Why Banks Love Debit Cards Again

By Martha C. White | Time.com Debit cards were supposed to be toast. The industry started writing their obituary when financial reform targeted overdraft fees and interchange or “swipe” fees, which had made debit cards extremely lucrative for banks. So why is it that banks are now pushing debit cards like never before?  A couple years ago, the banking industry warned federal regulators that reform efforts could lead...

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10 Things About Nick D’Aloisio, Self-Taught App Developer and Teen Millionaire

BY ADRIANA LEE  If you didn’t know Nick D’Aloisio, he might seem like any other teen — he goes to school, has cool hair and contends with protective, yet proud parents. But he has become something of a legend lately, a bona fide geek idol for every youngster with digital dreams. The young Brit runs with celebrities. He appears all over television and the Internet. And he gets tech luminaries and venture capitalists to slobber...

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British teen sells mobile news app to Yahoo for $30 million

SAN FRANCISCO — Meet Nick D'Aloisio, the 17-year-old British entrepreneur who just sold his popular news-reading app to Yahoo Inc. for close to $30 million, instantly becoming one of the world's youngest self-made millionaires. It's the classic Silicon Valley success story of a young software prodigy striking it ridiculously and improbably big. But this time the spotlight is shining on the other side of the pond. D'Aloisio, who taught himself...

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Kenaikan Gred G17 dan J17 ke G29 dan J29 adakah pasti?

Akhbar TheStar 19hb Mac lepas, telah melaporkan kenaikan gred bagi kakitangan awam di bawah gred G17 dan J17 kepada G29 serta J17. Kenaikkan tersebut akan di realisasikan pada 1 Julai 2013 ini. Tuesday March 19, 2013 80,000 technical and agricultural civil servants to get raise By ISABELLE LAIisabellelai@thestar.com.my PETALING JAYA: Around 80,000 civil servants in the technical and agriculture sector will have their remuneration schemes...

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Tak sabar-sabar mengundi, undi saya rahsia...

Apa nak jadi sampai sekarang tak bubar lagi........parlimen. Siapa tau apa ada dalam fikiran mereka berdua.................dalam politik dulu kawan, sekarang kononnya lawan, dulu lawan sekarang kawan.............. Tapi yang pasti beberapa negeri bakal hilang kerajaan awal....sebelum Parlimen dibubarkan...........

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New animal-to-human diseases likely to increase

Researchers blame global warming, increased urbanization and environmental disruption. Related Topics: Global Warming, Swine Flu, Science Increased environmental disruptions, global warming and urbanization are set to trigger new pandemics of infectious diseases, according to a recent story by The Independent.   At least 45 diseases that have passed from animals to humans have been reported to U.N....

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Trafficking wildlife pays as well as drugs or guns

BY HUGH PAXTON SPECIAL TO THE JAPAN TIMES Wildlife trafficking is a murky, lucrative, violent trade; ongoing, increasingly organized and sophisticated, but one that still remains largely unnoticed. And it is out of control. Interpol rates it on a par with drugs and arms when it comes to scale and the overall market value of the “products” killed, bought, traded and smuggled. What is bought? What is sold? It’s an extraordinary...

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Rabies

Key facts Rabies occurs in more than 150 countries and territories. More than 55 000 people die of rabies every year mostly in Asia and Africa. 40% of people who are bitten by suspect rabid animals are children under 15 years of age. Dogs are the source of the vast majority of human rabies deaths. Wound cleansing and immunization within a few hours after contact with a suspect rabid animal can prevent the onset of rabies and death. Every year,...

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