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Obama and Berkshire's Buffett Are Cousins, Ancestry.com Says
c.2009 Bloomberg News
Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- The political links between investor Warren Buffett and President Barack Obama turn out to be a family affair, according to Ancestry.com, an onl...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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Shoppers will be able to buy gifts from across the world and make a difference in the global community thanks to a new shop which has just opened in St. George's ahead of the festive season.
Conscious Vibes, which is located in Water Street by Caffe ...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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ZURICH (Reuters) - UBS AG will not sue its former bosses after risky bets on sub-prime mortgages and a strategy of helping US clients dodge taxes by hiding money in secret accounts brought the Swiss bank to its knees.
Zurich state prosecutors also sa...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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Borders U.K. Administrators in Talks on Store Sales (Update1)
c.2009 Bloomberg News
(Adds potential store closures date in second paragraph.)
Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- MCR, the joint administrators for Borders U.K., the bookstore chain once owned by Bor...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, who won political support and has sought advice from investment guru Warren Buffett, may now feel even closer to the world's second richest man.
According to their family trees, the two men who at times ...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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LONDON (Reuters) - British consumer price inflation rose last month at its fastest annual pace since May, though the monetary policy implications are limited as the rise is largely due to sharp falls in oil prices a year ago.
Consumer prices increase...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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LONDON (AP) — British Airways sought a court injunction to prevent a planned 12-day strike by cabine crew that could snarl travel plans over Christmas and New Year's for thousands of holiday passengers.
BA said the ballot of around 13,000 workers by ...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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Bermuda-based Catlin Group Ltd. has welcomed the upgrading of the financial strength rating of its operating subsidiaries to A from A- by Standard & Poor's.
The ratings agency also upgraded its Lloyd's Syndicate Assessment ('LSA') of the Catlin Syndi...
DATE: Dec 15, 2009
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Inflation rose slightly to 0.7 percent but was still at its second lowest level for the year during October 2009, according to the latest figures released by Government.
The Department of Statistics' Consumer Price Index revealed that the rate of inf...
DATE: Dec 15, 2009
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Citigroup Inc. fell the most in two-and-a-half months in New York after the bank announced a deal with regulators to repay $20 billion to taxpayers by selling equity and debt. Citigroup dropped 25 cents, or 6.3 percent, to $3.7...
DATE: Dec 15, 2009
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