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August
06, 2009
1. Discover How To Manage Your Time In 3 Easy
Steps
2. Best Practices For Mail Room Security
3. IRS Alerts Public to
New Identity Theft Scams
4. NBA Benefit Provider - Jones International University®
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1.
Discover How To Manage Your Time In 3 Easy Steps
by
Maya Mah
http://www.managemytimenow.com
©
2009
There must be a reason why some people can just handle
all the tasks
that are thrown at them. They can handle the urgent items on
their to
do lists, the unexpected project changes that show up and even their
personal commitments. The reason these people can easily succeed
in what
they put their eyes on, get the important stuff done and enjoy
time with their
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http://www.nationalbusiness.org/NBAWEB/Newsletter2009/2697.htm
2. Best Practices For Mail Room Security
by
Tom Knapp
© 2009
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Millions
of U. S. businesses use the mail. The majority of these have only a
handful
of persons responsible for mail room-type operations. Of the millions
of businesses,
there are thousands of large, complex corporate mail room
operations who have
put into practice well-developed security procedures
that can be adopted by
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Reduce injury and deter theft using
these best practices:
http://www.nationalbusiness.org/NBAWEB/Newsletter2009/2698.htm
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3. IRS Alerts Public to New
Identity Theft Scams
In an identity theft scam, a fraudster,
often posing as a trusted
government, financial or business institution or
official, tries to trick a
victim into revealing personal and financial information,
such as credit
card numbers and passwords, bank account numbers and passwords,
Social Security numbers and more. Generally, identity thieves use
someone’s
personal data to steal his or her financial accounts, run up
charges on the
victim’s existing credit cards, apply for new loans,
credit cards, services
or benefits in the victim’s name and even file
fraudulent tax returns.
The
IRS urges consumers to avoid falling for these recent schemes:
http://www.nationalbusiness.org/NBAWEB/Newsletter2009/2699.htm
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