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US Airways
(photo: Public Domain Photo / Arpingstone)
Gulfstream may start local service to a few cities
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
| Pittsburgh International Airport has seen nonstop service to smaller cities in Pennsylvania, including Harrisburg, and surrounding states dwindle to almost nothing with cutbacks by US Airways. | But that all could change early next year if the plans of a Fort Lauderdale-based airline take flight. ...
In this photo from AirTran Airways, an AirTran jet with a likeness of singer Elton John is shown in this Monday, Feb. 7, 2005 in Atlanta. John's face will appear on 20 AirTran jets in a move designed to promote the airline's launch of satellite radio at each passenger seat.
(photo: AP / Terri Hanson Central Images)
Book an Excuse to Not Rake the Leaves Now With AirTran Airways' New Sale Fares
redOrbit
| ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AAI), today launched a sale for travel to all the airline's destinations with fares starting as low as $39*. Travelers may purchase these sale fares at http://www.airtran.com or via AirT...
A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Bahamas First General Insurance Company Limited
Insurance Newsnet
  | Copyright:Business WireSource:Business WireWordcount: | OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of "a-" of Bahamas First General Insurance Company ...
Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. Schedules Third Quarter Conference Call for Tuesday, November 10, 2009
redOrbit
Posted on: Thursday, 5 November 2009, 07:30 CST | GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. (Nasdaq: CWCO), which develops and operates seawater desalination plants and water distribution ...
Jamaica gearing up for big spenders with new policy
The Gleaner
| WESTERN BUREAU: | MINISTER OF Tourism Edmund Bartlett says Jamaica could attract more 'high rollers' or heavy spenders with Cabinet's recent approval of an inventory-enrichment strategy to allow merchants to import more high-end products into the i...
Change at the top of Mitchells & Butlers
The Times
| Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), the pub and restaurant operator, is seeking a new heavyweight non-executive director with a view to the successful candidate taking over as chairman in the next few months, The Times has learnt. | Drummond Hall, chairman ...
ag2  Shakira performing to a sold out crowd, in Miami, Florida on December 6, 2006.
WN / aruna
Exclusive: Shakira, Christie Brinkley Check In to Ugly Betty's Bahamas Episode
Seattle Post
| "She Wolf" Shakira and model-actress Christie Brinkley will appear in an upcoming episode of Ugly Betty, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. | The women will appear in an episod...
A specialist works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday, Oct. 27, 2008. Wall Street has ended another highly volatile session with a big last-minute loss as the market's stubborn worries about a protracted downturn in the economy and tight credit markets erased the bulk of the financial sector's gains. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 203 points, with almost all the decline coming in the last 10 minu
AP / Richard Drew
Switzerland and USA - Two tax-fraudulent Nations
WorldNews.com
Now, the USA and Switzerland have signed a DBA, a Double Taxation Treaty (Doppel-Besteuerungs-Abkommen). Now, Switzerland is no longer on a "Grey List" which means: Switzerland is ...
Leaders of G20 nations pose for a group photograph at the G20 London Summit, 2 April 2009;
Creative Commons / downingstreet
G20: Pledge by pledge
BBC News
| In April, headlines trumpeted a $1.1 trillion deal to help countries fight the economic crisis. Much of this funding was to be directed toward the International Monetary Fund. Th...
Weak U.S. could hamper recovery
The Miami Herald
| The heads of two of Latin America's largest multilateral lending organizations said Friday the region is beginning to emerge from the global economic downturn thanks to stronger ties with Asia and healthy commodity prices. | But the twin threats of...
Disney Cruise Line unveils new ship
Business Journal
Disney Cruise Line sailing to Alaska | Disney Cruise Line revealed details of its newest ship, the Disney Dream, which features new amenities such as a translucent water coaster. | The Disney Dream will set sail in early 2011 with features such as th...
Barack Obama 'let financial donors use White House cinema'
The Australian
| SENIOR Republicans demanded an investigation yesterday into reports that President Obama has given financial donors perks such as use of the White House cinema, golf games with the Commander-in-Chief and even the chance to shape policy. The allegat...
Caribbean
People walk in a street damaged by heavy rains in San Salvador, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009.
(photo: AP / Luis Romero)
40 die in El Salvador flooding
CBC
| Forty people in El Salvador have died after three days of rain caused by Hurricane Ida, the country's interior minister said Sunday. | Humberto Centeno said the deaths, from flooding and landslides, were reported in at least five of the 14 provinces of the mountainous Central American country. | Ida made landfall Thursday over east-central Nicara...
Business
Internet censorship seen liable to WTO challenge
(photo: EC / European Communities, 2009)
Internet censorship seen liable to WTO challenge
Canada Dot Com
       | GENEVA (Reuters) - Censorship of the Internet is open to challenge at the World Trade Organization as it can restrict trade in services delivered online, a forthcoming study says. A censorship case at the WTO could raise sovereignty issues, given the clear right of member states to restrict trade on moral grounds -- for example, by bl...



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