Audiotapes. (Products).(American Society of Association Executives)(Brief Article)

Audiotapes of the recorded ASAE Knowledge Network sessions and select annual meeting and Management and Technology Conferences and Exposition …

24 hours, 1,604 points: Rugby's longest ever match

LONDON (AP) — A rugby club in northwest England has set a record for the sport's longest ever match by playing continuously for more than 24 hours.

Congleton RUFC played the equivalent of 18 straight matches plus injury time to raise money for charity and earn a place in The Guinness Book of Records.

A 44-man squad was split into teams …

Mayor undaunted by mission

Whether the city is trying to fill a hole in the middle of theLoop, as with Block 37, or trying to expand a public high school toanchor the Loop's south end, the challenge is the same: How deepshould the city dig to get what it wants?

In the case of Block 37, deals with developers fell apart when thecity refused to give away the bank. David McCarrell, president ofPacific Garden Mission, has proved that he also can make sky-highdemands. Although the mission has agreed to move from the South Loop,McCarrell has …

SECURITY WATCH.(Technology)

Byline: Daniel Wolfe

As Seen On TV

Personal data is showing up for sale on YouTube.

A video excerpted in msnbc.com's "The Red Tape Chronicles" column on Thursday features a man displaying file folders in his car and offering sets of consumer records for $25 each, or five for $100.

"These records include the following: Name, sex of the individual, Social Security number of the individual, mother's name, their current street address," the salesman says in the video. He also mentions license numbers, birth dates and other personal details.

The YouTube salesman said the information could be used for marketing, though Bob Sullivan wrote in the Red Tape column that the data "would give an identity thief all the information they'd need to wreak havoc with a victim's credit report and, probably, their financial life."

Sullivan speculated that the file folders came either from an office or …

MENTORING CAN BUILD A LIFETIME OF TRUST.(BUSINESS)

Byline: HARVEY MACKAY

What's a mentor? Someone every career hotshot needs to soar up the corporate ranks? By that time, it might be too little, too late.

Mentoring has to start a lot earlier. If it doesn't, odds are a kid won't ever make it to the starting gate, let alone onto the fast track.

Mentors are those bigger-than-life people who keep kids straight and fired up: mom or dad, sister or brother, teacher or just plain pal. That's where Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA) have stepped in for nearly a century. The organization provides mentors for 200,000 kids through 508 affiliates. BBBSA was brought to my attention recently when I participated in …

Thai Bank to Offer New Insurance Services.

Feb. 5--Siam Commercial New York Life Insurance Plc (SCNYL) plans to offer bancassurance services at 100 branches of Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) this year, said Donald Carden, president and chief executive of the insurer.

The Bank of Thailand's decision last month to allow commercial banks to act as brokers has stimulated business co-operation among insurers and banks.

As a joint venture between New York Life International and SCB, SCNYL was more ready than most rivals to pursue bancassurance, he said.

Kaida Srifuengfung, the insurer's executive vice-president, said the venture had started at 34 SCB branches in Bangkok. New software costing 18 …

Benfica downs Rio Ave 5-2 in Portugal

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Benfica downed Rio Ave 5-2 to provisionally move to within five points of Portuguese league leader Porto on Saturday.

Four of Benfica's five goals came from a trio of Argentines.

Pablo Aimar scored the opener while Javier Saviola added another and Eduardo Salvio sealed the win with a brace.

Also, Biera Mar rallied from a 2-1 deficit to beat …