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NEW YORK (Reuters) - US stocks ended little changed yesterday as cautious investors pulled back before expected upheaval from next week's elections and a likely announcement of more stimulus from the Federal Reserve.
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DATE: Oct 29, 2010
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) - Canadian stocks swung between gains and losses as gold stocks rose on a weaker US dollar while Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. fell on concern that political hurdles may block BHP Billiton Ltd.'s buyout bid.
Potash Corp., the ...
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The total number of filled positions dropped by almost 700 last year, according to the latest jobs report released by Government.
The Department of Statistics' Labour Market Indicators, which runs up to August 31, 2009, revealed that the total figure...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Syniverse Holdings Inc., the maker of mobile-phone messaging and network technology, said it will be taken private by Carlyle Group in a deal valued at about $2.6 billion.
Carlyle will pay investors $31 a share in cash, a 30 pe...
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Platinum Underwriters Holdings Ltd. has announced it has increased the authorised amount of its share repurchase programme to $250 million.
This represents a rise of approximately $194.6 million from the approximately $55.4 million remaining in the p...
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TOKYO (AP) — Nintendo sank to a first-half loss, the first in seven years, as a rising yen and long-delayed release for its 3-D gaming machine set the scene for a weak full-year result.
Kyoto-based Nintendo Co., which makes Pokemon and Super Mario vi...
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Bermuda-based Everest Re chairman and chief executive officer Joseph Taranto has been named the 2010 Insurance Leader of the Year by St. John's University's School of Risk Management (SRM).
"Joe Taranto has been Everest Re's helm since 1994. He has b...
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Bermuda-based re/insurer Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. last night reported net income of $139.1 million for the third quarter.
Net premiums written rose nearly 14 percent over the same period last year, boosted in the reinsurance segment by the c...
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Mobile device users could soon be able to watch television on the go if a cable television service licence is given the go ahead for activation.
The Bermuda Broadcasting Company Ltd. (BBC) has applied to Government to have Digital Mobile Television L...
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CellularOne and M3 Wireless have announced the launch of the new BlackBerry Torch 9800 smartphone as competition in the mobile phone market starts to hot up.
The new device, which is targeted at socially connected consumers and features tools for the...
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