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  1. Bobbyorr

    Mrs. Doubtfire Bandit On the Loose

    A California police department is looking for a man for committing a crime they’ve dubbed the “Mrs. Doubtfire Robbery.” And these photos definitely support the name. Santa Cruz Police are looking for leads in identifying a man who robbed at least one bank recently. The statement: On Friday...
  2. No Warranty

    Bank of Canada unveiling new $5 and $10 polymer banknotes

    As the Bank of Canada prepares to unveil the designs for Canada's new $5 and $10 polymer banknotes today at noon, it can point to progress in the fight against counterfeit currency. More...
  3. No Warranty

    RBC chief 'listening' after foreign worker controversy

    The head of the Royal Bank of Canada said the company should have been "more sensitive" to workers affected by their outsourcing arrangements and is promising "comparable job opportunities" within the bank, just days after a CBC News report on Canadians losing jobs to workers outside the...
  4. No Warranty

    Outsourcing bank jobs is common practice, say employees

    Current and former Canadian bank employees have inundated CBC News with emails, saying outsourcing practices are common among the big banks after a CBC exclusive revealed RBC is using foreign workers to replace dozens of Canadians. More...
  5. the doctor

    Senior bondholders face haircut in Cyprus

    BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Senior bondholders in the Cyprus's Laiki Bank will be wiped out because the bank will be wound down, while senior bondholders in the Bank of Cyprus will also contribute to the recapitalization of the banks, euro zone officials said. "Laiki bank will have to be resolved... so...
  6. the doctor

    Cyprus lawmakers reject bank tax; bailout in disarray

    By Michele Kambas and Karolina Tagaris NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus's parliament overwhelmingly rejected a proposed levy on bank deposits as a condition for a European bailout on Tuesday, throwing euro zone efforts to rescue the latest casualty of the currency area's debt crisis into disarray. The...
  7. No Warranty

    House prices to be flat for 10 years, TD predicts

    Canada's real estate bonanza of the past decade has come to end and the long-term trend as one of the most profitable places to invest is also not encouraging, a new research paper from the TD Bank argues. More...
  8. No Warranty

    A pregnant woman is in the bank when the bank is robbed

    A pregnant woman is in the bank when the bank is robbed. A gunfight breaks out, and she is shot 3 times in the abdomen. She is rushed to the hospital. Miraculously, she is unharmed. After giving a full examination, though, the doctor tells her, "I have good and bad news for you. You are going to...
  9. the doctor

    US troops tread carefully amid Korea tensions (AP)

    AP - Lt. Col. Edward Taylor stands behind a wall of sandbags overlooking the North Korean landscape and a bank of trees along the most fortified border in the world. The trees obstruct the view, he explains. They need to come down. More...
  10. No Warranty

    Home equity loans a concern, Bank of Canada warns

    Canadians are relying too much on home equity loans for their borrowing, the Bank of Canada has warned. More...
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    U.S. bank reforms could hurt Canadians, Flaherty fears

    Canada's finance minister and the governor of the Bank of Canada have formally complained to their American counterparts that proposed banking reforms could harm Canadian banks, business, investors and the government itself. More...
  12. the doctor

    John Mulaney: Bank Robbery in the 1930s

    Here's how easy it was to get away with bank robbery back in the '30s -- as long as you weren't still there when the police arrived, you had a 99% chance of getting away with it.
  13. No Warranty

    Central bank stands pat with 1% rate

    The Bank of Canada held its target for the overnight interest rate steady at 1.0 per cent, the 11th consecutive time it has chosen to do so. More...
  14. FTA Hacker

    Gang of Zeus-driven bank thieves put out of business

    A mid-level organizer of an international online bank-theft ring that relied on the Zeus Trojan faces up to 45 years in prison when he is sentenced Jan. 13 after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and possession of false IDs. More...
  15. FTA Hacker

    SpyEye Trojan morphs to defeat online banking defenses

    Banks are facing more trouble from SpyEye, a piece of malicious software that steals money from people's online bank accounts, according to new research from security vendor Trusteer. More...
  16. CASPER

    Ex-Taylor, Bean chairman gets 30 years in prison

    ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Reuters) - Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp's former chairman, convicted of masterminding a $2.9 billion fraud scheme before the company collapsed, was sentenced on Thursday to 30 years in prison. Lee Farkas, 58, was convicted in April on 14 counts of conspiracy...
  17. FTA Hacker

    Ohio woman, 100, has bank account dating to 1913

    CHILLICOTHE, Ohio – An Ohio woman who just turned 100 years old has taken customer loyalty to the extreme: She's still using a bank savings account that's been around almost as long as she has, since the year before World War I. June Gregg recently mentioned to a friend that her account is the...
  18. No Warranty

    Woman facing 117 charges repeat offender

    New details are emerging about a woman facing dozens of fraud charges in Halifax. Lesa George was charged Wednesday, accused of obtaining both a Bank of Montreal MasterCard and an American Express Card in the name of Laura Gerrior. It isn't the first time George has been in trouble with the...
  19. FTA Hacker

    Bank chief quits after accessing sex site

    The top man in the Bank of Ireland has had to resign in disgrace after he was caught accessing adult sex sites on his office computer at the bank's...
  20. FTA Hacker

    ATM withdrawal fees on the rise NEW YORK,

    NEW YORK, -- The average cost of withdrawing cash from an automated machine in the United States has risen to $3.74 per transaction, an industry research firm said. Bankrate.com said fees for withdrawing cash are going up and the reason, analysts say, is that regulators have limited fees...
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