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BATTLE CREEK, Michigan (AP) — Kellogg Co.'s third-quarter net income fell six percent as cereal sales softened, competition intensified and the effects of a cereal recall lingered.
The world's largest cereal maker had warned investors it would be a w...
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NEW YORK (AP) — MasterCard Inc. yesterday said increased use of credit and debit cards outside the US helped lift its third-quarter profit by 15 percent.
The payments processor recorded a net income of $518 million, or $3.94 per share for the three m...
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Stocks that have been smacked around often make the best buys. I regularly compile a casualty list of stocks that have been beaten up in the previous quarter, and that I think have excellent recovery potential. This fits with my favorite investment t...
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TORONTO, (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index edged higher yesterday as commodity prices rose as the US dollar weakened on expectations the US Federal Reserve is set to inject more money into the economy.
The index's energy group gained 0.9 percent...
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A Bermuda-based company has hit the headlines in Switzerland following the handing over of the Swiss Federal Council's Department of Economic Affairs by President Doris Leuthard to the newly-elected Bundesrat, Johann Schneider-Amman.
QuoVadis' Suisse...
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LONDON (AP) - Lloyds Banking Group, Britain's largest retail banker, yesterday reported "good" income growth in the third quarter thanks to fewer bad loan charges, and said it expects to achieve its full-year targets.
In a trading update which did no...
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A cash register that started its working life at Gosling's more than a century ago has been returned to its former home.
Yesterday Arthur Tatem, who has owned the antique for the past 40 years, presented it to Goslings at the company's Dundonald Str...
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Argus Group Holdings Ltd. recorded net income of $6.6 million during the six months through the end of September, the company announced yesterday.
The company's core insurance businesses wrote more premium, while claims, policy benefits and actuarial...
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SHANGHAI (AP) — China has approved plans for a 70.8 billion yuan ($10.6 billion) link to connect its inland cities of Chengdu and Xi'an just days after inaugurating what it says is the world's fastest intercity high-speed rail line. The National Deve...
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Bermuda-based re/insurer Alterra Capital Holdings Ltd. last night posted net income of $82.8 million for the third quarter.
Alterra, formerly known as Max Capital Group Ltd., was formed on May 12, 2010 by the merger of Max and Harbor Point Limited, a...
DATE: Nov 03, 2010
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