TORONTO Canadas official international reserves rose $194 million in April, the federal Finance Department reported. At April 30, the reserves of foreign currencies, gold and other monetary assets totaled $69.544 billion, up from $69.350 billion a month earlier. All reserve figures are reported in US funds. The government reported no official intervention in the foreign-currency market in April. There were no sales of gold settled in April, leaving month-end gold holdings at 100,000 ounces. The finance department reported that the [...]
Daily Archives: May 12, 2012
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Enterprise criticized for stance on rental car safety bill
Negotiations aimed at regulating repair of rental vehicles with defects have bogged down, dimming hopes of passing legislation that has become the focus of a nationwide Internet campaign. Clayton-based Enterprise Holdings Inc., a key player in the talks, is being accused by consumer advocates of seeking loopholes that would let companies rent and sell cars under recall for safety reasons without getting them fixed.
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AMCON to sell Mainstreet, Enterprise, Keystone on capital market
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) is considering the option of taking the Nationalised banks on the sales block to the nation’s capital market, so as to give opportunity to the public to invest in the institutions, Mustapha Chike-Obi has said. Chike -Obi,managing director of AMCON, who also disclosed that over 20 institutions have expressed interest in the Keystone, Mainstreet and Enterprise banks, said the option which is being considered along others, is to further deepen the market. Speaking [...]
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Study: 45% of Children Not Regularly Engaged in Sports Outside Class
The study revealed that the most popular forms of regular excercise are bicycle riding, swimming and football. The survey also revealed that 73 percent of parents encourage their children to lead an active and healthy lifestyle. Nevertheless, only 45 percent engage in a sports activity together with their child. Around 60 percent of the polled parents named hiking as one of their favorite pastimes with children. Watching television together was habitual for 34 percent, while reading or doing homework together [...]
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Parathyroid Surgeons Named Among Best Surgeons and Doctors in America Again in …
TAMPA, Fla., May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ – Dr. James Norman, Dr. Douglas Politz, and Dr. Jose Lopez of the Norman Parathyroid Center have been recognized by multiple groups as the best doctors for 2012. They had already been recognized in the top 1% of surgeons by US News and World Reports. But when each was chosen this past month as “America’s Top Surgeons” by the Consumers Research Council of America, it completed a sweep of the most important [...]
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BoJ minutes: powerful monetary easing here to stay
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