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LightSquared, Sprint deal worth $2 billion a year: sources - Montreal Gazette
Under the proposed agreement, LightSquared would pay $2 billion a year to rent space on Sprint's network to launch its own high-speed wireless services, according to a person who asked not to be named because the details are not yet public. ...
June 1, 2011


Strauss-Kahn assembles crisis team to fight back - Montreal Gazette
A person close to Strauss-Kahn's entourage, who asked to remain anonymous, said only now that he and his wife Anne Sinclair have finally settled in a two-story townhouse in Manhattan's TriBeCa neighborhood are they and their lawyers able to start ...
May 29, 2011


Special report: Disgraced Senator John Ensign back in legal jeopardy - Montreal Gazette
Ensign said he did so because he had done nothing wrong, thus had nothing to fear, and that his co-operation demonstrated his good will in bringing the investigation to a conclusion, according to a person close to the former senator. ...
May 28, 2011


Surgical tools stolen from Montreal hospitals - Montreal Gazette
At least three "batterydrive" surgical kits containing power-tool attachments and a hand drill that are used in orthopedic surgery, a source said. A single kit is worth up to $25000. - A couple of "fragment" kits that are used for trauma surgery. ...
May 26, 2011


Surgical tools stolen from hospitals - Montreal Gazette
At least three "batterydrive" surgical kits containing power-tool attachments and a hand drill that are used in orthopedic surgery, a source said. A single kit is worth up to $25000. - A couple of "fragment" kits that are used for trauma surgery. ...
May 26, 2011


Surgical tools stolen from Montreal hospitals - Montreal Gazette
At least three “battery-drive” surgical kits containing power-tool attachments and a hand drill that are used in orthopedic surgery, a source said. A single kit is worth up to $25000. • A couple of “fragment” kits that are used for trauma surgery. ...
May 26, 2011


Camilli: Brando company kicks up a fuss over Harley's line of bike boots - Montreal Gazette
Leo was finally able to unlock the door and escape, but he was white as a ghost, demanding to know what had happened," the source said. MONTREAL - Sure, Marlon Brando died in 2004, but his name is still worth plenty, so of course people are squabbling ...
May 20, 2011


Harper planning a small, safe shuffle of cabinet - Montreal Gazette
"Only people elected will be in the ministry and those who ran under the Conservative platform," a source said. Not all experienced ministers are expected to stay put — not even those in key positions where the government hopes to push its agenda, ...
May 18, 2011


Spanish evacuees spend night outdoors - Montreal Gazette
"I was scared to death," said one elderly woman who declined to give her name. Francisco Martinez, 61, was watching television in his fourth floor flat while his sister was in the kitchen. "We don't know what the damage is because we cannot get in," he ...
May 12, 2011


Voyageur's 'due diligence' false - Montreal Gazette
Yves Godin, one of Voyageur's top Quebec associates, racked up close to $1 million in "residuals" from signing up numerous members in a 10-year period, a member who did not want to be identified said. In a Voyageur website document provided to The ...
May 12, 2011


Voyageur Foundation's 'due diligence' false - Montreal Gazette
Yves Godin, one of Voyageur's top Quebec associates, racked up close to $1 million in “residuals” from signing up numerous members in a 10-year period, a member who did not want to be identified said. In a Voyageur website document provided to The ...
May 12, 2011


Terrorists changed air travel - Montreal Gazette
But an airline insider who asked not to be named said that 9/11 and its aftermath ushered in "the use of planes as weapons. That's new, and it changes everything." In the immediate aftermath of the attacks, after air travel resumed, it was bedlam. ...
May 3, 2011


Haitian guards claim discrimination in Laval - Montreal Gazette
One man, who asked that his name not be used because his case is before arbitration, said he was docked four-hours pay for allegedly speaking Creole during his lunch. Garda spokesperson Isabelle Panella said language rules apply during work functions ...
April 27, 2011


Haitian guards claim discrimination - Montreal Gazette
One man, who asked that his name not be used because his case is before arbitration, said he was docked four-hours pay for allegedly speaking Creole during his lunch. Garda spokesperson Isabelle Panella said language rules apply during work functions ...
April 27, 2011


Haitian guards claim discrimination in Laval - Montreal Gazette
One man, who asked that his name not be used because his case is before arbitration, said he was docked four-hours pay for allegedly speaking Creole during his lunch. Garda spokesperson Isabelle Panella said language rules apply during work functions ...
April 27, 2011


NYSE eyes fee from Nasdaq before talks - Montreal Gazette
Nasdaq would peobably offer a higher fee than $360 million, but one "in that realm," a source said. A reverse break-up fee is paid to the seller by the buyer when it is unable to close a deal due to antitrust or other reasons. ...
April 18, 2011


Voyageur Foundation: Teetering on the edge - Montreal Gazette
Like almost a dozen contacted by The Gazette over a period of weeks, this person did not want to be identified. Many seem to believe the Jarmans are above reproach and that Voyageur is simply living through a temporary cash crunch. ...
April 9, 2011


Teetering on the edge - Montreal Gazette
Like almost a dozen contacted by The Gazette over a period of weeks, this person did not want to be identified. Many seem to believe the Jarmans are above reproach and that Voyageur is simply living through a temporary cash crunch. ...
April 9, 2011


Voyageur Foundation: Teetering on the edge - Montreal Gazette
Like almost a dozen contacted by The Gazette over a period of weeks, this person did not want to be identified. Many seem to believe the Jarmans are above reproach and that Voyageur is simply living through a temporary cash crunch. ...
April 9, 2011


Blue Jays ironing out turf kinks - Montreal Gazette
A returning coach, who requested anonymity, said the condition of the turf is "the worst I've ever seen it." The turf, which was installed after a motocross event last week, comes in long rolls. In some areas, the seams are not tightly closed and the ...
April 5, 2011


Uneven playing surface a concern - Montreal Gazette
A returning coach, who requested anonymity, said the condition of the turf is “the worst I've ever seen it.” The turf, which was installed after a motocross event last week, comes in long rolls. In some areas, the seams are not tightly closed and the ...
April 4, 2011


At least 20 killed, 65 wounded in Iraq attack - Montreal Gazette
The attackers set off car bombs, explosive belts and hand grenades as they stormed into the building and took hostages, said a local government official who asked not to be named. "Gunmen are still controlling the building of the provincial council. ...
March 29, 2011


Trend House to be torn down - Montreal Gazette
"If there was true value, we'd be the first to restore it, but it's truly run down," the woman told The Gazette last week, although she refused to be named. She said that because of water infiltration, 99 per cent of the wood in the house would have to ...
March 24, 2011


U.S.-led coalition launches strikes on Libya - Montreal Gazette
A US official told reporters on condition of anonymity that a coalition including the US, France, Britain, Canada and Italy had begun launching strikes on Libya designed to cripple Moammar Gadhafi's air defences. At least some Arab nations are expected ...
March 19, 2011


Goldman Sachs ousts 5% of trading staff - Montreal Gazette
There were layoffs in other divisions as well and more are expected in coming weeks, with the goal of trimming the worst-performing five per cent of Goldman's entire staff, the sources said Thursday, on condition of anonymity. ...
March 18, 2011


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