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LONDON (AP) — British consumer price inflation held steady at 3.1 percent in September, still well above official targets, amid falling gasoline prices but big jumps in the cost of food and clothing, official data showed yesterday.
Despite concerns t...
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MISSISSAUGA, Ontario/OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canada predicted yesterday it will balance its budget by the 2015-16 fiscal year after posting a record deficit for 2009-10, but warned that the shaky global recovery could spill into Canada and erode tax reve...
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LONDON (Reuters) – The Gulf of Mexico oil spill will push up costs and reduce the number of offshore oil and gas operators in US waters for a long time to come, oil company executives told an industry conference yesterday.
More than four million barr...
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index rose to its highest level in more than two years yesterday, helped by minutes from the US Federal Reserve that showed the US central bank had a "sense" that further support to the economy "may be appropr...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Pfizer Inc, the world's largest drugmaker, has agreed to buy King Pharmaceuticals Inc for $3.6 billion in a move to shore up earnings ahead of the looming evaporation of revenue from Lipitor, its biggest product.
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Bermuda-based Everest Re Group Ltd. said Joseph Taranto has rescinded his retirement plans and will stay as chief executive officer until the end of 2012.
With Mr. Taranto's about-turn, his planned successor, the company's chief operating officer Ral...
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LISBON (Reuters) – A potential political crisis in Portugal that would worsen the country's debt woes is looming larger as the minority Socialist government and the centre-right opposition engage in a game of chicken over the 2011 budget.
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The Ace Group will mark its 25th anniversary with a Global Day of Service on Friday next week.
The company's Bermuda employees will be among those all over the world giving their time to community service projects.
They will take part in demolition a...
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NEW YORK — Apple is a pioneer in many fields, but in the race to connect our TV sets to the Internet, it's been lagging badly.
Three years ago, the company put out a small box called the Apple TV that brought iTunes movies to the TV set, but it was t...
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LONDON (Reuters) – J Sainsbury and upmarket rival Waitrose are leading growth in Britain's grocery market, which is being supported by rising food prices, market researchers Kantar Worldpanel said yesterday.
Growth at long-time leader Wm Morrison is ...
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