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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks notched their fourth week of gains yesterday as investors used a rise in business spending to revive the September rally after three days of losses.
Economic data gave a mixed picture, but traders latched on to a rise in A...
DATE: Sep 25, 2010
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) - Canadian stocks rose to a second straight weekly gain after US capital-goods orders rebounded, boosting commodity prices and shares of financial companies.
Manulife Financial Corp., North America's third largest insurer, climbed...
DATE: Sep 25, 2010
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KeyTech Ltd. dropped 2.09 percent (15 cents) to $7 on The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) yesterday.
The utilities company traded 5,500 shares during the day.
But the Ascendant Group Ltd. rose 1.72 percent (25 cents) to $14.75, with 100 shares transacte...
DATE: Sep 25, 2010
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BF&M Ltd. fell 3.63 percent (50 cents) to $13.25 on The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) yesterday.
The insurer traded 17,405 shares during the day.
Bermuda Commercial Bank Ltd. also dropped one percent (10 cents) to $9.90, as 6,789 shares changed hands....
DATE: Sep 24, 2010
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private equity firm Blackstone Group said yesterday that the debt markets have recovered to such an extent that it should be possible for a $10 billion leveraged buyout deal to happen soon.
Private equity deal flow contracted aft...
DATE: Sep 24, 2010
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Video rental chain Blockbuster Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection yesterday after years of struggling to compete with online and mail-order movie services such as Netflix Inc.
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn and other hedge fun...
DATE: Sep 24, 2010
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The Bermuda Hotel Association (BHA) has appointed Troncossi Public Relations as its new PR consultants.
John Harvey, CEO of the BHA, said: "The BHA feels the time is right to enhance our communications activity on the island, particularly in the curr...
DATE: Sep 24, 2010
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LONDON (AP) — The board of Spanish airline Iberia SA has backed British Airways PLC's plan for closing a huge pension deficit, clearing the way for a merger of the two airlines, the British carrier said yesterday.
Iberia had the right to walk away fr...
DATE: Sep 24, 2010
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The Ascendant Group Ltd. boosted its consolidated net earnings by 6.5 percent or $357,049 during the first half of this year, despite a four percent drop in revenue over the same period.
The parent company of Belco, Bermuda Gas, PureNERGY Renewables,...
DATE: Sep 24, 2010
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NEWARK, New Jersey (AP) — Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is about to make a lot of new friends: The 26-year-old tycoon is pouring $100 million of his staggering fortune into Newark's blighted school system after hitting it off with the mayor of the...
DATE: Sep 24, 2010
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