13 May 2008 at 12:37pm No 4x4: Councillor Steve O'Connell has pledged to get rid of his Toyota Rav 4 by October Councillor Steve O'Connell has pledged to get rid of his gas-guzzling Toyota Rav 4 by October after his appointment to the environment committee in the Greater ...
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13 May 2008 at 11:32am Investors are increasingly throwing in the towel on Southern California-based savings-and-loan mortgage lenders IndyMac Bancorp, FirstFed Financial Corp. and Downey Financial Corp. Defaults keep climbing on the nontraditional mortgages made by the ...
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13 May 2008 at 10:57am Flames approach an intersection near Palm Bay, Fla. Dry, windy weather continues to fuel several wildfires on the Florida's central Atlantic coast Tuesday. Fire weary residents in this Atlantic Coast town woke up to cooler temperatures and calmer ...
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13 May 2008 at 10:35am NEW YORK (AP) - The outlook in consumer finance is bleak, Moody's Investors Service said in a report Tuesday, as the economy has likely slipped into recession and lenders struggle with bad credit. Consumer finance companies -- credit-card lenders ...
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13 May 2008 at 9:59am TREASURER Wayne Swan has taken up the Coalition's role as the standard bearer for small business while hitting the top end of town with higher taxes to curb spending and cut inflation. Mr Swan talked tough on inflation yesterday, branding his debut ...
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13 May 2008 at 9:38am 2008-05-13 15:19:42 Bulgarian inflation hits highest level in a decade of 13.4 percent in April SOFIA (Thomson Financial) - Inflation in Bulgaria topped its highest level in 10 years in April, hitting 13.4 percent on a 12-month basis on rising food ...
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13 May 2008 at 6:03am BEIJING (Reuters) - Canada's biggest stock market operator, TSX Group Inc, said on Tuesday it was considering opening an office in China, its fastest growing source of new listings. It would join a small group of global exchanges that have come to ...
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