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2 hrs ago | Richmond News

Longtime co-op housing residents Isabel Evans

Longtime co-op housing residents Isabel Evans and Anne Davidson, Co-op Housing Federation of Canada president discuss future challenges for co-ops. From early in the morning he's an apprentice electronics tech at Coast Mountain Bus Company, and from 4 p.m. to midnight she's a care home worker.

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Related Topix: Alternative, Housing, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Thu May 23, 2013

American Reporter

Brasch WordsA Turkey by Any Other Name is Still Governor of Alaska

Amid hundreds of spectators, most of them members of the media, the President makes a few cute comments, issues a pardon for the turkey and a "runner-up" , and then sends the turkeys off to a petting zoo or ranch, where they live about a year.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Alternative, US Governors, Sarah Palin, Wasilla, AK

Fiji Times

Ground availability moves FNRL games

Last week, FNRL received a major boost when Rugby League International Federation gave $A11,000 to cater for ground expenses.

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Related Topix: Alternative

The Motley Fool

Shareholders Should Reject Nabors' Imperial Chairmanship

In response to these concerns, the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees' pension plan submitted a shareholder proposal in Nabors' 2013 proxy pushing for an independent chair.

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Related Topix: Corporate Governance, Law, Alternative

Wed May 22, 2013

Deutsche Welle

High energy costs drive German firms to US

Soaring German energy costs in the wake of the country's transition to renewable energy have seen more and more firms thinking abut relocating their operations.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Germany, Alternative

International Business Times

Security Minister James Brokenshire: We are Tackling Cyber-Crime [VIDEO]

James Brokenshire, Home Office minister for security, said police cuts will not impact on the government's efforts to clamp down on cyber crime Security minister James Brokenshire has insisted that the government was trying to "up its game" in tackling the cyber security threat despite cutbacks to policing, after a report highlighted a 785m loss to ... (more)

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Related Topix: Small Business, Personal Finance, Alternative

GhanaWeb

MMDAs failing to release Common Fund to PWDs

The Ghana Federation of the Disabled says some Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies are failing to release the two per cent Common Fund meant for Persons With Disabilities .

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Related Topix: Alternative

Mon May 20, 2013

AlertNet

Using technology - and cooperation - to fight drought

People collect water at a well in Garissa, Kenya, on August 2, 2011. REUTERS/Ken Oloo/International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies/Handout When the governments of eastern Africa created the Intergovernmental Authority on Development more than 25 years ago, they hoped it would forge the cooperation needed to roll back the ... (more)

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, World News, Kenya, Africa, Alternative, Famine, Alternative Energy, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

Sun May 19, 2013

RTE.ie

Doubts raised over reaching savings target in 2013

Minister of State Brian Hayes has indicated that all of the 300 million in savings from the public service being sought for 2013 may not be reached this year under proposals currently being examined at the Labour Relations Commission.

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Related Topix: Alternative

Sat May 18, 2013

Bradenton.com

On Manatee's June 18 sales tax referendum: Issue lacks merit at this time

The Manatee County Commission approved a "special referendum" to request a public vote on June 18 for a half-cent sales tax increase to fund our indigent health care.

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Related Topix: Manatee County, FL, Tax, Alternative

Fri May 17, 2013

Daily Monitor

League: Back where we started

Whether its apparent lack of neutrality makes the ministry a credible arbitrator from now on is a matter for future discussions, but for now USLL insists they shall seek alternative means in their pursuit of 'justice' Last Monday thesports ministry pronounced itself on the football matters that have dogged this country over the last 12 months.

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Examiner.com

Star Trek Into Darkness: Abrams' 'Wrath' is convoluted but consistently fun

Contrarians may disagree, but I find Abrams' first Star Trek to be as strong a "reboot" as we've seen in cinematic history.

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Related Topix: Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, Theater, Arts, Chris Pine, Alternative

The Miami Herald

Groups divided on Bangladesh safety overhauls

The nation's largest retail industry organization fired back Friday, outlining reasons why a legally binding global pact to make Bangladesh clothing factories safer would expose merchants to undue legal exposure.

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Related Topix: Alternative, US Politics, US News, Sherrod Brown, US Senate, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Albany, OH, New Albany, OH, Retail, Wal Mart Stores

Thu May 16, 2013

American Reporter

Brasch WordsA Turkey by Any Other Name is Still Governor of Alaska

Amid hundreds of spectators, most of them members of the media, the President makes a few cute comments, issues a pardon for the turkey and a "runner-up" , and then sends the turkeys off to a petting zoo or ranch, where they live about a year.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Alternative, US Governors, Sarah Palin, Wasilla, AK

Insurance Journal West

North American Retailers Devising Own Bangladesh Workplace Safety Plans

North American retailers on Tuesday discussed forging their own Bangladesh safety agreement-an alternative to a legally binding accord that many European retailers have signed on to-though details of any alternative accord were still unclear.

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Related Topix: Sears Holdings Corporation, Alternative

Wed May 15, 2013

Sun-Star

Ravanera: Co-op Ville

IT HAS been said that we can live without food for 40 days, without water for eight days and without air for eight minutes.

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Related Topix: Alternative, Opinion

Myrtle Beach Online

Trade group slams safety pact for Bangladesh

At the same time the association is offering few details about an alternative plan it's pushing that it believes is more flexible for the fashion industry.

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Related Topix: Alternative, Apparel, PhillipsVan Heusen, Albany, OH, New Albany, OH, Retail, Wal Mart Stores, Business News

MyEyeWitnessNews.com

US Trade group slams retailers' global safety pact

The National Retail Federation, the nation's largest retail trade group, is slamming a global pact to improve safety conditions in Bangladesh, backed by mostly European retailers.

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Anarkismo Newswire

10 years of the Balkan Anarchist Bookfair

The Federation for Anarchist Organizing invites everyone to come to Ljubljana this May and join us at the Balkan Anarchist Bookfair .

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Related Topix: Alternative

Tue May 14, 2013

Yahoo!

North American retailers work on separate Bangladesh plan

North American retailers may join together on their own Bangladesh safety agreement, an alternative to a legally binding accord that mainly European retailers have signed onto, according to a person with knowledge of the discussions.

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