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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) — US Representative Barney Frank said regulators should force companies to disclose compensation for their best-paid employees, potentially forcing Wall Street to reveal how much top traders and money managers earn every year.
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DATE: Feb 03, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) - Signs of strength in the housing market pushed the Dow Jones industrial average to its second straight gain of more than 100 points.
An increase in the number of people with contracts to buy homes and the first profit at homebuilder D...
DATE: Feb 03, 2010
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BC-GALLEON-WIRETAPS/SEC (UPDATE 1)
UPDATE 1-SEC mistakenly received Galleon wiretaps-briefs
+ Complicates legal fight over wiretaps
+ SEC wanted defendants to provide recordings
+ U.S. Judge expected to rule this week
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Criminal pr...
DATE: Feb 03, 2010
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Net income: $953 million compared to $20 million in 2008
Combined ratio: 89.6 percent compared to 86.9 percent in 2008
Gross premiums written: $4.5 billion compared to $4.3 billion in 2008
DATE: Feb 03, 2010
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LONDON - Britain's top shares closed higher for the third straight session as miners and banks extended the previous day's gains but BP dragged energy stocks lower with fourth-quarter results that missed expectations. The FTSE 100 closed at 5,283.31 ...
DATE: Feb 03, 2010
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BC-BANKS/EUROPE-BASEL (ANALYSIS)
ANALYSIS-Europe's banks face harsh reality of Basel III jolt
+ Banks face 139 billion euro hit from Basel III
+ Capital reform impact underestimated, shake-up looms
+ Returns, dividends, staff pay all seen hit
+ Frenc...
DATE: Feb 03, 2010
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MIAMI (Bloomberg) — Two former Stanford Financial Group Cos. employees oversaw destruction of stacks of corporate records in defiance of a court order to preserve them after the US Securities and Exchange Commission sued company founder Allen Stanfor...
DATE: Feb 03, 2010
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index rose for a second straight session yesterday as US corporate results and economic data boosted optimism about recovery.
Royal Bank of Canada led the heavyweight gainers, rising 1.9 percent to C$53.80, wh...
DATE: Feb 03, 2010
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DETROIT (Bloomberg) — Ford Motor Co.'s US sales rose 25 percent in January and Nissan Motor Co. posted a 16 percent increase as a Toyota Motor Corp. recall put some of its most- popular models off-limits.
Ford's deliveries jumped to 116,534 from 93,5...
DATE: Feb 03, 2010
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zurich (Bloomberg) — Ace Ltd., the Zurich-based insurer with operations in more than 50 countries including Bermuda, posted a record profit of $953 million in the fourth quarter on improved investment results and higher premium revenue.
Net income cl...
DATE: Feb 03, 2010
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