Last updated at 19:03 ETBy Simon Gompertz Personal finance correspondent, BBC NewsFraud experts are warning that hundreds of thousands of people are in danger of being duped into laundering money for fraudsters.They are being recruited as unwitting “money mules” who allow their own bank accounts to be used to disguise the proceeds of crime.The study was carried out by Financial Fraud...
Community college grads out-earn bachelor’s degree holders
Label: WorldBerevan Omer graduated on a Friday in February with an associate’s degree from Nashville State Community College and started work the following Monday as a computer-networking engineer at a local television station, making about $ 50,000 a year.That’s 15% higher than the average starting salary for graduates — not only from community colleges, but for bachelor’s degree holders from four-year universities.“I...
Minnesota takes down No. 1 Indiana 77-73
Label: TechnologyMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Retaining that No. 1 national ranking has been elusive throughout this wild season in college basketball, and Indiana was the latest to lose at the top — again.Most important and maybe more challenging for the Hoosiers, however, is holding on to first place in the tough-as-ever Big Ten.Trevor Mbakwe had 21 points on 8-for-10 shooting and 12 rebounds to help Minnesota take down top-ranked...
Feb
26
Vatican 'Gay lobby'? Probably not
Label: LifestyleSTORY HIGHLIGHTSBenedict XVI not stepping down under pressure from 'gay lobby,' Allen saysAllen: Benedict is a man who prefers the life of the mind to the nuts and bolts of government However, he says, much of the pope's time has been spent putting out firesEditor's note: John L. Allen Jr. is CNN's senior Vatican analyst and senior correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter.(CNN) -- Suffice...
Cellar victim Kampusch raped, starved in film of ordeal
Label: HealthVIENNA (Reuters) – A new film based on the story of Austrian kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch shows her being repeatedly raped by the captor who beat and starved her during the eight-and-a-half years that he kept her in a cellar beneath his house.Kampusch was snatched on her way to school at the age of 10 by Wolfgang Priklopil and held in a windowless cell under his garage near Vienna until she escaped...
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