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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Frontline Ltd., the world's biggest operator of supertankers, is anchoring ships and declining cargoes after a plunge in charter rates.
"We have stopped trading," and Frontline is "keeping vessels at anchorage," Jens Martin Jense...
DATE: Aug 05, 2010
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LONDON - Britain's leading share index was modestly lower as weakness in banks and drugmakers, following results in the two sectors, just countered a jump by BP on hopes for Gulf of Mexico oil well plug success.
By the close, the FTSE 100 was 10.32 p...
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Bermuda Commercial Bank Ltd. announced today it has invested $5.2 million in London-based integrated corporate finance and broking house Westhouse Holdings Plc.
BCB said it had invested £3.5 million in in a perpetual convertible loan instrument which...
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Assured Guaranty Ltd. has announced that its board of directors has authorised a new two million share repurchase programme.
The programme replaces a prior programme, which was completed in May 2010.
Dominic Frederico, president and CEO of Assured Gu...
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Adidas sees stronger 2010 earnings after good Q2
BERLIN (AP) -- Sportswear maker Adidas AG raised its full-year earnings forecast on Wednesday after the World Cup helped drive up second-quarter reven...
DATE: Aug 05, 2010
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UPDATE 3-Intel agrees to end chip war with rivals
+ Deal applies to CPUs, GPUs, chipsets
+ Company says changes will not be material
+ Intel denies any wrongdoing
+ Market reaction muted
(Revises first sentence, adds analyst comments, updates share p...
DATE: Aug 05, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) — Marsh & McLennan Cos. said yesterday it returned to profitability in the second quarter as revenue grew across all its major businesses.
The insurance broker and consulting company, led by Bermudian CEO Brian Duperreault, also avoided...
DATE: Aug 04, 2010
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In the lingo the business world likes to use, the e-book reader is starting to disrupt the book market. Currently, Amazon claims to own 70 to 80 percent of the e-book market. It kicked off its dominance with the Kindle, and last week discounted the p...
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Fine food lovers are the target market of a new shop which has opened in the centre of Hamilton.
The Gourmet Boutique & Galler Chocolatier, which is a family business run by owner Bernadette Walker, her husband Leetroy and daughter Kelly Creary, sell...
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XL Group plc last night posted second-quarter profits of $191.8 million and handily beat Wall Street estimates of its operating earnings.
The business insurer and reinsurer's profits broke down to 56 cents per share and compared to $79.9 million in t...
DATE: Aug 04, 2010
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