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- How To Tip When You Travel
- How To Tip When You TravelUK tips are differentI do travel quite a bit in the Americas and Europe and I have lived in England for many years.15% for Taxi and 10% for restaurannts as indicated in your table would only be appropriate for high end transportation and dining. But...
- Discussion threads 2007-07-06
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- Backyard: Fireworks costlier and safer this year
- This July 4 and 24 are expected to have bigger, brighter, louder and more expensive fireworks than past celebrations. But surprisingly, the increase in price has little to do with the struggling economy and even less to do with the increase in the legal amount of pyrotechnic...
- Articles 2008-07-03
- MARKET NEWS
- GOING UP... The cost of buying or remortgaging a property. Halifax, the country's largest mortgage lender, introduced a 245 borrowers' fee on Monday, making buying a home or remortgaging more expensive. All new customers will be charged the "mortgage account fee", which will incorporate tariffs a borrower...
- Articles 2008-07-02
- The energy shortage
- THE U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced that it has opened an investigation into whether futures traders conspired to drive up oil prices. We doubt the investigation is necessary; when one considers breakneck economic development in India and China, the weak U.S. dollar, and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting...
- Articles 2008-06-30
- 'Pay to stay' at the Purgatory Jail'Pay to stay' at the Purgatory
- It's definitely not a resort, but $45 will soon get you an all- inclusive stay in Purgatory. The Washington County Sheriff's Office is implementing a "pay to stay" program at the Purgatory Jail effective July 15. The jail's new chief said it is designed to offset increasing...
- Articles 2008-06-28
- Decrease in flights troubles the Caribbean
- Could airline cutbacks send Caribbean beachgoers elsewhere this winter? That's the growing concern of Caribbean tourism industry leaders as they grapple with a double whammy of reduced air service and a slumping U.S. economy. A reduction in air service -- the only way for most Americans...
- Articles 2008-06-27
- WestCan Uranium Corp. Applies for Manitoba Coal Exploration Permits
- WestCan Uranium Corp. (TSX VENTURE: WCU)(FRANKFURT: IAR) ("WestCan") ("the Company") is pleased to announce the Company has applied to the Government of Manitoba for a coal exploration permit on two sections of land close to the Manitoba/Saskatchewan border. The decision was prompted by examination of Manitoba Geological Survey maps which...
- Articles 2008-06-27
- Silver Fields Resources Inc. Applies for Manitoba Coal Exploration Permits
- Silver Fields Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: SF)(FRANKFURT: RLQ) ("Silver Fields") ("the Company") is pleased to announce the Company has applied to the Government of Manitoba for a coal exploration permit on two sections of land close to the Manitoba/Saskatchewan border. The decision was prompted by examination of Manitoba Geological Survey...
- Articles 2008-06-27
- Americans cut back on savings, healthcare as gas price soars
- WASHINGTON AFP — Nearly half of Americans are saving less, and nearly a quarter have reined in their spending on food and healthcare as soaring petrol prices bite into household budgets, a survey showed Thursday. "Forty-five percent of respondents have been putting less money into savings accounts; 24...
- Articles 2008-06-26
- Pay for a Semester in College With Luck!
- And wear the best looking shirts ever HILTON HEAD, S.C., June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Every year the price of school and university fees go up. Students are scrambling to take a job or two to help them support their education. Miscellaneous fees, matriculation, living expenses -- being...
- Articles 2008-06-26
- Spiraling gas prices force US schoolchildren to hoof it
- WASHINGTON AFP — US school children will face longer walks to the bus stop, longer days and shorter weeks at school, while university students are pushed to take online courses, all thanks to relentless spiraling fuel prices. Several counties in the central-eastern state of Maryland are considering giving...
- Articles 2008-06-25
- 'Is it madness to go for a cheap SVR?'
- THE MORTGAGE CLINIC BEAT THE CRUNCH We're seeking another two-year fix but the best mortgage we can find is a very high 6.25 per cent. This is almost unaffordable for our 140,000 interest-only loan, and we've noticed that the standard variable rate on...
- Articles 2008-06-25
- The MBA Tour: International MBAs Flock to U.S. Schools
- The MBA Tour reports that rising currency values in Europe, China, and India coupled with a low U.S. dollar is creating wide-spread interest in American MBA programs. Both the euro and the Chinese Yuan have appreciated vs. the U.S. dollar over the past 3 years; the euro by 30% and...
- Articles 2008-06-25
- Texas Groups: Agency Vote Will Force 2 Million of State's "Most Vulnerable" Phone Consumers to Pay Unfair, Higher Taxes
- TCA, Gray Panthers Criticize CSEC for "Misleading Media" About Impact of Friday Decision; Reconsideration of Action Recommended at July 25th Meeting AUSTIN, Texas -- Two statewide consumer groups today criticized the Commission on State Emergency Communications CSEC for voting to collect a new prepaid cell phone tax hitting...
- Articles 2008-06-24
- Consult A Doctor Unveils Next Generation Consumer Driven Telemedicine Program for the Health Insurance Industry
- Innovative Health Plan Program offers powerful solutions designed to reduce costs and provide members 24/7 access to physicians via phone, secure e-mail and online MIAMI, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- -- Access to Appropriate Care in Lowest Cost Setting Providing healthcare in the home, the least...
- Articles 2008-06-23
- Corn, soybean prices to rise since floods swallowed crops
- NEW YORK -- Raging Midwest floodwaters that swallowed crops and sent corn and soybean prices soaring are about to give consumers more grief at the grocery store. In the latest bout of food inflation, beef, pork, poultry and even eggs, cheese and milk are expected to get...
- Articles 2008-06-23
- Work together to avert floods
- Four decades ago I asked then-Interior Secretary Stewart L. Udall why there wasn't a national reclamation project to send floodwaters to drought areas or to collect and store them for future use. His reply was that it would be too expensive. I wonder how many times more...
- Articles 2008-06-23
- PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES REVEALED: THE POLITICIANS AND
- They are the guardians of our ecology. But do they practise what they preach, asks Environment Editor Rob Edwards THEY urge everyone else to leave their cars at home to help save the planet, then they jump into theirs. The board members of the...
- Articles 2008-06-22
- New Glasgow fund looking for bargain premises PROPERTY: INVESTMENT
- TWO Glasgow-based property investors have teamed up with RBS to launch a GBP70 million commercial property fund to take advantage of the downturn in the market. Andrew Templeton and John White, who run LTL Partners, have launched Sanderling Estates to concentrate on investments in the GBP2m to...
- Articles 2008-06-22
- New SAT is little better than old
- The writing section added to the SAT has done very little to improve the exam's overall ability to predict how students will do in college, according to research released Tuesday by the test's owner. Critics of the SAT seized on the College Board's findings, which came three...
- Articles 2008-06-18
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