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A Toronto police constable, already charged with corruption in connection with tow truck and rental car businesses he was operating on the side, is now facing a swath of additional fraud charges, as the city’s police force continues an internal investigation into towing-related organized crime.
When he was initially charged last summer as part of an investigation dubbed Project Overhaul, Constable Ronald Joseph was accused of receiving payments and kickbacks and providing a police radio to tow-truck drivers, in order to help them get a heads-up on car crash scenes.
could be on the way. traders will listen closely to bernanke later this week when he speaks at the annual jackson hole meeting of central bankers and economists. profits falling at chinese industrial companies for the fourth month in july offset the asian optimism over possible central bank stimulus. asian stocks fell in choppy trade. gold hit a 4 1/2-month high. i ll rose sharply up more than $1, inching back up toward $100 a barrel. elsewhere, hertz global is buying dollar thrifty in a deal valued at $2.3 billion. if approved the u.s. rental car business will be down to three major players. hertz, enterprise, and avis. watch for fallout over apple s victory friday over samsung in a landmark legal battle that saw the iphone maker awarded over $1 billion. one of the largest awards in patent trial history after a ruling that samsung infringed on several of apple s patents.
antigadhafi brigades. human rights watch is calling on the libyan national council to investigate this. conditions in syria are getting too dangerous for the u.s. ambassador. the state department has pulled ambassador robert ford out of syria citing what it calls credible threats against his personal safety. u.s. officials say an armed pro-government mob attack ford an some colleagues in an embassy convoy last month. ford has been an outspoken critic of the syrian government s violent crack dourn on protesters. u.s. officials say they don t know when it will be safe for ford to return to syria. a growing danger in the skies with more people on the ground shining hand-held lasers into airline cockpits. it usually happens while planes are taking off or landing. the most dangerous times for pilots to be distracted or even temporarily blinded. the faa reports more than 2,700 laser incidents so far this year. nearly ten times the number reported in 2005. there are new stiff pe