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Sars after your illegal income too  -  25 Mar 2008
Moneyweb,Should the South African Revenue Service (Sars) become aware that you are not disclosing illegal income, it will impose interest under s 89quat(3),

Is Canada ready for an outbreak? Tough to tell, says researcher  -  25 Mar 2008
Hamilton Spectator,We still don't know if we could handle another SARS or similar outbreak, according to a McMaster University researcher. "We don't know the public health

Re "PRHC won't get nurses" (Letter, March 18) -  -  25 Mar 2008
Peterborough Examiner,In 2003 I contracted SARS at Mount Sinai Hospital and saw probably the worst morale in nursing ever. Although this was a painful time for our profession,

GRAB A TISSUE: Downfall of the snifflers  -  25 Mar 2008
Daily Aztec,I don't care if you come to class with mononucleosis, SARS or rickets. As long as you are not sniffling, you may sit by me. And just to cover all bases,

Cash is king -- for privacy  -  25 Mar 2008
Pittsburgh Post Gazette,Structuring and money account for half the 600000 suspicious-activity reports banks now file with the feds annually, compared with 162720 SARs at the start

Sars report confirms OR Tambo syndicates  -  Mar 22, 2008
Independent Online,The Border Control Operational Co-ordinating Committee (BCOCC), which includes the Airports Company of SA (Acsa), Sars and police, last week vehemently

5 years after SARS, Hong Kong chooses caution, closing schools ...  -  Mar 17, 2008
International Herald Tribune,Given Hong Kong's history of being hit by new infectious diseases, such as the H5N1 bird flu virus and SARS, Chow chose the 'better safe than sorry' path

SARS Corp. Appoints John Kane Advisor to Its Board of Directors  -  Mar 21, 2008
Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung),SARS Corp. (OTCBB:SARO), a leader in satellite-based management of fixed and mobile assets anywhere in the world, has engaged John Kane as an advisor to the

Poultry: Dinner with Tyson, Rainbow and victims of the Holocaust  -  Mar 24, 2008
Thought Leader,The media set the precedent by slickly whipping up mass hysteria over diseases such as Sars and mad cow; television portrayed men in large white suits

Man shoots SARS worker  -  Mar 17, 2008
News24,Pretoria - A 35-year-old man shot and killed his girlfriend on Monday morning before turning the gun on himself at Orchards in Pretoria, police said.

SARS Memories Haunt Hong Kong as Flu Outbreak Closes Schools  -  Mar 14, 2008
BloombergWorried residents are donning surgical masks, flooding hospital waiting rooms and buying up supplies of antibacterial soap as they remember the SARS

SARS Corp. Appoints Chief Operating Officer  -  Mar 20, 2008
Business Wire (press release),SARS acquired the UtilityEyeâ„¢ products, which utilize breakthrough technology for the remote monitoring of propane and butane gas tank levels via satellite,

New vice-premier no stranger to challenge  -  Mar 23, 2008
China Daily,He was appointed Beijing mayor in 2003 to contain the spread of SARS. In the late 1990s, as Guangdong vice-governor, he handled the biggest debt

Hong Kong Fights Flu Outbreak, 5 Years After SARS (Update2)  -  Mar 13, 2008
BloombergIt's ``one of the lessons that we've learned from SARS.'' More than half a million children were told to stay away from kindergartens and primary schools

South Africa: SARS Looks Abroad for King's Fortune  -  Mar 12, 2008
AllAfrica.com,WITH Dave King now estimated to owe the taxman more than R4bn with interest, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) has launched a full-scale bid to get

Life as a nurse during SARS: Surviving and finding the strength to ...  -  Mar 8, 2008
The Canadian Press,TORONTO — SARS is no longer a no-go subject in Susan Sorrenti's world. Five years after the SARS coronavirus invaded Sorrenti's lungs, she can talk with her

Why you should care about Indonesia  -  Mar 20, 2008
Computerworld,We have never seen a pandemic in what we call the Information Age, and we barely dodged a bullet during the SARS epidemic. SARS has not gone away,

People got SARS from toilet flushing  -  Mar 17, 2008
Canada Free Press,Reilly, who is researching the proper protocol for managing fecal waste from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), has for the past decade studied the

We're not ready for another SARS  -  Mar 5, 2008
Toronto Star,Health Minister George Smitherman, left, kisses Dr. Sheela Basrur, who was Toronto's chief medical officer of health during the SARS epidemic five years ago

Ont. better prepared for outbreak after SARS  -  Mar 5, 2008
Canada.com,Minister of Health George Smitherman says Ontario is 'substantially' in a better place to deal with an infectious disease outbreak five years after SARS.

Lessons learned from SARS, but system to track diseases needed ...  -  Mar 5, 2008
Globe and Mail,Five years after SARS killed 44 people, jeopardized hundreds more and paralyzed the health-care system in Toronto, there's still much work to be done to

SARS mum on Zuma’s alleged tax evasion  -  Mar 2, 2008
The Times,Responding to questions submitted by Sapa on Friday, SARS said: “The confidentiality provisions contained in tax legislation ... prohibit SARS from publicly

Staff appreciation breakfast a key transmission event in SARS 2 ...  -  Feb 29, 2008
The Canadian Press,TORONTO — It is a bitter irony: A staff appreciation breakfast staged to thank health-care workers for their valiant efforts during Toronto's SARS outbreak

Ont. better prepared for health emergencies like SARS: minister  -  Mar 4, 2008
The Canadian Press,TORONTO — Ontario Health Minister George Smitherman says the province is better prepared to deal with public health emergencies five years after the SARS

Former US health official backs Taiwan's WHO bid  -  Mar 21, 2008
Taipei Times,Thompson was health secretary during the SARS outbreak in 2003. Recalling that time, he criticized China for refusing the offers of help from abroad in late

