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DUBLIN (Reuters) - Quinn Insurance Limited, one of Ireland's largest insurance companies, said a decision to place it in provisional administration was "pre-emptive, aggressive and unnecessary".
It said it was fully able to meet all payment obligatio...
DATE: Apr 06, 2010
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index rose to an 18-month high yesterday before paring gains, as rising oil prices and firm US economic data bolstered hopes for a sustained recovery.
Investors welcomed fresh reports that showed the US servic...
DATE: Apr 06, 2010
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar retreated from a seven-month high against the yen yesterday as investors booked profits following four days of gains for the US currency.
Higher oil and metals prices helped propel the Canadian dollar to a 20-month hig...
DATE: Apr 06, 2010
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc., trying to revive demand for tablet-style computers with its iPad, said it sold more than 300,000 of the devices on the first day of their debut weekend.
The number includes preorders, sales at Apple stores and deliv...
DATE: Apr 06, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) - Stronger reports on jobs and services industries lifted the stock market yesterday and pushed the Dow Jones industrial average toward the 11,000 mark.
The Dow rose 46 points and closer to crossing the psychological benchmark of 11,000...
DATE: Apr 06, 2010
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Emerging markets could continue to offer investors good returns in the future, despite the chance of a higher volatility and risk.
That is the view of Edward Bonham Carter, CEO of Jupiter Investment Management Group Ltd., which has an operation in Be...
DATE: Apr 06, 2010
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DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's extensive support for its banks has been vital to maintaining financial stability, the International Monetary Fund said, as ratings agencies praised decisions taken by the country's "bad bank" this week.
An IMF spokesman ...
DATE: Apr 06, 2010
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Travel has been a passion for Suzanne Ingham ever since she went into the business 40 years ago.
Mrs. Ingham, who has worked as both an stakeholder and employee in the industry covering everything from corporate to leisure travel, set up her own comp...
DATE: Apr 06, 2010
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Butterfield Bank traded 63,500 shares on The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) yesterday on the first day back after the Easter break.
The bank's shares price held firm at $1.45.
Overall the Index was also unchanged at 1,421.88, with 63,500 shares worth $...
DATE: Apr 06, 2010
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BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese government economist said yesterday that the US decision to delay a contentious currency report did not mean Beijing will change the value of its currency any time soon.
US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Saturday...
DATE: Apr 06, 2010
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