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TEXT-S&P: BICRA on Colombia revised to Group ’5′ from Group ’6′

TEXT-S&P: BICRA on Colombia revised to Group ’5′ from Group ’6′

Wed Nov 9, 2011 5:50am EST (The following statement was released by the rating agency) – We are reviewing our Banking Industry Country RiskAssessments after having published our updated methodology. – We are revising our BICRA on Colombia to group ’5′ fromgroup ’6′. – We are revising our economic risk score to ’6′ from ’5′,and [...]

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Check out the top 25 books corporate America’s reading

Check out the top 25 books corporate America’s reading

what has the business community been reading lately? 800-CEO-READ, a leading direct supplier of book-based resources, compiles a monthly list of best-selling business books based on purchases by its corporate customers nationwide. here are the best sellers for September, plus descriptions of the top 10. 1. Lean Startup: how Today’s Entrepreneurs use Continuous Innovation to [...]

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Practical Food Microbiology

Practical Food Microbiology

Practical Food Microbiology Rutgers University new Brunswick, NJ Date/DeadlineDecember 1-2, 2011 Microbial contamination can occur at almost any stage in the process of food production, storage or preparation.  To prevent it, you need to understand why and how microorganisms develop in food–and how to eliminate them. in this two-day course, you will learn how to [...]

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RSA Provides Enhanced Security for Consumerized IT With New Release of RSA® Data Loss Prevention Suite

RSA Provides Enhanced Security for Consumerized IT With New Release of RSA® Data Loss Prevention Suite

BOCA RATON, Fla., Nov. 15, 2011 — /PRNewswire/ — North America Partner Council News Summary: RSA® is announcing major enhancements to the RSA DLP Suite that are engineered to allow global organizations to better discover, monitor and manage risk from sensitive data loss across the infrastructure including smartphones and tablets. RSA DLP is designed to [...]

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Launch Of Google+ Photo & Video APIs Imminent (But They’ll Be Read-Only, For Now)

Launch Of Google+ Photo & Video APIs Imminent (But They’ll Be Read-Only, For Now)

Based on official blog posts that were apparently posted early (and then pulled), developers will soon be able to access some key features of Google+ via the service’s API: photos and videos. Google announced the news on both the Google+ platform blog and its Photos blog, only to take the posts down shortly thereafter — but [...]

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CSUN student makes serious changes to diet and exercise routines for a healthier life 

CSUN student makes serious changes to diet and exercise routines for a healthier life 

Andrew Shibata, kinesiology major, currently works as a boxing instructor at the CSUN Fitness Centre. Within two years Shibata lost 102 pounds while creating a more healthy lifestyle for himself. Photo Credit: Tessie Navarro / Visual Editor Though college is usually a time to go out, meet new people, and find yourself, for one student, [...]

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DNA shows link between Vikings and modern Azerbaijanis

DNA shows link between Vikings and modern Azerbaijanis

News.Az reprints from 1news.az an interview with Thor Heyerdahl Jr. Azerbaijan is hosting a four-day scientific conference on "Thor Heyerdahl and Azerbaijan", organized by Azerbaijani academics in cooperation with the University of Oslo (Norway) and dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the famous traveller's first trip to Azerbaijan, the 20th anniversary of Azerbaijan's independence and [...]

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Fugitive who was in gun battle with police comes out of hiding after 42 years because ‘it was the right thing to do’

Fugitive who was in gun battle with police comes out of hiding after 42 years because ‘it was the right thing to do’

By Inderdeep Bains Last updated at 8:33 PM on 12th November 2011 More than 40 years after jumping bail, a 67-year-old man has surrendered to police to accept his punishment for shooting at officers in a gun battle. On November 5, 1968, Ronald Bridgeforth was involved in a shootout at a San Francisco discount store [...]

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Team preview: Michigan Wolverines

For the most comprehensive previews available on all 335 Division I teams, order the “Bible” of college basketball, the 2011-12 Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook, at blueribbonyearbookonline.com or call 1-877-807-4857. (Information in this team report is as of Oct. 1.) Last season, for the third straight year, John Beilein’s Michigan Wolverines defied outside expectations. they [...]

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Durakovic learns it can suck being a football manager

Durakovic learns it can suck being a football manager

Mehmet Durakovic was a worried man. The Melbourne Victory manager rose from his chair and ambled along the sideline, deep in thought. The 90th minute was approaching and the Melbourne derby could not finish soon enough. Durakovic looked out onto the pitch. In front of him he watched the A-League’s most hyped attack producing, yet, [...]

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