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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock market closed more than one percent higher yesterday, backed by soaring oil and gold prices and global manufacturing data that suggested more improvement in the world economy.
Eight of the top 10 heavyweight a...
DATE: Jan 05, 2010
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ATLANTA (Reuters) – America's financial crisis is nowhere near over, according to top economists who largely contradicted the growing chorus of Wall Street bankers and government officials who say the worst has passed.
"The recession is not over," sa...
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New Continental CEO makes salary pledge
DALLAS (AP) -- The new CEO of Continental Airlines Inc. says he will refuse to accept a salary or annual bonus until the company makes a full-year profit.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — We can't get no job satisfaction.
Even Americans who are lucky enough to have work in this economy are becoming more unhappy with their jobs, according to a new survey that found only 45 percent of Americans are satisfied with their...
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'Relaxation and rejuvenation beyond expectation' - that is the slogan for one of Bermuda's newest spas which opened its doors at the end of last year.
The Three Graces Day Spa's Serenity spa, which is run by owners and manager Roderick and Aisha Spen...
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LONDON (Reuters) – Virgin Money could announce it is buying a small UK bank as early as this month, sources familiar with the situation said, a move that could make it the first high-profile arrival in the sector in Britain since the crisis.
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REFILE-UPDATE 1-Reinsurance prices fall in Jan renewals - broker
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+ U.S. catastrophe insurance prices fall 6 percent - broker
+ Fall reflects tough competition, robust capital - br...
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ZURICH (Bloomberg) — Novartis AG offered to buy the rest of Alcon Inc., the world's largest eye-care company, from Nestle SA and minority shareholders for about $39.3 billion, as chief executive officer Daniel Vasella expands into eye surgery.
Nestle...
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New Year's Eve has always been a time for looking back to the past, and more importantly, forward to the coming year. It's a time to reflect on the changes we want (or need) to make and resolve to follow through on thos...
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NEW YORK (AP) - If the stock market holds to a pattern it has followed for most of the past 40 years, 2010 could be a big year for investors.
Since 1973, a big advance on the first trading day of January has been a strong sign stocks will post robust...
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