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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) - Mary Schapiro, chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), said she wanted to show that her agency was cracking down after missing Bernard Madoff's $65 billion Ponzi scheme. In May, she proposed that almost 1...
DATE: Dec 31, 2009
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HAMILTON, Bermuda (Bloomberg) - Dockwise Ltd. said earnings for the fourth quarter and 2009 will be in line with market expectations.
DATE: Dec 31, 2009
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Treasuries Set for Worst Year Since 1978 as U.S. Steps Up Sales
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Dec. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Treasuries headed for the worst year since at least 1978 as the U.S. stepped up debt sales to help spur growth in an economy recovering from ...
DATE: Dec 31, 2009
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index ended slightly higher yesterday in light trading on the second last session of the year as energy and financial stocks got a boost from US economic data that came in well above forecasts.
Entering the se...
DATE: Dec 31, 2009
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Aetna Sees $65 Million in Costs for Job Cuts, Sales (Update1)
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(Adds expected size of workforce in fourth paragraph.)
Dec. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Aetna Inc., the third-biggest U.S. health insurer, will report fourth-quarter costs of $...
DATE: Dec 31, 2009
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More of Bermuda's residents are expected to hit the gym in the New Year to burn off the excess Christmas turkey and pudding with the traditional time for membership renewals and new members joining up fast approaching.
A number of gyms have been offe...
DATE: Dec 31, 2009
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CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Holiday season sales improved this year after an abysmal 2008, but early data appears unlikely to spell out a rebound in US consumer spending.
Holiday shopping and its impact on the economy have been particularly tough to...
DATE: Dec 31, 2009
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Kentucky Fried Chicken Bermuda Ltd. dropped 45 cents (6.97 percent) on the last day of trading this year.
The fast food franchise closed at $6, with 1,800 shares traded.
The only other traders were Butterfield Bank (13,300 common shares and 10 prefer...
DATE: Dec 31, 2009
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NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks ended the next-to-last day of 2009 little changed as welcome news on manufacturing helped offset a drop in commodities prices.
The market drew support yesterday from a key economic indicator that signaled growth in the Midwest ...
DATE: Dec 31, 2009
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LONDON (AP) — A record £82.5 billion was raised through new and further issues of equity on the London Stock Exchange over 2009, a 16 percent increase on 2008, the bourse said yesterday.
The LSE said there were a total of 69 new issues on the exchang...
DATE: Dec 30, 2009
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