| MasterCard spent $1.8M lobbying
MasterCard International Inc. spent $1.8 million in 2007 to lobby on Internet-related issues and on fees merchants pay when customers use credit cards. The Purchase, N.Y.-based company spent $880,000 in the second half of 2007 to lobby Congress, according to a disclosure form posted online Feb. 13 by the Senate's public records office. It lobbied on gambling regulations and the use of credit cards to purchase illegal material on the Internet. The company spent $880,000 lobbying in the first half of the year on financial literacy, data security, microchip technology and fees banks pay to credit card networks. Congress is weighing tighter regulations on the credit card industry. The industry came under fire in December, when a Senate subcommitee issued a report denouncing practices that include raising interest rates for customers whose credit ratings decline, even if they make their card payments on time.
Amazon invests in billing service
Amazon.com has made an investment in Bill Me Later, a service that allows consumers to make purchases online without using a credit card. Terms weren't disclosed Amazon said in a statement Tuesday that it will make Bill Me Later's service available on its Web site. Seattle-based Amazon is the world's biggest online retailer. Microsoft Office 2007 update beats release target Microsoft said Tuesday that it has released the first major update of its Office 2007 productivity software at least one month ahead of its projected target. The software maker said Office 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) will crash less, is easier to use and is more secure than the original program that was released to consumers in January. Microsoft had said it planned to release Office 2007 SP1 in early 2008, but the company finished updating the software sooner than it expected.
The Leonard Lopate Show
How can someone minimize the potentially lethal effects of foods on kids? You are a horrible, horrible station to give this interview. This is a horrible person. We had a child almost die from ingesting dairy. While not all kids are allergic to food, and even if it's overblown, so what!!!!!!! Isn't it better to be safe. Saying that it's in the self-interest of FAAN or whatever it is to promote labeling on products is just stupid. What is wrong with better labeling? Isn't it better to know what is contained in our food that not? The smugness of the interviewer is truly, truly obnoxious. Oh, it's so overblown these allergies. And so what if the rate has been increasing, decreasing, or staying the same. There is a problem and if we don't deal with it, some kids will die. I'd like to know just what the author knows about statistical significance.
9News Report: Storing Personal Data Online
A new Internet company is gaining national attention for charging people to store their personal information online. But in a time when hackers are stealing people's identities, is it a good idea to store your personal information in cyber space? 9News anchor Bernard Watson is On Your Side with a look at a new website and whether you can trust it.
Reported by: Bernard Watson
Photographed by: 9News
Web produced by: Neil Relyea
It sounds like a good idea. A place to store your e-mail passwords, social security number, bank account numbers just about anything. Then when you pass on, your loved ones are given access to the information and instructions on what to do. YouDeparted.com says it's totally safe and just what we all need.
Religious police in Saudi Arabia arrest mother for sitting with a man
But on Monday the religious police took her mobile phone, pushed her into a cab and drove her to Malaz prison in Riyadh. She was interrogated, strip-searched and forced to sign and fingerprint a series of confessions pleading guilty to her "crime". "They took me into a filthy bathroom, full of water and dirt. They made me take off my clothes and squat and they threw my clothes in this slush and made me put them back on," she said. Eventually she was taken before a judge. "He said 'You are sinful and you are going to burn in hell'. I told him I was sorry. I was very submissive. I had given up. I felt hopeless," she said. Yara's husband, Hatim, used his political contacts in Jeddah to track her whereabouts. He was able to secure her release. "I was lucky.
Security shambles as airport is invaded for third night in row
Your position is basically that Israel should never be resupplied through your airports, but that Israel does not have the right to bomb the airport through which Iran resupplies the group that is targetting its civillians. Speaking of war crimes: the so-called "war crimes" are bombing civillian locations that are being used to launch military activities against other civillians. Even international law recognizes this as legal. It is ridiculous (not to say ironic) to see the positions of some of the people from the UK and the US on this issue. These people would not be around today had the US and UK not bombed German civillians *strictly as a deterent* when the US and UK were threatened. I guess things look differently when it's your neighbors who are dying. .
Jefferson Centenarian Reaps Benefits From Girl Scout Cookies
It really was something. It really saved me," Preston said.
When asked if Thin Mints were the secret to her longevity, Preston responded, "I guess they are." Although the cookies saved her life, Preston credits peanut butter for her longevity. "I eat it every day. My sister used to say I had bread with my peanut butter." Today Preston eats cashew butter.
"I've eaten well all my life. I love to eat. My mother used to say I ate like every meal was my last good meal." Preston added.
"I've had a very active life." Preston was born on June 28, 1903 in Spencer, Mass. She walked to school, and home for lunch and back to school every day over the steep hills in Spencer. "That's why I had such strong legs." She enjoyed playing tennis for many years. She attended Brown University for three years, and then spent her 20th year aboard the steamer Carinthia of the Cunard Line with her sister, Barbara, and aunt and uncle touring the world.
Hip-Hop Rumors: Bad News For T.I., Nas/Jay-Z Fans, Ras Kass and Bill O ...
That's not to say they are old, but to say they are the blueprint. When they get together you know it's going to be something special. Here is the latest to fuel the rumors that they are gonna be doing an album together.
Click here to listen to “You're Welcome" by Jay-Z / Mary J. Blige and featuring/produced by Swizz Beatz.
Shout out to You Heard That New for that.
Also, I don't know if this has leaked but NY folks can still see these two even though the one show sold out.
Due to overwhelming demand, Jay Z and Mary J Blige are adding a second Madison Square Garden date on May 7th.
Ottawa Nortel workers wait for details
Ottawa Nortel employees were frustrated but not surprised yesterday as they waited to find out if their jobs were on the chopping block.
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