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Risk Management Links of the Day

A “phisher” looking to gain access to people’s banking details managed to upload a malicious app to the app store for Google’s Android smart phone (which is Google’s answer to the iPhone). And while it was quickly removed once discovered, this brings into question whether or not Google needs to be more stringent on the [...]

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Three bomb-sniffing dogs at the Philly International airport failed their recertification tests and have been relieved of duty. While laying off security dogs may sound like overkill, even in the new climate of airline security sensitivity, one expert notes that “these dogs are not ornamental. They are there for a purpose. If the purpose is [...]

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Geoengineering in regards to the environment and climate change has increasingly been gaining mainstream interest over the past year after spending most of its days mired in obscurity or outright condemnation. I’ve personally written about it twice in the past few months both in regards to Bill Gates’ discussion on thwarting hurricanes and SuperFreakonomics‘ assertion [...]

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Florida enacts new state rules and regulations relating to sinkhole insurance and property taxes. A new bill introduced in Pasco and Hernando counties states that insurers can “nonrenew” existing sinkhole coverage. “The bill also requires the state to implement a grading system to determine how effective local sinkhole loss prevention ordinances are at preventing sinkholes [...]

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