A plan to privately finance the twinning of the Port Mann Bridge and widen Highway 1 through a public-private partnership (P3) appears to be on shaky ground. The Australian financial partner in the scheme -- the...
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Dexia, the Belgian-French bank that's bankrolling three major infrastructure projects in British Columbia, saw its stock value plummet by more than 81 per cent in 2008. It was the largest loss by a company listed...
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Dexia, the Belgian-French bank that's involved in several public-private partnership schemes in British Columbia, may be broken up by the governments who bailed it out. The bank is providing financing for the Royal Jubilee Hospital expansion in Victoria, a new Surrey...
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Dexia, the Belgian-French bank that's backing a number of the B.C. Liberal government's public-private partnership (P3) schemes to build bridges and hospitals, has admitted that it could face serious losses as a result of the Madoff fraud case. " Franco-Belgian lender...
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A British newspaper is reporting that Dexia, the Franco-Belgian bank involved in financing B.C.'s Golden Ears Bridge project through a so-called public-private partnership (P3) deal, has failed to come up with the...
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Union officials have failed to reach a deal, and strikes are set to go ahead on Scotland's rail network. 450 members of the Rail Maritime and Transport Union will walk out today on the first of two 24-hour strikes. The next strike will start at noon on Thursday. "Commuters...
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" Britain’s increasing use of women on the front line of war was called into question yesterday after Afghanistan claimed its first female casualty. The intelligence officer, named last night as Sarah...
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This survey draws a link between average speed and fuel price. Increased prices would seem to be bad for the pocket but good for the environment. This said the stretch of motorway mentioned in the survey is one of...
"This page refreshes automatically every 2 minutes Correction - 31:08 GOAL - Danny GrahamLeeds 0 - Carlisle 1 Goal by Danny Graham (Carlisle) (bottom-left of goal) from right side of penalty area (12 yards).Leeds 0-1...
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Leeds v Carlisle (Mon)" Leeds v Carlisle (Mon) LEAGUE ONE PLAY-OFF SEMI-FINAL FIRST LEGVenue: Elland Road Date: Monday, 12 May Kick-off: 1945 BST Coverage: Live scores on BBC Sport...
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Leeds will have to settle for the play-offs."Leeds points appeal unsuccessful McAllister's side head for the play-offs after Thursday's verdict Leeds United have failed in their bid to claim back the 15 points they were deducted by the Football League. The decision by...
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Four points clear now." Leeds 3-2 Carlisle Leeds striker Dougie Freedman scored twice as they came from behind to beat high-flying Carlisle in League One.The Cumbrians took the lead when striker...
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