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November 3, 2011

TD Bank adds $9 savings account fee, hikes others

As other banks recoil from the customer wrath they faced after attempting to introduce debit card fees, TD Bank is rolling out a brand new fee and hiking others. Starting in December, TD Bank (TD) savings account customers who exceed six…

November 3, 2011

US Federal Reserve slashes US growth forecasts

The US Federal Reserve has slashed its forecast for US growth and upped its expectation for unemployment next year. Despite this, the Fed voted to keep interest rates on hold and maintain its bond-buying programmes. The decision was entirely what…

November 3, 2011

Italian Cabinet Fails to Reach Consensus On Financial reforms

Italy's cabinet has held an emergency meeting on ways to accelerate budget reforms and avert a major financial crisis. Italy's prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is expected to face intense pressure from G20 leaders to produce a set of concrete…

November 3, 2011

California protesters shut down Oakland port

Thousands of anti-corporate greed demonstrators have closed one of America's busiest ports. A spokesman for the Port of Oakland in California said maritime operations had effectively halted. The shutdown capped a day in which hundreds of city…

November 3, 2011

Third woman claims inappropriate behaviour from Cain

A third woman has reportedly accused leading Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain of inappropriate behaviour in the workplace. She alleges she received unwanted comments from Mr Cain during his tenure as head of a restaurant lobby group.…

November 3, 2011

Gaddafi son Saif al-Islam ‘may be trying to flee Libya’

The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor says Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam may be trying to flee Libya with help from mercenaries. In a statement to the UN Security Council, Luis Moreno-Ocampo called on other countries to disrupt…

November 2, 2011

Three masked subjects entered and robbed an establishment

The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police, Criminal Investigation…

November 2, 2011

Elections prep finally underway

DEFINITIVE preparations are finally underway to get the…

November 2, 2011

PNP pledges independence referendum

TRAMPLING of democracy, refusal to stage imminent elections, imposition of taxes without consent and the erosion of human rights under the new constitution. Just some of the claims levelled at London by the PNP which this week announced an active…

November 2, 2011

Darren Bravo bangs 195 as Windies go for win

West Indies’ bid for victory in the second Test against Bangladesh hit a snag yesterday,…