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NEW YORK (AP) — Europe has spooked stock investors. Will it spook shoppers, too?
Lately Americans have started spending a bit more, giving a lift to the economy and confounding doomsayers and even logic. After all, unemployment is still near double d...
DATE: May 31, 2010
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Make no mistake. Bonds are debt. The principal has to be paid back with interest. Bonds may be publicly traded, bought and sold on a stock exchange, or realised through a private placement deal but they are still debt. Who or what backs up that debt?...
DATE: May 29, 2010
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Deflation and a lost decade can be avoided it seems; all we need are perfect central bankers, sensible politicians, a biddable electorate and cooperative investors.
Nothing to worry about there, then.
In a speech on Monday, Bank of England Monetary P...
DATE: May 29, 2010
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Signet Jewelers Limited ("Signet") (NYSE and LSE: SIG), the world's largest specialty retail jeweler, today announced its results for the 13 weeks ended May 1, 2010 ("first quarter fiscal 2011").
First Quarter Highlights
-- Same store sales: up 5.8%
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DATE: May 28, 2010
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Ever wished there was somewhere you could go to retreat from the madness of the day and experience a few minutes of stress-free peace?
Deryn Higgins hopes that her new store — appropriately named My Sereni-tea — will be just such a haven for many peo...
DATE: May 27, 2010
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Laptops in a classroom can increase engagement, attentiveness, participation and learning, according to a study of college students, published by this month's edition of the journal Computers & Education.
However, like any other aid to education, the...
DATE: May 26, 2010
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Amazon.com Inc. is hoping to snag even more customers for the electronic books it sells by releasing a version of its Kindle e-reader software for phones that use Google Inc.'s increasingly popular Android operating system.
The f...
DATE: May 26, 2010
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The combination of stress and economic pressures appears to be playing a role in the weight gain of the labour force, according to a survey published by CareerBuilder last week.
Overall, 44 percent of workers surveyed say they have gained weight in t...
DATE: May 25, 2010
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British Airways has declared a summer sale with round-trip fares to London starting at $673, excluding taxes.
The company also announced yesterday that the Bermuda-London flights will continue to run normally, despite five-day strike by cabin crew th...
DATE: May 25, 2010
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Bermudian Simon Payne is thinking big after establishing his new law practice, Limestone Law Ltd.
Having opened the firm in January, Mr. Payne is setting his long-term sights on building an organisation with subsidiaries in several countries and is a...
DATE: May 25, 2010
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