| UK children, age 15, 'being groomed for terror plots'
CHILDREN as young as 15 are being recruited for terrorist-related activity by al-Qaeda, the head of MI5 said yesterday - and he warned there are at least 2,000 in the UK who pose a threat to national security. In his first public speech Jonathan Evans, the agency's director-general, said teenagers were being "methodically targeted" and recruited through the internet. .
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IT WAS the computer specialists at Britain's top-secret listening station, GCHQ, who uncovered the existence of Scotland's first home-grown terror suspect. Mohammed Atif Siddique's cover was blown after his e-mails to a man in the north-west of England, who was already suspected as an al-Qaeda operative, were intercepted. .
Only one in 13 police are on the beat in Scotland
ONLY 7.5% of Scottish police officers are available for frontline duties despite record recruitment, according to shocking new figures obtained by Scotland on Sunday. More officers are on holiday or doing paperwork than are on patrol at any one time, the disturbing statistics from the Scottish Police Federation (SPF) reveal. .
UK Government To Strengthen Individual Rights
The UK Government will review a number areas of legislation relating to individual rights, including the right to protest outside Parliament and access information more freely, the British PM has said. In a speech on liberty at the University of Westminster recently, Gordon Brown said that the Home Secretary was today publishing a consultation document on protests held "at the heart of our democracy". Such demonstrations should be able to take place without "unnecessary restrictions". .
CryptoLogic Grows Revenue, Earnings in Q3
ALL FINANCIAL FIGURES ARE IN US$ CryptoLogic Limited (Toronto:CRY.TO - News)(Toronto:CXY.TO - News)(NasdaqGS:CRYP - News)(LSE:CRP.L - News), a leading software developer to the global Internet gaming industry, today reported financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2007. The company posted revenue of $17.5 million and net income of $2.4 million ($2.6 million before minority interest), or $0.19 per fully diluted share. CryptoLogic achieved this top- and bottom-line growth over the second quarter notwithstanding the traditionally slow summer season for Internet gaming. .
Botswana: Don't Get Caught Up in Internet Job Scams
The more the graduates, the higher the unemployment rate, and the worst thing is, chances are that the unemployed may be vulnerable to genuine website job scams. MISA (Media Institute for southern Africa) award winning Voice journalist, Chedza Simon, exposes a website job scam, made up of crooks masquerading as United Nations (UN) training agents. .
The Bank of New York Mellon's Pershing Unit Adds Aberdeen Asset Management, M&G Investments, Martin Currie and SVM ...
LONDON, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pershing Limited, an affiliate of Pershing LLC and a subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, (Nachrichten) has added Aberdeen Asset Management, (Nachrichten) M&G Investments, Martin Currie and SVM Asset Management's mutual funds to its Nexus Funds solution. Nexus Funds is a straight-through processing, no-fee mutual fund solution that is fully integrated with the Pershing Nexus(R) platform. Dealing and settlement fees, in addition to custody fees on new assets, are waived for eligible deals in UK-registered funds that utilise the solution. These deals also benefit from guaranteed contractual settlement and consolidated trailer fee payments, ensuring predictable settlement dates and streamlining clients' administration and payment processes.
(AFX UK Focus) 2007-11-13 19:03 GMT: STOCKWATCH Renewable cos may slide on fears US to cut tax credits for producers
LISBON (Thomson Financial) - Shares in renewable energy companies with assets in the US could see further declines tomorrow on ongoing fears that the US energy bill might be passed this week without including tax incentives for generators and promoters of renewable energy, market sources said. At today's close, EDP Energias de Portugal lost 0.21 eur or 4.28 pct to 4.70, while Iberdrola SA was off 0.17 eur at 11.55 and Gamesa Corporacion Tecnologica SA dropped 1.58 eur or 4.56 pct to 33.10. Yesterday, website renewableenergyaccess.com reported that the Democrat house leaders in the US are preparing to cede to demands from Republicans and remove all tax breaks for renewable energy companies from the bill in order to push it through parliament before the Thanksgiving break on November 16.
A bank account is just another investment
NOTHING is guaranteed in life, so why should bank deposits be? This is the only possible reaction to Chancellor Alistair Darling's unseemly rush to underwrite the risk assumed by savers in the wake of the Northern Rock fiasco. It is perfectly understandable why the new man at the Treasury - and his prime minister - do not relish the spectacle of panicked investors queueing in Britain's high streets. But does that really merit treating a cash deposit radically differently from every other class of investment? .
Chancellor warns of sharp cuts to bank profits as Citigroup boss resigns
Alistair Darling warned today that other major banks faced a sharp reduction in profits after the boss of Citigroup resigned. Charles 'Chuck' Prince, the chairman and chief executive of the world's biggest bank, Citigroup, resigned after the bank reported a 57 per cent drop in quarterly profits after losses in the sub-prime mortgage. The Chancellor insisted that "transparency" had to be improved in the wake of the global credit crunch, but stressed that UK banks had strong balance sheets and the fundamental economic position was strong. Speaking on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme after Citigroup chairman and chief executive Charles Prince announced his departure, Mr Darling said: "We need to get to a far better situation where there is a great deal more transparency, more openness, so people understand the risks to which these banks have become exposed and they can avoid being so exposed in future.
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