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PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) Hedge fund manager William Ackman is raising his wager on bookseller Borders Group Inc, offering to help it buy larger rival Barnes & Noble Inc for $963.7 million.
The potential bid, which got a lukewarm reaction from analysts,...
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XL Group boss Mike McGavick and the man leading the development of new European insurance regulations known as Solvency II produced a lively exchange of views during the inaugural Bermuda Monetary Authority International Regulatory Forum yesterday.
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NEW YORK (AP) Pfizer Inc. may be the world’s biggest drugmaker, but new CEO Ian Read is taking charge at a trying time for the company, and he will have to deal with a declining share price, repeated failures of potential new products and expirations...
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Age: 28
Role: Assistant Underwriter (Property), Ironshore Insurance Ltd.
What is your job? Subsequent to my previous role, beginning with the processing of submissions as an Underwriting Assistant, I gradually broadened my understanding of the insura...
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LONDON (AP) European stocks mostly moved sideways yesterday as Europe’s debt crisis loomed over markets, offsetting any optimism generated by Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke’s suggestion that stimulus measures could be boosted.
In Europe, finan...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) Gold futures rose to a record settlement of $1,416.10 an ounce on concern the US will pump more cash into the economy and Europe’s debt woes will spread, boosting the appeal of the metal as an alternative currency.
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto’s main stock index rallied late yesterday and closed strongly higher as record gold prices pushed up resource stocks.
Bullion prices climbed to a record high of $1,427.01 an ounce, helping to lift the index’s heavyweight m...
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A recent working paper by an Israeli researcher found that company recruiters were more reluctant to call a beautiful woman in for interviews, preferring applicants who were to speak plainly ugly, or women who didn’t include a picture with a resume.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Google Inc. is making the leap from digital librarian to merchant in a challenge to Amazon.com Inc. and its Kindle electronic reader.
The long-awaited Internet book store, which opened Monday in the US, draws upon a portion of the ...
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STERLING HEIGHTS, Michigan (AP) Chrysler Group wants to show the world that it’s serious about mid-size sedans.
After years of disappointing sales, the company yesterday launched production of the revamped Chrysler 200 which replaces the Sebring and ...
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