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NZ Dollar Up Late But Rangebound On Higher Earthquake Costs

Wall Street Journal - ‎3 hours ago‎
"I wonder if there isn't still perhaps a little bit of nervousness in the market," as people calculate the true cost of the Christchurch earthquake, ...

Fitch to Assess NZ Quake Impact on NZ$23.4 Billion of RMBS

BusinessWeek - Sarah McDonald - ‎8 hours ago‎
4 earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand on mortgage bonds sold in the nation, the risk assessor said in an e-mailed statement today. Damage from the quake ...

2011 Rugby World Cup organisers more concerned by high prices than earthquakes

Telegraph.co.uk - Mick Cleary - ‎14 hours ago‎
What if another quake were to strike? “We'd have to switch games to other venues,” said Snedden. Snedden also revealed that the tournament would be ...

Study: Aid after 2005 quake won trust in Pakistan

Washington Post - Chris Brummitt - ‎Sep 7, 2010‎
AP ISLAMABAD -- The influx of foreign aid after the 2005 Kashmir earthquake significantly increased survivors' trust in the West, ...

More prisoners sent out of quake zone

TVNZ - ‎1 hour ago‎
Nearly 650 prisoners will have been evacuated from Christchurch men's and women's prisons by late tomorrow, the Corrections Department says. ...
NZ transfers prisoners after quake Sydney Morning Herald

Confidence cost of quake covered

TVNZ - ‎12 hours ago‎
ASB's chief economist Nick Tuffley said the Earthquake Commission (EQC) is well placed to pick up about $2 billion of the ultimate cost through household ...

Haiti quake survivor returns home after 6 months

Washington Post - Lindsey Tanner - ‎Sep 6, 2010‎
EDITOR'S NOTE - With the aid of American supporters, a young man rescued from the rubble of Haiti's earthquake struggled to walk again - and to help his ...

6.3-magnitude quake strikes Fiji Islands

CNN - Andreena Narayan - ‎Sep 7, 2010‎
The earthquake struck 100 miles from the city of Labasa on the island of Vanua Levu and roughly 220 miles from the capital of Fiji, Suva, located on the ...

Quake shakes rates for Australian insurers: Analysis

Business Insurance - ‎17 hours ago‎
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand—Australian insurers' reinsurance costs are expected to rise as losses mount from an earthquake that caused significant damage on ...

A Very Strange Tsunami

American Conservative Magazine - Daniel Larison - ‎10 hours ago‎
I wonder if the change in Gallup's polling is going to temper any of the “tsunami” claims we've been hearing. Perhaps the best indication that the tsunami ...

Kaiapoi supermarket wiped out by the quake

National Business Review - ‎8 hours ago‎
The South Island earthquake has destroyed New World in Kaiapoi beyond repair, leaving more than 80 employees jobless. The supermarket was run by locals ...

Strong quake strikes near Vanuatu

ABC Online - ‎20 hours ago‎
A strong 6.2-magnitude quake struck near the Pacific island of Vanuatu on Wednesday, US seismologists said. No tsunami alert was issued. ...

Quake-hit special needs school burgled

New Zealand Herald - Edward Gay - ‎6 hours ago‎
The school caters for 40 students with mental and physical disabilities who are still struggling to come to terms with the massive magnitude 7.1 earthquake ...

Metso Corporation: Metso to perform service to earthquake damaged boiler for ...

Reuters (press release) - ‎21 hours ago‎
Metso Corporation's press release on September 8, 2010 at 2:00 pm local time Metso will perform service and restoration of one recovery boiler at Arauco ...

6 small earthquakes shake parts of Oklahoma

The Associated Press - ‎Sep 5, 2010‎
No injuries or damage was reported from any of the earthquakes. Quakes of magnitude 2.5 to 3 are generally the smallest felt by people.

American company Honeywell helps rebuild second primary school in quake-hit SW ...

Trading Markets (press release) - ‎1 hour ago‎
... second primary school for poor students in southwest China's Sichuan Province, where a devastating earthquake in 2008 left 87000 people dead or missing. ...

How I Survived the Worst Earthquake of My Life

Daily Beast (blog) - Denis Dutton - ‎2 hours ago‎
I had slept through the Bakersfield earthquake of 1952, but I was only 8 years old at the time. The 1971 Sylmar quake, which we had felt in Santa Barbara, ...

Quake: School reopens

Stuff.co.nz - ‎6 hours ago‎
LATEST: Southbridge children were among the first back to school today since the Canterbury earthquake, and first up they had an earthquake drill. ...
Four schools reopen Radio New Zealand

Strong 6.1 magnitude quake strikes near Chile coast: USGS

Times of India - ‎37 minutes ago‎
The quake struck close to the epicenter of a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked Chile on February 27, sparking a huge tsunami that killed 521 ...

In pictures: Hampshire earthquake disaster simulation

BBC News - ‎Sep 8, 2010‎
Exercise Orion simulates the reaction of the emergency services to a mid-sized earthquake striking Hampshire. The scenario is so unexpected and unlikely ...

