China is heavily invested in the G20 summit in Hangzhou (杭州) to ensure its success.
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Monthly Archives: August 2016
Chennai witnesses 80% dip in walk-in payment of property tax
The walk-in payment facility for paying property tax through banks is losing popularity, reducing to less than one per cent of the total tax collected in the city. The number of assessees paying property tax at bank counters has reduced from 12,500 in 2013-14 to 2,500 in 2016-17.
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Co-op plans major expansions
Local retailer South Country Co-op is pushing ahead with expansion and plans to spend $13 million this year on building projects, including transforming a vacant warehouse in Medicine Hat into new administration offices.
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More unknowns need to be known
Slightly more than five months since the Canadian Home Builders Association-Calgary Region (CHBA-CR) and the Urban Development Institute-Calgary amalgamated, some of the original unknowns have become known.
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Harvard Professor Demands Ban On $20, $50, $100 Bills
Six months since Larry Summers first suggested “it’s time to kill the $100 bill,” and three months after The ECB actually killed the €500 Note, another Harvard scholar is reinvigorating the war on cash. Amid claims that paper money fuels corruption, terrorism, tax evasion, and illegal immigration, Ken Rogoff (ironically of “It’s Different This Time” infamy) says the US should get rid of the $100 bill (and $50s and $20s) proposing, in his words, “a ‘less-cash’ society, not a cashless one, at least for the foreseeable future.”
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CITY REVEALS DESIGN FOR CHINOOK CENTRE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE
Construction to start in September
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Field of Dreams gains regional importance
The St. Albert Soccer Association’s field of dreams is becoming a necessity as the sport’s popularity only continues to grow in the region.
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Construction work slows in Calgary as recession delays office tower projects
CALGARY – Construction crews have boarded up the skeleton of a partially built office tower in the middle of Calgary as real-estate developers slow or stop projects amid a glut of available commercial space.
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Ceremony marks new flights to Edmonton
Integra Air’s new daily service to Edmonton took flight Friday with an official ceremony at Medicine Hat airport.
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New firehall on time, on budget
The new home for Medicine Hat firefighters is coming along at a steady pace.
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