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SAN FRANCISCO (Bloomberg) - Cisco Systems Inc., trying to boost the consumer appeal of its Flip camcorder, began offering a wider-screen camera that lets people store and display as much as 12 hours of high-definition video.
The new Flip SlideHD slid...
DATE: Apr 21, 2010
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - Charles Schwab Corp. said it agreed to pay $200 million to settle claims that it misled investors on the amount of mortgage-backed securities held by its Schwab YieldPlus Fund.
Schwab signed a memorandum of understanding to set...
DATE: Apr 21, 2010
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Business Bermuda concluded its tour of the key Asian markets with its Annual Bermuda Financial Services Reception in Hong Kong this week.
The event, which was held at the Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong, included a panel on the major pillars of Bermuda's...
DATE: Apr 21, 2010
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index closed higher for a second straight session yesterday as a rebound in the price of oil sent the hefty energy group higher.
The energy sector jumped 1.16 percent as oil snapped its three-day decline to ri...
DATE: Apr 21, 2010
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RIYADH (Bloomberg) - Li Wei, a Chinese diplomat in Riyadh, had only just seen off a Ministry of Commerce delegation to Saudi Arabia this month when he started preparing for another Chinese governmental visit in two weeks.
"Every month we have delegat...
DATE: Apr 21, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) — Goldman Sachs reaffirmed its leadership among Wall Street banks as it reported its first-quarter profits doubled. But the news was overshadowed by the investment bank's growing legal problems.
As Goldman Sachs Group Inc. executives he...
DATE: Apr 21, 2010
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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) cautioned that rising government debt has replaced financial industry stress as the biggest threat to the global economy and cut its estimate for asset writedowns by 19 percent.
Banks red...
DATE: Apr 21, 2010
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York state prosecutors have "a devastating case" against Maurice (Hank) Greenberg, the former American International Group Inc chief executive accused of fraud over a reinsurance transaction 10 years ago, the presiding judge ...
DATE: Apr 21, 2010
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LONDON (Bloomberg) - The UK's inflation rate jumped more than economists forecast in March, breaching the government's upper limit for the second time this year after energy costs rose within weeks of the election.
Consumer prices climbed 3.4 percent...
DATE: Apr 21, 2010
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - Target Corp., the second-largest US discount chain, will stop issuing Visa Inc. credit cards to new applicants and spur use of its own plastic.
"Guests tend to spend more at Target when issued a Target Credit Card instead of a ...
DATE: Apr 21, 2010
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