BA moots merger with Qantas (Guardian Unlimited) News of potential merger with Australian rival reflects how harsh realities of economic downturn are forcing consolidation in airline industry. By Graeme Wearden |
Rail regulator ready to head off Christmas engineering chaos (Guardian Unlimited) Britain's rail regulator is putting Network Rail's engineering work over Christmas and new year under the spotlight following the travel chaos caused by overruns last year. The Office of Rail Regulation said Network Rail was planning major works at 60 sites over the festive season and said it wanted reassurances there would be no repeat of last year's problems, for which the ORR fined ... |
Livingston challenges county tax increase projection (The Times and Democrat) Calling for a "clarification," an Orangeburg County councilman challenged property tax projections previously provided by another councilman. |
Hanceville police make quick arrests (Cullman Times) By Patrick McCrelessstaff writersHanceville police officers arrested three suspects Friday, less than an hour after they allegedly stole various items from the vehicle of a local resident. |
JP Morgan - Financial Forecast (Scoop.co.nz) Previously, we had forecast that the RBNZ would cut the official cash rate (OCR) at least 100bp on Thursday. |
Victor board deals with budget snafus (MPNnow.com) The Town Board held a special meeting to fix minor problems that the county Department of Real Property Tax Services found in Victor’s 2009 budget. |
Small Business Healthcare: Protect Your Employees (MoreBusiness) The fact is that your employees do need health insurance and it might cost a lot less than you think to offer your employees this important benefit. That is not to say that health coverage is cheap. |
Mutual appeal: Money managers find options (Norwalk Advocate) With problems besetting the hedge fund industry, some money managers may consider setting up mutual funds as an alternative for investors. |
North Falmouth Furniture Store Closes Its Doors (The Falmouth Enterprise) FALMOUTH- After three years in business, Falmouth Furniture Company on North Falmouth Highway will be closing at the end of this month and liquidating its inventory. |
Resolve income fund appoints former Minacs executives as CEO, CFO (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News) TORONTO - Resolve Business Outsourcing Income Fund (TSX:RBO.UN), which recently suspended distributions to unitholders, has a new chief executive officer - Clublink founder Bruce Simmonds, who is also a former CEO of call-centre operator Minacs Worldwide. |