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Florida lawyers rushed to beat this week's deadline for individual claims after the Florida Supreme Court overturned a $145 billion punitive-damage verdict, the biggest in history, in July 2006. At the same time, the court upheld jury findings that the companies were negligent and sold defective products, which will apply in all the new cases. ''The industry is in a bad position in Florida,'' said Robert Kelley, whose Fort Lauderdale firm represents about 100 clients in the suits. ``There are a lot of really good trial lawyers filing these cases.'' Philip Morris, the biggest U.S. cigarette maker, said it faces new Florida suits filed on behalf of about 1,700 dead and injured smokers so far. Plaintiffs' lawyers said the total number of claims filed against the industry may reach 10,000.
Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko favors regulation of the operations of ...
In November 2007, President Viktor Yuschenko directed the Kyiv municipal administration to move gambling establishments outside Kyiv.
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50 more ways to save money
And it's certainly not for anyone who has a weakness when it comes to credit cards. The providers aren't stupid and will try to exploit that weakness by casually offering more debt when you call to activate your new card, or by sending credit cheques in the post. A tempting offer if you're weak. Beware. If you have a history of credit card problems, cut the cards up. Certainly don't take out more. You could save yourself Potentially £1,000s and avoid a lifetime of financial misery.
Sort out all your finances in eight steps 11. Dump First Direct
Chris Pilling, the new chief executive of the once-respected bank, First Direct, issued an alarming edict last year. Anyone earning less than £24,000 a year was not welcome at his bank - a big kick in the teeth to pensioners, women on maternity leave, nurses and the like.
God’s resolution is to never abandon man
It might be better to classify New Year's Resolutions as New Year's Good Intentions. How are yours going, by the way? Lost any weight yet? Quit smoking? Stopped using the Lord's name in vain by starting every sentence with "God this or God that"? How are you doing? Are you still saving money, or did that fizzle out by the second week? Been nicer to your mother-in-law, or have you finally decided that she just doesn't deserve it?Resolutions, as a rule, work for a while, but they usually have their failing point. Could be days, weeks, months or even years, but eventually they fail. That's just the way we humans are. I'm not saying don't make them or don't try to quit smoking or attempt to like your mother-in-law, I'm just saying that being the sinful creatures we are, we're blessed to even have good intentions, much less the good works that follow them.There is someone, however, who made a resolution once, and has never failed in it.
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