Monday, January 28, 2013

The world's oldest bank gets its bailout after years of trouble, with the loans expected in February

Rosneft Said to Seek $13 Billion in Loans for Second TNK-BP Deal
Bloomberg
Rosneft is offering lower interest margins on the debt compared with the $16.8 billion of loans the Moscow-based company raised in December to pay for BP Plc (BP/)'s stake. Lenders will be paid 200 basis points more than benchmarks on the five- year ...
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Peru's 2012 Bank Loans Rise More Than 15%; Mortgage Loans Lead
Fox Business
The Central Reserve Bank of Peru said that overall loans to the private sector rose by 15.6% last year, with mortgage loans in Peru's booming real estate sector increasing by 26%. The strength in loans is expected to continue this year, with Peru's ...
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Bayport's New Unsecured Loans at 21-Month Low in South Africa
Bloomberg
The value of consumer loans not backed by assets surged 39 percent in the year through September to 140 billion rand, according to the Johannesburg-based National Credit Regulator. The loans accounted for 10 percent of consumer credit at the end of ...
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Chase tops $20B in small business loans
Orlando Business Journal
Chase provided $20.2 billion in small business loans in 2012, with the most significant growth in California, Florida, Louisiana, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. Cindy Barth: Editor- Orlando Business Journal: Email | Twitter. Chase provided $20.2 ...
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Payday Loans Online -- New Rapid Loan Checker Launched
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
PaydayLoansOnline.net has launched a rapid loan checker service. The site has increased the speed of its matching capabilities to connect applicants with top payday loans online lenders. Applications can be made via the simple online form.
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Equity Loans LLC Closes Successful 2012 with 17 New Branch Locations ...
Fort Mills Times
Equity Loans LLC, a leader in the residential mortgage industry whose operations extend to more than 30 states, reported significant levels of corporate growth in 2012 with more than a 50 percent increase in loan production. Equity Loans opened 17 new ...
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ADB, World Bank extend loans to Myanmar
UPI.com
The ADB, headquartered in Manila, said the $512 million loan marked the resumption of its operations in Myanmar after about three decades and said Myanmar's re-emergence with key reforms in governance and the financial sector have progressed to a ...
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Workshop to outline SBA loans, programs
nwitimes.com
HAMMOND | The Hammond INnovation Center and the NWISBDC present their next lunch and learn workshop about SBA loans. The workshop will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 6 at the Hammond INnovation Center, 5209 Hohman Ave. The Small ...
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Global Fund Loans Vehicles to LISGIS
AllAfrica.com
Liberia: Global Fund Loans Vehicles to LISGIS. By Necus M. Andrews, 28 January 2013. The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria through the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has donated six Land Rover and Cross-Country jeeps to the ...
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Eco-car loans may drive up NPLs, leasing group fears
The Nation
The Thai Hire Purchase Association has raised concern over the level of non-performing loans in auto lending this year as it foresees NPLs rising in the eco-car segment, with new buyers potentially miscalculating future running costs. Isara Wongrung ...
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Bank of Italy approves €3.9bn loans for controversial bailout of Monte dei ...
ForexLive (blog)
The world's oldest bank gets its bailout after years of trouble, with the loans expected in February. The problems stemmed from a 2007 deal to buy a bank (Antonventa) from Santander for Eur 9bln which was widely seen to be heavily overvalued… More…
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Bad Credit Auto Loans Lender, Complete Auto Loans, Addresses the Importance ...
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Complete Auto Loans encourages consumers to make sure their vehicle is up to date this year, by providing auto loans that are always approved – even poor credit auto loans for people with bad credit. There are a couple of ways that vehicles should be ...
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RFM prepaying P1-b loans
Manila Standard Today
RFM Corp., a listed food and beverage company, said Monday it will prepay P1 billion worth of long-term loans after posting financial results in 2012. RFM said in a disclosure to the stock exchange it would use proceeds from the recent sale of its meat ...
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Qianhai cross-border loan scheme starts with 2b yuan
South China Morning Post
China kicked off its cross-border yuan loan scheme in Qianhai on Monday with Hong Kong-based banks signing some 2 billion yuan (US$321.5 million) in lending to mainland Chinese firms for 26 projects, a banker with knowledge of the matter told reporters.
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Unable to repay: But the FSA could rule that there has not been widespread mis ...
This is Money
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is examining interest-only mortgages as the time approaches when large numbers of the loans sold during the credit boom become due for repayment. The FSA is due to report back in the first quarter of this year.
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A fix on home loans
Hindu Business Line
A Reserve Bank of India (RBI)-appointed panel's recommendation that banks offer home loans carrying fixed interest rates for at least 7-10 years, with a reset provision for the remaining tenure, deserves serious consideration. Currently, more than ...
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Sunday, January 27, 2013

