Anna Chapman need never have bothered with moving to Manhattan to become a sleeper agent for the Russian intelligence service. The experience of another femme fatale, Robin Sage, suggests the 28-year-old spy, who posted raunchy photos on her Facebook profile, should instead have honed her social networking skills. In just a month, Sage made connections [...]

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The Privacy Commissioner, Karen Curtis, has embarrassed Communications Minister Stephen Conroy by playing down the seriousness of Google’s Wi-Fi spying bungle. Authorities all over the world are investigating Google, including the Australian privacy watchdog and Australian Federal Police, for sucking up 600GB of “payload data” from unsecured wireless networks over several years while taking pictures [...]

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Tony Hayward, chief executive of BP, has signalled for the first time that his job could be under threat if the company is unable to swiftly resolve the oil slick crisis in the Gulf of Mexico. Mr Hayward admitted that, while he felt under no immediate pressure to step down, his career was likely to [...]

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P&G Stock Down By 20%, Accenture Hits 1 Cent: Computer Glitch? Stock Market Today: Why did the Proctor and Gamble (P&G) stock price drop? In a was a crazy ride for the NYSE and Dow Jones today, Proctor and Gamble (P&G) stock dropped suddenly by 20% in almost 5 minutes fueling a massive drop in [...]

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The US House of Representatives has announced an investigation into Toyota’s faulty accelerator pedals and other problems that may have caused 19 deaths over the past decade and triggered a global recall of nearly eight million vehicles. A month from now Toyota will face a cross-examination from the House Committee on Energy and Commerce over [...]

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he deepest, darkest fears of Manchester United’s owners have been laid bare in a 322-page document circulated among potential investors in their proposed £500 million bond issue. It acknowledges the threats posed to the club by factors as diverse as Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement, Uefa’s proposed “financial fair-play initiative”, the boundless spending of their rivals [...]

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Bogus invoices got IT chief $1.75m By KERRY WILLIAMSON – The Dominion Post A conman who lied on his CV to get a job, went on to rip off the firm for more than $1.75 million. Trevor Uialatea Esera admitted creating hundreds of fake invoices while in charge of Rinnai New Zealand’s IT department, funnelling [...]

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Thursday December 10, 2009 Bank Negara goes after money-changers KUALA LUMPUR: Cases in­­volving VIP over­seas money transfer have taken on a new di­­mension with Bank Ne­­ga­­­­­­ra going after money-changers offering such services. The central bank said in a statement that it had revoked the licences of 41 money-changers under the Money-Changing Act. It said the [...]

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What were the key events of the decade? As we enter the last few weeks of the 2000s, the Magazine is asking readers to tell the story of the last 10 years, based on five themes. Tim Footman, author of a book about the Noughties, recalls some of the decade’s significant news stories. The decade [...]

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November 28, 2009, 11:13 am Goodbye, Dubai? By TOBIN HARSHAW What’s tiny, dry and poised to bring down the entire global economic system? If you answered “Dubai,” you’ve been reading the papers over this extended holiday weekend. Landon Thomas Jr. of The Times sets the stage: Read More http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/28/goodbye-dubai/

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