Word: canadianization
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...That response did come. The Federal Reserve said it would lower interest rates by 50 basis points along with five other central banks: the European Central Bank, the Bank of England and the Swiss, Canadian and Swedish banks. But the announcement arrived after Asian markets had closed, too late to put the brakes on a near free fall in Asian stocks that began on Monday. In Japan, the world's second-largest economy, the benchmark Nikkei index plummeted 9.4%, its biggest one-day drop since the global stock market crash of October 1987. Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng index...
...required the builder to allow other producers to use the pipe, even if that meant expanding it at the builder's expense. That was a nonstarter with the big producers, who didn't even put in bids. In the end, the only acceptable offer came from TransCanada, an independent Canadian pipeline builder...
...products appear more nutritious. Melamine is not toxic, but inside the body it can cause kidney stones and renal failure. In 2007, material containing melamine - but labeled as wheat gluten and rice protein - was shipped from Chinese manufacturers to pet food companies in the U.S. and elsewhere. After a Canadian pet food company announced it was voluntarily recalling food that was sickening pets, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration fielded thousands of similar complaints across the U.S. Soon after, a myriad of pet foods contaminated with the tainted gluten and protein from China were recalled from the market...
...Toronto Election, Again Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper dissolved Parliament on Sept. 7 and called for an early election--the third national vote in four years. A ballot had been scheduled for 2009, but analysts said the new Oct. 14 date benefits Harper's Conservative Party by getting voters to the polls before they can be influenced by the outcome of U.S. elections or a continuing slump in the economy...
...been on the market for at least one year before the advertisements started popping up on television. The researchers then analyzed prescription statistics of these drugs from a five-year period using information from IMS Health Canada, a health information company that compiles data from about 2,700 Canadian pharmacies...