International Business News - Security http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A state agency accidentally put the Social Security numbers of about 250,000 job seekers on the Internet for 19 days in October before another agency noticed the security breach, Florida officials said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081204/fla-agency-puts-social-security-numbers-on-web.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:18:19 EST Prime Minister Kevin Rudd appointed Australia's first U.S.-style national security adviser on Thursday as part of a major revamp of counterterrorism and national safety strategies. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081204/australia-gets-its-first-national-security-adviser.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:27:11 EST Shortly after news spread that gun-toting terrorists had launched a deadly siege on Mumbai, 75 blue-and-white police cars carrying 150 officers fanned out across Manhattan, lights flashing. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081202/india-siege-raises-security-concerns-at-us-hotels.htm Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:56:25 EST A group of atheists filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to remove part of a state anti-terrorism law that requires Kentucky's Office of Homeland Security to acknowledge it can't keep the state safe without God's help. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081202/atheists-want-god-out-of-ky-homeland-security.htm Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:56:36 EST Despite the worst budget deficit in Wisconsin history, many middle-class and wealthy senior citizens are on track to get tax breaks worth an estimated $118 million next year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081202/amid-budget-crisis-wis-cuts-social-security-tax.htm Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:31:34 EST A lawmaker says the state's Homeland Security office should be crediting God with keeping the state safe. State Rep. Tom Riner, a Southern Baptist minister who was instrumental in establishing that requirement in 2006, disapproves of the fact that Homeland Security doesn't currently mention God in its mission statement or on its Web site. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081128/ky-law-requires-homeland-security-to-credit-god.htm Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:17:18 EST Workers at ports on the Great Lakes and from North Carolina to northern Florida and Long Island Sound will need new identification cards by Monday to meet security requirements that will affect all U.S. ports by the spring. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081128/port-workers-in-great-lakes-need-new-id-card.htm Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:12:36 EST Thousands of contractors, both private Americans and non-Iraqi foreigners working in key roles for the United States in Iraq, will lose immunity and be subject to Iraqi law under new security arrangements, Bush administration officials say. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081121/us-contractors-lose-immunity-in-iraq-security-deal.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:18:35 EST Thousands of contractors, both private Americans and non-Iraqi foreigners working in key roles for the United States in Iraq, will lose immunity and be subject to Iraqi law under new security arrangements, Bush administration officials say. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/us-contractors-lose-immunity-in-iraq-security-deal.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:22:42 EST In an increasingly anxious campaign for a $25 billion government rescue, Detroit's Big Three car makers and their allies in Washington are warning the demise of the auto industry will damage U.S. national security. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081119/hard-sell-detroit-links-bailout-national-defense.htm Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:13:16 EST Desperate for a $25 billion government rescue package, U.S. automakers and their allies in Washington are warning that U.S. national security would be harmed if Detroit goes under and takes its vast chain of parts suppliers along with it. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081118/hard-sell-detroit-links-bailout-national-defense.htm Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:54:37 EST The setting could pass for a high-tech trading floor: men in dark suits, sitting at tiered banks of desks, studying a steady stream of video and data on floor-to-ceiling monitors. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/177334-citigroup-jobs.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081118/nypd-open-new-counterterrorism-nerve-center.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081118/nypd-open-new-counterterrorism-nerve-center.htm Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:27:48 EST The setting could pass for a high-tech trading floor: Men in dark suits sitting at tiered banks of desks, studying a steady stream of video and data on floor-to-ceiling monitors. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081118/lower-manhattan-security-initiative-launched.htm Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:07:57 EST China Security & Surveillance Technology Inc., which provides digital surveillance technology, said Tuesday a company owned by its chief executive has signed an agreement to repurchase $50 million of its debt. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081118/whitehorse-agrees-to-buy-back-china-security-debt.htm Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:33:39 EST Closing what he called the last major vulnerability for bringing a weapon of mass destruction into the U.S., Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announced new rules for screening passengers and crew members on private aircraft bound for America. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081117/more-security-for-us-bound-private-planes.htm Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:46:36 EST Key provisions of the U.S.-Iraqi security pact that was approved by the Iraqi Cabinet and is being considered by the parliament ahead of a Nov. 24 vote: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081117/main-provisions-of-us-iraq-security-pact.htm Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:26:53 EST Bond insurer Assured Guaranty Ltd. said Friday it will buy the insurance business of Financial Security Assurance Holdings Co. from Belgian-French financial services group Dexia SA for $722 million. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081114/assured-guaranty-buys-fsa-holdings-for-722m.htm Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:04:30 EST China is aiming to produce virtually all the grain it needs for at least the next decade despite a growing population and declining farmland because of urbanization, climate change and other factors. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081113/china-to-ensure-grain-self-sufficiency.htm Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:51:43 EST A United Nations' food agency urged governments Wednesday to ensure Southeast Asia's poor have access to an expected bumper harvest of staple crops next year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081112/un-urges-se-asia-to-ensure-food-access-for-poor.htm Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:41:48 EST Ten Iraqi insurgent groups have agreed to escalate attacks against U.S. and Iraqi forces to derail the proposed U.S.-Iraqi security agreement, an Internet monitoring service said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081111/insurgents-vow-to-resist-security-pact.htm Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:47:15 EST