International Business News - loss 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 Army and Navy recruiters took one look at 330-pound Ulysses Milana and told him to forget about joining. "'You've got to lose weight,'" Milana remembers them saying. But Marine recruiters were willing to work with him as he began his weight-loss journey in December 2007. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/177419-marine-weight-loss.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081118/maine-man-sheds-140-pounds-to-join-the-marines.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081118/maine-man-sheds-140-pounds-to-join-the-marines.htm Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:35:43 EST Army and Navy recruiters took one look at 330-pound Ulysses Milana and told him to forget about joining. "'You've got to lose weight,'" Milana remembers them saying. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081117/man-drops-140-pounds-in-11-months-to-join-marines.htm Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:02:05 EST Army and Navy recruiters took one look at 330-pound Ulysses Milana and told him to forget about joining. "'You've got to lose weight,'" Milana remembers them saying. But Marine recruiters were willing to work with him as he began his weight-loss journey in December 2007. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081117/maine-man-sheds-140-pounds-to-join-the-marines.htm Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:03:10 EST A computer tape containing data on 21,000 clients of a Harvard Law School legal clinic was lost last month but there is little chance of identity theft, school officials said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081106/data-missing-for-clients-of-harvard-legal-clinic.htm Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:19:09 EST The European Union told music lovers Monday to turn down the volume of MP3 players, saying they risk permanent hearing loss from listening too long at maximum levels. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081013/eu-tells-music-lovers-to-turn-down-mp3-players.htm Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:44:09 EDT A disk that reportedly carries personal details on some 100,000 serving British military personnel is missing, the Ministry of Defense said Friday. The military confirmed a report in The Sun newspaper that contractor EDS lost track of a portable hard drive, but said it could not comment on the claim that it contains names, addresses, passport numbers and driver's license information of service personnel along with data on 600,000 potential recruits. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/british-military-loses-disk-in-new-blunder.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:28:03 EDT Insurer XL Capital Ltd. said Monday it will post pretax losses of $195 million to $270 million related to claims from Hurricanes Gustav and Ike. The loss estimates are based on the Bermuda-based company's review of treaties and policies expected to be impacted. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/xl-capital-estimates-hefty-hurricane-ike-loss.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:07:49 EDT A British teaching council says it has lost track of a computer disk containing the names and addresses of more than 11,000 teachers. The General Teaching Council for England says evidence suggests the disk was misplaced. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080926/uk-teachers-body-loses-data-on-11-000-teachers.htm Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:34:07 EDT A British teaching council says it has lost track of a computer disk containing the names and addresses of more than 11,000 teachers. The General Teaching Council for England says evidence suggests the disk was misplaced. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/uk-teachers-body-loses-data-on-11-000-teachers.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:04:57 EDT Hampered by high spring grain prices, sluggish flour sales and troubles in the wheat futures market, North Dakota's state Mill and Elevator lost $821,607 during its last budget year, its manager said. It was the mill's first annual loss since 1994. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080917/state-owned-nd-flour-mill-has-first-loss-since-94.htm Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:01:41 EDT It took Kelsey Galer four weeks at a weight-loss camp to lose 9 pounds. It took her dad just three days to start acting like a "dork." "He wears his pedometer around all the time," said Galer. "He's just really into it with the family workshop he went to." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/116556-parenting-family-weight-loss.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/weight-loss-camps-invite-families-to-come-along.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/weight-loss-camps-invite-families-to-come-along.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:47:40 EDT In another embarrassing stumble with computerized data, Britain's government confirmed Thursday that a contractor lost a memory device containing information on every prison inmate in England and Wales. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080822/uk-loses-prisoner-data-in-latest-computer-stumble.htm Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:40:09 EDT In another embarrassing stumble with computerized data, Britain's government confirmed Thursday that a contractor lost a memory device containing information on every prison inmate in England and Wales. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/uk-loses-prisoner-data-in-latest-computer-stumble.htm Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:13:59 EDT The number of people nationwide affected by the theft of laptops with personal information about current and former employees of Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. has grown to more than 190,000. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080805/a-bs-data-loss-affects-more-than-190-000-people.htm Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:35:57 EDT About 150,000 people nationwide have been affected by the theft of laptops with personal information about current and former employees of Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080804/virginia-says-a-bs-data-loss-affects-residents.htm Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:36:42 EDT Personal information for current and former employees of Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. in several states is missing, the nation's largest brewer said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080801/anheuser-busch-says-data-loss-affects-employees.htm Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:37:43 EDT Police on the sprawling Navajo Nation are about to lose their access to wireless service, which enables them to file reports remotely and easily communicate with fellow officers in field. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080801/navajo-nation-police-to-lose-wireless-capability.htm Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:55:20 EDT Delta Air Lines Inc. reported a second-quarter loss of $1.04 billion on Wednesday, despite stronger sales which highlighted the effect of a slowing economy and fuel prices that almost doubled this year. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/92299-delta-air-lines.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/delta-fuel-costs-quarter-loss.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/delta-fuel-costs-quarter-loss.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:59:38 EDT Community bank owner Sun Bancorp Inc. said Wednesday that its second-quarter provision for loan losses totaled $6.5 million--more than triple the $2.1 million it set aside in the first quarter to cover bad loans. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/sun-bancorp-2q-loan-loss-provision-totals-6-5m.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:02:16 EDT