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/ 21 June 2005

Frugal teacher leaves $2,1-million to alma mater

A retired public school teacher who was so frugal that he bought expired meat and secondhand clothing left ,1-million for his alma mater, Prairie View A&M — the school’s largest gift from a single donor. Whitlowe Green (88) died of cancer in 2002. He retired in 1983 from the Houston Independent School District, where he was making  000 a year as an economics teacher.

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/ 21 June 2005

Google Wallet is ‘definitely going to happen’

Hoping to build upon the power of its internet leading search engine, Google is believed to be developing an online payment system that that would pose a stiff challenge to online auctioneer eBay’s industry-dominating PayPal service. Google declined to comment, but the company’s silence didn’t muffle the buzz about a service that would set up a showdown between two internet powerhouses.

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/ 21 June 2005

JSE heads south despite softer rand

The JSE Securities Exchange was in negative territory in noon trade on Tuesday, with lower metals prices putting resources stocks under pressure. The losses came despite a softer rand. By 11.58am, the all share index shed 0,24%. Resources retreated 0,45%, with the gold and platinum mining indices losing 1,31% and 1,16% respectively.

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/ 21 June 2005

FBI trawls libraries for terrorist readers

The bookish calm of a public library might not seem like the most obvious place to hunt for terrorists, but according to a report, the FBI and other United States law enforcement agencies involved in counter-terrorism have made more than 200 requests for information about borrowers from libraries since September 11.

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/ 21 June 2005

Japan loses key votes at whaling summit

Japan’s quest to overturn a 19-year-old ban on commercial whaling started poorly on Monday when it lost two votes at the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC). The proposals were rejected, by 30 votes to 27 and 29 to 28, suggesting Japan does not yet have support of the majority of IWC members it needs to challenge the ban.

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/ 21 June 2005

Tennis egos could clash in broadcast booth

BBC bosses are facing a talent-juggling act to keep a trio of former champions from verbal volleying in the broadcast booth at the Wimbledon Championships.
The volatile Jimmy Connors, one of the original bad boys of the game three decades ago, will be on hand along with Wimbledon TV regulars John McEnroe and Boris Becker.