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Barbados economy grew by an estimated at 0.5 per cent last year aided by increases in construction (4.4 per cent), tourism outputs (0.3 per cent), and transport and communications sectors (0.6 per cent).

The territory faces a US$17.4 million deficit this year and an estimated US$90 million deficit next year.

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Social Security kept about 20.3 million, seniors as well as working-age adults receiving disability payments, out of poverty.

EdisonLearning spokeswoman April Hattori said the company will benefit from Magic Johnson Enterprises’ knowledge of the urban communities where the partnership will seek to operate.

Celso Amorim said Brazil is negotiating with the United Nations to begin the pullback, but will keep troops in Haiti until local forces are ready to take over.

The governor proposes to use the proceeds on tax breaks for California manufacturers and small businesses by encouraging them to buy equipment and expand in the state.

Any troubles in the world’s largest economy cast a long shadow over the markets, and a report Friday that the U.S. economy failed to add any new jobs in August caused European and Asian stock markets to sink sharply Monday.

Saurel Jacinthe, president of the Chamber of Deputies, told The Associated Press that Haitian President Michel Martelly picked Garry Conille as his third nominee for Haiti’s head of government.

The country owes creditors $18.2 billion, which is more than its entire domestic economy produces in a year: 132 percent of gross domestic product, according to the International Monetary Fund.

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Agriculture Minister Robert Montague said Jamaica expects the Chinese company “will play its role in other areas and aspects of the Jamaican economy.”

Villaraigosa, who has served in the state Assembly as speaker, said Proposition 13 was intended to protect homeowners from skyrocketing property taxes, not provide a tax-giveaway to corporations.