Identity Resolution Daily Links 2007-09-20
[Daily Post from Infoglide Software] Stolen Baby Formula Funding Terrorism. Where’s the Outrage?
“Where is all that money going? Has the problem grown worse since 2005? And where’s the mainstream media on this story? You’d think the juxtaposition between terrorists and baby formula would draw Dateline and 60 Minutes — or at least Geraldo Rivera.”
CNNMoney: IBM Awarded TSA Contract for Operational Application Support and Information Services
“IBM is the prime contractor on the OASIS contract, and has assembled a team of business partners to complete the project including Deloitte Consulting and Lockheed Martin, as well as Akamai, Arc Aspicio, Blackstone Consulting Group, Enterprise Solutions Realized, Infoglide Software, Intellgent Decisions, Knightfork, Microlink, Optimal Solutions and Technologies, Oracle, Pragmatics, Procentrix, RCM Solutions and VIP.”
Financial TImes: UBOC faces security penalty
The US bank faces a $10m civil penalty and a $21.6m payment to the Department of Justice for its failure to monitor adequately Mexican casa de cambio accounts and report suspicious activity in a timely manner, the US Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) said in a statement.
“According to the National Retail Federation, U.S. retailers last year lost an estimated $40.5 billion to ’shrinkage’ — as the industry refers to shoplifting, employee theft, and other inventory losses — up from $37.5 billion the year before. While total retail sales rose, shrinkage as a percentage of sales fell just slightly to 1.57% from 1.59%, which means retailers haven’t made much of a dent in stemming their losses.”
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