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Bermuda-based oil drill operator Northern Offshore Ltd. achieved a 17 percent rise in net income last year to $75.1 million.
The earnings broke down to 49 cents per share and compared to $64.1 million or 42 cents per share in 2008.
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DATE: Feb 26, 2010
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Honda launches sporty hybrid, vows to keep quality
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TOKYO (AP) -- Honda launched its sporty new hybrid CR-Z on Thursday, vowing to uphold quality amid spectacular safety ...
DATE: Feb 26, 2010
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Everest Re Group Ltd. has appointed former One Beacon Insurance Group general counsel Roger Singer to its board of directors
Mr. Singer, who also served as the Commissioner of Insurance for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1987 to 1989, became ...
DATE: Feb 26, 2010
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration's pay czar said his attempts to renegotiate valid pay contracts at bailed-out companies, particularly insurer AIG, has been a "unique challenge," according to testimony released this week.
Kenneth Feinb...
DATE: Feb 26, 2010
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LONDON (Reuters) - Demand for houses has returned in Britain, but a dearth of building land as sellers sit tight waiting for prices to rise is crimping building activity, the head of housebuilder Redrow Plc said yesterday.
Redrow, which reported a lo...
DATE: Feb 26, 2010
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — European Union officials are pressing Greece for additional austerity measures after an emergency inspection of its ailing finances before a visit by the bloc's economy chief.
A team of officials from the EU, the European Centra...
DATE: Feb 26, 2010
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Bernard Madoff's daughter-in law Stephanie, the second wife of his son Mark, filed a formal request to have her surname legally changed to Morgan, as well as those of her two children.
In papers filed yesterday, Stephanie Saven...
DATE: Feb 26, 2010
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LONDON (AP) — Fears mounted yesterday that Britain may not have emerged from recession at the end of 2009 after all, as statistics showed a dramatic fall in business investment in the last three months of the year.
The surprise 5.8 percent decline in...
DATE: Feb 26, 2010
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LONDON/CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Britain's biggest oilfield, Buzzard, has been brought back to full production after a technical fault cut output by three-quarters, reducing supplies of the North Sea benchmark crude oil.
Nexen Inc, operator of Buz...
DATE: Feb 26, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Coca-Cola Co. plans to acquire the North American operations of its largest bottler in a move that mirrors similar deals by its main rival PepsiCo, as both try to gain more control of distribution to keep up with shoppers' changin...
DATE: Feb 26, 2010
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