Monthly Archive: May 2018

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At the site of a massacre, a survivor looks for peace

NASHVILLE — He felt like an invisible force was drawing him into the parking lot, past the four new white crosses in the driveway, the balloons and the flowers, and the letters addressed to the dead. He felt it pulling him into his regular spot, the one where he had been sitting in his car […]

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Goldman Sachs to pay $109.5 million for trading violations

NEW YORK — Goldman Sachs agreed Tuesday to pay a combined $109.5 million in fines to federal and New York state authorities to settle charges that the investment bank’s currency traders unlawfully shared customers’ order information with other banks in order to take advantage of the market. Goldman is the latest big bank ensnared in […]

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Regulator orders a much lower rate increase for Manitoba Hydro customers

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Hydro has lost a bid to raise electricity rates this year by almost eight per cent. The provincial Public Utilities Board has instead approved an average rate increase of 3.6 per cent as of June 1. The regulator has also ordered the Crown utility to set up a new, separate rate class […]

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Changes could enable feds to spend $7B in budgeted money on other things: PBO

OTTAWA — A new report says the Trudeau government’s efforts to streamline the budgeting process means $7 billion in new spending commitments from its recent budget would be subject to far less parliamentary scrutiny — and could technically be spent on something other than the promised measures. The federal budget watchdog’s warning is focused on […]

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514-BILLETS dinged for unsolicited texts, to pay $10 coupons to clients: CRTC

GATINEAU, Que. — Owners of Quebec-based ticket reseller 514-BILLETS have agreed to offer $10 rebate coupons to 7,500 clients in the first application of Canada’s anti-spam law has been applied to unsolicited messages sent to mobile phones. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission alleged that 514-BILLETS violated the law by sending text messages without the […]