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Jet passenger held in airline mercury spill
1001 days ago | 0 comment
An airline passenger faces United States federal charges after illegally carrying mercury that leaked inside his suitcase, forcing Puerto Rico’s main international airport to shut down several terminals and delay numerous flights….
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Gov’t to aid farmers with irrigation
1015 days ago | 0 comment
The Government has outlined a number of measures to assist the island’s farmers with irrigation as local meteorologists predict continued dry weather for the next two months.Drought has already reduced crop production, which declined drastically [...]
Should Shaw go? – Analysts have mixed views on whether the finance minister should resign
1015 days ago | 0 comment
Finance Minister Audley Shaw is coming under increasing pressure as Jamaica faces what is widely accepted as one of its worst economic challenges since Independence. With several questions being asked, even before he was given control of the [...]
Fed gathers to take US economy’s pulse
1016 days ago | 0 comment
With the United States (US) economy turning a corner, Federal Reserve policymakers will consider whether some programmes intended to ease the recession and stem the financial crisis should be extended. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues [...]
Venezuela to pay down oil debt – Expects crude prices to drive up economy
1016 days ago | 0 comment
Venezuela’s state oil company says it has agreed to pay down a US$1 billion loan secured from its United States-based affiliate over a year ago.Petroleos de Venezuela SA said in a statement it would start paying the loan …
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