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LONDON (AP) — British retailer Marks and Spencer Group plc yesterday reported a rise in full-year profit of nearly four percent, led by increased sales of non-food items such as clothing.
Net profit for the year ending April 3 was £526.3 million ($75...
DATE: May 26, 2010
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Twelve Bermudian undergraduate students set out on the road to what could be a career in the insurance industry yesterday.
They will be joined by two American undergraduates in the ninth Annual Bermuda Foundation For Insurance Studies (BFIS) Summer I...
DATE: May 26, 2010
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BEIJING (AP) – The United States and China pledged closer co-operation on financial regulation and energy yesterdday but made no breakthroughs on currency exchange rates in a high-level dialogue overshadowed by Korean tensions.
China agreed to modify...
DATE: May 26, 2010
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index ended only slightly lower yesterday after a sharp fall early in the day as surging gold mining shares cushioned a drop in energy shares on worries that Europe's banking problems could derail global econo...
DATE: May 26, 2010
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LONDON - Britain's leading shares tumbled yesterday, laid low by big falls from banks and commodity issues as ongoing euro zone debt contagion fears and rising tensions in Korea kept investors wary. By the close, the FTSE 100 index was down 128.93 po...
DATE: May 26, 2010
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal investigators are examining the possibility of improper leaks regarding the government's insider trading case against Raj Rajaratnam, according to materials released yesterday by representatives for the Galleon Group foun...
DATE: May 26, 2010
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Alterra Capital Holdings Ltd. yesterday announced that Angelo Guagliano, the head of its insurance operation will retire at the end of this month.
Before Alterra was formed through the merger of Max Capital Group and Harbor Point Re this year, Mr. Gu...
DATE: May 26, 2010
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Butterfield Bank climbed 3.7 percent in heavy trading yesterday to get the Bermuda Stock Exchange trading week off to a positive start.
Butterfield gained five cents to close on $1.40, as 143,754 shares changed hands.
Ascendant Group Ltd. also climbe...
DATE: May 26, 2010
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WASHINGTON (AP) – Staff members at an agency that oversees offshore drilling accepted tickets to sports events, lunches and other gifts from oil and gas companies and used government computers to view pornography, according to an US Interior Departme...
DATE: May 26, 2010
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BC-US-TEC--Google TV, 9th Ld-Writethru,0880
Google, partners hoping people want their Web TV
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Google Inc. believes it has come up with the technology to unite Web surfing with ...
DATE: May 26, 2010
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