Malaysia Nov factory output falls 7.7pc - Business Times Malaysia
MALAYSIA's November factory output saw its biggest annual fall in seven years, official data today showed, as demand slowed. The industrial production index, which measures manufacturing, mining and electricity output, fell 7.7 per cent in November ...
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Minister Killeen Welcomes Announcement On Energy Prices - PR Inside
2009-01-02 17:26:48 - Friday, 02 January 2009 - Minister of State Tony Killeen has welcomed the announcement by the Commission for Energy Regulation that the price of both gas and electricity should remain at current levels up to 1 October 2009. The ...
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No more energy price rises - regulator - RTE Online
The chairman of the Commission for Energy Regulation, Michael Tutty, has said there the price of both gas and electricity should remain at current levels up to 1 October 2009. And he said he was hopeful that there may be a price reduction for gas ...
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Security Council resolution calls for Israel to withdraw & Hamas to ... - New York Daily News
The UN Security Council has called for Hamas and Israel to declare a ceasefire, ending weeks of fighting that has left hundreds of Palestinians dead. The UN Security Council Thursday night approved a resolution hammered out by key Arab nations and ...
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Gaza: UN Protection of civilians weekly report - Jan 1 to 8 - Muslim News
Since the Israeli military operation ?Cast lead? began on 27 December until 8 January (4:00PM), 758 Palestinians have been killed?approximately 42% of whom were women (60) and children (257) according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The ...
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Plans to renovate mill fall to pieces - Augusta Chronicle
A plan to transform one of Augusta's largest and most historic landmarks into a mixed-use development along the Augusta Canal has been abandoned. Sibley Mill, with 518,000 square feet of polished maple floors and five stories of heart-pine beams, had ...
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Hudson River Lovers Fight to Shutter Aging Nuclear Power Plant - Bloomberg
Jan. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The Indian Point nuclear power plant in Buchanan, New York is showing its age. Patches of rust scar its gray concrete domes, and a derelict smokestack looms over the decades-old facility, which still commands a choice view of ...
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Code changes bother builders - Houston Business Journal
The Greater Houston Builders Association is fighting a residential building code change by the City of Richmond, claiming the revisions could raise the price of a home by as much as $5,000 in Fort Bend County. Adam Aschmann, vice president of the ...
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Metro weighs unprecedented cuts to jobs, service to close budget gap - Washington Examiner
Metro officials are proposing to trim hundreds of jobs and make unprecedented cuts to rail and bus service as the transit agency grapples with the repercussions of a recession. Metro General Manager John Catoe told the agency?s board of directors ...
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Ten ways to cut your energy bills - Daily Telegraph
There will be little Christmas cheer for householders from their energy suppliers, despite a significant fall in the wholesale price of gas and electricity in recent weeks. Energy companies say they may pass on the price reductions, but not until ...
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