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LONDON (AP) — House prices in the United Kingdom rose by 0.6 percent in January, a seventh straight monthly gain, but are unlikely to increase much more this year, Britain's largest mortgage lender said yesterday.
Average prices in January were 9.9 p...
DATE: Feb 05, 2010
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Kraft Foods Inc., the world's second- largest food company, plans to issue $9.5 billion of debt in the biggest bond offering in almost a year to finance the cash portion of its takeover of Cadbury Plc, according to a person fam...
DATE: Feb 05, 2010
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — MetLife Inc., the biggest US life insurer, may have its credit ratings cut by Standard & Poor's if the company buys a non-US unit from American International Group Inc.
"The potential acquisition could have a material adverse i...
DATE: Feb 04, 2010
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock market index ended slightly lower yesterday as investors grew cautious after two straight sessions of gains and a stronger greenback pressured commodity prices, weighing on miners.
First Quantum Minerals toppe...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Primus Guaranty Ltd., the Bermuda-based company that sold banks credit-default swaps protecting $17.5 billion of debt, said its fourth-quarter loss narrowed as a recovery in corporate debt markets boosted bond values and lowere...
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - China installed more new wind turbines than either Europe or the United States last year, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) said yesterday.
China nearly doubled its wind capacity in 2009 with 13 gigawatts of new generating ca...
DATE: Feb 04, 2010
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LONDON - Britain's top share index lost 0.6 percent, snapping a three-session winning streak with investors turning cautious ahead of today's Bank of England monetary policy decision and tomorrow's US jobs report. The FTSE 100 closed at 5,253.15 poin...
DATE: Feb 04, 2010
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Argus Group Holdings Ltd. dropped five cents (0.55 percent) on The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) yesterday.
The insurance company traded 20,000 shares to close at $8.95.
Butterfield Bank also saw 17,100 common shares change hands, but its share price ...
DATE: Feb 04, 2010
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Bermuda-based Orbis Investment Management Ltd. is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the launch of its first mutual funds.
The company began operations in Bermuda and London in late 1989 with assets under management of $67 million. That figure has b...
DATE: Feb 04, 2010
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Premier Ewart Brown scoffed at the suggestion US President Barack Obama would follow through with his threats to shut down tax havens when he swept to power last year, but he will be taking the matter much more seriously now in the wake of the Obama ...
DATE: Feb 04, 2010
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