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Thu, 20/04/2023 - 18:00
Luke Heath Milsom, Vladimír Pažitka, Isabelle Roland and Dariusz Wójcik Exports of financial services decline with geographical distance at a rate comparable to that for international trade in goods (eg, Portes and Rey (2005)). This is surprising since there are no transportation costs involved. The consensus is that distance is a proxy for information frictions. … Continue reading The gravity of cross-border syndication ties in financial services trade
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Thu, 20/04/2023 - 17:50

THE second Coffs Coast Festival of Motor Sport has been confirmed for 2023. The month-long motor sports event held across the Coffs Coast will start on Saturday 4 November and go through until the weekend finale on 26 and 27 November. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message...

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Thu, 20/04/2023 - 17:48

LIKE most Council areas in Australia, City of Coffs Harbour has strong policies and planning guidelines for commemorative and memorial plaques on public land. Public open space areas are an important community resource, so memorials, monuments and plaques need to be considered carefully to ensure they don’t have an adverse effect on these spaces. Advertise...

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Thu, 20/04/2023 - 17:45

BOAMBEE East Community Centre (BECC) Chin Waggers gathered a group of 25 members to pay a visit to Coffs Community Radio station 2AIR FM’s Glenreagh Street studio to celebrate World Amateur Radio Day 2023 on Tuesday 18 April. 2AIR FM is run by volunteers who are certainly not amateurs, but the local and accessible vibe...

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Thu, 20/04/2023 - 15:34

“Honestly I just use TikTok to relax and carry forward the spirit of serving the people and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation"

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Thu, 20/04/2023 - 10:00
Look at what they’re doing now: Soon after Tyre Nichols’s brutal killing by Memphis police officers in January, the chairman of the city’s civilian review board, James Kirkwood, appealed to the city council to strengthen its oversight of police. “If you slap someone on the wrist for something they’ve done wrong, then covered it up and left it alone, they’re going to do it again,” Kirkwood, a pastor and former police officer, told the council, requesting more money, more staff, and more power to conduct independent investigations.  Instead, what little power the board did have may soon vanish, as the Tennessee legislature draws closer to gutting civilian oversight over police in Memphis and other cities in the state.
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Thu, 20/04/2023 - 09:30
That’s what Trump is sharing with his followers today. Seriously. Here’s more: And then he whined: His cult swallows it all. Does it concern you that these people are allowed to have driver’s licenses and own assault weapons? There are millions of them. It sure concerns me.
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Thu, 20/04/2023 - 08:12
Not for the first time, Starmer and Labour claim local elections will affect national policies Keir Starmer has suffered the indignity of corrective action by Twitter after he posted a claim that votes in the local elections next month will affect the NHS. Starmer claimed that voting for Labour would lead to ‘an NHS that […]