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Saturday, January 26, 2013

It appears that HSMPRess, the obnoxious and occasionally horrifying Twitter

Tina Turner Turning in Her Passport
Daily Beast
This is one relationship she doesn't need out of. Tina Turner, who loves her adopted home on the shores of Lake Zurich so much, she's decided to give up her U.S. citizenship and go full Swiss. "I'm very happy in Switzerland and I feel at home here...I ...
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Tina Turner gives up US passport to become Swiss citizen
RT
Tina Turner, a 73-year-old American-born singer whose career has spanned more than half a century, has lived in Switzerland since the mid-1990s and was officially granted citizenship by the Swiss government on Friday. The Tennessee native, who was ...
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FP Passport: Al Shabab finally goes too far for Twitter
Foreign Policy (blog)
It appears that HSMPRess, the obnoxious and occasionally horrifying Twitter feed of al Qaeda-linked Somali militant group Al Shabab has been suspended. (A few possible replacement feeds have already emerged though it's difficult to tell which ones are ...
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NRI Sabha polls: Passport must to caste a vote
Hindustan Times
“Thereafter, the voters will be guided to enter polling station concerned, where, the polling staff will again verify their identity through passport before issuing them the ballot paper to cast their vote. None will be allowed to caste without ...
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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Rossen Reports: Webcam hackers can spy on you in secret

By Jeff Rossen, Josh Davis and Robert Powell, TODAY

Could predators be spying on you and your kids through your computer's webcam? Authorities say criminals are now able to hack in and watch your every move -- without you ever knowing it.

We all do it: We use our computer, then we get distracted with something and just walk away. You forget the computer is still on. and the criminals are counting on it. Now they can access your webcam remotely, watching your most intimate moments from the kitchen to the privacy of your own bedroom. The worst part is, you'd never even know.

Computer expert Jim Stickley of TraceSecurity showed us how easy it is. From thousands of miles away he broke into one family's laptop and turned on their webcam to view teen girls in their bedroom and in their dining room as the family ate dinner. "It took about three minutes" to hack into their system, Stickley told us.

Stickley said such families are easy targets for webcam predators -- criminals like Luis Mijangos. Prosecutors say he was spying on more than 200 women through their webcams, even blackmailing some of them. He's now serving six years in prison.

Rossen Reports: TV and furniture tipovers threaten kids

"People who are victims generally have no idea that they are victims," Stickley said.

"And suddenly, someone has naked photos of you?  Or something else?" we asked.

"Suddenly you're all over the Internet," Stickley said.

So we set up an experiment using the Siegel family of New Jersey. With dad Robert's permission, we had our expert hack into their computer. How'd he do it? He sent them an innocent-looking e-card with a virus.

Rossen Reports: New device lets crooks crack many hotel locks

"They click the little link in the card and as far as they're concerned, they're going to see little quacking ducks," Stickley explained. "In reality, I've also loaded a Trojan (horse) on their computer during that time."

We told Corinne Siegel and the Siegel daughters, Chloe and Cassidy, that we were doing a general story about online security. They had no idea we were spying on them through their computer webcam. We told the girls to go upstairs. Then we let their mom in on the secret: "We actually recorded your family dinner, no one was in your house except you guys."

"It's really creepy," Corinne said. "It's absolutely creepy....my girls are in their bedroom all the time.  I'm frightened for them."

Rossen Reports: Extreme identity thieves live as you

So we took it up a notch, having our expert hack into the webcam in her daughter's upstairs bedroom, where they were waiting with our producer. Imagine if it had been a predator spying on your kids.

"I'm sick over it, actually," Corinne said as we watched. "I really am. It's upsetting to see this."

Then we gave the girls a wakeup call. "It's scary," Chloe said when we explained our experiment.

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"Someone could potentially be watching you, and this is where you feel most comfortable," Cassidy agreed.

