The targets: members of a nationwide ring that used an inventive combination of old-fashioned thievery and high-tech fraud to loot the bank accounts of unsuspecting victims.
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New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer has resigned, bowing to enormous pressure for him to leave public office in the wake of allegations that he has repeatedly used the services of a high-priced prostitution ring.
Rajaratnam led what has been described as the largest insider trading ring ever, building a network of high-ranking experts in key technology and consulting firms.
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Those high margins are protected, of course, by a ring of defensive regulations, Bar Association rules and deeply ingrained habits that make it hard for an investor-controlled business to crack the legal profession.
After two days of intense pressure, New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer announced his resignation Wednesday, in the wake of reports linking him with a high-priced prostitution ring.
Dutch researchers who studied the ring found it had a high success rate - only six women out of 1, 145 conceived after using it.
Earlier this month, traders based in Hereford's historic High Town area said they feared the new development, on the other side of the ring road to them, could split the city in two.
They also estimated the students' exposure to the hormone before they were born by measuring the ratios of their index fingers to their ring fingers (a long ring finger indicates high testosterone exposure) and by measuring how accurately they could determine human emotions by observing only people's eyes, which also correlates with prenatal exposure to testosterone.
It also features a number of metallic accents, including the lens ring, to further complete the tasteful, high-class finish down to the fine details.
We went to the left-hand side of the ring where there was a zip-like line running up the eight-foot high construction.
The die - as banks would see it - was cast when in June the chancellor rowed in behind the initial findings of the Independent Commission on Banking on its proposal to partially separate, or ring-fence, High St banking from investment or 'casino' banking.
Reagan had just been given the award -- a 2-foot-high crystal statue of an eagle -- when a man named Richard Paul Springer, 41, walked through the ring of security around the former president and onto the stage, grabbed the crystal eagle, smashed it forcefully to the floor (with Reagan being struck by the flying glass), and commandeered the microphone.
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