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A2a Agrees To Buy 90 Pct Of Local Utility Aspem As Part Of Expansion ... - Forbes
milan (thomson financial) - a2a spa, italy's largest municipally-owned utility, said it has reached an agreement with the varese city government to buy 90 percent of varese local utility aspem spa as part of its strategy of expansion. a2a said the ...
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New Site Gives Easy Access To local Government Spending Data
plattsburgh -- ever been curious about how local government is spending taxpayer money? never had the motivation to find out? new york comptroller thomas dinapoli may have the answer -- www.openbooknewyork.com.
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Visiting Students Get Inside Look At local Government
eureka -- on monday, six high school foreign exchange students hailing from ghana, indonesia, turkey and thailand shared information about their home governmental structures and got a crash course on how americans approach local city and county
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Global Bank Problems At A Glance - Sky.com
the irish government has decided to guarantee all deposits in the country's six main banks for the next two years. the safeguard applies to all deposits and borrowings in allied irish bank, bank of ireland, anglo irish bank, irish life and permanent ...
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China's Dairy Farmers Lectured On Food Safety - Healthcentral.com
beijing (reuters) - chinese president hu jintao publicly lectured a dairy executive on the importance of food safety tuesday, leading a media campaign to show the government's resolve in a scandal over tainted milk powder. thousands of children have ...
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Brazil Government Studies Measures To Aid Exporters - Report
sao paulo -(dow jones)- the brazilian government is studying measures to provide public credit sources for local exporters, local newspaper o estado de sao paulo reported tuesday.
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Wal-mart Funds Distributed To local Government, Schools
the coffers of bartlesville, ramona, washington county and a handful of local school districts have recently been enriched due to the ongoing activiies of one of the area’s most successful economic development endeavors to date.
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Lgap Awards City Of Leesville $250,000 To Repair Water Tank - Leesville Daily Leader
leesville mayor betty westerchil announced monday that the state's local government assistance program (lgap) has awarded leesville $250,000 to help repair the city's million gallon water storage tank which failed on july 20. the funds were made ...
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Greek Shares End Higher, Amid Blue Chip Bargain Hunting - Forbes
athens (thomson financial) - shares ended higher, reversing heavy morning losses, as investors stepped back into the market hunting for blue chip bargains, betting that the us bailout would eventually go through and fortified that the irish ...
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Local Bankers Comment On Bailout Failure
local bankers commented monday after the government’s proposed financial bailout plan failed to pass the u.s. house of representatives. they say oklahoma’s community banks should fare much better in the long run compared to banks in other states. “every now and then, you get the opportunity to feel rewarded,” said paul bass, president of first united bank & trust of shawnee. “i think this is ...
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Local Reaction Mixed On Failed Bailout Plan
local residents have differing views on the effectiveness of the federal government's $700 billion economic rescue package, which failed to pass the u.s. house on monday.
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Mass. Obtains Extension Of Medicaid Waiver - Boston Globe
boston— the state has reached an agreement with the federal government on a three-year extension of a medicaid waiver needed to help continue the state's landmark health care law. sources close to the negotiations tell the associated press that the ...
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Zimbabwe Opposition Denies Cabinet Deal Imminent - Reuters Africa
harare, sept 30 (reuters) - zimbabwe's opposition on tuesday denied a suggestion by president robert mugabe that a unity government deal was imminent, saying talks were still deadlocked. mugabe told supporters of his zanu-pf party on monday that he ...
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(afx Uk Focus) 2008-09-30 15:38 A2a Agrees To Buy 90 Pct Of Local Utility Aspem As Part Of Expansion Strategy
milan (thomson financial) - a2a spa, italy's largest municipally-owned utility, said it has reached an agreement with the varese city government to buy 90 percent of varese local utility aspem spa as part of its strategy of expansion.
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India Sugar Prices Stable Before Oct Local Sale Quota Release
mumbai (dow jones)--indian sugar prices in local spot markets were stable during the week to tuesday ahead of a monthly domestic sale quota to be released by the government wednesday.
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Millions Of Children 'face Poverty' - Croydon Guardian
millions of children are being "failed by the system" and living in or on the brink of poverty, it has been claimed. research by the campaign to end child poverty found that in 174 of the 646 parliamentary constituencies across the uk, more than half ...
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Feds Sue Developer Over Access To Apartments - Wreg
nashville, tenn. (ap) - the justice department has filed a lawsuit over accessibility for disabled people at seven nashville area apartment complexes. the lawsuit seeks to force knoxville-based murphy development llc to bring the buildings into ...
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Polk County Contingent Lobbies In St. Paul: The Message To Pawlenty Is Change The Way State Does Business With Local ...
standing shoulder-to-shoulder before a backdrop of hundreds of orange and yellow county-issued prisoner jumpsuits, more than 100 county commissioners and sheriffs crowded the state capitol's south steps thursday to deliver a message to lawmakers and governor tim pawlenty: it's time to reform the way the state does business with local government or government will shut down.
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India Min Says Government Working On Tax Relief For Local Airlines
new delhi -(dow jones)- india's federal government is working on steps to provide financial relief to the nation's struggling carriers as record-high fuel prices lead them toward record losses in the current fiscal year to march 31.
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Dexia Bank Gets Multi-nation $9.2b Bailout - Seattle Times
dexia became the second belgian bank this week to get a government and shareholder bailout tuesday when belgium, france and luxembourg said they would inject almost $9.2 billion to keep it afloat. dexia's ceo axel miller - who immediately stepped ...
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