bloglog » Wednesday 20 February 2008
20 February 2008
huge vat fraud tab eclipses eu's age-old scams
20-02-08
07:25
GMT'Something must be done,' MEPs thunder
Carousel and VAT fraud is far outstripping Europeans' traditional financial fiddles on EU funds, prompting MEPs to call on the European Commission to overhaul its anti-fraud operation to combat the problem.?
o2 shuts bluebook on sms security snafu
20-02-08
07:25
GMTYet more URL manipulation mischief
02 has plugged a security hole that allowed customers to view text messages sent by other UK subscribers online.?
dan solin: smart advice for the huffpost investor: smartest quiz answers
20-02-08
07:25
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cenk uygur: ap should start reporting the real delegate count
20-02-08
07:25
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shot 'in mid-sentence'
20-02-08
07:25
GMTPrivate Jake Kovco was talking when a gunshot rang out in his Australian embassy barracks room, a room-mate says.
gilchrist fetches fortune but dhoni's dough's more
20-02-08
07:25
GMTAdam Gilchrist and Mahendra Singh Dhoni win the highest bids at India Premier League auction.
got the flu? houstonians share souped-up recipes
20-02-08
07:24
GMT
Toward the end of a flu season so active it seemed as though the entire town succumbed en masse, we asked Houstonians from assorted backgrounds what they eat when they feel ill. Their answer, in a word: soup.
harris county renews effort for deal on dome hotel
20-02-08
07:24
GMT
The on-again-off-again Astrodome convention hotel plan is on again after Commissioners Court voted to seek a deal with the project's developers.
brothers' suit tied to da scandal back in court
20-02-08
07:24
GMT
A federal jury is being summoned back to court on Wednesday to hear opening statements in a civil lawsuit filed by two brothers who say Harris County sheriff's deputies stormed their home without probable cause and wrongfully arrested them.
shuttle atlantis set for return trip to earth today
20-02-08
07:24
GMT
The Atlantis astronauts on Tuesday prepared to return to Earth ahead of an attempt by the Navy to destroy a falling spy satellite. Forecasters predicted sunny skies over the ship's primary landing site in Florida.
fundraiser to expand memorial park kicks off
20-02-08
07:24
GMT
Leaders of the Memorial Park Conservancy, a nonprofit group that works to protect and improve the park, said they hoped to raise the money and start work on the improvements in the next three to five years.
houston-area home prices slip along with sales
20-02-08
07:24
GMT
Experts link the slowdown to a tightening in subprime lending, combined with consumer jitters about recession, the presidential election and national real estate crisis.
airline hubs could prove to have staying power
20-02-08
07:24
GMT
It's a bad bet to assume merging airlines will simply close hubs to cut costs as has been done in the past, experts say.
no quick change seen after castro steps down
20-02-08
07:24
GMT
Neither analysts, anti-communist Cuban exiles nor Fidel Castro himself seemed to expect any quick change in a regime that has ruled the island since 1959.




