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Tuesday, 19 February 2013

Bolivia nationalized the company that runs the three largest airports in Bolivia because the government claims the company did not invest in improving the airports.

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Servicios de Aeropuertos Bollivianos SA (Sabsa) is a division of Spain's Abertis Infraestructure SA but Sabsa is also partly owned by Ae...
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real estate company Reyal Urbis filed for insolvency after failing to renegotiate debt with its creditors.

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Spain's property market crash claimed another victim on Tuesday, as real estate company Reyal Urbis filed for insolvency after failing t...
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Tuesday, 7 August 2012

Jessica Harper admits £2.4m Lloyds Bank fraud

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A former Lloyds Bank worker in charge of online security has admitted carrying out a fraud worth more than £2.4m. Jessica Harper, 50, had b...
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Shares in Standard Chartered dive after Iran allegations

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Shares in Standard Chartered PLC dropped sharply today as investors reacted to US charges that the bank was involved in laundering money for...
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Friday, 6 July 2012

Bankers face the prospect of jail as Serious Fraud Office launches criminal probe into interest-rate fixing at Barclays

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Hearing: Former chief executive Bob Diamond left Barclays over the matter, before appearing before MPs this week A criminal investigation ha...
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Tuesday, 3 July 2012

Barclays boss Bob Diamond resigns

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Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond has resigned with immediate effect. The move comes less than a week after the bank was fined a record ...
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Monday, 2 July 2012

Beware of missed call to check SIM cloning

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Next time if you get a missed call starting with +92; #90 or #09, don't show the courtesy of calling back because chances are it would l...
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France brings in breathalyser law

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New motoring laws have come into force in France making it compulsory for drivers to carry breathalyser kits in their vehicles. As of July 1...
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Sunday, 1 July 2012

The number of Britons arrested overseas is on the rise, official figures have shown.

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 The Foreign Office (FO) handled 6,015 arrest cases involving British nationals abroad between April 2011 and March 2012. This was 6% more t...
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Wednesday, 20 June 2012

Pearl Jam accountant charged with stealing almost $400G from rockers

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The former chief financial officer for Pearl Jam has been charged with stealing at least $380,000 from the seminal grunge rock band. Rickey...
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Friday, 25 May 2012

Former Lloyds worker Jessica Harper in £2.5m fraud charge

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A former head of security at Lloyds Bank has been charged in connection with an alleged £2.5m fraud. Jessica Harper, 50, of Croydon, south ...
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Wednesday, 23 May 2012

Metropolitan police anti-corruption unit investigated over payments

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Scotland Yard is investigating allegations that detectives working for its anti-corruption unit have been paid thousands of pounds by a firm...
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Thursday, 17 May 2012

'Queen of Disco' Donna Summer 'thought she became ill after inhaling 9/11 particles'

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The 63-year-old singer, who had hits including Hot Stuff, Love to Love You, Baby and I Feel Love, died in Florida on Thursday morning. She h...
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Investigators are questioning Mexico's former deputy defence minister and a top army general for suspected links to organised crime

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Grafitti saying 'Z 100%', referring to the Los Zetas cartel, near to where 49 mutilated bodies were found in Northern Mexico. Photog...
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JPMorgan's Trading Loss Is Said to Rise at Least 50%

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The trading losses suffered by JPMorgan Chase have surged in recent days, surpassing the bank’s initial $2 billion estimate by at least $1 b...
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Monday, 30 April 2012

Housing Scammer Sentenced To Life In Prison

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Timothy Barnett used the recent housing crisis to steal the retirement savings of elderly people in California and now he has been sentenced...
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Friday, 27 April 2012

Gas canister man storms office

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One of the country's busiest shopping streets has been closed as a man wearing gas canisters stormed into an office and threatened to bl...
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Thursday, 26 April 2012

Credit card fraud websites shut down on three continents

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Three men have been arrested and 36 criminal websites selling credit card information and other personal data shut down as part of a two-yea...
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Friday, 20 April 2012

Mike Tyson has for the first time revealed his lowest point ever in a searingly candid interview.

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Once known as the ‘baddest man on the planet’, his life has taken more than a few dark twists and turns. But now Mike Tyson has for the firs...
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EU condemns Repsol state seizure

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  The European Parliament has passed a resolution condemning a nationalisation that has strained relations between Spain and Argentina. Arg...
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