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  • British Columbia Lottery Corporation/Media Release: Lotto Super 7 Meets Super-stitious 8 8 Aug 2008 16:50 GMT
    ... RICHMOND, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Aug. 8, 2008) - Those ... Crown Corporation reporting to the Minister of Housing and Social Development through a Board of ...

  • US plan to double Afghan army 8 Aug 2008 16:49 GMT
    ... THE US would spend $US20billion ($22.3 billion) doubling the size ... which would require trainers, equipment, food and housing for the larger number of soldiers. The ... US and allied troops - including the British, Canadian and Dutch soldiers who participate in ...

  • London shares close higher; Wall St gains; British Airways top FTSE 100 riser 8 Aug 2008 16:48 GMT
    ... LONDON, Aug 08, 2008 (Thomson Financial via COMTEX) ... a weaker oil price buoying sentiment, with British Airways the top FTSE 100 riser. At the ... overshadowed concerns about a quarterly loss from mortgage finance company Fannie Mae that was more ...

  • Fla. still No. 1 with foreign home buyers 8 Aug 2008 16:48 GMT
    ... Florida remains by far the most popular location ... the past year, reflecting the deep U.S. housing slump, a new study released Thursday by ... year, dropped to third place, behind the British and Canadians. Forty-two percent of all British ...

  • Are central banks getting it all wrong? 8 Aug 2008 16:47 GMT
    ... When U.S. property prices collapsed and defaults rose, financial ... has claimed U.S. investment bank Bear Stearns, British mortgage lender Northern Rock and thousands of jobs ...

  • The global financial mess: blaming the victims 8 Aug 2008 16:47 GMT
    ... The global financial mess: blaming the victims The balloon of ... the economy in the United States and Britain, and to weaken the economies of (among ... announced on 5 August 2008 that the British government is offering Northern Rock, a failed ...

  • Gates Pushing Plan for Afghan Army 8 Aug 2008 16:14 GMT
    ... will endorse a $20 billion plan to substantially increase ... for trainers and for equipment, food and housing for Afghan forces. But Pentagon officials said ... American and allied troops - including the British, Canadian and Dutch soldiers who participate in ...

  • Slow revolutions 8 Aug 2008 16:14 GMT
    ... Michael Gebicki drives New Zealand's Alpine Pacific Triangle, a ... of woollen garments that are marketed in Britain under the BlackHills label in England's Oxfordshire. For ... takes us to Hanmer Springs, set on flats that slope down to the Hope River ...

  • UK bank RBS posts giant half-year loss 8 Aug 2008 16:13 GMT
    ... UK bank RBS posts giant half-year loss By EMILY FLYNN VENCAT ... year after it began. The loss for Britain's second largest bank compared to a fat ... The bank called it the largest in British banking history. But further research suggests Lloyds ...

  • Barclays profits down by one third 8 Aug 2008 16:13 GMT
    ... British bank Barclays reported an “acutely disappointing” 33% profit ... Barclays said defaults among its 768,000 UK mortgage accounts remained “very low” at 0.97% – ...

  • Value of construction work in North down £40m 8 Aug 2008 16:13 GMT
    ... Value of construction work in North down £40m Almost ... period in 2007 - according to latest British government research. The Northern Ireland Construction Bulletin ... value of close to 20% - but apartments showed price rises of more than 20% ...

  • Small-caps push higher on dollar rally, crude slide 8 Aug 2008 16:12 GMT
    ... | Aug 08, 2008 10:17am EDT | Small-cap stocks pushed ... Fannie Mae (NYSE: ) as the government-sponsored mortgage lender missed the forecast and slashed dividends. ... the dollar made 17-month highs against the British pound, 11-month highs against the New Zealand kiwi, ...

  • Currencies: Dollar extends broad rally as stocks rise, crude sells off 8 Aug 2008 16:03 GMT
    ... , a measure of the greenback against a trade-weighted basket ... up sharply from 1.0624 francs Thursday. The British pound tumbled against the dollar to $1.9162, ... they said. Meanwhile, expectations already poor British housing data will worsen in August amid uncertainty ...

  • 100 families a day lose their homes as repossessions soar 50% to 12-year high 8 Aug 2008 16:00 GMT
    ... When this one works, it undoubtedly works well and sets new ... as repossessions soar 50% to 12-year high Britain is in the grip of an escalating ... squeezed into smaller rented accommodation or council housing, children may have to change schools and ...

  • Jailed for life: Boy, 16, who stabbed 14-year-old to death 'over a dirty look' 8 Aug 2008 16:00 GMT
    ... When this one works, it undoubtedly works well and sets new ... of urban posturing' among the youths of Britain. He said: 'It was the equivalent of ... Aloysius College in Archway, lived on a housing estate where there was a rivalry with ...


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