The Canadian Press February 29, 2008 - 10:33 a.m. TORONTO - Gold was quoted at C$949 bid (US$969) and C$950 asked (US$970) in mid-morning trading Friday by Thomas Cook, a major gold and foreign exchange dealer.
Newport Gold Inc. and TMBW International Resources , a Private Corporation, are pleased to announce, subject to regulatory approval, a joint venture arrangement wherein Newport Gold has agreed to acquire a 50% Interest in TMBW's project known as the "Mac Property."
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) †The 800-win club has a new member: C. Vivian Stringer. Stringer joined Pat Summitt and Jody Conradt as the only women’s basketball coaches to win 800 games as No. 4 Rutgers beat DePaul 60-46 on Wednesday night.
C&C Group is set to launch Draught Magners Original Cider this summer supported by what it calls a “heavyweight” multimedia marketing campaign. Activity is set to include TV and outdoor and will be created by Young Euro RSCG with media planning handled by MPG.
Washington, D.C. --The Department of the Treasury was honored today by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) for the historic restoration and appropriate modernization of the Treasury Building.
Findings from a National Institutes of Health (NIH) study indicate that rates of tobacco use during pregnancy, as well as exposure of pregnant women and their young children to secondhand smoke, are significant threats to health in several low and middle-income countries.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Consumer spending was essentially flat for the second straight month in January, raising new concerns about a possible recession. The Commerce Department said today that spending posted a 0.4 percent rise in January, which was better than economists had been expecting.
A "rare opportunity" to attend a papal Mass will be offered to 500 of about 250,000 Catholics belonging to parishes and missions throughout the region, a Harrisburg diocesan spokesman said.
CLYDE, N.C. -- A hospital in western North Carolina has lost federal funding. Inspectors at Haywood Regional Medical Center in Clyde found potentially dangerous problems in how drugs were administered.