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Elaborate sting disconnects phone scammers
It was an unprecedented meeting, and not the kind you'd expect to find in a conference room in the middle of the FBI's Red Bank office. At one table sat a former U.S. attorney from West Virginia; a California braggart; a Freehold con artist. All were criminals who made millions from nationwide telemarketing scams. They had been caught and, in return for reduced jail time, agreed to betray each other and wear wires for the FBI.They had not expected to see each other again. Now, as they sat face to face, tempers flared. Fists almost flew. And the agents in the room let it happen.
"It was like the Jerry Springer show," recalls Susan Pigliacelli, the FBI agent from the Red Bank office who headed what turned out to be the largest and most complex telemarketing prosecution in the United States.
Mark Ritson on branding: Volvo is chasing fool's gold
On paper, at least, the latest activity for Volvo's SUV, the XC90, looks good. Its agency Euro RSCG has created an integrated campaign featuring TV ads, PR, internet, viral and the all-important integration with a summer movie.The trouble with the XC90 campaign is the movie Volvo has selected. I'm not sure about you, but if I was to promote a state-of-the-art SUV then Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest would probably not be at the top of my list. For a start, it is set 200 years in the past. Then there is the small problem that most of the movie takes place at sea.
I would love to have sat in on the blue-sky meeting in which the Volvo marketing team came up with the idea of promoting a 21st century SUV with an 18th century nautical swashbuckler.
I can imagine the room.
The Nation's Weather
— Storms stalked the mid-Mississippi Valley and parts of the Plains, creating a chance of severe weather from the western Ohio Valley through Missouri, northern Arkansas and into the southern Plains.Large hail and damaging winds were forecast, along with widespread showers and scattered thunderstorms across the mid-Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee valleys.
.National stadium in '07
The Bahamas and Chinese governments were pleased to show Bahamians that they mean what they say when they met their deadline for the ground-breaking of the capital's new national stadium yesterday.The ground-breaking comes on the heels of the Independence Celebrations, which were postponed after an unexpected shower on Sunday evening between 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. prompting thousands of excited Bahamians to find shelter or return home. However, with the proposed new stadium, such events may be held indoor in the near future, where the weather cannot impact them.
At the ceremony last evening Minister of Youth, Sports and Housing Neville Wisdom said that the stadium will "serve as a national gathering place for sports and culture and in times of challenge."
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Mitchell hits media again
In a second round of criticism of the print media, Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell gave specific examples yesterday of how he said the press was twisting stories and failing to correct mistakes.It was just four days ago that Mr Mitchell slammed print media houses, accusing them of lacking proper reporting ethics. He said many Bahamians were simply unaware of a number of significant issues and accomplishments taking place in the country because important facts were being omitted in the daily newspapers.
Yesterday he slammed the press again during his contribution to the government's 2006/07 Budget debate in the House of Assembly. "In one newspaper, they published that The Bahamas government was being secretive about how it voted at the UN. What I understand is that the ballot was secret," he said.