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Butterfield Bank's common shares rose 6.1 percent (10 cents) on The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) yesterday.
The bank's share price closed at $1.75, with 10,000 shares traded.
But the Ascendant Group Ltd. fell 1.4 percent (20 cents) to $13.80, as 5,20...
DATE: Aug 20, 2010
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index ended lower yesterday after weaker-than-expected US economic data sparked investor jitters and underscored the fragility of the global recovery.
Data showed new US jobless claims scaled a nine-month high...
DATE: Aug 20, 2010
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LONDON - Britain's top share index fell to its lowest close in a month, as weak US labour and other data cast further doubt on the strength of the global recovery, and with oils down as crude prices slipped.
The FTSE 100 fell 91.58 points, or 1.7 per...
DATE: Aug 20, 2010
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LONDON (Reuters) – British retail sales volumes rose nearly three times faster than expected in July, and a surge in corporate tax receipts cut public borrowing sharply, data showed yesterday, suggesting the recovery remains strong.
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany's economy will bounce back quickly this year, its central bank said yesterday, as a union for the steel industry that has played a key role in the country's recovery pressed to share the spoils via a hefty pay rise.
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DATE: Aug 20, 2010
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BC-AS--Australia-BHP Billiton-Potash, 4th Ld-Writethru,0819
BHP bets on crop boom with hostile Potash bid
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SYDNEY (AP) -- BHP Billiton's hostile $38.5 billion takeover offer for one of the world's bigges...
DATE: Aug 20, 2010
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LONDON (AP) — Female managers in Britain earn £10,000 ($15,600) a year less than their male counterparts, and at current rates will wait 57 years to achieve parity, according to a study released yesterday.
The research by the Chartered Management Ins...
DATE: Aug 20, 2010
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - American International Group Inc. (AIG), the insurer majority-owned by the US government, may sell bonds for the first time since it was rescued almost two years ago to help repay a $182.3 billion bailout.
AIG may also issue st...
DATE: Aug 20, 2010
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BEIJING (AP) — Lenovo Group, the fourth-largest personal computer maker, rebounded to a quarterly profit from a loss a year earlier, driven by strong sales in China and other emerging markets.
Profit was $55 million for the three months ending June 3...
DATE: Aug 20, 2010
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LONDON (Bloomberg) - Climate change may add 50 percent to the storm damage costs incurred by some Caribbean nations over the next two decades, said Swiss Reinsurance Co., the world's second-largest re-insurer.
Wind, storm surges and inland flooding a...
DATE: Aug 20, 2010
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