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IN 2008 it will be 400 years since Samuel de Champlain raised the French flag over a small settlement on the banks of the St. Lawrence River.Following instructions of explorer Jacques Cartier, it was intended to become a major centre for the fur trad...
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NEW YORK (AP) — There was no decisive moment, no seismic shift, no ceremony when James Gandolfini put “The Sopranos” behind him. But he has. Comfortably.“I was told that it would be a transition,” he says and shakes his head. “Not much. It’s very cal...
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THE growth of the insurance industry on the island is perhaps nowhere more visible than in the City of Hamilton, where parking spaces can be more difficult to come by than $100 bills, development seems never ending and dirt ever increasing. The man c...
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PartnerRe chief executive officer Patrick Thiele yesterday joined other industry leaders in calling for changes to the complex US system of insurance regulation.
All 50 US states have their own regulations, which has long been a source of red, tape, ...
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
Jesus Out to Sea
(Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 291 pages)
by James Lee Burke WHEN a tragedy as monstrous as Hurricane Katrina befalls us, journalism can tell us what happened, and occasionally it can even explain why. But it cannot take us to that q...
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Does Nicole Richie think she's next?Paris Hilton's good buddy told David Letterman during a taping for his talk show on Wednesday that she's worried about landing in the pokey, too.
"I'm just keeping my fingers crossed, and, you know, of course, I'm ...
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany (Bloomberg) — The Group of Eight industrialised nations pledged to remain alert to the potential risks for global financial markets from the rapid rise of hedge funds."Given the strong growth of the hedge-fund industry and the i...
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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) — Southwest Airlines Co., American Airlines and 20 other carriers must pay the US government $219 million in back security fees covering more than two years, a federal agency said.Southwest owes the most, $54 million, followed ...
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The Island's first sustainable water plant was officially opened yesterday — but it has already delivered 2.8 million gallons of water since its launch in late February.
The North Shore Reverse Osmosis Plant and Truckers' Outlet, north of Tynes Bay I...
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Infant swimming lessons in an indoor pool may have the unintended effect of raising some children’s risk of asthma later on, new research findings suggest.In a study of 341 schoolchildren, Belgian researchers found that th...
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