Week ahead on Bay Street

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Beset by the threat of inflation on one side and risk of recession on the other, the Bank of Canada is expected to try and steer a steady course of stable rates this coming week... Submitted by: owntype | Visited 5 times | Comments 0

♦ Big Brother 9: Alex expecting eviction

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Alexandra thinks she will be up for eviction this week but has vowed not to change her behaviour. She said: "I so reckon I'm up this week. I'm preparing myself. "My name's going to be called, I know for a fact. I don't mind hearing my name. It's not like I'm going to change my behaviour. I'm just going to roll with it." I so reckon I'm up this week. I'm preparing myself. Submitted by: wisdom786 - Visited 21 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Google Makes Street Views Useful With Directions Mashup

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Google has turned Street Views, the virtual street level tours, from a fun diversion to a useful feature by combining them with driving directions. The new features mean that when you're searching for driving directions in one of the 42 U.S. cities that have Street View images, you can now preview each intersection in your route. When you search for directions in a city with Street Views... Submitted by: campolar - Visited 5 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Banks increase borrowing from Fed's emergency program

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WASHINGTON — Banks stepped up their borrowing over the past week from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program, while Wall Street firms didn't draw such loans. A Fed report released Thursday said commercial banks averaged $16.4 billion in daily borrowing over the past week. That was up from $13.9 billion in the previous week. Submitted by: Smyrl - Visited 3 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ U.S. military tribunals at Gitmo resume despite challenges

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A Guantanamo detainee holds onto a fence on the grounds of the maximum security prison at Camp 5, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, June 26, 2006. GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) U.S. military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay resume this week even as new legal challenges could throw the system into further turmoil. Five men charged in the Sept. 11 attacks... Submitted by: fibonacci81 - Visited 3 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Wii Fit on Top for Third Week Running in Oz

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Nintendo’s Wii Fit continues to outmuscle Grand Theft Auto IV in Australia.The exergaming title spent its third week at the top of the Oz software chart since debuting at No1 the week after GTA IV released.   The Xbox 360 version of GTA IV held onto second place during the week ended May 25, while the PS3 version dropped one spot to No4. Sandwiched between the pair was Wii Play... Submitted by: 1mak - Visited 5 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ 30-, 15-year mortgage rates change little in week

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Thirty-year mortgage rates averaged 6.37% the week ended July 10, up slightly from 6.35% a week ago, according to a survey released Thursday by Freddie Mac, while 15-year mortgages stood at an average of 5.91%, compared with 5.92% last week. One-year adjustable rate mortgages, or ARMs, held steady at an average of 5.17%. Freddie Mac (FRE) said the "5/1" ARM... Submitted by: CoolWebStuff - Visited 3 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Big Week Ahead for the Canadian and New Zealand Dollars

1 vote	Of the three commodity producing currencies, the Australian dollar was the markets biggest focus this past week. Not only were employment numbers released, but currency pair soared to a new 25 year high this morning. A move above the August 1982 high of 0.9905 would mark a 26 year high for the currency. Next week... Submitted by: vexx - Visited 7 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Dame Kelly Holmes Celebrates National School Sport Week

1 vote	Watch the gold medallist get up to 3 million kids involved in the week long event Dame Kelly Holmes is touring the country to mark the first ever National School Sport Week – a week-long celebration of PE and school sport across thousands of schools in England. Submitted by: nihcer - Visited 2 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ In Pictures: This week's celeb birthdays

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You could be forgiven for thinking you've accidentally clicked on Gay Spy this week as there are not two but three US heartthrobs celebrating their special day (four if you count David Hasselhoff!) Throw some foxy ladies into the mix and this week's gallery is a veritable parade of eye candy. 'Coronation Street' extras face the axe? Hollyoaks: Is John Paul... LBC General Chit-Chat 2... Submitted by: lash - Visited 10 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Big Brother 9: Dennis' eviction hopes

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Dennis wants the whole house to be up for eviction next week. He said: "You know what I hope? I hope the whole House goes up for eviction next week so it's fair." "Four people went up and it wasn't fair because they didn't get a fair dig at the first week." You know what I hope? I hope the whole House goes up for eviction next week so it's fair. Submitted by: spark23 - Visited 8 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Lil Wayne's 'Tha Carter III' sells a million in a week

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Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III sold 1.01 million copies last week, the first album to top the million mark in a week since 50 Cent's The Massacre in 2005. Signs abounded that the New Orleans rapper was about to break big. Last week, the album sold 423,000 copies its first day. Hit single Lollipop has sold 2.14 million downloads and is the year's top-selling ringtone at nearly 2 million... Submitted by: dubayou - Visited 11 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Phoenix Mars Lander gets first scoop of Martian soil

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LOS ANGELES — NASA's newest spacecraft on Mars got down and dirty, taking its first practice scoop of Martian soil ahead of the actual dig expected later this week, scientists said Monday. NASA's newest spacecraft got down and dirty on Mars, taking its first practice scoop of Martian soil ahead of the actual dig expected later this week, scientists said Monday. Submitted by: BreezeTR - Visited 7 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Lego Indy Swings Back to Top UK Chart

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LucasArts’ Lego Indiana Jones reclaimed the No1 spot from Konami’s Metal Gear Solid 4 during the week ended June 21.After a fierce battle last week, sales of Lego Indy and MGS4 fell 29 percent and 59 percent respectively, seeing the latter drop one place to second on the UK All Formats chart.   Atari’s multiplatform title Alone in the Dark debuted at No3. Submitted by: SecureWebDev - Visited 7 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ South Africa row over who Mugabe Street is named after

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South Africa's Durban municipality has denied that a road called Mugabe Street is named after Zimbabwe's leader Robert Mugabe, who won disputed polls in June. Siyabonga Mngadi, chair of the street renaming task team, told the BBC the street was named after a "local hero". He was responding to complaints from residents quoted in the media, calling for the road to be renamed. Submitted by: kelhalla - Visited 6 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Phoenix Mars Lander gets first scoop of Martian soil

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LOS ANGELES — NASA's newest spacecraft on Mars got down and dirty, taking its first practice scoop of Martian soil ahead of the actual dig expected later this week, scientists said Monday. NASA's newest spacecraft got down and dirty on Mars, taking its first practice scoop of Martian soil ahead of the actual dig expected later this week, scientists said Monday. Submitted by: alfaresy - Visited 2 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Big Brother 9: Alex up for eviction

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Argumentative Alexandra is up for eviction this week, but has vowed not to change her behaviour. The news will not come as a surprise to loudmouth Alex she admitted she was expecting to be up for eviction yesterday (16.06.08). Despite claiming to be "preparing" herself to leave, she vowed facing the axe would not make her change her behaviour. I so reckon I'm up this week. Submitted by: GoWithABC - Visited 162 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Downtown gets a new supermarket

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The Kress IGA Supermarket, below street level at 1423 Third Ave., is set to open Wednesday, assuming the frenzied construction and merchandising still under way Monday morning are completed. Scheduled to remain open every day of the week from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., the store is meant to serve residents and workers located within a four-block radius, as well as passers-by. Within two months... Submitted by: mattjack - Visited 3 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Big Brother 9: Dennis' eviction hopes

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Dennis wants the whole house to be up for eviction next week. He said: "You know what I hope? I hope the whole House goes up for eviction next week so it's fair." "Four people went up and it wasn't fair because they didn't get a fair dig at the first week." You know what I hope? I hope the whole House goes up for eviction next week so it's fair. Submitted by: Randombase - Visited 7 - Comments 0 - Write first comment