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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) — Sheila Bair, chairwoman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., said she doesn't support a national freeze on foreclosures.
Bair said on C-Span's "Newsmakers" programme that the processing of foreclosures needed to be reviewe...
DATE: Oct 18, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) — General Electric's return to its roots as an industrial company continues to proceed unevenly.
The industrial and financial giant said on Friday that sales of industrial equipment - everything from wind turbines to jet engines to loco...
DATE: Oct 18, 2010
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Retail sales in the US climbed more than forecast in September, easing concern consumer spending will weaken and endanger the recovery.
Purchases rose 0.6 percent following a 0.7 percent gain in August that was larger than prev...
DATE: Oct 18, 2010
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LONDON (Reuters) - The British government will provide £1.5 billion to compensate policyholders of Equitable Life for their losses since the mutual insurer almost collapsed in 2000, the Daily Mail newspaper reported on Saturday.
If confirmed, the com...
DATE: Oct 18, 2010
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is prepared to take further steps to rejuvenate the US economy by buying Treasury bonds but is wrestling with how big the programme should be, Chairman Ben Bernanke said Friday.
Bernanke also indicated that Fed p...
DATE: Oct 18, 2010
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The Department of Statistics reissued the August 2010 Consumer Price Index after a mistake related to Belco's fuel adjustment charge.
Valerie Robinson-James, the Director of Statistics, said in an e-mailed statement: "There was an error in quoting th...
DATE: Oct 18, 2010
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Rising profits at Canada's biggest companies may not be enough to shake the Toronto stock market free of the vertigo that has accompanied its rapid recent rise to two-year highs.
Fuelled by rallying commodity prices and the prospe...
DATE: Oct 18, 2010
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — The dollar fell for a fifth week against the euro, matching a losing streak that ended in December 2008, as traders speculated the Federal Reserve will further ease monetary policy, debasing the greenback.
The US currency dropp...
DATE: Oct 18, 2010
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Bermuda-based telecommunications group KeyTech Ltd. is investing around $2 million to extend its fibre optic network in the Cayman Islands as it seeks to boost its corporate data services business.
KeyTech is aiming to capitalise on its acquisition l...
DATE: Oct 18, 2010
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HONG KONG (Bloomberg) — Equities traders in Hong Kong may soon have to say goodbye to lunches of sautéed ostrich and crispy pigeon at Michelin-starred restaurants and settle for a sandwich at their desks instead.
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. C...
DATE: Oct 18, 2010
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