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Shore Capital Group Ltd. has announced the purchase of 1,697,494 of its ordinary shares at an average price of 25 pence per share on Monday.
All of the shares will be cancelled.
Shore Capital Group holds no ordinary shares as treasury shares and its ...
DATE: Oct 20, 2010
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo Inc. shuffled through another quarter of sluggish growth, a performance that may further test the patience of the Internet company's already restless shareholders.
The third-quarter results announced yesterday also seem lik...
DATE: Oct 20, 2010
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Bermuda could have no better advertisement for its attributes as a captive domicile for Latin American companies than Colombian oil giant Ecopetrol.
Four years ago, the oil and gas exploration and production firm set up Black Gold Re on the Island to...
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NEW YORK (AP) - A stronger dollar and a surprise interest rate hike in China that may slow that country's economy helped push stocks sharply lower yesterday.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell below 11,000 for the first time in a little more than ...
DATE: Oct 20, 2010
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SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp launched a fully online version of its popular Office suite of applications yesterday as it looks to extend its customer base and beat back rival Google Inc.
The new service, called Office 365, was available as a te...
DATE: Oct 20, 2010
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Retail sales for August slumped by the biggest amount in more than 18 years as one of the Island's top retailers warned that there is worse to come.
Sales dropped 11.5 percent by volume (taking inflation into account) and 9.5 percent or $8.8 million ...
DATE: Oct 20, 2010
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index fell sharply to a one-week low yesterday as resource shares bore the brunt of a sell-off sparked by China's unexpected decision to raise interest rates.
The index's heavily weighted energy and materials ...
DATE: Oct 20, 2010
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MADRID (Bloomberg) — German Vilimelis heard about Spain's solar gold rush from his brother-in-law in 2007.
Across the plains around Lerida, the northeastern Spanish town where they spent weekends, farmers were turning over their fields to photovoltai...
DATE: Oct 20, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) — Bank of America Corp. said yesterday it lost $7.65 billion during the third quarter due to a charge related to credit and debit card reform legislation passed over the summer.
The bank also announced a change in its consumer banking s...
DATE: Oct 20, 2010
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Stevedoring Services Ltd. dropped 34.3 percent ($2.35) on The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) yesterday.
The transportation company traded 1,000 shares to close at $4.50.
The Ascendant Group Ltd., however, rose 1.72 percent (25 cents) to $14.75, with 1,...
DATE: Oct 20, 2010
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