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PARIS (Reuters) – A pension reform bill that includes a controversial rise in the retirement age cleared its first main hurdle yesterday when France's lower house approved it after a bitter debate among lawmakers.
The bill was backed by 329 members, ...
DATE: Sep 16, 2010
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index fell yesterday after three days of gains as key commodity prices slipped and weak North American data splashed cold water on recent optimism about economic recovery.
The three main pillars of the TSX ind...
DATE: Sep 16, 2010
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US futures regulator said on Tuesday that Vitol SA will pay $6 million to settle charges that two of its affiliates mislead the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) about their close relationship.
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DATE: Sep 16, 2010
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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) — US lawmakers will grapple with how to end the bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac after two years and almost $150 billion, and who pays the bill for bad loans made during the housing boom.
Regulators who seized control of t...
DATE: Sep 16, 2010
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The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) opened and closed at 1,271.01 yesterday.
The Index traded 10,000 shares worth $15,000 during the day.
Butterfield Bank saw 10,000 shares change hands, but its price remained unchanged at $1.50.
The BSX Insurance Index...
DATE: Sep 16, 2010
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan intervened in global currency markets yesterday to sell yen for the first time in six years in a bid to stop its relentless rise from threatening a fragile economic recovery.
Fresh after victory in a party leadership contest, ...
DATE: Sep 16, 2010
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Shore Capital Group Ltd. boosted its profits before tax by 106.6 percent during the first half of this year.
The investment bank, which focuses on alternative asset class fund management and equity capital markets and has a secondary listing on the B...
DATE: Sep 16, 2010
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CellularOne will be upgrading its network to 3G+ in the fourth quarter of this year as the company focuses on delivering data services to mobile handsets.
In an exclusive interview yesterday, Frank Amaral, chief operating officer at CellularOne, told...
DATE: Sep 16, 2010
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BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors are investigating Deutsche Telekom AG and its chief executive for suspected bribery in the Balkans, a prosecution spokesman said yesterday.
Deutsche Telekom said CEO Rene Obermann rejects the accusations, and added th...
DATE: Sep 16, 2010
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Ace Ltd., the Zurich-based insurer with operations in more than 50 countries, agreed to pay $1.1 billion in cash to buy a majority stake in Rain & Hail Insurance Service Inc. and expand coverage of crops in the US.
The price va...
DATE: Sep 15, 2010
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