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Briefly: March 13 (Old Colony Memorial & Plymouth Bulletin)
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Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:04:26 GMT
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Read about what's happening in and around Plymouth.
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Aiming for excellence (Otago Daily Times)
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Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:24:02 GMT
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Recent Cabinet decisions relating to funding for higher education and research suggest the Government is serious about its objective of raising knowledge standards and building a solid base for public and economic benefits from progress in science.
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The CARD Act: What you should know (The Canton Repository)
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Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:25:18 GMT
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The Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 has some strong protections for consumers.
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Scotiabank reports strong revenue growth and first quarter... (MalaysiaNews.net)
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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:56:32 GMT
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Targets: 1. Earn a return on equity (ROE)(1) of 16 to 20%. For the three months, Scotiabank earned an ROE of 17.4%. 2. Generate growth in earnings per common share (diluted) of 7 to 12%. Our year-...
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Scotiabank reports strong revenue growth and first quarter earnings of $988 million (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:15:00 GMT
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First quarter financial measures compared to the same period a year ago: - Earnings per share (diluted) of $0.91, compared to $0.80 - Net income of $988 million, versus $842 million - Return on equity of 17.4%, compared to 16.2% - Productivity ratio of 50.5%, versus 58.7% Year-to-date performance versus our 2010 financial and operational objectives was as follows: Targets: 1. Earn a return on ...
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Reader mailbag: the low-down on reward credit cards (The Christian Science Monitor)
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Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:21:01 GMT
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Rules for when to own a reward credit card.
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Should Iceland repay bank's debts? (BBC News)
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Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:46:05 GMT
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Icelanders have voted against repaying debts from the failed bank. Is this right?
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Flaherty's pricey budget flight irks critics (CTV Toronto)
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Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:23:33 GMT
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Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is facing the ire of opposition critics who say the minister isn't leading by example, after it was revealed that he used a private jet to sell his belt-tightening budget Friday.
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Reader Mailbag: More Time for Reading (The Christian Science Monitor)
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Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:21:01 GMT
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I find that, whenever I get busy with things in my life, the first thing I cut out is the hour or two a day I spend reading. If I do that for a few days, I begin to intensely miss it.
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Votes on key issues in 2009 (The Doings Western Springs)
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Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:09:03 GMT
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Congress conducted nearly 1,400 roll calls in 2009, a session that opened Jan. 6, 2009 and ended Christmas Eve. This report boils that activity down to 28 key votes that show where lawmakers stand on a cross-section of major issues.
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