Saturday, February 23, 2008

Bank accidentally gives a man 5 million dollar

A man was charged with withdrawing $2 million from an account after a bank confused him with a man who has the same name. Benjamin Lovell was arraigned Tuesday on grand larceny charges. The 48-year-old salesman said he tried to tell officials at Commerce Bank in December that he did not have a $5 million account.

Lovell said he was told it was his and he could withdraw the money.
Prosecutors said the bank — which advertises itself as America's Most Convenient Bank — confused Lovell with a Benjamin Lovell who works for a property management company.

The lesser-funded Lovell gave away some of the withdrawn money and blew some of it on gifts, but lost much of it on bad investments, prosecutors said.

The district attorney's office did not immediately have information on his lawyer. Calls left with Commerce Bank were not immediately returned.

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Sexual Harassment In Public

Being letched at and/ or occasionally groped by strange men is part and parcel of being an Indian woman.

Whether it's on a railway platform or in the theatre, at a mall or on the street, practically every woman has been the object of unwanted attention and overtures at some point in time.

The media often brings to light incidents of outraging a woman's modesty, but for every documented case, there are hundreds of others that are either covered up, downplayed or ignored.

And once the hue and cry has died down, things go right back to the way they were, up until another shocking incident rouses public sentiment.

Have you or your lady friends ever been sexually harassed in a public place? How did you/ they deal with the situation?

Do you think the law is hard enough on men who indulge in eve-teasing and inappropriate behaviour with women?

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