New Orleans Fragile 5 Years After Katrina
New Orleans today is once again the vibrant, multicultural city of legend, hustling and bustling with seafood festivals, Mardi Gras celebrations, spicy foods and live music echoing from almost every street corner. But five years ago, it was a city of despair and destroyed buildings submerged under 12 feet [...]
CIBC looks to limit credit card impact
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce will take a small hit from federal changes to credit card rules, but the country’s leading card issuer said Wednesday it will find ways to win the money back next year
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Big wet boosts Meridian earnings 25pc
Wetter than normal conditions enabled Meridian Energy to lift its operating earnings 25 per cent to $642 million in the year ended June 2010, despite a price freeze and lower volumes in its retail business.The state-owned power...
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Carlton Austin has crafted a wonderful piece of work in Second Eden — an action-packed suspense thriller with a little romance and some elements of science fiction.
Brewing in Brooklyn, Vandalism in Queens
The Breuckelen Distilling Company specializes in gin, and vandals have forced the Throggs Neck Girls Softball League to stop using its home field.
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Apple iPhone 3GS 32GB for sale $350us Dollars.
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Citizen Group Discusses Potential Impact Of Natural Gas Extraction
Last February, after a Houston company called Carrizo (Marcellus) LLC filed a special use permit application to drill a natural gas well in northwestern Rockingham County, a group of citizens united to raise concerns about that drilling’s potential to damage the environment. Now, as that permit remains [...]
by: Geoff Ficke
Since the beginning of time, until the middle of the 19th century the production of goods was conducted on an artisan, piece by piece basis. Over these many centuries the center of the individualâs universe was the local environ where commerce and enterprise were conducted on a small scale, often bartered basis. [...]
Ryanair Q1 profit falls over volcano, fuel costs
Irish budget airline Ryanair reported a 24 percent drop in first-quarter net profit Tuesday, citing euro50 million ($65 million) in lost business from the Icelandic volcano as well as a rising fuel bill — but the carrier...
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