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Murder accused in court on unrelated charge
One of the two men charged with the murder of homeless man Maxwell Brangman appeared in court yesterday on an unrelated matter.
Roger Lightbourne, 40, of Tommy Fox Road, St. David's, denied two counts of vi...
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BEIJING (Bloomberg) — Air China Ltd., facing its first drop in full-year domestic traffic since 2003, forecast an increase of as much as 10 percent next year as the nation's growth shields the carrier from a global economic slowdown.
"The demand for ...
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Footballer Gabriel Wilkinson was yesterday afternoon said to remain in a critical condition at Boston Lahey Clinic.
The Somerset Eagles goalkeeper, aged in his mid 20s, suffered horrific head injuries in an accidental collision at White Hill Field on...
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TOKYO (Bloomberg) — Toyota Motor Corp., Japan's biggest carmaker, surged the most in almost 21 years in Tokyo after US and European governments agreed to buy stakes in banks helping ease credit market concerns.
Toyota rose 500 yen, its daily trading ...
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SINGAPORE (Bloomberg) — The global economic slowdown will push some shipping lines into bankruptcy as demand for commodities cools and trade slows, investor Marc Faber said.
"This is an industry that could be hit harder than what has been expected," ...
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LONDON (AP) — SABMiller PLC — the brewer of Grolsch, Miller Genuine Draft and Peroni Nastro Azzurro lagers — said beer sales increased slightly in the first half of its fiscal year, as rising demand from emerging markets offset slowing demand from es...
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XL Capital Ltd. chairman Brian O'Hara was forced to sell 80 percent of his stake in the Bermuda insurance giant on the day XL shares hit an all-time low price.
A margin call — effectively the calling of a loan which he had used to buy more XL shares ...
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Americans voting in the November election have until October 24 to submit their ballots to the Consulate.
And the Consulate is urging all Americans "to make their vote count" by taking the opportunity to submit their absentee ballots for express cour...
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ATLANTA (Bloomberg) — AMR Corp. and UAL Corp., parents of the two largest US airlines, may lead third-quarter losses in an industry beset by near-record fuel costs and a slowing economy.
The combined operating deficit for the 10 biggest US airlines w...
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Bermuda insurer Ironshore announced yesterday that IronBuilt, its specialty construction unit, has partnered with Crump Insurance Services to introduce an exclusive general liability programme for residential and commercial subcontractors with premiu...
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