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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - Last December, Marcia Stein, the executive director of Citymeals-on-Wheels, got a call from Barbara Picower saying her Picower Foundation would be giving the New York food charity $100,000.
Five days later, the foundation sent ...
DATE: Dec 28, 2009
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Shoppers headed to America's malls on Saturday, many with gift cards in hand, hoping to snag after-Christmas discounts. They were greeted with big markdowns - in some cases topping 75 percent off - but often found limited selection.
"Everything's bee...
DATE: Dec 28, 2009
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Butterfield Bank was the only company to trade any shares on The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) the day before Christmas.
The bank saw 200 common shares change hands, but its share price held firm at $3.95.
Overall, the Index opened and closed at 2,094...
DATE: Dec 28, 2009
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LONDON (Bloomberg) - Eurostar Group Ltd. CEO Richard Brown's promotion to chairman may be in jeopardy after criticism of the way he handled a snowstorm that crippled locomotives and left more than 40,000 passengers stranded.
Mr. Brown, 56, is slated ...
DATE: Dec 28, 2009
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index gained for the third-straight session yesterday, as a falling US dollar boosted commodity prices and sent shares of mining and energy companies higher.
Strong gold stocks led the TSX materials subgroup u...
DATE: Dec 24, 2009
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Google Said to Walk Away From Discussions With Yelp (Update2)
c.2009 Bloomberg News
(Updates stock price in seventh paragraph.)
Dec. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Google Inc., the world's most popular Internet search engine, has walked away from takeover talks w...
DATE: Dec 24, 2009
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Bermuda's tourism and hospitality industry is starting to show the first signs of recovery following the economic downturn and there is reason to be optimistic for the future.
That is the view of Larry Lamb, owner and operator of the Pompano Beach Cl...
DATE: Dec 24, 2009
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LONDON (AP) — Bank of England policy makers were unanimous in their decision earlier this month to keep interest rates steady at 0.5 percent and leave a £200 billion ($325 billion) asset purchase programme unchanged, according to minutes of their mon...
DATE: Dec 24, 2009
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U.S. Insurers Post Biggest Sales Decline in 23 Years (Update1)
c.2009 Bloomberg News
(Adds AIG, Travelers in fifth paragraph.)
Dec. 22 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. property and casualty insurance sales plunged 5 percent in th...
DATE: Dec 24, 2009
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OTTAWA (Reuters) - G7 and G20 meetings next year will put a major focus on fixed-rate currencies like the Chinese yuan to try to address global economic imbalances, Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty told Reuters.
Flaherty said the Canadian dolla...
DATE: Dec 24, 2009
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