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Thomas Cook chairman Frank Meysman plots course out of choppy waters

“It was five points for six months,” says Meysman. “We’ve now laid the foundations and can get into the next six months which will be about focusing on the customer rather than just financial matters.” He trots out the five elements of his initial plan – keep the customer separate from the financial restructuring; overhaul [...]

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State / Local Briefs: Ex-FBI agent to discuss Smith case – Winston

CHARLOTTE – Ex-FBI agent to discuss Smith case A former FBI agent will release the results of his review of the police investigation that led to Kalvin Michael Smith’s conviction in the 1995 beating of Jill Marker. Smith supporters hired Chris Swecker last year to review the police investigation, which would be the fourth done [...]

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Honour student jailed for missing school

Diane Tran breaks down while describing how she works two jobs and studys all night to get by after her parents left her and her young brother and sister after they divorced. Picture: Khou-11 Source: Supplied A US honour student has been jailed for missing too much school in a heartbreaking case that has raised [...]

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Northern Rock Bank Run Offers A Lesson For Europe

* Northern Rock “run” was due to bank risk * Threat now is country risk * Currency risk another concern for bank depositors * Euro zone crisis raises worries in Greece, Spain By Steve Slater and Clare Kane LONDON, May 27 (Reuters) – In November 2010, rumours swirled through financial markets that Spanish bank BBVA [...]

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Edina marketing firm focuses on health & wealth

Health and wealth are a successful combination for BlueSpire Strategic Marketing of Edina. The firm focuses on providing traditional and digital marketing services to financial and health care companies and its expertise in those markets has helped see the company through numerous changes and also is the key to the company’s aggressive growth plans. Those [...]

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School board to sort out chartering rules

<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 10–> The Monroe City School Board will hold a special meeting Tuesday to consider the approval of at least two charter schools, but according to Louisiana law, the board appears not to have met the conditions to approve the schools. Louisiana law states the board shall hire an independent evaluator to review [...]

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Indigenous group fights NT intervention

Aboriginal communities in central Australia have pledged to fight the federal government’s Northern Territory intervention. Labor’s Stronger Futures draft laws are before the Senate and likely to pass with bipartisan support in mid-June. The laws will continue the intervention policies for another 10 years and include jail terms for alcohol possession, as well as a [...]

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Greece, Spain and Phantom Bank Runs

A lot has been made in the past few days about the amount of money being pulled from Greek and Spanish banks.  And, while, I agree the actions of people on the ground are significant from a sociological standpoint (i.e., faith in the monetary and political system in those countries is failing rapidly), I am [...]

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Mike Norrie of Castle Corporate Finance advises Swift Alarms Group on the …

Tonbridge (PRWEB UK) 27 May 2012 Crimewave was established 11 years ago by managing director, Justin Hammond, who remains with Swift Group to further develop the business. The company’s electronic security services are backed up by an experienced and discreet in-house security investigations team, staffed by former serving police officers. Castle led negotiations for Swift [...]

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Businesses announce personnel changes

Awards Famous Five Dining Inc., franchise owners of five Famous Dave’s restaurants in Tennessee, won a Tennessee SBA Small Business Person of the Year Team Award. Owners Mike and Tamara Lister, and Doug and Laurel Renegar, have more than 85 years of combined experience in the restaurant industry. And Petra Capital Partners of Nashville won [...]

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