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• All you wanted to know about plastic money (HT via Yahoo! India News)
BY DECEMBER the Reserve Bank of India may give people a new year gift - plastic money to spend. Why plastic money? Australia, where it originated in the late nineties, has closed down all departments that worked to check counterfeit currency racket.
• Brazil's strong currency dampening exports: study (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Brazil's strong money, the real, is weighing heavily on export companies and on firms trying to compete against cheaper imports, according to an industry study published Wednesday.
• All News... Ordeal of holidaymaker in fake currency arrest (The Kent Messenger)
A Kent company boss on holiday in Las Vegas was interrogated by police and given a body search after the money she tried to change in casino turned out to be fake.
• Chattanooga Grand Jury Indicts "Con Man" Rivas 19-Count Indictment Issued Aga...
A federal court at Chattanooga has issued a 19-count indictment against Luis H. Rivas, former Ooltewah currency trader who authorities say swindled some $31 million from hundreds of investors across the country.
• Australian Dollar Advances as Stock Gains Support Carry Trades (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) -- The Australian dollar climbed from its lowest level in 11 months against the U.S. currency as rising stocks gave investors confidence to buy higher-yielding assets with money borrowed in nations with lower interest rates.
• Getting Gassy In The Options Pits (Forbes)
Natural gas got crushed in the energy pullback, but traders are betting big and making money on a rebound.
• Cop sacked for ‘stealing’ money recovered in raid (Khaleej Times)
LUCKNOW - Shamsher Singh, the inspector of Domariyaganj police station in Siddharthnagar district of Uttar Pradesh, was removed from service for having stolen the money recovered by police during a raid on the house of a State Bank of India (SBI) cashier, officials said Tuesday.
• Brazil's strong currency dampening exports: study (TODAYonline)
A view of Brazilian-made cars ready to be loaded for export in Rio de Janeiro. Two in three companies competing with imported products are losing national market share, and half of those exporting are suffering, the National Confederation for Industry survey found.
• ROBBERS FIRE SHOTS AT BAYAN LEPAS AIRPORT, MONEY CHANGER WOUNDED (Bernama via...
BUKIT MERTAJAM, Aug 26 (Bernama) -- Three masked robbers fired several shots at a money changer at Bayan Lepas International Airport and made off only with a clothing bag today.
• Rising fraud threats in virtual worlds (CNET)
McAfee says phishing attacks, viruses, spam, and money laundering are rife in virtual worlds.
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