Hamilton: Ontario should reconsider offshore wind
July 31st, 2011
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A typical Toronto household will see its electricity bill drop by 91 cents a month under new rates approved for Toronto Hydro.
The new rates, set by the Ontario Energy Board, are effective May 1, 2011, so bills will be slightly adjusted to make up for the past three months.
The energy board says a typical household […]
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Most of the nation’s largest metropolitan areas are seeing a sharp drop in foreclosure activity as banks take longer to move against homeowners who are behind on their mortgage payments.
In the first half of this year, 84 percent of metropolitan areas with a population of at least 200,000 saw their foreclosure rate drop versus the […]
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Italian automaker Fiat SpA raised its 2011 forecasts Tuesday after reporting a huge jump in second-quarter profits thanks to the takeover and integration of Chrysler.
Fiat, which controls Chrysler with a 53.5 percent stake, reported second-quarter earnings of euro1.3 billion ($1.9 billion), compared with euro90 million in the same period a year earlier. Revenues rose 40 […]
Most casual gardeners can blast a hose on their parched, sun-stricken plants, then retreat inside to an air-cooled living room and a glass of iced tea payday advance lenders. But farmers
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World stock markets climbed Friday as investors signaled their approval of a massive new bailout plan for Greece and broader measures to tackle the continent’s debt problems.
A rally that began the day in Asia extended to Europe, with all major markets in positive territory.
In early European trading, London’s FTSE 100 rose 0.9 percent to 5,950.06. […]
James Murdoch has been contradicted over testimony in which he claimed to have been unaware of a critical piece of evidence in Britain’s phone hacking scandal.
Murdoch was quizzed by parliamentarians earlier this week over an email dating back several years which suggested that other journalists at his company were involved in the campaign of illegal […]
Minnesota lawmakers have approved a budget deal that will end a 20-day state government shutdown as soon as Gov. Mark Dayton signs it.
The state House and Senate approved the budget during a special session, with the last vote coming early Wednesday morning after lawmakers worked through the night. The session began Tuesday afternoon.
It wasn’t clear […]
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Britain’s spreading phone hacking and police bribery scandal forced two of London’s top police officers to resign in less than 24 hours and prompted Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday to call for an emergency session of parliament.
Scotland Yard chief Paul Stephenson stepped down Sunday night, followed out the door Monday by Assistant Commissioner John […]
Tripoli was rocked by a series of airstrikes by NATO forces in the early hours of the morning Sunday.
Libyan television reported that the “NATO crusader forces” had hit civilian and military targets in the eastern suburb of Tajoura.
Just after midnight Sunday, a series of dull rumbles and flashes could be seen to the east of […]
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