Gvt quake helpline calls increasing

Newstalk ZB - ‎3 hours ago‎
Over 8500 calls have been made to the government's helpline from those affected by the quake. Social Development Minister Paula Bennett reports 700 of those ...
Earthquake recovery briefing Scoop.co.nz (press release)
$7.5m for Canterbury communities National Business Review

Extra hospital staff needed after quake

New Zealand Herald - ‎Sep 8, 2010‎
Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) is bringing in extra staff to cope with an influx of patients following Saturday's devastating earthquake. ...

Just 2 percent of quake debris in Haiti cleared

Olean Times Herald - Tamara Lush, Evens Sanon - ‎6 hours ago‎
"After the earthquake, the first priority was clearing the roads. That was the easiest part." Overvest said the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission — which ...

North Is quakes unrelated to Canterbury

Stuff.co.nz - ‎Sep 7, 2010‎
Earthquakes that shook the North Island yesterday are not related to the 7.1 quake in Christchurch, seismologists say. The largest tremor, at 10.48am, ...
Quake rocks NZ's north island Sydney Morning Herald

Namibia: Tremor Shakes Windhoek

AllAfrica.com - ‎28 minutes ago‎
Windhoek — A six-to-nine-seconds earth tremor was felt in Windhoek, a few minutes after 16h00 yesterday. According to the Director of the Geological Survey ...

Former Arsenal-England Nats Keeper on Trial with San Jose Earthquakes

Sounder At Heart - Dave Clark - ‎Sep 6, 2010‎
Former England and Arsenal goalkeeper Richard Wright looks set to join San Jose Earthquakes after being given a trial at the MLS side by Frank Yallop. ...

UMed and firefighters react for earthquake emergency mock drill

Fox 13 Now - Salt Lake City - ‎8 hours ago‎
SALT LAKE CITY - Salt Lake City Fire Department and University Hospital Trauma Unit reacted quickly for an earthquake emergency drill Wednesday afternoon. ...

IRD pledges to go easy on quake businesses

TVNZ - ‎21 hours ago‎
There are also moves to give tax credits to individuals, and tax deductibility to companies, that donate cash to earthquake relief.

Map shows what's open after quake

Newstalk ZB - ‎2 hours ago‎
Lower Hutt man David Knight created mapquake.co.nz because he wanted to help out after the quake. He says his email and phone has been running hot all day, ...

'Dangerous' quake advice circulated

Stuff.co.nz - Kirsty Johnston - ‎10 hours ago‎
Civil Defence is alarmed that a "discredited and dangerous" earthquake safety theory is being circulated by email around the ...

Insurers shed $640 mn in Chile quake claims

Sify - ‎2 hours ago‎
/EFE) Insurance companies have paid claims totaling $640 million to the owners of about 105000 dwellings damaged in the Feb 27 earthquake that hit central ...

Quake-hit China town starts largest rehousing project for survivors

Xinhua - ‎Sep 7, 2010‎
The 7.1-magnitude earthquake on April 14 destroyed most of the structures in Gyegu Town, the quake's epicenter, leaving almost 3000 people dead or missing ...

5.3 quake rocks Hawke's Bay

Stuff.co.nz - ‎4 hours ago‎
The quake was centred at a depth of 20km, 10km south-east of Porangahau or 80km south of Hastings at 4.18pm, the GeoNet website reported. ...
Hawke's Bay hit by 5.3 quake Radio New Zealand

Solid Energy issues force majeure notices

Stuff.co.nz - ‎5 hours ago‎
Both organisations are saying the moves are precautionary after the magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Canterbury on Saturday. Force majeure clauses in ...

Respite offered to quake victims

Stuff.co.nz - Kirsty Johnston - ‎6 hours ago‎
Holiday-home owners in the resort village of Hanmer Springs have jumped at the chance to do their bit for the Christchurch earthquake victims. ...

3.6 magnitude quake rattles eastern SD County

San Jose Mercury News - ‎Sep 5, 2010‎
AP SAN DIEGO—A moderate earthquake has rattled eastern San Diego County but there have been no reports of damage or injuries. The US Geological Survey says ...

For now, Haiti's presidential candidates in quest for unity

MiamiHerald.com - Jacqueline Charles - ‎5 hours ago‎
PORT-AU-PRINCE -- As presidential hopeful Jude Célestin registered his candidacy inside the quake-battered headquarters of the ...

All Blacks To Front Quake Campaign

Voxy - ‎4 hours ago‎
Gerry Brownlee, the minister in charge of earthquake recovery, said no one should be reticent about coming forward for help. "This has been a very fearful ...

Quake cut sales $8 million

Otago Daily Times - Simon Hartley - ‎16 hours ago‎
To ease the burden on businesses which have been unable to trade since the earthquake, Mr Tong said Paymark was offering a waiver on some, or all, ...

Quake burglar convicted under Civil Defence Emergency Act

Stuff.co.nz - Ian Steward - ‎8 hours ago‎
A burglar caught lurking inside central Christchurch's earthquake no-go zone has been convicted under the Civil Defence Emergency ...
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