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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index closed lower yesterday, snapping an eight-day stretch of gains, dragged down by weakness in resources and financials.
Gold stocks were among the falling issues Monday as the price of bullion retreated fr...
DATE: Feb 23, 2010
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The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) slipped to its lowest level since November 2000 yesterday.
The Index dropped 24.07 points (1.25 percent) to 1,894.94, with 30,441 shares worth $104,835.05 traded.
Meanwhile Butterfield Bank's common shares also fell f...
DATE: Feb 23, 2010
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - Essent Group Ltd., the mortgage guarantor backed by JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc., will capitalise on a housing-market rebound and tighter standards instituted by money-losing rivals, said Mark Casale, the i...
DATE: Feb 22, 2010
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NEW YORK, (Reuters) - The dollar climbed across the board on Friday, touching an eight-month high against a currency basket, a day after the Federal Reserve raised the interest rate it charges banks for emergency loans.
The Fed announced late on Thur...
DATE: Feb 22, 2010
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LONDON (Bloomberg) - British Airways plc. (BA) labour leaders will seek fresh talks with management on cabin-crew levels even if the airline's employees vote to strike over cuts that were declared legal on Friday by a UK court.
While a walkout may be...
DATE: Feb 22, 2010
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - If you thought the recent recession was hard on US blue-collar workers, wait till you see what the recovery has in store for them.
The US economic downturn that began in December 2007 was especially brutal for manufacturing worker...
DATE: Feb 22, 2010
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has been asked by a Republican lawmaker to turn over documents related to the decision to rescue insurer American International Group Inc. (AIG).
The Federal Reserve should deliver the reco...
DATE: Feb 22, 2010
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Net income 2009 Net income 2008
Ace $2,549 $1,197.00
Arch $851.10 $265.10
Argo Group $117.50 $62.90
Aspen $473.90 $103.80
Allied World $606.90 $183.60
Axis $461 $351.00
Endurance $536.10 $98.60
Everest Re $807 ($18.80)
Flagstone Re $242.20...
DATE: Feb 22, 2010
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - The estate of Bruce Wasserstein, the chief executive officer of Lazard Ltd. who died October 14 at the age of 61, sold about $63.6 million of the firm's stock.
The estate sold 1.83 million shares at $34.75 each today, the Hamil...
DATE: Feb 22, 2010
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Having weathered the financial crisis, Canada's big banks are expected to report unimpressive profits in their financial first quarter, suffering from the lagging effects of the recession and consequent loan losses.
While the econ...
DATE: Feb 22, 2010
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