Bank run on Northern Rock -
Britons withdraw billions
Shareholders joined customers Monday in a run on one of Britain's largest mortgage lenders, driving shares sharply lower despite continuing assurances from the government that the company was solvent. Lines of account holders snaked around branches of Northern Rock PLC...
Portland PC to relocate Musgrave market vendors to effect repairs
With the Portland Parish Council desperately seeking to relocate vendors housed at the Musgrave market in Port Antonio - in order to carry out repairs - conditions at that facility have worsened since the passage of Hurricane Dean. Since the passage of the hurricane...
Microsoft suffers EU antitrust defeat
Microsoft suffered a decisive antitrust defeat on Monday when a European Union (EU) court upheld a landmark ruling that the world's largest software maker had abused its dominant market position to crush rivals. The second-highest EU court dismissed the company's appeal...
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