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Q. Please give me your opinion of the stock of Cisco Systems Inc. I am a shareholder. — PG, via the Internet.
A. The world's leading supplier of data networking equipment and software has been playing "let's make a deal" this year.
It helped that it ...
DATE: Nov 21, 2009
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I have a love/hate relationship with gift cards. I love the concept and the fact that they make gift-buying so much easier. A gift card is a respectable way to give money — without looking as if you have no idea what to get a person, which, if we're ...
DATE: Nov 21, 2009
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I spoke to the Parent Teachers Association of Pembroke West School this week, on the subject of money and Christmas. I should start by saying that parents are the builders of society, for whom I have nothing but respect. They go without, so that thei...
DATE: Nov 21, 2009
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Just about everyone is down on the US dollar. It has fewer friends than an airline passenger who admits to having swine flu during a flight.
Billionaire investor George Soros says it's creating "dangerous imbalances". Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the mana...
DATE: Nov 21, 2009
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Bermuda Commercial Bank Ltd.'s share price jumped 47.05 percent ($2.40) to $7.50 on the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) yesterday.
The bank traded 400 shares during the day, while Butterfield Bank saw 20,221 common shares and 76 preference shares change...
DATE: Nov 21, 2009
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Money matters are tough enough to deal with alone, without having additional relationships with other people muddy the money or the water, whichever is your preference.
You know what I mean.
Statistically, we lean heavily in the handling of our money...
DATE: Nov 21, 2009
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Bermuda insurer and investment company BF&M Ltd. achieved a seven percent increase in profits through the first nine months of the year, helped by rebounding financial markets.
Net earnings for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2009 were $16....
DATE: Nov 20, 2009
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The hedge fund industry has sparked a backlash by lobbying aggressively against proposed European Union rules and now faces possible pay curbs that were not envisaged in the original legislation.
Attacks by London-based hedge funds and British politi...
DATE: Nov 20, 2009
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) - Canadian stocks fell for the first time in five days, led by financial companies, after US mortgage delinquencies increased and Manulife Financial Corp. said it plans to sell stock to build up capital.
Manulife, North America's ...
DATE: Nov 20, 2009
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LONDON (AP) — UK retail sales rose in October but lending conditions remained tight, suggesting recovery from recession will be slow, official figures showed yesterday.
The three percent rise in retail sales was the best figure since August of last y...
DATE: Nov 20, 2009
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