| | | | | US Sugar buyout: sweet deal for the Everglades? | | Banged out in secret meetings, a $1.75 billion taxpayer-funded plan to buy 187,000 acres of US Sugar's cane fields in the Lake Okeechobee basin marks one of the largest conservation buyouts of a major industry in the US, promising to break a major chokehold on the slowly dying Everglades. | | The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News, Wed Aug 20 01:00:00 PDT 2008 | | | | Shingles Pain Treatment Approved By NHS Scotland | | The medicated pain relief plaster, is now approved by the Scottish Medicines Consortium for restricted use within NHS Scotland for patients suffering pain following shingles ... | | MediLexicon, Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:36:36 GMT | | | | Super-port contract to be signed | | A contract to build a £1.5bn container port and business park in the Thames Gateway is due to be exchanged. | | BBC News, Wed Aug 20 01:40:05 PDT 2008 | | | | AAZ declines to reinstate Ifti??? | | AAZ declines to reinstate Ifti??? Topic started by majumdar on Aug 20, 2008 1:23:59 am http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/20/welcome.htm Zardari declines to reinstate deposed Chief Justice: NYT NEW YORK, Aug 20: ... | | Chowk, Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:36:32 GMT | | | | SCOTTRADE EATS A $1,000 ERROR | | Dear John: Last October, Scottrade posted a $1,000 credit to my margin account. The posting only had the initials CRM next to it. When I researched this it was the abbreviation for "customer relationship management." Since I had over $5.5 million of... | | New York Post, Sun Aug 17 01:11:40 PDT 2008 | | | | Morrisville health clinic recognized | | Vermont now has seven community health centers that receive annual federal grants that allow them to offer primary medical and dental care and low-priced prescription drugs to all patients -- without regard to ... | | Burlington Free Press, Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:36:29 GMT | | | | Macquarie Airports Rises in Sydney on Buyback, Sales (Update1) | | Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Macquarie Airports , Australia's biggest owner of air terminals, rose in Sydney trading after saying it will sell assets to fund a A$1 billion ($872 million) share buyback, cut debt and acquire a stake in Mexican airports. | | Bloomberg.com, Wed Aug 20 00:16:58 PDT 2008 | | | | Crafton withdraws interpreter fee bill | | Councilman Eric Crafton withdrew a bill from Metro Council consideration that would require Metro departments to create "interpreter fees" for permit applicants who don't speak English and need translation ... | | The Tennessean, Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:36:28 GMT | | | | Burlco factory settles pollution case | | A Burlington Township plastic and resin factory has reached a $1.3 million settlement over allegations that it violated state and federal environmental laws. | | Philly.com, Wed Aug 20 01:32:58 PDT 2008 | | | | Japan's Notes Decline as Demand Falls at Five-Year Debt Auction | | Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese five-year notes fell, lifting yields by the most in two weeks, after demand declined at a Ministry of Finance sale of 1.9 trillion yen ($17.3 billion) of the securities carrying a 1 percent coupon. | | Bloomberg.com, Tue Aug 19 22:11:51 PDT 2008 | | | | Macquarie Airports Sells Stakes After Posting Loss (Update1) | | Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Macquarie Airports, Australia's biggest owner of air terminals, will sell A$1.5 billion ($1.3 billion) of stakes in airports in Brussels and Copenhagen after posting a loss in the first half. | | Bloomberg.com, Tue Aug 19 17:11:34 PDT 2008 | | | | Lucas County leaders mull $1.5M loan to reopen plant | | The Lucas County commissioners are considering a $1.5 million loan to Maumee Authority Stamping to reopen the auto parts plant Ford shuttered last year. The money would come from the county's cash reserves, and would be part of a short-term loan. But if the project went belly-up, it's possible the loan would not be repaid. "Is it a risk? You bet," said Commissioner Pete Gerken, an advocate ... | | The Toledo Blade, Wed Aug 20 02:27:24 PDT 2008 | | | | full article | | Tool, former 411 writer Michael Huckaby! Now that the players have been introduced, it's time to bring out another crucial ingredient to "Fact or Fiction" - our secret ingredient! These topics are the theme on ... | | 411mania.com, Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:36:15 GMT | | | | DETROIT 11, TEXAS 3: Joyce's big bat leads 9-run 7th, another comeback win for Tigers | | ARLINGTON, Texas -- Perhaps it's not unusual that when a rookie left-handed hitter drills his 12th home run, it's a lead-changing three-run homer on a 1-2 pitch. But what if it happens twice in a game, and in consecutive half-innings? Such was the scenario Tuesday night at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. | | Detroit Free Press, Wed Aug 20 00:14:20 PDT 2008 | |
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