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Feature Story International Matchmaking: As Successful As Advertised?
As Internet matchmaking services become more main stream, more suitors apparently are expanding their pool of potential mates beyond their country's borders. There are at least 200 matchmaking agencies in the U.S. that broker marriages between American men and foreign women, arranging up to 6,000 unions a year. Unlike domestic dating agencies that offer their services to both sexes, brokers of foreign marriages do not typically target their services to American women seeking a spouse from abroad. (full story)
Shredding by Businesses - Always a Good Idea!
Business owners who do not take protection measures to secure their information files place their employees, their customers and the success of their business at risk. They all but welcome a silent, yet very successful intruder: the identity thief. Identity theft may not be a violent crime, but its victims suffer, nonetheless.
According to the Better Business Bureau, businesses, as well as consumers, are hard-hit by the impact of this white collar crime. (full story)

OTHER NEWS:
02/23: BBBOnLine Update - February: Vol.5 No.2
02/14: Not All Identity Theft Is Cyberspaced; Incidents More Likely To Be "Paper-Based"
02/08: Prevent Identity Theft: Find Out Exactly How Safe You Are!
02/08: Detecting Identity Theft: The Quicker, The Better
02/08: Prevent Identity Theft: Protect Your Paper Files!
01/27: Better Business Bureau Uncovers National Mortgage Elimination Scheme
01/26: New Research Shows That Identity Theft Is More Prevalent Offline with Paper than Online

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