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Kevin J. OConnor, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOHN R. BLOT, also known as Victor Morgan, age 28, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Janet C. Hall in Bridgeport, to 36 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for participating in a boiler room investment scheme that victimized approximately 275 victims of more than $3.6 million. .
Peace prevails in Over-the-Rhine
About 50 people gathered in Washington Park -- the intended endpoint for a now-cancelled march by a small band of neo-Nazis -- to pray and call for unity among Cincinnatians in a continual fight against hate, ignorance and those who would carry that message. "We stand in solidarity and support of the African-American community in Over-the-Rhine and every peace-loving community," said Sharon Jones, vice president of the Over-the-Rhine Community Council. "The people of Cincinnati will prove that we are bigger than hate, stronger than ignorance and more caring than the Nazi party can imagine." The march was called for by a coalition of local religious and community groups to counter a march that was planned to end in speeches by a group of neo-Nazis at the park. They had intended to walk through the neighborhood starting at 13th and Sycamore.
Manhattan transfer for recruitment firm
A Northumberland recruitment company is opening a New York office and aiming to float the business inside three years. The Write Research Company, based in Annitsford, Cramlington, was founded by Glen Hall in 2000 and is putting £100,000 of its own money into opening the New York office next month. Group managing director Mr Hall said: "Our Write Research Global division which is in line to generate £250,000 this year focusing on the Fortune 500 companies, of which a high proportion are based in the States, could be better served if we had a sales and marketing team actually on the ground in New York." The move comes after the company, which provides business information and recruits executives for its clients, won preferred supplier status with three major companies Axa Insurance, Citigroup, ABB and Carlsberg Tetley in the last eight weeks, to go with existing clients such as GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca, Halifax, Bank of Scotland, BP, Tesco, Asda, Barclays and Shell.
Long distance call to the East
If Nokia's chief executive had a crystal ball, what he would be most anxious to witness ahead of time would not be the millions of Western customers flashing about his company's latest paper-thin handset, but the scene inside the home of an agricultural worker north of Shenzen, in southern China. There, in what the mobile industry refers to as 'tier 3 and 4 towns', the future of the handset market is being determined, and Nokia, as the world's biggest manufacturer, is adamant it will be sitting at the table. The figures alone speak volumes. In its quarterly earnings statement this week, Nokia reported that the number of handsets shipped to China was 15.7 million - an increase of 43.4 per cent year on year. The Asia-Pacific market - which incorporates nearby India - grew by 44.7 per cent to 23 million, as compared with Europe which was up a modest 17.7 per cent, and North America, which slipped by more then 40 per cent.
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