Monthly Archives: August 2011

Defence witnesses listed for Michael Jackson trial

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Nine medical staff are set to give evidence that Michael Jackson was mentally unstable at the time of his death. Lawyers acting for Dr Conrad Murray - who is due to stand trial for the involuntary manslaughter of the music legend following his passing from acute Propofol intoxication in June 2009 - have a list of 103 potential witnesses, including doctors and nurses, in hope of strengthening his claim that he did not administer the lethal dose of the anaesthetic that killed the iconic singer Read more [...]

Sir Ken Morrison fined over £450m share sale

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The City watchdog has fined Sir Ken Morrison £210,000 for failing to disclose share sales worth more than £450m in the supermarket group founded by his father.The Financial Services Authority said Sir Ken broke stock market rules on "disclosure and transparency" when he failed to inform the company about a series of share disposals that cut his stake from 6.38% to 0.9% over a three-year period. The fine was reduced from £300,000 after he cooperated with the investigation and agreed to settle Read more [...]

Home buyers finding competition for nice homes in Seattle

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Windermere Real Estate agent Peter Richmond listed a house between Fremont and Ballard for $450,000 on July 29 but put off accepting any offers for a week. It's a technique that was pretty common in the go-go housing market of the middle '00s but fell out of practice as the market tipped in favor of buyers. A week later, he had two offers. "At this point, I think you're doing the seller a disservice to take the first offer that comes in," Richmond said. "I think there's too much demand." Three Read more [...]

Why we must save our history from arsonists

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Twelve listed or historical buildings have been destroyed or damaged in fires since April. Deborah McAleese reports on new efforts to end the attacks It was the last wet-spinning flax mill in Ireland, dating back to the Famine era, but last month 176 years of history was almost wiped out in a suspected arson attack. The historic Herdman’s Mill in Sion Mills is one of 12 listed or important historical buildings damaged or destroyed in fires since April. Although this Read more [...]

Damn that bad luck

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If the poor man didn’t have bad luck, he wouldn’t have any luck at all:“We had reversed the recession, avoided a depression, gotten the economy moving again,” Obama told a crowd in Decorah, Iowa.  “But over the last six months we’ve had a run of bad luck.”  Obama listed three events overseas — the Arab Spring uprisings, the tsunami in Japan, and the European debt crises — which set the economy back.“All those things have been headwinds for our economy,” Obama said.  “Now, Read more [...]

Angel Mining completes first gold sale from Nalunaq

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Angel Mining (ANGM) said on Monday it had completed its first gold sale from the Nalunaq mine in Greenland for $523,000 (£320,695).The AIM-listed miner said it sent a shipment of five dore bars weighing 11.5 kilograms (kg) to Switzerland for refining last week.In its initial x-ray assay the refiner estimated the gold and silver content to be 9.93kg of gold and 1kg of silver.But the definitive assay will not be completed for a few days yet. Read more [...]