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The Corporation of Hamilton is to make public its decisions for the first time in its 213-year history.
The municipality issued a statement yesterday saying members had agreed that their resolutions would now be posted on the noticeboard in the City ...
DATE: Oct 23, 2008
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The wide-ranging Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) could save public money by allowing overseas witnesses to give written evidence in court instead of having to fly to Bermuda.
That was one of the benefits of the new system outlined at a traini...
DATE: Oct 23, 2008
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Finance Minister Paula Cox's guidance to her Cabinet colleagues that they need to trim their Ministries' Budgets by 10.5 percent is surprising.
First, this is a deeper cut than might have been expected. That will cause fears that, prudence aside, the...
DATE: Oct 23, 2008
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@rh18bold:Today in History
Today is Wednesday, October 22, the 296th day of 2008. There are 70 days left in the year.
On this date
In 1797, French balloonist Andre-Jacques Garnerin made the first parachute descent, landing safely from a height of abo...
DATE: Oct 22, 2008
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TORONTO (AP) — Canada's central bank cut its key interest rate by a quarter-point yesterday, saying Canada needs the stimulus to ward off the effects of a US already in recession and a global economy heading there.
The cut to 2.25 percent follows an ...
DATE: Oct 22, 2008
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Butterfield Bank shares received a boost yesterday — gaining almost $1 to close at $12.95.
The bank saw 4,183 shares traded for a 7.91 percent jump — $0.95 — a considerable improvement on the bank's 52-week low of $11.80. Butterfield Bank has traded ...
DATE: Oct 22, 2008
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — United Airlines parent UAL Corp. yesterday reported a third-quarter loss of $779 million, squeezed by high jet fuel prices through much of the quarter and falling oil prices which hurt its hedging positions.
The Chicago-based carri...
DATE: Oct 22, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Bank of America Corp., the largest US consumer bank, lost money on credit cards for the first time since its January 2006 purchase of MBNA Corp. as more borrowers missed payments amid the slowing economy.
The card-services unit...
DATE: Oct 22, 2008
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Centrica Plc, the UK's biggest energy supplier, and the British unit of Iberdrola SA said the country must upgrade aging electricity infrastructure to achieve a 2020 renewables target. "The grid is a problem," Sue Wheeler, head o...
DATE: Oct 22, 2008
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The number of passengers travelling on premium airline tickets dropped 1.5 percent in August, according to the International Air Transport Association.
"Business travel is a key driver of long-haul and network airline profitability...
DATE: Oct 22, 2008
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