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LONDON (Reuters) - Tough new rules for pubs and clubs — including a ban on drinking games like the infamous "dentist's chair" — will be introduced in Britain this year in a bid to curb a heavy drinking culture that costs the country billions of pound...
DATE: Jan 20, 2010
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Warren Buffett, who committed most of his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. shares to charity, is speeding the pace at which he reduces his ownership stake with the $26 billion takeover of railroad Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.
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DATE: Jan 20, 2010
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock market index closed slightly higher yesterday as an uptick in bullion prices helped push up gold producers, but the move higher was offset by the drag of some falling blue chips.
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DATE: Jan 20, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) - US cell phone users have contributed more than $5 million in $10 increments to the Red Cross for Haiti disaster relief, by far the largest outpouring of support via mobile devices in history.
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DATE: Jan 20, 2010
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's inflation accelerated in December at a record pace, prompting worries that interest rates might rise sooner than expected, though the surge was largely due to an unflattering comparison with a year earlier.
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DATE: Jan 20, 2010
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Chaucer Holdings Plc, one of only three Lloyd's of London insurers based in the UK, is considering relocating overseas to reduce its tax bill.
"It's on our list of items to look at this year," chief executive officer Robert Stuch...
DATE: Jan 20, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) — Citigroup Inc. became the latest bank to take a cautious view of consumers' credit problems, reporting a $7.77 billion fourth-quarter loss due to failed loans and the costs of repaying government bailout money.
The bank said yesterday...
DATE: Jan 20, 2010
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Bermuda Container Line Ltd. saw its shares price rise 8.36 percent ($1.05) on The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) the day the company announced its nine-monthly financial results.
The shipping company closed the day at $13.60, with 1,200 shares traded.
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DATE: Jan 20, 2010
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Bermuda Container Line's (BCL) net earnings for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 dropped 1.9 percent or $53,000 compared to the same period in 2008.
Earnings from shipping operations were down 25 percent as a result of reduced cargo volumes a...
DATE: Jan 20, 2010
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A mother and her two daughters logged onto Facebook from mobile phones last weekend and wound up in a startling place: strangers' accounts with full access to troves of private information.
The glitch - the result of a routing pr...
DATE: Jan 20, 2010
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