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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index ended higher yesterday as energy shares rallied on a rise in oil prices, but the index see-sawed through the day, hurt by weakness in materials shares and a high level of uncertainty ahead of today's US ...
DATE: Jun 04, 2010
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Global miner Xstrata threatened to scrap $5.4 billion in Australian coal and copper projects, blaming a new mining tax and taking the value of new developments put on hold to above $20 billion in just a month.
Xstrata's move, which...
DATE: Jun 04, 2010
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ZURICH (Reuters) – The Swiss parliament's upper house yesterday backed a Swiss-US tax deal that averted the risk of crippling legal action against UBS but punched a hole in the country's treasured bank secrecy.
The deal is yet to be approved by the p...
DATE: Jun 04, 2010
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LONDON (AP) — British Airways has apologised for a picture in a company magazine that showed a boarding pass in the name of Osama bin Laden.
The company said yesterday that the image of the fake boarding pass appeared in LHR News, a bi-weekly publica...
DATE: Jun 04, 2010
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EU president backs euro econ governm't idea-sources
BRUSSELS, June 2 (Reuters) - European Union President Herman van Rompuy supports the creation of a euro zone economic government, as proposed by France, EU sources ...
DATE: Jun 03, 2010
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Bermuda Press Holdings Ltd.'s share price yesterday fell 28.7 percent to hit its lowest point since 2001.
The $3.45 fall, on the low volume of 3,600 shares, left the BPH share price at $8.55. BPH is the owner of The Royal Gazette, as well as a portfo...
DATE: Jun 03, 2010
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Financial regulator the Bermuda Monetary Authority says it is working with its US counterpart, the Securities and Exchange Commission, on the issue of Bernard Madoff "feeder funds".
Last week, London High Court judge David Kitchin said Bermuda-based ...
DATE: Jun 03, 2010
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US pending home sales hit a six-month high in April but falling demand for home loans pointed to ebbing activity in the vital housing market with the expiration of a popular tax credit for buyers.
The National Association of Re...
DATE: Jun 03, 2010
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LONDON (Reuters) – Tougher rules are needed to ensure financial stability, Bank of England Governor Mervyn King said yesterday, urging Britain's new government to "seize the opportunity" for banking reform.
In a foreword to be central bank's 2010 ann...
DATE: Jun 03, 2010
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WASHINGTON (AP) — US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner yesterday looked past the collapse of an American International Group deal to sell off a subsidiary, saying the insurance giant has other options for paying back its $182 billion government bai...
DATE: Jun 03, 2010
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