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The Newfoundland and Labrador government will close dozens of landfills and spend $200 million to reach a target of cutting in half the amount of garbage heading to landfills in the next eight years. The Robin Hood Bay landfill north of St. John’s will serve most eastern Newfoundland communities. (CBC) The plan which does not include a mandatory recycling component will emphasize three “super-dumps” on the island, with only about 40 smaller landfills remaining open by 2020....

Allen in Southampton FC showdown

Posted in stocks | Saturday, June 30th, 2007 | Trackback
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The directors of will be at the highly charged meeting which will range the interests of local businessmen, non executive directors and long-time supporters of the South Coast club Leon Crouch and Patrick Trant against executives Ken Dulieu and Jim Hone, brought in by the club’s previous power broker Rupert Lowe.

Internecine warfare on the board is understood to be the sticking point delaying the takeover by Allen, whose interest - exclusively revealed by the Evening Standard - forced Southampton Leisure to admit it had received a takeover approach two months ago, sending the shares rocketing.

The Evening Standard understands that Allen remains prepared to make an offer of around 65p a share for the club which has debts of nearly 25m relating to the construction of its St Mary’s stadium and which, under Dulieu and Hone’s regime, has dived into the red and racked up further debts.

City investors remain convinced Allen will make a 50m offer. The club’s stock opened today at 58p.

Southampton failed to win promotion to the Premiership last season and recently lost star teenage defender Gareth Bale, pictured, for 5m to , but Allen is understood to see massive upside to investing in the club.

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