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UPDATE 1-Berkshire Hathaway has 5.224 pct Munich Re stake
+ Buffett's stake rises to 5.224 percent, including options
+ Options expiry date is March 11, 2010
+ Munich Re shares up 0.3 percent, lag index
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FRANKFURT, Feb 1 (Reu...
DATE: Feb 02, 2010
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — American International Group Inc.'s fund-management arm delayed its $500 million sale to Pacific Century Group for the second time in two months as the company awaits regulatory approvals.
The divestiture of AIG's investment un...
DATE: Feb 02, 2010
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Butterfield Bank rose 1.47 percent (five cents) to $3.45 on The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) yesterday.
The bank traded 3,900 shares, while BF&M Ltd. saw 620 shares change hands, but its share price held firm at $15.05.
The Index, as a whole, rose 8....
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M3 Wireless and Research In Motion (RIM) have joined forces to announce the launch of the BlackBerry Bold 9700 smartphone in Bermuda.
The new BlackBerry includes a range of high-end communications and multimedia features in a compact and refined desi...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has scaled back his ambitious plan to close loopholes global companies use when accounting for taxes on profit earned overseas, according to his 2011 budget blueprint released yesterday.
Obama, who has cr...
DATE: Feb 02, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) - Encouraging economic reports lifted stocks yesterday and bolstered hopes that the recovery is in better shape than many had believed.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 118 points after falling in the final two days of last week. E...
DATE: Feb 02, 2010
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Bermuda has signed its 19th and possibly one of its most significant tax information exchange agreement (TIEA) with Japan, Government announced yesterday.
Finance Minister Paula Cox and Sumio Kusaka, Japan's Charges d'affaires ad interim, signed the ...
DATE: Feb 02, 2010
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Factory activity fueling modest economic recovery
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Hopes that America's factories will help drive the economic recovery gained support Monday from news that ma...
DATE: Feb 02, 2010
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Employees spent 19.2 hours a week — nearly half a work week — worrying about what their boss says or does, according to a new survey commissioned by workplace expert Lynn Taylor.
Ms Taylor, author of the book of boss-managing tips called "Tame Your T...
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The US economy's 5.7 percent growth last quarter — the fastest pace since 2003 — was a step toward shrinking the nation's 10 percent unemployment rate.
There's just one problem: Growth would have to equal five percent for all of 2010 just to lower th...
DATE: Feb 02, 2010
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