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LONDON (AP) - World markets were lower yesterday as European corporate earnings mostly left investors disappointed ahead of more releases from the US and Asia.
Although many companies are reporting fairly healthy profits for the last quarter, their o...
DATE: Oct 27, 2010
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google Inc. is tightening its privacy leash on employees in an effort to ensure they don't intrude on people while the Internet search leader collects and stores information about its users.
Besides promoting longtime employee Al...
DATE: Oct 27, 2010
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CONCORD, New Hampshire (AP) — Dog sledding without snow? Social networks promoting business can help.
Karen Tolin knew the concept was a little hard to understand, but she believed a Facebook promotion for her White Mountains dog-sledding business th...
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The Argus Group has announced three new appointments to its senior management team.
Gary Hitchens joins the company as director of global sales and marketing, Onesimus Nzabalinda has been appointed as head of compliance and risk management, and Georg...
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LONDON (AP) — Bank of England Governor Mervyn King says international agreements requiring banks to hold more capital and a tax on bank balance sheets proposed by the British government are not enough to significantly reduce the risk embodied in gian...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors showed unusual caution yesterday, leaving US stocks little changed before the potential market tumult of next week's US elections and likely announcement of more stimulus from the Federal Reserve.
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DATE: Oct 27, 2010
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If you like to live on the edge, be sure to check out The Bottom Line's risk issue tomorrow.
With Bermuda considered the 'risk capital of the world', we tell you about the five big risks that keep the Island's insurance bosses awake at night.
And, wh...
DATE: Oct 27, 2010
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LONDON (AP) — Leading oil and gas companies warned British lawmakers yesterday that any UK moratorium on deepwater drilling in response to the Gulf of Mexico spill would force them to abandon the North Sea in favour of projects elsewhere.
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DATE: Oct 27, 2010
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Apollo Global Management and CVC Capital Partners Ltd. agreed to buy Brit Insurance Holdings NV for as much as £888 million ($1.4 billion), ending four months of takeover negotiations.
The private equity firms' 1,045 pence-a-shar...
DATE: Oct 27, 2010
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Torus Insurance (Bermuda) Ltd., Torus Insurance (UK) Ltd., Torus Specialty Insurance Company, Torus National Insurance Company, and Torus Insurance Europe AG have been affirmed the financial strength ratings of A- (excellent) and issuer credit rating...
DATE: Oct 27, 2010
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