US stocks tumble on uneasiness about financials The Star | NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street tumbled Wednesday as investors grappled with renewed worries about the soundness of the financial sector. The major indexes fell more than 2 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which lost more than 230 points. | While many financial services companies l...
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List of coalition deaths Fresno Bee | As of Monday, July 7, 2008, at least 4,114 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. | The figure includes eight military civilians killed in action. At least 3,353 died as a result of hostile action, according to t...
Luxury is on deck for those cruising for a deal Asbury Park Press | More choices in food, activities, itineraries and luxury are some of the trends shaping the cruise industry this year. And consumers who think they can't afford to live the high life might be able to do just that if they're willing to make flexible...
Cuts may hurt Caribbean Ohio | SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO: Expensive jet fuel and a soft American economy are threatening to sink Caribbean tourism as airline ticket prices soar and flights are sharply reduced, choking the flow of the vacationers that many tiny islands depend on. | T...
Bay, Zellers beyond fixing Canada Dot Com | Would-be saviours should treat HBC as a real estate play | I once toured the Bay's downtown Toronto store with the chain's then-president, Ira Pickell. He was a brash, accomplished American retailer, a bulldog of a man who promised to bring big, bo...
CANADIAN HISTORY The glorious city that never was Globe and Mail | LOYALISTS AND LAYABOUTS | The Rapid Rise and Faster Fall of Shelburne, Nova Scotia 1783-1792 | By Stephen Kimber | Doubleday Canada, More Arts Stories Kudelka breaks his silence Our man in Cairo What went wrong in the AIDS wars One standing army...
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Bush urges Congress lift ban on offshore drilling AOL WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Wednesday called on the U.S. Congress to end a decades-old ban on offshore oil drilling. | With gasoline prices at record levels ...
AMD CEO Ruiz to be replaced by President Dirk Meyer Canada Dot Com | NEW YORK -- Computer chip maker Advanced Micro Devices said on Thursday that Chief Executive Hector Ruiz was stepping down to be replaced by President and Chief Operating Officer Dirk Meyer, effective immediately. | Mr. Ruiz, 62, has worked at AMD ...
Drabinsky's lawyer points finger at former VP Eckstein Canada Dot Com | A lawyer representing Livent Inc co-founder Garth Drabinsky suggested to a Toronto court on Thursday that former vice-president of finance Gordon Eckstein had been "blowing smoke" in the eyes of former employees and directed the alleged fraud at th...
Damaged cruise ship cleared to leave NY Newsday | NEW YORK - A cruise ship that was detained due to hull damage has been cleared to leave . | The Coast Guard said Thursday that the Clipper Pacific may now safely travel to , Fla. for permanent repairs. It originally was bound for Venezuela. | Passe...
IEA warns non-Opec oil could peak in two years The Times | Oil production in non-Opec countries is set to peak within the next two years, leaving the world increasingly dependent on supplies from the cartel of exporting nations, according to one of the world's leading energy experts. | Fatih Birol, chief economist of the International Energy Agency (IEA), said that falling production from key regions suc...
No buffet at 'UK's best station' BBC News | The last time I saw Flint railway station in 2002, I thanked my lucky stars I didn't need to get off the train. | If someone had told me then that this unwelcoming, miserable place would be voted the UK's best station, I'd have choked on my soggy train trolley sandwich. | It has benefited from a £2m facelift and now even boasts a waiting room. | ...
