Empey backs Ritchie over fund row
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Sir Reg Empey backs the social development minister in her row with some executive colleagues.
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By Tony Henderson  A new fund is expected to become a major source of backing for green projects in Northumberland and Tyne and Wear.   Nearly pounds 500,000 has been pledged, with priority given to practical projects which have the greatest environmental impact.
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Embattled Gov. Ernie Fletcher's second in command endorsed an opponent Monday in the governor's race.
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Gov. Ernie Fletcher, mired in a yearlong hiring probe, can create a fund to accept donations to help pay his legal fees from criminal charges that were dismissed, an ethics panel said Friday.
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The man leading the fight against drug  cheats in sport said on Monday he wanted a further $1.5 million  in funding to help stamp out substance abuse.
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Manchester United chief executive David Gill has strongly defended payment of Â£5.5million to agents over the past 12 months. The extraordinary figure, which does not include a payment
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By Bill Wilson, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Jun. 21--EAST SIDE POISED TO   Jack Ritchie's bullish on east Wichita.  "We're going to continue to see growth out east as long as the Wichita economy stays firm," said Ritchie, the chief executive of Ritchie Development.
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Unions give their backing to a new deal offered by the US owner of car parts maker Turner & Newall to save its troubled pension scheme.
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Bank of England committee unanimously backed cheaper borrowing costs earlier this month
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Support within English football for controversial plans to take Premier League matches around the world appeared to be growing on Friday as influential figures including Arsene Wenger and Roy Keane voiced their backing.
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Newcastle striker Alan Shearer has backed the appointment of Graeme Souness as boss at St James&#39; Park. The Scot arrived on Tyneside on Monday to replace the sacked Sir Bobby Robson, having handed in his resignation at Blackburn earlier in the morning.
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The cash-for-honours police chief defends his probe - but says he received "less than full co-operation" from some.
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SYDNEY: James Hardie said today it has signed an initial agreement with unions and asbestos sufferers groups to set up a special purpose fund to support asbestos disease sufferers and their bereaved families.
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Sport: FA chief executive says England manager has association's support following defeat in Russia.
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Fidelity Investments hasn&#39;t given up its opposition to a rule that requires the boards of mutual funds to have an independent chair, and the senior US senator from New Hampshire is backing that effort.
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Eighteen City firms have agreed to pay Â£194m into a fund to compensate investors who lost money in the split-capital trust scandal.
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EU COMPETITION commissioner Mario Monti has backed Banco Santander Centrale Hispanoâs Â£8.75 billion bid for Abbey National. Monti suggested support for a Spanish bid, saying: &quot;At first glance, it is a contribution