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The decision to award a 10-year contract to Maxcem Ltd. to run the Dockyard Cement Facility is just the latest example of Government "thumbing its nose at the principle of fairness".
That is the view of Shadow Minister for Works & Engineering Patrici...
DATE: Aug 12, 2010
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HAVANA (Reuters) - It all starts with a description given over a mobile phone: "Look for a woman with long blonde hair, blue jeans, silver heels and a black T-shirt arriving on the next flight from Miami."
When the woman emerges from Havana's interna...
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LONDON (AP) — BP is delaying plans to begin deepwater drilling off the Libyan coast.
BP spokesman David Nicholas said yesterday that BP expects to begin exploratory drilling in the Gulf of Sirte later this year. The London-based company had said last...
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Maxcem Ltd. has been awarded the lease to run the Dockyard Cement Facility for the next 10 years by landlord West End Development Company (Wedco).
The company, which is headed by Dennis Correia and has been operating the silos for the past two-and-a-...
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LONDON - The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was down 93.65 points, or 1.7 percent, to 5,282.76.
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EUROPE - By 10.45 a.m. GMT, the pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index of top shares fell 1.4 percent to 1,047.64 points,...
DATE: Aug 12, 2010
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Macy's Inc., the second-biggest US department-store chain, reported second-quarter profit that exceeded analysts' estimates and raised its earnings and sales forecasts for the year.
Net income rose to $147 million, or 35 cents ...
DATE: Aug 12, 2010
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Bermuda-domiciled holding company OneBeacon Insurance Group has launched new coverages for international kidnap and ransom, and international business travel accident.
OneBeacon said that the new coverages target a number of the firm's specialty segm...
DATE: Aug 12, 2010
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A project started by the company I work for was a minor information victim of the blogosphere last week, and the ripples keep spreading, but mostly in a good way, to the mainstream media. What happened is a prime example for all businesses of how a p...
DATE: Aug 11, 2010
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WRAPUP 4-Fed to buy Treasuries with maturing mortgage debt
Fed to reinvest maturing mortgage debt into longer-term Treasuries
Move aimed at supporting fragile economic recovery
Fed offers more somber assessment of economy
Hoenig dissents again, disag...
DATE: Aug 11, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) - The stock market had a half-hearted comeback yesterday after the Federal Reserve announced it would take small steps to stimulate the economy.
The Dow Jones industrial average, down about 100 points before the Fed announced its plans,...
DATE: Aug 11, 2010
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