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LOS ANGELES (AP) – Fox TV says Halle Berry and actor-screenwriter Tyler Perry will host the 40th NAACP Image Awards in February.
Nominations for the Image Awards, which honour those who promote diversity in the arts, will be announced on January 7.
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DATE: Dec 18, 2008
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XL Capital Ltd.'s financial strength rating was yesterday downgraded to A from A+ by Fitch Ratings, on concerns over the company's invesment portfolio.
It is the second downgrade for the Bermuda-based business insurer since it gave guidance last week...
DATE: Dec 18, 2008
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Ground was broken yesterday on a new building at Warwick Academy which will be named after a senator who has given decades of service to the school.
The Walwyn Hughes Building, half the cost of which has been funded by the Byrne family, will contain ...
DATE: Dec 18, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Representative Elijah Cummings said American International Group Inc., the insurer bailed out by the government, shouldn't be giving executives as much as $4 million in retention pay.
"Why are we trying to retain folks by givin...
DATE: Dec 18, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — American International Group Inc., which already has suffered more than $60 billion in writedowns and losses, may have to absorb almost $30 billion more because of flaws in the way its holdings are valued.
An examination of AIG...
DATE: Dec 18, 2008
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Temperamental Dandy Town striker Antwan Russell has had a multiple-year ban from Somerset Cricket Club lifted.
It was learned yesterday that Western Stars Sports Club (WSSC) successfully appealed against Russell's ban, clearing the way for the promis...
DATE: Dec 18, 2008
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TORONTO (Reuters) - With the Toronto Stock Exchange closed yesterday because of technical problems, shares of some interlisted Canadian companies saw mixed action south of the border.
EnCana Corp, Canada's No.1 oil and gas producer, dropped 3.03 perc...
DATE: Dec 18, 2008
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Devonshire Cougars 0
In form Dandy Town brushed aside Devonshire Cougars in last night's Dudley Eve clash thanks to goals from Damon Ming and Heys Wolfe.
Hornets followed up their impressive 4-2 victory over Boulevard Blazers on the week...
DATE: Dec 18, 2008
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Whether they were No. 1 songs for Michael Jackson or murders by the mob, hits have helped define music impresario Quincy Jones' life. His father was a master carpenter who could not find work during the Depression of the 1930s, so h...
DATE: Dec 18, 2008
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The fraud investigation of Wall Street money manager Bernard L. Madoff took unusual twists yesterday as the US attorney general removed himself and the Securities and Exchange Commission looked into the relationship between Madoff's...
DATE: Dec 18, 2008
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