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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — An old hospital was razed to make way for Phnom Penh's tallest building — a 42-storey twin condominium tower. A garbage-strewn slum became prime real estate after police evicted its dwellers to a parched rice field outside...
DATE: Mar 10, 2008
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LONDON (Reuters) - British retail sales surged in January as consumers pounced on electrical bargains and stocked up for an early Easter — a sign that consumer demand has yet to feel the pinch from the global credit crunch.
Sterling jumped more than ...
DATE: Feb 22, 2008
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PARIS (AP) — Troubled French bank Societe Generale SA said yesterday that a $7 billion trading scandal and the credit crisis in financial markets led to a fourth-quarter net loss.
France's second-largest bank said it lost 3.35 billion euros ($4.91 bi...
DATE: Feb 22, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - Yahoo! Inc., owner of the most visited US website, may seek to avoid a Microsoft Corp. takeover by combining Internet operations with News Corp.
The two companies are discussing a transaction, according to a person with knowled...
DATE: Feb 15, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - Bermuda-based Ingersoll-Rand Co., the maker of refrigerated truck equipment that's buying Trane Inc., said fourth-quarter profit fell 19 percent, hurt by a higher tax rate. Full-year profit may miss analysts' estimates because ...
DATE: Feb 15, 2008
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The US economy continues to show sign of weakness and this has prompted policymakers to move aggressively on both the monetary and fiscal fronts. Not too many months ago, the chairman of the Federal Reserve was fairly optimistic about prospects for t...
DATE: Feb 04, 2008
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Insufficient emphasis by regulators has been placed on the investigation of "suspicious activities" by licensed companies, managers and executives under Bermuda law.
That is the view of Michael Hardy, an FCA and who has been an auditor, accountant an...
DATE: Jan 09, 2008
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International business in Bermuda and elsewhere is keeping an interested eye on the Island's political temperature and the possible outcomes of the December 18 general election.
A commentary in the UK-based Insurance Insider newsletter picks up on th...
DATE: Dec 10, 2007
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–KANSAS CITY (AP) - Hugh Grant, chairman and chief executive of Monsanto Corp., received a compensation package valued at almost $10.8 million in 2007, according to a regulatory filing yesterday.
Mr. Grant, 49, has served as chairman and CEO of the w...
DATE: Dec 06, 2007
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Despite steep summer declines and nagging fears over the health of the US economy, analysts say smoking-hot commodity prices may keep Canadian stocks charging ahead as the bull market enters its sixth year.
The Toronto Stock Excha...
DATE: Nov 05, 2007
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