"I thought I was so safe the whole time, but clearly not," Chloe said.

So how can you protect yourself? Number one: Leave your laptop closed when you're not using it. You can also put a piece of tape across the webcam lens.

Secondly, don't open any emails from people you don't know. That includes clicking on those Facebook postings that say things like "Watch this incredible video!" Unless you trust the person posting, don't do it. Those random links are how the hackers gain access.

The FBI says it's impossible to know how often hackers are spying on innocent victims. But keep in mind: one guy, like Luis Mijangos, often has hundreds of women he's watching at any time.

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To restrict the international travel of Tibetans, Chinese authorities are enforcing tough passport

 

Passport Restrictions on Tibetans Limit Travel
New Tang Dynasty Television
To restrict the international travel of Tibetans, Chinese authorities are enforcing tough passport controls on Tibetans. Radio Free Asia reported this week that, except for very few Tibetans on official travel, others are finding it harder to obtain ...
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FP Passport: Said al-Shihri, AQAP's #2, is supposedly dead (again)
Foreign Policy (blog)
Said al-Shihri is dead again, maybe this time for good. As the deputy emir of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, he is the highest ranking official in AQAP to be killed since the organization emerged in January 2009. He's had some near misses since ...
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Destination Maternity Corporation Announces Conference Call For First Quarter

 

John Harbaugh pranks his parents' conference call
Washington Post (blog)
John Harbaugh pranks his parents' conference call. Posted by Cindy Boren on January 24, 2013 at 1:38 pm. Smaller Text Larger Text Text Size; Print · Reprints. Share: More ». Facebook · Twitter · StumbleUpon · Digg · Delicious. Which Harbaugh -- John ...
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John Harbaugh Pranks Family On Conference Call
BaltimoreRavens.com
John Harbaugh showed Thursday that he can still get the best of his parents. During a national conference call with parents Jack and Jackie Harbaugh, and sister Joani Crean, the family got a question from “John from Baltimore.” “Is it true that both of ...
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Destination Maternity Corporation Announces Conference Call For First Quarter ...
Daily Markets (press release)
24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Destination Maternity Corporation (DEST), today announced that members of its senior management will hold a conference call on Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time, regarding the Company's first quarter Fiscal ...
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ProWrestling.net
WWE star Booker T was featured in a conference call on Thursday to promote the WWE Royal Rumble and the "Shooting Straight" panels on the WCW, Montreal Screwjob, and DX that are taking place this weekend. For more information on the panels and ...
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Google Inc (GOOG)'s Conference Call: What was left Unsaid
Insider Monkey (blog)
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) management held one of its more opaque earnings conference calls on Jan. 22. All the obligatory financial factoids required by the SEC were there, but not much insight otherwise. Here, what remained unsaid may be as ...
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Burcon Q3 Financial Results and Conference Call
MENAFN.COM
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan 24, 2013 (Menafn - GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) --Burcon NutraScience Corporation BUR ("Burcon" or the "Corporation") will release its fiscal 2013 third quarter financial results on the morning of February 14, 2013 ...
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OfficeMax To Hold Fourth Quarter And Full Year 2012 Earnings Conference Call
Daily Markets (press release)
24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — OfficeMax® Incorporated (NYSE:OMX), a leader in office and facility supplies, technology and services, today announced its intention to hold a conference call to discuss fourth quarter and full year earnings for the fiscal ...
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Centerra Gold 2012 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results Conference Call and ...
MENAFN.COM
TORONTO, ONTARIO, Jan 24, 2013 (Menafn - Marketwire via COMTEX) --Centerra Gold Inc. will host a conference call and webcast of its 2012 fourth quarter and year-end financial and operating results at 10:00AM Eastern time on Thursday February 21, ...
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Fox Chase Bancorp, Inc. to Host Year End Earnings Conference Call on ...
iStockAnalyst (press release)
24, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fox Chase Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:FXCB), holding company for Fox Chase Bank, announced it will host a conference call to discuss its fourth quarter and year end 2012 results on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. ...
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Westlake Chemical Corporation Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings Conference Call
MarketWatch (press release)
HOUSTON, Jan 24, 2013 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE:WLK) will release its 2012 fourth quarter earnings prior to the market opening on Tuesday, February 19, 2013. The company will host a conference call at 11:00 a.m. ...
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CEB Sets Date For 2012 Fourth Quarter Conference Call & Webcast
Sacramento Bee
23, 2013 -- /PRNewswire/ -- The Corporate Executive Board Company ("CEB") (NYSE: CEB) today announced that it will provide an online Web simulcast of its conference call to discuss its news release regarding financial results for the fourth quarter and ...
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Gold Price Declines, Analysts Divided on Outlook
International Business Times
GOLD PRICE NEWS – The price of gold turned lower on Thursday amid widespread weakness in precious metals. The spot gold price fell by as much as $22.03, or 1.3%, to $1,664.27 per ounce in morning trading, but subsequently pared its losses on its way ...
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What Could Go Wrong? And How Gold Will Benefit!
Gold Seek
Then listen to one of the premier financial intellects of our time – Jim Sinclair. He expects the price of gold will trade much higher than $3,500 per ounce. Read his thoughts at Jim Sinclair's MineSet. Are higher gold prices inevitable? Of course not ...
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Gold Price Rallies Most in Six Weeks, US Dollar Tumbles
International Business Times
Silver jumped in conjunction with the gold price, by $0.49, or 1.6%, to $30.87 per ounce. In doing so, the prices of gold and silver posted their largest single-day gains since November 6th and November 23rd, respectively. Furthermore, both precious ...
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The Gold Rush That Changed Everything
DailyFinance (press release)
Within the first five years of the Gold Rush, an estimated 12 million ounces of gold were extracted from the Californian soil. Because the price of gold was fixed in dollar terms at $20.67 per ounce throughout the 1840s and 1850s, this amounted to just ...
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Gold's Bull-Run Seen Topping Out In 2013/14
Gulf Business News
The survey of 37 analysts carried out by Reuters in January predicted an average spot gold price of $1,775 an ounce in 2013, 6.4 per cent higher than last year's average of $1,668, based on the Reuters nominal spot closing price. The average gold price ...
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Pentagon probe of emails clears Gen. Allen

