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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index rose for a sixth-straight day yesterday, ending a choppy session higher as strong gold shares offset weaker financial issues, which were pressured by soft U.S. economic data.
Bank and insurance stocks fe...
DATE: Jun 18, 2010
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese manufacturers are the most optimistic about economic conditions in more than two years, a Reuters poll shows, suggesting the Bank of Japan's influential tankan survey due next month will similarly improve.
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DATE: Jun 18, 2010
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain's Financial Services Authority (FSA) said good judgment and not structure would be key to effective supervision as investors shrugged off the biggest shake-up of the banking landscape in a decade.
Analysts said a reform to ...
DATE: Jun 18, 2010
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LONDON (AP) — Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca PLC says it's reviewing its options – including litigation – after a Canadian court ruling that paves the way for approval of a generic copy of its Nexium ulcer medicine.
Astra said yesterday that the ...
DATE: Jun 18, 2010
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Trade relations between Bermuda and the US were worth $64 billion during the global economic crisis of 2008/09, according to an economic impact study commissioned by Business Bermuda.
The 2010 survey, which was carried out by the Washington-based Alb...
DATE: Jun 18, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) - The stock market managed a slender gain yesterday after traders shook off a pair of disappointing economic reports.
Traders began buying late in the session, although without the vehemence that has marked other final-hour moves in rec...
DATE: Jun 18, 2010
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New US claims for jobless aid rose last week while consumer prices notched their largest decline in nearly one-and-a-half years in May, suggesting interest rates will remain ultra low to nurse the fragile economic recovery.
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DATE: Jun 18, 2010
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MediaHouse Ltd. shares plunged 24.81 percent ($3.30) on The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) yesterday, while the Index as a whole dropped 1.4 points (0.1 percent).
The media company traded 4,000 shares to close at $10.
Argus Group Holdings Ltd. also saw...
DATE: Jun 18, 2010
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LONDON - Britain's top share index rose for the seventh straight day, led by BP after its compensation deal with the White House, but gains were held in check by weak US jobs data hitting commodity-linked stocks. The FTSE 100 was up 15.97 points, or ...
DATE: Jun 18, 2010
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Digicel boosted its revenue by 12 percent over the past year as its subscription rate rose by 15 percent, according to its latest set of financial results.
The mobile operator, which has an extensive network across the Caribbean, Central America and ...
DATE: Jun 18, 2010
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