Finance in the news...........

Bank Business Revisited
Well, I have access to my money back, though there's a catch.......................


By Bixyl Shuftan



AVC ESN Update and proposed re-structure
Dear Investors,
As you are all most likely aware, Vstex have decided to delist AVC and leave you guys to fight over the bones................

Read both in FINANCE

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BNT Financial Unveils Depositor Repayment Plan

BNT Financial was caught in the same net as the rest of SL's legitimate banks when Linden Labs banned the payment of interest on deposits. After exploring several alternatives for refunding deposits, Brautigan & Tuck Holdings (ACE:BNT) announced its repayment plan on the Ancapistan Capital Exchange (ACE) web site earlier today. Read the entire story in SLN Finance.

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First Meta Bank

Delinda Dyrssen interviews Joy Laperriere from First Meta in the FINANCE SECTION

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Weekly Business Review - 27 Jan 08

27 January 2008

The markets breathed a cautious sigh of relief this week as they began to recover from the impact of the interest payment ban implemented Tuesday, but we ought not underestimate the damage the policy has wrought. No one running a business in SL can ever again safe from LL’s arbitrary and unpredictable policy changes and as alternatives to SL open up, expect more and more of the creative class to flock to them. Meanwhile we take a look at the lighter side of Linden Labs, looking back over some of the hilarious things they have said over the past year.

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Gambling Ban A Windfall For A European Business

WHEN LINDEN LABS prohibited gambling in Second Life, there was a group of European business people who couldn't believe their luck!

They had been formulating a unique 'bank/casino' concept and had been wondering how they could position themselves in SL, competing against the casinos.

Come 1st July, when all casinos were banned, the company had the windfall of a lifetime - no competition for their enterprise!

CLICK HERE to read about their new business.

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