Ont. better prepared 5 years after SARS: Smitherman  -  Feb 26, 2008
CTV.ca,However, he adds that five years after the SARS outbreak that killed 44 people in the Toronto area, Ontario's level of preparedness has "dramatically and

Don't lower barriers to cross-strait trade yet  -  Mar 22, 2008
Taipei Times,On March 10, 2003, the first case of SARS was identified in Taiwan. After that, more than 600 more cases were reported, resulting in the deaths of more than

Appoints John Kane Advisor to Its Board of Directors  -  Mar 21, 2008
InfoBolsa,..."SARS Corp. is already positioned as a world-class leader in the telematics and tracking market," said Kane. "I am excited to be adding to their management

CHINA: Textile Exports Hit By SARS  -  Mar 15, 2008
BharatTextile.com (subscription),...(Did you know that the most recent figures show that New Zealand's imports totaled $14.3 billion?) (In recent years, Turkey's share of global cotton

“PATRIOTâ€? Act used against Spitzer  -  Mar 22, 2008
Liberty Papers,The new scrutiny resulted in an explosion of SARs, from 204915 in 2001 to 1.23 million last year. The data, stored in an IRS computer in Detroit,

WHO will help: British scientist  -  Mar 18, 2008
Taipei Times,..."I was here in Taiwan during the severe acute respiratory syndrome [SARS] outbreak at the request of the WHO," Sir Roy Malcolm Anderson said at a press

KING'S CASH ELUDES SARS - Tamar Kahn  -  Mar 12, 2008
McGregor BFA,Dave King is estimated to owe SARS R4bn with interest has managed to elude the taxman. SARS has launched a full scale investigation into finding the missing

SARS in our eyes but we still had things to smile over  -  Mar 11, 2008
The Standard,One of the nastiest flu bugs for years is now doing the rounds in Asia, exactly five years after the region was hit by SARS. In fact, it was five years ago

Pay depends on performance  -  Mar 21, 2008
News & Observer,The value of the SARs is tied to the stock's appreciation; if the stock doesn't rise, the SARs are worthless. The stock awards, which are spread out over

Canada Reviews Battle Against SARS  -  Mar 10, 2008
MedIndia,It was subsequently diagnosed as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), a deadly new disease that spread to others because Tse was left untreated for

The 7 Habitual Tax Mistakes  -  Mar 19, 2008
Business Day,It says “just because you haven’t received a query from the SA Revenue Service (Sars) if you’ve identified an issue internally that could be a tax risk

IN FOCUS: SARS - Five years later  -  Mar 7, 2008
Ontario Mirror Guardian,A gowned and masked Glyn Boatswain, a charge nurse in the Rouge Valley Health System-Centenary site SARS Clinic, manages some supplies during the clinic’s

SARS victims and heroes remembered  -  Mar 6, 2008
Ontario Mirror Guardian,BY LISA QUEEN Looking back at the victims of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) five years later, Ontario Nurses Association President Linda

Sars releases policy on refunds and drawbacks  -  Mar 6, 2008
Creamer Media's Engineering News,The South African Revenue Service (Sars) released its 'External Policy – Refunds and Drawbacks for Customs and Excise' document. According to Sars this

Lots of change for key players in '03 SARS battle  -  Mar 8, 2008
The North Bay Nugget,Many of the key players in the battle against SARS have moved on to new challenges since the emergence - and suppression - of the new disease in the spring

Secondary schools hit by fear of outbreaks  -  Mar 15, 2008
Straits Times (subscription),It was the first such public health measure since the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or Sars, more than five years ago.

Flu Outbreak Prompts Hong Kong to Close Schools  -  Mar 13, 2008
Voice of AmericaMany in the city accused the government of handling the SARS crisis poorly and allowing the disease to spread. Some residents say Thursday's move to

Disease crisis that rocked the globe fresh in memories of those ...  -  Mar 8, 2008
The Canadian Press,TORONTO — He's given his SARS talk so often, and in so many parts of the globe that Dr. Donald Low can still rhyme off, to the day and the date,

Health agency named for SARS hero  -  Mar 4, 2008
Inside Toronto,Marking the fifth anniversary of the outbreak of SARS in Toronto, Health Minister George Smitherman announced Tuesday, March 4 the province's new Health

Memories of SARS still fresh five years on  -  Mar 5, 2008
Prince George Citizen,TORONTO _ In the maelstrom of the 2003 SARS outbreak, it would have been impossible to imagine there might be an upside of a disease that sickened thousands

TAX DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN TREASURY, SARS AND TAX PRACTITIONERS ...  -  Mar 7, 2008
McGregor BFA,Discussions between the Treasury department, SARS and numerous tax practitioners has been hailed as a positive way forward by BRAVURA EQUITY SERVICES senior

China expected to tap new problem-solver to handle trade, key ...  -  Mar 15, 2008
International Herald Tribune,AP BEIJING: When the Beijing mayor was fired in 2003 for bungling the SARS pneumonia outbreak, Chinese leaders turned to a politically connected,

Flu fight recalls dark days of Sars  -  Mar 6, 2008
South China Morning Post (subscription),Health authorities announced a string of contingency measures yesterday to combat flu that recalled action taken during the Sars emergency five years ago.

China to build bridge to connect Mainland and its SARs  -  Mar 10, 2008
China Knowledge Online,Mar. 11, 2008 (China Knowledge) - China is going to revive the construction of an 18-mile bridge linking Hong Kong, Macao and the mainland.

Swoop nets 5 for alleged R35m VAT fraud  -  Mar 14, 2008
Independent Online,Five people were arrested in connection with alleged VAT fraud amounting to R35 million, the SA Revenue Service (Sars) said on Thursday.



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