| SBH posts win
HYDERABAD: State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH) defeated EME Centre 2-1 in a Super League tie of the SAAP Premier League prize money football championship at the Gymkhana Grounds here on Saturday. The Bankmen opened the account in the 33rd minute when Zaki struck and just before the breather, Rock Xavier scored of a long ranger to give them a 2-0 lead. In the second session, EME fought back well to reduce the margin through Rajesh Mathew who converted a spot kick in the 80th minute. SCR bags double South Central Railway won a double winning the men's and women's titles in the GHMC Open basketball tournament here. In the men's final, SCR defeated AOC 77-66 while the women got the better of St. Pious High School 50-20. The scores (finals): South Central Railway 77 (Islaluddin Mobin 25, Lijju George 12, Karunakar 11) bt AOC 66 (Sanjay 11, P.B.
Vidharbha farmers not victims of debt-trap alone
Multiple factors seem to be responsible for farmer suicides in Vidharbha region of Maharashtra. True, most of the farmers who committed suicide were facing a debt-trap, but this was the result of cumulative factors, like high input costs, comparatively lower returns on produce, crop failures, inclement weather, lack of irrigation. Out of 1.5 lakh farmer suicides in the country in 1997-2000, Maharashtra alone accounted for 29,000. If the state government's data for 1995 and 1996 is taken into account, the figure jumps to 32,000. Incidentally, farmers in Vidharbha predominantly grow cotton. Lately, some are switching over to soyabean cultivation, but no permanent solution to the crisis seems in sight yet. Suicides continue in the region, even after announcement of the PM's Rs 3,750-crore relief package in July 2006.
Smooth Landings Guaranteed for Travellers Heading To UK
Charterhouse Group International PTY is launching Smooth Landings, a new service designed to take the hassle out of travelling to the UK for work, it was announced today at the Sydney Adventure Travel & Backpackers Expo Stand No. 70. Amanda Miller, Managing Director, Charterhouse Group International PTY, Australia, said, "During the three years since we established operations here, market feedback has confirmed that Smooth Landings offers sensible arrivals packages with the reliability that is much in demand." Available for the first time in Australia, Smooth Landings offers a range of arrival services including a UK Sterling bank accounts, UK national insurance registration, free visa consultations, accommodation assistance and more. In addition they offer a unique opportunity to claim back up top 40 per cent of the cost of your airfare to the UK.
Transcript of a Teleconference Call on the staff reports and related documents for Turkey's 2007 Article IV ...
MS. GAVIRIA: Good day, everyone. I'm Angela Gaviria with the External Relations Department of the IMF. I'm happy to welcome you to this conference call on the staff reports for Turkey's 2007 Article IV Consultation and Sixth Review Under the Stand-by Arrangement. These documents were published on Friday afternoon, and I hope you have had a chance to look at them. Here with me is Lorenzo Giorgianni, Division Chief in the European Department and Mission Chief for Turkey. He will be reading brief remarks and then he'll be happy to take your questions. Let me remind you that this conference call is embargoed until 11:00 a.m. Washington time. Lorenzo, please. MR. GIORGIANNI: Thank you. As Angela just said, last Friday, we issued a set of documents including the staff report for the Sixth Review Under the Stand-by Arrangement and the staff report for the 2007 Article IV Consultation.
Banks Using Mobile Phone for Out-of-Band Authentication Bank of America, HSBC turn to out-of-band authentication ...
Amid increasing pressure to protect customers online, some of the largest global banks are turning to out-of-band authentication -- a method of verifying a user's identity using a channel other than the one being used to facilitate the transaction -- to fortify their Web banking services. Bank of America (Charlotte, N.C.; $1.3 trillion in assets) is rolling out a solution that enlists customers' mobile phones to facilitate authentication, while London-based HSBC ($2.15 trillion in assets) is investigating a similar out-of-band authentication solution. Some experts contend that out-of-band authentication represents true multifactor authentication as mandated by the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, though the FFIEC does not recommend any particular technology. Experts say current, prevalent authentication methods -- such as Bank of America's SiteKey, which uses an image, a brief phrase and challenge questions for mutual authentication -- are not doing enough to combat phishing and identity theft.
Public sector bosses pocket rises of up to 27% - as staff set to get 2%
SCOTLAND'S best-paid public servants pocketed salary rises of almost five times the rate of inflation last year, it emerged yesterday. A new survey revealed that the four highest-earning officials north of the Border are now paid more than £150,000 each. .
Jewish Peace News: Gaza's jeopardized natural resource
2007-11-08 | As Israel chronically under-supplies power to the Gaza Strip (see article by Amira Hass posted earlier on JPN), it is also blocking development of another major energy source. A rich untapped off-shore gas field could, according to Tim Butcher of the Telegraph, ensure Gaza a sustainable, independent economy. Reporting on what he views as Israeli stall tactics in dealing with British Gas, Butcher depicts the multinational as a neutral agent poised to develop the gas fields to the benefit Gazans. His account obscures a world-wide history of similar development projects as, first and foremost, benefiting multinational corporations, not the local population. The people of Gaza may stand to lose their title to this natural resource even if Israel does allow its development. However, as it seems to me, Israel's actual stand on a deal regarding Gaza's gas field remains stubbornly obscure.
Panama City Beach camper killed in accidental shooting
A man was killed and his friend was injured when a 9 mm pistol accidentally discharged during a camping trip, Gulf County authorities said. Jayson Decker, 31, of Panama City Beach, died at the Gulf County campsite Saturday night. James Cook was treated and released from an area hospital, The News Herald of Panama City reported. Decker picked up the loaded gun and tossed it to Cook, Sheriff Joe Nugent said. When Cook caught the gun it fired. A single bullet passed through his left hand and struck Decker in the head, Nugent said. Cook ran to a nearby boat ramp to call for help. The men were camped on the bank of the White City Canal. Investigators determined evidence from the scene matches Cook's account of the shooting, Nugent said. Robert Decker, Jayson Decker's father, told The News Herald that the gun did not belong to his son or Cook.
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