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NEW YORK (AP) — Jason and Charly Rok moved into a new apartment just a year ago, so money was tight as they prepared to exchange gifts during Hanukkah.But Charly Rok, a media director with a New York public relations firm, said her husband came up wi...
DATE: Dec 18, 2006
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LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Tony Blair defended a decision to halt the investigation of a multi-billion dollar arms deal between BAE Systems PLC and Saudi Arabia, saying last week he took full responsibility for the controversial move.BAE’s ...
DATE: Dec 18, 2006
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YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Asia’s economic boom has caused a surge in car and motorcycle sales, undercutting efforts to promote public transport in the region and clean up its dirty skies, delegates told a pollution conference last week.While some ...
DATE: Dec 18, 2006
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YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Japan says soot from Chinese power stations is poisoning its lakes. Coal emissions from India and China are polluting the air in Bangladesh. Land-clearing forest fires in Indonesia routinely send a choking haze across Sin...
DATE: Dec 18, 2006
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — British Airways Plc, Europe’s third- biggest airline, may face a strike by cabin crew after the Transport & General Workers Union called for members to vote on a walkout to protest new work rules and sick-leave policy.Balloting w...
DATE: Dec 18, 2006
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TORONTO (Reuters) — Profit-taking yanked the Toronto Stock Exchange’s main index down by more than 150 points, a day after it surged to a record close above the 13,000 mark.The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 155.5 points, or 1.2 percent, at 12,8...
DATE: Dec 16, 2006
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The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index closed down 37.13 points at 4,879.86 yesterday.
The only activity was the sale of 1,424 Butterfield Bank shares which fell $0.25 to close at $56.50 and the sale of 2,500 Key Tech shares which closed at $...
DATE: Dec 16, 2006
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NEW YORK (Reuters) — US stocks rose in heavy volume, pushing the Dow to a record as tame consumer prices reassured investors inflation was under control and economic growth was still strong enough to support profits.Sliding energy shares, however, br...
DATE: Dec 16, 2006
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NEW YORK (AP) — The old view of corporate exes — employees who leave for other jobs — was that they were deserters and traitors who must never be spoken of again.The new view: They’re a fantastic network.
“Either they’re our clients, or potential cli...
DATE: Dec 16, 2006
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The holidays are such a great time. Almost every woman buys into the spirit, giving, shopping decorating, dining, communicating,caring, in an all consuming drive to create the perfect experience for everyone. Men, on the surface at least, don’t seem ...
DATE: Dec 16, 2006
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