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Ottawa tables copyright bill - Globe and Mail
Trillian Rand from Canada writes: From the article: '. . . sources say the legislation is expected to be left to die by the minority Conservative government, which is likely to face harsh criticism from opposition parties, making the bill difficult ...
2008-06-12 08:50:00 -
Bomb found on conveyer turns out to be dud - Sun-Journal
LEWISTON -- A rusty mortar round discovered at KTI Biofuels on Alfred Plourde Parkway was detonated Wednesday afternoon, after police evacuated a 300-foot perimeter around the construction debris processor. The round, which was not live, was ...
2008-06-11 03:10:00 -
Vital power route faces epic hurdles - Vancouver Sun
In a province of violent geography that demands great ingenuity of its engineers, we are in a helicopter, scrutinizing one of their greatest feats. We pick it up near Westwood Plateau Golf and Country Club in Coquitlam, follow it 246 kilometres ...
2008-06-12 09:57:00 -
Japan May Power Output, Fuel Use By Utilities - Table Of Data - FXStreet.com
(Crude oil and fuel oil are in kiloliters, LNG and coal are in metric tons.) May 2008 May 2007 Coal: 3,923,338 3,691,332 Fuel Oil: 1,010,676 550,523 Crude Oil: 784,625 575,776 LNG: 3,191,788 3,135,158 Note: Figures don't necessarily add up to the ...
2008-06-12 07:12:00 -
Repo increase pushes up inter-bank rates - MSN India
Mumbai: The repo rate hike by the Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday has pushed up the interest rates sharply in the interbank market. Apprehending liquidity tightness in the coming weeks, banks may raise their term deposit rates, which are ...
2008-06-12 01:36:00 -
Real estate prices under pressure - Hindustan Times
Buying a house? Hold on...for a while. The Reserve Bank of India’s move to raise repo rates (the rate at which the RBI lends money to banks) is likely to trigger a further dip in realty prices over the next few months. Property prices have been ...
2008-06-12 08:00:00 -
Abbey raises new mortgage costs - BBC News
Taking a 95% mortgage has become even more difficult at the Abbey Abbey, one of the biggest mortgage lenders in the UK, has made it more expensive for some borrowers to take out a new home loan. Anyone taking its 95% mortgage deal must now pay the ...
2008-06-11 08:15:00 -
The real cost of living index - Daily Telegraph
Rising food and fuel prices, as well as increased taxes and other household bills, mean the average family must cope with inflation that is twice as high as official estimates, according to new research by The Daily Telegraph and moneysupermarket.com ...
2008-06-12 09:50:00 -
MoneyExpert reports surge in fixed mortgage fees - Banking Business Review
The independent financial comparison website said that in September 2006 - before the credit crunch hit the UK - only 22 fixed mortgage deals charged application fees of GBP750 or more. That figure has since grown to some 323 fixed mortgages - 34% of ...
2008-06-12 05:39:00 -
Is there an alternative to higher mortgage repayments? - Guardian Unlimited
Q Our two-year, fixed-rate mortgage is due to run out at the end of June, taking us from a rate of 4.34% to a variable of 6.8%. This would mean a huge increase in payments - we're stretched anyway, and are expecting another baby in September and will ...
2008-06-11 01:41:00 -
Data on Housing Relief Is Questioned - Washington Post
Banks and mortgage firms are providing questionable information about the number of subprime mortgage borrowers they are helping and the rate at which homeowners are falling into foreclosure, according to the top regulator for the nation's largest ...
2008-06-12 09:14:00 -
Moody's Set to Change Municipal Bond Rating Scale (Update3) - Bloomberg
June 12 (Bloomberg) -- Moody's Investors Service , under pressure from regulators and state finance officials, will change the way it rates municipal bonds and rank them on the same scale it uses for corporate and sovereign debt. Moody's said today ...
2008-06-12 03:09:00 -
Need to know: Starbucks ... Mortgages ... Citigroup - Times Online
Inflation expectations Britons’ expectations of future inflation surged to a record high of 4.3 per cent in May, above market expectations and more than a percentage point above the actual rate, figures from the Bank of England showed. Britons ...
2008-06-12 05:04:00 -
Buyers find homes turning from cash cows into millstones - Times Online
For many homeowners, houses have become more than just a place to live – they are seen as an investment vehicle, a pension or even a savings bank. But this reliance on property is likely to make the effects of the housing market downturn even more ...
2008-06-12 04:56:00 -
Judge Horgos sues over Florida land deals - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
An Allegheny County Common Pleas judge whose Florida property deals are under federal investigation sued his former business partner yesterday for allegedly conspiring with 11 others to bilk him out of his investments in Gulf Coast real estate. In a ...
2008-06-12 09:07:00