By Jim Miklaszewski and Courtney KubeNBC News

The Defense Department's inspector general has found that allegations that Gen. John Allen engaged in inappropriate behavior in emails he exchanged with Tampa, Fla., socialite Jill Kelley were unsubstantiated. 

"The IG cleared him," a defense official told NBC News, speaking on condition of anonymity. 

Allen, the current commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, has been nominated to be Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, but that promotion was put on hold when the IG investigation began. The defense official stressed that no decision has been made yet on whether his nomination will go forward again. 


A statement Wednesday by the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan on behalf of Allen said he had been informed that investigators  "the allegations against him were unsubstantiated and … that he did not violate the requirement of exemplary conduct or the prohibition against conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. "

 "He's obviously pleased by the outcome," it said. "But more critically, he is grateful for the support he received throughout this process from his chain of command, friends, family and colleagues.  He remains focused, as he has always been, on leading the brave men and women of the ISAF team."

Allen's nomination was jeopardized  in mid-November when it was revealed that he had exchanged emails with Kelley that some Pentagon officials at the time characterized as "inappropriate" and "flirtatious." 

Allen had met Kelley when he was commander of MacDill Air Force Base outside Tampa, where she served as a volunteer "social liaison." 

She inadvertently drew him into the scandal that led to the resignation of former CIA Director David Petraeus by complaining to an FBI agent with whom she was acquainted about anonymous emails referencing Petraeus. Among those emails was one that Allen had forwarded to her in the belief that she had sent it to him as a joke, officials told NBC News at the time. 

FBI agents eventually traced the allegedly threatening emails to Paula Broadwell, Petraeus' biographer. That investigation also led to evidence of an extramarital affair between Petraeus and Broadwell, prompting his resignation on Nov. 7. Days later, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced the investigation into Allen's relationship with Kelley. 

Jill Kelley speaks out: 'I knew I was being stalked'

The inspector general's investigation does not determine guilt or innocence. Rather, it decides whether an allegation is substantiated or not. Even if the finding is that the allegation is unsubstantiated, the IG can still make a recommendation that can harm an officer's career. 

Jim Miklaszewski is NBC News' Chief Pentagon Correspondent; Courtney Kube is an NBC News producer at the Pentagon. Mike Brunker, NBC News investigations editor, contributed to this report.

 

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